john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang. and we can speak tojohn sudworth who's in beijing now.do you think china is trying to achieve with these camps? in terms of giving us access at least china hopes it can convince the world it has found a humane solution to the problem of islamic extremism. the first thing to say is there's something very unsettling about looking into the eyes of someone who you know has their own home and family, their own children and they tell you there willingly putting themselves inside one of these facilities for or even years. of course ourjob then there was to try to separate fact from fiction and there are some things that we can say and firstly, these are not really schools at least not in the normal sense of the word. it is clear people are not free to come and go as they choose in the second thing i think the report shows is just how strong chinese officials believed in what they're doing, with their talk straight from a sci—fi movie of pre—crime coupled with the old maoist idea of thought transformation for the field as a threat simply on the b

john sudworth in beijing.yptian, mahommed morsi, has died after lapsing in a courtroom where he was on trial. e607—year—old was elected in 2012 as the leader of the islamist movement the muslim brotherhood but was deposed by the army a year later following mass protests. he has since faced a number of court processes and was facing a hearing on charges of espionage. 0rla guerin has this report. this is how state tv announced the death of mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood, no fanfare, no tributes, no mention that he was egypt's first democratically elected president. here's how he has been seen in recent years, a prisoner in the dock in a soundproof cage. it was in court today that he spoke his last words, collapsing and dying soon afterwards. condolences were offered by the president of turkey, a fellow islamist and close ally. translation: may allah grant rest to the martyr‘s soul. history won't forget the tyrants that led to his death byjailing him and threatening him with execution. back in june 2012,

the bbc's john sudworth reports. john: he was one of the leaders of the protests. has never been back to tiananmen square, until 0 w. >>ars ago, there was a student movement here which shocked the world. but all of these tourives must haorgotten. they have no way to find out what happened here, because the information is censored. john: what happened here is still so politically sensive, it is safer to do the interview in the car. w s the moment the communist party almost lost grip on power, rocked by five eks of massive, peaceful demonstrations. first, senior officials tried meeting the student leaders, including mr. wong. then, late at night on the third of june, they nt in the army, killing hundreds, possibly thousands, in the effort to retake a square. the square. the following day, there was one final act of defiance. it has become one of the most iconic images of our time,ch except ia. the vast majority of those we asked say they have never seen it. just over there is the spot where tank man stood you would never know it. the silence and censorship are centra

john sudworth, bbc news, beijing.: as we have been reporting, president trump will tmoe part in comtions to mark the 75th anniversary of d-day this week. the operation was the start of the liberation of german-occup europe from nazi control. more than 200 veterans are taking part in the ceremonies with a voyage back to france on board a specially chartered t uise ship. our correspondenrobert hall was th them. robert: they left port on a june evening in 1944 without fanfare or cheers, young men who had written their last letters home, sailing into the dark. last night 300 veterans began their pilgrimage in honor of those who still le in normandy. the weeklong journey has been planned by the royal legion. >> e the opportunity frybody to feel that they have been on the trip of a lifetime. >> this is it, they are on the beach. robert: 7000 vessels landed over 130,000 british, canadian, and u.s. troops on five d-day beaches. the sights and sounds of that campaign still burn bright in the memories of those who survived. >>

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang.more onjohn‘s report on oui’ we do have more onjohn‘s report on our website. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the united states says it will deploy an additional 1,000 troops to the middle east, amid rising tensions with iran. the announcement comes after the us military released what it says is further proof that iran was behind the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman last week. the pentagon says these images show iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded mine from the hull of a japanese owned tanker. it adds one of the still images shows what it describes as the remains of the mine's magnetic attachment. the images come on the back of video released earlier by the us which it says is evidence iran was behind the strikes. tehran has denied any involvement in the attacks. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes gave me more details. yes, we now have confirmation, as you say, an extra 1000 troops are being sent to the middle east, this is on top

john sudworth exposed to the rapid development of the secure compounds. nodespite heavy controls by the chinese government, the latest report uncovers more about the nature of this system and those being held inside. f hn: china used to deny it was holding hundredsousands of muslims in giant secure facities like this one. but now we are being given a tour. ♪e, john: the mess these people are not prisoners, but students, willingly subjecting themselves to a kind of brainwashing. is it your choice to be here? y>> yes, i was affected b extremism. i have come here to transform my thoughts. john: government officials watch over every interview this is how muslims --uyghurs, kazakhs, and other minorities -- have their thoughts transformed. both learning chinese and laws restricting religious practice. and replacing loyalty to faith or culture with something else. "i love the communist party of china," this man has written. it is a place where people have to stay until you allow them to leave, sounds morlike a prison, even if it is a prison in which you can do s

john sudworth, bbc news, beijing.ady to ban large cruise ships from the giudecca canal in venice after a huge cruise ship collided with a dock. the msc 0pera collided with a smaller boat at the san basilio docks along the giudecca, which provides access to the popular st marks square. its use by large cruise ships has been criticized locally. the environment minister sergio costa says they've been working on the issue for months and are now nearing a solution. katharine da costa reports. horns blaring and out of control, the cruise ship ploughs into the dock, ramming a small tourist boat, and sending dozens of people running for safety. on board, stunned passengers brace themselves for impact. someone else went in the water. that way! watch out! back, back, back! it was just a massive shock and we were sort of trembling. we couldn't believe what we were seeing, and just to see this thing out of control, it was almost literally unbelievable. the collision happened this morning on the giudecca canal, one of busiest in v

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang. much more on that story on oui’ we have much more on that story on our website. we have a developing story taking place. the united states as it will deploy an additional 1000 troops to the middle east amid rising tensions with iran. the announcement comes after the us military released what it says is further proof that iran was behind the attacks on two golf tankers in the attacks on two golf tankers in the gulf of oman last week. the pentagon's as these images show iran's revolution regard removing an unexploded mine from a japanese tanker. it is that one of these still images shows the remains of the magnetic attachment. the images come on the back of a video which was released earlier by the united states which it says is evidence that iran was behind the strikes. tehran has denied the attacks. peter bowes is monitoring all of this for us. bowes is monitoring all of this for us. the situation increasing intention. took us through these latest developments. yes, we now have confir

john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. 30 years on from tiananmen square.ck victory over england at the world cup. they won by 14 runs at trent bridge to complete what was their first win in twelve matches. andy swiss was watching. sunshine over trent bridge and for england fans prospects seemed equally bright against the pakistan team who had been thrashed in their opening game. what could possibly go wrong? well, quite a lot as it turned out. as pakistan's batsmen blazed out of the box, england hit back as briefly they proved their catching prowess, chris woakes with a cracker. but after the sublime came the ridiculous as jason roy became officially the most embarrassed man in nottingham. 0h! it summed up england's error strewn fielding and it proved painfully costly as mohammed hafeez made the most of his reprieve, hitting pakistan to a hefty 348. england needed the highest run chase in world cup history and as the wickets tumbled, including captain eoin morgan, it seemed beyond them. but then a stirring recovery, the first centuries of the tournament fr

john sudworth, bbc news, beijing.re on the anniversary later on in the programme. you are watching newsday, from singapore and london on the bbc. still to come on the programme: pakistan investigates a sudden rise in hiv diagnoses among children. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 7a. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times a world champion. he was a good fighter. he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles lp sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as "the album of the century." this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kas

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang.ates is to deploy another 1,000 troops to the middle east, as tensions rise with iran. the us military has released what it says is further proof that iran was behind the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman last week. the pentagon says these images, combined with earlier video, show iranian revolutionary guards removing an unexploded mine from the hull of a japanese—owned tanker. one of the stills, officials claim, shows what they describe as the remains of the mine's magnetic attachment. the government in tehran has denied any involvement. more on this from our north america correspondent peter bowes. the trump administration, the secretary of defence, they are at pains to put everything out there that they believe proves that iran was responsible for the attacks on those two ships. now, this latest information is very detailed — photographs, images, as you've described, this magnetic device that held the limpet device on the hull of the japanese vessel, evidence that it wa

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang.states is to ays it will deploy 1,000 more troops to the middle east as tensions grow with iran. the pentagon says it now has more evidence that iran was behind the attacks on two tankers in the gulf of oman last week. it says still images, said to show iran's revolutionary guard removing an unexploded mine, incriminate tehran. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. more evidence that iran is to blame. these are the photographs the pentagon says offer further proof that the attacks on two tankers in the gulf of oman were carried out by iranian forces. this image shows what the us military describes as the remnants of the magnetic attachment device of an unexploded limpet mine placed on one of the tankers. the pentagon says it proves that iran has the resources and proficiency needed to quickly remove the unexploded mine. iran continues to deny any involvement in the attacks. announcing a further 1000 troops to be sent to the middle east, the acting us secretary of defence

john sudworth, bbc news, beijing. phil robertson from the human rights watchjoins me now.n the mexico, what is the current state of china's human rights? we are seeing that human rights? we are seeing that human rights in china is at its worse since that event we're seen a lot of arbitrary detentions of activists and lawyers and writers, increase censorship, increasing creation of leadership around it didn't. and the incarceration of over i leadership around it didn't. and the incarceration of overi million muslims in detention centres. it is a attention that we haven't in this century. the president is to lead the country for years to come, what is this mean china's rights activists? well, i think that means that china's rights as —— activists need to raise the game. that's what they've been doing was not the need to figure out how they can work on other issues within the parameters of what china permits, talking about disability issues, talking about lg bt disability issues, talking about lgbt rights, disability issues, talking about lg bt rights, these disability issues

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre.day sport briefing. france were fortunate to come away with a win against nigeria, in a match full of drama in rennes. the host nation were awarded a penalty, thanks to the video assistant referee. wendi renard missed the spot kick, but nigeria keeper chiamaka nnadozie was ruled to have moved off her line early. renard made no mistake with the retaken kick. 1—0 to france — who are through to the knockouts. norway also made it through, by beating and eliminating south korea. elsewhere, germany punished an error—strewn display from south africa, to finish top of group b. lina magull tapping in the two time champions' fourth goal. spain and china also made it through to the next round, after a goalless draw. let's look at some tennis now. the build up to wimbledon is underway, with queens taking place in london. defending champion marin cilic won his opening match. he got past chilean cristian garin in straight sets. the croatian beat novak djokovic in the final last year and is looking f

my colleague and others, john sudworth, based in china, and others, they are looking at in china everythingolutely and we have seen the large us tech giants going to add bank —— make it policy against chinese stands. the japan times is fascinating, japan and china had just signed a peace agreement, a trade agreement, that put aside the problems they had during the second world war and a decade after that, this major issue which is a real challenge for western governments as to how to respond, a huge crack down, the japan times talks about, suggesting up japan times talks about, suggesting up to 10,000 people might be murdered. we will never know what that number was. they describe it as it crackdown that is a reminder of the political realities of china's 1—party system and yet, since them, 30 years on, there has been huge change in china and there has been economic reform. people are much better off now in china than they we re better off now in china than they were back then. and it talks about millions of muslims in china being effectively interned. the persecution against minority group

john sudworth, bbc news. jane: a rare look inside china's reeducation camps.n has announced it will breach uranium enrichment limits inen0 days, a move that has called nuclear blackmail by the white house. tensions have been growing between the two countries since the u.s. accused teh attacking two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. uiran denies any role aes european countries to save the nuclear deal they signed on to during the obama administration. for more i spoke to barbara slavin of the atlantic council. the u.s. has released new photographs it says makes the case against iran for these tanker attacks.y it so difficult to make this case? barbara: i think it is a difficult for a number of reasons. first of all, the unit states basically started this escalatory spiral when it withdrewrom the nuclear deal a year ago when iran was in full compliance with e deal as it remains to this day. the other reason is that we have a president of the united states who has a tendency to tell falsehoods and also to not even trust his own intelligence agencies. if you want t

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang.he arena in orlando, florida, where president trump has arrived, we believe. we will show you some of the live pictures. he has arrived with his wife maligning a trump. they are making their way into the stadium to of course rapturous applause and cheers. the president is relaunching a rather —— the president is launching his re—election campaign. he is expected to ta ke re—election campaign. he is expected to take to the stage and speak to the audience. let's have a quick listen in... # across the plains of texas, i see the shining sea. detroit down to houston and new york to la, # where there is pride in every american heart and its time we stand and say... # that i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free, # and where at least i know i'm free, #and| where at least i know i'm free, # and i won't forget the men who died, he gave life to me. >> and i stand up next to you and defend her still today, # because there is ain't no doubt i love this land, god bless the usa! #

john sudworth, bbc news, beijing.than 20 years and has written several books on the country. in a recent article he drew attention to the ways that some chinese people are keeping alive the memories of what happened in june 1989, despite the official censorship. hejoins me now from beijing. people always remember and they find ways to help others remember. can you give us some examples?m ways to help others remember. can you give us some examples? it has been remarkable growth over the last couple of decades, especially the last ten years, in unofficial histories. these are people who are not necessarily trained as historians. the artists, journalists, professors, ordinary people who just keep alive the memory of something, a particular famine ora memory of something, a particular famine or a political campaign including the tiananmen massacre. they do this by making documentary films, i writing they do this by making documentary films, iwriting historical accounts of this memoir, publishing photos and all of these th

now, there is almost no—one left. john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang.aysia airlines flight mh17 is expected to name individual suspects later today. criminal proceedings will be launched in the netherlands. the flight launched in the netherlands. the flight was heading to kuala lumpur from amsterdam before it was shut down over territory held by pro—russian separatists. all 298 people on board were killed. here is our briefing on some of the key events happening later. we begin in venezuela, where the un human rights chief, michelle bachelet, will make an official visit to hold separate talks with president nicolas maduro and opposition leaderjuan guaido, in the midst of the country's imploding economy. and also today, in paris, the revolver with which van gogh is believed to have shot himself goes up for auction. and finally, in washington, dc, former white house aide hope hicks has agreed to testify before the house judiciary committee, behind closed doors, in the wake of special counsel robert mueller‘s russia probe. now it's time to get all the lates

memory of one of the most brutal nights of violence in the 20th century. 0ur china correspondent john sudworthquare. we all love to gossip — and we do it on average for 52 minutes a day. that's the finding of the world's first study to examine who gossips — and what they talk about. us researchers asked more than a00 people to wear portable recording devices as they went about their day. the author of the study, megan robbins, explained the findings. a lot of academics to find gossipers talking about someone who is not present, as you mentioned and it turns out that based on our study findings that most of this talking about people who are not present is neutral. neither positive nor negative. negative gossip is more common than positive gossip but the overwhelming majority was neutral. who is doing it the most? there are some people who tend to not do it. what kind of people are the gossipers? people who gossip most frequently are extroverted people, people who are sociable and outgoing and also tend to be assertive and by farand and also tend to be assertive and by far and away that was the

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news.abilise the situation in the syrian province of idlib, where an upsurge in fighting between rebels and pro—government forces has forced hundreds of thousands to flee. the ambassadors of russia and syria both deny their forces american legislators have joined policymakers across the globe, expressing concern over facebook‘s decision to launch its own digital currency next year. maxine waters, who chairs the house of representatives financial services committee, has asked facebook to halt development of libra until federal regulators review the project. the french finance minister has claimed digital money will never replace sovereign currencies. at least 83 people have died since saturday as a blistering heatwave sweeps the indian state of bihar. the north—eastern state is experiencing the second longest heatwave on record. at least 180 lives have been lost. temperatures went over 40 celsius in many parts of bihar on tuesday. and water is short across many parts of india, including the

john sudworth, bbc news, beijing.e than 20 years and written several books on the country. he told me about the ways some chinese people are keeping alive the memories of what happened in june 1989, despite the official censorship. there's been a remarkable growth over the past couple of decades, but especially the past, say, ten years, in unofficial histories. these are people who are not necessarily trained as historians. they may be artists, journalists, professors, people — ordinary people who just keep alive the memory of something, a particularfamine or a political campaign, including the tiananmen massacre. they do this through making documentary films, by writing historical accounts of this, memoirs, publishing photos. and all of these things that become popular through digital technology, or possible through digital technology, which has made it a lot easier to make these products and disseminate them, despite the strict censorship. and in many ways, quite often, i gather, people are accessing them through vp

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang.eps the indian state of bihar. the north—eastern state is experiencing the second—longest heatwave on record. at least 180 lives have been lost. temperatures have gone over a0 celsius in many places across bihar on tuesday. and water is short across many parts of india, including the capital, delhi, as ramzan karmali reports. delhi, and yet another day of extreme heat. people here are doing their best to keep cool, but that is proving harder each day. this is india's second—longest heatwave on record, 32 days long. lives are being lost due to lack of drinking water in many places. translation: you have to be in line early in the morning. otherwise, you will not get anything anymore. often enough, many go empty—handed. translation: i have never experienced anything like it. it breaks all records. only rain can save us, but it does not come. and that rain is late, 11 days late. monsoon has been delayed because of huge climate change effect, and with summers, your water bodies are being —

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang.has swept across the state of bihar. the north—eastern state is experiencing the second longest heatwave on record and in total over 180 lives have been lost. temperatures of over a0 degrees celcius were recorded in many places across bihar on tuesday. water shortages are being experienced across many parts of india including the capital delhi as ramzan karmali reports. delhi, and yet another day of extreme heat. people here are doing their best to keep cool but that's proving harder each day. this is india's second longest heatwave on record. 32 days long. lives are being lost due to lack of drinking water in many places. translation: i say we have to be in line early in morning otherwise we will not get anything anymore. often enough, many are empty—handed. anything anymore. often enough, many are empty-handed. translation: i have never experienced anything like it, it makes all records. only rain can save us it, it makes all records. only rain can save us but it does not come. it, i