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| Hello. US President Donald Trump's new travel ban has sought to avoid the pitfalls that beset a previous order during his first term in 2017. My colleagues hear from legal experts on how the two versions differ. Having returned to the UK, BBC Arabic special correspondent Feras Kilani recalls how he and his team were held at gunpoint by Israeli soldiers while reporting from southern Syria. And finally, watch as a hungry elephant raids a grocery shop in Thailand. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | New ban dodges 2017 pitfalls, experts say |
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|  | Trump's 2017 travel ban sparked protests and suffered a series of legal defeats. Credit: Getty Images | Of the 12 countries targeted in Trump's latest travel ban, only a few have reacted to the move so far. The original travel ban, ordered just weeks after Trump took office in 2017, targeted seven predominantly Muslim countries. Critics challenged the ban in court, arguing it was unconstitutional and illegal on the basis of religious bias. In explaining the reasoning for this ban, Trump cited national security and alleged breaches of US visa rules by people from the countries in question. Legal experts told the BBC that it appeared Trump had learned lessons from his first attempt. |
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| Five killed in Israeli strike on Gaza's al-Ahli hospital | The victims included three journalists, according to the Anglican Church, which operates the facility in Gaza City. | What happened > |
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| Donald Trump and Elon Musk enter bitter feud | A spat between Trump and his former ally has spilled into public view, writes North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher. | Read his analysis > |
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| US Supreme Court rules in discrimination case | The court has sided with an Ohio woman who alleged she was discriminated at her job because she was heterosexual. | What to know > |
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| Held at gunpoint by Israeli forces |  | Feras Kilani pictured in Damascus on 7 May, two days before he was detained by Israeli forces in southern Syria. | On 9 May, a BBC Arabic team headed from Damascus to the southern province of Deraa, planning to go to the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. While in a demilitarised buffer zone, they were held at gunpoint, bound and strip-searched. The BBC has complained to the Israeli military about the incident, but it has not yet received a response. |
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| | Feras Kilani, BBC Arabic special correspondent |
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| | We drove towards Quneitra city, which has been located inside the buffer zone since a 1974 disengagement agreement between Syria and Israel, which captured the Golan during the 1967 Middle East war. About 200m (660ft) away from the city, an unguarded checkpoint blocked the road. To the side of the checkpoint we spotted Merkava tanks, one of which was flying an Israeli flag.
From a nearby tower, two Israeli soldiers were watching us - one of them through binoculars - and my colleague held his BBC ID up for them to see. A minute after we started filming in the area, a white car approached from the other side of the checkpoint. Four Israeli soldiers got out of the car and surrounded us. They pointed their rifles at our heads and ordered us to place the camera on the side of the road. I tried to explain that we were a BBC crew, but things escalated unexpectedly quickly. |
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| | - Military strikes: The Israeli army said it targeted weapons belonging to the Syrian government in southern Syria earlier this week, hours after two projectiles were fired into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | A very British scandal | The Profumo Affair had everything: sex, showgirls and Cold War spying. | |
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And finally... in Thailand | You've heard of a bull in a China shop, but what about an elephant in a Thai grocery store? Footage from Pak Chong in Thailand shows a hungry pachyderm helping himself to snacks. According to shopkeepers, he munched down nine bags of sweet rice crackers, a sandwich and some bananas before they managed to usher him out. | |
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US Politics Unspun newsletter | No noise. No agenda. Just expert analysis of the issues that matter most, from North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher. | |
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