The move comes amid Trump's feud with some of America's most elite colleges, which he believes are too left-wing.
The state department memo, viewed by the BBC's US partner CBS News, directed US embassies on Tuesday to remove any unfilled appointments from their calendars for students seeking visas, but said those with appointments already scheduled could go ahead.
We speak to the United Nation's Rapporteur for Gaza who tells us about deliberate mass starvation.
And we hear from former Israeli Prime minister Ehud Olmert who says Israel is committing war crimes.
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