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Chinas secret brainwashing camps. Bbc panorama goes inside the network of high Security Prisons where inmates are indoctrinated and punished. And at 11 30pm, we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, ros altmann and mihir bose. Stay with us for that. Borisjohnson has launched the conservative partys election manifesto, promising to get his brexit deal passed by parliament as soon as possible after the election if he wins. In a speech in telford, in shropshire, he offered what he called a route map to take the country forward. For the nhs in england, there was a new pledge to add 50,000 more nurses to the workforce, partly by stemming the flow of people leaving, and also by recruiting from overseas. There was also a promise to restore nursing grants and train more staff. He said there would be no rises in income tax, National Insurance and vat for five years. An earlier plan from mrjohnson to raise the income Tax Threshold for higher earners is scrapped, but there is a pledge to raise the threshold at which people start paying National Insurance to £9,500, a saving of £85 a year per person. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg was at the manifesto launch, and her report contains some flash photography. Ahead, but far from clear and away. Are you feeling optimistic, ministers . Chanting tories out the tories know it is theirs to lose, but who would bet on much these days . This time last year, borisjohnson wasjust a controversial backbencher, now defending his own position as prime minister. Chanting boris . And with a list of promises he is making anew, trying to secure the conservatives another five years in charge. Hows that, andy . Can you see that . His number one rallying cry to move on and leave the eu in january. Do we want more delay . Do we want more dither and drift and deadlock and division . Do we want 2020 to be another year of defeatism and despair . No, we dont. Get brexit done, and we can restore confidence and certainty to business and to families. Get brexit done, and well see a pent up tidal wave of investment into this country. Get brexit done, and we can focus our hearts and our minds on the priorities of the british people. The conservatives had already vowed extra money for the health service, but there is a new promise to recruit more nurses. And today, in this manifesto, we pledge 50,000 more nurses and their bursaries, and 50 million more gp surgery appointments, and today we make this guarantee. Cash to scrap hospital parking charges, taxpayers money for more childcare, and an Infrastructure Fund all, he claims, without raising tax. Heres the kicker. We can do all these things without raising our income tax, vat, or National Insurance contributions. Thats our guarantee. And in this manifesto and in this manifesto. Applause. There is a vision for the future. Borisjohnson says he never wanted this election, but it is both a huge risk and a huge opportunity for him and his party. Lets go for sensible, moderate, but tax cutting, one nation conservative government, and take this country forwards. Thank you all very much. You won the leadership of your party by making a big promise on brexit that you then broke, despite saying the buck stopped with you. Now youre trying to win the country with a whole list of promises and significant extra spending. Do you accept that beyond this room, and beyond your party, it is a big leap of faith for the country to trust you with a majority . The Biggest Issue at this election is really whether people have any confidence in politics anymore. And i think the reason that confidence and trust in politics has been so undermined is because, for 3. 5 years, theyve seen politicians engaged in constant prevarication, procrastination, dither and delay, when the people of this country voted to get brexit done. The tory leader is now right in the fray, right in the middle of this campaign. But none of the steps spelt out today are designed to create the fireworks he is famous for. Theres no doubt people are asking politicians, are you going to stick to what youre saying youre going to be doing . We couldnt be clearer about getting brexit done. We do want to spend some more money on our priorities the nhs, more on the 20,000 police, more on our schools. But we can do that if we keep the economy strong. Compared to the labour manifesto, this is a pamphlet rather than a phone book. But it is a document designed to keep the tories out of trouble, rather than shake up the fundamentals of the campaign. Is this a winning manifesto, mrjohnson . 0h, were fighting very hard, were fighting very hard. Here you go, yes. Like gold dust, getting these posters the big contrast between him and his rivals has been there since day one. Borisjohnson would take us out of the eu in less than 70 days. Thats the choice vote to leave at speed, or vote for the chance to stay. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, telford. One of the conservatives key new policies is to add 50,000 more nurses to the workforce in england by 202a. Here is our Health Editor hugh pym with some analysis of that pledge. The 50,000 more nurses by 2024 was an eye catching plan, set out by borisjohnson. What does it actually add up to . Well, its not the same thing as recruiting 50,000 new nurses. Its adding 50,000 to the workforce in england, currently around 300,000. Now, there are a lot of vacancies at the moment. It is difficult recruiting, so the conservatives are arguing this is trying to deal with that problem. But that 50,000 figure includes recruitment overseas, and it includes better retention, that is policies to hold onto nurses, and try and make them or persuade them that its worth staying with more professional development of their careers, rather than leaving early. The recruitment of new nurses is rather less than that, down around between 10,000 and 20,000, based on more training places. Now, the conservative government scrapped the bursary for training of nurses in england back in 2017. That caused a decline in applications. The conservatives say, if elected, they will reintroduce the maintenance grant of up to £8,000 a year for nursing students. So how affordable are the pledges being made . 0ur economics editor faisal islam gave us a break down of the numbers earlier. The conservative manifesto contained no rabbits out of the hat, no tax cuts, rises or big spending items. It has been designed as a steady as she goes, modest effort, the equivalent of a rather low key budget, with some targeted help. For example, £1. 5 billion in nursing a year. There is £600 million a year ona year. There is £600 million a year on a National Skills fun. The National Insurance threshold going up National Insurance threshold going up cost the exchequer £2. 5 billion a year. In total, £6. 5 billion in spending rises and tax cuts. Its very modest. For example, there is no income tax cuts for higher earners, as was promised to the pms party members, and doesnt undo ten yea rs of party members, and doesnt undo ten years of spending squeezes, either. All of that basically is funded by not Cutting Corporation tax, the tax on business profits, to 17p, and leaving it at i9p instead. About £500 million is also raised from increasing the money charged to migrants for using the health service. This is not a transformative service. This is not a tra nsformative manifesto in service. This is not a transformative manifesto in terms of tax and spending pledges. It is pretty much steady as she goes. Taken by the increases announced earlier this year, and then not much in addition. So i think the big ta keaway in addition. So i think the big takeaway here is that most of the cuts that weve seen over the last decade will be baked into spending over the next three or four years u nless over the next three or four years unless more money turns up later on. The big picture is several billions a year, not several tens of billions, seen in the other major ma nifestoes. Billions, seen in the other major manifestoes. 0n billions, seen in the other major manifestoes. On top of all this, there is extra investment spending, of eight william pounds a year, for things Like Research and development in potholes. But whats not in the numbers are some of borisjohnsons promises for high speed rail in the north and all of the a0 new hospitals. The chancellor and pm wa nt to hospitals. The chancellor and pm want to keep a tight ship. A little bit more spending, yes, a bit more tax too, but overall it amounts to less tha n tax too, but overall it amounts to less than i of the size of the economy. Labour says, if it wins the election, women who lost out on their state pensions when the retirement age was raised will be compensated. Sums of up to £31,000 could be handed out to the nearly a million women affected. Labour estimates the overrall cost would be £58 billion over five years. Todays announcement wasnt part of their manifesto, and both the conservatives and the liberal democrats have described the promise as uncosted. The liberal democrat leader, jo swinson, has said there has been a squeeze on her party during the campaign, but that she is not conceding yet. Speaking on the Bbcs Andrew Marr show, swinson also attacked Jeremy Corbyns neutral stance on brexit and said the liberal democrats priority was to stop brexit from happening. Well, of course the liberal democrats want to stop brexit, and we will be campaigning to stop brexit. Ok, so if thats the case, Jeremy Corbyn is offering a referendum. You may not like every aspect of what hes saying, but he is offering a referendum, and borisjohnson very much isnt. Doesnt that mean you are inevitably going to have to lean towards the labour party and help them form a government, vote things through for them, rather than the conservatives . Well, first of all, as things stand, as things stand, borisjohnson is on course to get a majority, and liberal democrats are the best placed party to stop him. Ah, you think that is what is happening at the moment . If you look at the polls right now, that is what they say. Now there is, obviously, 2. 5 weeks to go in this campaign, and i am working very hard to change that situation. Youre not conceding yet, but you think that he is going to win. Of course im not conceding yet. Liberal democrats are campaigning hard right across the country, and we are making real inroads. But we need to make sure we win those seats from the conservatives, and we are in a position to do that in a way that labour simply is not. If he doesnt win an overall majority, and he comes to you saying, listen, jo, i never thought. I dont want to do this, im doing this through gritted teeth, jo, but to get my deal through, to get my Withdrawal Agreement through, i am prepared to offer the liberal democrats a referendum on that deal afterwards, what do you say to him . Look, i am not putting borisjohnson orJeremy Corbyn into number ten. But if there is a law in parliament. The voters might. If there is a law in parliament that i can vote for that makes sure that the brexit deal is put to the public, with the opportunity to remain, i will vote for that. We have always said we will vote for that. Ah, 0k. So if borisjohnson tries to do a deal with you, whereby he gets his Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons, he delivers his promise to get brexit done, but in return for that, he gives you a referendum, you say yes . I am not doing a deal, andrew. I am going to vote for the things that i am standing up for, for the things that i believe in. And i believe we should stop brexit, and it may be that a peoples vote is the best way to do that. We have campaigned for that for more than three years. And so, as we have said over the last year, if we can put a specific brexit deal to the British Public with the option to remain, liberal democrats will support having a peoples vote. We will vote for that legislation. The leader of the snp, nicola sturgeon, said that scrapping the uks nuclear deterrent, trident, would be one of her red lines in the event of her party supporting a labour government. I have a moral objection to weapons of mass destruction. Unlikejo swinson, i wouldnt be prepared to press that Nuclear Button that would kill potentially millions, tens of millions, of people. But theres also the opportunity costs of trident, the billions, tens of billions of pounds that are required to renew trident, in my view, are better spent on on stronger conventional defence that is more effective to protect our country, but also on hospitals and schools, and better Social Security provision. And these are the choices that we should be thinking very carefully about. And, you know, if the snp is in that position of influence, then these are absolutely the kind of policies that we will push through. Two major cinema chains have tonight pulled all screenings at the film blue story, following a mass fight at a cinema complex in birmingham. Fans of the film, about two street gangs in south london, are outraged at the decision, saying theres no clear link between its screening and the violence. Police made six arrests and recovered two machetes after the brawl last night. Charlotte gallagher reports. Screaming. A weekend trip to the cinema becomes a terrifying experience. Seven Police Officers injured trying to break up a brawl involving around 100 people and machetes. Six have been arrested, the youngest a 13 year old girl. This startling picture is being shared on social media a group of young teenagers apparently armed with a machete. Were not entirely certain what caused it, and so were not going to get into that speculation. But it is reassuring that we were able to deal with it. Today, vue cinemas announced it was pulling this film, blue story, from all its venues. It is about gangs in london, though it is not known if the people involved in the violence at star city were there to watch it. Vue is one of the biggest cinema chains in the uk, with more than 90 cinemas. And most of the new releases, they end up in one of their screens. So its a big blow for the makers of blue story that their film has been stopped. Now, showcase cinemas are banning blue story as well. In South East London tonight, there was a special showing of the film at an independent cinema. I dont really see how theres any difference from, you know, your hollywood gangster film in terms of, you know, the gruesomeness and the violence thats involved. I think its unfortunate. I think that a link will be made that doesnt necessarily need to be made. I think its a bad set of circumstances. Blue storys director, rapman, today insisted his film is about love, not violence. Charlotte gallagher, bbc news. Well, as we heard there, vue cinemas, one of the three big chains in the uk, have issued a statement. But there are some contesting the decision of vue to pull the film from its 91 outlets across the uk and ireland. Earlieri from its 91 outlets across the uk and ireland. Earlier i spoke to a co nsulta nt and ireland. Earlier i spoke to a consultant solicitor and member of. Explained what upset him about this decision. The issue is really that they have taken an issue with a group of people of south asian descent and they have linked the two development the messages the film is trying to promote and have taken the decision to withdraw the film from almighty one of the cinemas. And actually, when i was on my way here, i learned showcase cinemas have also taken the same view. And for me, it is like, hang on, this is something that ratman and his team have been trying to portray, a particular kind of story, and you have made a decision based on an incident which, how is it even linked . How did you come to the Decision Making process, but the machete incident with this group of young people is directly linked to the film but was being shown . It really stirred something up shown . It really stirred something up in me. 0k, shown . It really stirred something up in me. Ok, here is a question for you. And our headlines, we are saying it is a going film, blue story, that is a direct quote, what isaid a story, that is a direct quote, what i said a few minutes ago. Is that a fair description . I dont think so, at all. It is a love story. It so happens that there are elements of, as you are aware, there are post cold war issues that go on, there are two friends who start off in School Together and post cold war s insurer. It is a love story, but within that, yes, there are issues around violence and whatnot, but to call it a going film, i think that does it a very big disservice in my opinion. Some reviewers have said the language is authentic, you know, the language is authentic, you know, the london language, the location is authentic, the soundtrack that goes through it is authentic. So is the violence of the . Because that is primarily what people are worried about here. Again, i am not living in london at the moment, i can only go back to when, for example, kidulthood came out, and top boy as well. For me, it is a reflection of the times. So whatever is happening in this particularjunction, maybe thatis in this particularjunction, maybe that is a reflection of what is going on in those particular areas at this moment in time. But again, i go back to the point that i made before, calling it a going film does ita before, calling it a going film does it a huge disservice. It is a love story. James bond is not call the gangster film. There are large teams that run throughout that. Quentin tarantino has that run throughout that. Quentin tara ntino has made that run throughout that. Quentin tarantino has made severalfilms that have large stories running through it but we do not hear them as being depicted is going films, so why, in this situation, has vue cinema and now showcase cinema taken the view that we need to pull this film from all of our chains across the country . It makes no sense. The time is 11 20pm. The headlines on bbc news borisjohnson pledges not to raise income tax, vat or National Insurance as he unveils the conservatives election manifesto. The tories also promise to add 50,000 nurses to the nhs in england and restore nursing grants. Five teenagers are arrested after a large brawl at a birmingham cinema. Machetes are recovered and vue cinemas pull the gang film blue story. Sport, and for a full round up, heres the bbc sport centre. Good evening. Englands cricketers are battling on the final day to save their first test against new zealand in mount manganui. Play started a short while ago. England need to bat all day in their second innings after the hosts declared on a massive 615 9. But theyve already lost a wicket joe root gone for 11 england are currently 69 a, trailing by 193 runs. 75 a. They trailed by 187 runs. There was a six goal thriller in the premier league this afternoon as it finished 3 3 between Sheffield United and manchester united. 0le Gunnar Solskjaers side were 2 0 down before scoring three goals in seven second half minutes. Marcus rashford with the third. But 0liver mcburnie salvaged a point for Sheffield United with a 90th minute equaliser. 60, 65, 70 60, 65,70 minutes, 60, 65, 70 minutes, they are not acceptable. They are not good enough. That shows the quality of us, that we can still score three goals, and should have had one or two more, on a game that we dont really perform. Thatsjust shows that you need to be honoured for the full 90 minutes, otherwise you get punished. I thought our boys were outstanding today, for emanating large parts of the game. If we hadnt got a minimum point it would have been devastating for us. It is a bit upsetting we didnt get the tree, but that is the cruel beast thatis tree, but that is the cruel beast that is the premier league. Rangers are now level on points with scottish premiership leaders, celtic, after a 3 1 win over hamilton. Ryan kent scoring two of rangers three goals, that an absolute stunner. Glasgow city have beaten hibernian to win the scottish womens cup. Their a 3 victory in todays final makes it a ninth cup win for city. And chelsea meanwhile stay top of the Womens Super League after an emphatic 6 0 win over birmingham city. They are one point clear of second placed manchester city. Sale sharks produced a less than convincing display to beat 1a man la rochelle in the european champions cup. The sharks move up to second in pool two, five points behind leaders exeter chiefs. Gloucester produced a valiant fightback but ultimately felljust short in their defeat by 1a man montpellier. Matt banahan and joe simpson both crossed late on but the french side held on. Defeat for the cherry and whites means they stay bottom of pool five, in tennis, the hosts spain have won the davis cup. After their late night victory over great britain, the spanish team won the first singles match with Roberto Bautista agut getting past canadas felix auger aliassime. Rafael nadal here then beat Dennis Shapovalov in straight sets to seal their first title since 2011. Adam peaty put on a great performance as he won a thrilling 100m race in the International Swimming league. Its a new team based competition for 2019, with fast paced race sessions between eight teams of both men and women. Peaty, whos the 100m world record holder, is captain of the London Roar Team and was in blistering form here. Peaty also inspired his team to a win in the mixed ax100 relay at a sold out london aquatics centre. The series consists of seven meets which take place in different cities around the world. It culminates next month with a grand final in las vegas. Britains charley hull finished second at the lpgas season ending tour championship as she came agonisingly close to victory. An impressive final round of 66, which included 6 birdies, meant she finished on 17 under par overall, one shot off the winner, which was south koreas kim sei young, who sunk this incredible 25 foot birdie on the 18th to take the title. She pockets a whopping, £1. 17 million. Thats the biggest paycheque in the history of womens golf. Thats all the sport for now. Pro democracy candidates appear to be making big canes in local elections following a record turnout. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from hong kong. In the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island this morning, the queue to vote at the shau kei wan polling station went on and on and on. Were seeing queues like this in districts all over hong kong today. People waiting for an hour, even up to an hour and a half to vote. And people are telling us they have never seen anything like this in a local election in hong kong before. Translation we didnt have to line up before. Everyone is more enthusiastic. They really want to contribute to the society. The passion of those standing for election today is out of all proportion to the power of the local Council Seats being contested. But for the opposition, today is a referendum on the protests that have rocked hong kong for the last six months. David and his mother anne are on opposite sides of that fight. We can see just old people, pro government, pro regime, they control the power, they control the parties, they control everything, even the economy. So we can take back the control and start to have more strength and power. As counting got under way tonight, the turnout for todays election had topped 71 . That is the highest turnout ever recorded in any hong kong election. The early signs are all so that the pro democratic camp is heading for a sweeping victory. Well, you can hear all the excitement here, and that is because a 23 year old democracy activist has just unseated a pro government incumbent whos held the seat for the last 20 years. Scenes like these are being repeated across hong kong tonight the new, very young faces of hong kong politics. The question now is will any of these victories have an impact on the Hong Kong Government or on beijing . Leaked documents have revealed how china is Holding Hundreds of thousands of uighur muslims in high security detention camps in what uighur groups say is an effort to brainwash them. 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, into chinas internment camps. Now, we know whats happening inside. This document contains orders written for those who run the camps. This is an actionable piece of evidence, documenting a gross human rights violation. This should be sitting, you know, in the files of a 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 the top priority. Encourage students to truly transform. Inmates are imprisioned until they change their beliefs, their behaviour, and their language. Its 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 wont you tell me the truth about those camps . First of all, i have to say there is no so called labour camps, as youve described, this is what we call Vocational Education and training centres. They are there for the prevention of terrorists. With respect, sir, what youre telling me, there is no relation to what ive seen. The so called documents you are talking about is pure fabrication. Dont listen to fake news. Dont listen to fabrications. The documents are not fake news. They are evidence of crimes against humanity. China is caging hundreds of thousands of people

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