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First broadcast 2017/01/26 22:32 GMT

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US President Donald Trump plans an executive order 'within days'

The countries affected are reported to be Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

According to a draft executive order leaked to the US media, President Trump wants to impose an indefinite ban on refugees from war-torn Syria. The broader US refugee admissions program would be suspended for 120 days. And all visa applications from seven countries deemed to be a terrorist threat would be halted for 30 days. The countries affected are reported to be Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. 

We talk to Armen, an Iranian software engineer working in Arlington, Virginia. Meanwhile, police fire tear gas and water cannon as they battle with protesters in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka today. They're angry at government plans to build a coal-fired power plant near a world heritage site. We talk to Mahfuz Ullah, secretary general of the Dhaka-based campaign group, the Centre for Sustainable Development.

(Photo description: US President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a visit to the Department of Homeland Security with Vice President Mike Pence. While at the department, Trump signed two executive orders related to internal security and to begin the process of building a wall along the US-Mexico border. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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