evidence is growing that up to a million muslim uighurs are being held by chinese authorities in so—calledon camps". the uighurs are a muslim ethnic minority group with central asian roots. they're mostly based in china's far—western region of xianjiang, an autonomous region within the country, and they make up around 45% of the population. un human rights investigators say they're increasingly alarmed by reports that many muslim uighurs are being detained under the pretext of security, and countering terrorism and extremism. the un has called on beijing to end the practice of detention without lawful charge, trial and conviction and immediately release individuals currently detained under these circumstances. a bbc newsnight investigation has interviewed a witness who says he has been inside one of the camps and have now managed to flee china. they say that the uighurs suffer physical torture and psychological thought control, though the chinese state has consistently denied the existence of the camps. here'sjohn sweeney with the story. in the far west of china, evidence is building that

a bbc investigation has found evidence that china has imprisoned up to a million muslim uighurs in so—called—education camps." the investigation uncovered allegations of torture. the un says it's alarmed by the reports and called for the detainees‘ release. china has denied the camps even exist. those are the main headlines. now on bbc news, it's winning it big. with prizes now bigger than ever, who hasn't dreams of winning the lottery, and the world on what you would do with all that money? but would do with all that money? but would winning it need really make us happier? —— winning it big. i'm mike thompson, and i'm on a trip to meet jackpot winners around the world in search of an answer, from a once penniless gun a man who is now becoming a movie mogul. a transgender ex— taxi driver who has transformed her life. to a former canadian beauty queen who is giving it all away. i've come to hull, britain's city of culture last year, to meet one of the country's most colourful and controversial lottery winners. my first task is going to be to get a taxi into town. this looks possible. hi there

hefo is er governor of the region that has the large muslim uighur population.the kremlin has accused the u.s. of trying to squeeze outco etition in the global arms trade by imposing sanctions on bu the trump administration imposed sanctions on the chinese military for buying fighter jets and missile systems from russia. moscow called the motile and unpredictable, while the chinese said it was a mistake. four weeks we have been hearing about a looming battle over syria, but now it seems to have been arted thanks to a deal between russia and turkey which the syrian regime has agreed to. the key to the deal holding is the reaction of the 10,000 or so fightersho are still taking on the assad government. they have been set a deadline of october 15 to leave the demilitarized zone. the bbc has spoken excsively to a group of british extremists who have lived and taught there -- fought there for years. here is quentin somerville'spo . quentin: these are two of the last british armed jihadistsfi stilting in syria. they have allied themselves with some of the most notorio

a bbc investigation has found evidence that china has imprisoned up to a million muslim uighurs in so—call torture. the un says it is alarmed by the reports, and called for the detainees' release. china has denied the camps even exist. the venice film festival is underway and one of the movies making its premiere is roma, from the oscar—winning director alfonso cuaron. it's being distributed by netflix, which has a strong presence at this year's event — something that doesn't go down well with everyone in the film world. 0ur arts editor will gompertz explains. alfonso cuaron's latest film is a black—and—white cinematic memoir based on his childhood growing up in mexico city in a middle—class family that enjoys the support and love of domestic worker cleo. in reality this film is about cleo. but, more important, as a woman from a different social class and a different social context, even if she is part of my family than my own family. and racially different...? and more important, race, and through that the prism to talk

a bbc investigation has found evidence that china has imprisoned up to a million muslim uighurs in so—calledure. the un says it's alarmed by the reports and called for the detainees' release. china has denied the camps even exist.

a bbc investigation has found evidence that china has imprisoned up to one million muslim uighurs ino—called re—education camps. the investigation uncovered allegations of torture. the un says it is alarmed by the reports and called for the detainees‘ release. china has denied the camps even exist. now on bbc news, it's time to click. this week, and your skates on for security games. yes! ballgames. high jumps. this is what it feels like to be on the moon. and robot drinks. this is the business card of our first guest on the programme this week, google's self self—proclaimed security princess. it's one of the biggest names in cyber security. the buck stops with her death, for example, chrome, google's browser, is hacked. and if you've ever seen these while you're browsing, these little padlock to help us to know if the link between your computer and phone and a website is secure. carrico is behind google's push to get more websites to use the encrypted http —esque protocol. now, not all hackers are bad guys, of course. carrico employs about 200 of them ina course. carrico employs abo

muslims who experience that, is it? it's christians, it's other religious denominations. they are not singling out the uighurs.to know. there is a clear and present danger that this brutal policy will be expended to... they're testing the ground. the uighurs‘ homeland, and their lives have been a testing ground for future policies, oppressive policies will not only stay in china, will be exported to china—related countries around the world. president trump sees president xi jinping as an ally. he has gone so far as to call him a friend. angela merkel, the german chancellor, has been to china i think 11 times in 12 years. on no occasion has she raised the plight of the uighur. do you have any hope at all that the trump administration is going to act on your concerns? the trump administration have already acted. vice president mike pence raised the deteriorating uighur human rights situation in a public speech in washington. and the us ambassador, un ambassador kelley currie has regularly been raising it. she testified a couple of weeks ago at the united states congress, highlighting the worsening uighur human r