0:00:00 > 0:00:09Now on BBC1 it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Good evening. for the news where you are.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14The MP for Stratford-on-Avon says he feels "demeaned and discriminated
0:00:14 > 0:00:17against" after learning he's banned from visiting the USA
0:00:17 > 0:00:21under Donald Trump's new immigration policy.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Nadhim Zahawi, who was born in Iraq, has also expressed concerns
0:00:23 > 0:00:28about seeing his children who are studying at an American University.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Satnam Rana reports.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35Spontaneous protests across America in reation
0:00:35 > 0:00:38to President Trump's executive order, which has halted all refugee
0:00:38 > 0:00:41admissions and barred people from seven Muslim Majority countries
0:00:41 > 0:00:45to enter America for 90 days.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47An order which has a direct impact on Stratford-on-Avon
0:00:47 > 0:00:50MP Nadhim Zahawi.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Our two sons, our twins,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54are at Princeton University, so we do need to travel quite a bit.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57He's a British Citizen, born in Bhagdad.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Under President Trump's order, he can no longer enter the US,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04which means he can't visit his twins who are studying there.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07On the Andrew Marr Show this morning he expressed his dismay.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09I don't think I have felt this discriminated against probably
0:01:09 > 0:01:14since little school when kids were very cruel, as a young boy
0:01:14 > 0:01:15coming from Iraq, of Kurdish origin.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20For the first time in my life last night I felt discriminated against.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25It's demeaning, it is sad.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28From an MP to a PHD student at Birmingham University.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Raouf Abozariba is from Libya.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32He's been keeping track of the news on social media.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34How does it make you feel knowing that you can't go
0:01:34 > 0:01:36to America right now?
0:01:36 > 0:01:41I think everyone wants to have freedom or to have opportunity to go
0:01:41 > 0:01:43somewhere or to visit somewhere or to have the opportunity
0:01:43 > 0:01:45to work, to travel.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47It's always good but to have this freedom taken away
0:01:47 > 0:01:50from us, it's really bad.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53President Trump has defended the executive order,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56saying his country needs strong borders and extreme vetting.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00But that's little consolation for people like Raouf,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03who is facing uncertain times with the question what next?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06on his mind.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Satnam Rana, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Nine men have been arrested after hundreds of fans invaded
0:02:12 > 0:02:17the pitch during Coventry City's game against Northampton.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19The League One fixture was disrupted several times by fans
0:02:19 > 0:02:21yesterday afternoon.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Police say six arrests were made when Sky Blues fans invaded
0:02:23 > 0:02:27the pitch and a further three when flares were let-off.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Coventry lost the game 3-0.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34The police watchdog says it's investigating an officer who pulled
0:02:34 > 0:02:38over a Birmingham DJ in his Bentley and told him it was a fact that
0:02:38 > 0:02:41black men in gangster clothes commit crimes.
0:02:41 > 0:02:4527-year-old DMO Deejay was stopped near Leicester Square
0:02:45 > 0:02:46in London earlier this month.
0:02:46 > 0:02:53The whole incident was captured on a camera set up in the DJ's car.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56A swan that was shot with a crossbow in Cheltenham has "miraculously" not
0:02:56 > 0:02:58lost its eye and is up and walking.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01The bird, known as "George", was found with a bolt
0:03:01 > 0:03:04embedded in its head in Pittville Park on Tuesday.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Despite fears it had lost its eye, staff at Vale Wildlife Hospital
0:03:07 > 0:03:15were amazed to see it was still there after the swelling went down.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18More than 30,000 people descended on Birmingham today to celebrate
0:03:18 > 0:03:20the start of the Chinese New Year.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22The event was funded entirely by money raised
0:03:22 > 0:03:27by the local community.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29And despite the wet weather, organisers say the celebrations
0:03:29 > 0:03:31were a huge success.
0:03:31 > 0:03:31Audrey Dias reports.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35The year of the Rooster starts off with a bang,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Thousands gathered in Birmingham to mark the beginning
0:03:38 > 0:03:41of the Chinese New Year.
0:03:41 > 0:03:51The Chinese community encompasses a lot of different cultures as well.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Although it's called Chinese New Year, it's not actually
0:03:54 > 0:03:56celebrated just in China, it is also celebrated
0:03:56 > 0:03:57in Singapore, Malaysia,
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Thailand, Vietnam.
0:03:58 > 0:03:59So, all over far East Asia.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02We count ourselves as one big happy family, coming altogether,
0:04:02 > 0:04:03doing a big festival.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I think it's the perfect thing for a pick me up.
0:04:06 > 0:04:06SHE SINGS IN MANDARIN.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09People born under the sign of the Rooster are said to be
0:04:09 > 0:04:12hard-working but there are also said to be dreamers and flashy dressers.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Well, they're's plenty of that on offer here today.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18More than 12,000 Chinese people live in the city and that's
0:04:18 > 0:04:211% of the population.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25But they weren't celebrating alone. It's just really nice
0:04:25 > 0:04:27But they weren't celebrating alone.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28It's just really nice
0:04:28 > 0:04:30to the Birmingham as a place that is so multicultural
0:04:30 > 0:04:33and having a day that you can come out and celebrate.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Everyone coming along together, that's what humanity is.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38It's important, isn't it, because we live in a big city
0:04:38 > 0:04:42and different cultures and we need to learn from each other.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46A tiger, a snake an oxen and a rat, so it was good fun, we enjoyed it.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Packed with colour and atmosphere, it seemed the damp weather was no
0:04:48 > 0:04:51match for the high spirits of this truly diverse city.
0:04:51 > 0:05:00Audrey Dias, BBC Midlands Today, Birmingham.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Nice to see the rain didn't stop people coming
0:05:02 > 0:05:03to enjoy the festivities.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04Is the wet weather likely to continue?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Here's Alex Hamilton with the forecast.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Good evening.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Well, we've had a bit of everything today.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12We started off on a frosty note and then as these fronts
0:05:12 > 0:05:15came our way we have seen quite a bit of wet weather.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17But as we go through the course of the night,
0:05:17 > 0:05:23it will be noticeably milder.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27We start to get rid of that rain in the early hours but there will be
0:05:27 > 0:05:29some patches of mist and fog around here and there.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Lows tonight of around six Celsius.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Then as we look at tomorrow morning, we will have some brightness
0:05:34 > 0:05:37for a time once that mist and fog starts to lift and clear but then
0:05:37 > 0:05:40yet again we have got some more showery rain working its way
0:05:40 > 0:05:42across the region over the course of the day.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Highs of around nine Celsius.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45I will leave you with the outlook.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48We have got some unsettled weather to come over the next few days
0:05:48 > 0:05:51but it will be turning noticeably milder with highs in double
0:05:51 > 0:05:52figures by the midweek.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53That's it for now.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I'm back with the late bulletin at 10.20pm.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Until then, enjoy the rest of your evening.