welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the bbc reveals evidence of a vast new network of internment camps in china. it's thought as many as a million muslims are being held inside without trial. if this really is all about education, then why the effort to stop us getting close? the moment the saudi crown prince, widely suspected of ordering the killing ofjamal khashoggi, meets the murdered journalist's son. president trump gives his strongest condemnation yet. it was carried out poorly. and the cover—up was one of the worst in the history of cover—ups. at least 20 people are hurt as an escalator malfunctions at a rome metro station. hello.

the bbc has new evidence that china is building a vast network of internment camps for its muslim population, in the western region of xinjiang. analysts believe one facility we identified may be one of the biggest detention centres in the world. it's thought as many as a million muslims from the uighur community are being held without trial in xinjiang. china simply says it has a programme of "vocational training centres" to combat the threat of terrorism. but the bbc has seen analysis that suggests the number of secure, prison—like facilities in the area has more than doubled in the past two years. accounts from people who've been held inside tell of abuse and humiliation. our china correspondent john sudworth and producer kathy long brought back this report from a part of the country where journalists are often prevented from working. in xinjiang, displays of police might are everywhere. but there is something

here they don't want you to see. huge fences all around. behind these blue steel walls, in a former school, is what china calls a vocational training centre. but it looks more like a prison. nearby, relatives queue up to visit. from above, the grim details can be picked out. last year, the school had a football pitch. today, it's covered with what look like accommodation blocks. watchtowers are visible. on a corner, just outside the camp fence, we stop to speak to a family. some officials try to stop us filming, but another intervenes. let them speak, she says. i ask who they're visiting. "my dad," he replies.

china denies it is detaining muslims in xinjiang. in response to the allegations, state television has been showing classrooms of supposedly grateful adults, willingly undergoing "re—education". "without this, i might have followed religious extremists," this woman says. but the bbc has seen new, detailed satellite analysis of dozens of suspected camps across xinjiang. few of them look much like schools. this giant compound is surrounded by a high wall with 16 watchtowers. we try to approach the site by car. look at this...

only to discover that it's being expanded on a massive scale. it's like a city... then the police block our way. if this really is all about education, then why the effort to stop us getting close? the satellite analysts show us a more recent image. it's clear how much the site has grown. but the team is able to show that this one camp is part of something much bigger, by identifying many other similar secure facilities right across xinjiang. plotting their growth over time shows just how fast they're being built. satellites see beyond what the human eye can see. as the years pass, we have detected that the number of infrastructures being built increases and, most significantly, in the past two years.

and prison design experts tell us this could now be one of the biggest detention facilities in the world, holding 11,000 inmates at the very least. xinjiang's mainly muslim minority are known as the uighurs. now, many of their homes are locked and deserted. sinister official notices on the doors say the missing are being "looked after". "re—education", "vocational training", to use china's euphemisms, suggest something limited and temporary, but our evidence shows that the camps and prisons being used for that purpose are large—scale and seemingly permanent. the big question, then, is where does all of this end? and the history of mass incarcerations, of course, offers some pretty ominous precedents. from a vegetable field to another one of china's new schools. in less than six months,

complete with watchtowers. we tried to film one of them. but once again, while trying to get to the truth, we're asked to leave. john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang. let's ta ke let's take you live to minneapolis. adrian zenz is an expert on chinese minority policy, who has published research on china's detention network in xinjiang. this all seems to hark back to the era of mao, what does it all tell you? while it tells you that the chinese government is pursuing an ideological approach, which is very much hearkening back to the ropes of these ccp and chinese communism in these ccp and chinese communism in

the 1950s. these ccp and chinese communism in the 19505. chinese prisons, chinese security services can be pretty brutal. is there any doubt that you think human rights abuses are being committed in these facilities?” really do not believe that there is doubt. even though the situation in these camps is likely not consistent. there can be different types of camps, they can have a slightly different focus, slightly different conditions. however, firstly we have strong eyewitness evidence of what is going on in these accurate three. at the very least, it is very strong intimidation. secondly, the question is of course, why these expensive security features? as you have said yourselves and as your ear has convincingly shown, these camps are basically prison. what is being hidden? what is going on? what do you think is being hidden? what you think is going on? what has been hidden is the largest detention of an ethnic minority in recent

history, unprecedented, even in china's recent history. according to my research, the scale of the re—education campaign in china likely exceed the former re—education labour system that china abolished 2013. if they are expanding at this rate call to tell you about the likely timescale? giving people will be kept varying definitely? most certainly not. the chinese do have a goal. they recruited thousands of police, spent williams on security and surveillance systems establishing strong police state. it really is the next level, qualitatively and quantitatively of the quality drive, with the goal to change an entire ethnic people. what is unclear is how long will this take, when will this be over? i personally do not believe that this will go on for more than several years, but we all

know what can happen within that timeframe and also afterwards we still don't know how many of these people can still be kept in these facilities. briefly, if you could, what could possibly change this policy? does china have two worry about international criticism ? policy? does china have two worry about international criticism? ye5 and no. china is a very big and independent nation. especially with the belt and road initiative, china is an much now trying to woo other countries, trying to export some of its ideology and approach. china does care about its international reputation and the most recent attem pts reputation and the most recent atte m pts by reputation and the most recent attempts by china to put a positive spin, to be proud about this re—education campaign, to have a cctv piece about it, interviewing detainees and supposedly how this has been benefiting their lives, thatis has been benefiting their lives, that is an entirely new approach and it shows that international pressure

is showing some signs. thank you very much indeed. thank you. let's get some of the day's other news. the us national security adviser, john bolton, has warned russia not to interfere in american elections. speaking in moscow, he said past interference by russian hackers was objectionable, but also claimed it had had little effect. and he confirmed that president trump will meet president putin, shortly after next month's mid—term elections in the us. hurricane willa has made landfall in mexico. thousands of people have been evacuated and buildings boarded up, as the hurricane threatens tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains. willa is forecast to be one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit mexico from the pacific in years. the european commission has rejected italy's budget for next year, expressing concerns that the government's plans to raise public spending would also increase the country's public debt. in response, one of italy's deputy prime ministers, matteo salvini, said the eu decision changed nothing, apart from making italians angrier.

donald trump has called saudi arabia's response to the murder ofjournalist jamal khashoggi a total fiasco and "the worst cover—up ever". and secretary of state, mike pompeo, has announced sanctions against 21 identified suspects. they will have their us visas revoked. turkey's president has told mps from his ruling party that the killing was planned days in advance. from istanbul, mark lowen reports. jamal khashoggi's last steps into the saudi consulate and towards his death. he came just for papers to prove his divorce and let him remarry. three weeks on, the search for the truth continues. president erdogan vowed to provide it today, the "naked truth", in his words. in the end, no new bombshell, but accusations of a premeditated act. translation: all the information and evidence shows that

jamal khashoggi was killed in a violent, savage murder. we expect those responsible to be exposed. we have strong evidence that it was a planned operation, not an accidental death. he called for an independent investigation and tightened pressure on those arrested in riyadh. many of them close to the crown prince. the president of turkey, the world's biggestjailer of journalists, now an unlikely defender of the saudi journalist's cause. translation: the 18 people must be tried in istanbul. this is my proposal. but the decision is for the saudis to make. president erdogan laid out how the journalist's murder was orchestrated. he said planning for it began when jamal khashoggi booked his appointment at the consulate to get the divorce papers. the day before his killing, a saudi reconnaissance team scouted a forest in istanbul where he may now be buried. president erdogan went on, the 15 strong hit squad assembled

that morning at the consulate, removing hard discs from security cameras. then mr khashoggi received a call to confirm his appointment at the consulate. it was at 13:08 that jamal khashoggi was last seen alive. one saudi operative then donned the journalist's clothes and a fake beard and glasses, walking in istanbul, apparently as a diversion. more evidence, it seems, of meticulous planning. given the gruesome leaks of what happened here, sedatives, strangling, dismemberment, a president who does not shy away from confrontation was surprisingly restrained today. i am told that he wanted to show that this was not against saudi arabia, to urge the king to act without targeting him and to warn there will be more dirt if riyadh stays silent. in the saudi capital today, they put on a brave face, opening a glitzy investment conference, but many multinationals and politicians are boycotting it and the opening speaker could not avoid the topic. the terrible acts reported in recent weeks are alien

to our culture and our dna. getting the us to change tack is harder. its treasury secretary pulled out of the conference but still met the crown prince, the saudis praising the strategic partnership. and the white house is yet to be convinced by turkey's allegations. what did president erdogan said? yes. well, he was pretty rough. i want to see the facts first. look, saudi arabia has been a really great ally, one of the biggest investors, maybe the biggest investor in our country. imagine the pain here forjamal khashoggi's son, meeting king salman and the crown prince, widely accused of ordering the murder. beyond the geopolitics, the regional relations turned upside down, it comes down to this — a father killed, a family torn apart. mark lowen, bbc news, istanbul. my colleague tim willcox is at that investment conference in riyadh, where he tried to speak to saudi crown prince,

mohamed bin salman. he was mobbed, like some sort of rockstar. crowds of people around him wanting to get selfies and shake his hand. i managed to get up close at one stage, and i sort of thrust myself forward, i didn't want to start with the whole jamal thing because he was surrounded by his bodyguards and things, but i said, look, in the context of recent events, "how do you think things are going?" he said, "great, more people, more money," laughed, his bodyguards laughed and he was away. i was hurled asunder. that doesn't seem to be preoccupying him at the moment. if you look at the delegates here, it's a different sort of conference. you haven't got the big titans of business and politics, but a lot of their deputies are here. i spoke to several big companies who said the ceo didn't come, shareholder pressure, didn't want that, but we want a seat at this conference, this is a hard—nosed

pragmatic business relationship and the numbers don't seem to be that far down, i'm told, from last year. i am told mohammed bin salman will be at a session tomorrow morning, where we're told he's got a couple of big announcements. i don't think it's going to be anything to do with the jamal khashoggi case, i could be wrong, but i doubt it, and we're also being told there won't be any questions from journalists here. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: brazil's evangelical church backs the controversial right wing candidate vying to be the country's next president a historic moment that many of his victims have waited for for decades. the former dictator in the dock, older, slimmer, and as he sat down, obedient enough. dawn, and as the sun breaks

through the piercing chill of night on the plain outside korem, it lights up a biblicalfamine, now, in the 20th century. the depressing conclusion — in argentina today, it is actually cheaper to paper your walls with money. we've had controversies in the past with great britain. but as good friends, we have always found a good and lasting solution. concorde bows out in style. after almost three decades in service, an aircraft that has enthralled its many admirers for so long taxis home one last time. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the bbc has uncovered evidence of a vast network of detention camps

for china's muslim population. authorities in rome are investigating how a metro station escalator collapsed, injuring at least 20 people. it's thought most were russian football fans. witnesses say some of the supporters were singing and jumping up and down before the escalator broke. lebo diseko has the story. they should've been watching their teams play football. instead, they found themselves in what's been described as a scene like something from the apocalypse. most of the injured were russian fans of cska moscow. they were in town to watch their team's uefa champions league match on tuesday night. the repubblica station in the middle of rome was packed with people on their way to the game. this video shows the escalator they were on as it suddenly speeds up. travellers on the opposite side try to catch people as they fall. the escalator then comes to an abrupt stop, with what looks

like dozens of people crushed at the bottom. firefighters worked for about an hour to try and free people who were trapped between the metal plates of the steps. at least seven were seriously injured. one fan had to have his foot amputated. translation: the scene that we found was people piled up at the bottom of the escalator. people, one on top of the other, looking for help. two investigations have been launched, one by rome's public prosecutor, the other by atac, the company in charge of the city's public transport system. the task now, says rome's mayor, is to try to understand how this could have happened. lebo diseko, bbc news. the irish government has announced that the site of a former mother—and—baby home will be excavated. it's thought nearly 800 babies and children may be buried there. an investigation has already found

significant quantities of human remains at the site in county galway. the irish children's minister says she wants to ensure all babies and children who died at the catholic—run home have a respectful burial. here's our ireland correspondent emma va rdy. this was once the grounds of a former home for unmarried mothers, known as the fallen women. a mass grave was found here four decades ago. then, people were told that it held the remains of those who had died during the great famine. but more recent research found the grave contained the bodies of almost 800 babies and children. it's believed they were buried in a septic tank. now, the site will be excavated to recover the remains. at a press conference today, the minister for children said it was a huge task which presents technical and legal issues. the actions which will now be taken are — a phased approach to the forensic

excavation and recovery of the children's remains, insofar as this is possible, and then arrangements for the respectful reburial and memorialisation, as well as appropriate conservation of the site. it was an important step, she said, for those who believe they have a loved one whose remains are here. this catholic—run institution had high infant mortality. from the 19205 to 1961, many children died of sickness and malnutrition. the bodies to be exhumed are all believed to be of those aged between two days and nine years old. well, it is great, really, for all the mothers that had babies here, whether they were adopted orfostered or buried here. at least it's an acknowledgement that the state and church did wrong to them. it was an amateur historian who first brought this

scandal to light. catherine corless's findings exposed the vast number of child deaths. she has long called for the mass grave to be dug up. i'm just very, very relieved, i'm very happy for the survivors. i am happy for all the little babies who are buried right on this spot, right underneath us here, in the tanks, and it's more than we expected, really. the excavation, it's hoped, will uncover the secrets of this site. former residents of the home and their families have waited many years for answers. emma vardy, bbc news. brazilians are about to decide their next president, and religion is playing a significant role in how that turns out. the country, home to the world's largest catholic population, is becoming more evangelical: 6% in the 1980s, 30% today. influenced by powerful churches and with conservative family values, evangelicals are backing the far—right candidate jair bolsonaro, as julia carneiro reports from rio. a concert for a devoted audience.

"who's part of the lord's army?" the singer asks. this is one of the biggest evangelical churches in rio. these people can help decide brazil's political future. winning over evangelical voters has become crucial in these presidential elections, and this means appealing both to conservative values and to a group that's been hard—hit by brazil's economic crisis. up to 70% of evangelicals are expected to vote for the leading presidential candidate, jair bolsonaro, a former army captain who praises brazil's dictatorship years. he's known for homophobic and misogynist views, and defends the traditional heterosexual family. translation: i chose him because he's a decent man. he defends the family and has never been involved in corruption scandals.

translation: he speaks of preserving the family, the values, the good customs. pastor silas malafaia has over two million followers on social media, and has been campaigning for bolsonaro. translation: he has his flaws, but he's against corruption and in favour of our family values. the left—wing governments were shattering our moral values. bolsonaro is running against fernando haddad from the left—wing workers' party, who's been blemished by recent corruption scandals. translation: conservative religious groups feel threatened by a growing agenda defending female, black and lgbt rights. evangelical leaders say this is a threat to family values and this makes it harder for left—wing politicians to appeal to evangelical groups. but these christians have gathered in rio against bolsonaro. they say his values betray their faith. we are not voting for him,

and we are taking a stand against groups that support neofascism, which is what we believe is going on. translation: we are here to say the gospel has nothing to do with hate or violence. it's about peace, commitment to human dignity and respect for diversity. we can't allow the image of christ to be captured by a message of hate. after years of economic recession and political turmoil, brazilians are desperate for change and struggling to keep faith in the future. julia carneiro, bbc news, rio de janeiro. much more on all the news any time on the bbc website. that's it for 110w. on the bbc website. that's it for now. thank you for watching. hello there, good morning.

it is still quite mild for the time of year. yesterday we had temperatures of 18 degrees, for example. and as long as we're to the south of these weatherfronts, dominated by high pressure, it's going to stay quite mild. once those weather fronts move soputh, so the colder air is going to arrive. fairly quiet—looking day, really, on wednesday. it probably won't be as a windy. i won't be as wet in the northwest of scotland either. just a bit of drizzle here, perhaps into north—west england and north wales over the hills. always more cloud towards the northwest, eastern scotland, eastern england, southern parts of england and south wales seeing the best of the sunshine. temperatures may get as high as 16 or 17 degrees. through the evening and overnight, we'll find a little bit more rain arriving in the northwest of scotland. we will also find some cloud pushing its way down further into england and wales, so it won't be as chilly. those temperatures perhaps no lower than 4, 5, 6 degrees or so and they again pretty mild across the bulk for scotland. this is where we've got some rain in the north of scotland.

the far north of scotland actually seeing some breaks in the cloud and perhaps a few showers. the rain really gets going later on in the day in the nortwest of the mainland of scotland. over the highlands in particular some heavy rain. elsewhere, probably dry to the south. some sunshine. those temperatures easing awayjust a little bit —12—14 degrees. but the really cold air comes behind that rain, which is that cold front there. that's the weather front. that is starting to move southwards overnight and into friday. allows us to draw in the air all the way from the arctic so it is going to feel much colder on friday. there will be quite a bit of sunshine around. but there will be some showers, paticularly down the western side of the uk and then later near the north sea coat. but those temperatures come the afternoon. and 8—9 degrees. it will be fairly typical, struggling to make double figures in the southern part of england. we are drawing down this cold northerly wind. a significant windchill. wintry showers continuing overnight and into saturday over the hills. more showers coming into eastern parts of both england

and scotland on saturday. further west, you will see the best of the sunshine but cold. 7—9 degrees. it stays cold through the weekend and into the beginning of next week. the winds tending to ease. sunshine but also spells of rain. this is bbc news. the headlines: the bbc has new evidence that china is building a vast network of detention camps in its western region of xinjiang. there are claims that up to a million muslim uighurs are being held indefinitely without trial. the chinese government says the camps are simply vocational training centres. donald trump has called saudi arabia's response to the murder of the journalist jamal khashoggi a total fiasco and "the worst cover—up ever". the state department has announced that the visas of those involved in the killing will be revoked. mr kashoggi's son has met the saudi crown prince. at least twenty people have been

injured, some seriously, in rome, where an escalator at a metro station ran out of control. it's thought most of those involved were russian football fans in the city for a european champions league match. now on bbc news, it's time for panorama. it's been ten years since the government bailed out the banks. nearly there mate, nearly there. but thousands of families with mortgages are still counting the cost. it's outrageous, i don't know how they got away with it. that's the extra you've paid, 20 grand over ten years. tonight, we reveal how the government's own bank charged exorbitant interest rates. it's just daylight robbery, isn't it? evicted people unfairly from their homes. suddenly, i'm out of the house no explanation. ifeel like i've been

sold down the river. and then flogged off their mortgages to the highest bidder.