we find out what's really happening in china's far western region of xinjiang.that these places exist. but now we are being given a tour. taken inside some of the giant secure facilities thought to hold more than a million muslims. music plays this is what china wants the world to see. offered up as proof that these are not prisoners but students. willingly being guided away from extremism. is it your choice to be here? government officials watch over every interview. this is how thoughts are transformed. xinjiang's uighurs, kazakhs and other minorities who have their own languages and culture, spend long hours rote—learning chinese. studying china's tightening restrictions on religion. and replacing their religious and cultural identity with something else. "i love the communist party of china," this man has written. how often are you able to pray? these are places where adults wear uniforms. and where they don't go home at the end of the day, but sleep up to ten a room, sharing a toilet with no idea how many months or years it will be before they can return to

it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7am in xinjiang in the far west of china, in xinjiang inhe far west of china, where the bbc has uncovered disturbing evidence that muslim children are being systematically separated from their families. official documents show that large numbers of state boarding schools have been built to house children as young as two. our correspondent john sudworth nowjoins me from beijing. john, tell us, what is happening in xinjiang? well, ricoh, it's long been known that the mass incarceration of hundreds of thousands of adults in that part of china is likely to have an effect on wider society and on children in particular. our investigation quantifies it. we looked at publicly available government documents on the internet and we carried out dozens the internet and we carried out d oze ns of the internet and we carried out dozens of interviews with families based overseas. what we found is evidence the campaign against muslim adults is having a powerful effect on children's faith and family. in account after account, gathered ina in account after ac

bbc news, xinjiang. laura: china's systematic separation of uighur families.ow to an earthquake measuring six point four in magnitude that has struck southern california. seismologists say it is the most powerful to hit the area in 20 years and another big quake could follow. residents have posted images of damage on social media incding footage of houses on fire. the epicenter was about 150 miles northeast of los angeles. what is the latest on the damage the earthquakeid?au reporter: thorities have reported there is no loss-of-life, fortunately so far. dozens of calls have bee received in the fire department in ridgecrest, which was the city closest to the epicenter, but we have seen this group in -- brokenlass, maybe broken windows, but nothing major to report so far. laura: tell us what you experienced over there in l.a. as the earthquake struck 100 mileaway. reporter: actually, it was a iree magnitude earthquake in los angeles, howevwas very strong and long. f i am on a 15or of a building and it is a big building. it was like a hammock, swinging like it wa

he's an expert on china's minority policies in xinjiang and tibet.also spoke to rushan abbas, a uyghur-american activist, and founder and director of campaign for uyghurs. after she spoke out against china's repression of the uyghurs last year, her aunt and sister disappeared. her aunt has since been released but there is still no news of her sister. i started by asking adrian zenz what he found in his research. folks my findings are very disturbing and they really point in urging campaign on the side of the chinese in xinjiang to handle and deal with the fallout of having detained so many minority adults, especially uyghurs in the region of xinjiang. with so many cases of both parents in detention, the children are being put up into boarding facilities. there's been a multimillion dollar campaign to construct boarding schools the go all the way down to kindergarten, and most recently, even a drive to establish nurseries for infants in sunlight factories where they're putting women to work. nermeen: can you give us a sense, he set a multimillion doll

the children are minority uighur muslims from the region of xinjiang. bbc has already reported a vast network of re—education camps for adults there, where more than a million people are detained. the authorities say the camps are for combatting violent religious extremism. now, some uighur parents, speaking in exile, have told the bbc that as well as losing adult relatives, their children too have disappeared, and they are not being told where they are held. our china correspondentjohn sudworth has this exclusive report. in account after account, gathered in a meeting hall in istanbul, muslims from xinjiang speak again and again of the immeasurable grief of separation from their children. who is looking after the children? back home china has been sweeping xinjiang's uighurs, kazakhs and other minorities who have their own languages and culture, into giant camps where they are taught chinese and to love the communist party. abdurahman tohti moved to turkey in 2013. three years ago his wife and children went back to xinjiang for a short trip and vanishe

john sudworth, bbc news, xinjiang.an find more on this story on our website, bbc.com/news. with all boeing 737 max aircraft grounded because of two disastrous crashes, distraught families are pressing for answers. they most want to know why the planes were not grounded after the first crash in indonesia last november. investigations suggest the same flight control system was at fault four months later, when an ethiopian airlines jet went down. speaking exclusively to the bbc, some families claim the aircraft manufacturer put commercial priorities ahead of safety. if wrongdoing is revealed, they want criminal charges. simon browning reports. everywhere we look, there's a blank where she should be. struggling with their loss. nadia and michael's daughter samya rose was on a boeing plane that crashed in ethiopian. samya's right here. she was one of 157 people on board. how did those first couple of hours evolve for you both? i learned standing right over there in the laundry room. i — it was 3:00am in the morning, and iju

there are deep and long—standing connection between xinjiang and turkey, xinjiang's muslims share cultureldren in the care ofa people had left children in the care of a husband or wife, intending to make a temporary visit of a few weeks also as the camps began and suddenly found themselves cut off with this dreadful choice. to go back mean certain detention, but to stay where they are, they watch helplessly as whole extended families disappear into the camps and they lose contact with their children too. that raises questions about what the world is doing, you are doing yourjob in reporting on edge, the academic in your report was talking about cultural genocide, doing academic work, but what about governance? normally you would expect other governments to really shout about it, particularly muslim governments seeing it is very much muslims being targeted ?m governments seeing it is very much muslims being targeted? it is a really good question. there has been some criticism, of course, some governments have voiced their concern through forums like the un human rights council. through qui

three years ago, his wife and children went back to xinjiang for a short trip and vanished.hen he found this — a video posted online of his son in a boarding school, speaking not in uighur, his mother tongue, but in chinese. alongside the camps, china has been building something else. giant new schools, many with huge dormitories. this kindergarten sleeps hundreds. we film at one camp. while the adults are kept here, their children are in this nearby school. and this kindergarten has barbed wire, cameras and signs that say only chinese should be spoken. this man from the chinese propaganda bureau denies large numbers of children have been left without parents. but such cases are not hard to find. amine wayit, who now runs a clothes shop in turkey, recently found this picture of her stepdaughter on social media. it's a sign her close relatives are in the camps, her stepdaughter in a boarding school and wearing traditional chinese costume. if you could send a message to akida today, what would you tell her? research of online documents commissioned by the bbc shows only an 8%

the children are minority uighur muslims from the region of xinjiang.for adults there, where it's thought more than a million people are detained. the authorities say the camps are for combatting violent religious extremism. now some uighur parents, speaking in exile, have told the bbc that as well as losing adult relatives, their children too have disappeared and they are not being told where they are held. 0ur china correspondentjohn sudworth has this exclusive report. in account after account, gathered in a meeting hall in istanbul, muslims from xinjiang speak again and again of the immeasurable grief of separation from their children. who is looking after the children? back home china has been sweeping xinjiang's uighurs, kazakhs and other minorities who have their own languages and culture, into giant camps where they are taught chinese and to love the communist party. abdurahman tohti moved to turkey in 2013. three years ago his wife and children went back to xinjiang for a short trip and vanished. but then he found this — a video posted online of

xinjiang is where the uyghurs live, of course... so he is the same architect. years, which is implementing in one year time. so you have these camps? we do have these camps but not as large as the uyghurs. so a lot of people are sent for education through labour, imprisonment, detention so... do you have a figure? you say a lot of people, how many are detained in these camps or in prison? now, that we really do not know. even for xinjiang, it's estimated — people are guessing — it could be as high as 1 million or more... for the uyghurs. for the uyghurs, but, as far as we know, the political prisoners who are arrested, imprisoned, we're talking a few thousand. this has all got to be put in the context of how china is viewed in the international community and we know that it is increasingly a global player, politically and economically and, under president xi, it is what people describe as a fairly authoritarian, centralised rule from beijing. sarah sewall, who was special co—ordinator on tibetan issues during the barack 0bama administration says, "increasingly

letter condemning china's treatment of uighur muslims and other minorities, in its western region of xinjiangtain, france and germany, it expresses concern at mass detention, widespread surveillance and other restrictions. i'm joined now by the china director of the campaigning organisation human rights watch, sophie richardson. she's in washington dc. thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much for talking to us. the background to this is there is not wholehearted support at the council? it has been a long road to get this far but the fact that 22 countries essentially reiterated some of the calls the human rights have called for is incredibly important. it is only the second time anything counselled's existence this has happened and it is an increase number. —— council. inaudible china has sought impunity at the council. realistically, how do you think china will read it? it is in such a strong economic position with so many countries. is in such a strong economic position with so many countriesm has had to work harder than it thought it would to hold back criticism. it has c

the autonomous province of xinjiang is home to most of the country's muslim minority, including 10 million 1.5 million ethnic kazakhs. but they're banned from practicing most of their religious traditions and conflict in the region is rife. surveillance is also widespread. more than 1 million muslims are currently thought to be in chinese "re-education camps." many ethnic kazakhs have fled across the border. but kazakhstan is economically dependent on china and offers them little protection. reporter: : sophia is an e etc kakazakh and wasas severely traumatized by what she went through at home in china. she was held in a walled-off detention camp for a year. it was like prison.. due to t the danger ininvolved, there are no photos of ndnditionsnsidide. iinstead, she's dwingng illustrations ofhahat shwented, through. she inonow iniding g kazakhstan. she doesot want show hegng ifacen camerabecause e isented, stilill scared of f the chinesee authoritities. sophia: we were only allowed to shower once a week. after r 15 minutes, , they tud the wateter off, even n if we l had shampoo in o our hai

signed a letter condemning china's treatment of uighur muslims and other minorities in the western xinjianghich has been signed by countries including britain, france and germany — expresses concern at reports of mass detention, widespread surveillance and other restrictions. the confetti has rained down on the streets of new york at a parade celebrating america's women's world cup triumph — with tens of thousands of people lining the streets to pay tribute to their team. the squad's 2—0 win over netherlands in the competition final on sunday earned them their fourth title. just a line on some breaking news coming to us now: five boats believed to belong to iranian revolutionary guards have approached a british oil tanker in the gulf, asking it to stop in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew after a british warship warned them over radio. the incident occured in the strait of hormuz, a stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. we will keep you updated on any developments in this breaking news. the murder of the washingto

the bbc recently gained access into one of these ‘re—education‘ camps in xinjiang, it's thought aboutn detained in them. speaking a short time ago, the chinese ambassador to the uk, liu xiaoming, told the andrew marr show that people had misunderstood the purpose of these centres. it is relatively poor area in china stop in terms of gdp, it ranks about 26 and the whole country, 37 provinces. in the past since 1990s, it has been severely hit by the terrorism, separatism, extremism. just ten years ago, two days ago on the 5th ofjuly, there was a very serious terrorist incident, i had read 97 people killed. can i put it to you that internment cancer not the answer. we tried at a northern ireland that it did not go well. these are camps with razor wire around them, people cannot leave them. this is not a camp, it is a vocational education and training centre. the extremist ideas will have easier penetration to poorer areas. we left them out of poverty. f these camps are innocent, why did the chinese government denied for so long that they existed? miller make me didn't deny, we invited jo

the chinese ambassador to the uk has denied allegations that children in china's xinjiang region are muslim uighur community have been detained in what china calls re—education camps, but evidence uncovered by the bbc shows that large numbers of boarding schools have also been built. speaking in exile, dozens of parents have told the bbc that they are not being told where their children are held. china's ambassador to the uk spoke to the bbc‘s andrew marr. this is not a camp. what we call it is a vocational education and training centre. you know, the extremist ideas will have easy penetration to the poor areas. so the idea is to help people, to lead them out of poverty. if these camps are only about that, if they are so innocent, why did the chinese government deny for so long they existed? no, we didn't deny. we even invited journalists, diplomats to visit, including... recently. that's why the bbc has access to interview people over there. i think you need to look at this from the positive perspective. it's for the purpose to prevent — early prevention of terrorism, and since the

the bbc recently gained access into one of these "re—education" camps in xinjiang. most of them ethnic uighurs — have been detained in them. speaking a short time ago, the chinese ambassador to the uk, liu xiaoming, said people had misunderstood the purpose of these centres. this is not a camp. it is a vocational education and training centre. these extremist ideas will have easy penetration into poor areas. the idea is that you lift people out of poverty. that the expedition from the chinese ambassador but the bbc has spoken to many people who say they can't get hold of family members once they disappear into these centres. the ambassador said a couple of interesting things there. firstly he was suggesting they were not prisons, people were not detained there and they were free to go whenever they wanted to but evidence we at the bbc have collected certainly contradicts that. he then talked about children. the bbc collected evidence to suggest that in this process, as pa rents a re suggest that in this process, as parents are moved into camps, children are being le

signed a letter condemning china's treatment of uighur muslims and other minorities in the western xinjianghich has been signed by countries including britain, france and germany — expresses concern at reports of mass detention, widespread surveillance and other restrictions. the confetti has rained down on the streets of new york at a parade celebrating america's women's world cup triumph — with tens of thousands of people lining the streets to pay tribute to their team. the squad's 2—0 win over netherlands in the competition final on sunday earned them their fourth title. the australian government has announced plans to hold a referendum on recognising aboriginal people in the country's constitution. indigenous people were living in australia for more than 65,000 years before british colonisation — but the constitution doesn't acknowledge their role — something community leaders say has left them powerless. from sydney, here's hywel griffith. australia has been home to aboriginal communities for over 50,000 years. but their rights and their role as the country's first people are not enshr

one aspect of that is the concentration camps in xinjiang among the muslims so that they are sinofied 'vocational training centres'. vocational training centres. there is also intensive sinofication in tibet and now of course hong kong which has become really, really chinese. so this is one aspect. the other aspect is pretension that china can now offer a model to the whole world. not only to china — we show you how to rule an efficient society. we have had an economic miracle that everybody is admiring, the same time we have our political control, we do not allow these so—called democratic tricks that are played in the west, the corruption that there is. so how does that relate back to hong kong then at the end of the day? yes, they have to tame hong kong, hong kong is like a colt, they have to tame it. this is a good time because britain, which is a guarantor, as isabel said, has landed on its own mess and doesn't have the energy and time to come and do its responsibilities. but if the chinese have — succeed in suppressing hong kong, it will be bad news for the whole of china. but t

a bbc investigation reveals china's xinjiang province is deliberately separating muslim children from reveal they don't know whey they are. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are deputy political editor of the mirror, ben glaze, and economics and trade correspondent for the telegraph, anna isaac. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. we pages are already in. can rifle through them and gi you we can rifle through them and give you a flavour. the financial times leads on the news that royal maines seized a tanker off gibraltar, suspected to be smuggling iranian oil to syria in a night—time raid that has triggered a diplomatic row between tehran and london. the metro reports evidence from the london bridge inquests, as a police officer reveals how he shoot all three of the attackers. the tory leadership contest leads tomorrow's daily telegraph, with a photo of borisjohnson arriving at an event for party members in york earlier this evening. in an interview with the paper mrjohnson says it's time for opponents of brexi

children -- many of them from the uighur community -- from their families in the far western region of xinjiang. according to the report, china is rushing to build boarding schools where children are deliberately removed from their language and culture. meanwhile, an estimated one million adults from the uighur community are being imprisoned in camps that china claims are vocational training centers, designed to combat extremism. many of the children who have detained parents or other families are more vulnerable to removal. the author of the report concludes "t"the evidence points to what we must call cultural genocide." two indigenous rights activists and land protectors were murdered in eastern guatemala isidro perez and melecio ramirez friday. were attending a peaceful action organized by the peasants' rights group codeca when 15 armed men stormed in and started shooting at the group. codeca's leader thelma cabrera ran for president in last month's guatemalan elections, placing fourth in the race. last year, six members of codeca were murdered for their activism in guatemala. no one has bee

additional requirement to section 502, a report on the repression of thnic muslim minorities in the xinjiang region of china. the human rights issue there is is mass nive scale. based on reviews of satellite imagery and chinese government documents concludes as many as 1.5 million muslims could be held in internment camps by the chinese government. despite this evidence, they have rebuffed attempted to clorely describe the scope and scale of this crisis. h.r. 3494 calls for a comprehensive u.s. government assessment that addresses the number of persons detained, a description of forced labor practices in the camps and an assessment of surveillance, detection and control methods associated with china's new high tech policing model. he amendment also adds a requirement for support -- in light of the alarming public reports detailing work between u.s. companies and companies aiding and abetting the chinese communist party's surveillance state this amendment couldn't be time lehrer. i want to thank my colleagues, particularly mr. malinowski, for his work, i'm happy to support the amendment and i

thousands of muslim children have been separated from theirfamilies in china's xinjiang province, a bbc uighur and other ethnic minorities have been sent to huge boarding schools for a state—approved education, with little or no contact with theirfamilies. the chinese authorities deny they are engaged in what some critics call cultural genocide. after 8am, we'll be talking to the bbc‘s china correspondent john sudworth, who has spoken to many of the families whose children have been taken away. we will hear his report in depth a little later this morning. downing street attempted to withhold some secret intelligence from borisjohnson when theresa may made him foreign secretary three years ago. the move caused concern among senior intelligence officials, who were worried he could approve operations without being given all the relevant information. a source close to mrjohnson insisted he'd seen everything he needed to see. security corresondent gordon correra reports. after he was appointed foreign secretary in july, 2016, downing street tried to limit borisjohnson‘s access to some secret