22:57A federal judge in Hawaii has issued a nationwide temporary block to the revised travel ban that was due to be implemented from midnight ET – just five hours from now. The new executive order – issued after the original attempt to bar travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries was halted by the courts – removed Iraq from the banned list but continued to bar for 90 days visitors from six Muslim-majority countries: Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. We’ll have unfolding detail and reaction on this live blog.

Source: The Guardian March 15, 2017 22:57 UTC