welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories: hundreds of thousands of uighurs in china transferred by the authorities to factories, often farfrom home. we have an exclusive report. the us imposes sanctions on russia for the attempted killing of leading opposition activist alexei navalny. more countries around the world receive vaccines under the covax scheme as four million doses arrive in nigeria. and president biden promises the us will inoculate every adult by the end of may. he's directed two pharmaceutical giants to work together to mass produce vaccines.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a bbc investigation has found evidence that china's policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of uighurs and other ethnic minorities from north—west xinjiang to factory jobs, often far from home, is being used as a method of uprooting and assimilating the population. it's also uncovered possible connections between these workers and major international brands. china says transferring workers away from the region is a way of tackling rural poverty and unemployment. our china correspondent, john sudworth, has this report. at this factory, the uighur workers are clearly visible. more than 2000 miles from home, brought all the way to central china by a massive relocation scheme. now the bbc has found compelling evidence of how it works.

in this xinjiang village, the authorities need 100 people to send tojobs on the other side of the country. they set up a stall, but this 2017 state media report shows no one's interested. so they go house to house. "if you stay here," this official says, "you will be married soon and never able to leave." "will you go?", he asks. "no," she says. but with a mixture of propaganda... ..and heavy persuasion, the young woman eventually agrees. "i'll go if others go," she says. the bbc has new evidence that this separation from family and culture is, in part at least, precisely the point.

a chinese study produced for senior officials says, "labour transfers help assimilate uighur minorities, transform their thinking and reduce uighur population density." the study was posted online in error. some of xinjiang's mainly muslim minorities are sent first to the giant re—education camps where china says it's fighting extremism, then to the factories. very few have managed to leave china after their release. translation: there were 200 workers in the factory. - we sold children's clothes and we were obliged to sing the chinese national anthem. they said, "the faster you work, the faster we let you go." but most of those transferred to work have not been in the camps and are sent direct from poor villages. the study also outlines how they are transported in groups, accompanied by security guards, and put through political

indoctrination. this is just an unprecedented authoritative source, written by really leading academics and former government officials, with unprecedented high level access in xinjiang itself. that drives home the implications of what is going on here. there are higher goals of manipulating population density and demographics that, in my opinion, are very concerning, and they really point us towards crimes against humanity. we found products that may contain yarn from this company on sale in amazon in the uk. the factory says it no longer employs uighurs, and amazon told us it doesn't tolerate forced labour. and this factory makes plastic mouldings for some major international brands. so we've spoken to one worker here, who has confirmed that as many as a few hundred uighurs are employed in this factory.

but, unlike the chinese staff, they are unable to leave the factory premises. in a statement, the chinese government said the study seen by the bbc reflects only the author's personal view, and much of its contents are not in line with the facts. but in large part it echoes government thinking. "some uighurs," it concludes, "are unwilling to leave their homes, a problem that should be tackled with strong guidance and persistent measures." john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. the us government has announced sanctions on seven senior members of the russian government over the attack on the leading opposition activist alexei navalny. the list includes russia's spymaster, the director of the fsb. export controls will also be tightened on 14 firms involved in the production of biological and chemical agents. officials in washington say russia was behind the poisoning.

they're also calling for the release of mr navalny. he's being held in a russian prison camp. his team have posted video about conditions there. this is some of the footage, showing the prison in pokrov, just outside moscow. the facility has a reputation for conditions akin to torture, used by the kremlin to break the spirit of detainees. here's the bbc�*s sarah rainsford in moscow. even by russian prison standards, it is a pretty brutal sounding place. they have been speaking to former inmates to talk about punishment beatings and tough physical conditions there and one form of political prisoner said incarcerated, everyone was banned from speaking to him. the eu and the us have reacted today to the treatment of alexei navalny more broadly with a package of new sanctions. they have specifically targeted individuals, senior officials in russia. they do not target the economy

more broadly and do not do what the team of alexander navalny asked for, to go over after oligarch senior russian figures that a re close to putin, they say they wanted them sanctioned. as further sanctions, the spokesperson for putin has dismissed the use of sanctions once again. restrictions and should ask themselves one question, does it work? according to the kremlin spokesperson, it doesn't. yesterday we told you the story of 9—year—old ahmed, in yemen. he and his friends attend school in the ruins of their classrooms — close to the front—line fighting between the government and houthi rebels. ahmed is just one of millions of children suffering in the civil war there, now in its sixth year and international aid has been decreasing. the uk government, which helps fund and arm the arab coalition fighting the rebels, plans to cut its aid to yemen by half. this report from our international correspondent 0rla guerin — just a warning, you may find some of it distressing.

imagine if this was the school your child was going back to. the building and its pupils, hanging by a thread. it's a snapshot of childhood in yemen. a country that will now get much less aid from the uk. this is ahmed, who touched many hearts in our story last night. he stands in when his teacher is absent. he's nine and was born blind. he's a beacon of hope and resilience.

here in one of the world's poorest countries, the united nations says cuts in aid will be a death sentence. the spectre of famine is hanging over this land. in ad dali province, mothers queue to have their children checked for signs of severe acute malnutrition. labour has accused the government of leaving children to starve. the foreign secretary says britain is doing its bit, and remains one of the top five donors to yemen. baby hamas is the latest to be diagnosed. nurse abdullah al khadri is pained by what he sees.

it's already too late for saif hassan. this video was taken the day before he died from hunger. his brother, abu bakr, was by his side. saif lies buried here. aid agencies warn cuts in funding will be measured in lives lost. 0rla guerin, bbc news, southern yemen. deliveries of coronavirus vaccines have begun around the world under the covax scheme which provides lower income nations with the much—needed jabs. in nigeria, the most

heavily populated country on the african continent, nearly 4 million doses of the 0xford—astrazeneca jab arrived tuesday. manufactured in india, they are the first of 16 million doses to be delivered to nigeria in the coming months. there were also deliveries to ghana, where the vaccination campaign kicked off tuesday. the government hopes to vaccinate 20 million, more than 66% of the nation, by the end of the year. 0ur correspondent, thomas naadi, was in the capital, accra, as people queued outside health centres. i'm in one of the covid—i9 vaccination centres in the capital, accra, where people have been waiting all morning to get the jab. i spoke to some of the staff earlier and they are excited to get started. they are prioritising the most vulnerable, including frontline health workers, people with underlying health conditions, and the elderly, aged 60 and above.

it is like any other vaccination, a little heaviness in the arm, nothing else _ people should be encouraged because if you are _ thinking there is a risk- with it, there is also a risk with you not taking it. there has been a lot of scepticism about the jab, with rumours circulating it can cause infertility, change dna and other conspiracy theories, so to ease these concerns, president nana akufo—addo yesterday took his jab on live television. the initial target is to vaccinate about 20 million people before the end of the year but pregnant women and children under 18 years will not be vaccinated as authorities do not have enough data about the possible side effects for these groups. scientists have already approved the russian vaccine

sputnik and authorities about 10 million doses. these factors are also involved in research to develop further vaccines. thomas naadi, bbc news. and the democratic republic of the congo, angola. 0ur correspondent rhoda 0dhi—ambo was at the airport as the vaccines arrived. kenya has finally received the covid—i9 vaccines from the covax facility. the 1.2 million doses of the 0xford—astrazeneca vaccines will be distributed among 500,000 kenyans in the first phase. health minister mutahi kagwe, who was at the airport to receive the vaccines, says frontline health workers will receive the vaccines first. after that, we're going to go to people with other infections and people who have other diseases, so that we can also protect them. only then, are we then going to rolling it out to the rest of the population.

given this is a anxious time for the country, looking at how the surge of covid—19 cases have been going up, many are sceptical as to whether the vaccines will reach the intended populations. they are hoping the government will inspire it in how the vaccines will be distributed amongst different cities, ensuring that every person who is intended to get the vaccine, gets it. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: # vaccine, vaccine, vaccine # i'm begging of you please don't hesitate #. dolly parton pleads with people to get the vaccine before it is too late. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables,

the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards, and it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of - these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united i states, and they should be protected even in the right. to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. - this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything will be all right in the end, as they say. this is bbc news, the latest headlines:

a bbc investigation has found evidence that china's policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of uighurs to factory jobs often far from home is being used as a method of uprooting the population. the us has imposed sanctions on russia following the attempted killing of opposition leader alexei navalny. after more than a month of violent upheaval in myanmar, since the military coup there, a special meeting of foreign ministers from south—east asian countries has ended with a call for "all parties in myanmar to refrain from further violence and seek a peaceful solution." the military overturned an election and took power from the civilian government of aung san suu kyi. but what can the rest of the world, especially myanmar�*s neighbours, do about it? kasit piromya was foreign minister of thailand and is now a board member of asean parliamentarians for human rights.

i know you also have long experience as an ambassador. what is the point, really, of that asean statement, is just diplomatic niceties that change nothing, isn't it? i diplomatic niceties that change nothing, isn't it?— nothing, isn't it? ithink not all of the — nothing, isn't it? ithink not all of the ten _ nothing, isn't it? ithink not all of the ten member - nothing, isn't it? i think not l all of the ten member states, nothing, isn't it? i think not. all of the ten member states, i think indonesia, malaysia, in particular, and i think to a lesser extent singapore, a very serious about the situation in myanmar and i think they would like to see changes on the end of the military intervention in politics. but to get the other seven asean members on board is a difficulty, but i think the asean way of doing things, it cannot be abrupt and decisive decision making on the spot, it will take some time. at the same time, it is not an open, i think, diplomacy. it would have to be done behind a door diplomacy, and i still give

credit to the leadership of asean to continue speaking to the military pointer in myanmar, to return to the burmese people as soon as possible. so let the asean community do it is a style of work a bit slow, but at the same time, i think we also have to keep on pushing the united nations, especially the un security council, un secretary general, to do more than what they have been doing so far. it needs to levels, asean level and the international community, united nations was not but in fact, the military seems to be ramping up its violence and we knowjust how violent the myanmar military can be stop what would really make a difference, do you think, and what are the chances of it happening? the good news is i think for this time, the opposition is

not only the students all the young ones and some in the academic world, i think it is across the whole social strata of myanmar all of them have come out to oppose the military coup d'etat. especially 50% of the bureaucrats. they have stopped working and so on. so it is widespread, and not only the burmese people but all the more —— all the minorities and so on have come out so this is something that maybe the military did not know the extent of the discontentment and the opposition forthcoming from all the democratic elected and so on. secondly, the setting up of this shadow parliament and most probably that will be a shadow, and at the same time, i think the news about minorities and the people

in opposition to the military will be armed. so this is something unprecedented in the history of myanmar, of the past 60-70 history of myanmar, of the past 60—70 years. so when the military took over power on the first of february, they did not fathom the extent of the opposition. the use of social media. and i think the determination of the democratic forces of myanmar not to accept the military rule anymore, i think they have had 53 years of military rule in the past ten year it was half civilian half military rule, i think the burmese people have had enough of it and i think they are ready to fight. so if there is a strong opposition to the military, the government of myanmar, then it will give some hope to the rest of the asean community, to the other i think 550 million asean citizens to help the burmese people. at the same time, there could be i

think the linkage to the international community through the united nations and so on through the dialogue partners of asean, to keep on pressing the military to return democracy to the people. personally i still retain that optimism in spite of the fact that i am fully aware of the atrocities and the cruelty that the military establishment of myanmar would be in the position to inflict on the people but this time i think it is a new ball game and people are ready to fight the military, they are not going to be put into submission anymore. argue very much for talking to us. —— thank you. one of reggae music's most important voices, bunny wailer, has died in kingston, jamaica. he was 73. bunny wailer was a founder and last surviving member of the legendary group that included bob marley and peter tosh. he and bob marley were raised together from childhood, as step—brothers. he won three grammies and in 2017 received the jamaican government's order of merit for his contribution to music.

president biden has claimed the united states is on course to produce enough coronavirus vaccine to inoculate every adult in the country by the end of may. at a white house press briefing, he announced two pharmaceutical giants, johnson and johnson and merck, will work together to mass produce the jabs. he said his administration was bringing in "wartime" strategies to fight the pandemic. this is a wartime effort, and every action has been on the table including putting together breakthrough approaches. and today, we're announcing a major step forward. two of the largest health care and pharmaceutical companies in the world, that are usually competitors, are working together on the vaccine. johnson &johnson and merck will work together to expand the production ofjohnson &johnson�*s vaccine. this is the type of collaboration between companies we saw in world war ii. we'll also invoke the defence production act to equip two merck facilities

to the standards necessary to safely manufacture the j&j vaccine, and with the urging and assistance of my administration, johnson & johnson is also taking additional new actions to safely accelerate vaccine production. johnson &johnson�*s vaccine manufacturing facilities will now begin to operate 21w. he also appealed again to americans to keep wearing masks. i want to conclude with this. we're making progress from the mess we inherited. we're moving in the right direction. and today's announcements are a huge step in our effort to beat this pandemic. but i have to be honest with you, this fight is far from over, i told you i'd be straight up with you from the beginning. as i said many times, things may get worse again as new variants spread and as we face setbacks like recent winter storms

in the midwest and south. but our administration will never take this public health threat lightly. though we celebrate the news of a third vaccine, i urge all americans — please, keep washing your hands. stay socially distanced. wear masks, keep wearing them, get vaccinated when it's your turn. now�*s not the time to let up. i've asked the country to wear a mask for my first 100 days in office. now�*s not the time to let our guard down. people's lives are at stake. we have already, we have already and i carry this in my pocket, lost more — as of today, we've lost more than 511,839 americans as of today. it's got to stop.

public figures have been getting their covid vaccinations in an effort to boost trust in the vaccine programme, and one music legend has just added her name to the cause. country music singer songwriter, dolly parton has taken to social media saying "dolly gets a dose of her own medicine". she was given the moderna vaccine — after she donated money towards its research. she's also encouraged others to get theirjab. take a listen. singing # vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, # i'm begging of you please don't hesitate, # vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, # because once you're dead, then that's a bit too late #. laughs i know i'm trying to be funny now but i'm dead serious about the vaccine. she also said i'm old enough and smart enough to get it. much more on the bbc website and our twitter feeds. thank and our twitterfeeds. thank you very much for watching.

hello there. a week ago we were seeing temperatures of 17, even 18 degrees in the sunshine. this wednesday, though, will be a lot cooler across the uk than it was last wednesday. mainly because there's a lot of cloud around. this was the scene in pennine areas in west yorkshire where temperatures were only two or three degrees on tuesday afternoon. it was a lot warmer in the sunshine out towards the west with more shelter, and the northwest of wales in particular. and the reason for those differences, really, is high—pressure to the east of the uk and easterly wind drawing in all of that moisture. and two things are happening overnight, that low cloud is becoming more extensive so there's more mist and fog, and towards the southwest this cloud is thickening to bring some showers. now, with a lot of cloud by the end of the night, for most places it will be a few degrees above freezing.

where we have some clear skies and parts of scotland, northwest england, there will be a frost. there could be some sunshine around, though, on wednesday morning. it's the fog, though, that's more of an issue. it will gradually tend to lift. many places, though, will stay dull and cloudy. it may well brighten up a bit in northern ireland, but the showers in the southwest will spill into wales, and then into the midlands, the southeast of england into the afternoon. ahead of the showers in the southeast, if it does brighten up a bit, those temperatures will get a boost, but across eastern scotland and the north—east of england with the low cloud, going to be four or five degrees. the showers that do develop will continue into the evening. some of them heavy and possibly with the odd rumble of thunder before becoming confined to the southeast and east anglia by the end of the night. and as we head into thursday we see another area of high pressure. this one is moving down from iceland, and it's bringing with it colder air and a north—easterly breeze. there will still be some showers towards the southeast early on thursday. those will move away. that we have got this line of mostly light rain or drizzle. early snow over higher parts

of scotland, and then behind that that the colder northeasterly wind comes in. as you can see, a lot of cloud around on thursday, so it's going to be a cold day with temperatures typically five to eight degrees. let's look ahead to friday and saturday, and temperatures aren't going to change very much by day. could be a bit colder in the mornings with some clearer skies. the cloud tending to bubble up and developed more widely during the course of the day. but high—pressure is going to be in charge on friday. perhaps into saturday as well, but there are signs of weather fronts coming in from the atlantic, and that signals a change as we head into next week.

this is bbc news, the headlines: a bbc investigation has found evidence that china's policy of transferring hundreds of thousands of uighurs and other ethnic minorities from north—west xinjiang to factory jobs, often far from home, is being used as a method of uprooting and assimilating the population. the biden administration has imposed its first sanctions on russia over what it says was moscow's attempt to kill opposition leader alexei navalny. the us targeted seven russian officials, including the head of their secret service, and more than a dozen businesses, some connected with biological and chemical materials. 200 million doses of astrazeneca vaccine are expected to be sent to 142 countries by the end of may. they're delivered under the covax scheme, which provides poorer countries with free inoculations. a shipment of nearly four million coronavirus vaccines has already arrived in nigeria.

now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament.