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Trump travel ban 'softens' as US allows in 800 refugees 19:19, UK,   Tuesday   31   January   2017 Image Caption: Donald Trump and his Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly President Trump appears to have softened his controversial travel ban in the face of global outrage and also some dissent in his own government. Some 872 refugees will be allowed to enter the US this week as stopping them would cause "undue hardship", say officials. The decision comes despite the President's executive order signed last Friday barring entry for 120 days of any refugees awaiting resettlement. Under the strict controls, citizens from seven mainly-Muslim nations - Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen - are also banned from the US for 90 days. :: As it happened: Homeland Security briefing The Trump administration has now clarified that dual nationals will be able to use their second passport rather than the restricted one to gain entry. The execut...

17:56, UK,   Monday   30   January   2017 Image Caption: Would you support a travel ban similar to President Trump's in the UK? More than a third of Britons would support a ban on people travelling from Muslim-majority countries similar to that ordered by US President Donald Trump, a Sky Data poll reveals. When told that Mr Trump had banned citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days, 34% said they would back a similar policy in the UK, while 49% would oppose such a policy. 11% answered "neither", while 7% said "don't know". Image Caption: Would you support cancelling Mr Trump's proposed state visit to the UK? Meanwhile, half of Britons support cancelling President Trump's proposed state visit after a petition to do so garnered more than a million signatures. Some 49% support such a move, while 38% oppose withdrawing their invitation to Mr Trump. Older voters are more sympathetic to the US President and his policies tha...

Why Queen will welcome Donald Trump despite protests 19:53, UK,   Monday   30   January   2017 Image Caption: The Queen will welcome President Trump regardless of protests On dozens of occasions the Queen has opened up her home and extended the hand of hospitality to foreign heads of state. It is always her name on the invitation of a state visit, after all how could any world leader turn down an opportunity to meet Her Majesty? But she doesn't get to choose her latest guest - these visits always come at the request of the government and Foreign Office. They decide who is worthy of a full state visit and the latest invitation to President Trump is no different. Image Caption: Russia's Vladimir Putin visited in 2003 It will not be the first time that a guest of the Queen has raised a few eyebrows. There were protests during the visits of the Chinese and Saudi heads of state to London. Names such Romania's President Nicolae Ceausescu, Russia's Vl...

President Trump says 'there's nothing nice about hunting terrorists' 15:23, UK,   Monday   30   January   2017 President Donald Trump has said “there is nothing nice about searching for terrorists” as he hailed the implementation of a temporary travel ban on people from seven mainly Muslim countries. On Monday, he defended the ban by claiming that would-be terrorists would "rush into our country" before it was implemented if he had given advance notice. He said: "There is nothing nice about searching for terrorists before they can enter the country. This was a big part of my campaign. Study the world! "If the ban were announced with a one-week notice, the 'bad' would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad 'dudes' out there." The President tweeted that "only 109 people" stopped at airports had been detained and said any problems had been triggered by a computer outage. He said: "Only...

President Trump says 'there's nothing nice about hunting terrorists' 15:23, UK,   Monday   30   January   2017 Buffering Video: Trump defends travel ban President Donald Trump has said “there is nothing nice about searching for terrorists” as he hailed the implementation of a temporary travel ban on people from seven mainly Muslim countries. On Monday, he defended the ban by claiming that would-be terrorists would "rush into our country" before it was implemented if he had given advance notice. He said: "There is nothing nice about searching for terrorists before they can enter the country. This was a big part of my campaign. Study the world! "If the ban were announced with a one-week notice, the 'bad' would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad 'dudes' out there." The President tweeted that "only 109 people" stopped at airports had been detained and said any problem...