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This from BBC Trending's Mike Wendling

Protests over Donald Trump's executive order banning nationals of seven countries from the US have engulfed one of Silicon Valley's biggest companies - even though Uber's chief executive has come out against the ban.

As anti-Trump activists gathered at US airports to voice their opposition to travel restrictions, a union representing New York City taxi drivers decided to weigh in.

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) called for an hour-long halt on pick-ups from John F Kennedy International Airport, the city's busiest.

Demands for Uber rides from the airport increased and the company's surge pricing - where fares increase automatically according to demand - kicked in, until Uber announced on Twitter that it would suspend the surge, external.

The move was interpreted by some Trump opponents as an attempt to break the hour-long strike, and soon the hashtag #DeleteUber, external was trending on Twitter.

The campaign was kicked off by a Twitter story by prolific user @Bro_Pair, external, and by Monday more than 300,000 messages had been sent using the tag.

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The BBC's Andy Moore has noticed the US Embassy in the UK, external appears to have taken down the advice on visas from the front page of its website.

The link on detailed advice also appears to have been removed, he says. 

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Sir Michael Fallon rejects a call for an inquiry into the Trident missile test last year. It has been reported that a missile went off course.

Natalie McGarry, the independent MP for Glasgow East, says such an inquiry into a test she describes as "botched" would help to reassure her constituents.

The defence secretary says the government does not report on such tests in the House, save to say: "HMS Vengeance successfully carried out that operation last summer."

Julian Lewis, a Conservative MP who chairs the Commons Defence Committee, has a very different view of what he calls a "very rare failure".

He says Trident could be likened to Roger Federer as both are "able to deliver lethal projectiles at high velocity and in rapid succession, and with total accuracy, over a very long period of years".

Speaker and tennis fan John Bercow says the MP is setting "a very high bar".

Green Party of England and Wales co-leader Caroline Lucas is uncompromising in her criticism of Donald Trump, saying his "carelessness and recklessness" is only likely to inflame tensions and there can be no question of according him a state visit, with all the "trappings and symbolism" that that would represent. 

Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green has told BBC Radio London that while the UK disagrees with his policy on immigration, a state visit by President Trump is a "good idea" and in the long term interests of the UK.   

The BBC's Kim Ghattas in Washington says there has been no reaction from the White House to the British petition yet. 

The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and mass protests against it.

In a statement, President Trump said visas would once again be issued once "the most secure policies" were in place, and denied it was a Muslim ban.

He has also used Twitter to attack some of the critics of his policy, blaming them and other factors for the queues at US airports over the weekend. 

Sixteen state attorneys general have said the order is unconstitutional. Several federal judges have temporarily halted the deportation of visa holders.

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SNP MP Hannah Bardell puts a question on "the security situation in Yemen" - one of the countries whose citizens are affected by the new US travel ban.

There is a civil war in Yemen, with Iran and a Saudi-led coalition backing opposing sides.

Ms Bardell claims civilians are at risk from "unexploded British-manufactured cluster bombs" dropped by the Saudi-led coalition.

She rejects claims that the UK government does not sell the weapons and asks: "When will this heartless Tory government wake up... and stop the sale of these bombs?"

There are noises of outrage from the Conservative benches and Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin says "the UK is fourth-largest [aid] donor to Yemen".

Responding to a supplementary question from the SNP's Peter Grant, she argues that the Saudi-led coalition has a "legitimate" right to self-defence.

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The Chief Whip Lord Taylor of Holbeach announces the timetable for debate of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill - the bill which would trigger Article 50. 

The dates are based on the assumption that the bill will arrive from the House of Commons on 8 February or 9 February.

• Second reading: Monday 20 February and Tuesday 21 February 
• Committee stage: Monday 27 February and Wednesday 1 March
• Report stage and third reading: Tuesday 7 March 

The opposition chief whip Lord Bassam says he is pleased that peers will have more time to look at the details than MPs.

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MPs are expected to stand to make a speech or ask a question in the House.

However, Labour's Ian Mearns is allowed to ask his question while sitting down because of a bad back.

Speaker John Bercow allows the suspension of protocol, telling Mr Mearns he's "sorry he's in discomfort".

In the US, President Trump has said in the past hour that he will announce his nomination for the vacancy on the US Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The BBC's North American editor John Sopel is interested in the timing of the announcement, one of the most significant a US President can make.

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Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith says "we have been shocked and appalled" by President Trump's "blanket travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations".

The nations in question are Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

"To do this on Friday, Holocaust Memorial Day, only adds to the horror and outrage that we feel," Ms Griffith adds. 

She argues that such moves have no place in the fight against terrorism.

She also accuses Prime Minister Theresa May of having "decided to hold Trump's hand instead of holding him to account".

Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon says the PM had "a successful visit to the United States and was able to secure a 100% commitment to the Nato alliance".

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Former Foreign Office minister Sir Henry Bellingham says it is not too late to cancel the proposed state visit by President Donald Trump but to do so would be a "gross insult" to the American people.

In an interview with the BBC News Channel, he clarifies how these things work. The prime minister decides who to invite, on the advice of the foreign secretary and other ministers, "in conjunction" with Buckingham Palace.

It is then down to the State Visits Committee to do what he describes as the "heavy lifting" - deciding things like where the respective head of state will stay and from where they will address the Houses of Parliament.

In other words, the PM decides and it is up to officials to implement and plan the itinerary.

The Tory MP says he is 100% in favour of Mr Trump coming to the UK, not because he does not "deplore" some of things that the US President has been saying in recent days, but because of the strong relations between the nations built around their shared interests. 

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Conservative MP James Gray suggests Donald Trump's "less than helpful remarks" about Nato could serve as a "wake-up call" to other members of the alliance.

Nato member states are asked to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defence but some have not met that target.

"They need to step up to the mark and pay their 2% like we do," Mr Gray says.

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If you're keen to know a little bit more about state visits and how they are arranged...

It hasn't always been customary for US Presidents to be granted a full state visit, In fact, neither President Johnson nor President Ford even visited the UK while they were in the White House.

However, most Presidents in the last sixty years have met Queen Elizabeth II at some point during one of their trips to the UK.

Barack Obama's state visit was in May 2011, about two and a half years after he was elected while George W. Bush came in November 2003, more than three years after his election victory in 2000.

That recent precedent is one of the reasons why questions are being asked about whether the invitation to Donald Trump is a little hasty.

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Opposition to Donald Trump's UK state visit surfaces straight away in the Commons, as defence questions gets underway.

The first question comes from SNP MP John Nicolson, who asks what discussions the defence secretary "has had with his new US counterpart on US-UK defence relations".

President Donald Trump has named General James Mattis, a former marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, as his defence secretary. Gen Mattis, who is known as "Mad Dog", was an outspoken critic of the Obama administration's Middle East policy, particularly on Iran.

Sir Michael Fallon says he has had "an introductory call" with Gen Mattis. Mr Nicolson turns to Mr Trump's views on torture, asking the UK defence secretary "why he thinks a proponent of torture is an approprate recipient of a state visit".

Sir Michael insists: "We do not condone the use of torture in operations and nor does the new US secretary of state for defence."

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British Airways has said it understands none of its passengers have been refused entry to the US at the country's airports following the executive order.  

But a spokeswoman for the airline said any "affected customers" could claim a refund for their travel to the US or rebook their flights, adding that the airline always meets its obligations under international immigration agreements.