hello. i'm karashima vaswani in singapore. the headlines: leaked documents seen by the bbc provide new evidence of china's crackdown on uighurmuslims in the western region of xinjiang. apple warns it won't meet its quarterly revenue projections due to the coronavirus outbreak. hello. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme. restoring sight — how a new treatment is offering hope for those suffering from a rare eye disorder.

and sri lanka's equivalent buddhists, the equivalent of christianity‘s nuns, fight for recognition. good morning — it's 9am in singapore, and 1am in london. new evidence of china's crackdown on muslim minorities has been revealed in a leaked document seen by bbc news. the file sets out how the authorities decided the fate of more than three hundred uighur detainees, a fraction of the million or so held in secure facilities across the province of xinjiang. chinese diplomats deny that beijing was targeting any specific religious or ethnic group. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has been examining the document. for two years now, the bbc has reported on camps like these in western china where about a million uighurs and other muslim minorities have been detained without trial. china says the uighurs held here learn chinese and communist party doctrine

as part of an attempt to combat extremism and terrorism. but a leaked document seen by the bbc suggests these camps are part of a comprehensive crackdown on religious practice. across 137 pages, the spreadsheet sets out in huge detail why more than 300 uighurs from one particular county in xinjiang province were considered for detention. some were detained because they had applied for a passport. they had relatives abroad or had unintentionally landed on a foreign website while searching the internet. others were detained because they used to grow a long beard or used to wear a veil, or because they had a minor religious infection. some were guilty of violations of birth control policies, orsimply being an untrustworthy person. the document was passed through intermediaries to asiye abdulaheb, a uighur exile living in amsterdam, who decided to make it public.

translation: of course i am worried about the safety of my relatives and friends but if everyone keeps silent because they want to protect themselves and their families then we will never prevent these crimes being committed. the document includes data gathered by communist party officials of uighurs‘ private and religious lives, what they eat and where, when they pray or go to mosque. and details of some 3000 family, friends and neighbours with whom they may be considered guilty by association. the document is hard to verify 100%, but experts who have examined it told me they believe it is genuine. the entire internment campaign and the reasoning behind it reveals a very detailed and in itself entirely consistent worldview, one which we might liken to the ideology of a medieval witch hunt, which is highly fearful of anything religious.

last year, china invited the cameras in, claiming these camps were merely vocational education centres. and today, the country's embassy in london insisted the only people being held were those convicted of unlawful or criminal acts involving terrorism and religious extremism, and it denied targeting any specific religion or ethnic group. james landale, bbc news. and you can find a lot more about the plight of china's muslim uighurs being held in camps on our website — including an article detailing the documents seen by the bbc plus lots of background and analysis to this story. that's all at bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. apple has warned that it won't achieve its forecast revenues for this financial quarter because of the coronavirus outbreak.

the tech company says that although its factories in china have reopened, they're not yet operating at full capacity. the authorities in china have confirmed just over 1,800 new infections in the last 2a hours — the world health organization says it's still not known if it has peaked. the data also appeared to show a decline in new cases. this trend must be interpreted very cautiously. trends can change as new populations are affect it. it's too early to tell if this reported decline will continue. every scenario is still on the table. and we'll have more on the covid—19 outbreak a little later in the programme. also making news today: the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi has warned us allies against letting the chinese telecommunications firm huawei build 56 networks. speaking in brussels, she said it would be like putting the chinese state police in the pocket of everyone who uses the information highway.

the man who'll lead britain's trade talks with the eu has insisted that the uk won't follow eu rules or accept any kind of supervision from brussels. in a speech, david frost said the uk would set out more details of its position next week. here's our correspondent adam fleming. the government is not residing from the position it's hard for a couple of months now which is that it wants a canada style free trade deal, a free—trade agreement with the eu like the wind at the eu has with canada, similar to ones it with japan also south korea. which means less odorous conditions being applied to the uk when it comes to things like competition, subsidies for business and environmental and social protection and the eu is asking for from the uk at the moment. some people thought, maybe that is just an opening position and over the weeks the rhetoric will dial down in the uk will be prepared to compromise. david frost says no compromising on that stuff. top eu officials have told facebook boss — mark zuckerberg — that he is not doing enough to regulate content on his platform. at a meeting in brussels, officials said the tech company

must back up its efforts to curb hate speech and disinformation with regulation and accountability. in france, the government's proposed pension reforms are being discussed in the lower house of parliament. the plans have sparked months of protests and strikes —— this was the scene in paris earlier. there's also been fierce opposition from lawmakers, with 22,000 amendments tabled. now, look what turned up on sunday in ireland — a ghost ship. authorities are warning people to stay away from the mv alta which washed ashore off the coast of cork in heavy gales. the boat had drifted for over a year in the atlantic ocean, travelling up from africa, past spain, to ireland. the crew was rescued back in 2018. there are now fears that any oil or diesel on—boa rd may leak. outside china, the largest cluster of infections with the covid—i9 coronavirus is a giant cruise

ship quarantined in japan. more than a50 cases were confirmed on board the diamond princess. hundreds of us citizens from the ship have been airlifted to the us and other nations are considering similar evacuations. rupert wingfield hayes has this report. get going. bye. the moment americans cheryl and paul molesky stepped off the diamond princess and into the welcoming arms of the us military. the plane takes you to the united states. and then you get your passport. all good with that? woo hoo! the 340 american evacuees a re clearly relieved to be going home. but they are taking the virus with them. on board their evacuation flight, a special isolation unit. inside, 14 fellow passengers who have tested positive. and as the americans took off and headed home, another 99 new infections

were confirmed aboard the giant cruise ship. for those still on board, like briton david abel, the stress is starting to take its toll. it's all getting to us now, and it's notjust me, other passengers as well. it's the not knowing factor that is the real challenge. the quarantine on board the diamond princess is supposed to end on wednesday, and passengers had been told that if they tested negative, they then would be allowed to go home, but with 99 new viral cases confirmed today, the overwhelming suspicion is that the quarantine is not working. and because of that, the journey home for those left on board is now looking a lot more complicated. tonight, the foreign office said it is formulating plans to get the britons on board the ship home. australia is already preparing a flight to evacuate its nationals. but when i spoke to one of them, aun na tan,

she was not enthusiastic. we're finding the thought of being put on a plane with unknown... you know, people who haven't been tested yet and potentially getting the infection right then, after we have already completed almost two weeks of quarantine, not ideal. japan, meanwhile, is starting to feel the effects of the virus‘s spread. next weekend is the emperor's birthday, a celebration that usually draws huge crowds of well—wishers. today, the whole event was cancelled without warning. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in yokohama. doctors in the uk have used a new gene therapy to treat patients with a rare inherited eye disorder which causes blindness. it's hoped the treatment will halt the loss of sight, and even improve vision. here's our medical correspondent fergus walsh.

i have no central vision, but i have kind of light and object detection in the periphery. matthew wood has been gradually losing his sight since childhood. he's come to thejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford for a ground—breaking gene therapy. what i realise is i value the sight that i have, and if this treatment can prevent further deterioration, then that's a big thing for me. the treatment, called luxturna, costs an eye—watering £600,000 but nhs england has agreed a discounted price with the manufacturer, novartis. i can kind of make it out, but it's not very clear. in theatre the surgeon prepares the gene therapy. today they'll treat the right eye. the left will be done in a few weeks. i can kind of make it out, but it's not very clear. in theatre the surgeon prepares the gene therapy. today they'll treat the right eye. the left will be done in a few weeks. it's delivered via an injection

under the retina at the back of the eye. the treatment delivers working copies of a faulty gene, rpe65. these are encased in a harmless virus, which breaks into the retinal cells. once inside the nucleus, the replacement gene kick—starts production of a protein essential for healthy vision. this is a life—changing treatment for patients, hopefully preserving and improving vision for decades. it should have the biggest impact with children, halting sight loss before permanent damage is done. this is very exciting. this is the first approved nhs gene therapy for an eye disease, but of course there's opportunities to use gene therapy to treat other diseases in future. so come forward... jake ternent from durham had his gene therapy a couple of weeks ago, and is back at moorfields eye hospital in london for a check—up. i hope that, you know, i can improve my night vision, which will be a major improvement for me in daily life, and maybe, possibly, day vision as well, which is,

i mean, incredible. the treatment is ground—breaking. jake and matthew won't know for a month or two how much their vision has improved, but even if the treatment only prevents further sight loss, both say they'll be delighted. fergus walsh, bbc news. an extraordinary story. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: more floods have hit towns and villages across the uk as rivers continue to swell in the aftermath of storm dennis. also on the programme: one of the most gifted cellists of the 20th century — jacqueline du pre — inspires a new ballet. we'll take a look. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home.

the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morale of the people. i am terrified of the repercussions on the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from an event low in the crater flow into the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded a new—generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir, the russian for peace. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani,

in singapore. i'm nuala mcgovern, in london. our top stories: leaked documents seen by the bbc have provided detailed new evidence of china's crackdown on uighurmuslims, in the western region of xinjiang. the us technology giant, apple, has warned that it won't achieve its forecast revenues for this financial quarter because of the coronavirus outbreak. both production and demand in china have been affected. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world: the straits times here in singapore is leading with the coronavirus. it says that residents returning from china will have to remain inside their homes for the full 14—day quarantine. until now they had been allowed to briefly leave, for example, to get groceries. and it also reports the opening of 900 new designated coronavirus clinics.

the top story on the irish times website is the race to form a new government after the country's non—decisive general election result. it reports that sinn fein has changed its stance after its leade,r mary lou mcdonald, insisted after its leader, mary lou mcdonald, insisted her party could lead a minority government, without the involvement of either of the other two main parties. and the international edition of the new york times has a special report on flooding, taking a look at the very real effects of climate change being felt across the globe right now. this striking photo shows the changing sea levels in manila, at the top, and san francisco, below. i have told you the top stories and this part of the world, what are the main stories sparking discussion on line where you are? yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. this no—holds barred video of an australian

firefighter at the height of the bushfire crisis is the most watched on the bbc news website. paul parker claims his profanity—laden rant against prime minister scott morrison is the reason he's been fired by the new south wales rural fire service — something they deny. and on twitter, it's many, many, many happy returns to singerjhope, one seventh of korean boyband bts. happy birthdayjhope was the number one trending hashtag across the globe earlier as he turns 26. more than 200 flood warnings remain in place as waters in some parts of the uk continue to rise. storm dennis battered many parts of the country over the weekend one woman is thought to have died, while hundreds of people have been forced from their homes. jon kay reports.

in hundreds of years, it has never been higher. the river wye at hereford tonight. the old bridge closed, even to pedestrians, because it is simply too dangerous. i thought i could stay there. what do you think of the man helping you this morning? wonderful. we are assessing immediate danger, age, making sure they bring all the medication with them. some people are still trapped. across this region, vast areas have been overwhelmed. anyone for cricket? this is worcester where the river severn is rising. water levels are expected to continue to rise in some of those catchments. when the levels drop, this is what

is left behind. the market town of temporary wells left a muddy mess by storm dennis. we found a huge community clear up today, almost every business flooded on the weekend. from the bank, to the barbers, even the bank, to the barbers, even the insurance firm. mary has a letting agency. what does it mean for you? as a business, i cannot go out on appointments, it stops dead. roger's brand—new carpet will have to go. he has been working around the clock to save his house. totally ruin. we have been up since 2:30am on saturday morning. next, teresa moved her most precious possessions

u psta i rs most precious possessions upstairs but downstairs is a different story. it makes me physically sick that we have to put everything right now and we do not know how long it is going to take. i am lost. lost in your own house? yes, lost in me own house. from surrey to east sussex, tonight, once again, all communities can do is watch and wait. from those dramatic scenes in the uk to an equally dramatic story here in asia. they are the women who've given up everything to serve their faith and, in return, have been denied the most basic citizens' rights by their male leaders. sri lanka's buddhist bhikkhun , the equivalent of christianity‘s nuns, are fighting for their right to be recognised, after the country's influential

male buddhist leaders told the government to stop giving them identity cards. bbc sinhala spoke to some of the 4,000 nuns struggling for acceptance.

so interesting to hear those

voices from sri lanka. jacqueline du pre's career as one of the most gifted and celebrated cellists of the twentieth century was cut short when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. she died aged just 42 and now her life has inspired a new work by the royal ballet, called the cellist. more than 30 years after her death, the world premiere took place at the royal opera house in london, as our arts editor will gompertz reports. the cellist is a story of love and loss between a woman and an object — the musician jacqueline du pre and her cello. the cello, you know, it looks like a person. we refer to its neck, its body, its voice. its sound is very much like the human voice. lauren cuthbertson plays the cellist, marcelino sambe her instrument — a combination that required some role reversal. usually the woman is traditionally in front of the man and the man partners from here but actually, when you are playing the cello,

i'm behind marcelino like this, so we had to come up with different grips. it was almost like reverse. yeah. the ballet tells jacqueline du pre's life story, charting her rise to international superstardom followed by a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, forcing her to give up her beloved cello. the moment you know something is wrong but you don't know what it is i think must be horrific. especially when, you know, she couldn't feel her fingers. she had this tingling sensation. the weight of the bow was not feeling as it had done before. there are two subjects, i suppose, in this ballet. there is the cello as a subject and then there isjacqueline du pre's illness, which is multiple sclerosis, which your mother also has. yes. in terms of my mother and ms, i think it gave me confidence to explore that condition because i'm, you know,

seeing it in a very personal way. but it's not a ballet about ms — it's a ballet about someone who finds their voice, finds their identity, and loses it. this is not a tragedy only, it's also a celebration that such talent exists, and almost like the sound waves still continue now. the choreographer cathy marston ending that report by will gompertz. you have been watching newsday. i'm nuala mcgovern, in london. and i'm karishma vaswani, in singapore. stay with us. what sort of milk do you have in your coffee? oat, almond, soy? well in america the alternative milk market is skyrocketing, but dairy farmers are feeling the pinch. we'll get more on that soon. looking forward to seeing that. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures shared by the crown prince of dubai on instagram of an autonomous human flight. jetman vince reffet took off

vertically from the ground, and flew high above dubai marina, reaching 1.8 kilometres above sea level. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello there. storm dennis may be long out of the way but it has left a legacy, a legacy of severe flooding in places, water as far as the eye can see on this weather watch picture from the worcester area. there are still a number of severe flood warnings, and these tend to be clustered in stretches around the river wye which has reached record water levels, and stretches of the river seven. and stretches of the river severn. there are still over 200 flood warnings in force elsewhere in the uk and it might be a number of days before the flood waters completely ebb out of the way, and the flood warnings start to come down. as far as the satellite picture goes we have shower clouds working into the uk but we have a more organised area of showers just drawing in here and that will be

crossing the uk, bringing everyone a downpour or two over the next 2a hours. over the next few hours we have showers around, most frequent across the north—west of the country, and for scotland and northern england, those showers falling as now, leaving some icy conditions and the risk of some as snow, leaving some icy conditions and the risk of some slippery roads on some of those higher scottish roads as we start the day on tuesday. through the rest of tuesday it is a showery kind of day but remember that feature i showed you a moment ago? here it is working its way eastward across the country. everyone gets a downpour from that and when the showers come along they will be very heavy and accompanied by sudden gusts of wind so it will be very squally. behind the band of showers we have cold air working into scotland, northern ireland and northern england, temperatures around 5—7d for these areas. the winds are light on tuesday night but we have more rain on the way mid week, so after a bright and somewhat chilly start of the day, we have some thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain that will move in for wednesday. the heaviest walls of rain will be from the north

of wales, northwestwards, but it is full of uncertainty about how heavy the rain will be around southern wales but clearly this extra rent could cause us some problems so we are keeping a close eye on developments and regarding the flooding situation. that warm front will move away and things will get warmer and milder overnight with rising temperatures ahead of the next front which comes through and this is a cold front. on thursday this conference went through, again some squally gusty winds, the rain not last very long but it will be happy for a time, and behind the cold front the air gets colder so again the showers will be increasingly wintry over the higher hills of scotland later on in the day. that your latest weather. bye for now.

i'm nuala mcgovern with bbc world news. our top story: leaked documents seen by the bbc provide new evidence of china's crackdown on uighur muslims in the region of xinjiang. the documents appear to give a stark insight into china's decision to send nearly a million uighurs and other muslims into mass detention camps. beijing denys targeting any specific religious or ethnic group. the us technology giant apple warns it won't achieve its forecast revenues for this financial quarter because of the coronavirus outbreak. and this video is trending on bbc.com. it's a no—holds—barred video of an australian firefighter during the bushfire crisis, the most watched on the bbc news website. paul parker claims his profanity—laden rant against prime minister scott morrison is the reason he's been fired by the new south wales rural fire service, something they deny.