Fillon, has their unanimous support. An unprecedented rift between germany and turkey. Chancellor Angela Merkel says there is no justification for turkish president erdogan comparing german officials to nazis. Its good to have you with us. U. S. President donald trump has signed a new executive order temporarily banning people from six mainly muslim countries from traveling to the United States. The white house says that the aim of the ban is to prevent terrorists from attacking the u. S. Now, a previous order calls disruption at airports and controly around the world and was eventually blocked by a u. S. Court. How is this one different . Well talk to our correspondent in washington in just a moment. We begin with this report. Reporter no tv cameras. Only a Twitter Photo when u. S. President donald trump signed a revised travel ban to get the executive order passed after federal courts blocked the first attempt. Iraq has been removed from the list. To our allies and partners around the world, please understand this order is part of our ongoing efforts to eliminate vulnerabilities, the radical islamist terrorists can and will exploit for destructive ends. Reporter six of the nations on the original ban remain. Citizens from iran, libya, syria, somalia, sudan, and yemen will be prevented from traveling to the u. S. For 90 days though this time around u. S. Green card and valid visa holders from the banned countries wont be affected. It halts any refugees from any country for 120 days. Unlike the original order syria has not been singled out for an indefinite ban. The white house warned of the threat it believes refugees pose. We also know many people seeking to support or commit terrorist acts will try to enter through our refugee program. In fact, today more than 300 people according to the f. B. I. Who came here as refugees are under an f. B. I. Investigation today for potential terrorism related activities. Reporter trump will be hoping the redraft makes it through the courts this time. It is due to take effect on march 16. One thing the president can almost certainly count on, however, is renewed protests about the ban. Brent all right. We want to pull in our correspondent on the story for us from washington. Good afternoon to you, maia. What does this renewed travel ban tell us about the Trump Administration at the moment . One commep tator said this is the close one commentator said this is the closest trump will ever come to admitting that he made a mistake. Reporter yes, well, it certainly looks like a lot of rehash of the first travel ban. You still have the same six out of seven countries where travel is being restricted, and, honestly, it still sends the same message both to Trump Supporters and to the rest of the world that the administration considers people from the six majority muslim countries to be dangerous. Anyone coming in, anyone trying to come in to the u. S. From these countries will not be welcomed. So it establishes pretty much the same problem that trump faced in the first place. We have already heard from the Wisconsin Attorney general that they are looking to see if they can excuse me the Washington Attorney general looking to see if they can refile another lawsuit to take down the travel ban. Brent all right. So we could be heading to the courts yet again with this. Lets talk about what we saw today, a photograph of the u. S. President signing this order and members of his cabinet presenting it to the public. That is a huge change from several weeks ago. What is the thinking there . Why are we seeing that change . Maya well, its a much more low key approach, definitely. And i think the thinking behind the administration was this is something they wanted to accomplish. Its one of the first things they did when they came into office. And it helps establish a wider base of support in the administration if they had other members of the Administration Come out and explain what this new executive order does rather than just having trump, himself, come forward and say, here. Were doing this again. We have to remember trump took a lot of flack from a lot of sides when he signed the First Executive order and to have other members of his cabinet come out and say, this is what were doing and we support this, gives it a lot more legitimacy. Brent how would you tie this to what weve been seeing torlakson what has happened in the last week . We went from the speech in Congress Last tuesday to the president accusing the former president of tapping his phones in the trump towers. There is a lot that has happened now. How does it play into what we saw today . Maya it may just be business as usual in the trump white house. This is a president who has prized unpredictability as a tactic. We know that his managerial style very much thrives on chaos. Whether there was any connection to trying to keep him, shall we say, on a short leash by not having him announce the new executive order because of these tweets that may be a factor. Brent all right. Maya, thank you very much. Well, many republicans support trumps travel ban but only a few seem willing to come out and back the revised version. One of less than a handful of gop lawmakers standing up for the commanderinchief tweeting this. It is refreshing to see a president that isnt ashamed to hold the most important job of the government, protecting the american people. Democrats, however, have wasted no time attacking the white house over the new ban. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer tweeting that, despite the administrations changes, the muslim ban makes us less safe, not more. It is mean spirited and unamerican. It must be repealed. Bernie sanders scorching trumps executive order, saying, this isnt about keeping america safe. Lets call it what it is. This ban is a racist and antiislamic attempt to divide us up. Meanwhile, the aclu, the American Civil Liberties union, which led the legal charge against the first order, vowing to double down. We will fight trumps des crim nah tri policies no matter how many iterations. In just a few hours, hundreds of protesters are expected to gather outside the white house to voice their opposition to the ban. In france leaders of the right wing party have given unanimous backing to president ial candidate Francois Fillon. After an emergency meeting in paris the party said it had taken the step after a wide debate. Fillon had been under pressure to drop out of the race over allegations that he used taxpayer money to pay his family for work that we know now they did not do. Oh, yes. Our correspondent is covering the story for us and is standing outside the republicans headquarters in paris. Good evening to you, barbara. So, unanimous support for mr. Fillon from the party leadership. Now, that sounded different in the last few days. How did he get this uturn . Barbara oh, we cant call it anything but the miracle of paris, because what must have happened during this evening behind these closed doors here, behind me, is that they all embrace and kissed, at least they made up, and we dont know how and why. What did emerge, though, during the day, however, is that the Republican Party is incapable of getting rid of the candidate Francois Fillon. He arrived here earlier this evening and was full of confidence and said everybody should step down, calm down, and im the candidate and im the only candidate. And there is no alternative. And the party heads should learn this. The statutes of the republicans say that once somebody has won the primaries, he gets the money that is set aside for the campaign and he is the candidate the party cannot remove him. And they even had lawyers sort of look at this again throughout the last two or three days. Everybody sort of concluded, we cant help it. So its better to unite behind him than to tear apart the Republican Party. That was the conclusion of this day. Brent winner takes it all. With Francois Fillon now remaining in the race, what does that mean for the chances of the republicans in the upcoming election . Barbara so far, really, it doesnt look good, brent, because he is third in the polls and he has been consistently third throughout the last weeks. What he hopes for is that the french people will forget and forgive. That they will somehow say, oh, a bit of scandal doesnt matter. Weve seen so Many Political scandals throughout the decades. Weve seen all the scandals of his predecessor, the republican sarkozy. So that is obviously his opinion. On the other side, this is just the same. Almost a Million Euros from public money going into the pocket of Francois Fillon that they dont really want anymore and they have really punished him for it. The next weeks will show whether he can ride this out or will take his party down with him into the abyss. Brent barbara, as always, thank you very much. Here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. Ukraine has urged the United Nations highest court to ache action against what the country calls russias terrorist acts in Eastern Ukraine and crimea. At the hague the Deputy Foreign minister accused russia of violating a u. N. Convention against financing terrorsm by supplying weapons, money, and other help to pro russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine. Iraqi forces used helicopter gun ships and heavy artillery to make strikes against socalled Islamic State in west mosul including the capture of a key bridge over the tigris river. But the fighting has led to an exodus of more than 50,000 people according to at least one charity. A retired Philippine Police officer has testified that president daurta and his men were tied to nearly 200 killings that the officer helped carry out when duarte was mayor of a southern city. At a Senate Inquiry the officer outlined some the killings he said were staged with the prior knowledge direct orders, or the consent of dutarte. World powers have condemned north koreas firing of four Ballistic Missiles into the sea off japan. South korea calling the launches an immediate and real threat to its security. Now, the u. K. Is calling them provocative. Russia has urged all sides to exercise restraint. Reporter its been less than a month since north koreas last missile launch, flaunted on state television. On monday pyongyang fired four more missiles off its east coast. Three of them landed in waters japan claims as its own. Prime minister shinzo abe condemned the tests. The launches are clearly in violation of Security Council resolutions, which we will not tolerate. We have strongly rebuked north korea. The missiles appear to be a reaction to south koreas annual military drills with the u. S. , which began last week. The two countries say the exercises are routine, but north korea views them as preparation for war. Last year it fired seven Ballistic Missiles during the drills. The latest tests are another provocation to Donald Trumps administration. In recent months, pyongyang has been conducting banned Nuclear Tests at an unprecedented rate. Following mondays launches the u. S. State Department Said the u. S. Was ready to use the full range of capabilities at its disposal. South korea called for the u. S. To speed up its deployment of a new antimissile Defense System in the country. We should quickly complete the deployment of the u. S. Terminal High Altitude area Defense System against north Koreas Nuclear program and missiles. The United States plans to roll out the system designed to shoot down Ballistic Missiles by the end of the year. Under leader kim jong Un North Korea has ambitions to develop an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile capable of reaching the u. S. Mainland, something trump has vowed will not happen. Brent well take a oneminute break. When we come back, more world news. Daniel will be here with the latest business headlines. Stick around. Well be right back. Brent welcome back with dw news live from berlin. Our top stories, the u. S. Has issued a new travel order, which restricts travel to the u. S. From a number of muslim countries, but unlike the last time, iraq is exempt. The white house also says that the ban will not come into force for several days in order to avoid disruption. Well, there is no sign of an end to tensions between turkey and germany tonight. German chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned turkish president erdogan for accusing germany of, nazi practices after some of his ministers were prevented from staging political rallies here in the country. The German Government denies there is an official ban, but tonight another city, hamburg, has announced it, too, is canceling a rally by the Turkish Foreign minister. We have this report. Reporter the chancellor was known for maintaining a sense of calm in almost any situation. Even attacks on her character. But the latest comments by president erdogan comparing german officials to nazis clearly have her riled. Quite honestly, such uncalled for statements do not even merit serious comment. There is no justification for them whatsoever. Not even in an Election Campaign about the introduction of a president ial system in turkey. That was met with lengthy applause. Many share the chancellors indignation. Racism and antisemitism have long been central objectives of merkels and she responded to erdogans remarks in no uncertain terms. I find them grievous and personally sad as well. Because such a comparison downplays the nazis incomprehensible crimes against humanity. These kind of remarks are thus disqualified from the outset. Acknowledging that berlin and ankara have vast differences of opinion, especially concerning press freedom and freedom of expression, the chancellor appealed for a candid discussion. Brent time now for business news. The auto maker opel is set to get a new owner. Daniel is here with the story about that. Daniel thats right, brent. It is no wonder General Motors wants to sell the european car maker. Opel hasnt turned a profit in a very long time. In fact, its a weight on the Parent Company to the tune of 5. 5 billion in losses since 2011. But, gm has managed to put opel on to a more promising trajectory. We can see the chart here of the losses that opel has experienced over the last few years, and coming up to this part of the end, thats where the french car maker p. S. A. Wants to pick up the slack. The chief executive of p. S. A. Is this man here. He is already well known for bringing his company back from the brink. Well, now he promises to rid opel of its losses completely by 2020. The workers worry the new boss will cut his way to profit. Reporter its an historic day for opel. The sale of the german car maker marks the end of 88 years of ownership by u. S. Giant General Motors. Now it will be in french hands. That has triggered concerns about job security among opels more than 38,000 employees. Their jobs are guaranteed till the end of 2018, but its unclear what will happen afterwards. Mergers have never led to more jobs. I believe the merger will mean some job cuts. It remains to be seen how they will be cut, if they are. That includes the time frame as well as how its done. The heads of General Motors, p. S. A. Group, and opel expressed optimism about the deal during a joint press conference in paris. They think its a victory for all three companies. We are excited to join forces for the second largest european auto company to enhance operation for profitable growth worldwide. Reporter it certainly wont be an easy task. Opel has incurred huge losses the last two decades. Thats the reason why its u. S. Parent has been trying to sell the german subsidiary. Opel is already cooperating with its new french owners. Together they aim to increase annual production to 5 million vehicles in the coming years, making them the number two in europe after volkswagen. P. S. A. Hopes the alliance leads to synergies and savings. The french also hope to increase sales in foreign markets, including china. Ews will be hige agenda of the geneva show which opens tomorrow. I asked our correspondent what industry reps there are saying. Reporter well, basically, daniel, we have the calm before the storm here. Obviously the official start of the press days is only tomorrow but its already dominating conversation here at the geneva motor show. Many people are interested in what the merger will mean for Competition Among european auto makers. Many are saying here that they think the merger between opel and p. S. A. Could rult in a credible rival for europes number one. That, of course, is volkswagen. We know theyre enjoying brisk business at the moment but also are bogged down by the diesel gait scandal and intrigue at the top of the management. On the other hand there are skeptics that say volkswagens reach is obviously much more global and opel p. S. A. Has been very focused on the European Market until now and as such cannot present a credible threat to business. Well see who is right. Were seeing a shift of the balance of power in the european car market but opel has a lot to gain here, depending on the route it goes. Reporter precisely. It really depends what they will do at this moment. In the short term i dont think well see that much. Theyre obviously going to be busy dividing roles and responsibilities. Who is responsible for designing which part to which models. And in the mid term we also dont know if we will see job cuts and plant closures at opel even though p. S. A. Has sort of sought to reassure opel the existing job guarantees will be maintained. You can see it might be difficult to do that for efficiency reasons. Of course, we also have to see whether the merger would make it easier for opel and p. S. A. To expand beyond the European Market to enlarge their foot print elsewhere. We know this is the hope of p. S. A. In acquiring opel. The chief of p. S. A. Said that asian customers, for example, prefer german cars over french cars and as such he sees an opportunity in acquiring opel. Daniel i can see the opel cars behind you spinning away. What is opel bringing to geneva this year . Reporter its funny. Opel, a few days before the event, actually changed the focus of what they wanted to present here. They have initially been intending to debut models from their insignia line. Instead, they changed their focus to debut the cross over, the crossland x. You can see it behind me. This is the first product out of the collaboration. The existing collaboration with p. S. A. It is obviously their way of selling the merger. Its been sold now as a german car with french insides. It has a lot of common parts with the c3 aircraft. This is what theyre hoping will symbolize their future relationship. Daniel it seems opel is already driving the conversation there in geneva. Thank you very much for that. Shares of snatch, the Parent Company of snapchat app, falling over 8 so far today. The session closing at just over half hours time. There was huge demand for the social media startup during the ipo last thursday with shares opening far above the issue price. But analysts warn that the messaging app faces strong competition from facebook and twitter. Snap was the biggest flotation in the tech sector since alibaba in 2014. Now its time for me to disappear as fast as though a snapchat is doing it and hand you back over to brent for more news. Brent we dont have to worry about wearing heels but i think some women in the u. K. Made it a little legal matter. Lawmakers in the u. K. Told companies they have gone a step too far in telling women what to wear. It all started when a secretary was sent home for not wearing heels. As we report now the issue has caused anger and proved that these boots are made for walking and sometimes working. Reporter lets talk shoes. This is not a sentence british lawmakers would expect to hear in parliament. But high heels are a serious political issue. They are up for discussion today. The question they faced, is it legal for employers to force women to wear high heels at work . The debate was started by 27yearold reception it nikola fob who was sent home without pay in december, 2015, for wearing flat shoes. In response, she launched a petition which received more than 150,000 signatures. On the streets of london, the verdict was unanimous among both women and men. I dont think women should be forced to wear high heels. I think there have to be some expectations of a dress code. I dont think you can get away with wearing swim wear for instance at work. A lot of things of course but high heels in particular because that can also be a health issue for people. I think that is unnecessary. I think if a company was to impose a requirement that women wear high heels for their work that would be utterly abhorrent and wrong. Reporter the debate in parliament is nonbinding, but the government promised to take action against sexist dress codes, which, quoting politician helen jones, belong more in the 1850s than in the 21st century. Brent still got a lot of walking to do. A reminder of the top stories were following for you. The u. S. Has issued a new travel order, which restricts travel to the u. S. From a number of muslim countries, but unlike the last time iraq is exempt. The white house also says the ban will not come into force for several days to avoid disruptions. After a short break ill be back to take you through the day and you wont have to wear your heels either. Well see you in a few minutes. [captioning performed by the National Captioning Institute which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [theme music] [theme music] Ernabel Demillo hi, im Ernabel Demillo, welcome to Asian American life. Were at the Newark Museum in new jersey where theyre showcasing an extensive collection of rare islamic art, a wondrous world art and islam through time and place. Lets take a closer look. From the middle east and africa to Southeast Asia and the americas, this exhibit spans fourteen hundred years of history