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BBCNEWS BBC News At One January 30, 2017

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 Downing Street later today and another uk cities. Although the Foreign Office have clarified that british citizens are exempt from the band, the Foreign Secretary has been under pressure to say why it took so long to get clarification the ban. Say why it took so long to get clarification the ban. In the House Of Commons, thats the place. This conservative mp was born in iraq, one of the seven countries that are subject to the travel ban. He is pleased that he has confirmation he will be able to visit the usa but is still opposed to the policy. Clearly the Foreign Secretary had worked throughout sunday and into the night talking directly to the white house, was my understanding, as did the team at number ten and understanding, as did the team at numberten andi understanding, as did the team at number ten and i applaud them for the work they did, certainly for families like mine. The anguish we have suffered in the last 72 hours has been horrific. There are millions of people in the uk and the rest of europe who are dual nationals or original national is that those countries and they will be worried. And now more than a Million People have called this book up Million People have called this book up assigned a Position Calling for his planned state visit to the uk to be called off, saying it could in varas embarrassed the queen. It is worth noting that almost half a Million People signed a Petition Backing A Policy is similar to Donald Trumps, calling for an Immigration Ban until isis is defeated. When a petition gets more than 100,000 signatures it must be considered for debate by mps and can a decision will be taken on that tomorrow but sources are stressing that it would be inconceivable if the planned visit was not discussed here. Even if a majority mps decided they wanted the visit scrapped, they could not rescind an invitation from Buckingham Palace and Downing Street, but they could embarrass the Prime Minister. Should President Trumps state that it go ahead . She was tight lipped but Downing Street as medically it would be a Populist Gesture to scrap the invitation and i dont intend to do so has made it clear. I think it is right that i should make the position very clear on the views that i have on the proposed state visit by President Trump, which is that it should be postponed and we should make that position very clear. And in view of the number of people who have come out in the last two days, a substantial number of the British Public absolutely agree with me. But his former party leader defended donald trump. What has happened here, the countries upon which trump has put a temporary travel ban while they work out how to put extreme setting in place of that list was drawn up by the obama administration. What was a diplomatic success now looks like a political difficulty, getting close to the new Us Administration to be good for the post Brexit Economy but not necessarily for theresa mays domestic popularity. Our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster. 1. 2 Million People have signed this petition now so how much pressure do that but the Prime Minister under . lot, and what a contrast to a couple of days ago when number ten were congratulating themselves on the outcome of those talks with donald trump. Now we have this petition of more than a million, you have labour accusing mrs may of appeasement, the lib dem leader similarly critical, even tory mps critical and we might get a debate and possibly even a vote in the House Of Commons this afternoon on mr trumps travel ban. Number ten are resisting all calls to date to withdraw the offer of a state visit but you sense they are trying to minimise the potential damage by suggesting this lunchtime that the decision to go ahead with the offer of a state visit came from a committee in the Foreign Office secondly, confusion this morning over the reassurances obtained by borisjohnson over the weekend about the impact of the Travel Ban On British dual nationals, with the Us Embassy In London telling dual nationals, dont bother applying for a visa, you wont get one. The Foreign Office are saying they are hopeful that advice will be reviewed but you just think that mrs may is between a rock and a hard place. She desperately wants good relations with the new Us Administration and seesit with the new Us Administration and sees it as part of our long term strategic interest but those ties with donald trump are already causing her difficulty and she knows some of his attitudes and policies are profoundly objectionable to many people in britain, and indeed in her own party. Thank you. Well, this morning President Trump said only 109 people out of more than 300,000 were detained at immigration for questioning over the weekend and that the big problems at airports were caused by computer issues and protestors not his travel ban. Protests have continued across america and many more are being planned here in the uk this evening in around 30 towns and cities. In iraq one of the seven countries whose citizens are now banned the parliament has voted to retaliate by introducing a similar ban on americans entering the country for 90 days. Daniel boettcher has the latest. This is how divisive the issue has become, shouted arguments between opponents of Donald Trumps travel ban and those supporting it. This was in portland and protests have continued in many us cities and at several airports whether still confusion about how the president s orders should be implemented. There have also been another legal challenges will protection of the nation from foreign terrorists. It suspends the entry of national from seven muslim majority countries and stops the Us Refugee Programme for four months and there is an indefinite ban on all syrian refugees. That is a concern for abdul fatah mahmoud shata, a matty gee from homs concern for abdul fatah mahmoud shata, a matty gee from horns and who has settled in california. He had widerfamily could has settled in california. He had wider family could reunited has settled in california. He had widerfamily could reunited but he is not sure now. Translation ake we hope things go back to before and the orders are eased because the people have suffered. We are not trouble makers, history has dealt us a difficult hand. There have been protests against the policy in a number of countries. Students in the philippines here, and the Iraqi Parliament have asked its government to retaliate against the us. Canada has offered to give temporary residency to people stranded in the country. We will continue to ensure that our Immigration System is about compassion, efficiency and Economic Opportunity and the protection of the health, safety and security of canadians. The un High Commissioner For Human Rights said in a tweet that discriminate in on nationality alone was forbidden under human rights law. He added that the us ban is also mean spirited and Waste Resources needed for proper counterterrorism. Here, a former mi6 head of counterterrorism said the measures could do more harm than good. This sort of ban on travel makes a huge impact around the world and rather feeds the makes a huge impact around the world and ratherfeeds the narrative makes a huge impact around the world and rather feeds the narrative of extremist islamist terrorists, that the americans and all the allies are fundamentally against us because of oui fundamentally against us because of our religion. But president s a prisoner trumps aides insist it is not about village in tackling terrorism and the order is an interim measure while new policies are brought up. Supporters argue it is necessary. Whatever needs to be done has to be done, and this is for the safety of everybody. He has said it is temporary so i trust him, his numberone it is temporary so i trust him, his number one job is to protect the American People and i think hes doing it. We live in a country of democracy and if the majority of people feel they are threatened and one thing in place then we should be able to have things in place. Donald trump said only 109 out of 300. 5 thousand people were detained and held for questioning after his Executive Order and he that the Homeland Security secretary john kelly said all was going well with very few problems. Well lets speak to our washington correspondent, kim ghattas. Despite the protests, President Trump remains defiant. Hed certainly does although of course after having chosen Decisive Action over deliberate process, he has faced a lot of criticism for that and protest across the country and confusion and chaos at airports as we saw over the last few days. The white house did pull backjust a little bit, saying four example that green card holders, permanent resident in the united states, would not be affected by this ban. There is still some confusion about duel citizens, whether they would be allowed to come into the country. It seems for now not. It has caused a lot of confusion and chaos also for International Organisations that are based here in the us. The united nations, the imf, the world bank. What we also heard from the white house is that they are trying to temper a bit the tone they have used. The Executive Order came on friday but by sunday we had a statement from President Trump saying he stood by it but this was not a muslim ban despite what the media, as he said, was falsely reporting. We tried to emphasise that he was a compassionate man but the key was to keep the country safe, to keep terror out. That is what appeals to Donald Trumps supporters and a poll this morning showed that 48 of americans support a travel ban if it keeps terror out. And if you use that trading then you will get support but of course the criticism is there as well. Thank you. Canadas Prime Minister, justin trudeau, says the Fatal Shooting at a mosque in the city of quebec was a Terrorist Attack against muslims. Six people were killed and eight were wounded. Police have arrested two men in connection with the killings. Andy moore has this report, which does contain some flash photography. Police closed off the area surrounding the Cultural Centre as armed officers entered the mosque. It was during evening prayers on sunday, witnesses say gunmen opened fire on more than 50 worshippers inside. Some of those wounded are said to be seriously injured. Quebec city Police Confirmed that two suspects have been arrested. They called it an act of terror. The canadian Prime Minister, justin trudeau, said in a statement quebecs premier said the canadian people categorically rejected what he called this barbaric violence. I want to say a few words to our fellow quebeckers. Muslim quebeckers. We are with you. This is your home. Youre welcome here. We are all quebeckers. We should work together, strive to build together a society which will be even more open, peaceful too, even in this troubled world. Last year, a pigs head was left in front of the mosque. But local people said there was usually a spirit of tolerance. In terms of the quebeckers i have encountered, i never have encountered any sort of hatred or animosity towards them. So im really shocked by all of this. Ijust cant imagine awful things like that happening here, where i imagine most of the people are respectful. Solidarity rallies are planned across quebec today. Andy moore, bbc news. Theresa may is meeting political leaders from scotland, wales and Northern Ireland today, to discuss britains exit from the european union. The talks are taking place in cardiff, and our political correspondent, vicki young, is there. What are these talks expected to achieve . Theresa may promised that the devolved administrations of the uk would be fully involved in the run up to brexit. Since then we have had a Supreme Court ruling which said that scotland and the Scottish Parliament do not have a veto over the process but what has given added spice to the talks today is theresa mays speech wet she said categorically that she felt the uk would be leaving Single Market where she said. Nicola sturgeon is appalled by that and she think it would be Catastrophic Forjobs and today they have been discussing a paper about how scotland and wales could stay in the Single Market even if the rest of the uk were to leave. The snp have said they have been disappointed so far by the talks that have gone on in these sessions in the last few months and they dont think the uk government is listening although theresa may said she is determined to get a solution which will be welcomed by everybody, in all parts of the united kingdom. It does feel very difficult to see how there could be any compromise over this issue of britain remain in the Single Market. I think it is more likely that the snp, with their mps more likely that the snp, with their mstoining together more likely that the snp, with their mps joining together with labour more likely that the snp, with their mstoining together with labour in the House Of Commons and the lib dems as they start debating that article 15 bill, they may try to get some changes to that and some of the compromises they are looking for. Our top story this lunchtime a petition calling President Trumps state visit to the uk to be called off has now topped more than 1. 2 million signatures. And coming up for years, we journalists have sold our Energy Stories under the headline that the lights might go out. From today, Blackout Britain should be no more. Coming up in sport at half past there are three british men in tenniss top 50 in the world for the first time in 11 years, after dan evanss good run at the Australian Open moves him up to 45th. As us embassies begin implementing President Trumps travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly muslim countries, companies in america are warning staff who could be affected to cancel any travel plans in case theyre not allowed back into the us. Americas Hi Tech Industries have been particularly vocal many are concerned that in future theyll be stopped from recruiting the best foreign based entrepreneurs. From california, heres our technology correspondent, dave lee. Passengers arriving at San Francisco International Airport are being given a heroes welcome doing something which, just a week ago, was nothing out of the ordinary. As in other pa

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