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Added on the 04/02/2017 17:39:55 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
US President Donald Trump says the travel ban will be extended to the United Kingdom and Ireland, during a press briefing at the White House on the coronavirus. The president's 30-day ban on travellers from Europe comes into effect today. SOUNDBITE
The EU "disapproves" of Trump's "unilateral" decision to impose a ban on travellers from Europe, European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer tells a news briefing, reading from a joint statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel. SOUNDBITE
Donald Trump calls off his rally in Wilmington, north Carolina, the Republican candidate's first campaign event since his criminal trial in New York began this week, due to bad weather threatening the outdoor gathering. Thousands of supporters had gathered for the event at the airport in the North Carolina city of Wilmington when he called in 30 minutes before the scheduled start. "We want to make sure that everybody is safe above all and so they've asked us to ask people to leave the site and seek shelter," Trump says in the call broadcast over the loudspeakers. IMAGES
"We've won": a demonstrator shouts after a Paris court suspends a ban that had been put on the protest in Place de la Republique in central Paris. Thousands had already gathered for the rally, which started off peacefully, but later saw clashes with police, who used pepper spray to disperse the crowd. IMAGES
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg arrives at his office building as former US President Donald Trump says he'll fly to New York later in the day on the eve of his expected arraignment in court. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).