but i wanted to ask him about the camps of xinjiang. my name is richard bilton, i'm a reporterfor bbc panorama. i wrote to you this week, sir, actually, about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps. why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, i would say there is no so—called labour camps as you describe. there's what we call vocational, education and training centres. they are there for the prevention of a terrorist... with respect, sir, i am sorry to interrupt you, but i have seen the orders that are sent to the prison camps, and they are prisons. what order you have, you mean the order said these are prison camps? they are orders for the people who run the camps and they are quite clear... no, this is a pure fabrication. sir, it is true and they're brainwashing camps, they change the way people behave, what they believe, even the language they speak, so they are brainwashing camps, aren't they? i think there is no such order for prison camps. you know, in xinjiang, religious freedom is fully r

secondly, let's talk about what is happening in xinjiang. have you been to xinjiang yourself? no, i haven't, ambassador. i would love to go, and if you're prepared to invite me to travel through the... definitely! excellent. you know, xinjiang, we have a saying "if you do not go to xinjiang, you do not know how vast china is. how beautiful china is." this place used to be very peaceful, very prosperous, but between 1999 and 2016, this is not the scene that we would like to see. it has become a battleground. there are thousands of terrorist attacks. thousands of innocent people got killed. in 2014 alone, there were two terrorist attack cases per three days. so, you know, you cannot walk safely in the street during those days. so people call for the government to take action. so, you know, the government — according to law — set up training education centres. the purpose is to deradicalise the, some, young people. these are camps. let me finish. we know from official leaks that you have used police batons, electric cattle prods, handcuffs, pepper spray inside these camps. we

secondly, let's talk about what is happening in xinjiang. have you been to xinjiang yourself? let i would love to go, if yourself? let i would love to go, if you are prepared to invite me. evidently. in xinjiang, we have does make if you have not gone, you don't know how the stone is. this pace is to be very peaceful, very prosperous, but between 1999 and 2016 this is not the saying that our scene we would like to see. it has become a battleground. there are thousands of terrorist attacks, thousands of terrorist attacks, thousands of terrorist attacks, thousands of innocent people got killed. in 2014 alone, there were two terrorist attack cases her three days. so, you know, you cannot walk safely in the street in those days. so people call for the government to ta ke so people call for the government to take actions. so, you know, the government according to law, set up training education centres. the purposeis training education centres. the purpose is to de— radicalise the young people. these are camps. we know from official leagues that you have used police baton is, elec

a wrote to you this week, sir, actually, about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps. why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, there's no so—called labour camps, as you describe. there's what we call vocational educational and training centres. they are there for the prevention of a terrorist. with respect sir, what you're telling me bears no relation to what i have seen. the document — so—called document you're talking about is a pure fabrication. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people in brainwashing camps, and now we know how. the us navy secretary has resigned in the wake of his handling of the case of a navy seal who had been accused of war crimes. richard spencer said he no longer shared the same understanding with the president in regards to the key principles of good order and discipline. mr spencer had been at odds with president trump over how to deal w

i wrote to you this week, sir, actually, about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps. why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, there's no so—called labour camps, as you describe. there's what we call vocational educational and training centres. they are there for the prevention of a terrorist. with respect sir, what you're telling me bears no relation to what i have seen. the so—called document you have seen is so—called fabrications. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people in brainwashing camps, and now we know how. for more on this, i'm joined by bethany allen—ebrahimian. she is the lead reporter on the china cables project at the international consortium of investigativejournalists. she oversaw the translation of the chinese documents. thanks forjoining us, is there a nyway to thanks forjoining us, is there anyway to these documents other than human rights cr

i wrote to you this week, sir, actually about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps, why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, i have to say there is no so—called labour camps, as you've described, this is what we call vocational education and training centres. they are there for the prevention of terrorists. with respect, sir, what you're telling me, there is no relation to what i've seen. the so—called documents you are talking about is pure fabrication. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people and brainwashing them in camps, and now we know how. richard bilton, bbc news. richard is here now. extraordinary details, extraordinary documents. how much of a game changer do you think they will prove to be?” how much of a game changer do you think they will prove to be? i think they are a fundamental game changer. inasmuch as, up until now, we have seen the snatched fo

james, what do these documents added to your understanding of what is going on in xinjiang? well i think they confirm in black and white in they confirm in black and white in the chinese leadership‘s words, it's a systematic campaign of extrajudicial mass internment of chinese muslims, and a way in which these re— education camps try to rewi re these re— education camps try to rewire uighurs and other muslims and what could be described as modern—day concentration camps, so it reconfirms things we knew, but provides new details and provides the justification of these policies in the very words of using ping and other top party leaders. i did mention xi xinping, is there evidence that it was directly introduced by him? it is quite clear in these documents that his visit in 2014 and a series of speeches he gave thereafter have served as the ideological justification gave thereafter have served as the ideologicaljustification of gave thereafter have served as the ideological justification of the crackdown. i think the real mastermind behind the policy is the party secre

a wrote to you this week, sir, actually, about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps. why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, there's no so—called labour camps, as you describe. there's what we call vocational education and training centres. they are there for the prevention of a terrorist. with respect sir, what you're telling me bears no relation to what i have seen. the document — so—called document you're talking about is a pure fabrication. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people in brainwashing camps, and now we know how. bethany allen—ebrahimian is the lead reporter on the china cables project at the international consortium of investigativejournalists. she oversaw the translation of the chinese documents and says one of the most disturbing elements is the use of artificial intelligence to select people for detention. and yet what we see is a campaign th

a wrote to you this week about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps. why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? festival, they are no so—called labour camps as you describe. they are what we call vocational educational and training centres. they are there, for the prevention of terrorist. with respect sir, what you are telling me, there is no relation to what they have seen. the so-called document you have seen is so—called fabrications. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents aren't fake new. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people in brainwashing camps, and now we know how. more details on richard's report on our website. you're watching newsday live from hong kong and london on the bbc. still to come on the programme: pope francis makes an impassioned plea for the abolition of nuclear weapons during a visit to nagasaki. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught

i wrote to you this week, sir, actually about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps, why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, i have to say there is no so—called labour camps, as you've described, this is what we call vocational education and training centres. they are there for the prevention of terrorists. with respect, sir, what you're telling me, there is no relation to what i've seen. the so—called documents you are talking about is pure fabrication. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people

they launched a new line of xinjiang cotton collection earlier this year. and uighurs has said it does not have any production in the region and that they are looking into the issue —— uniqlo has said they do not have any production in the region. let's ta ke have any production in the region. let's take a look at the markets. there are still protesters in hong kong's business district and there are concerns over what might happen. that is being felt on the financial markets. and look at those zeros. that is no accident. this hardly ever happens, but the dow ended exactly where it began on the trading session on tuesday, so enjoy that if you are a markets nerd. it is one of those quirky things. let's look at europe to see how things are going now. i don't think that is right. we have zeros across the board! so let's just forget those numbers and hand you back. now to the us, where we should get more clues as to the health of the world's biggest economy from the head of america's central bank — fed chairjerome powell. vivienne nunis looks ahead: on tue

a wrote to you this week, sir, actually, about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps. why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, there's no so—called labour camps, as you describe. there's what we call vocational educational and training centres. they are there for the prevention of a terrorist. with respect sir, what you're telling me bears no relation to what i have seen. the so—called document you have seen is so—called fabrications. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people in brainwashing camps, and now we know how. also on the programme: looking for climate friendly ways to produce cement. we travel to india, where one company is leading the way in cutting its co2 emissions. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new gene

china claims the camps in the xinjiang region offer voluntary education and training. but papers seen by the international consortium of investigativejournalists and bbc panorama show how inmates are indoctrinated through a regime that controls every aspect of their lives. richard bilton has this report. this is a journey thousands have been forced to make. and china's internment camps. now, we know what's happening inside. this document contains orders written for those who run the camps. this is an actual piece of evidence. —— actionable. documenting a gross human rights violation. this should be sitting you know, and the files of the prosecutor. in the last three yea rs, of the prosecutor. in the last three years, china has built hundreds of camps across the remote province of xinjiang. they hold at least a million people, mainly uighur muslims. china says they offer training and they stop terrorism. but the document shows why a superpower is really locking up so many people. make remedial mandarin studies top priority. encourage stu d e nts to studies top prior

there's a collection of speeches from 2014 during xi's first trip to xinjiang as president, and you can see him sort of searching, pushing for an answer to separatism and extremism. and he doesn't directly order the camps in any of the documents that we saw, but after his speeches in early 2014, small—scale camps begin to develop, and you can see how he influenced that. and, finally, did you get a sense ofjust the sheer size and scale of china's policy here? unfortunately, the exact numbers are seen to be one of the most closely guarded secrets and so, there were no specific numbers in the camps. scholars have done estimates based on satellite photos and other information that have allowed them to come up with estimates of a million or more people, but even within these sensitive leaked documents, there are no specific numbers. the first of around 700 cuban doctors have started flying home from bolivia on saturday. cuba says it is terminating its medical mission in bolivia after it said bolivian officials were fostering violence against the doctors by claiming they were instigating re

camps across the remote province of xinjiang. they hold at least a million people, mainly uighur muslims. china says they offer training and they stop terrorism. but the document shows why a superpower is really locking up so many people. make remedial mandarin studies the top priority. encourage students to truly transform. inmates are imprisioned until they change their beliefs, their behaviour, and their language. it's very difficult, on that scale, with more than1 million people in those conditions, to view that as anything other than a mass brainwashing scheme, designed and directed at an entire ethnic community. the chinese ambassador in london refused to answer our direct questions about the camps. good morning. last week, he called a press conference about hong kong, but i wanted to know about the camps of xinjiang. i wrote to you this week, sir, actually about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps, why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, i have to say there is no so—called la

i wrote to you this week, sir, actually about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps, why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, i have to say there is no so—called labour camps, as you've described, this is what we call vocational education and training centres. they are there for the prevention of terrorists. with respect, sir, what you're telling me, there is no relation to what i've seen. the so—called documents you are talking about is pure fabrication. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people and brainwashing them in camps, and now we know how. richard bilton, bbc news. and you can see panorama: how to brainwash a million people on bbc one at 8:30 tomorrow night. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. we start the final week of meteorological autumn, and with it comes meteorological autumn, and with it co m es yet meteorological autumn, and with it comes

in the last three years, china has built hundreds of camps across the remote province of xinjiang. around a million people, mainly uighur muslims, have been detained. gulzeera was one of them. translation: each woman gets two minutes to go to the toilet. they tell you to be quick, quick, quick. if you're not quick enough, they shock you with an electric baton on the back of your head. it really hurt and they did it a lot. even after being shocked, we had to say, thank you, teacher. we will not be late next time. the chinese ambassador to the uk dismissed the bbc‘s claims as "fake news" and said xinjiang's population supported and applauded the measures. but some believe china can no longer defend its actions. i know president xi, i've talked with president xi. ijust cannot for the life of me understand why someone who generally has a pretty good sense of things is making such a devastating decision like trying to do what he's doing with the uighurs. this leak exposes the reality — a million people locked up and abused in camps designed to brainwash. richard bilton, bbc news. an

the chinese government has consistently claimed that xinjiang's wegher or volu nta ry claimed that xinjiang's wegher or voluntary re—education. but just this week the bbc‘s panorama programme expose documents revealing how muslims there are locked up in a security presence, indoctrinated, and punished. i will continue to talk about it and they will talk about it on twitter, on instagram, on any platform that they have, even tiktok. i'm not scared of tiktok, even after the suspension. i went biscarat tiktok. another sign of how powerful social media platforms have become. —— will not be scared of. vivienne nunis, bbc news. in the us, the thanksgiving holiday often involves a last minute trip the store. but this year in some parts of the country they'll do better picking up a snow shovel and some skis. colorado has been walloped by the white stuff with several flights cancelled. that storm is now moving east and causing trouble for holiday travellers. 33 states are under travel advisories. in new york a major concern is whether the usual massive balloons will fly in the annual macy's th

i wrote to you this week about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps. why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all i have to say there is no so—called labour camps. these are what we call vocational education and training centres. there are they are for the prevention of terrorism. with respect sir, what you have told me there is no resemblance to what i've high scene. they are fabrications. do not listen to fake news, do not listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news, they are evidenced of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people in brainwashing camps and now we know how. and you can see that investigation by panorama at 8:30pm on bbc one tonight. getting some breaking news from new zealand. this is from jofra archer. that was the original tweet. new zealand cricket have just issued a statement confirming that they will apologise to archer. the statement reads, although security providers at the venue where unable to locate the perpetrator, new zealand cricket will be examining cctv foot

the first official glimpse into the structure and ideology behind these camps in northwest china's xinjiang province, where one million muslim uighurs, and members of other minority groups, are detained on industrial scale. the documents show that the chinese government officials designed the camps as brainwashing centers on a massive scale, with multiple layers of security. among the other revelations: camp inmates could be held indefinitely, camps are run on a points system where inmates earn credits for compliance, weekly phone calls or monthly video calls are the only contact allowed and preventing escape is paramount. the chinese foreign minster said documents leaked earlier this month by the "times" were fabricated. >> ( translated ): they are also sensationalising these internal documents by using poor tactics like taking them out of context and grafting them onto another, to undermine and tarnish china's efforts on anti-terrorism and depolarization in xinjiang. >> reporter: foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin sat down with national security advisor robert o'brain over the we

leaked to the new york times have revealed new details about the mass detention of uighur muslims in xinjiang. china officially describes detention facilities where uighurs are being held asjob training centers. but the internal documents illustrate the calculated and coercive nature of the ongoing campaign targeting muslims in xinjiang. protests have erupted across iran after the government unexpectedly announced it was sharply increasing the price of petrol and rationing supplies. the country's interior minister says security forces will act to restore calm if protesters damage public property. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: the perils of the gig economy. checking for allergens. and...fake birds. it's kind of hard to remember a time when we didn't have taxi—hailing apps. and when i say taxi—hailing apps, even though there are many more players out there, it is uber that comes to mind first. at its conception a decade ago, uber was really disruptive. i mean, the idea that you could have a taxi to you within minutes, it would know exactly where you were, you could see wh

the chinese government has consistently claimed that xinjiang's uighurcamps are for voluntary re—education. but, just this week, the bbc‘s panorama programme exposed leaked documents revealing how muslims there are locked up in high—security prisons, indoctrinated, and punished. i will continue to talk about it, and i will talk about it on twitter, on instagram, on any platform i have, even tiktok. i'm not scared of tiktok, even after the suspension. i won't be scared of tiktok. another sign of how powerful social media platforms have become. vivienne nunis, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. two winter storms are affecting travellers in the united states jeopardising their enjoyment of forthcoming thanksgiving holiday. motorists were left stranded and thousands of flights delayed in oregon and california. heavy rain threatened flash floods from san diego to los angeles. protesters have again been out on the streets of the maltese capital valletta demanding the resignation of the prime ministerjoseph muscat over his handling of the murder of the inv

the chinese government has consistently claimed that xinjiang's uighurcamps are for voluntary re—education. but, just this week, the bbc‘s panorama programme exposed lea ked documents revealing how muslims there are locked up in a security presence, indoctrinated, and punished. i will continue to talk about it, and i will talk about it on twitter, on instagram, on any platform i have, even tiktok. i'm not scared of tiktok, even after the suspension. i won't be scared of tiktok. another sign of how powerful social media platforms have become. vivienne nunis, bbc news. rescuers in albania are still searching for survivors of tuesday's earthquake, the worst in the country for years. at least 30 people are known to have died in the quake, magnitude 6.4. gareth barlow has more details. screaming frantically working by torchlight, rescuers dug with their bare hands to free a young boy trapped by rubble. his solitary cry an expression of the pain felt by albanians as they come to terms with the most powerful earthquake in decades. as after—shocks continue, teams from a dozen countries are wor

them onto another, to undermine and tarnish china's efforts on anti-terrorism and depolarization in xinjiang. >> reporter: foreign affairs correspondent nick schifrin sat wn with national security advisor robert o'brain over the weekend, at the halifax security forum inoncentration examples,n people that's an outrage. president xi has the power of writ in china, what he says goes, and those camps should be closed, dismantled, but it's not just the camps, it'she surveillance infrastructure that's been built in the region. >> susan shirk, as we reported, that is the second trove of leaked documents to be publisved in a week, the previous backed by the "new york times. going through the documents, what do we learn in terms of the vovment of prident xi jinping in these camps and these effortne >> well, theyork times" story makes explicit that there's no evidence, no statement in these documents, that xi jinping actually ordered the establishment of the camps. what he did is start a campaign to try to crackn d on terrorism in 2014, after a number of terrorist attacks in xinjiang and terrorist att

leaked to the new york times have revealed new details about the mass detention of uighur muslims in xinjiang. china officially describes detention facilities where uighurs are being held asjob training centers. but the internal documents illustrate the calculated and coercive nature of the ongoing campaign targeting muslims in xinjiang. a pakistani court has ruled thatjailed former prime minister nawaz sharif can leave the country for medical treatment. sharif has been serving a seven year sentence on corruption charges, but was released last month over health concerns. the bangladeshi government says it's importing onions from turkey and egypt, after prices hit a record high. the country has been struggling to address a severe shortage of the vegetable since india banned exports due to a poor harvest. 0nions are a key ingredient in south asian cuisine. more than a hundred people have been arrested in paris on the anniversary of the first so—called yellow—vest movement. thousands of protesters turned out to mark a year since the first major demonstration demanding an end to a rise in fue

chinese government documents lay bare the control and repression that reign in the internment camps of xinjiang province at least a 1000000 muslims are thought to be detained in the camps. is to change an entire minority population it's a cultural genocide of social. experts believe there are more than 1000 such camps the key leaked document lays out how they should be run it states the inmates are not allowed any contact with the outside world owning a mobile phone is strictly forbidden the camp should be under constant video surveillance to prevent escape the papers also describe a scoring system that grades detainees on how well they speak mandarin and memorize state sanctioned ideology the documents back up testimony of former detainees like zome or a do wattie the business woman was detained after being stopped by police and questioned over a u.s. visa in her passport or. in class they would tell us that we had been poisoned by religion that islam is an infectious disease that came from abroad. and that if there needed to be a religion in china it must be buddhism. former detainees have al

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dismissed the b's aims as fake news and said that the xinjiang population supported and applauded the measures. nabut some feel that can no longer defend its actions. >> i know president xi, i've talked with president xi. i just for the life of me cannot understand why someone who generally has a pretty good sense of thingsma ing such a devastatingn decisio like trying to do what he is doing with the rupert-- wiith the uighur laura: 75 years ago the first concentration camp in western europe was discovered by the allies. onatzweiler was o the smallest a camps one of the deadliest. boris pahor was imprisoned at natzweiler. he is believed to be the oldest living survivor of the nazi concentration camps. the bbc has been to meet him. reporter: boris pahor spent much early life standing up to fascism and the nazis who occupied his hometown, trieste intaly. he was a prisoner here at natzweiler.gh althelatively small, this was one of the deadliest of the he grew up in a th slovene commity, before mussolini'sts fascis came and burned their cultural center to the ground. for seven-year-oldori

i wrote to you this week, sir, actually about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps, why won‘t you tell me the truth about those camps? first of all, i have to say there is no so—called labour camps, as you've described, this is what we call vocational education and training centres. they are there for the prevention of terrorists. with respect, sir, what you‘re telling me, there is no relation to what i‘ve seen. the so—called documents you are talking about is pure fabrication. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents are not fake news. they are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people and brainwashing them in camps, and now we know how. richard bilton, bbc news. and you can see more on that investigation on panorama at 8:30pm on bbc one tonight. days of heavy rain have caused widespread flooding across south—eastern france and northern italy. hundreds of homes were damaged in the french cote d‘azur, and a landslide caused a motorway bridge to co

the chinese government has consistently claimed that xinjiang's uighurcamps are for voluntary education butjust but just this week the bbc‘s panorama programme exposed leaked documents revealing how muslims there are locked up in high security prisons, indoctrinated and punished. i will continue to talk about it. i will talk about it on twitter, instagram, any platform, even tiktok, i'm not scared of tiktok, even after the suspension. i will not be scared, tiktok. another sign of how powerful social media platforms have become. time now for our daily look at some of the newspaper and website stories which have caught our eye. joining me is alex hudson, who is deputy editor of the metro newspaper here in the uk. christmas is coming. it is black friday tomorrow but we are all very much in debt and that is not good. we are significantly in debt, £60,000 per household if you include mortgages. still over £50,000 if you don't include mortgages. it is problematic and there is this doomsday scenario where we don't know when it will happen but eventually it will cause all the economies to c

chinese government documents laid bare the control and repression that reign in the internment camps of xinjiang province at least a 1000000 muslims are thought to be detained in the camps. the endgame is to change an entire minority population it's a cultural genocide and it's a course of social range and hearing. experts believe there are more than 1000 such camps the key leaked document lays out how they should be run it states the inmates are not allowed any contact with the outside world owning a mobile phone is strictly forbidden they can't should be under constant video surveillance to prevent escape the papers also describe a scoring system that grades detainees on how well they speak mandarin and memorize state sanctioned ideology the documents back up testimony of former detainees like zome or ada watty the businesswoman was detained after being stopped by police and questioned over a u.s. visa in her passport or. in class they would tell us that we had been poisoned by religion that islam is an infectious disease that came from abroad. and that if there needed to be a religion in chin

china has always insisted the camps in the xinjiang region offer education and training. days of heavy rain have left parts of italy and france underwater, with hundreds of homes in the cote d'azur damaged. in northern italy, part of a bridge was brought down by a landslide following torrential rains. officials say there have been no confirmed casualties following the collapse. now on bbc news, hardtalk. here we are at this viewpoint, it's called the horseshoe falls viewpoint, but there are no falls? maybe one year there will be no fall completely, no water. we've lost at least 200 elephants. you mean, from starvation? from starvation, yes. trees are destroyed, vegetation is lost. those are the issues. after years of political turmoil and misrule, zimbabwe now faces an existential threat from climate change. can it adapt before it's too late? victoria falls, one of the wonders of the natural world. the waters of the zambezi river plunge more than 100 metres along a fault line that divides zimbabwe from zambia. the british explorer david livingstone claimed to be the first

china has always insisted the camps in the xinjiang region offer education and training. days of heavy rain have left parts of italy and france under water — with hundreds of homes in the cote d'azur damaged. in northern italy part of a bridge was brought down by a landslide following torrential rains. officials say there have been no confirmed casualties following the collapse. now on bbc news, a year—long bbc investigation has revealed that —— it's dateline london. inside the unregulated homes failing to protect our most vulnerable children. it was a little hellhole. living here was a punishment. our year—long investigation hears stories of abuse, exploitation, and despair. how many times did you attempt to take your life? i think about three times. that is actually disgusting. no—one should ever lay their hand on someone like that. people bringing in acids, knives, samurai swords, everything. that house was basically just a drug deal house. but i had to live there because i couldn't go nowhere else. we reveal the caravans and holiday homes being used to hou

illustrate the calculated and coercive nature of the ongoing campaign targeting muslims in the province of xinjiang. austin ramzy wrote the piece for the new york times and joins me now from hong kong. in summary, what did you learn from the documents? the documents show the documents? the documents show the chinese leadership at various levels creating the conditions pushing lower—level officials to begin to open the camps, and we also see those lower—level officials are quite aware of the difficulties and the hardships and misery caused by locking up so many hundreds of thousands of people, and not really being able to respond other than to sort of tell people that the party will take care of them. i understand that in some of the documents, terrorism is described as if it is a medical illness. can you explain? that's right. there is one quite chilling document that is a guide for officials to talk to students whose parents have been put in camps, and it describes the parents as suffering from almost a medical condition, an infection that needs to be cured and in the pseudo— medical languag

china has always insisted the camps in the xinjiang region offer education and training. days of heavy rain have left parts of italy and france underwater, with hundreds of homes in the cote d'azur damaged. in northern italy, part of a bridge was brought down by a landslide following torrential rains. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello. welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: delhi is enveloped in toxic smog. is that concentrating minds in government ahead of the madrid climate summit? three weeks to go till the uk votes: has it become the get—brexit—done—election? and if not, then what? and as prince andrew quits public life, is it harder anywhere in the world to be friends with a sex offender? my guests today — indian journalist ashis ray, irish broadcaster brian o'connell, greg katz of us news agency associated press, and agnes poirier of french news magazine marianne. welcome to you all. four years ago, climate change barely registered as a voter issue in a british election. this time, it's a priority. the same is true of the battle for

leaked to the new york times have revealed new details about the mass detention of uighur muslims in xinjiang. china officially describes detention facilities where uighurs are being held asjob training centres. but the internal documents illustrate the calculated and coercive nature of the ongoing campaign targeting muslims in western china. more on all our stories on our website. please just log on to bbc.com/news. an investigation is under way into the cause of a fire at a block of student flats in bolton. witnesses say the blaze spread quickly to the upper floors, prompting concerns about the cladding on the block. two people were injured. from bolton, 0livia richwald reports. these videos posted on social media show an intense fire which spread rapidly, sending chunks of burning cladding and sparks to the ground. at first, some of the students ignored the alarms. there was this girl who came running and she banged on the doors of the people on my floor, and she just started screaming, saying that "there's a fire, get out of here right now." when we were running down the stairs, it was ge