A US appeals court has rejected a bid to reinstate
President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban.
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would
not block a lower-court ruling that brought the
president's executive order to a halt.
Mr Trump made the order temporarily banning people from seven mainly Muslim countries, because of terror threats he said put national
security at risk.
But it sparked protests and confusion as people
were stopped at US borders.
Lawyers representing the US government had
argued that the ban was a "lawful exercise" of
presidential authority.
But two US states said the ban was unconstitutional and discriminated against Muslims.
The case is now likely to end up at the highest
court, the US Supreme Court.
We'll keep you updated.
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