dominic raab said the human rights abuses were egregious and deeply, deeply troubling.assador was shown a video that appears to show bound blindfolded men being forced on to a train. this was his response. uighur people, enjoy harmonious life, peaceful harmonious co—existence with other ethnic groups of people. uighur people is just one small portion of the chinese population, even among the muslims, but they are, the majority of them are living happily, peacefully, harmoniously. the british government says it can't stand by and watch abuses take place but it also wants a good relationship with china and with the us at the same time. an almost impossible balancing act. caroline hawley, bbc news. ting zhang is the founder and ceo of crayfish.io — a business service platform working with uk—china collaborations, trade and investment. she told me that rising political tensions between the uk and china were already having an impact on business relations. yes, indeed. as someone who has been working passionately for the last 20 years to facilitate uk—china trade and investme

dominic raab, the foreign secretary, defended that elliott.uge the data in real—time, which we did. the data coming through on friday, then take decisive action. if we suddenly say we are not sure and give vague advice it will create more uncertainty. look, know. there isa more uncertainty. look, know. there is a cut—off in changes with the advice and reels we give so i appreciate that is difficult and can be disruptive but it would be far worse to muddy the waters or to hold back and delay from taking the measures when we need to take them. of course the reason this was taken at reasonably short notice was because of the spike in spain that we responded to, which came... we we responded to, which came... we were following that and that's where it happened. it was the real—time response, the data we were getting from spain, that we had to respond to very swiftly. dominic raab saying it was a real—time response but that real—time response is frankly catching a lot of people on the hop. it is there in spain, someone deciding, do i stay now? what

the foreign secretary, dominic raab is expected to suspend the uk's extradition treaty with hong kongw to the labour mp and shadow international trade secretary, emily thornberry. good afternoon to you. does dominic raab and the british government have any choice but to suspend this extradition agreement?” any choice but to suspend this extradition agreement? i mean, i welcome it, but i think that it's not a great deal. i think the basic problem is the government has blown hot and cold when it comes to china. it's difficult therefore for china to quite know where it's coming from. you will remember that the amount of criticism theresa may got when the chinese media itself, when she visited china, said they praised herfor she visited china, said they praised her for sidestepping she visited china, said they praised herfor sidestepping the she visited china, said they praised her for sidestepping the issue of human rights, and before that, there was george osborne who again was also praised by the chinese media as being the first western going out into the country and not raising the is

dominic raab was saying they have to be able to take real—time decisions.ata from spain. they had looked at that date and decided immediately on the quarantine programme. absolutely the government has to make these decisions but has dominic raab said, they had the date on friday and some european countries made their decisions on friday but it is impossible for holiday—makers to have any confidence in booking holidays if the government is going to announce new quarantine measures at eight o'clock on a saturday that come in at midnight. that's four hours notice. that's not sensible for anybody. it has to be in a more orderly manner so that people can plan what they are going to do with their holidays. what about people saying there should be a more targeted response? in other words, targeting people coming from the areas of spain that have got quite high rates of infection. we were just talking to joe high rates of infection. we were just talking tojoe and he was saying they were hardly any cases they are. should have been a more targeted approach by the gov

a coalition that the dominic raab says uk should be a pa rt dominic raab says uk should be a part of. to work with our american friends, as well as other partners together in the international system together in the international system to protect our freedoms and interests, and stand up for our values. we will have more impact when we were together. here's our political correspondent rob watson on why the uk seems to be so keen to shore up its relationship with the us. it's another feature of life, if you like, in post brexit britain, which is on the one side, the domestic divisions, but also the other is the necessary pivot away from brussels to get closer and closer to washington. because after all, the uk doesn't want to be alone ina all, the uk doesn't want to be alone in a world where it sees threats from russia and from china. now while mr pompeo praised the uk for siding with the us, beijing has once again slammed the uk for meddling in china's business and hong kong affairs. translation: china urges the uk to wa ke translation: china urges the uk to wake up from its colonial

dominic raab criticising human rights records by china.ing the us secretary of state will be here tomorrow, he'll be meeting with the prime minister. it also the 20 backbench mps. you'll note that america taken a particular ha rd note that america taken a particular hard line with china saying countries like the uk need to pick a side. but also what you're seeing is they are rowing alarm bells and concerns about tories and backbenchers. so they are starting now to question, can we reduce their influence at any point? the nuclear power plant. should be a big chinese bigness companies be able to come here and operate here. tick tock the big tech company is now shelved plans to have its headquarters here. there is reports of a tech company also will be shelving. what you're seeing this is the new cold war. you're going to see a lot more of theirs. i suspect it's going to be tit—for—tat. trying to be quite robust and announced they will retaliate accordingly. all of these debates, the debate between economics and security felt up i think in th

dominic raab said the human rights abuses were egregious and deeply, deeply troubling.dor was shown a video that appears to show bound blindfolded men being forced on to a train. this was his response. uighur people enjoy harmonious life, peaceful harmonious co—existence with other ethnic groups of people. uighur people is just one small portion of the chinese population, among even among the muslims, but they are, the majority of them are living happily, peacefully, harmoniously. the british government says it can't stand by and watch abuses take place but it also wants a good relationship with china and with the us at the same time. an almost impossible balancing act. caroline hawley, bbc news. nury turkel is a commissioner for the united states commission on international religious freedom, and he's also a uighur rights activist. hejoins me now from washington. good to speak to you again. first of all, what do you make of the british government's decision to call out what china is doing in xinjiang? it is nice to be with you. i welcome any decision from europe includ

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. 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 watford sack their manager — nigel pearson — with just two game to go in the premier league season — as the club fight to avoid relegation. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest n

dominic raab is address parliament tomorrow, what can we expect?”t a pretty clear hint from the foreign secretary today that he is prepared to rip up the extradition treaty with hong kong. we will find out for sure when he speaks to mps tomorrow afternoon. sanctions are likely to be more complicated and take more time but they are certainly an option too. as you heard, the chinese have threatened a robust response from patients if that is the route the government goes down, which points toa government goes down, which points to a ratcheting up of tensions with china over the next few weeks and months. some tory mps look at the huawei decision last week and want the government to go further, looking at other critical infrastructure, things like nuclear power plants, technology, the social media app tiktok. but it is notjust china, we saw an increase in the rhetoric on russia last week with the government accusing russian spies are trying to hack into the uk's coronavirus vaccine programmes. we will see more of that in the coming days as well when tha

it is a lwa ys disagreements —— dominic raab.individuals, something that dominic raab has hinted he might be moving towards but for instance over the treatment of the muslim minority in china, he said it is very difficult to gather evidence that is water tight against specific chinese individuals and named them and then ta ke individuals and named them and then take action against them, ditto hong kong, but there is undoubtedly enormous transatlantic pressure on him to move down that road of personalised specific targeted sanctions against named individuals, something he has done in recent weeks against russian individuals and more surprisingly perhaps against saudi named individuals, as well, so he has set a precedent and he believes he said in upholding human rights very strongly, so expect that american pressure for more sanctions to continue. james, thanks forjoining us. more sanctions to continue. james, thanks for joining us. james more sanctions to continue. james, thanks forjoining us. james robbins their monitoring that

foreign secretary dominic raab says the uk will be resolute in defending our country, our democracy, also this lunchtime... a lot to talk about — the us secretary of state mike pompeo is meeting borisjohnson in downing street — with china high on the agenda £35 billion - the cost of the uk response to coronavirus injune — the third biggest monthly figure on record. at thejohnny depp libel trial his ex—wife is questioned about the injuries she says were caused by him also on the programme today, we will be reporting from ashington in northumberland which said a final farewell to jack charlton. and coming up on bbc news, the men's rugby league world cup kicks off next year with holders australia against fiji in hull, and the hosts england against samoa at st james‘s park. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the long awaited report into alleged russian interference in uk politics has said moscow poses an ‘immediate and urgent threat to national security‘. parliament‘s intelligence and security committee accuses the government of not being willing to investigate whether mo

that was dominic raab a short time ago in the commons.hought is actually the fact that this new decision on the part of the uk government could and should help nathan lowe, a young activist, who has fled hong kong and is now in london and he is apparently quite susceptible under this new security law that has been slapped on hong kong by beijing. do you see a kind of increasing war of words between britain and china, notjust over hong kong, but over issues like huawei and the treatment of the uighurs as well? there is quite a showdown really at the moment. but then the fact that the uk is a signatory to the sino british joint declaration tells one that the government, your government, should shoulder more moral responsibility. these survey hong kong. some people would still hope that the suspension of this extradition treaty with hong kong would prove temporary after all because at the end of the day xi jinping has been trying very hard, apparently, to crack down on corruption in china and many corrupt officials, alleged corrupt officials

what i really want now from dominic raab and boris johnson what i really want now from dominic raab andsjohnson is a clear and structured timetable plan that will bring anne sacoolas back. we know the united states does not have a leg to stand on any more, but what are we going to do? are we going to suspend the extradition treaty if they are not going to reciprocate with us, should we stop sending over there? my son turned 17 next month, he will be learning to drive around this base, should we say enough is enough? my son is entitled to go out and drive around this base really. should we be talking to him about liberty? look, actions have consequences. liberty? look, actions have consequences. the united kingdom appears tojust consequences. the united kingdom appears to just be the consequences. the united kingdom appears tojust be the united states's lapdog at the moment. i have asked manik raab in a lengthy meeting this morning to come out and set out a plan to bring anne sacoolas back. the other thing is the hearing of the parents's judiciary review has now been listed on 11th and 1

we are dominic raab talking about human rights abuses.really important that the uk government reflects on its owfi arms the uk government reflects on its own arms sales. if you look at the arms sales that have gone to saudi arabia and the campaign in yemen which is resulting in thousands of people dying. humanitarian crisis. the uk government has been supplying those arms for those human rights atrocities. it's an issue here at home, it's worth noting that last year, it said the uk government should not continue to sell arms to saudi arabia and that they were found to be, it was found to be unlawful, given what was happening in yemen, and there was a new story around two weeks ago in the garden that suggested that there was still soitie that suggested that there was still some forms of sales going on, some licenses continuing to operate, which allows for the export of fighterjet which allows for the export of fighter jet components and which allows for the export of fighterjet components and aircraft maintenance to saudi arabia. sol think

what do we expect from dominic raab tomorrow?e strongest indication yet that extradition treaty with hong kong is going to be suspended because of concerns about china's actions there, the statement in the commons tomorrow is likely to confirm that, we have heard about the option of sanctions too, on senior chinese official, i think if the government decides to go down that road, although there is legislation to allow it, it will ta ke legislation to allow it, it will take longer, so i won't expect that imminently. but we heard from the chinese ambassador if that does happen, beijing is promising that resolute response, and it all seems to point towards a further escalation of these tensions, in the weeks and months to come and remember, there are conservative mps who are pushing the government to go even further after that huawei decision last week. they are questioning whether china should be involved in other areas of critical infrastructure, like nuclear power. they are looking at technology, and saying is, are there question

dominic raab said he'd been beated and tortured.eign secretary paid tribute to sergei magnitsky‘s wife and son. their loss, they can be proud of sergei's courage which inspires to hold up a torch on behalf of all of those who perished and suffered at the hands of those we designate today and to keep the flame of freedom alive for those brave souls still suffering of those dark corners of the world. there was widespread support across the commons. and for too long, the uk has been a haven for those who use corruption, torture and murder to further their own ends. today, i hope since a strong message that the uk is not their home and that their dirty money is not welcomed here. she also welcomed the action against those involved in the murder ofjamal khosoggi. can i gently say to him in that today is not the day for responding across the dispatch box if it marked the start of a more consistent approach towards saudi arabia and the arms sales from this country that are being used to harm innocent civilians in yemen. the snp picked up o

china denies an accusation by foreign secretary dominic raab that its carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur minority. can i ask you why people are kneeling, blindfolded and shaven and being led to trains in modern china? why? what is going on there? i do not know where you get this video tape. it is deeply, deeply troubling. and the reports on the human aspect of it, from forced sterilisation to re—education camps, are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a long, long time. president trump has defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, telling fox news that the us has the lowest mortality rate in the world. police and public health officials are investigating a mosque in blackburn after 250 people attended a funeral there on monday. it's since emerged that the imam has tested positive for coronavirus. the united arab emirates prepares to launch a mission to mars making it the first arab nation to do so. alonso, oh, it is in. and chelsea are on their way to the fa cup final leading 3—1 in their semi—final against manchester united. good evening. amid growi

dominic raab.etary has welcomed the latest news on a coronavirus vaccine developed by oxford university. trials involving just over 1000 people show the injection led to them making antibodies and t—cells that can fight coronavirus. the findings are promising but it is still too soon to know if this is enough to offer protection and larger trials are under way. the uk has already ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine. in the commons, matt hancock updated mps. today, oxford published a very encouraging report in the lancet showing that its phase one and two trials are proceeding well. i can report to the house that the trial showed that the oxford vaccine produces a strong community response in patients in terms of both antibody production and t—cell responses. and that no safety concerns have been identified. this is promising news and it takes us one step closer to finding a vaccine that could potentially save lives all around the world. he said another solution was to develop treatment to comb

dominic raab said the human rights abuses were egregious and deeply, deeply troubling.r was shown a video that appears to show bound, blindfolded men being forced on to a train. this was his response. uighur people, enjoying harmonious life, peaceful harmonious co—existence with other ethnic groups of people. uighur people is just a one small portion of the chinese population, among even among the muslims, but they are, the majority of them are living happily, peacefully, harmoniously. the british government says it can't stand by and watch abuses take place but it also wants a good relationship with china and with the us at the same time. an almost impossible balancing act. caroline hawley, bbc news. i'm joined now by rayhan asat, an attorney and advocate in washington. her brother is one of at least a million uighurs who have been sent to china's so—called re—education camps. thank so—called re—education camps. you forjoining us. i the thank you forjoining us. we heard the chinese ambassador to the uk seeing no concentration camps —— macro re—education camps, no force

and dominic raab is asking what mike pompeo wants next. thank you very much indeed.nt places to what they used to be. there are fewer tables, fewer staff and there's often a reduced menu. regulations mean not as many customers can get in, but many restauranteurs have complained that people who have booked tables are simply not showing up, which is has a big impact on incomes, profits and the survival of the business. simon browning reports. 33 no—shows, on friday. a bit better on saturday butjust as bad on sunday as well. no-shows have i was been applied for restau ra nt have i was been applied for restaurant owners. they are an acute problem now. covid security meaning fewer chairs and tables but when customers do not show, it is really bad for business. these tables and chairs are the lifeblood to a business... this restaurant has welcome back its customers but last week the restaurant had an average no—show rate of 10%. that means paying for too many staff and ingredients in the kitchen at a time when there is no slack. the gut reaction to no—show is in the pit of

the headlines: the foreign secretary, dominic raab, accuses the chinese government of carrying out humanights abuses against its uighur population. it is deeply, deeply troubling, and the reports and the human aspect of it, from forced sterilization 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 56 networks is a bad move for the country. i think uk should have it 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 2a hours around the world. 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 of coronavirus this winter. eu leaders meet for an unscheduled third day of talks on a post—coronavirus economic recovery plan. and the first official photos of the wedding of princess beatrice

china denies an accusation by foreign minister, dominic raab that they're carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur population. can i ask you why people are kneeling blindfolded and shaven and being led to trains in modern china? why? what is going on there? i do not know where you get this video tape. 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 56 networks is a bad move for the country. there's been a record number of new cases of coronavirus in 2a 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 of coronavirus this winter. eu leaders meet for an unscheduled third day of talks on a post—coronavirus economic recovery plan. and the first official photos of the wedding of pr

dominic raab said the human rights abuse were egregious and deeply, deeply troubling.was shown video that appears to show bound, blindfolded men being forced onto a train. this was his response. what is happening here, ambassador? i do not know where you got this video clip. these have been going around the world, there have been authenticated by western intelligence agencies and by australian experts who say that these are people being put in on trains and taken off. the so—called western intelligence make this false accusation against china. in hong kong, the protests go on despite coronavirus and the government here must weigh up its human rights as well as its economic and diplomatic interests. a difficult balancing act. the united arab emirates has launched its first space mission, using japanese rockets to send a spacecraft on a five— hundred— million kilometere journey towards mars. the robotic probe, called hope, is due to study the red planet's weather and climate when it arrives next february. to date, only the united states, europe, india and russia have man

hack l leaks investigations and accusations in a statement on thursday uk foreign secretary dominic raab said that russian actors switch interfere in the twenty nineteen general election by acquiring on public trade document between the united states and britain and then releasing the material via social media. rob however noted that there was no evidence of a broad spectrum russian campaign against the general election. prompting a swift response from his russian counterpart the jobs will go over there. dominic raab said that a criminal investigation is going on at this stage it would be inappropriate for us to say something. rob statement is so vague and controversial that it is almost impossible to understand. if it's inappropririate to opened helloo if you do. then you must demonstrate the fax. to be delayed box. britain along with the u. states and all accused russia on t thursday ofeddling in internal health affairs the three nations allege that a hacking group known as cozy bear and s said to be part of te russian intelligence service. to attack condemning it's a cool research at

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britain's foreign secretary, dominic raab, said there were ‘gross human rights abuses going on thereound it deeply troubling. it comes amid a rise in diplomatic tension between the two countries. caroline hawley reports. hong kong in crisis. the protests have been going on for months and the fate, the future of britain's former colony is straining relations. china's decision to impose new security laws, undermining hong kong's autonomy, has dramatically escalated tensions between beijing and the west. as britain prepares to step up its response, a warning from china. if uk government go that far, goes that far, to impose sanctions on any individuals in china, china will certainly make resolute response to it. but britain feels it must act when it can no longer trust the independence of hong kong's legal system. i said we would conduct a review of our extradition arrangements, and also a range of other measures that we might wish to take. i've now, with the home secretary and the rest of government, concluded that review. i will update the house of commons on what further measures we'

the british foreign secretary, dominic raab said it was clear the uighur minority in china have suffered is clear that there are gross 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 right abuses of the uighurs, also hong kong, so we are working with our international partners on this, and it is deeply, deeply troubling. and the reports and the human aspect of it from forced sterilization to the education camps are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a long, long time. some breaking news coming into us from sussex police now about a stabbing incident at the royal sussex county hospital. a man arrested and police and security staff working to ensure the safety of everyone there, they say that the sussex police at 8a2 this morning, the police were called to the hospital in brighton. it was after a report that a member of staff had separatist dad wound. the hospital say police —— had suffered a stab wound to stop the police were working

dominic raab today said human rights abuses were egregious and deeply, deeply troubling.s shown video that appeared to shown video that appeared to show bound men forced onto a train. this was his response was not to limit what is happening here, ambassador?” don't know, where did you get this video? '5 have been going around the world and have been authenticated by western intelligence agencies and by australian experts who say these are uighur people... let me tell you, let me tell you this, the so—called western intelligence keeping up make these. accusation against china. —— make these false accusations against china. the government here must weigh up human rights as well as its economic and diplomatic interest. a difficult balancing act. in the united states, the number of people who've died with covid—i9 has passed 140,000 — almost a quarter of the global total. but president trump has dismissed evidence from johns hopkins university that the us has the world's seventh highest mortality rate from the disease. in an interview with fox news, he insisted — incorrectly

dominic raab said the human rights abuse was egregious and deeply troubling.ow bound, blindfolded men being forced onto a train. this was his response. what is happening here, ambassador? these have been shown by australian experts who say that these are people being put in on trains and taken off. the so-called western intelligence make this a false accusation against china. in hong kong, the protest i on despite coronavirus and the government as well as its economic and diplomatic interests must be weighed. a difficult balancing act. nury turkel is a commissioner for the united states commission on international religious freedom and he's also a uighur rights activist. i welcome any decision from europe, including uk, to show a strong policy response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis that has been correctly described as the largest incarceration of ethnic minority since the holocaust. so the uk government needs to respond, need to respond strongly in a similar way, in a similarfashion, as the united states has done. this decision for public condemnation is

the foreign secretary, dominic raab, is expected to suspend its extradition treaty with hong kong thisr beijing's imposition of a controversial security law in the territory. prime minister borisjohnson says the uk cannot ignore human rights abuses in china. our political correspondent iain watson reports. demonstrators iain watson reports. in hong kong, just hours demonstrators in hong kong, just hours after beijing introduced a sweeping new national security law at the end of last month. 200 people we re at the end of last month. 200 people were arrested within 2a hours. the government has said that up to 3 million british overseas passport holders and their families will now be eligible to settle and work in the uk, if they no longer wanted to live under chinese rule. today, ministers are about to go further, suspending a long—standing tradition treaty with hong kong. you will be hearing later on from the foreign secretary about how we are going to change our extradition arrangements to reflect our concerns about what is happening with the security law in hong kong. we have to think

we will leave dominic raab. go to the house of commons and matt hancock giving a statement on the uk response to the pandemic, an update. lindsay hoyle the speaker is on his feet. with permission i would like to make a statement on our action against coronavirus and the decisions we have been taking today to determine the future of the action needed in leicester. we continue ourfight action needed in leicester. we continue our fight against this invisible killer. the number of new cases yesterday was 642, lower than when lockdown began. according to the latest figures, the number of deaths in all settings is down to 66. we are turning the tide. part of this success lies in our ability to ta ke this success lies in our ability to take action locally whenever we see it flare up. 0ften, take action locally whenever we see it flare up. often, this is on a small scale, swiftly and quietly, like an individual farm small scale, swiftly and quietly, like an individualfarm orfactory. when needed, we also act on a broader

dominic raab said these regulations were a "first step".d a motion criticising sinn fein ministers over their attendance at the funeral of senior ira figure bobby storey. the motion drawn up by the dup, uup, alliance, and the sdlp called on the deputy first minister michelle 0'neill and finance minister conor murphy to apologise amid claims they broke coronavirus guidelines. critics have suggested social distancing was not maintained in crowds that lined the streets, that dozens of people attended a requiem mass and that ms 0'neill posed for a photograph at milltown cemetery where a man put his arm around her shoulders. michelle 0'neill has already apologised "for grieving families experiencing more hurt" but insisted she did not break the rules. more than 30 in attendance. hundreds more behind them in a procession. widespread advertising of an event. installing a public address system in the cemetery, a mass rally in a cemetery. posing for selfies. and yet, the deputy first minister continues to insist that her actions were within the regu

the uk foreign minister dominic raab said the government needed to be able to "gauge the data in reale" to prevent reinfection. authorities in spain are insisting their country is safe for tourists, despite new quarantine measures the uk has announced for people who travel there. the british foreign office has advised against all non essential travel to mainland spain. but the canary and balearic islands are exempt which means you could still go on your holiday there. but all travellers returning from spain including its islands into the uk must enter a 14—day quarantine on their return. with more details on today's developments here's our correspondent andy moore. pa: face coverings are required at all times. manchester airport saw some of the last flight arriving from spainjust minutes before the midnight deadline. these women had brought forward their departure to avoid quarantine. it was crazy. it all happened so quickly. no—one knows what's going on in there. it's mad, isn't it? yeah, we were supposed to come back on monday and we just got the next flight home. how do you feel ab

well, this lunchtime, dominic raab has clearly pointed the finger of blame at russia.d you, it is almost certain that russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 general election through the online amplification of illicitly acquired and leaked government documents. he doesn't point the finger of blame directly at president putin. he says there is no evidence of a broad spectrum russian campaign in the general election forced up but bear in mind this comes as tension has been moving to the threat from china and the possible moves by the chinese to gain a foothold in britain. perhaps we should keep our focus on russia, at all this, of course, just days before we learn that there is to be published, at long last, that report by the security committee into russian involvement in the last general election. norman smith, many thanks. a group of scientists, including 15 nobel laureates and other prominent figures, are calling for volunteers to be deliberately exposed to coronavirus after receiving a vaccine, to see if it offers protection. let's speak to our medical corre

nation to push back against the chinese communist party following talks with borisjohnson and dominic raabulated the uk for banning huawei from its 56 networks and welcomed the government's response to china's new security law in hong kong. he also said he hoped britain and america could conclude a trade deal "as soon as possible". saudi arabia's 84—year—old ruler, king salman bin abdulaziz is in hospital in the capital, riyadh. state media says he is holding a virtual cabinet meeting from there. it also reports he is undergoing medical checks for a gall bladder infection. about a dozen people have been freed from a bus in ukraine after the country's president complied with the hostage— ta ker‘s bizarre demand that he promote a film about animal rights. volodymyr zelensky used social media to encourage people to watch the 2005 production, earthlings. the armed man then began to release the hostages in the city of lutsk. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the plight of south korea's moon bears being killed so their parts can be used for medicine. nasa: can see you coming down the ladd

china denies an accusation by foreign secretary dominic raab that they're carrying out human rights abusescan i ask you why people are kneeling blindfolded and shaven and being led to trains in modern china? why? what is going on there? i do not know where you get this video tape. 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. borisjohnson says he doesn't believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed — even if there's a second spike of coronavirus this winter.

china denies an accusation by foreign secretary dominic raab that its carrying out human rights abuseseling, blindfolded and shaven and being led to trains in modern china? why? what is going on there? i do not know where you get this video tape. it is deeply, deeply troubling. and the reports on the human aspect of it, from forced sterilisation to re—education camps, are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a long, long time. president trump has defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, telling fox news that the us has the lowest mortality rate in the world.

yes, he said well done to dominic raab on what happened with huawei.n the two men on it with pompeo saying it was a principled decision very much in line with the way the us was looking at it, but denying the notion that this was as a result of us pressure. and dominic raab saying that this was a result of us pressure because it followed us sanctions which made it difficult for the uk to pursue its limited cooperation with huawei so they arrived at the same conclusion but did it from rather different perspectives. there are those who say the uk has to choose between the united states and china because the us and china are involved in increasingly tense relationships and we have to choose one side, and it will always be the united states. yes, and that is very much the way the united states sees it. the trump administration has been pretty ferocious about china, somewhat inconsistent rhetorically it has to be said, but pretty ferocious against them and this talk that mike pompeo had about building out a coalition involving notjust britain but other memb

china denies an accusation by foreign minister, dominic raab that they're carrying out human rights abusesinst its uighur population. borisjohnson says he doesn't believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed — even if there's a second spike of coronavirus this winter. today the government announced a further 27 deaths from the virus. president trump has defended his handling of the coroanvirus pandemic, telling fox news that the us has the lowest mortality rate in the world. police and public health officials are investigating a mosque in blackburn, after 250 people attended a funeral there on monday. it's since emerged that the imam has tested positive for coronavirus. the united arab emirates prepares to launch a mission to mars — making it the first arab nation to do so. and chelsea are on their way to the fa cup final — they lead 2—0 in their semifinal against manchester united. now on bbc news louise minchin has been speaking to the duchess of cambridge about her involvement with the bbc‘s "tiny happy people" initiative. aimed at the 0—4s, it wants to help parents develop their

china denies an accusation by foreign minister, dominic raab that they're carrying out human rights abusespulation. borisjohnson says he doesn't believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed — even if there's a second spike of coronavirus this winter. today the government announced a further 27 deaths from the virus. president trump has defended his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, telling fox news that the us has the lowest mortality rate in the world. police and public health officials are investigating a mosque in blackburn, after 250 people attended a funeral there on monday. it's since emerged that the imam has tested positive for coronavirus. ten temporary ‘nightingale' courts are being set up to help clear a backlog of hearings caused by the coronavirus pandemic. they'll begin operating in england and wales from tomorrow. the united arab emirates prepares to launch a mission to mars — making it the first arab nation to do so. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. a late burst of wickets gives england hope, but can they salvage a result in

50 page report, sounds a little thing to be for the amount of time, but last week we heard from dominic raabinvolved in trying to meddle with the general election. it seems to have gone back a years previous according to this report and it was with the scottish independence referendum, so there will be a huge amount of pressure on borisjohnson to cool things down with mr putin, i've come up with some sort of punishment or some sort of retaliation. it will also put pressure on nicola sturgeon in the sense that she still has the main thing that she wants, another referendum, and since it is the russians advance, they are the ones pushing for this split and they would like it to happen because it could cause also some problems with british unity. it will put a lot of off from supporting it. also the paper putting out that alex salmond, nicola sturgeon‘s predecessor, had a show on russia today. yes, alex ahmed was already a thorn in the sight of nicola sturgeon, rumours that he wanted to start his own political party, this will make it even worse. it isjust political party, this will make it eve

she repeated that, today saying dominic raab, instead of saying dominic raab, instead of saying highlys has hit hard and hit the economy hard and vladimir putin‘s popularity rating is pretty low for him. still pretty high for most western leaders, but it has taken a hit. there is concern about the popular mood in russia, and so i think that is the concern of the kremlin, those external policy issues at the moment, i think, are on the back shelf. thank you. the headlines on bbc news... the uk, us and canada claim that hackers almost certainly working for the russian state are trying to steal research into a vaccine for coronavirus. the government says it‘s "almost certain" that what it calls russian actors sought to interfere in last year‘s general election. the government‘s chief scientific adviser tells a cross—parliamentary group of mps the outcome of the uk‘s covid—19 response has "not been good". the appeal court has ruled that shamima begum, who at the age of 15 left the uk to join the islamic state group in syria, can return to the uk to challenge the loss of her citizenship. sha

times reports holidays to france, italy and greece are being cancelled in large numbers after dominic raabforeign secretary, warned that quarantine measures may be applied elsewhere. according to the metro, many uk travellers say they would not have gone to spain if they had known of the requirement to self—isolate for m days, which will prevent a number of them from working. the daily telegraph leads with a government push to tackle obesity, saying covid has been a wake—up call and everyone who is overweight should lose at least five pounds to save the nhs £100 million as well as countless lives. meanwhile, the financial times says that europe's banks are braced for more loan losses on a massive scale as a result of the covid—19 crisis. and accordng to the daily mail, harry and meghan will never resume official roles following the publication of the biography laying bare their rift with the royal family. so, let's begin. and the guardian talks about tourists facing more handbrake restrictions. it might notjust stop with spain. it is quite clear the troubles now with any holiday in spain c

dominic raab also names police in will be able to search homes without a warrant under china's new security

foreign secretary dominic raab will brief parliament monday on that u.k.nse to beijing's treatment of uighur muslims. floodis bracing for a emergency as water levels on the yangtze river reach new heights. the three gorges dam was built to ease flooding concerns, but it is under increasing pressure as rain continues to fall. millions have been forced to leave their homes. 140 are known to have died. the flood limit, damage 50 meters above safe levels with more rain forecast. >> australia's government will announce its biggest budget blowout since the second world war as a rebels with the resurgence of coronavirus cases. what do we expect from thursday's update? >> the australian treasurer, josh frydenberg delivered an update that will provide an update of economic and fiscal outlook and address the pandemic with a package. a package that provided subsidies for wages and payments to those unemployed. these programs were due to expire in september. the finance minister, but he's, signaled over the weekend there would be ongoing support for businesses through

but the foreign secretary, dominic raab, who accepted the decision would cause disruption said it wasn the spike in cases in spain. our political correspondent helen catt reports. when the quarantine policy was brought in last month, it had a bumpy landing in the commons. mps, worried about the travel industry, called for some holiday destinations to be exempt. lists of safe countries were agreed by the uk government and those in scotland, northern ireland and wales, but they warned they could change. it's how that's been done with spain that's led to criticism. the way in which it has been communicated in the last 2a hours is shambolic, and the consequence is that many families are now left asking lots of questions, stressed, they're anxious. they need to know from their employer whether they can isolate when they return from their holiday. ijust think this could have been handled so, so much better. the difference when it comes to the spanish islands between travel advice and quarantine policy has been criticised, and there are doubts over how effective the government's call on empl