up to a million muslims held in internment camps in china. the british government expresses serious concerns about their treatment. satellite images provide new evidence of the vast prison—like camps being built to hold the uighur muslims in western china. we're not going to get anywhere close to it. hidden from view — china says the camps are training centres needed for the fight against radicalisation. translation: i don't know where my mother and father are, or my brothers and sisters. the government wants us to renounce our ethnicity, our beliefs and our humanity. we have a special report. also tonight... suspected explosive devices are sent to leading democrats, including barack obama and the clintons. new york's mayor calls it an act of terror. protected identity — the government says it will review so—called gagging clauses after a newspaper is barred from publishing allegations about a high—profile businessman. trying to crack down on america's growing addiction to drugs. president trump signs new laws as the public health crisis grows. if heroin is the devil, i would say fentanyl if this crisis doesn't worry you and

oh there's something wrong, you're not paying attention to it. a legal landmark — two people are prosecuted for running an illegal school in the first case of its kind in england and wales. salah, in for another! a great night for liverpool in the champions league, but tottenham fare less well. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... gloucester fly— half danny cipriani has been suspended for three weeks for a high tackle in theirchampions cup loss to munster. good evening. the british government has expressed "serious and growing concerns" about the detention of up to a million uighur muslims in china. last night, a bbc investigation revealed the construction of a vast network of internment centres in the western chinese region of xinjiang.

china refers to these secure, prison—like facilities as "vocational education and training centres", aimed at fighting radicalisation and terrorism. our china correspondent john sudworth has been speaking to people who have managed to flee the region, among them british ethnic uighurs who are calling on the uk government to do more to help their families. you don't see long beards anymore in xinjiang. they've been banned. mosques have fallen silent, with no sign of prayer. but no—one dares to speak, the constant monitoring and following sees to that. some, though, have found refuge in turkey, a place with ties of language and

faith to the uighurs, xinjiang's main muslim minority. just reciting an islamic verse was enough, says this mantle to put him in a chinese detention camp. his family, he fears, are still in one. translation: i don't know where my mother and father are, or my brothers and sisters. the chinese government wants us to renounce our beliefs, our ethnicity and our humanity. another former camp inmate says he was forced to sing communist party songs and recite china's new anti—extremism laws under the threat of violence. translation: everyday somebody was beaten. there were two men, one with about, the otherjust kicked. if we fell down they made us

kneel again. those we've spoken to are the lucky ones. they fled to turkey in 2015. since then there are very few reports of anyone being released from the camps at all. the test to me we've heard here is impossible to independently verify, of course. but what is striking are the consistencies. the descriptions of the routines in the camps, the brainwashing techniques, and most tellingly perhaps, the results. not love and loyalty for the chinese communist party, but a deep and lasting resentment. family as well as faith is being broken. when this person fled xinjiang with her children, her baby daughter did not yet have a past port —— have a passport. her dad plans to bring her later but now he, too, has been taken away. translation: if my

daughter could hear me now. i would say nothing but sorry. there's nothing worse than not knowing where she is, whether she's alive or dead. backin she is, whether she's alive or dead. back in xinjiang, we tried to visit a camp where we've heard 10,000 people may be held. but in front of us, the police close the whole highway — for repair, they say. we try other routes, but every time, at roadblock after roadblock, there's no way through. the point where we are forced to give up is just a short distance away from a large new camp, with the watchtower is clearly visible. the chinese police have a long reach, it seems. this man, a

british uighur living in london, says they are pressuring his family in xinjiang because of his campaigning work. all my family members have been harassed by the police, security forces, asking them to put pressure on me to keep my mouth shut, do not say any single words against the chinese government. this is another british uighur, who received a message last year saying her mum had been taken away. the 66—year—old is thought to have been in a camp ever since. the chinese government, we need foreign governments to act as soon as possible before it is too late. uighurs are not missing, says china, they are being educated. but whole

extended families have been taken away and a culture, a religion and a people are in crisis. john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang. and we can talk tojohn sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang. and we can talk to john sudworth, who bbc news, xinjiang. and we can talk tojohn sudworth, who is now engaging. extraordinary test me that you have heard, what has been the response internationally and from china? —— extraordinary testimony. there was already uneasy over china's policies in xinjiang. 0ur reporting over the past two days will have added to that significantly. the uk foreign office speaking of its serious and growing concerns, the us state department dismissing as preposterous china's claim that these camps provide job training. but if you want to get an idea of what china thinks its policies for, listen to this from a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson today, describing the policies is to cure the disease and

save the patient. some will wonder, of course, given everything we've shown in our reporting, why there isn't more international outrage. and you have to ask yourself this, sophie — given the uk's shifting international alignments, sophie — given the uk's shifting internationalalignments, given sophie — given the uk's shifting international alignments, given its need for china as a trading partner in the future, how likely is it, beyond expressing concern, that the uk government will really push beijing over a remote muslim people in what is after all often a forgotten corner of the world? john sudworth in beijing, thank you. the fbi is investigating a number of suspicious packages that have been sent to high—profile democrats. the new york headquarters of the broadcaster cnn was evacuated after a parcel was also sent there. police say the devices appear to be pipe bombs. new york's mayor has described the packages as acts of terror. president trump said they were despicable acts and political violence had no place in the united states. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant has the latest. in the normally tranquil

suburbs of new york city, the home of bill and hillary clinton. today encircled by a much larger security presence than normal after a suspected explosive device was addressed to the former presidential candidate. the package was intercepted by secret service agents during routine screening procedures. they said mrs clinton was not at risk of receiving it. we are fine thanks to the men and women of the secret service, who intercepted the package addressed to us long before it made its way to our home. then came news of a second suspected explosive device, addressed to the washington residence of barack and michelle obama. again, it was intercepted by the secret service, and didn't pose a threat to the former president. we are going tojump in, there is a fire alarm here. the news organisation cnn was reporting these breaking developments when it found

itself part of the story. its anchors were forced to broadcast from the street following the discovery of a suspect package in its new york headquarters. it was a package that was mailed to the building... as the nypd cordoned off this area opposite central park, reports came through of what these staff were fleeing from — a live explosive device, said police, addressed to the former cia directorjohn brennan, a strident critic of the trump presidency who's been a guest on the network. at a home of the liberal billionaire george soros. the property in the new york suburb is not farfrom where the clintons live. the trump white house condemned the attacks, and from a president whose aggressive rhetoric has made american politics more vicious and more toxic came this call for national unity. we have to unify. we have to come together and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts

or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america. as the bomb squad removed the explosive device from cnn, there were bipartisan calls for a return to civility in national life. but this is an era of american politics that's come to be defined by anger and division. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. this is such a highly charged political moment because we are less than two weeks away from what are called the congress general midterm elections and i would not expect this to bring about a political ceasefire. donald trump isjust about to jet off to another one of those raucous wellies that have become such a feature of his presidency. and the democrats on capitol hill have released a statement slamming the president's response and accusing him of using hollow words. the prime minister has accused some employers of using non—disclosure agreements "unethically"

when workers raise claims of harassment. theresa may told mps that the government would act to tighten up when they were used. the issue was raised in the commons after the daily telegraph outlined the case of a high—profile businessman said to be accused of racial and sexual harassment who has won a temporary injunction at the court of appeal to prevent the paper revealing the details. here's our special correspondent lucy manning. who is he? the businessman who can't be named, accused of sexually harassing and racially abusing some of his staff. he's gone to court to stop his identity being revealed. the telegraph, prevented from publishing full details of their story, which claimed the businessman was hiding his behaviour behind ndas — nondisclosure agreements. these nondisclosure agreements have overshot their remit. they're actually now being misused by powerful people in business to effectively gag employees with serious claims against them of wrongdoing, in this case sexual harassment and racism,

and we don't think that's right. so, what is an nda? it's a contract to stop the disclosure of confidential information, for example, not revealing details to a competitor. but it's also used if you've had an employment dispute. you may end up signing one in return for a pay—off. originally, the high court ruled the businessman‘s name and the allegations could be published — that it was in the public interest and the information was reasonably credible. he then appealed and judges decided nondisclosure agreements played an important role, and the staff who'd signed them weren't bullied or pressurised to do so. it was the harvey weinstein scandal that uncovered what was being hidden using ndas. he denies any allegations, but his former assistant was the first from his company to break her nda. zelda perkins says she felt intimidated to sign it and was told she had no choice.

sometimes, they are consensual. the point is that actually, they shouldn't exist, because all they are doing is protecting somebody from improper behaviour, criminal behaviour, discriminatory behaviour. so why should they be allowed? ndas weren't created for this sort of situation. they have been weaponised by powerful people. in the commons, the prime minister promised they would be looked at. the government is going to bring forward measures for consideration, for consultation to seek to improve the regulation around nondisclosure agreements and make it absolutely explicit to employees when a nondisclosure agreement does not apply or cannot be enforced. so, will the businessman be named? there will be another court hearing to finally decide that, but two of his workers who signed the agreements don't want the paper to publish the story. 0thers believe he should be exposed. lucy manning, bbc news. saudia arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman says those

responsible for the murder of the us—based journalist jamal khashoggi will be brought to justice. he was speaking publicly for the first time since mr khashoggi was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul three weeks ago. here, the prime minister has said that saudi arabia's explanation for the death of mr khashoggi lacks credibility. president erdogan of turkey has said mr khashoggi was the victim of premeditated political murder. tim willcox reports. at the centre of a diplomatic whirlwind, crown prince mohammed bin salman swept into a riyadh conference this evening. up until now, he'd never spoken publicly about the death of jamal khashoggi. translation: the incident that took place is very painful for all saudis, especially ordinary saudi citizens, and i believe it is painful for any human in the world. today the kingdom of saudi arabia is taking all legal measures

to complete investigations jointly with the turkish government to reach result and bring those guilty tojustice. after denying everything, saudi arabia finally admitted killing mr khashoggi, a former royal insider in its consulate in istanbul. the foreign minister said it was a rogue operation, but few believe that. even the meeting between jamal khashoggi's son and the crown prince looked like a clumsy photo op. according to his friends, salah khashoggi has been under a travel ban since last year. today, though, was about bridge building. not only had he spoken to the turkish president, sitting alongside him was saad hariri, the lebanese prime minister. a man the prince is accused of detaining and forcing to resign last year. hejoked, he's not been kidnapped this time. today was also about business. 30 deals worth more than $55 billion have

already been signed, and he promised an even better future. what did you think about the crown prince's comments today? it is very inspiring to all of us. what did you think about his comment about the question everyone's talking about, the investigation into the death of khashoggi? transparency, this is the norm in saudi. since being made crown prince, the man known as mbs has been basking in the international spotlight as a reformer, but since this issue, there have been questions about his authoritarianism, his sense ofjudgment, the people who surround him, his impetuousness. but can he now rewrite the narrative and de—escalate the row that has engulfed him and the kingdom for the past three weeks? tim willcox, bbc news, riyadh. theresa may has been applauded by backbench tory mps at a meeting tonight as she tried to get her critics to back her brexit strategy. the former home secretary, amber rudd, said that the prime

minister had secured her position with a heartfelt speech despite weeks of speculation about moves to topple her. it comes after the government watchdog the national audit office warned that britain will pay the price of a no—deal brexit, as our economics editor kamal ahmed explains. a smoothly operating border — this one at dover, where hundreds of trucks a day travel to and from the european union, with no checks and no taxes. but, like the white cliffs, we rather take it for granted. but what if all that changes, abruptly, next year? given the scale of the task, what we found is that there are risks to the effective operation of the border, if we leave the eu in march next year under a no—deal. even if there is a deal, there is still a great deal that will need to be done. today's report says a brexit no—deal contains a number of risks for which the uk is ill—prepared. up to 250,000 firms would need to fill out customs forms for the first time. there are likely to be delays at the borders as new checks are put in place.

0rganised crime across the border could increase because of a lack of security. these are apples grown in kent. nimisha raja runs a food business in kent that employs 1a people and exports to belgium, italy and france. how ready does she feel if a no—deal was to strike? it's been almost impossible to make any preparations whatsoever. we have no idea what's going to happen once we do brexit. we don't know what deals are going to be in place and, in the case of the no—deal scenario, goodness knows what's going to happen, so there's no way for us to prepare. i'm too busy running the business to be putting in contingency plans for something we don't know about. the government admits there is still a lot of hard work to do and progress has been slow. and, of course, neither britain nor the eu want no—deal. what we are working to make sure, across a whole variety of areas, is that we have the capacity in place, we have the systems

in place, we have the plans in place to deal with all eventualities. i'm expecting the uk and european union to reach a sensible agreement for the future. the nao report might well focus minds in both britain and in the rest of the european union, because it says if there is a collapse in those trade negotiations, then the cost could be — for thousands of businesses and millions of people — very high indeed. britain is still pushing for a close deal. but with just 156 days to go until brexit day, time is running short. kamalahmed, bbc news, dover. drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death in america for people under the age of 50. today president trump has taken action to try to tackle the country's growing addiction to drugs. he's signed new laws to crack down on what he's called the public health emergency — including getting more treatment for drug addicts and trying to stop illegal drugs being sent in the post.

more than 70,000 people died from drug overdoses last year — largely fueled by a rise in fentanyl, a synthetic opioid which is up to 50 times stronger than heroin. drug overdoses in the states are now more deadly than car accidents and gun violence combined. in new hampshire alone, 70% of fire brigade call—outs are drug related. darren conway has been to meet people on the front line of america's war against drugs. a warning his report contains distressing scenes. my addiction took my self worth, my dignity, my self—respect. my health, my friends and family, my education. money. it took my family and my friends, my freedom, it took everything. most of my family members consider me dead. if heroin‘s the devil, i would say that fentanyl is a horseman of the apocalypse. and it's the one named death. because itjust brings death.

it's now referred to as the worst public health crisis in american history. alex is just one of the 70,000 active heroin users currently living in philadelphia. and he embodies the evolution of opioid addiction in america. after being prescribed painkillers for an injury, he became addicted. and then turned to a cheaper alternative when the pills ran out — heroin. now his body craves something stronger. i hope that it's fentanyl, because heroin that's actually heroin will not get me well. fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that's 50 times more powerful than heroin. i'm not doing nothing except sticking a needle in my arm every day, all day long. waste of time, waste of energy, waste of money. it's a waste of everything.

police radio: request for an ambulance in manchester, shell gas station. patient is in the bathroom. she has overdosed. 35—year—old male is not conscious, not breathing, overdose. i don't know what is happening to this generation. i look out my window, you know? it's like looking at ground zero for the united states for fenta nyl, fenta nyl deaths. it's, like, what the heck am i seeing? with no increase in budget or personnel, manchester fire department now spend 70% of their time responding to drug—related calls. since this crisis has hit, we go out on these types of calls over, and over, and over again, all day long. can you get up?

you can't stay here. this is obviously overdosing on opiates. he admitted to using fentanyl. so, yeah... said he did half fentanyl, half heroin, mixed in a bag. so the little baggie that he has, where is that? he probably threw it on the ground. a kid plays with that, sees it, is it candy or whatever? from my personal standpoint, it's frustrating. because you see it all the time. every single day. leela? leela, wake up. are you going to give heranother narcan? so, this will be the second one we put in, because she didn't respond to the first one. so we're going to put in the second one. narcan is used to block the effects of opioids, in an attempt to reverse overdoses and save lives. hi, leela.

part of today's landmark legislation is to make it more readily available. if this crisis right now doesn't worry you, then there's something wrong, you're not paying attention to it. working with local law enforcement, the drug enforcement administration agents have identified dealers operating from a park. he's getting into that blue bmw. he's picked up, he's looking around. so, you can see how this works. we're set up in the park, we're sort of in a position where we can see what's happening. we see customers coming in. he's coming into the park, behind you. they're getting served, they're getting back in the car. 0ur guys are calling it out to the surveillance units. surveillance units are taking them away to a place, whether it's in new hampshire or massachusetts, we can safely make these traffic stops. new hampshire, as of this morning, hasn't a heroin overdose death. it's not heroin that's killing people, it's fentanyl. for these cartels, they don't have to worry about opioids any more. they can mass—produce this stuff in the same labs that they've set up,

that they've used when they were making methamphetamine or any other drug. and they're able to manufacture it faster and cheaper. right here. do your thing, homie. we're up here in new hampshire now. we just stopped a car that we saw picked up from that same park. and this woman, too, had stuff stuffed inside of her body cavity, she's pulling it out for the troopers. so, here's the evidence, here, that they just removed from this female. again, fenta nyl, driving up into new hampshire to pollute our communities. the dealers are now mixing fentanyl with everything. we're seeing an increase of fentanyl mixed with cocaine, fentanyl mixed with methamphetamine. they don't want to kill everybody. they don't care if they do. they're driven by greed. they've killed more people than war has. darren conway with that special report from the east coast of america. a look at some of tonight's other news...

police say they're treating the disappearance of a 46—year—old woman as a potential murder. sarah wellgreen, who has five children, was last seen near her home in new ash green in kent two weeks ago. two men have beenjailed for an armed robbery at the gleneagles hotel in perthshire in which half a million pounds worth of designer watches was stolen. richard fleming and liam richardson carried hammers, a machete and a pistol in the raid in june last year. fleming was given an 18—year sentence, richardson was jailed for 11 years. a proposal to ban single—use plastics across europe has been approved by the european parliament. when it becomes law, plastic cutlery, cotton buds and straws will be among the items banned. the measure seeks to reduce significantly the estimated 150,000 tonnes of plastic waste from europe which end up in the sea every year. in the first case of its kind two people have been found guilty of running an unregistered school in west london. 60 pupils were being taught in an office block in ealing. the people who ran the al—istiqamah learning centre claimed

they were providing tuition for home—schooled children, but the court ruled they were running a full—time school. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. on a busy suburban road, an office block. no playground in sight, but one of its tenants was the al—istiqamah learning centre. it was here, on the first floor, inspectors found an illegal school. inside, they discovered lesson plans, a teacher's room and homework diaries. today, beatrix bernhardt and nacerdine talbi were found guilty of running an unregistered school. it's really important that there's been a conviction here. i'm so pleased that we got to this point. it's been long, it's been hard, but it's absolutely been worth doing. those providers, those institutions out there that are operating under the radar need to take stark warning from this that we will continue to pursue individuals that are operating illegal schools to the point of conviction.

in court, it was all about the amount of time children were spending at the centre. anywhere that educates more than five children full—time legally has to register as a school. inspectors told the court that piecing documents together they had found 27 children being educated for 25 hours a week at the centre. since 0fsted set up a special team of inspectors in 2016, 420 potentially unregistered schools have been identified. 274 inspections have been carried out, 63 warning notices issued. 55 of these suspected schools have either closed or stopped operating illegally. and that means the council has the right to check them. they've got the right of access, they know the premises they're

in are safe and secure and they've got the appropriate fire certificates. and if a school is unregistered, it is out of sight from all of the safeguards that this country has to offer. the school was fined £100. the couple were given a community order and a night curfew for 12 weeks. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. it's every lorry driver's nightmare — going under a bridge and realising too late that your vehicle is too big to get through. that's what happened to a car transporter carrying luxury cars this morning which ran into a spot of trouble in perth. at least two range rovers were crushed, causing thousands of pounds of damage. the bridge came out unscathed. in the champions league tonight, a late equaliser denied tottenham hotspur a win over psv eindhoven. but at anfield, liverpool chalked up a 4—0 win over red star belgrade.