hallow everyone. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: claims china is running political indoctrination camps for ethnic uighur muslims. the battle for ghazni in afghanistan — the government says up to 200 militants have been killed in the city after a taliban attack. the taliban have started fleeing from the outskirts of ghazni, so the situation is fully under control. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: turkey's president erdogan accuses the us of a "stab in the back" as the country's currency crisis deepens. facebook subscribers in eight south asian countries will now be able to watch top—flight spanish football matches for free. we're live in san francisco with the latest. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning.

it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and two in the morning in geneva where a senior chinese government official has strongly denied allegations that a million muslim uighurs are being held in detention centres in shinjiang province. beijing says reports of the centres are completely false. it said uighurs enjoyed full rights and so called ‘re—education‘ camps did not exist. translation: the argument that 1 million uighurs are detained in re—education centres is completely untrue. on the freedom of religious belief, xinjiang guarantees citizens freedom of religious belief in accordance with the law and protects normal religious activities. that strong denialfrom china came despite a un human rights panel

saying it had received credible reports that one million uighurs were being held in what resembled a "massive internment camp shrouded in secrecy." our correspondent steve mcdonell is in beijing following developments. china is coming under what appears to be increased international pressure over allegations that it's running a network of political indoctrination camps in the country's far west for ethnic uighur muslims. it is also facing the unusual situation of having to explain its government's policy in the xinjiang region on the world stage. a un committee heard what it described as credible evidence that 1 million ethnic uighurs have faced some sort of education detention as part of this process. now, a chinese government delegation has gone to the un and said that figure is simply not true. they also said there is no arbitrary detention in xinjiang and that these

re—education camps don't even exist, although this could be something of a semantic debate, because, beijing says, that in xinjiang those who commit minor crimes are sent off to training centres, to help them reintegrate back into chinese society, in the far west. now, one person's training centre could be another person's political indoctrination. the chinese government is making no apologies for the way it's running xinjiang. it has told the un that there has been a major crackdown there in order to rein in violent islamic extremism and those who would separate xinjiang from the rest of china. now, critics of the policy say that a lot of ordinary uighurs are caught up in this very same crackdown. however, the chinese government again says this is not being targeted at any ethnic group and is not designed to, in any way, stop people from practising their normal religious beliefs. earlier i spoke to sarah brooks,

an asia specialist for the international service for human rights which is an advocacy group. she was in geneva earlier at the un meeting and explained its importance. what is really important here is the vigor with which the chinese delegation refuted any hint of an allegation that there were detention camps. a lot of correspondence are saying that it is unusual for china to give public explanations on how it deals with the situation in xinjiang. absolutely. it is rare to

find a platform like this where the chinese government is under the spotlight, where they cannot walk away, and where they are confronted with some hard questions from international experts on racial discrimination act. thousands of mourners in north—east yemen have taken to the streets for the funeral of 51 people, a0 of whom were children, according to houthi officials. they were killed when the bus they were travelling in was hit by a plane from the saudi—led coalition fighting a civil war in the country. also this hour — two senior government officials in kenya have been charged with fraud, over the building of a $3.2 billion railway line, funded by china. the officials are accused of paying more than $2 million in compensation to private firms which falsely claimed they owned land which the line was running across. the officials have pleaded not guilty. the soul singer and icon aretha franklin is "seriously ill" and receiving hospice care in detroit. friends and family are reportedly at her side, as support flooded in online from friends and fellow artists. the 76—year—old cancelled planned

concerts earlier this year due to health concerns and was ordered by doctors to rest for two months. and this video is getting a lot of attention online. the swiss mountaineer dani arnold has set a new record — climbing the notoriously tough north face of the grandes jorasses mountain in the western alps. you can hold onto me. we have a bit ofa you can hold onto me. we have a bit of a technical problem there. can we not show them? unfortunately, we are trying to show... the reason why i wa nt to trying to show... the reason why i want to show you this, we will give you a closer look, if we can, if we can take these, just talking to the director. we are back on track. the swiss mountaineer dani arnold has set a new record — climbing the notoriously tough north face of the grandes jorasses mountain in the western alps. the reason i wanted to show you

this, it is very hard. notoriously tough to climb this mountain in the western alps. he managed to do it. he reached the top, which stands over 4,200 metres, in two hours, four minutes of free climbing. that means he had no ropes or support whatsoever and has a new world record. congratulations to him. it was worth seeing, wasn't it? wow. that was amazing. 0k, moving on to other news. nato and us forces in afghanistan have described as a "failed attack" a four—day assault by taliban militants on the city of ghazni, in which nearly 100 afghan soldiers and police died. a spokesman said nearly 200 taliban had been killed and that ghazni was under government control. there are fears that civilians trapped in the city are unable to find food. the city lies on the key highway between kabul and kandahar. control of it would effectively allow the taliban to cut off southern afghanistan from the capital, kabul. the battle for ghazni has been

raging since last thursday. afghan forces have had to face constant attacks and ambushes by surrounding insurgents as they try to reach the city. now supported by american military air strikes and some american ground forces, they say they have managed to push the taliban to the outskirts of the provincial capital. however, this footage verified by bbc sources shows there are still pockets of resistance in some of the city's neighbourhoods, where the taliban are openly roaming around. the afghan government told the bbc that after monday's push it's now in total control of the city. reinforcements have arrived. they are top security leaders. they are already in the city. the taliban and have started fleeing from the outskirts of ghazni, so the situation is fully under our control. local residents fleeing ghazni

described the situation for civilians as very bleak. many civilians have been killed or injured. food supplies are running low, there is no electricity, and major communication lines are cut off. one of those injured says bodies have been lying in the streets for days. translation: government forces are unable to transfer dead bodies, some of which are in a very bad state. we desperately need them to be collected and those injured to be ta ken to areas of safety. the international red cross now warns of growing humanitarian concern as much—needed medicine is also running short. the pressure continues on the taliban to enter peace talks with the afghan government, but the group has only increased its deadly assaults across the country. we wa nt

we want to bring you the latest news, football fans in the indian sub—continent will now be able to watch spain's top flight division in a landmark deal with facebook. for more let's talk to bbc technology correspondent dave lee whojoins me live from san francisco. a big deal, give us more. yes, a big deal indeed. this is a deal to bring every single game in la liga, the top—flight of spanish football, to the indian subcontinent, which in facebook terms is around a —— a roundabout 340 million people. it would be the only way to watch this particularly if you happen to be in that region, which is a very big dealfor a that region, which is a very big deal for a company like facebook that region, which is a very big dealfor a company like facebook was trying to grow in the region, and having such a well—known football

league where the only way to watch is facebook is a big dealfor them. technology companies are increasingly investing in sports rights around the world. we are seeing it in the uk, the us, and now a massive deal in the indian subcontinent. a big dealfor facebook. they will be hoping this gets eve n facebook. they will be hoping this gets even more eyeballs to the advertising or on their platform. thank you for the update. dave lee live in san francisco. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: is there a victory lap and a brighter future for more than 600 greyhounds — under threat after the closure of asia's only legal dog—racing track. also on the programme: we report on the long hours spent queuing at london's heathrow airport for travellers from outside the european union. the big crowds became

bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories — international spotlight on china over claims it's running political indoctrination camps for ethnic uighur muslims. the battle for ghazni. the afghan government says up to 200 militants have been killed in the city after a taliban attack. south korean woman has beenjailed for six photographing a male nude model. the pornography is popular in the country. in a state of protest with women demanding action, this rare case ended with a ten month jail sentence, sparking accusations

of double standards. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post reports on a government crackdown on celebrities allegedly avoiding tax in mainland china. the report says that a taskforce has been put in place to tackle the activities of some of the country's highest paid celebrities, who are involved in offshore currency transfers. the new york times has a feature on russian president vladimir putin's struggles in the face of western sanctions. the paper notes the declining value of the russian ruble and mr putin's waning popularity. and finally to the japan times, which reports on an uproar over the installation of a statue of a child wearing a protective suit at fukushima station. the paper says that local residents

believe that the statue gives visitors the false impression that people still need to take precautions after the 2011 nuclear crisis. which stories are sparking discussion online? a video has gone viral showing the damage one builder has caused in hertfordshire, outside of london. the builder used a mechanical digger to attack these brand new retirement homes in what he told the court was a dispute over pay. the damage is reported to have cost millions of dollars. moves to ease turkey's currency crisis have failed to stop market turmoil as the country's row with the us deepens. president, recep tayyip erdogan, said its nato ally was seeking to "stab it in the back" after the us imposed sanctions over its refusal to extradite a us

preacher imprisoned in the country. mark lowen reports from istanbul. in his 37 years of work, hakim akcay has never seen it this bad. he imports all his stock from abroad and, as the turkish lira plunges, he is making huge losses. from selling 40 pairs a day, he's down to two, as the currency fall hits his turkish customers' pockets as well. translation: banks used to beg me to give me loans. now i'm begging to get them. i'm cancelling my order to try and sell what i have now and in three months i will see if i have to close down. turkey is now in a full—blown currency crisis — the lira crashing last friday by 18% and still falling. for long, there were warnings its economy was overheating,

fuelled by credit and construction. but the collapse was sparked when donald trump hit turkey with sanctions and tariffs over its continued detention of an american pastor. president erdogan is stoking conspiracy theories among his nationalist base, with talk of foreign plots. rejecting an interest rate rise that could help, he instead hit out at the us. translation: on the one hand, you're a strategic partner, on the other, you shoot yourself in the foot. 0n the one hand, you were a partner with us in afghanistan when everyone else was leaving. you were a partner with us in somalia, you're a partner in nato. 0n the other hand, you stab your ally in the back. is this acceptable? his supporters are rallying behind him. this business group showing off the lira they bought today. the government is framing it as a matter of national survival. "everyone knows this is an economic attack on our country," he says, "trump and america will be destroyed and turkey will stand tall." the lira crash matters

beyond turkey, because other banks, currencies and markets elsewhere in the world have fallen amid fears of contagion. and with president erdogan warning that the row with the us risks pushing turkey to seek alternative partners, an unprecedented rift has opened between two nato allies. in recent months, fake news has led to mob lynching in various parts of india. now fake videos on whatsapp against life—saving vaccines are derailing the country's immunisation programme, leading to a long—term health crisis. devina gupta travelled to the indian prime minister's home state in gujarat to find out more. this skill is 12 years old and her

mother is accompanying her to school today for her vaccination at a special camp set up in rural areas like this one. the dosage is free,. measles and rubella claimed almost 50,000 lives in india every year. the government wants to wipe out the deadly diseases by 2020. to meet that target, the immunisation drive needs to be a successful one. these are only ten students in this classroom of 52 children who have taken the vaccination. when we spoke to the rest of them they say their pa rents to the rest of them they say their parents have asked them not to take pa rt parents have asked them not to take part in the campaign because they have been influenced mostly by social media rumours warning of repercussions of. this cottage has gone viral on what's at in this muslim village. it chose a local news channel warning that the

measles and rubella vaccine is being used to sterilise muslim children in a bid to control minority population in india. at this video is distorted and heavily edited. this is the actual news clip, which is on the contrary telling people not to believe fake rumours of impotency and urging parents to send their children for vaccination. but others believe to refuse this video isa others believe to refuse this video is a fake. translation: others believe to refuse this video is a fake. translationzlj others believe to refuse this video is a fake. translation: i am scared after seeing this video that if my children take this vaccine they will not be able to reproduce when they grow up. was almost 200 million watts at subscribers, fake news is becoming a serious problem in india. ina becoming a serious problem in india. in a statement, what's up has said... i have put a limit of message

forwarding to five per user, but that hasn't changed much on the ground. translation: in spite of the new mechanism of five messages, every forward multiplies very fast. even the people who are not educated can see the fake video and think it is true. for now, health workers are hoping outreach programmes like this one at a local mosque will help them engage with a population and dispel rumours getting in the way of the vaccination drive. but the get issue a cross vaccination drive. but the get issue a cross india is the battle against fa ke a cross india is the battle against fake news, which is growing more challenging each day. figures obtained by virgin atlantic show that some passengers have had to wait more than two and a half hours to clear passport control at london's heathrow airport. the uk government is promising extra border staff but they also are saying they don't want to compromise on the passport checks. caroline davies reports. these are figures from frustrated airlines who think the uk border could be better managed. they say leaving people waiting

at the border for several hours, orfor however long, is a bad first impression when they first get to the uk. this often happens to people from outside the european economic area, roughly outside europe's orders, from the rest of the world. so, why is it happening? according to the home office, they have blamed computer failures and they have said that they have had a large number of cases dealing with adults and children who are vulnerable. of course, there are things outside their control — if the flights are delayed, and all arrive at the terminal at one point, the queues will be longer. there are being solutions suggested as well. the future is looking brighter for hundreds of grey hounds abandoned after a racetrack closed in macau. fears for their safety has been hitting headlines worldwide after asia's only legal dog—racing track closed down last month and the former owners of the track failed to find the dogs new homes. there's also been widespread concern at the conditions the dogs have been kept in. a short time ago i spoke to albano martins who is the president of macau animal welfare group anima, who are working to rehouse the dogs. well, we have now exactly 532 greyhounds, and we have cooperation between anima, the government and the former track

owner. and we are trying to get them adopted in asia, australia and also in europe and the united states. is there certain criteria, mr martins, for the adoption, or do you give them away when someone wants to adopt them? no, we have a lot from hong kong and macau. we have 130 in hong kong and around 70 from macau. no one will receive any greyhound unless we check their home conditions and we have an interview with them. so, all animals that will go to europe, mainly europe and the united states, will be met with rescue teams in europe and the us, and all with that same procedure. we will check very carefully all of the adopters. but you can't find

homes for them all. 0h, sure i can! sure i can. if they are going to europe, will the greyhounds race again, or will they be pets? no, we will not give any greyhound to any rescue centre that will be using them for racing again. we are an anti—racing association and we will de—sex all animals, so there is no way for them to breed them again. and we will only send those animals that are in good shape. unfortunately, not all of them are in good shape. we will try to recover them and we will have, tomorrow... so, what are you doing, mr martins, for the greyhounds who are not in shape? well, tomorrow we will receive a group of australian vets to have a complete checkup of all greyhounds and we will classify them in several ways. those that are prepared to be adopted, but all, as i told you, will be de—sexed, and those that need some treatment in order to be adopted later. we are not in a rush.

we have more than one year to do this operation. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. coming up later — despite good times for the economy, why are so many australians not feeling it? and before we go, we told you about the brilliant meteor show which lit up the world's skies overnight. well, many of you have been sending us your fabulous pictures. these families in israel camped out to see the annual perseid meteor. the shooting stars were particularly spectacular here in greece hello there.

it doesn't look like the widespread, hot, sunny weather will return soon, but there will be some warmth in the forecast, particularly across england and wales throughout this week. something a little bit cooler, though, at the end of the week. we start this morning on a warm note across central, southern and eastern parts of the country, but always more cloud across the west. but, even so, still double—figure values here as well. so, for tuesday itself, always more cloud across the north and west of the country, that's because of a brisk westerly wind feeding in this moist air off the atlantic. so the best of the dry and bright weather will be in the south and east. we could see the odd heavy shower in the afternoon. to the north and the west, more of a breeze, 17—20 degrees. to the south and east, 24—25, and it will be fairly humid again as well. on into tuesday evening, it will be a dry one for england and wales, eastern scotland. more cloud, though, in the north—west. the reason for more cloud in the north—west, as i mentioned, we've got our weather coming from the atlantic. into wednesday, this area of low pressure will make inroads to create an unsettled day across the north—west corner.

more cloud, outbreaks of rain for north—west scotland and northern ireland, perhaps north—west england, and into north—west wales, and with the best of the dry and bright weather in the south and the east corner. the wind arrows are on because it will be a blustery day wherever you are, and certainly in the north—west with the cloud and the rain. that will impact the temperatures, 15—22 degrees. we could make 25, 26, even 27 in the south—east. but then it changes as we head into thursday. that area of low pressure pushes its way south—eastwards. it pushes the cold front across the country as well. it could be quite a wet morning across england and wales, as that band of rain makes its way southwards and eastwards, tending to fizzle out as it does so. but eventually it will clear away, and then behind it will leave cooler and fresher conditions with sunshine and some showers. most of these in the north—west. temperatures ranging between 14—21 degrees — so it will be noticeably cooler across—the—board. and then we see another area of low pressure move in on friday, particularly across the north—west of the country. once again, it will be windy. in fact, we could see gales in exposure across the far north—west. outbreaks of persistent,

maybe heavy, rain here. the further south and east that you come, the drier and brighter it will tend to be, closer to high pressure in the near continent. again, we will see the split in temperatures — high—teens in the north—west, low 20s in the south—east. so, the week is starting on a warm note in england and wales. as low pressure moves through, it will send some cooler and fresher air right across the board. you are watching bbc news. i'm babita sharma. our top story: there's growing international pressure on china over claims it's running political indoctrination camps for a million ethnic uighur muslims. but beijing says reports of the centres are completely false. officals say uighurs enjoy full rights and so called re—education camps do not exist. the afghan government claims almost 200 militants have been killed in the city of ghazni, four days after the taliban began an attack on the city. more than 100 soldiers and police

are believed to have died. and this video is trending on bbc.com: these amazing pictures of dani arnold, who's set a new record climbing the notoriously tough north face of the grandesjorasses in the alps. he reached the top in two hours and four minutes, without ropes or support. it's called free climbing. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: a junior doctor who was struck off over the death of a six—year—old boy