Good morning and welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Downing street has rejected calls to cancel the state visit to the uk by President Trump, which is expected to ta ke President Trump, which is expected to take place this summer. An online Petition Calling on the Prime Minister to withdraw the invitation has gathered more than a million signatures. Government sources say it is in britains long term interest to maintain links with the us. Foreign secretary borisjohnson will give a statement to mps this afternoon after the us says britons who have shared nationality with one of the seven Middle Eastern and african countries would not be stopped from coming into america. The Uk Foreign Office has advised that only those dual nationals travelling from one of the blacklisted seven countries would be subject to extra checks and those travelling between the uk and us would not be affected. Thousands have gathered at us airports in protest at the measures. President trump says the ban is an interi
More than a thousand miles to do so. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. The fa cup fifth round draw is tonight, and who will non League Sutton united and lincoln city get after knocking out leeds and brighton . Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. More than a Million People have now signed a petition calling on the government to cancel a planned state visit to the uk by donald trump. It follows his temporary ban on visitors from seven predominantly muslim countries from entering the usa. The labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said the visit should be postponed. But Downing Street said scrapping the visit would Undo Everything achieved in mrs mays visit to washington earlier this month, and called the campaign a Populist Gesture. Heres our political correspondent, iain watson. The demonstrations in America Against President Trumps Imposition Ofa against President Trumps Imposition Of A Temporary Travel Ban are likely to be repeated here with protests planned outside Downin
Silently helps along. But the president has again defended his policy saying he needs to keep a lot of bad dudes out of the us. Well have the latest on reaction to the trump travel ban and the plans for a state visit to the uk with protests planned in british cities this evening. The other main stories on bbc news at 5 six people including former hbos bankers are found guilty of bribery and fraud that cost customers and shareholders hundreds of millions of pounds. After six people were shot dead in whats described as a Terror Attack at a mosque in canada two suspects have been arrested. In cardiff, leaders of the devolved governments in wales, scotland and Northern Ireland meeting with theresa may, have demanded a greater say in the Brexit Process. And mapping the mood of Urban Britain we hear from the man whos walked more than a thousand miles to do so. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is The Continuing Worldwide Reaction to President Trumps Order Banning Travellers to the us from seven c
Parliament begins the debate on triggering the formal exit process. Hello, welcome to 100 days. Im Katty Kay In Washington, Christian Frasers in london. There is no room for dissent. The message from the white house to american Civil Servants if you dont agree with President Trumps agenda, then it is time to leave. And the first to go was the Attorney General sally yates, who refused to enforce the president s temporary ban on refugees and visa holders from seven majority muslim countries. In her place, mr trump named this man dana boente. Hell run Thejustice Department until Senatorjeff Sessions is confirmed by the senate. In the past couple of hours, the secretary for Homeland Security, john kelly, has been taking questions about the president S Immigration order. He insisted it is not a ban on almost than is coming to the United States. The vast majority of the 1. 7 billion muslims that live on this planet, the vast majority of them, all other things being equal, have access to the
Locked the process by which he was able to do that, insisting the new president should make such an important decision, and of course now it is President Trump who has decided. At the moment there are four liberal leading justices and four liberal leading justices and four conservative Leaning Justices, although one is seen as a swing vote, one of the conservative justices, just as kennedy. So this replacement will be another conservative to the bench which will give the Supreme Court a slightly leaning Conservative Slant justice. Now, President Trump has said he will be picking a conservative justice, said he will be picking a conservativejustice, someone said he will be picking a conservative justice, someone who will uphold the pro life movement, someone will uphold the pro life movement, someone who will preserve gun rights, andi someone who will preserve gun rights, and i think we can now see resident President Trump entering the east room, along with his sons. Here he is. Thank y