welcome to bbc news. a court in america has ruled that donald trump s ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim nations is unconstitutional. a judge in seattle said it amounted to religious discrimination. the court temporarily lifted the ban and several major airlines say they will now allow passengers affected by it to fly to the united states. the government has pledged to overturn the ruling. a little earlier the president took to his twitter account, describing thejudge‘s ruling as ridiculous . he wrote: when a country is no longer able to say who can, it has been a week of confusion and protests outside the white house and inside airports. but the most significant opposition to donald trump s immigration ban came from judgejames robart in this seattle courtroom. i find that the court should and will grant the temporary restraining order. overruling president trump s executive order that he signed just eight days ago. now people are free to travel once again into th
i think the teachers would give me biscuits and teach us to sing and dance. their nearest school is an hour s walk away. struggling to pay the rent and facing eviction, there is no money for the bus. translation: i stopped going to school because it was too dark on the way home. there were three dogs that scared me. in the refugee camps in the countries that surround syria, aid is thinly stretched. billions of pounds has been donated, but overall, it is still only between half and tw thirds of what the un needs. between half and two thirds of what the un needs. a year ago, world leaders met in london and pledged that every syrian child who has been forced to flee their home would get access to quality education. 12 months on, and here in lebanon alone, around half of refugee children don t go to school. for theirfamilies, the priority is simply survival. progress has been made, and lebanon s schools run second sessions to accommodate syrian pupils. but teachers say the mo
a record 15th victory in a row. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a week after donald trump imposed travel restrictions on people from seven mainly muslim countries, the ban has been lifted. a us federal court ruled the president s order was unconstitutional and amounted to religious discrimination. several airlines have re opened flights to affected passengers. but donald trump described the court ruling as ridiculous and promised to overturn it as soon as possible. from washington, richard lister reports. few modern presidents have inspired such protest and confusion in the first two weeks in office. president trump recorded his weekly address when that order was still in place. but last night this seattle courthouse or a successful challenge to his authority. i find the court should and will grant a temporary restraining order. his banning order was overturned. it s obviously a historic decision. and an important one for the rule of law. and for the people of the sta
spots this morning with patchy fog around. although we expecting more cloud today than yesterday, still some dry weather to come. i have the full details in the next half hour. good morning. first, our main story. train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. the commons transport committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get and yet they are paying more for it. they re calling on the department for transport to give up some of its powers. rob young reports. dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. they say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to train companies. the commons committee says competition is meant to drive improvements but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. national express used to be the biggest train compa
to generate his own voice, complete with yorkshire accent. and nick has the weather. it is icy see in a few spots this morning and some patches of fog around i have this full report. good morning. first, our main story. train passengers in britain are being let down by the way the government oversees the railways, according to a report by mps. the commons transport committee says customers are less and less satisfied with the service they get, and yet they are paying more for it. they re calling on the department for transport to give up some of its powers. rob young reports. dissatisfied passengers, rising ticket prices, poor performance. mps are scathing about the way the government oversees the railways. they say passengers have been failed by the way ministers award franchises to train companies. the commons committee says competition is meant to drive improvements, but warns there is dwindling interest from potential operators. national express used to be the biggest tra