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
six nations. welcome to friday night rugby here in cardiff. we are under the roof of the principality stadium, the music is arm and friday night vibe isjust getting started. ireland know only a win will do to give themselves the best chance of lifting this trophy again. iamjoined best chance of lifting this trophy again. i am joined by former irish captain, keith wood who will be lending his expertise. before we speak to you, thank you for coming to talk to us, let s look at some of the highlights from week three including those italian confusing tactics that had england so rattled. the first home appearance of the championship for ireland. try given. ireland when the one tried. their title challenge is still alive. scotland at home against wales. two leigh halfpenny. lee williams, first try of the game. scotland make it under lee groves. the middle weekend of the six nations championship of 2017. we both know what the exact rule is. an extraordinary first half and an extraor
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has said that britain will defend the interests of gibraltar during the brexit negotiations, following warnings that spain is attempting to use the process to regain sovereignty of the rock. the eu has suggested that a brexit deal won t cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. here s our political correspondent, matt cole. the imposing rock at the mouth of the mediterranean has been in british hands since 1713. its fortified location, ten miles from north africa s coast, has made it a key strategic base for britain s military, as well as home to 30,000 british subjects. the outpost shares a border with spain which has long sought to reclaim it, but this week, theresa may made it clear that would not happen as part of brexit. gibraltar is not a separate member of the eu nor is it a part of the uk for the purposes of eu law. but we re very clear that it is covered by our exit negotiations. we
we have had lots of showers today, april and april showers. but they tend to ease away. they should fade away overnight. the nights are still long enough for it to turn chilly. under the starry skies, temperatures will fall down to a few degrees of freezing in rural areas of england and wales. but we will see frost it in scotland and northern ireland. a bit of the first thing but otherwise sunday is very promising. stark contrast to the day s very heavy showers. good spells of sunshine, the best of that around the coast, and with light winds and the sunshine, 12 17. as for monday, it goes downhill. gibraltar‘s inhabitants are facing renewed uncertainty because of concerns that spain may use brexit to pursue its territorial claims. borisjohnson to pursue its territorial claims. boris johnson tweeted, to pursue its territorial claims. borisjohnson tweeted, the uk remains implacable and rocklike in oui’ remains implacable and rocklike in our support for gibraltar. a teenage
5 0 at tynecastle. and coming up at 4:30pm, inside out looks at the plans to dig a tunnel beneath stonehenge. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. rescue teams in colombia are searching through mud and debris for survivors of huge mudslides which have killed more than 250 people. hundreds more are injured or missing. the mud engulfed the town of mocoa, where rescue efforts are being hampered by bad weather. keith doyle has the latest. a wall of water, mud and debris swathe large parts of the town of mocoa. thousands have lost their homes, hundreds have lost their lives. this mountainous region has had unusually heavy rain in recent months. further downpours caused the mocoa river to unleash a devastating mudslide. witnesses say people were running for their lives as the mud pushed cars into buildings and ripped trees from the ground. streets were left littered with huge boulders and people have been picking through crumbled buildings, trying to find the missing and salvage