and it s transfer deadline day in england as premier league spending nears a january record. good morning. it s tuesday january the 31st. welcome to bbc newsroom live. donald trump has sacked the united states top legal advisor after she questioned the legality of his travel ban. sally yates, who was acting attorney general, said she couldn t defend his decision to temporarily stop refugees and citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from entering america. but the white house said in a statement that she had betrayed the department ofjustice. in the uk a former head of the horror foreign office has criticised theresa may s state invitation to the president. he said the offer had been premature and put the offer had been premature and put the queen in a very difficult situation. protests have been held in cities across the uk as of last night including in cardiff, seen here. an online petition calling for the state visit to be cancelled has gathered more than 1.6 milli
there has been criticism, though, some worry children are missing out on formal skills, but after four years of no shoes here this school believes others should be following in their footsteps. frankie mccamley, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. it s one of those weeks where we are looking at unsettled weather conditions and as the week goes by it is going to turn increasingly windy, as well. a succession of areas of low pressure lining up to come oui’ areas of low pressure lining up to come our way. this one might become a named storm. further west this one over the great lakes is probably cause for concern here in the uk. today we have big temperature contrasts, south westerly winds working in to south west england bringing mild weather, temperatures up bringing mild weather, temperatures up to 13. with the cold winds coming in from the continent temperatures struggling in eastern england and there is a significant wind chill, it isa there is
towards my wife, she got kicked, thumped, things like that, quite a lot. a lot of emotional abuse to her, as well. a legal battle over whether parents should be allowed to take their children on holiday during term time gets underway at the supreme court. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump has sacked his acting attorney general, accusing her of betrayal after she told government lawyers not to defend his controversial travel restrictions in court. sally yates, who was appointed by president obama, had said she was not convinced mr trump s temporary ban on travellers from seven muslim countries was legal. richard lister reports. it s a battle over american values and it s going on all across the county. in columbus, ohio last night it was met with pepper spray. in dallas, texas there was a silent vigil and concern over what the future holds. we came from mexico. things aren t great there now. to deny somebosy an opportunity to build a future seems complete
millions say they feel lonely but wouldn t admit it a campaign s launched to tackle it in the name of murdered mpjo cox. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president trump has sacked his acting attorney general, accusing her of betrayal after she told government lawyers not to defend his controversial travel restrictions in court. sally yates, who was appointed by president 0bama, had said she was not convinced that mr trump s temporary ban on travellers from seven muslim countries was legal. richard lister reports. no fear refugees are welcome here! it s a battle over american values and it s going on all across the county. in columbus, ohio last night it was met with pepper spray. in dallas, texas there was a silent vigil and concern about what the future holds. we came from mexico. things, unfortunately aren t great there now. to deny somebody the opportunity to build a future seems completely wrong. the most significant protest came from sally yates, an 0bama app
says it will begin allowing people with valid visas into the us. that s after a federaljudge in seattle ruled president trump s executive action was unconstitutional. the travel ban in italy targeted seven mainly muslim majority countries. here they are. libya, saddam, somalia, yemen, iran, iraq and syria. there was also an indefinite ban on all refugees. a state department spokesman said those individuals with visas that were not physically councils may now travel if the visa is otherwise valid. the president has reacted angrily, saying he will overturn the decision. they re the scenes which have characterised the first two weeks of the trump presidency. foreign travellers held at airports, some allowed in, others turned back. 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 challenge