clifford cohen thank you. for a leaked chinese government documents reveal details about the country's massed attention of weaker muslims least $1000000.00 people from the minority group are believed to be held turman camps a group of investigative journalists publish the cables which contradict china's claims that the camps are voluntary reeducation facilities a chinese official as dismissed the documents these confidential chinese government documents lay bare the control and repression that rein in the internment camps and province at least a 1000000 muslims are thought to be detained in the camps. is a state motto ship into the systematic internment of an entire ethnic and religious minority this is really something that the world has not got to grips with yet. experts believe there are more than $1000.00 such camps the key leaked documents lays out how they are to be run it states the inmates onselen out any contacts with the outside world owning a mobile phone is strictly said that in the camps should be

the protest movement needed to behave itself and this particular day it went around all right clifford cohen and thanks very much ok here's a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world security forces in the southern iraqi city of nasiriyah opened fire on protesters killing at least 3 people the demonstrators have gathered on 3 key bridges in the city demanding the overthrow of a political class seen as and serving foreign powers while many iraqis still live in poverty. several people have been killed in a plane crash in goma that's in the democratic republic of congo the aircraft came down in a populated area moments after taking off the rescue services say they have so far recovered more than 20 bodies on the scene. former new york mayor michael bloomberg has formally announced that he is running for president the former republican became a democrat just last year and is one of the richest people in the world he joins a crowded field of u.s. democratic candidates jostling to go up against president donald trump next year upon announcing his bid for presidents bloom

clifford cohen and thank you . our let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world leaked chinese government documents revealed orders for the systemic mass detention of weaker muslims for decades at least a 1000000 people from the minority group are believed to be held in internment camps right now in the far western region of china u.k.'s chinese ambassador dismissed the documents as big news. several people have been killed in a plane crash in goma that's in the democratic republic of congo the aircraft came down in a populated area moments after taking off a few services say they have so far recovered more than 20 bodies on the scene. former new york mayor michael bloomberg has formally announced that he is running for president the former republican became a democrat just last year and is one of the richest people in the world he joins a crowded field of democratic candidates jostling to go up against president donald trump next year upon now saying his bid for president bloombe

that this is how people in hong kong are thinking and how people in hong kong are feeling i did clifford cohen and thank you for. our down let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world leaked chinese government documents reveal details about the country's mass detention of weaker muslims at least 1000000 people from the minority group are believed to be held in internment camps in the far west of the country a group of investigative journalists published the leak which contradicts china's claims that the camps are voluntary education facilities a chinese official as dismissed the documents. several people have been killed in a plane crash in goma in the democratic republic of congo aircraft came down in a populated area moments after taking off the rescue services say they have so far recovered more than 20 bodies from the scene. in romania incumbent president klaus yohannes as was reelected for a 2nd term on sunday in a landslide the conservative was facing the social democratic party leader via reka done chilla the run up to the election was dominated by public

so let's talk about how this might well play out with a double journalist clifford cohen who spent 15 years covering china and chinese politics welcome to this place let's start with a fact this human rights and democracy act what would be its effect how would it work well i think the primary effect seems to have been to make china very angry indeed but in technical terms what it will do is it requires washington to keep an eye on hong kong which has special status since the handover in 1907 and to see how do move towards democracy in hong kong is continuing and how hong kong special for . gyms are being protective and if hong kong doesn't seem to be doing that. then they can review hong kong special status where it would just become like another chinese city all right so it's not it's so it's not as though the u.s. is sort of swooping in and saying what solace it was hong kong was already enjoying some sort of favorable treatment from the u.s. and this is the u.s. saying well you know we can give all we can take it away that's right yeah it's quite symbolic in a way because it's got