A number of foreign nationals have been detained at airports in america. It comes after President Trump signed an Executive Order preventing people seeking Refugee Status in the United States. Well theres been a lot of reaction. These are the protests underway Atjfk Airport in new york, after it emerged 11 refugees were being detained there. Under the Executive Order, citizens from seven muslim majority countries will be denied visas for 90 days. The countries include syria, iraq, iran, libya, somalia, sudan, and yemen. Specifically, the changes mean that the us will not take any refugees, from any country, for the next four months. The un and france have criticised the changes but President Trump says they are need to stop islamic terrorists from entering the country. One congresswoman has been voicing her concerns. Nydia velazquez serves in the house of representatives. She spoke to reporters outsidejfk. My friends, it is a sad day for the american people. This is not who we are. Thi
Today. The United States has imposed new sanctions on iran to punish it for a recent Ballistic Missile test, and for what was described as tehrans continued support for terrorism. The measures target 12 companies and 13 individuals in iran and elsewhere. Iran said the sanctions breached the un deal under which it agreed to curb its nuclear programme. The white house spokesman, sean spicer, said President Trump was determined to keep iran in check. These sanctions really represent a very very strong stand against the actions that iran has been taking, and make it very clear that the deal that was struck previously was not in the best interests of this country, and that President Trump is going to do everything he can to make sure iran stays in check. These kind of sanctions dont happen quickly. But i think the timing of them is clearly in reaction to what weve seen, you know, over the last couple of days. We knew we have these options available to us because they had been worked through
Hello, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. It is almost eight years since american journalist james foley was kidnapped by the Islamic State group in syria. He was murdered by his captors. So too were alan henning, david haines from britain, peter kassig, Steven Sotloff and kayla muellerfrom america. Some of them forced to appear in propaganda videos pleading for their lives before they were killed. Today, two of the alleged members of the gang, that were dubbed the beatles Alexanda Kotey and el shafee elsheikh, were flown from an airbase in iraq to the United States. They become the first defendants to be prosecuted in a us court, for the beheadings of the american and british hostages. In all, thejihadist cell was responsible for the murders of 27 people. The ringleader was the former west londoner mohammed emwazi, who appeared as a black masked executioner, the man we knew as jihadi john. He was killed in 2015 in a us drone strike in raqqa. Kotay and elsheikh
Hello and welcome to the programme. 11 us senators say theyll refuse to certinyoe bidens victory in the president ial election unless theres an investigation into alleged voter fraud. Courts in several us states have thrown out a series of challenges to the result. Meanwhile, campaigning has intensified in georgia ahead of tuesdays special senate election. Paul hawkins reports. The electoral votes have been cast, legal challenges have failed, inauguration stages being built, and yet, with 17 days to go intojoe biden becomes president , some are still challenging the result. On wednesday, the upper house of the congress, the senate controlled by republicans, will officially certify the election results. But almost a dozen republicans and is led by ted cruz say they intend to reject vote, saying in our claiming election fraud. Mitch mcconnell has urged them not to. Today i wa nt to has urged them not to. Today i want to congratulate president electjoe biden. Want to congratulate presiden
Our Business Correspondent sarah corker caught up with some of them. Three people who all lost theirjobs because of the pandemic. Welcome to the programme. 0lympia, rebecca, and heather were facing the toughestjobs eleven senators in the United States say theyll market for a generation. Refuse to certinyoe bidens weve got no money coming in, victory in the president ial so well survive as long election unless a commission as we can. Is set up to investigate alleged voter fraud. The group, led by the texan, ted cruz, claims there were unprecedented irregularities in novembers vote, without offering any proof. Courts in several us states have already thrown out a series of challenges to the result. Paul hawkins reports. Jon seaton is a republican strategist. He joins us now from alexandria in virginia. Thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you for having me. We have had court case after court case fail and no evidence of widespread fraud with any credibility upheld in the United S