this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. britain's foreign secretary, dominic raab, accuses the chinese government of carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur population. it is deeply, deeply troubling. and the reports of the human aspect of it from forced sterilisation to the education camps are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a long, long time. meanwhile, china's ambassador to london tells the bbc the uk's decision to drop huawei from its 56 networks is a bad move for the country. i think the uk should have its own independent foreign policy rather than to dance to the tune of americans, like what happened to huawei.

more than 250,000 coronavirus cases in 2a hours — the largest single—day global rise in cases since the start of the pandemic. borisjohnson says he doesn't believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed — even if there's a second spike of coronavirus this winter. no deal — yet — eu leaders meet for an unscheduled third day of talks on a post—coronavirus economic recovery plan. and the first official images of the wedding of princess beatrice and italian count edoardo mapelli mozzi — from their private ceremony on friday — attended by the queen and the duke of edinburgh.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. china's ambassador to the uk has denied reports that beijing is carrying out a programme of forced sterilisation of uighur women in the western part of country — xingjang. britain's foreign secretary, dominic raab, said there were ‘gross and egregious‘ human rights abuses going on there and that he found it deeply troubling. it comes amid a rise in diplomatic tension between the two countries over a new national security law in hong kong, and the british government's decision to ban the chinese company huawei from the uk's 56 network. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has the story. there has been growing international concern over china's human rights record. 0utrage, in particular, over its treatment of the uighur minority.

men have been herded into internment camps, women subjected to forced sterilisation. it is clear that there are gross, egregious human rights abuses going on, which is why, in new york, sorry in geneva, the un, we raised this with 27 partners. first time it has been done to call out the government of china for its human rights abuses of the uighurs, also hong kong. so we are working with our international partners on this and it is deeply, deeply troubling. these pictures appear to show uighur muslims found and blindfolded, pushed onto trains to be taken to camps. the chinese ambassador was shown the video this morning. uighur people enjoy harmonious life, peace full harmonious life existence with other ethnic people. uighur people isjust one small portion of the chinese population, even among the muslim.

the majority of them are living happily, peacefully, harmoniously. britain and china are also at loggerheads over hong kong and the tough new security law imposed by beijing. it is designed to curb protests. tomorrow, the government is due to announce new measures in response. but from the chinese ambassador came a warning. if uk government go that far to impose sanctions on any individuals in china, china will certainly make resolute responses to it. tensions between britain and china are growing on many fronts. china has threatened to retaliate against the uk's decision to ban huawei from 56 networks. at the moment it is a war of words, but it could yet have serious economic casualties. caroline hawley, bbc news. vincent ni from the bbc chinese servicejoins me now.

these images that were pointed out to the ambassador, they have been around for quite a long time, haven't they? what do we know is happening there? it is always very tricky to corroborate what exactly is happening on the ground. according to various independent and official studies from different agencies, what we have seen is that the chinese is allegedly forcing uighur women to sterilise. this is a very serious allegation. the chinese ambassador today rejected this allegation and said that uighur people were living happily in china's far west. the latest allegation is that women are being sterilised and that came out a few weeks ago, but specifically at this railway station, these images of them being blindfolded and bound. the chinese ambassador said he did not know, but it could be that

prisoners were being transferred. is that the way prisoners would be transferred in china? it is always very difficult to say. it depends on the different regions. what the chinese ambassador was trying to suggest is that these images can be doctored to some extent. essentially, he does not want to a nswer essentially, he does not want to answer tough questions on how uighur muslims are being treated in china. for the record, china admits that uighurs are healthier. they do not describe them as camps, do they? they described them as we education centres. do the chinese authorities say how many uighurs are being held in re—education centres? are there any statistics on that? not that i'm aware of. up to 1 any statistics on that? not that i'm aware of. up to1 million, 1 million uighur muslims are being held in these education centres. there is a

high risk among uighur population to be terrorists. china has concerns over terrorism is. there were attacks in 2013 and 2014, and a wea ker attacks in 2013 and 2014, and a weaker grip dead cream responsibility for that. yes, this is what the chinese ambassador mentioned this morning. 0ver is what the chinese ambassador mentioned this morning. over the last few years, there have been no terrorist attacks. the story in china, although in the west this is outrageous, these internment camps, in china the story is that this is a successful story. these people are being re—educated and they have this chinese identity and they would not attack chinese people. and the uk, chinese relations are at an all—time low at the moment. and we have also got some announcement being suggested by dominic rab tomorrow about hong kong. certainly, this is

about hong kong. certainly, this is a perfect storm. there is less national security law being imposed on hong kong at the same time. new allegations against china's treatment of their own uighur people and the foreign secretary also said that china has violated human rights against these people in china. and certainly tomorrow there will be new announcements on the latest. which we think is about the extradition treaty which would follow what canada and australia have already done. very likely. the uk being a formal colonial power, see what is happening in hong kong, this is certainly that the uk has to act on according to thejohnson administration. i think the bigger question here is that we are still in the middle of a pandemic. everyone is talking aboutjob

creation and economic growth, if content china continues to do well, then the conversation in the uk might change. but there is a big if they are and there is quite a bit of uncertainty over who is going to be in the white house, and the post—november election there. there isa post—november election there. there is a lot of uncertainty. there something very interesting being talked about about american and their allies, which is that america would want to work with their allies. but among the allies there are different allies. but among the allies there a re different interests. allies. but among the allies there are different interests. look at what is happening with huawei in germany. angler merkel is being criticised for taking a softer sta nce criticised for taking a softer stance on huawei. the uk outright banned huawei. it is very interesting to see how these allies coordinate with each other. if they are coming up with a coherent china policy and this is also a big if. thank you very much indeed, vincent ni.

borisjohnson has said he would be extremely reluctant to impose another nationwide lockdown if there were a second spike of coronavirus this winter. it comes as a senior public health official in blackburn and darwen — which has one of the highest infection rates for covid—19 in england — has warned the test and trace system isn't effective enough. here's our political correspondent, jessica parker. shuttered shops, empty streets. people told not to hang about in public spaces. emerging briefly on our doorsteps once a week to clap for carers before relative quiet descended again. the state of national lockdown borisjohnson's told the telegraph he does not want to see again. he said... by contrast, the government's chief scientific advisers said there is a risk that national measures may be needed

as we head into the winter. so, as employers are set to be given discretion to bring people back into the workplace, is it all too soon? while we are carefully monitoring the virus, we do need to get the economy back firing on all saunders as best —— back firing on all cylinders. we know we are in the middle of a severe downturn. more cash for the nhs, bigger testing targets, or part of the mitigation measures. councils in england now have new powers to tackle local outbreaks. and on friday, public health england said it was focusing on certain towns and cities. leicester and 0adby and wigston listed as areas of national intervention. pendle and blackburn as areas for enhanced support. but blackburn's public health director said there, many contacts of infected residents are not being traced. we could risk seeing an exponential growth because up to half of the people that may have been infected by an index case in the first case with the virus

well themselves not know they are infected or at risk of infection and get tested and self—isolate. governments in scotland, wales, northern ireland have, of course, their own powers on deciding what to do. but labour says big holes remain in the uk government's plan. you only have to go down to be local high street to see what the problem is. some of the shops and restaurants have now opened up, pubs as well, but many people are not coming out of their houses, they are not spending again in the economy because they are nervous about what this means, whether there is going to be a second wave, whether the nhs is going to be overwhelmed. and we really do need to get to grips with the test, trace and isolate system. the department of health says nhs test and trace has helped isolate more than 180,000 cases and that the service is working closely with councils across england. jessica parker, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. for the first time since

the coronavirus pandemic began, the number of new daily infections around the world has surpassed a quarter of a million. the biggest increases were in the us, brazil, india and south africa. nearly a quarter of them were in the united states — which has been the country worst affected by the pandemic. more details from paul hawkins. according to the world health organization, this is the first time the number of new daily infections has surpassed 250,000. the biggest increases are in south africa, india, brazil and the usa, where there are now approximately 71,000 new cases per day. 41 states out of 50 are seeing an increase. but the biggest rises are in southern and western states, like you're in california. also arizona, texas and florida, which a few days ago reported more new cases in one 24—hour period than the entire european union. many experts say lockdown was lifted too quickly and the messaging on masks has been mixed, with president trump wearing one

but not insisting his fellow americans have to wear one, too, which directly contradicts his top infectious diseases expert. i would urge the leaders, the local political and other leaders, in states and cities and towns to be as forceful as possible in getting your citizens to wear masks. brazil has approximately 45,000 new cases a day. total infections, like the us, are over 2 million. a figure it reached in less than one month after taking four months to reach1 million. but there is some good news. there is a plateau. there is an opportunity here now for brazil to push the disease down, to suppress the transmission of the virus, to take control. india has approximately 35,000 cases per day. scientists say the peak could still be months away. although the fatality rate is relatively low. south africa has 13,000

new cases per day. it has gripped the country, overwhelming hospitals. that is why all south africans have to wear masks, with the president saying this last weekend. the sale, the dispensing, and the distribution of alcohol will be suspended with immediate effect. a curfew will be put in place. so, without a vaccine, the numbers keep climbing, the death toll keeps rising, and the world tries to adapt. paul hawkins, bbc news. eu leaders have extended their summit in brussels after failing late last night to reach an agreement on plan to spend 750 billion euros to revive their economies following the coronavirus crisis. this morning, the german chancellor, angela merkel, said it wasn't clear that a solution would be found today, because as she put it — there was "a lot of good will but also many positions". 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee explained what the main sticking points were.

it isa it is a political remix keep at the moment. it matters because, with 450 million people across europe, which is going into deep recession. in spain, about 8% this year and recession. the decisions in the building by me over the past 48 hours is going to affect the future of the economic recovery. the big issueis of the economic recovery. the big issue is part of the recovery fund, 750 billion euros, 500 billion of it is argument about it being given out as grants to countries that need it. they will not have to pay it back. they will not have to pay it back. the frugal four are saying they want to reduce that amount and add conditions to that. the club med countries of spain, italy and greece are saying that is not fair. these are saying that is not fair. these are countries that have been affected by the financial crisis in the past and this is nothing to do with their own doing. the dutch

prime minister, they say he has been keeping a stiff leg. basically keeping a stiff leg. basically keeping his cards close to his chest. he is not compromising, so much so that angler merkel and emmanuel macron walked out of the talks early in frustration. the other thing to briefly consider is that there are conditions attached to this money. keep to the ethics, the rule of law of the eu. poland, slovakia and hungary have argued against that. they have had proceedings against them and been investigated for these reasons. that is why there is another issue to sort out here. diplomacy has slipped a bit here because the hungarian prime minister has said to the press, it is not me who's holding things back, the dutch guy is to blame for all of this. diplomacy is slipping, no sign of a deal. the frugal four are holding slipping, no sign of a deal. the frugalfour are holding out.

scotla nd scotland has reported no new covered deaths. there have been no covid—19 deaths. there have been no covid—19 deaths in scotland over the past 24 hours. however there have been 23 new confirmed cases since yesterday. that has come from our correspondent in scotland. let's just bring you one other bit of information. a further eight people who tested positive for coronavirus here have died in hospital in england. bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 29,181. that is from nhs england in the past few moments. in the past few months, we've seen inside a lot of intensive care wards — and gained some idea ofjust how distressing that environment can be for patients, who are often too weak and disoriented to talk. but a hospital in cambridge has developed a device to give those patients a voice — and now it's about to be rolled out around the world. here's our science correspondent richard westcott.

a stay in intensive care isn'tjust physical, it can take its toll on your mind, too. patients often say the most stressful and frightening thing is not being able to communicate with the doctors and nurses. we click this one to reorientate themselves. computer voice: you are in intensive care after your operation. which is where this new device comes in. where is your pain? lower leg. carol has just woken up from a 12 hour operation. she has tubes in her neck and she cannot talk. designed by a team at addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge, this app is now giving her a voice. i need a deep breath. we've been allowed to come and talk to carol. she is in the covid—free ward, but we are still wearing full protective gear, which the bbc replaced. carol, thank you so much for doing this, i know you've just been

through this enormous operation and you've only woken up this morning. it's incredible that you can do this for us. thank you very much. thank you very much for all. such a great thing, the tv. oh, i totally agree with you. i'm busy today, lots of fun. it's really nice that you can use humour, isn't it? it changes the way that we interact with them immediately. if you couldn't talk because of that, it is so much more difficult for us to have those basic human interactions. for me, the humour side of it is what makes the biggest difference. what are the things that have surprised you that patients have said, now they are able to have a voice? i think we were all surprised how many people were just thirsty. just a really simple thing. we know their mouths are dry, but that was the constant thing, thirst. so upping of the amount of times that we can give mouth care to people, ensuring that tiny thing just

makes them comfortable, and it makes their breathing better, their heart better. lying there unable to communicate your problem can contribute to long—term post—traumatic stress, depression and anxiety. the evidence we have accumulating suggests that there might be an improvement in ptsd rates afterwards as well. basically less post—traumatic stress from being intensive care? correct. and we know not being able to communicate, as you would imagine, is a major source of stress. after years of development, funded by the hospital's charity, the app is about to be offered free in 12 different languages for use around the world. it is being used on covid wards, where patients on ventilators cannot talk. and some uk hospitals are starting to compare what their different patients as saying. the ipad is a godsend. i felt like i couldn't breathe, but can say it here. so they can all improve their treatment. we make the best team!

lebanon is facing economic ruin. the country's currency has lost around 80% of its value against the dollar, prices have soared uncontrollably, and much of the middle class has been plunged into poverty martin patience reports. this is how lebanon wants to portray itself to the world. but here's the reality. a country with a rich cultural heritage... ..is broken... ..and on the brink of a catastrophe. this was the rage across lebanon last month. people are desperate. food prices have more than doubled since the start of the year. mechanic mohammed says that even

during the civil war here 30 years ago there was always cash. but now he says the money has dried up. and people can't even put food on the table. law and order is breaking down, and a one safe country is now seeing a surge in robberies. look at what this armed man is stealing. nappies. at a different pharmacy, a robber pulled a gun on ibrahim. ijust gave him all the cash without doing anything. safety is his only problem. —— safety is not his only problem. because of the currency crisis, ibrahim is struggling to import products. have customers come in here and you simply haven't had the drugs? yes, unfortunately, yes. that is happening in a lot of pharmacies, they say we are out of stock.

lebanon is now facing a dangerous reckoning. the social fabric of this country is being torn apart and the sectarian divisions here are hardening. the big fear is that what we will see is a slide into violence. this man was once a fighter. now he is stealing to feed his family. translation: we are forced to steal from vegetable shops because we are dying of hunger. it's not our fault. but stealing is wrong. translation: i'm not a thief. the politicians are the real thieves, they are the ones who got us into this mess. i really hope there is a future. but if their situation stays the same, my future will be the prison or the grave. lebanon has been plunged into darkness by crippling power cuts.

in a region in turmoil, lebanon was seen as a stable country. not any more. martin patience, bbc news, beirut. buckingham palace has released the first official photographs of the wedding of princess beatrice and italian count edoardo mapelli mozzi. the private ceremony took place in secret at windsor‘s royal chapel on friday. keith doyle has more. like thousands of couples, this was not the wedding they had planned this summer. beatrice's grandparents, the queen and duke of edinburgh, were among the guests, which numbered no more than 30, to stay within the government guidelines. prince andrew did walk his daughter down the aisle, but he does not appear in the official photographs released. he has taken a lot of flak over the past few months, ever since that newsnight interview in november last year. he has come under a lot of fire, a lot of pressure, a lot of criticism,

and he probably felt that it was time to be expedient, let the focus be on his daughter, it is after all her day. and he would keep out of the photographs. for the ceremony, princess beatrice wore a modified vintage dress belonging to the queen. she also wore the diamond fringed tiara which the queen wore on her own wedding day in 1947. while this was not quite a normal royal wedding, one tradition for royal brides was followed. beatrice's wedding bouquet was placed on the tomb of the unknown warrior in westminster abbey. keith doyle, bbc news. amidst many, many flowers. you're watching bbc news. not so summery around london and the south—east at the moment. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. hello there. what a difference a day makes. yesterday's cloud and rain, well, it's been replaced by sparkling

blue sky and sunshine. just take a look at this weather watcher picture from whitworth in lancashire, glorious day here. however, different story down to the south east, we have had some heat, we have had some sunshinejust recently, but that was a thing of the past. this morning in finsbury, london, we started the day with some rain. the the rain has eased away, but the cloud is taking its time to clear down to the kent coast. so the best of the sunshine further north and west, with a rash of showers driven on by brisk, westerly breeze into the far north of scotland. so this is how we are likely to close out our day. in terms of the feel of the weather, a little bit fresher, but i suppose if you've got the sunshine, you are not too bothered, but highs of 15—22 degrees. now, high pressure is going to build monday into tuesday, and that is good news, that means it is going to be a lot of quiet weather in the story. a few scattered showers continue during the early hours of monday morning in the north, but with those clearer skies, temperatures are likely to fall away, and so we could be greeted with single figures first thing on monday morning. a bit of a shock to the system, but there'll be lots

of early—morning, sparkling summer sunshine, which will help lift those temperatures pretty readily. and so as we go through monday, again, still the risk of a few scattered showers into the north, but there will be lots of sunshine to look out for and temperatures will respond. so it will be a pleasant afternoon for many, with highest values, again, ranging from around 14 or 15 to 23, maybe 24 degrees if we get plenty of sunshine in the south east. that is the mid—70s. for the final day of the second test, well, it does look as though manchester may well say dry and there will be lots of sunshine to look out for. that is still with us though, little change as we go into tuesday, just some cloud into the far north west later, an indication of a frontal system that is going to be a little bit of a hiccup through wednesday into thursday. could bring some rain into the far north west. high pressure builds, but as we head towards the weekend, it is just worth a quick heads up, things could turn a little bit more unsettled. a lot of uncertainty about that at the moment, so generally,

we have got that little hiccup bringing some cloud and rain into the north west through wednesday, possibly thursday. dry and settled and a little bit warmer to the south. hello this is bbc news. the headlines...

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, accuses the chinese government of carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur population. it is deeply, deeply troubling. and the reports on the human aspect of it, from forced sterilisation to the education camps, are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a long, long time. meanwhile — china's ambassador to the uk tells the bbc the decision to drop huawei from it's 5g networks is a bad move for the country. i think uk should have its own independent foreign policy rather than to dance to the tune of americans, like what happened to huawei. there's been a record number of new cases of coronavirus in 24 hours — 260,000 cases were reported — the biggest increases were in the us, brazil, india and south africa. borisjohnson says he doesn't believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed — even if there's a second spike