29/01/2017 BBC Weekend News

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has called on President Trump's

state visit to the UK to be cancelled amid a global outcry

against his ban on refugees and citizens from several Muslim

The Prime Minister is facing criticism for not condemning

the controversial US ban more quickly, but has now said action

will be taken if British nationals are affected.

Overnight, a US court ruled to stop deportations of those affected -

we'll have more on that in a moment, but first our political

correspondent Susanna Mendonca reports on growing row.

correspondent Susanna Mendonca reports on the growing row.

Protests have spread across America's airports

ever since Donald Trump's travel ban came into force.

At the time, Theresa May was in Turkey for trade talks,

where she failed to criticise the ban, when asked

Well, the United States is responsible for the

The United Kingdom is responsible for the United Kingdom's

Hours after landing back in Britain, Number Ten issued a

statement, insisting the Prime Minister did not agree with this

It added that if there is any impact on UK nationals, then clearly,

"We will make representations to the US Government."

The British Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah is worried he could be

one of those affected, as he was born in Somalia and lives

He described the US policy as coming from a place of ignorance

and prejudice and one of Theresa May's very own MPs,

who was born in Iraq, has been told he would be affected.

How does it make you feel that Donald Trump doesn't want

Gosh, I don't think I've felt discriminated against,

probably since little school when kids were very cruel,

as a young boy coming from Iraq or Kurdish origin.

For the first time in my life, last night, I felt discriminated against,

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has now

criticised the travel ban on seven merely Muslim countries

and wrong and a petition calling for Donald Trump not to be invited

for a state visit to the UK has picked up pace, gaining enough

signatures to be considered for a debate in Parliament.

I'm not happy with him coming here until that ban

Because, look at what is happening with those countries,

effect of this on the rest of the world?

But Ukip's Nigel Farage has defended the US President.

He said Mr Trump agreed with democracy and was doing

what the voters who backed him wanted him to do.

He was elected to say he would do everything

America from infiltration by Isis terrorists.

Now, you know, there are seven countries on that list.

In America, the opposition continues, with families being kept

For the British Government, it's perhaps a sign of the challenges

ahead of trying to maintain a special relationship

with a president who has some very different views to the UK.

This morning, President Trump stood by his decision

He tweeted that America needed strong borders and extreme

His comments come after chaos at airports yesterday

when travellers with legal visas were turned away,

Outside this New York courthouse, they chanted,

They were waiting for these lawyers to emerge after fighting for two

Iraqi men held on arrival into the US despite

It's a case which challenges President Trump's authority.

The judge, in a nutshell, saw through what the Government

was doing and gave us what we wanted, which was to block

the Trump order and not allow the Government to remove anybody

who has come and is caught up in the order nationwide,

The ruling will be reviewed next month and there's no direct

directive about what should happen now to the dozens

detained at airports across the country.

At Chicago's O'Hare Airport, the authorities released 17

migrants they have detained, but for them and thousands

of others, the freedom to come and go from the US freely

And that's a concern for major US companies which have brought

in talent from the seven countries hit by the order.

Google says more than 100 of its employees have been affected

and it is trying to bring back those travelling abroad.

Donald Trump, though, is holding firm.

In a tweet this morning, he said, "Our country needs strong borders

Look what's happening all over Europe and indeed

And he got tweeted support from the leader of the Dutch freedom

"It's the only way to stay safe and free."

But the countries included in the Trump order are reeling.

Iran's Foreign Minister asked the Swiss ambassador

to convey a message that it was against human

And in Iraq, an American ally, there is confusion.

This Kurdish family was prevented from boarding

If someone says it and it's effective immediately,

It's just like Saddam Hussein's decisions!

President Trump seemed very confident about this policy

when he signed it yesterday, but the ink is barely dry and it's

already causing a furious debate in America and around the world.

The Northern Ireland Secretary has criticised the way

inquiries are being conducted into the Troubles.

James Brokenshire said the current re-investigations into the conflict

were disproportionately focused on the police and the army.

A number of former soldiers are facing prosecution for deaths

Jeremy Corbyn has warned his Shadow Cabinet that it will be

impossible for them to keep their jobs if they vote

against triggering the start of the Brexit process.

The Labour leader has ordered his party's MPs

to support the bill when it reaches the Commons.

Two of his front bench have already resigned over the issue.

Living standards are set to fall this year, according to a report

The Resolution Foundation said the UK had experienced a "mini-boom"

from 2014 to the beginning of last year.

But it predicts rising prices and stagnating wages would now put

Our Business Correspondent Joe Lynam reports.

It may not feel like it for some of us, but we've enjoyed

a mini-boom in living standards over the past two-and-a-half years.

That's thanks to low inflation, low interest rates and growing

employment levels, but that's set to end, according to a think-tank.

The Resolution Foundation's annual living standards audit

says the weaker pound will reduce our spending power,

especially among low earners, and employers won't be able

to increase wages as fast, while employment levels will slow

There's things the Government can do.

But they can't deal with inflation, the Government, but they can deal

with trying to get even more people into work and obviously

if the Chancellor solves some problems around productivity,

The Government said that the UK, under Theresa May had the fastest

growing economy in the G7 and it was determined to build

an economy that worked for all, but the Government's

own official forecaster expects the economy to weaken somewhat this

year and that could leave many of us a little bit poorer.

Polls have opened in France where the socialist party

is choosing its candidate for April's presidential election.

Manuel Valls, a former Prime Minister,

The party faces a tough battle from France's right wing.

At 35 years old, and five years after his last Grand Slam victory,

Roger Federer has triumphed at the Australian Open

He was up against his old adversary, Rafa Nadal.

It's the Swiss player's 18th Major trophy,

but as Tim Hague reports, it didn't come without a battle.

Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal, a match-up made in tennis heaven

and a final no one could have predicted, yet everyone

And this, with 31 majors between them, lived up to expectations.

Back and forth, like two prized fighters.

Federer struck the first blow, but Nadal, like his opponent,

Relentless and ruthless in equal measure, and this match was level.

The 17-time grand slam champion produced some scintillating

stuff in the third set, taking on Nadal and

In the bullring and taking the set by the horns.

It meant we inevitably went to a fifth and final decider.

There were so many break points, three of them executed,

An 18th grand slam title for a 35-year-old many

After this, it would be hard to disagree.

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