welcome to bbc news. our top stories: the uyghur children separated from their parents, why china still won't answer questions about where they are. the world health organization says it is setting up a hub in south africa to help poorer nations reduce their own vaccines. could australia's great barrier reef lose its world heritage status, as it's listed as being �*in danger�*? ethiopia counts the votes after key elections seen as a popularity test for prime minister abiy, with the country beset by war and famine. also coming up, how a us supreme court ruling on the rights of student athletes to earn a living from their sports could shake—up the billion dollar college sports industry.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe the bbc has been investigating the plight of thousands of children believed to have been separated from their parents as a result of china's treatment of its uyghur population. beijing has denied that uyghur families are being deliberately split up, but reports have consistently emerged of uyghurs being forced into internment camps, women being sterilised and the use of forced labour. reporting from taiwan, here's our china correspondent jon sudworth. these mothers are marching for their missing children back home in xinjiang. walking almost 300 miles across turkey where they now live to highlight the years

of silence from china. i want them to let me see them, kalbina tells me. in this information age, why can't i contact my children? two years ago, in a meeting hall in istanbul, in dozens of similar accounts, uighurs from xinjiang told us how they'd lost all contact with the children. do you know where your children are now? so where are these children? shown that testimony, the chinese ambassador in london at the time denied the claims but promised to investigate. if you have people got their children lost, you give me names. with our interviewees�* permission, we sent him the names. in 2016, fearing china would force her to have an abortion,

kalbina left xinjiang to give birth to her youngest daughter, mersier. little did she know the camps designed to replace ethnic identity with loyalty to the communist party were being built on a massive scale. having relatives overseas was one sign of suspicion, so contact with the outside world simply stopped. kalbina's husband was detained, and she hasn't seen him, or herfive older children, since. except for this. the video she discovered online formed in a school hundreds of miles from the family home. i'm sure it's my daughter, she told me. a claim china dismisses as a lie, although it hasn't provided any proof. after the promised to investigate, uk embassy officials confirmed receipt of art documents saying

they had reported the matter to china. we send follow—up e—mails but were told there was no feedback from beijing. and our requests for comment eventually went unanswered. we also handed over details of the missing relatives to officials in xinjiang including copies of id cards, again without success. then, one year after his first appearance, the ambassador went on live tv once more. the bbc did provide the chinese embassy with names, and we haven't heard back. i never received any names since our last show. i hope that you can give me the names. we certainly will get back to you. so we renewed our request. where, for example, are kalida's missing sons? are their wives still in the camps? where are her 14 grandchildren? kalida, who lives in kazakhstan, now spends her days protesting

outside the chinese consulate. until china gives me information, i will keep coming, she told me. earlier this year liu xiaoming left the uk with an online farewell reception, and his promise still unmet by the chinese government. no progress, said the latest e—mailfrom his officials. no explanation, for example, as to why this 68—year—old uighur spent 18 months on account and why she is now being prevented from travelling to see her daughter who lives in the uk. what do you think the fact that we have heard nothing from them in response might tell us? they are trying to, not to answer, or trying to hide what they're doing. what she has been through in the camp, they don't want her to speak out what's happening in there. after two years of promises to help find the missing, xinjiang's shattered families have

been offered only silence. john sudworth, bbc news, taipei. and john has been leading the reporting on the uighur muslims reporting on the uighur muslims reporting in china. if you do want to have a look at more of what he has done, go to the website. i havejust been reading a piece he wrote back injuly 2019 which adds to the thread which we have heard in the last few minutes there. do have a look. the world health organization says it's setting up a tech transfer hub in south africa to help poorer nations produce their own covid—19 vaccines. earlier the who's director—general said that the hub will focus on mrna vaccines, which is the advanced technology used in jabs from pfizer and moderna. south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, welcomed

the move. it has been shown now that we can't continue to rely on vaccines that are made out of south africa because they never come, they never arrive on time and people continue to die, and we have therefore called on technology transfer. i'm joined now by matthew kavanagh , professor of global health at georgetown university in washington. matthew, thanks very much for joining us. it is a step, i guess, many would see as a smart step to take part in any case it is going to take time? that's right. a year ago we saw governments around the world coming together, promising vaccine equity, that vaccines were going to be available, then come december of last year vaccines are approved but none of that equity actually happened. so now 1% of all vaccines have actually reached

africa, meanwhile in the wealthy world we are talking about vacations and getting young people and healthy people into vaccination, african countries really don't have enough vaccines so they got to take some moves. a wish this had happened months ago but it is really good to see it happening now. ramaphosa the 're happening now. ramaphosa they're talking _ happening now. ramaphosa they're talking about - they're talking about technology transfer is critically important, obviously. what is your best guess, then, as to how long it might be before a move like this actually bears fruit? 50. this actually bears fruit? so, what we are _ this actually bears fruit? so, what we are seeing - this actually bears fruit? ’sr, what we are seeing overall is, the who and the african union are agreeing to work together to make mrna vaccines, which are proving to be by far the most effective vaccines. study after study is showing that these vaccines are really good at fighting the variants, they are able to do a lot. they are also relatively quick to scale so the core question of how long it is going to take is, how cooperative are some of the countries out there, right?

(crosstalk) sorry to interrupt you, that is the point, isn't it? because there's a lot of good talk and not a huge amount of good action in terms of handing over the necessary. this good action in terms of handing over the necessary.— over the necessary. this is what we — over the necessary. this is what we are _ over the necessary. this is what we are worried - over the necessary. this is | what we are worried about, right? now, basically what is happening is that the eu and the world health organization are calling the bluff on countries around the world who have said they will help and companies around the world stopping the donor and pfizer, they have said no you can go ahead and make our vaccine but we're not going to patent them, et cetera stopping other question is, they have got the technical know—how, they have a hub they are setting up and they have got the funding. so they have got the funding. so the question is, who's going to share know—how of the technology so it can happen fast. the biden administration could push to do it, the question is, will they? and thatis question is, will they? and that is the bluff that is being called by the eu. i that is the bluff that is being called by the eu.— that is the bluff that is being called by the eu. i suppose you can set up _ called by the eu. i suppose you can set up a — called by the eu. i suppose you can set up a hub, _ called by the eu. i suppose you can set up a hub, we _ called by the eu. i suppose you can set up a hub, we have - called by the eu. i suppose you can set up a hub, we have seen

in india, the serum institute of india running into problems, partly political, partlyjust share volume required in india itself. how many hubs are you going to need across the continent like africa, do you think, for this to have a real effect? ., ., effect? right now, we are sittin: effect? right now, we are sitting on _ effect? right now, we are sitting on a _ effect? right now, we are sitting on a world - effect? right now, we are sitting on a world where l effect? right now, we are - sitting on a world where there is only a handful of manufacturers, one manufacturer basically for every single vaccine. so this would shift that. this would say look, we're going to have a hub in south africa, that is accompanied by two companies that —— that is sponsored by two companies that are african—based. we may well need another hub in senegal, for example. we may also want hubs in latin america and asia. there are companies around the world with the capacity to make these vaccines but they so far haven't because of a combination of intellectual property but also technology transfer, so the bug and is, who comes together, these companies are not the only ones who know how to make mrna, will

scientists come together and help them make it, will companies come together and help them make it? they are setting up a hub, you may well within months, actually, vaccine coming out and that is the real hope. fix, vaccine coming out and that is the real hope.— the real hope. a lot of questions _ the real hope. a lot of questions there. - the real hope. a lot of questions there. i - the real hope. a lot of - questions there. i suppose message as it is never quick enough but never too late either stopping matthew cavanagh, thank you very much indeed. ., ., ., we wa nt we want to turn to brazil now because experts are questioning the handling of the pandemic there, the second country in there, the second country in the world to have a covid—19 death toll over 500,000. 1000 roses have been placed on this beach, a banner reading, half a million dead, where did we go wrong? let's get some of the day's other news. mexico and argentina are recalling their ambassadors from nicaragua for consultations following the detention of another presidential candidate early on monday. thejournalist, miguel mora,

is the fifth person seeking to challenge president daniel ortega to be arrested in recent weeks. major western powers have co—ordinated further sanctions against belarus after it forced a commercial flight carrying a dissident to land in minsk last month. measures announced separately by the us, eu, uk and canada include travel bans and asset freezes against more than a hundred high—ranking officials. the spanish cabinet will be asked on tuesday to back prime minister pedro sanchez�*s plans to pardon nine catalan separatist leaders. they were jailed over a failed independence attempt in 2017. there have already been large demonstrations in other parts of spain against pardoning the separatists. the australian government has vowed to strongly oppose a recommendation that the country's great barrier reef be listed as in danger. unesco has published a draft

decision which could threaten the reefs world heritage status. the un agency says the reefs condition has deteriorated from poor to very poor, citing widespread coral bleaching, and it's called for more action from the australian government to address the effects of climate change. earlier, i spoke to our reporter courtney bembridge. the environment minister susan lee said she was blindsided by the decision and it was a backflip on previous assurances that this step would not be taken. she said that she will strongly oppose this all the way through. the unesco report does site that there are water quality targets that were not met for the reef and that is the reason behind this decision.— the reason behind this decision. 3 , , , decision. it's funny because it's almost _ decision. it's funny because j it's almost counterintuitive, isn't it? you would think if it has gone from poor to very poor it is even more important to keep it on the world heritage list in terms of its protection, so i imagine the australian government sees

something behind this, not least with i think china will be chairing the meeting where a final decision may be taken? that's right, there has been some suggestion that this may be some kind of retaliation, of course australia called for an independent enquiry to the origins of covid—19 that upset china and there has been an intensifying row between the two countries but it is worth noting there are 21 members of unesco, so all of those countries are behind a decision like this and many say that there has been a move for many years within unesco to link a country's climate policies, and we know that australia's climate policies haven't changed since 2015 and that scott morrison has been reticent to sign up to a net zero 2050 target, so unesco has been trying for many years to link the climate policies to the heritage sites within a country and this could just be down to that, so many are saying it may notjust be political tensions but certainly china does play a big role in unesco.— role in unesco. lets but the olitics role in unesco. lets but the politics aside _ role in unesco. lets but the politics aside for _ role in unesco. lets but the politics aside for a _ role in unesco. lets but the politics aside for a minute, l politics aside for a minute, we're looking at some wonderful

pictures of corals, but of course coral bleaching is a very real issue. is there anything that can be done about it? is it getting worse? climate change has been acknowledged by the australian government and scientist as the number one threat to the reef and with that comes coral bleaching because you have got rising sea temperatures which causes this phenomenon on. there have been five serious mass coral bleaching events in the past three years, the most severe were in 2020 and 2016 so they are very recent and they are getting worse and kindest say that will continue to happen unless global action is taken to tackle climate change, but of course unesco would like australia to take more decisive action first, and hope that that may make, play a small part in addressing this and trying to secure the future of the reef. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how a us supreme court ruling on the rights of student

athletes could shake up the sports industry. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center, armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim to certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". cheering and applause. as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination

to defend the city. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the bbc has uncovered new claims that children from china's uyghur minority have been separated from their parents by chinese officials. the world health organization announces it's setting up a tech transfer hub in south africa to help poorer nations produce their own covid—19 vaccines. africa's second most populous nation, ethiopia, has been voting today in elections that are being billed as a major test of the country's new democracy. much of the attention has been on prime minister abiy ahmed, who won the nobel peace prize two years ago for reforms he brought in after decades of repressive rule.

but his reputation�*s been undermined by allegations of human rights abuses, in the country's tigray region, claims the government denies. from addis ababa, catherine byaruhanga reports. ethiopians had been promised a democratic rebirth governed by a nobel peace prize winner. but as prime minister abiy ahmed arrived at his home constituency he was governing party more divided than ever. i asked him if these elections would really be credible. you can see how it is a free and fair election. everybody is here for free and i hope it will be the best election in our history. they certainly love him in his hometown. but all across this country conflicts are brewing and prime minister abiy is struggling to hold this country together. nowhere is this more evident than in tigray. for eight months, the government has been fighting rebels

in the region. it is claimed all sides have committed atrocities. mr abiy and his eritrean allies have been accused of using rape and hunger as a weapon of war. the prime minister told me there were no food shortages. there is no hunger in tigray. there is a problem in tigray and the government is capable of fixing that. but the united nations continues to warn that

but the united nations kind of offer them under this ruling such things as education equipment, internships, computers, study abroad programmes and so on but the feeling is, that the dam has been broken here, as far as the process of recompense in amateur athletes in this country is concerned. the feeling is that this will lead to further legal challenges to come in the months ahead. i was wondering what the ncaa actually makes of this ruling. how are they interpreting it? well, it's very interesting, actually, because they issued a statement which was basically taking this very much in our

stride, saying the ncaa looks forward to working with congress to reform this process going forward, but the ncaa is currently criticised in a number of bills that numbers of congress are considering, and it was spelt out, really, in the ruling ofjustice brett cavanagh, one of the supreme courtjudges, who wrote, "the ncaa has built a massive moneymaking enterprise on the backs of student athletes who are not fairly compensated, a feeling then that this is an organisation that runs itself as a business but has thrived because of this notion of amateurism and that is something that has to come to an end. , ., an end. david, very tight on time but — an end. david, very tight on time but it's _ an end. david, very tight on time but it's important - an end. david, very tight on time but it's important to i an end. david, very tight on| time but it's important to let viewers know, if you are a coachin viewers know, if you are a coach in the college system, if you are one of the commissioners,, one of the bigwig is, what can you expect

to pick up? bigwig is, what can you expect to pick up?— bigwig is, what can you expect to --icku? ., ~ ., ., to pick up? you know what, the resident to pick up? you know what, the president of _ to pick up? you know what, the president of the _ to pick up? you know what, the president of the ncaa - to pick up? you know what, the president of the ncaa is - to pick up? you know what, the president of the ncaa is known | president of the ncaa is known to be paid about $4 million a year. if you are a football you can be pocketing $11 million a year, or thereabouts. can be pocketing $11 million a year, orthereabouts. it is very lucrative to those on the right side of the situation. the las vegas raiders player carl nassib has announced he is gay, making him the first active nfl player to come out. in a video post, he said he finally felt comfortable to get the issue off his chest. iam carl i am carl nassib in my house here in west chester pennsylvania. i'm taking a moment to tell people i am gay, i'm been into it for a while now but i'm finally comfortable to get off my chest. i really have the best life, the best family, friends and job a guy could ask for. i'm a pretty private person so i really hope

you guys know i'm not doing this for attention but ijust think representation and visibility are so important. actually hope that one day, videos like this and the whole coming up process arejust not necessary. coming up process are 'ust not necessary. that is carl nassib s - eakin . necessary. that is carl nassib speaking there. _ now how's this for a story of heroism and friendship? xavier bouget was walking through his village in france when he saw a vicious attack taking place. he eventually stepped in and rescued blanchon and the two of them are now inseparable. the only twist — blanchon is a pigeon. the bbc�*s tim allman explains. thank you for being a friend, travel down the road and back again. your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant. to call them the odd couple seems almost like an understatement. an 80—year—old man who used to work in the building trade and a two—year—old white pigeon. there are unusual when she

began when xavier, he is the man, not the bird, was out for a stroll. �* ,, �* man, not the bird, was out for a stroll. �* ,, ~ ., a stroll. translation: i saw a small almost _ a stroll. translation: i saw a small almost featherless - a stroll. translation: | saw a | small almost featherless pigeon fall to the ground and tried to escape some cuts. i thought, another living being is having another living being is having a bad day. i told my wife and she asked, "did you not take it?" and i said no, i didn't. so i went back to pick it up and i came home with blanchon in my pocket. and i came home with blanchon in my pocket-— in my pocket. wherever one noes, in my pocket. wherever one goes. the — in my pocket. wherever one goes, the other _ in my pocket. wherever one goes, the other follows. - in my pocket. wherever one i goes, the other follows. xavier goes, the otherfollows. xavier thinks their relationship could be an example for others. translation: there are billions of us and we have to share the earth. animals have as much of a right to be here as we do. we must know how to respect them and everyone can do it.- and everyone can do it. people often ask _ and everyone can do it. people often ask xavier _ and everyone can do it. people often ask xavier how _ and everyone can do it. people often ask xavier how he - and everyone can do it. people i often ask xavier how he managed to train the bird to be so tame. no trick, he replies.

just mutual respect. thank you for being a friend. tim allman, bbc news. voila, mes amis, that is bbc news one hour. —— for now. monday was the summer solstice, but for some places, this was the picture as we ended the day in pontypridd, south wales, so quite a lot of cloud around there. through the course of the night, though, the cloud has tended to break up a little bit. so, tuesday, it will be a drier day in the south, certainly compared to what we had on monday. and for most places, some spells of sunshine around. low pressure that brought monday's rain will be slowly clearing away towards the south. we have got another weather front approaching from the north—west. before it gets there, though, a lot of clear and dry weather. quite a chilly start to the day, single figures in the north. in fact, those temperatures close to freezing in a few

rural glens in scotland, so perhaps even a touch of frost to start the day. but tuesday morning, for most of us, it is dry, it is bright with some sunshine. cloudier for the southeast of england and east anglia. a few spots of rain for the likes of kent and sussex which should clear away through the day. so, light winds, not particularly warm for the time of year — temperatures around the east coast around about 15 to 17 degrees. the warmest spots probably for north—west england, into wales. 20 degrees or so towards cardiff. we have got some patchy rain arriving across northern ireland and western scotland through the evening, and overnight into wednesday, thatjust spills its way a little bit further south. so it won't be quite as cold as we start the day on wednesday, but the lowest temperatures will be across parts of southern and southeast england first thing. so, through wednesday, then, we've got this warm front slowly pushing south, bringing quite a lot of low cloud, mist, murk and drizzly rain, but towards the south, it's going to be a fine, dry day on wednesday. so, sunshine holding on for southern england, east anglia as well. further north, we have got more in the way of cloud, a few spots of drizzly rain coming out of this cloud for some places as well. temperatures getting up

to about 20—22 degrees where you do see the sunshine. typically the high teens where you are stuck under the cloud, towards the north and north—west. into thursday, again, we've got a weather front that's a bit more active this time across western scotland, perhaps parts of northern ireland also seeing some fairly heavy rain on thursday, slowly slipping its way south. i think much of england and wales holding onto some dry weather, variable amounts of cloud. 20—22 degrees in the south, but the mid—to—the—high bit of a mixed picture as we look towards the end of the week. most of us see some drier and eventually some slightly warmer weather too as we head towards the weekend. still, one or two showers around on friday. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the bbc has uncovered new claims that children from china's uighur minority have been separated from their parents. reports emerge of uighur muslims being forced into internment camps and women being sterilised. south africa is to set up the continent's first covid-19 is to set up the continent's first covid—19 vaccine production facility as president ramaphosa said that africa now understood that doses would, as he put it, never come from elsewhere in time to save lives stopping the project will take time to get started. vaccines are expected until next year. voting has been taking place in ethiopia's general election billed as a test of the country's new democracy. the parameter says

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