the washington post has published a report claiming president trump revealed highly classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister and ambassador at their white house meeting last week. quoting current and former officials, the paper alleges mr trump gave information about the so called islamic state group, supplied to the us by a foreign ally, and considered so sensitive american officials did not even share it widely within the us government. the paper suggests intelligence sources and security relationships with other governments may have been compromised. the us secretary of state has issued a statement that the president discussed the nature of specific threats, but not sources, methods or military operations. one of the washington post reporters that broke the story greg jaffee spoke to the bbc‘s kasia madera. trump in a meeting with the russian foreign minister and the russian ambassador, was describing the threat posed by laptops on airplanes, with rega
here s our washington correspondent, richard lister. the problem with the order from washington is he offered a paragraph only of reasoning and did not explain anything. maybe it is right, maybe it is wrong. we don t know the basis basis of his decision. that makes it difficult for the court. one of the judges said it is an american and unconstitutional. you have to be more precise than that. there are several specific grounds on which this could be unconstitutional. it could be a violation of the free exercise clause or free process. violation of the free exercise clause orfree process. but violation of the free exercise clause or free process. but the judge in washington said this is unlikely to succeed. do you think we are perhaps heading to a compromise with donald trump where it may be a travel ban on those who have no reason to be in america. more strict screening and immigration rules, which are already pretty strict. traditionally, the courts have not much say on who
the announcement from the department ofjustice follows a series of tweets from mr trump in which he denounced the judge who made the ruling, and warned that bad and dangerous people could be pouring into the united states because of it. major airlines are again allowing citizens from the affected countries to board flights to the united states. here s our washington correspondent richard lister. they re the scenes which have characterised the first two weeks of theftrump presidency. w millions protesting what they see as discrimination against muslims and an unwonted change in american values. and all triggered by this one executive order, denying entry to people from seven countries. the order was hit by a series of legal challenges, the latest at this seattle court was that it banned some people from returning to american companies and colleges, damaging the united states. i find that the court should and will grant the temporary restraining order. the ban was suspe
after. the countdown is on to the super bowl in houston, texas. we ll hear how the fans are gearing up for it. hello. the us government is to make a formal appeal against the legal ruling suspending president trump s ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim countries. major airlines are again allowing citizens from the affected countries to board flights to the united states. here s the bbc‘s simon clemison. first they could go to america, then they could not. now they are back at they could not. now they are back at the departure gates again. after two yea rs of the departure gates again. after two years of vetting and investigating my background they granted me the visa. so this shocked me. some nev are unpacked their suitcases there. others were wary wondering how long this would last. now the decision has been appealed, lifting the ban on foreign nationals arriving from seven predominantly muslim countries. donald trump insisted the move was not against religion but t
and a bbc investigation exposes a secret network of wildlife traffickers selling baby chimpanzees. good morning, and welcome to bbc news. in the last hour, a us federal appeals court has rejected a request from donald trump s administration to immediately reinstate his controversial order banning immigration from seven specified countries. mister trump signed an executive order to pick the ban into place last week, a federaljudge then planned rescinded it on friday. a request by mister trump to reinstate the ban has been denied. thejudgment read: it said a reply from the department in support of the emergency appeal was due on monday. but this is not the end of the line for the restrictions this case was just part of the government s efforts to maintain its ban on travellers from seven predominantly muslim countries that have been named as a terror risk. mr trump himself has attacked the federaljudge who had suspended the migration bans countrywide, calling the judgment ri