my guest isjewher ilham — a young uighur woman whose father, a uighur academic, has been imprisoned for. the fate of the uighurs has become a geopolitical issue — but is anything going to change? your dad was detained by the authorities — he could not fly. you had to fly on your own, and you have not seen your father since. so, can i begin by asking you, what do you know of your father's situation today? the last time i saw my father was eight years ago, and the last time i heard his voice was seven years ago. after we were separated at the airport, my father was arrested for a few days. he was allowed to return home, and he started his house arrest time for 11 months. then he was officially arrested again, and then he was put under charge for a life sentence. since then, i haven't heard a word from him. i do not know what is his current health condition, if he's still held in the same prison as he was first announced, and nobody has seen him since 2017. we do not know if he's even alive. you don't know if he's alive. so, there's been no contact, whatsoever, for, what, four years? no co

.— change for the uighurs.e uighurs. doctor adrian zenz, thank _ change for the uighurs. doctor adrian zenz, thank you - change for the uighurs. doctor adrian zenz, thank you so - change for the uighurs. doctor. adrian zenz, thank you so much change for the uighurs. doctor- adrian zenz, thank you so much for joining us on bbc news. positive news from the uk. there's growing evidence that the national lockdown combined with the highly successful roll out of vaccines is leading to a sharp reduction in covid deaths. according to the latest figures from the office for national statistics the number of registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week, to the lowest level since the start of the year. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the streets may still look quiet, but we're on the road to recovery. that's the message from ministers in england today, with positive news about the impact of vaccines on preventing serious illness and deaths. and the hunt for a missing pe

, trying to bring about the physical destruction of the uighurs and five preventing births of uighurs and six, and lastly or simply transferring children out of their homes. this is in other words trying to destroy an entire generation, an entire culture and an entire people. so in other words their actions meet each aspect of genocide as defined by the world. i hope the economist intentions were not served genocide apology. ccp will use its headline and others to excuse and whitewash their genocide. they will use it in their propaganda. in the united states has a moral obligation to do everything we can to stop these atrocities from happening area the house has passed legislation like the uighurs forced labor prevention act which will ensure american companies are not importing garments and technology made from uighurs slave labor. but we also need strong action from the biden administration but unfortunately we've only seen on rhetoric today. they have promised costs quickly imposed on the ccp for this genocide. but they have not outlined any six and while secretary blinking an eye

at this factory, the uighur workers are clearly visible. 2000 miles from home, brought all the way to central china by a massive relocation scheme. now the bbc has found compelling evidence of how it works. in this xinjiang village, the authorities need 100 people to send to jobs on the other side of the country. they set up a stall, but this 2017 state media report shows no one's interested. so they go house to house. "if you stay here," this official says, "you will be "married soon and never able to leave." "will you go?", he asks. "no", she says. but with a mixture of propaganda... ..and heavy persuasion, the young woman eventually agrees. "i'll go if others go", she says. the bbc has new evidence that this separation from family and culture is, in part at least, precisely the point. a chinese study produced for senior officials says, "labour transfers help assimilate uighur minorities, "transform their thinking and reduce uighur population "density." the study was posted online in error. some of xinjiang's mainly muslim minorities are

there were protests by uighur exiles.the uighurs and it's always given them refuge. a uighur woman who went to turkey to study, recently found that her entire family back in xinjiang had been arrested — father, mother and two brothers. when i asked them why, they said my family members think they might have an intention to attempt terrorist activities. 12 years ago, when china clamped down on rioting among the uighurs, the turkish leader, recep erdogan, called it genocide. it's not a word he'd use today. china is pressurising turkey to ratify an extradition treaty, which would mean handing over any uighurs china wants returned. china isjust far too powerful economically and too many trader deals all came with the terms and conditions. so, effectively, china's bought off turkey? yeah. just like all the other countries, many arab countries and muslim countries, like pakistan. and they're not speaking up at all. turkey's economy has suffered badly from covid, which has brought a collapse in tourism, its biggest foreign curre

about the uighur s-_ the uighur s. i want to see them again. _ the uighur s.t to see them again, i'm not - the uighur s. i want to see them again, i'm not sure l the uighur s. i want to see j them again, i'm not sure if the uighur s. i want to see l them again, i'm not sure ifi them again, i'm not sure if i can or not. they spent their whole life offering me a good education, to have a good life. there is no shortage of stories like this. but turkey does not seem to complain about them publicly. the salvage company hired to free the huge container ship blocking the suez canal since tuesday has warned it could take days or even weeks to move the vessel. it's one of the world �*s biggest trading routes with more than 10% of global trade passing through the water weight that connects the red sea to the mediterranean. this [an e sea to the mediterranean. this large vessel — sea to the mediterranean. this large vessel is _ sea to the mediterranean. t'i 3 large vessel is blocking the suez canal. satellite images show the 400 metres long ever given stock, bringing na

at this factory, the uighur workers are clearly visible.than 2,000 miles from home, brought all the way to central china by a massive relocation scheme. now the bbc has found compelling evidence of how it works. in this xinjiang village, the authorities need 100 people to send to jobs on the other side of the country. they set up a stall, but this 2017 state media report shows no—one�*s interested. so they go house to house. "if you stay here," this official says, "you will be married soon and never able to leave." "will you go?", he asks. "no," she says. but with a mixture of propaganda... ..and heavy persuasion, the young woman eventually agrees. "i'll go if others go," she says. the bbc has new evidence that this separation from family and culture is, in part at least, precisely the point. a chinese study produced for senior officials says, "labour transfers help assimilate uighur minorities, transform their thinking and reduce uighur population density." the study was posted online in error. some of xinjiang's mainly muslim minorities a

there were protests by uighur exiles.inks to the uighurs and it's always given them refuge. a uighur woman who went to turkey to study, recently found that her entire family back in xinjiang had been arrested — father, mother and two brothers. when i asked them why, they said my family members think they might have an intention to attempt terrorist activities. 12 years ago, when china clamped down on rioting among the uighurs, the turkish leader, recep erdogan, called it "genocide". it's not a word he'd use today. china is pressurising turkey to ratify an extradition treaty, which would mean handing overany uighurs china wants returned. china isjust far too powerful economically and too many trader deals all came with the terms and conditions. so, effectively, china's bought off turkey? yeah. just like all the other countries, many arab countries and muslim countries, like pakistan. and they're not speaking up at all. turkey's economy has suffered badly from covid, which has brought a collapse in tourism, its biggest fore

, transform their thinking, and reduce uighur population density.dy was posted online in error. some of xinjiang's men i notice are sent to giant reeducation camps come where china says it is fighting extremism. then to the factories. very few have managed to leave china after their release. >> there were 200 workers in the factory who sold children's clothes and we are obliged to sing the chinese national anthem. they said the faster you work, the faster we will let you go. john: but most of those transferred to work have not been in the camps, and are sent direct from poor villages. the study also outlines how they are transported in groups, accompanied by security guards and put through political indoctrination. >> this is just an unprecedented authoritative source would invite leading academics and former government officials of unprecedented high-level access inside xinjiang itself that drives home the implications of what is going on here. there are higher goals of manipulating population density and demographics that, in my opinion,a re very

there were protests by uighur exiles. it's always given them refuge. a uighur woman who went to turkey to study, recently found that her entire family back in xinjiang had been arrested — father, mother and two brothers. when i asked them why, they said my family members think they might have an intention to attempt terrorist activities. 12 years ago, when china clamped down on rioting among the uighurs, the turkish leader, recep erdogan, called it genocide. it's not a word he'd use today. china is pressurising turkey to ratify an extradition treaty, which would mean handing over any uighurs china wants returned. china isjust far too powerful economically and too many trader deals all came with the terms and conditions. so, effectively, china's bought off turkey? yeah. just like all the other countries, many arab countries and muslim countries, like pakistan. and they're not speaking up at all. turkey's economy has suffered badly from covid, which has brought a collapse in tourism, its biggest foreign currency earner, and

uighur muslims across turkey i tested against the visits of the chinese foreign minister. 14,000 uighur turkey, but hundreds came out to protest. turkey has become less vocal about their plight as it developed economic ties with china. in december, beijing ratified an extradition treaty signed years ago by the two nations. >> the uighur people gathered to protest of the visit of the chinese foreign minister to turkey, and they have been following the chinese government as occupiers, because they say they want to get their land in their own control. the province and china has -- they have been calling the treatment by the chinese government as genocide, and that is why they cannot even contact their families back in china. >> we ask the government to release our family members and to stop genocide. my mother today is 57 years old and she is almost an entire civil servant. she can speak chinese very well. what kind of education does my mother need? >> my father was taken to concentration camps. my father is a business owner who is always helping people in need. he was taken to concentrati

in for months have criticise china of the uighurs i— for months have criticise china of the uighurse have documented _ the uighurs in xinjiang, allegations we have documented at _ the uighurs in xinjiang, allegations we have documented at length - the uighurs in xinjiang, allegations we have documented at length on | the uighurs in xinjiang, allegations . we have documented at length on bbc news. this is the first concerted, collective action by western nations, where they have actually taken action on top chinese government officials in the region, and the main organisation in charge of security and police in the region. i think it matters because it is the first time the west has actually said, we are going to act collectively on this. before, countries have had some rhetoric here and there, condemnation, but this is the first time the west has said, we are going to put pressure on china on this issue in a meaningful sense. as you said, china has retaliated, rejecting the allegations, saying this is a disappointing and wrong decision by the west. but i think there will now be a to

arwa damon has the uighur story from istanbul. >> there's a sorrow.rs over those who are here on their own in a foreign land, whose parents are missing in china. muhammad is 11 years old, brought to turkey by his father when he was just five. with his older brother, who was seven at the time. their father left them with a uighur woman promising he would be back with their mother and younger siblings in a month and he never returned. >> translator: my mother spoke to us and said they took daddy's passport, he tells us. he won't be able to come, but we will see each other again soon. muhammad adds, my mother also told us that daddy was in the camps. that was the last time they heard from her, six years ago. we cannot verify the fate of their parents. they have not heard either of their parents' voices or received news of them since then. this school also doubles as a home for the children who are missing both parents. around 20 out of the 140 or so students here. they share similar stories. those who have passports are brought over by their fathers, who

a paper says it is to assimilate the muslim uighurs and transform their thinking.ortedly for the eyes of senior communist officials only, the research was released publicly by the university before being taken down last year. the document explains the intended effects of labor transfers. >> this not only reduces weaker population density, but -- uigher population intensity and it is important method to assimilate minorities. >> we talked to the academic that archived the reports. >> within a few minutes, i realize the significance of the document. however, it did take a couple of days to find the most crucial or most incriminating parts about the intention to assimilate the uighurs thrgh labor transfer and the reference to population thinning. >> china says the goal is to alleviate poverty and claims uighurs are volunteering to be transferred. the report mentions targets for the number of people relocated and the need for security guards during transfers. a legal analysis claims the program could amount to crimes against amenity, given that refusal to participate m

at this factory, the uighur workers are clearly visible.a massive relocation scheme. now the bbc has found compelling evidence of how it works. in this xinjiang village, the authorities need 100 people to send to jobs on the other side of the country. they set up a stall, but this 2017 state media report shows no one's interested. so they go house to house. "if you stay here," this official says, "you will be married soon and never able to leave." "will you go?", he asks. "no," she says. but with a mixture of propaganda... ..and heavy persuasion, the young woman eventually agrees. "i'll go if others go," she says. the bbc has new evidence that this separation from family and culture is, in part at least, precisely the point. a chinese study produced for senior officials says, "labour transfers help assimilate uighur minorities, transform their thinking and reduce uighur population density." the study was posted online in error. some of xinjiang's mainly muslim minorities are sent first to the giant re—education camps where china says its fi

it's very clear exactly what the chinese government is trying to do with the uighurs.hey're essentially trying to wipe them out and their identity. brent: these are horrible accusations being made in your report. i'm wondering, can china be held accountable at all for this? >> there are 152 parties including china. if they don't do so, according to the convention, they are compliciwith the genocide. the convention was set up to prevent genocide and also to punish those parties that engage in this kind of behavior. so business as usual cannot continue when the countries are secondary to the genocide convention. brent: how concerned are you that geopolitics will be part of the equation here and prevent the international community from doing what needs to do to stop these human rights abuses? >> obviously that is a deep concern. there's not one small part of the world that you can isolate, particularly post-covid. many countries are reluctant to call out china's genode whichci is why they uyi a -- an inquiry to make the determination. these are all delaying tactics for co

there are 12 million uighurs in china, predominantly muslims. detaining one million of them in reeducation camps, in the province in the northwest of the country. china dismissed claims of abuse as a plot by britain and america to destabilize thehinese economy. here is our diplomatic correspondent. ♪ >> this is the image china wants you to have of xinjiang, a mountainous paradise where everyone can live their lives and liberty and prosperity. >> people from various ethnic groups live in concord, and solidarity and harmony, banding closely like the seeds of a pomegranate. >> if you get past the propaganda videos, as the bbc has done, there's a different perspective. not everyone wants you to see this. [chanting] allegations of human rights abuses against uighurs are rife, with arbitrary detention, forced labor and sterilization. so strongethe allegations written and allies announced sanctions on four top chinese officials, responsible for camps like these. today, beijing retaliated imposing travel bans and asset freezes on british citizens and or

western governments impose sanctions on china because of alleged human rights abuses against ethnic uighurs in xinjiang. the dispute over covid vaccine supplies continues as the uk is warned the sharp rise in european cases means it will not escape the effects of a third wave. music. celebrating victory over the virus — we report on the successful measures iceland has adopted. let's start with breaking news from boulder in colorado, where police are responding to reports of an active shooter at a grocery store and what they're describing as multiple casualties. no casualty details have been confirmed so far. video being livestreamed from the scene showed a man being handcuffed and escorted by police with what appeared to be blood on his arm and leg. there is currently a large police and emergency presence at the scene. ata at a nearby house as well. we expect a press conference in the next few minutes butjust to confirm police have said it is a live shooter incident. and that there are multiple casualties. police surrounded a home on 17th st close to the king's supers grocery store and the

it is motivated primarily by a desire to protect the government, not the uighur.tell this house and the world - what specific actions - he intends to take to ensure the uk upholds human rights, that this is a new approach . that will not be characterised by the inconsistency - and ambiguity that has been defined by this cover meantl so far, and finally, - will he call out what is happening in china as i quite simply genocide? the reality is, in relation to the genocide amended, is we absently recognise in this house is the ability to hold to account this government. the attempted destruction of a people and its culture in whole or in part constitutes genocide, and what he hasjust described to the house sounds to me like it fits that definition. so i am just wondering why he is reticent to use the word? the reality is that genocide has a very, very complex legal definition, which is white the work crimes tribunal, since nuremberg, it has rarely been found. i think the right thing to do is to respect the legal definition and allow a court to make those determination

western governments impose sanctions on china because of alleged human rights abuses against ethnic uighursn xinjiang. the dispute over covid vaccine supplies continues as the uk is warned the sharp rise in european cases means it will not escape the effects of a third wave. and we speak to the family doctor — on a ventilator a year ago — about the life lessons he's drawn from the pandemic. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. let's start with breaking news from boulder in colorado. ten people have been killed including a police officer. i suspect is in custody and is receiving hospital treatment. the hearts of this community go out to the victims of this horrific incident. we know of ten facilities at the scene, including one of our boulder pd officers by the name of eric talley. at 1430 hrs, the boulder police department began receiving phone calls of shots fired in the area, and a phone call about a possible person with a patrol rifle. officer talley responded and was the first on the scene. he was fatally shot. i also want to commend the heroic actions of the o

boys at a uighur school now find themselves left on their own. fathers traveled to china with the promise they would return to turkey with the rest of their families. but instead, their whereabouts remain unknown. their sons left stranded. cnn visited the school and heard the harrowing tales of these boys. china faces growing criticism of its policies in the sing june region where up to 2 million uighurs and other muslim minorities have been arbitrarily detained in vast government camps, according to the u.s. state department. beijing has vehemently denied allegations of human rights violations. calling the camps vocational training centers designed to stamp out religious extremism. arwa damon has the story. >> reporter: a sorrow far beyond their years at this uighur school. it hovers over those here on their own. in a foreign land. whose parents are missing in china. mohamed is 11 years old, brought to turkey by his father when he was just 5. with his older brother who was 7 at the time. their father left them with a uighur woman promising he wo

overtime, ithink what china is giving to the uighurs.e and i don't think it will change their actions immediately but over time as governments and companies adjust their interactions with different parts of the xinjiang economy, chinese officials will decide what they want to do with xinjiang and hopefully over time they will reassess with their pastor is and really move on from their current harsh crackdown.— on from their current harsh crackdown. ., ., , ., crackdown. what does it say to ou that crackdown. what does it say to you that this — crackdown. what does it say to you that this pretty _ crackdown. what does it say to you that this pretty broad - you that this pretty broad range of sanctions is not really targeting the top echelon? going for people more in the middle, those officials in the middle, those officials in the middle, those officials in the middle.— in the middle. that's right. the people _ in the middle. that's right. the people the _ in the middle. that's right. the people the un - in the middle. that's right. i the

the uighur population there is 20 million and mostly muslim.rs, china has developed camps where uighurs are detained . international focus has grown as more evidence of china's actions emerge. these drone shots show hundreds of blindfolded men being taken from a train to what appears to be a transfer of prisoners. while china denies human rights abuses, it says the camps provide vocational training and are needed to fight extremism. when the eu announced its sanctions today, china was quick to retaliate with sentients of its own against the eu. let's hear from the minister of foreign affairs. >> rather than change its policies and address legitimate concerns, china has turned a blind eye. these measures are regrettable and on acceptable. ros: here is the analysis of our diplomatic correspondent. >> primarily targeted at four individuals, powerful officials within the region of xinjiang, where these abuses take place, and one of the main organizations that the west believes is responsible for the repression. they are in charge of security and po

so farfrom claims of genocide against the uighurs so far from the chinese government.annual parliamentary session. he was answering a question from someone from the state run media in china. it appears it is set up... the question was set up and the answer was set up to show the world that they are abutting what's going on in xinjiang. temp wang he said he was quite colourful, when they think about genocide, they think of native americans —— essentially, what wang yi said, he was quite colourful. they think aboutjewish and aboriginal communities. they don't necessarily think about xinjiang. he called the accusations that china was carrying out genocide in xinjiang absolutely preposterous. beyond preposterous. but those accusations do remain. find beyond preposterous. but those accusations do remain.— beyond preposterous. but those accusations do remain. and 'ust to be more specific, * accusations do remain. and 'ust to be more specific, the fi accusations do remain. and just to be more specific, the accusationsl be more specific, the accusations are that the chinese gove

western governments impose sanctions on china because of alleged human rights abuses against ethnic uighursn xinjiang. a huge fire sweeps through a rohingya refugee camp in bangladesh — destroying thousands of homes. the dispute over covid vaccine supplies continues as the uk is warned the sharp rise in european cases means it will not escape the effects of a third wave. let's start with breaking news from colorado. there's been a shooting claiming multiple lives as the police put it, at a supermarket in boulder. there is currently a large police and emergency presence at the scene. here's the police statement from a press conference a short while ago. we had a very tragic incident today at king sooper. there is loss of life and multiple people killed in this incident. and i'm sorry to have to report that one of them was a boulder police officer. i can share with the public today this evening that there is no ongoing public threat, that we do have a person of interest in custody. that person was injured during the incident and is being treated for the injuries. this eyewitness was in the gr

there are about 12 million uighur in china — predominately muslims.themin so called "re—education" camps in the province of xinjiang in the north west of the country. authorities in beijing have dismissed claims of abuse — as a plot by britain and the us, to destablise the chinese economy. here's our diplomatic correpsondent, james landale. this is the image china wants you to have of xinjiang. a mountainous paradise where everyone can live out their lives in liberty and prosperity. people from various ethnic groups live in concord, work in solidarity and develop in harmony, bending together closely like the seeds of a pomegranate. but if you try to get past the propaganda videos, as the bbc�*s done in the past, there's a different perspective not everyone wants you to see. and that's one where allegations of human rights abuses against the uighurs are rife. of arbitrary detention, forced labour and sterilisation. so strong are these allegations that britain and allies announced sanctions on four top chinese officials responsible for camps like these.

western governments impose sanctions on china because of alleged human rights abuses against ethnic uighurs in xinjiang. the uk is warned that because of the sharp rise in coronavirus cases in parts of the eu, it will not escape the effects of a third wave. homes, roads and livestock are washed away or cut off in australia as it faces its worst flooding in decades. music. in iceland, they're celebrating victory over the virus. we report on the successful measures that the country has adopted. several western countries have announced sanctions targeted at chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses against the uighurs, a mostly—muslim minority. the sanctions are directed at senior officials in the north—west region of xinjiang accused of responsibility for abuses against uighurs detained in camps there. bbc investigations have gathered first—hand testimony of forced labour and allegations of rape and torture of detainees. the sanctions were announced as a coordinated effort by the european union, the uk, canada and the us. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more details. a

program, beijing slaps sanctions on british mp's accusing them of spreading lies in how china treats uighur muslims after several nations sanction chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses. ♪ our top story, here in france, a report found paris was not complicit in the 1994 amanda -- rwanda genocide but does their overwhelming responsibility. the report cites failure on france's part with a central role attributed to then-president franÇois mitterrand. 800,000 people, mainly tigray -- tutsi's were slaughtered. analyzing france's role in rwanda. standing by in the capital, kigali, where does this report leave french-rwanda relations tonight? >> indeed, president emmanuel macron has multiplied the gestures toward to gully -- kiga li since 2018. in paris he announced his intention to support the candidate see of the head ofwranda francophie. and on the commemoration of thetutsi genocide formalize the declaration of the commission, the saying that two years later today issued its report france's role in the genocide. it had always been a difficult point between the two countries. in 199

do you see that having any impact on china's alleged persecution of the uighurs?. what they have sought to demonstrate to the international community, the united states and european union and other countries, whether with uighurs or in tibet or in relation to hong kong, is a view which says we in beijing do not care what you and the collective west say or do, we in beijing will do our own thing. and they have simply doubled down each time that the collective west has embarked upon one level of statements or sanctions after another. in fact, they have now gone one step further, in the last 2a hours the chinese have issued their own retaliatory sanctions against the european union, naming a list of individual members of the european parliament, reaching so far as to impose travel bans on european think tanks, one german think tank in particular, which focuses its work on china and some of its work on what has been going on with the uighurs. what is going on in beijing, they will continue to double down.— beijing, they will continue to double down. ., ~ . ., double d

the arbitrary detention of more than a million ethnic uighurs, the forced sterilisation of women.sh against western companies, questioning the use of forced labour in cotton picking in the region. and after britain, with america, canada and the eu, announced sanctions on four top chinese officials, beijing has hit back, imposing travel bans and asset freezes on nine british citizens and four organisations. for freezes on nine british citizens and four organisations.— freezes on nine british citizens and four organisations. for some time, certain forces _ four organisations. for some time, certain forces have _ four organisations. for some time, certain forces have fabricated - four organisations. for some time, certain forces have fabricated a - certain forces have fabricated a large amount of lies of the century about xinjiang and used these lies to demonise china and interfere in china's internal affairs. the sanctions — china's internal affairs. the sanctions were _ china's internal affairs. the sanctions were aimed - china's internal affairs. the sanctions were aimed at vocal

there are man wa s treatment of the uighurs? there are many ways we _ treatment of the uighurs?ghurs? there are many ways we can address - treatment of the uighurs? there are many ways we can address our- many ways we can address our concerns but it is quite noticeable that the chinese salt state has now injected major doubt in anyone doing business with china. another deliver a number of years ago if you went to china you would expect to be on a return flight. h&m have been banned for saying they will not accept slave made goods. that is an admission from china that that is what they do. if you told a uk company that they couldn't make a slave made goods, they would say it is not a problem because they don't do it. china have felt they have had to expel h&m for saying something that most of us think it's perfectly reasonable. we will be seeing a vulnerable and weak china that has failed in his diplomatic outreach to states around the region, failed to undermine the coalition of countries that are standing up for human rights and it has failed to undermine the connection between

it’s china 's treatment of the uighur muslim people. it's not sustainable _ uighur muslim people.'s not sustainable for this country - uighur muslim people. it's not sustainable for this country to | sustainable for this country to be pretending on the one hand we could boost trade and have businesses that my business as usual with china while on the other hand there is ever greater evidence which will of course be come ever more prominent in the media of extreme situation in the western part of china which increasingly resembles a genocide. increasingly resembles a genocide-— increasingly resembles a genocide. the peers have accepted _ genocide. the peers have accepted a _ genocide. the peers have accepted a compromise l genocide. the peers have - accepted a compromise which will see ministers responding to committees and flag up credible reports of genocide. this approach, my lords, allows us to ensure parliament is in the driving seat on this issue. and that it can hold the government to account for its trade policy. debating the issues openly in both your lodger �*s house and

held in concentration camps and many believed they are committing genocide with the uighurs.y removed all human rights and freedoms from hong kong. turning into another communist operatic party. this is not good, joining us not to take a whack at this brian brandenberg professor of business and economics at the king's college in manhattan, it is interesting you read the wall street journal editorial and you read the op-ed that was posted this afternoon. china is forcing these companies to choose. i am fine with that because i want them to come home, choose america, we need to keep our tax rates down and our regulations down. but fine if this is the time for choosing, so be it. >> you're right, it is but we're doubly right what we have to do home, what is policy toward china we are thinkingg about tht and there's quite a bit of unity between republicans and democrat. but at home we gotta make america for the best place in the world to do business. at a moment where china is t sending shots across the bow or target of our corporate tax rates of 28% which sends companies looking

there are about 12 million uighur in china — predominately muslims. a million of themin so called "re—education" camps in the province of xinjiang in the north west of the country. authorities in beijing have dismissed claims of abuse, as a plot by britain and the us, to destablise the chinese economy. here's our diplomatic correpsondent, james landale. this is the image china wants you to have of xinjiang. a mountainous paradise where everyone can live out their lives in liberty and prosperity. people from various ethnic groups live in concord, work in solidarity and develop in harmony, bending together closely like the seeds of a pomegranate. but if you try to get past the propaganda videos, as the bbc�*s done in the past, there's a different perspective not everyone wants you to see. and that's one where allegations of human rights abuses against the uighurs are rife. of arbitrary detention, forced labour and sterilisation. so strong are these allegations that britain and allies announced sanctions on four top chinese officials responsible for camp

this of course is where the uighurs of so many human rights abuses. one of course is workforce labor. i learned that with regard to protective equipment, ppe, there were only four companies prior to the pandemic that were producing ppp. but by june that increased to 51 companies, 17 of those companies were known to utilize uighur forced labor. while not all of these were for export, i acknowledge that. i said it being the demand for ppe with products produced by forced labor in china, but we should be doing obviously is incentivizing the return of ppe production to the united states, one more reason for it but could do that is by issuing these long-term contracts for that we have found is these companies in the united states, i spoke to some as recently as yesterday they do want to produce more products here. textiles more in general but more ppe. then each of these going to be a market for it. and specifically it frustrates me the government will not give them long-term contracts and some predictability and some certainty for it seems to make sense f

thes and other countries labeled china's treatment of uighurs as genocide.ations claiming their actions are justified to combat religious extremism and prevent terrorism. but in an exclusive report, cnn's david culver, cnn producer steven jiang and justin robertson traveled to the heavily surveilled region. and with the parents' permission, they went in search of the lost children of xinjiang. >> reporter: followed by a convoy of suspected undercover convoy police vehicles -- >> tail still on us. >> reporter: mimicking our every turn through china's far west xinjiang reason, blocking roads that lead to possible internment camps and keeping us from getting too close to so-called sensitive sites, how we ended up on this journey had less to do about us and more about who we were looking for. cnn searching for the lost uighur children under xinjiang, a region in which several countries, including the u.s., alleged china is keeping genocide against the muslim uighur minority. thousands of families have now been ripped apart due to china's actions. we tracked down

the us accuses china of a "systematic attempt to destroy uighurs".hese drone pictures believed to be from 2018 show hundreds of blindfolded and shackled men being taken from a train in what appears to be a transfer of prisoners. china denies human rights abuses. it says the camps provide vocational training and are needed to fight extremism. and when the eu announced its sanctions today — china was quick to retaliate with sanctions of its own — against the eu. here's the eu's minister of foreign affairs. rather than change its policies and address our legitimate concerns china has again turned a blind eye and these measures are regrettable and unacceptable. james landale, bbc diplomatic correspondent. primarily targeted at for individuals big chinese officials, powerful man within the region where these abuses are taking place and one of the main organisations that the west believes is responsible for the west believes is responsible for the repression they are in charge of security and policing in that region. travel bands asset freezes, the usual s

this, of course, is where the uighurs areeg spreading human right abuses.nd one is, of course, forced labor. and prksppe four companies prior to the pandemic that were producing ppe yet by june that is increased and 17 xangs were known to utilize uighur forced labor. for export and principle still stands instead of a demanding produced by forced labor and china. but we should be doing, obviously, is incentivizing return of ppe production to the united states just one more reason. and one issues long-term contracts so companies in the united states i spoke some recently as yesterday that they do want to produce more product to textile in general and specifically ppe but they need to know there'sor going to be a market for it and specifically it is frustrates me that our federal government will not give them long-term contracts that some predictability and some certainty. and it seems to make sense frankly for u.s. government as well otherwise the reshoring nots beginning to occur. so in our proposal called make ppe in america add we have a requirement that n

china retaliates in the feud with the west over alleged abuse of the uighur minorities.akers sanctioned by beijing. the war between a mania -- between armenia and azerbaijan over a disputed region is over, but now russia i playing a role there. >> the armenians have not had corol over who and what uses this. that is down to the russians. the russian military has a checkpoint down there. they decide. they call the shots around he now. ♪ laura: plus, ballet in the park, thousands in new york city have found place in the pandemic, delighting passersby. ♪ laura: welcome to "world news america" in the u.k., u.s. and around the globe. we begin with the global tension over the global supply of corona vaccines, countries struggling with outbreaks and tried to restrict export of vaccines made within the borders, the eu supporting tougher vaccine controls and now the covax initiative is warning of days, all because india is cutting back on vaccine exports, saying their need for doses comes first. here is our bbc reporter. reporter: it is unclear when these exports will resume, but