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rare access inside the hidden world of china's detention camps. it is thought up to a million muslims are being held here. translation: we're told ahead of the visits, "if any of you speak out, you'll go to a worse place than this." that's why everyone does what they're told. the pentagon says 1,000 more us troops are being sent to the gulf to defend american assets. egypt's jailed former president mohammed morsi dies after collapsing in a cage in court in cairo. and toronto's big party is spoiled as two people are shot and wounded at the raptors‘ victory parade.
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china used to deny it was holding hundreds of thousands of muslims in giant secure facilities like this one, but now we are being given a tour. it is thought up to 1 million people are being held there. last year our correspondence exposed how rapidly these secure facilities were being developed. now he has returned, and although access is tightly controlled and his itinerary is set by the government, he has found out more. you may find parts of his report disturbing. china used to deny it was holding hundreds of thousands of muslims in giant, secure
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facilities like this one. but now, we are being given a tour. the message — these people are not prisoners, but students, willingly subjecting themselves to a kind of brainwashing. is it your choice to be here? translation: yes, i was affected by extremism. i‘ve come here to transform my thoughts. government officials watch over every interview. this is how xinjiang‘s muslims, the uighurs, the kazakhs, and other minorities, have their thoughts transformed. rote—learning chinese, and laws restricting religious practice. and replacing loyalty to faith or culture with something else. "i love the communist party of china", this man has written. doesn‘t a place where people have
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to stay until you allow them to leave sound more like a prison, even if it is a prison in which you can do some art? translation: i don't know what you mean by prison. this is indeed a training centre. over the past few years, a vast network of camps has been built across xinjiang. but, in the places we are being taken to, internal security fencing and what looked like watchtowers have recently been taken down. and exercise yards have been transformed into sports facilities. raising the suspicion that these are merely show camps. rakhima senbay, who now lives in kazakhstan, tells me she was detained just for having whatsapp on her phone. experiencing violence and mistreatment over more than a year in a number of chinese camps, including this one. places, she says, where displays
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of happiness are reserved for visiting officials or journalists. translation: i experienced it myself. we were told ahead of the visits, if any of you speak out, you‘ll go to a worse place than this. that‘s why everyone does what they‘re told, including dancing and singing. what, one wonders, might these people have been told by the officials ahead of our visit? they‘ve been convicted of no crime, faced no trial, but china now believes it can determine their guilt in advance. translation: some people,
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before they commit murder, already show they are capable of it. should we wait for them to commit a crime, or prevent it from happening? there is a lot of testimony, we have some ourselves, from people who have been through the system, who describe torture, overcrowding, separation from families. translation: these aren‘t important issues. the main thing is taking a person on the edge of crime, and returning them to normal society. these, then, are pre—criminals, wearing uniforms and sleeping up to ten a room, with a shared toilet, and no idea how many months or years they will have to stay. we try to film other camps, with their watchtowers and barbed wire still in place. the giant facilities look much less like schools, and we are much less welcome.
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we return after dark, and listen as the sound of thoughts being transformed echoes late into the night. john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang. the united states is to deploy another 1,000 troops to the middle east, as tensions rise with iran. the us military has released what it claims is further proof that iran was behind the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman last week. the pentagon claims these images, combined with earlier video, show iranian revolutionary guards removing an unexploded mine from the hull of a japanese—owned tanker. one of the stills, officials claim, shows what they describe as the remains of the mine‘s magnetic attachment. the government in tehran has denied any involvement. live now to our north america correspondent peter bowes. peter, what else are you hearing about this? well, what it is clear,
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mike, is that the trump administration, the secretary of defence, they are at pains to put everything out there that they believe proves that iran was responsible for the attacks on those two ships. now, this latest information is very detailed, photographs, images. as you‘ve described, this magnetic device that held the limpet device on the whole of the japanese vessel, evidence that it was being removed, and what does that prove? well, according to the us, it proves that the iranians have the expertise to carry out certain operations. it also implicates them in doing it, in wanting to remove the evidence of what they have done, because this mind did not explode. and this, of course, on top of all of the other tensions between the us and iran over the last 48 hours or so, and this news just coming over the last 48 hours or so, and this newsjust coming in over the last 48 hours or so, and this news just coming in the last few hours that an additional 1000 troops are being prepared to be sent to the middle east, on top of the
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1500 announced last month. all the time, the us saying that they don‘t wa nt to time, the us saying that they don‘t want to conflict with iran, but clearly tensions a re want to conflict with iran, but clearly tensions are growing quite significantly. and as i am sure you know, there are analysts who cast doubt on whether any of this is actual proof, of course. but does it feel as though we are heading for war with feel as though we are heading for warwith iran? feel as though we are heading for war with iran? well, it feels perhaps that we are inching a little closer to that. the administration senior figures, closer to that. the administration seniorfigures, including president trump, have repeated that they do not want war. they don‘t want conflict. at the same time we see this news that more troops have been prepared to head to the middle east. so it‘s certainly an extremely u nsta ble so it‘s certainly an extremely unstable situation right now. it could be another example of the us simply trying to do everything it can to put pressure on iran, to back off, back off in terms of what the
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us sees as its aggressive behaviour in recent weeks. peter, thank you very much for that. the chinese government in beijing has defended the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, who is facing calls for her resignation over the massive unrest in the city caused by an extradition bill. the bill would allow extradition to mainland china. it is now been delayed, but the ill will in hong kong has only been increased by police tactics, using rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray to try to force demonstrators off the streets. a united nations internal report says there was a systemic failure in the way it handled the situation in myanmar in 2017. the military crackdown drove more than 730,000 rohingya muslims to cross over to bangladesh. this the report says the un did not have a unified strategy and lacked security council support.
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egypt‘s former president mohamed morsi has died after collapsing in a cage in court in cairo. the 67—year—old former muslim brotherhood leader was attending a hearing to answer charges of espionage. he had been held in prison ever since he was ousted by the egyptian army, a year after his election in 2012. 0rla guerin reports. this is how state tv announced the death of mohammed morsi of the muslim brotherhood. no fanfare, no tributes, no mention that he was egypt‘s first democratically elected president. here is how he has been seen in recent years, a prisoner in the dock in a soundproof cage. it was in court today that he spoke his last words, collapsing and dying soon afterwards. condolences were offered by the president of turkey,
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recep tayyip erdogan, a fellow islamist and close ally. "may allah grant rest to the martyr‘s soul," he said. "history won‘t forget the tyrants that led to his death byjailing him and threatening him with execution." back in june 2012, when mohamed morsi won the presidency, there was hope in the airfor many in egypt. but fast—forward a year, and mass crowds were demanding his removal, branding him autocratic and inept. the army, happy to oblige abdel fattah el—sisi, who went on to become president himself. then came the first of many trials, show trials, according to critics. well, i witnessed mohamed morsi‘s first appearance in court
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in november 2013. since then, he has been held in solitary confinement 23 hours a day, according to mps who investigated his detention. they warned last year that his conditions in prison, including a lack of medical care, could lead to his premature death. now, they believe it has. there needs to be an independent, international investigation into the circumstances of his death. what we found were, on a balance of probabilities, his conditions of detention were so inhuman and degrading, they could actually sustain a charge of torture. tonight, heavy security outside the prison complex where mohamed morsi was incarcerated. a spokesman for the muslim brotherhood claimed his death was first—degree murder. the authorities will deny that. for many egyptians, he is just a footnote to history, but others will look back at a brief moment when morsi was a symbol of hope and democracy. 0rla guerin, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the american fashion icon gloria vanderbilt has died at the age of 95. we look back on her life.
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there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for 40 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus today was valentina tereshkova, the world‘s first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able
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to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. the bbc has been given special access to one of the detention centres being used to hold around 1 million muslims in the chinese province of xinjing. the united states says it will send about 1,000 additional troops to the middle east. a pentagon statement said the deployment was for defensive purposes. it is tied to those images coming in that the pentagon says further proof that the pentagon says further proof that revolutionary guards were involved in what appears to be mine damage on tankers. in the gulf of beaumont. —— 0man was to
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lieutenant colonel daniel davis is retired from the us army. i know you were deployed four times in active combat zones in the middle east. what you make of this images and the earlier video? you have to get down to the bottom line of the united states is trying to a whole thing about maximum pressure and bringing pressure to the regime and pointing all these fingers and things happened, the fact is, whether we rounded this not, is conflicting information, it could have gone either way. at what is clear that when you put too much pressure you could cause the very things were trying to prevent and the objective should be stability in the middle east, not pushing it towards war and thatis east, not pushing it towards war and that is what we are getting close towards. would you say what is likely? it hasn‘t started so as i was possible to change that, we‘re going to have to change the way do business and one i will have to
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change the way they do business because a war is in no 1‘s business and everyone would lose. i hope that both governments will actually look at the temperature right now so we can makea at the temperature right now so we can make a diplomatic offramp to where we can get this discussed. you would know as well as anyone that the national security adviserjohn bolton is on record from long ago as favouring war with your bond back. —— with iran. favouring war with your bond back. -- with iran. he certainly seems to be pushing in that direction here as well. it‘s kind of interesting that you have president trump who has many times said, i‘m not looking for war, looking for dialogue and he has to keep branding back those two advisors so it‘s good if he would consider putting himself out there and raining those guys in a lot more but right now they are pushing in that direction, they have a track record of that. it does seem odd, doesn‘t it that iran would strike a
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cargo of oil destined forjapan at a time where the japanese leader was in to run for the first time for a visit. this is an area on the planet thatis visit. this is an area on the planet that is under heavy surveillance. someone must know exactly what happened. —— in tehran. someone must know exactly what happened. -- in tehran. one of the reasons i‘m advocating to go slow on this, let‘s don‘t get too much ahead of ourselves. and take action as a result, because you have to say, why would iran do that at this moment against that nature of the nation when for the first time in 40 years, the premise of japan was there, which had the opportunity potentially to bring things in two more stable relations. they wouldn‘t give that up by choosing that moment, it would seem, unless of course there‘s some actors within
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iran who wanted to do that but because there are possibilities, there‘s plenty of animosity towards there‘s plenty of animosity towards the iranian regime, saudi arabia also does. there are actors in the region that would love nothing more from the united states than to go to war on their behalf. so that is no use for the united states military andi use for the united states military and i advocate we don‘t do that. to india now — where much of the country is struggling to cope with an exteme heatwave. millions of people are having to cope with the onset of drought, and there are already reports of dozens of deaths from heatstroke. temperatures have been exceeding 40 degress celsius, that‘s well over 100 degrees fahrenheit, for several weeks. kathryn armstrong reports. this woman struggles every day to collect water from her family from this almost empty well. her village and the indian district is facing extreme water scarcity. since all
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the wells and ponds in her village have died, the girl has to track more than two kilometres to fetch water. the road isn't good as it is under construction, i don‘t have time to study, i don‘t have time to play, i have to bring water three times a day. i am afraid i will forward to the well. in some parts villages, people are forced to drink untreated water supplied by tankers. farmers are struggling to most of his drought stricken regions, this farmer has seen three crop failures. he said if it does not rain this year he will also be forced to migrate to another place for his lovely hood. the soul is losing its quality as nothing has grown here for at least three years. we have no other means of income. all we have is farming, farming is the only lovely hood for us. so we can‘t look after the family. it is very difficult. to address this water emergency, the government has now
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prioritised water management initiatives. we build our small water storage structures. people here know that what is life. while they wait for the rent to arrive, they wait for the rent to arrive, they know there are no quick fixes to this water crisis. two people have sustained serious but non— life—threatening injuries, two people have been taken into custody, this was attended by an estimated 1.5— 2 million people, resumed after a short delay. why is eve ryo ne resumed after a short delay. why is everyone running? panic because the airof everyone running? panic because the air of downtown toronto. shots have been fired into a crowd, they were there to celebrate the toronto
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ra ptors there to celebrate the toronto ra pto rs n ba there to celebrate the toronto raptors nba championship victory. but instead, some fans were caught up but instead, some fans were caught up in something much more serious. but instead, some fans were caught up in something much more seriouslj wa nt up in something much more serious.” wa nt to up in something much more serious.” want to make sure that everyone stays, it now. please, stay calm. i‘m getting information that we are dealing with the situation that‘s not far from dealing with the situation that‘s not farfrom here. there is serious. the result of the shooting was that two people sustained serious but not life—threatening injuries. two people were arrested and to firearms we re people were arrested and to firearms were also recovered. the majority of the crowd were there to celebrate. it was meant to be the homecoming parade to end all homecoming parades. vast amounts of people filled the streets of toronto, estimates range from 1.5 million to 2 million fans. including their most famous one. where the greatest champions. let's go, raptors. the
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first and only canadian team to win the nba championships, ever. first and only canadian team to win the nba championships, evenm amazing, everybody is out, hopefully nobody went to work today, hopefully they got the first few hours of the day. look at it, it‘s crazy. they got the first few hours of the day. look at it, it's crazy. the whole country got behind the gym, as they hit the golden state warriors. today‘s rally, moderate violence, it will still be remembered for some time. a lost painting believed to be the work of caravaggio that dates back to the fifteenth century will go on display to the public in paris before it goes under the hammer later this month. the canvas found in the attic of an old house in southwest france, and left forgotten under an old mattress for 100 years, it‘s the italian artist‘s lost judith and holofernes. the painting depicts a grisly biblical scene of the beautiful jewish widowjudith beheading a sleeping assyrian general.
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experts believe it will sell for between 100 and 150 million euros. the american fashion icon, gloria vanderbilt, has died at the age of 95. she had been suffering from stomach cancer. gloria vanderbilt was a pioneer of designerjeans, and later expressed her artistic flair through painting and writing. the bbc‘s tim allman looks back on her life and career. 1980, and a fashion show, very much of its time. then, of course there are genes. the basic in any girls water. but these weren‘t any girls genes, these are gloria vanderbilt genes. a cut above exclusive but not that exclusive. —— jeans. genes. a cut above exclusive but not that exclusive. -- jeans. the whole point of fashion and the whole finer fashion is that it makes a woman feel easy and at ease with herself
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and also her best self and you feel your best self if you‘re wearing something you feel comfortable in. her death was announced by her youngest son, the american journalist anderson cooper, he described as... despite her age, people around her would say she was the youngest person they knew. gloria vanderbilt was born in new york in 1924. she was famous before she could walk, in illustrious family name she inherited much of her father‘s fortune when she was still a baby. leading to the nickname, poor little rich girl. a notorious custody battle involving her mother and her auntie followed. dubbed, the trial of the century. then they were the four marriages, the death of a son, her life was full of incident. away from her fashion empire, she was a writer. an actress, and in a compost painter.
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gloria vanderbilt came from an extraordinary background and lived an extraordinary life. one magazine described her as a feminine version of the renaissance man. gloria vanderbilt has died at the age of 95. if you‘re wondering where our coverage of brexit is today, well, like the candidates, we‘re taking a bit of a day off. but, it all resumes in earnest tomorrow, with bbc news hosting a debate between all of the candidates for the conservative leadership. that includes boris johnson, the favourite, who chose not to attend the event on sunday evening. the debate is titled our next prime minister, and it‘s hosted by emily maitlis. and you can watch all of it from 1900 gmt on tuesday here on bbc news. there is more for you on all the news on the bbc website and you can reach us all on social media. i‘m @bbcmikeembley.
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hello there. south—eastern parts of the uk were warmest and sunniest on monday, but things look a little bit different over the next few days. we are looking down towards iberia, a lot of cloud around here, that is going to get drawn up towards the uk, together with some warm and humid air, and it brings the threat of some thundery downpours towards the south—east. at the moment though, things are fairly quiet. towards the end of the night, we are starting to see a bit of rain arriving across the channel, we‘ve got some rain in towards the north—west of scotland, but otherwise a dry start. a little bit chilly for some eastern parts of england. for the cricket at old trafford, whilst there is a band of cloud around, it shouldn‘t really produce any rain. it should be a dry day, fairly cloudy with temperatures maybe 18 or 19 degrees. we do have some rain though, coming into scotland, showery rain, mainly for western scotland, coming into northern ireland, too,
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and then some sunshine. but increasing cloud for england and wales, and this rain, moving northwards through the channel into england and wales. the heaviest rain towards the south—east of england and east anglia. temperatures on tuesday, similar to those of monday. but it will feel quite muggy i think, as that wetter weather pushes in towards the south—east, and it‘s going to be arriving at royal ascot as well, which starts on tuesday. we‘ve got some rain here, and overnight, and into wednesday as well before things improve for ladies‘ day on thursday. but before then, this is the main area at risk of some rain, which could be quite heavy, as you can see there, and some thunderstorms. now, this could be a high impact event but there is an awful lot of uncertainty about the detail. hence, it is a yellow thunderstorm warning from the met office. now, we may well find the earlier rain moving away, out into the north sea, and things quietening down for a while. but we‘re looking at some storms to push in on tuesday night, up from the near continent, into the south—east of england, the midlands towards east anglia and lincolnshire, perhaps, for the rush hour on wednesday. that wetter weather
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then moves northwards, taking away most of the storms, but there‘s still some rain around across england and we could see some more storms in the south—east later. scotland and northern ireland, it‘s much more straightforward. there‘ll be some sunny spells, there‘ll be some showers around as well. and again, those temperatures 16—20 degrees. but a humid feel for many central and eastern parts of england, together with those storms potentially, all on that weather front. as that moves away we‘ve got slightly fresher air, slightly cooler air coming in from the north—west around that area of low pressure. so things get a little more straightforward everywhere, really, i think, on thursday. most of the showers in the north—west of the uk, close to that area of low pressure. there‘ll be a few showers coming into england and wales, but not many, probably the driest weather and the warmest weather back again towards the south—east of england. again, highs of around 20 celsius.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: the bbc has been given access to one of the many detention camps in the far west of china being used to contain around a million muslims. china‘s government had previously denied they existed. it says the camps are simply schools to combat the rise of islamist extremism. the united states says it will send about 1,000 additional troops to the middle east. a pentagon statement said the deployment was for defensive purposes. the move comes amid growing tensions between the us and iran over two attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman last week. amnesty international has urged egypt to hold an impartial investigation into the death of the former islamist president mohammed morsi, who collapsed during a court apperance. state television said the 60—seven—old muslim brotherhood leader died of a heart attack, but amnesty said there were questions about his treatment in custody.
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