11/02/2017 World News Today

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President Trump says he won't give up on his travel ban -

and could submit new legislation in the coming days.

We will win that battle but we have other options.

Clashes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad

over government corruption - have left at least five people dead.

At least six people die and dozens are injured as a powerful earthquake

And another group of whales is stranded

It comes after 300 died in the same bay on Friday.

President Trump says he's considering issuing a new executive

The president is hosting the Japanese Prime Minister but his

weekend of golf and dining is dominated by questions over what

comes next from his policy on immigration. The original order

banned citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries from the United

States. That has been overturned in the courts. Mr Trump told reporters

on Air Force One a new order could be issued as early as Monday and he

has not ruled out an appeal to the Supreme Court.

It was one of his boldest first actions.

After an appeals court backed the suspension of the ban, he said

But speaking on Air Force One, the President revealed he is now

We also have a lot of other options including just filing

We need speed for reasons of security.

It could very well be that we do that.

But his tweet this morning showed he is still not

The original executive order was signed at the end

It immediately brought chaos to airport terminals and sparked

It suspended America's refugee programme and banned travellers

Exactly how the White House might rewrite the order is not clear.

Perhaps that is something Donald Trump is considering this

weekend as he hosts the Japanese Prime

Lawyers would almost certainly have to address the claim that the ban

is unconstitutional in its current form because it discriminates

by blocking entry to the US on the grounds of religion.

As he went for a round of golf, the president reasserted that tough

immigration controls are crucial to protect America.

But for now people are free to travel.

So is the White House better off going to the Supreme Court

How successful would a watered-down travel ban be in the courts?

To answer these questions, I've been speaking to Areva Martin -

a civil rights Attorney in Los Angeles.

I think the White House is best advised to rethink the entire

position and strategy around protecting the Borders and national

security issues. The Court of Appeal made it clear that the current

executive order potentially runs foul of the Constitution and they

would not lift the ban on the executive order. I do not think the

president will fare much better in the Supreme Court, we only have

eight justices sitting and if it were to make it to the court in all

likelihood they would be a swift decision on ideological lines which

would mean the Court of opinion, the opinion would defect to be the law.

Essentially a major loss for the president and the administration and

I do not think trying to rewrite the ban is going to fare better because

civil rights lawyers have vowed to continue to fight in the court

system any efforts to ban individuals from this country on the

basis of religion. Moving on to illegal immigrants in the United

States. Concerned they might be deported, tell us why they are

concerned? Well, there has been reports of some raids by the

immigration and Customs and enforcement agencies in states like

California and Texas and North Carolina and there is tremendous

fear in immigration communities primarily because of the heated

rhetoric, the highly charged rhetoric president from during his

campaign and after he has been inaugurated around his efforts to

deport millions and millions of immigrants in the country. The real

concern here is priorities have changed and he is not just going

after individuals that have committed violent crimes who

everyone agrees should be the target of any deportation actions, but

these families, we are seeing individuals, mothers, even, who were

brought here as kids to have children of their own and there is

fear families will be torn apart and individuals who have not committed

violent crimes will be swept up in the raids. You might say that the

rhetoric has changed but a spokesperson for the immigration and

Customs enforcement says the operation was in the planning before

the executive order and reports of checkpoints and that is

irresponsible. What do you make of that? Conflicting information. We

are being told different things depending on where the information

comes from about whether these raids are as a result of the President's

stepped up immigration policies or if they were all ready planned

before Trump was elected. Right now, there was such a high level of

distrust of the administration it is hard to know which stories are

believable. Many thanks. Clashes in the Iraqi capital,

Baghdad, between the security forces and supporters of a powerful

Shia Muslim cleric have left The trouble began with

a demonstration against corruption by tens of thousands of protesters

waving Iraqi flags. Huge numbers of demonstraters

converged on a square They chanted

anti-government slogans. They complained of corruption

and demanded changes to a commission Then some protesters tried to move

towards a nearby area known as the Green Zone,

which houses government ministries. Riot police were determined

to drag them back, Video images from the scene show

tear gas filling the air and the sound of explosions

and gunfire can be heard. Well, staying in the region -

In Afghanistan, at least six people have been killed and many more

wounded in a blast in southern in the provincial capital,

Lashkar Gah - the Taliban has said A spokesperson for the

regional governor told the BBC that the attacker drove

a car into an Afghan National Army The target was a bank where

government employees come every month to collect their salaries. It

is seen as a soft target because this bank has been targeted in a

similar manner a few years ago. After a few hours, the Taliban

claimed responsibility saying the target was Afghan National Army

personnel. Helmand has been the subject of heavy fighting and in the

past few months even in the months of winter there has been sporadic

fighting in the province where it is said 80% of it is now under Taliban

control. Helmand is a strategic province and that is for the Taliban

and government. Come summer, the fighting will become even more

intense. Some other news... Violence has broken out in the Paris

suburbs at a demonstration in support of a twenty-two year-old

black man named Theo. The young victim was allegedly

sodomised with a baton Some of the protesters threw

firecrackers at police patrolling the demonstration in Bobigny,

and a car was set on firet. The president of the European

Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker says he doubts that the remaining 27

members of the Union can maintain a united front as they negotiate

Britain's exit from the EU. In an interview with German radio,

to be broadcast tomorrow, he also reiterated that Britain

could not negotiate trade deals as long as it remained a member

of the European Uunion. The Polish Prime Minister Beata

Szydlo is said to be in a stable condition in hospital

after her official car hit a tree A spokesman said she would remain in

hospital for tests but to carry out all her duties as the head of the

government. At least six people are reported

to have been killed in a earthquake The 6.5 magnitude tremor struck

the southern island of Mindanao The worst affected area

was around Surigao - where more than a hundred

people were injured. Family members watch on as emergency

workers pull a body from a collapsed home. Many had been asleep when the

magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck late on Friday night. It sent panicked

residents fleeing to the streets. Hospitals were pushed as the injured

came in. More than 100 people were hurt but that number is expected to

rise. Emergency workers combed through homes looking for

casualties. Heavy snow and rainfall in Eastern

Italy is continuing to cause damage. This is the mountain village

of Bisenti in the Abruzzi region. Access to the village

is now completely shut off Snow in the area reached

two metres in height. Elsewhere, in the region a ten

metre - wide and deep - The city's been hit

several snowfalls and Volunteers in New Zealand say

a further 240 whales have become stranded on a beach on the country's

South Island. Hundreds have already died in one

of the biggest ever mass strandings It's hoped they'll be able to swim

to safety during the next high tide. You might find some

of the scenes in this report Doing whatever they can to help

before it's too late. These volunteers have been

working for many hours, trying to keep the whales cool

as they lie stranded. Some say singing also

helps to keep them calm, but what they really need

is high tide. Very quickly this tide has come

racing in, and now we're all up to our knees,

some people are up to their waists in water, and we're starting

to get a bit of floating, and we're just helping assist

the whales with their breathing until the water gets deep enough

they can swim. This is one of the worst whale

strandings in New Zealand's history. 400 whales came into

Farewell Spit on Thursday. Rescuers managed to refloat 100

of them, but they failed to stop Scientists don't know for sure

why beaching happens. The whales could simply

have become lost. One theory is that if a single

whale gets stuck, others But once it has happened,

it can lead to devastation. For those ones that restrand

there's very little chance they will ever swim away,

so we have to euthanise We do hope they corral their

resources and head back out to sea. It's very difficult to manage that

part of it, but dealing with the ones that are left

is quite an issue. Efforts are stood down

overnight for safety reasons, but the logistics of trying

to save these whales and then dealing with

the aftermath if they can't Stay with us here on BBC news...

Still to come... Huge swathes of Australia

are in the grip of an extreme heatwave - with firefighters

worried about bushfires. Mr Nelson Mandela, a freeman taking

his first steps into a new South Africa. Iran's spiritual leader says

he has passed a death sentence on Salman Rushdie, the British author

of a book which many Muslims say is blasphemous. The people of Haiti

have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their

former president. Because of his considerable value, Shergar was kept

in a secure box on a stud farm. She was driven away, the thieves bought

it with them. The stepped down from the plane, a figure in mourning,

Elizabeth II, Queen of this realm and of all her other realms and

territories, head of the Commonwealth, defender of the faith.

The latest headlines... President Donald Trump says he will not give

up on his travel ban and could submit new legislation in the coming

days. Clashes in the Iraqi

capital, Baghdad - over government corruption -

have left at least five people dead. Australia is known as a country

of extreme weather and that is In Western Australia,

residents are being evacuated In the east, authorities are warning

of catastrophic bushfire conditions as the mercury soars

past 45 degrees. Residents evacuated their homes as

floodwaters threatened to inundate the West Australian town. The nearby

river has swelled after days of torrential rain. Locals say the

water levels are the highest they have seen in 30 years. Three people

were rescued with some properties cut off by the floodwaters. My

backyard will go under, I reckon. It has six inches to go. We have

sandbagged around us to try to stop it but if it comes, it comes. More

rain is expected over the next few days. And while the West has had too

much of it, Australians on the east coast are sweltering through a

record-breaking heatwave. Temperatures reached over 40 degrees

in more than 50 cities and towns across the state of New South Wales.

The highest was 47 points six. Authorities say the worst is yet to

come. The most catastrophic fire conditions in New South Wales's

history are expected in parts of the states north on Sunday. It is not

another summers day or bad fire, this is as bad as it gets in the

circumstances. It is simply not a safe environment which is why we are

making it clear to people that the only safe place to be is not in at

risk areas. The Bush is a no-go zone but conditions are better in Sydney

where thousands of people are taking to the beach. Some sport other big

day in rugby. Yes, we will bring you up to date.

Liverpool have won for the first time in

it's quite a scalp they've claimed too.

They beat second placed Tottenham 2-nil at Anfield to move back

Liverpool forward Sadio mane got both goals.

Within two first half minutes as well...

With Jurgen Klopp relieved to finally get his first three

All this being nervous and stuff, it could have happened, show something

but the positive crowd was fantastic and a big joy to play here tonight

and it was a wonderful wonderful sign.

Alexis Sanchez scored twice for Arsenal as they ended a run

of two straight league defeats with a two nil win over Hull City.

The Chilean is now the Premier League's top scorer with 17.

He's eased some of the pressure on his manager Arsene Wenger.

He has faced renewed calls to step down after more than two

We played resilient, focused, organised but we wonder big pressure

to win the game. They played well and we need to be focused and come

away with a positive result. Manchester United beating

Watford at Old Trafford to extend their unbeaten run

in the league to sixteen games. Juan Mata opened the scoring

before Anthony Martial - making his first start in nearly

a month - added a second late on. People sometimes forget these teams

like Watford and Stoke, many of the medium teams in the table, they have

very good players. And I look at this team and these players were in

Italy when I was and they were playing in the Napoli, in Milan,

Eilat CEO, these are top players with top experience so the players

are good, these teams are much better than in the past. They can

discuss results with a top teams so I'm pleased because the three points

are important. These the results... IN Spain Barcelona have gone top

of the Primera Division The two will meet in the Copa

Del Rey final in May... They're above Real Madrid

by two points BUT have Real are currently

leading at Osasuna. Bayern Munich are now seven points

clear in Germany's Bundesliga. While second placed RB Leipzig lost

3-nil at home to Hamburg. The teams in third

AND fourth also lost... Onto rugby union AND a thrilling

encounter in Cardiff was won by England over Wales thanks

to a late try from Eliot Daly. They've extended their record

winning run to 16 now... BUT spent most the match

holding the Welsh at bay. The home side pretty much throughout

before Daly's touchdown If you could bottle the ingredients

that got England over the line today, as with France, what is it?

It is gripped. The players believe we can be the best in the world. If

you want to be the best you have to win the games. You are not at your

best against an opposition playing well, and we did that today.

After defeat to Scotland last week...

They ran in nine tries to score the competition's first bonus point

The movie industry in Pakistan has long been overshadowed

by the output from Bollywood - so when Indian films were boycotted

in Pakistan, many cinemas reported falling audiences.

That ban has now been lifted - but Pakistani actors

are still effectively prevented from working in India.

Now one Pakistani leading man is calling for the two nations

to open up their film industries to each other.

Osman Khalid Butt says it would benefit both nations -

and the BBC Asian Network's Haroon Rashid went to find out why.

It was assumed he would not have any competition at the Pakistani box

office because of the ban on Bollywood films. Now the movies are

back in business and the start of the romantic drama says it is a good

thing. We're not producing enough content in Pakistan to sustain

ourselves on our own. Generations have grown up on Bollywood so to

remove that we saw ourselves promoting the movie that it was put

for the cinemas because of the lack of Indian movies so I believe it is

great and healthy competition because it forces us to up our game

and show what we have got to offer in Pakistan. On the other side of

the border in India, Pakistani actors and stars are still banned

from being part of Bollywood films, is it fair Pakistan is allowing

their films to screen? There is a lot of jingoism and patriotism, when

even our actors go across the border call people claim it is the power of

the Indian and why not stay in Pakistan, even if we do not mention

it and were critical we do feel pride at the plethora of Indian

talent available and Pakistani talent was chosen on the basis of

their work and the work ethic and experience so I believe it is

unfair. And I feel India should be relaxing its policies after Pakistan

has removed the ban. It has all the ingredients of a typical Bollywood

film but how realistic is this representation of Pakistan? An

interesting question, especially because we live in a post-Trump

world and all the cliches you associate with salvation -- South

Asian region are coming back into play. People are have a myopic

vision of what Pakistan as a country is, they think terrorism and women

in burqas and no women in parliament or education but that is not the

case. It portrays and showcases to the world Pakistan is not what you

think and see in the news and the rhetoric you hear Donald Trump

talking about, bad is and ban Muslims. These are trigger words and

we're trying to showcase the poetry, the beauty and the majesty of our

country and show there are people just like any other people. Whether

the film is enough to change mindsets remains to be seen, it is

getting people talking. After more than 50 years trapped

in India, a Chinese man has finally Wang Qi was working

as an army surveyor in 1963 when he accidentally

crossed into India. Lacking the necessary documents

he was unable to leave the country After initially flying to Beijing,

he finally landed in his home city of Xianyang, where he was greeted

by family members and staff His return follows a report

by the BBC on his plight. Needless to say he was

very happy to be home. Live two pictures from Neath in

France. Authorities are on high alert

and security is tight as Carnival celebrations get underway

in the south of France. Tens of thousands of people

are expected to attend the annual festival in Nice,

marking a week before In the wake the wake of last year's

Bastille Day truck massacre, which left 86 people dead,

authorities are taking no chances.