and cleary urgent action is needed on xinjiang. if the world does not respond to what is going on, it is failing to respond to a model of oppressing human souls, no matter what faith they believe in, that could easily serve as a model for oppressing any human soul on this planet. >> excellent point. when you look at the official lines -- why do they have a ghurs'nationaly identity and religious practices. hallmarks asthose a sign of disloyalty. that goes to the heart of their sense of insecurity. i's sense of insecurity. china is a one-man country now, a one-man show. anything out of him will undermine his leadership and ccp's survival. ideological front, uyghurs' national identity is not with the communist party ideology. that is why they are attacking the existence of the uyghurs' cultural heritage. resistance -- the chinese government did not predict this at this gives the uyghurs good opportunity to rally behind the one idea of saving their culture, their national existence, maybe something else in the future. finally, this is

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! #

the second of our special reports from xinjiang.nt trump has officially launched his bid for re—election in 2020. he claimed the american economy was the envy of the world and prompted the 20,000 supporters who turned out in orlando florida to boo what he called the "fake news" media." he drew huge cheers announcing his new campaign slogan: keep america great. we're going to keep fighting for every man and woman and child all across this country. with every ounce of hard work we are going to keep making america great again and we will indeed keep america great. we will keep it so great. better than ever before. we are going to keep it better than ever before. and that is why, tonight, i stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a second term as president of the united states. thank you. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue was there. he's continued to hold rallies like this right through the first couple of years of his presidency as well. right up to the mid terms. he doesn't need an election as an excuse to do this kind o

what beijing does in xinjiang of the ccp depths ideology. it is a reflection of their core beliefs in the extent -- and the extent of which they go to change human beings and even entire ethnic groups in line with their ideologies. it is extremely consistent it exposes what the stance for and exposes. when we talked about it being a group, iher religious would say absolutely. is --mplifies what china theccp is capable of. urgent and clear action is needed. respond tod does not what is going on, it is failing to respond to a model of oppressing human souls no matter .hat faith they believe in that could easily serve as a model for oppressing any human soul on this planet. look at the official line, why do they have a problem with this? ccp receivedause those hallmarks as a sign of disloyalty. st goes to the heart of ccp' insecurity. country, aone-man one-man show. anything underhand will undermine xi jinping's leadership. it is an ideological front. the way of appreciating the with thes not in line communist party ideology. that is why they a

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang.also been explaining why china had given the bbc rare access to those detention camps. china hopes that it can convince the world that it has found a humane solution to islamic extremism. the first thing to say if there is something very unsettling about looking into the eyes of someone who you know has their own home, their own family, their own home, their own family, their own home, their own family, their own children, and they are telling you that they are willingly putting themselves inside one of these facilities for months, possibly years. ourjob, of course, going there was to try to separate fa ct going there was to try to separate fact from fiction. and i think there area fact from fiction. and i think there are a few things we can say. firstly, these are not really schools, are these not in the word. it is clear that people are not free to come and go as they choose. and the second thing i think i report shows is just how strongly chinese officials believe in what they are d

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

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

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, 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

over the past few years a vast network of camps has been built across xinjiang. in the places we are being taken to, internal security fencing and what looked like watchtowers have recently been taken down. and exercise yards have been transformed into sports facilities. raising the suspicion that these are merely show camps. this woman, who now lives in kazakhstan, tells me she was detained just for having whatsapp on her phone. experiencing violence and mistreatment over more than a year in a number of chinese camps, including this one. places, she says, where displays of happiness are reserved for visiting officials orjournalists. translation: i experienced it myself. we were told ahead of the visits, if any of you speak out, you will go to a worse place than this. that's why everyone does what they're told, including dancing and singing. what, one wonders, might these people have been told by the officials ahead of our visit? they've been convicted of no crime, faced no trial, but china now believes it can determine their guilt in advance. translation: some p

inside, though, the government approved imam denies that long beards are now banned in xinjiang.have religious freedom. it's a part of that freedom to choose whether to have beards or not. the locked and deserted homes tell a different story. hundreds of thousands of uighurs, kazakhs and other muslim minorities have disappeared and even mild expressions of belief are now forbidden. so here it is in black and white, a notice telling people living in this village that certain religious practices are banned. this point here at number ten says that the wearing of long beards for young men is not to be allowed. and there's this... right across the region, mosques are being destroyed. over the past two years in cities, towns and villages, dozens of religious sites, once clearly visible on satellite images, have been turned into patches of bare earth. china's case is laid out in gruesome detail in this exhibition, designed to show that xinjiang has suffered yea rs of separatist violence. and it hopes that by giving us access, including to some of the secure facilities for muslims that i

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

over the past few years, a vast network of camps has been built across xinjiang.ernal security fencing and what looked like watchtowers have recently been taken down, and exercise yards have been transformed into sports facilities, raising the suspicion that these are merely show camps. rakhima senbay, who now lives in kazakhstan, tells me she was detained just for having whatsapp on her phone, experiencing violence and mistreatment over more than a year in a number of chinese camps, including this one, places, she says, where displays of happiness are reserved for visiting officials or journalists. translation: i experienced it myself. we were told ahead of the visits, "if any of you speak out, you'll go to a worse place than this." that's why everyone does what they're told, including dancing and singing. what, one wonders, might these people have been told by the officials ahead of our visit? they've been convicted of no crime, faced no trial, but china now believes it can determine their guilt in advance. translation: some people, before they commit murder, al

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

and as long as this cooperation last xinjiang the minorities be not get the protection here that they need. al-jazeera. they are watching all of those who run the reminder of our top stories egypt's only democratically elected president mohamed morsi has been buried at a cemetery in cairo a day after he died in court security forces kept journalists away from the burial service morsy son says they refused to allow his father to be buried in his hometown of gyptian state television says mohamed morsi had a heart attack he'd been in prison since 2013 when he was toppled after less than a year in power also there is mahmoud hussein has been in an egyptian prison for more than 2 years he's been held without charge trial or conviction for saying it was detained by egyptian authorities on december the 20th 2016 while on vacation to visit his family egypt accused him of broadcasting false news to spread chaos al-jazeera denies these charges and can lead to news to call for his release. hong kong's leader carrie lamb has offered her most sincere apology for mishandling the proposed controvers

many catholics worry about xinjiang and chinese influence in the region protests in 2016 against laws that would have allowed chinese to purchase farmland with the largest years. and you might be china is closely watching what is happening in kazakhstan and is concerned about increasing anti chinese moods because like nationalism could become more radical that's why because i can and chinese authorities are cooperating on this. and as long as this cooperation last xinjiang is ethnic minorities be not get the protection here that they need firstly walker al-jazeera mattie. well venezuelan president nicolas maduro is imposing tougher rules for anyone who wants to enter venezuela through colombia thousands have been crossing the border to buy food and medicine caracas reopened the border with colombia on june 7th 4 months after it was closed the president accused the us of delivering aid to undermine venezuela's sovereignty and that's under m.p.'s he has this update from the colombian city of kuta on the border with venezuela. when the simone believer bridge the main entry point into col

and as long as this cooperation last xinjiang said the minorities be not get the protection here that they need. a walker al-jazeera mattie the chairwoman of the u.s. house financial services committee has asked facebook to hold development of their proposed new digital currency maxine waters says congress and regulators need time to scrutinize the company's plans facebook wants to launch a payment system next year powered by a new crypto currency called libra it will allow the platforms 2000000000 users to make payments with a currency via its own apps 28 major companies already backing the project including visa master card and pay pal as well as e-bay and spotify what say they will integrate the technology into their services. well comes of 2 parts money and wallet labor will be a digital currency backed by a pool of currencies and assets stored around the world and it will have an exchange rate for converting to traditional currency users will hold their currency in a digital wallet called caliber which is her facebook takes part transactions will take place and be recorded by blo

been cracking down on members of the kazakh, kyrgyz, and uygur ethnic groups in the province of xinjiangority muslim. rakhima is among the many kazakhs to flee china. she's a seamstress and hopes to find a job in almaty. rakhima: we can't live in china anymore. they want to destroy our kazakh culture and that of the kyrgyz and uygurs. they want to make us all chinese. but i want to keep my religion, my identity, and my roots. reporter: rakhima says detention, so-called "reducation,surveillan, antorture ll only eed hatr. fosophia, o, is bier.w place . th are arrant, andheir inese cey are so ld.ves. repoer: soph's drawis bear testimonto her sfering a that oher peop still in e camp ♪ host: this week in global ideas, we discover how centuries-old traditions are protecting coastal regions from the effects of climate change. our reporter, linda vierecke, travelled to mexico. outside the town of tlacotalpan, an old aztec planting technique is helping prevent flooding along the coastline. ♪ azael: i see myself as an aztec, and i carry the roots of my culture within me. i've worked in farming sin

many catholics worry about xinjiang and chinese e. in the region protests in 2016. would have allowed chinese to purchase farmland with the largest years. china is closely watching what is happening in kazakhstan and is concerned about increasing anti chinese moods because like nationalism could become more radical that's why because ike and chinese authorities are cooperating on this. and this long it's this cooperation last. minorities be not get the protection here that they need. al-jazeera. when border crossings between venezuela and colombia reopened it came as a relief for venezuelans desperate to cross over and get food medicine and other things that can't find a home but as i listened to reports an increase in police numbers means the journey now carries even greater risks for those without the right papers. colombian police on the move since venezuela announced the reopening of legal crossings in the border city of hundreds of policemen have been tasked with cracking down on venezuelans using illegal paths to enter into full on. officers dismantled dozens

and as long as this cooperation last xinjiang the minorities be not get the protection here that they need. al-jazeera. facebook is a step closer to launching a payment system next year powered by a new digital can see is partnered with $30.00 companies to manage the currency called libra it will be run by a geneva base association that includes the send massa con in pay pal facebook will also launch a digital wallets which will let users buy products to retie from platforms like instagram so the system comes into ponce money and $1.00 it will be the digital currency based on bank deposits and government bonds and it will have an exchange rate for converting to traditional money users will hold their county in an online wallet called caliber facebook says transactions will take place using block chain the latest in security and its 2000000000 users will be central to the digital canty success but skeptics say facebook's record on privacy and data should be a concern midsole says an attorney at the electronic frontier foundation he says facebook's currency will be less like bitcoin and

we cannot find many governments that disagree that the situation in xinjiang is incredibly serious and problematic which is very hard to get anybody to step up and make the first move in pushing for any sort of joint response that presumably would put greater pressure on china. >> appreciate those important questions and we will do a follow-up on that when i get a chance but now, mister romney you are a. >> thank you mister chairman i very much appreciate the committee and the chairman for hosting this hearing on such an important topic. i apologize is a member of the senate that we keep on emptying the room appear but there are votes going on so we keep on having to run back and forth to vote. the good news is that your responses are kept in the record and will be available to us and to people throughout the world that have interest in this topic as i think many many do. i for one was inspired by the extraordinary bravery that was demonstrated 30 years ago in tiananmen square. i was impressed with the courage of the individuals who stood and expressed their desire for freedom and reco

and as long as this cooperation last xinjiang is if the minorities be not get the protection here that they need. al-jazeera no matter what let's bring out of it to go who is a vice president of the center for china and globalization joins us live from beijing as we go welcome to the program tell us more 1st of all about what it is that china is so concerned about what's going on inside kazakhstan. no i think right now the overall situation in central asia is stable the war of the conflict in afghanistan still continues which creates negative impact on its neighboring countries and spill over into other central asian countries and also into china's cian jump province in particular from the chinese perspective maintaining peace and stability and promoting development in these central asian countries as well as between china and these countries is of crucial importance and regional cooperation is absolutely necessary and china believes that by promoting development project is a better way to fight against terrorism extremism and separatism for example and i think china's philosophy is to

and as long as this cooperation last xinjiang is if the minorities be not get the protection here that they need. al-jazeera. at least 6 people including 5 fighters belonging to kurdish forces have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in northeastern syria the explosion happened near a security force headquarters in the kurdish controlled city. commission near the turkish border kurdish held areas had seen a spate of bombings in recent months many claimed by eisel at least 8 people have drowned after a boat carrying migrants sank off the turkish coast. guard says 31 people were rescued from the vessel which sank in the aegean sea off to the coast. it was not immediately clear what caused that vessel to sink. and while a president nicolas maduro is imposing tougher rules for anyone who wants to enter venezuela through colombia thousands have been crossing the border to buy food and medicine caracas reopen the border with plan b. on june 7th 4 months after it was closed president accuse the us of delivering aid to undermine venezuela's sovereignty elen center up yet he has more from the

ago alongside the hand chinese the country has 55 official minorities the autonomous province of xinjiang is home to most of the country's muslim minority including 10000000 we go and $1500000.00 ethnic kazakhs but they're banned from practicing most of their religious traditions and conflict in the region is rife surveillances also widespread more than a 1000000 muslims are currently thought to be in chinese reeducation camps many ethnic kazakhs have fled across the border but has extern is economically dependent on china and offers them little protection. so fear is an ethnic were severely traumatised by what she went through in china. she was held in a detention camp for a year it was like prison. due to the danger involved there are no photos of conditions inside. instead she's drawing illustrations of what she went through. she's now in hiding in kazakhstan she doesn't want to show her face on camera because she still scared of the chinese authorities. we were only allowed to shower once a week. after 15 minutes they turned the water off even if we still had shampoo in our hair there

satellite images show mosques in western china destroyed — the second of our special reports from xinjiang

perhaps the biggest human rights concern at the moment in the region which is what's happening in xinjiangwith more than a 1000000 muslims being held according to many reports in concentration camps and detention camps. robin thank you. stan's new president has been sworn in but protests against his election continue. talk of is the 2nd president in cards extends post soviet history and during a ceremony police arrested dozens of protesters near independence palace in the capital tom. the u.k.'s conservative party m.p.'s are meeting to vote for a new party leader whoever wins will replace theresa may 1st polling is on thursday and contenders have been setting out their agendas and that includes how to keep their party from falling apart and delivering bragg's it largely reports from london. incoming his the man who the bookmakers think is going to be the next prime minister crazy fun loving boris johnson former mayor of london and foreign secretary. and ladies' man short on attention to detail but long on ability to work a crowd. johnson's entire argument is that nigel farage is new bracks

satellite images show mosques in western china destroyed — the second of our special reports from xinjiangn's next prime minister. the final five candidates to lead the governing conservative party go