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Widespread protests over Donald Trump's travel ban

Downing Street has rejected calls to axe the state visit planned for Donald Trump following widespread outrage over his travel ban on people from certain countries.

More than one million people have signed a petition stating Mr Trump should not be given a state visit.

The immigration curbs have sparked chaos across the US as travellers were detained at airports and thousands of protesters gathered to campaign against the policy.

Boris Johnson has claimed President Trump's immigration policy is "divisive... discriminatory and wrong", but dismissed claims the US is "hostile" towards foreigners.

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Company giants to meet over Trump legal challenge

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A group of technology companies is to discuss submitting a legal filling known as an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging Trump's travel ban.

A spokesperson for software company GitHub, which is organising the meeting said Alphabet Inc's Google, Airbnb Inc and Netflix Inc are among the companies invited to the meeting on Tuesday.

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