Reporting from washington, i am painful stories of separation and Chinas Xinjiang region. Reports of children being taken from families and placed in secure state schools. A powerful sixoint four earthquake strikes Southern California, the biggest in 20 years. Authorities are assessing the damage and residents are fillinr a series of aocks. Plus, capturing midcentury america. How six female photographers for lifeagazine broke down barriers and left an enduring legacy laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to bbcorld news america. Tonight we start with a special report of new evidence that children and Chinas Xinjiang region are being systematically set separated from families and placed in secure state schools. Official documents reveal large numbers of boarding schools have been built, housing children is your young as two. They areargeted as members of chinas uighur Muslim Community some parents say their children have disappeared and they have no idea where they are being held. R correspondent has this exclusive coverage. Reporter in account after account, gathered in a meeting hall in istanbul, muslims from xinjiang speak ain and again of the immeasurable grief of separation from their children. Who is looking after the children . [spking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] reporter back home, china has been sweeping xinjiangs uighurs, kazakhs, and other minorities, into giant camps where they are taught chinese and to love the communist party. [speaking foreign languag reporter he moved to turkey in 2013. Threars ago, his wife and children went back to xinjiang her a short trip and vanis then he found this, video posted onle of his son in a boarding school speaking not in uighur, his mother tongue, but in chinese. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] reporter alongside the camps, china has been building Something Else giant new schools, manwith huge dormitories. N this kindergsleeps hundreds. We film at one camp. While the adults are kept here, their childrenre in this arby school. This kindergarten has barbed wire, cameras, and signs that esay only chinese should spoken. Chinese officials deny the adult den camps have left large numbers of children without anyone to look after them. [speaking foreign language] reporter but such cases are not hard to find. Amine wyatt who now runs a clothing shop in turkey recently und this picture of her stepdaughter on social media ita sign her close relativese ar the camps. Her stepdaughter in a boarding school and wearing traditional chinese costume. [speaking foreignlanguage] reporter if you could send a message to her, what would you tell her . [speaking foreignlanguage] Reporter Research of online documents commissioned by the bbc shows only an 8 increase ia kinden places for china as twhole, but in xinjiang, camps have been built, there has been an 82 jump, and in some uighur majority areas, numbers have shot up even further. The xinjiang government is attempting to gain full control over the young generation, literally to raise a new generation that has been cut off from original roads, religious beliefs, and cultural knowledge, even from their own language. I believe the evidence really points to what we must call a cultural genocide. Reporter she has moved to kazakhstan, but when she heard the chinescamps have left her 14 grandchildren without parents, she telephoned the local official. [speaking foreignlanguage] s. Porter we tried to look for her missing relati the family home is locked and deserted. Alwe called a village offi but he hangs up on us, too. We find only the signs of a giant vanishing, and the shattering of countlessmi falies. Bbc news, xinjiang. Laura chinas systematic separation of uighur families. Now to an earthquake measuring six point four in magnitude that has struck Southern California. Seismologists say it is the most powerf hit the area in 20 years and another big quake could follow. Residents have posted images of damage on social media including footage of houses on fire. Thepicenter was about 150 miles northeast of los angeles. What is the latest on the damage the earthquake did . Reporter the authorities have reported there is no lossoflife, fortunately so far. Dozens of calls have beence ed in the Fire Department in ridgecrest, which was the city closest to the epicenter, but we have seen this group in broken glass, maybe broken windows, but nothing major to report so far. Reura tell us what you experienced over tn l. A. As the earthquake struck 100 miles away. Reporter actually, it was a nree magnitude earthquake los angeles, however it was very strong and long. I am on a 15th floor of a building and it is a big building. It was like a hammock, swinging like it was nothing. Definitely some residents here were pretty alarmed,se there is this expectation of the big o which is the earthquake angelenos ha been expect for expecting for years. Laura are you experiencing aftershocks or have you been warned you could experience some . Repowe have been warned. Dozens of aftershocks have happened so far. But they are pretty weak. If you couldnt feel that whe one in the beginning, it is likely you wont feel the rest. However, the authorities here in lifornia did warn that today at 5. 5, there is a 5050 chance a 5. 5 earthquake happens again, so we have to be watcher ourselves. Laa patricia in los angeles, thank you. For more, i spoke earlier with theoretical physicist michio kaku. This is the largest to hit Southern California in 20 years. What is your assessment o sf the size ale . It was a 6. 4. As you mentioned the northridge earthquake of 1994 was quite severe and caused billions of dollars in property mage. Fortunately, the damage reports coming sn so fm to be that it is rather minimal. The epicenter of the quake was about five miles underneath the surface of the earth and because it was close to the surface, it caused moreamage than an earthquake that would be more deep in the earth. What makes people jittery is not the fact that this was not the big one, but we are overdue. We are overdue for the big one, and that is what puts everybody on edge. Anothero do you expect earthquake could possibly follow this one . Wexpect aftershocks which are taking place now, but a much biggerra one come to the 7. 9 or 8. 0 earthquake that ncisco, thatan f could very well happen again and the laws of physics seven to indicate seem toe indic that yes, california should expense a big one. We dont know when or where. Laura they say the earthquake happened about 100 miles away from l. A. How much more damage could it have done in a densely populated area . Compared with the northridge earthquake that caused billions in propertyff damage,ted the infrastructure, causing widespreadas dtion, fortunately this one was roughly 150 miles northeast of theos angeles area and it was not densely populated, it was not a dense industrialized area. Laura given the very high potential for eal. Hquakes in the region, is there technology that can help us to predict that an earthquake will be on the way . Unfortunately, it is black magic and voodoot rying to predactly when an earthquake will take place. We can get some morning. The japanese for example have experienced looking at certain sensors and patterns, but again, the warning isn a scale of minutes, not days or months. Presently, its black magic predicting when an earthquake will hit, but we do know it will hit. Laura thank you so much for joining us. The nks have been brought in, the jets are ready, the fireworks are being set up. Soon, President Trump is scheduled to take center stage in the Independence Day celebrationsre he will be aing the crowds from the Lincoln Memorial in what hes described as the show of a lifetime. Chris butler is on thegy s Washington Mall with the latest. What are we expecting from the show tonight, in permitting . Reporter the white house insists this will not be a political speech he delivers. Instead, it will be a show of patriotism wh flyovers, those tanks that you mentioned here at ice memorial, and certainly up to now, stirring mthe stars and stripes flying theres only one thing the white house could not prepare for, and thatas the weather. Ere has been torrential rain in the last couple of hours, and there is still the threat of storms to come. Ldthere is a danger that c affect attendance. As we know the president a , times can ittle sensitive when it comes to the issue of crowd sizes, although i must say, i have been talking to rnme supporters who have been queuing for the g to make sure they have a good vantage point. Laura is anyone concerned about mixing patriotism with politics on the fourth of july . Reporter there is no doubt some have been ncerned. There are some who feel this could be seen as being used foro tical purposes, particularly given that President Trump is going into a Campaign Year ahead 2020. Particularly since there are many events taking place in washegton, d. C. That celebrat Independence Day already and some of them are happening further down the mall speak. The other issue is using the Lincoln Memorial. There are some who remember oratory from t likes of martin ther king jr. Who gave the i have a dream speech standing here. They feel the psident should not be doing this given how divided america is at the moment. But he insists this will be a thanking to the troops and a display of patriotism, notg somethcessarily political. Laura chris butler outside the Lincoln Memorial, thank you. Now toem sudan, where theal of the former president has led to pow struggle which is increasingly being marked by violent. With the military and control, there is a tight rein on the media and even the internet has en turned off to preve prodemocracy protesters from gathering. Reporter the face of the sudanese determinedan to bring ch to the way they are led. They brought to an end ata bru war and support for the military, but that has turned against them. On the thirdf june, the heavy hand of the old regime resurfaced. Dozens died. Women were raped. Life has never been the same again here. It took protesters weekso reorganize. I let asher met with one oferhe le at a secret location. He told me they worked day and night to spread the word ab pt the plannetests. We started a small Neighborhood Union and they slowly grew. People in the streets were joining us. They are very positive about the friendl and mothers were feeding us and giving us water. Errepowere you concerned about your security . We grew up in oppression. To us, it is not a new thing. After all, peopleave given their lives to this cause. What we are doing is nothing compared to what they give. Reporter he showed me one of the Text Messages that they were sending to supporters. The main plan, when, and where they would meet, but there was also plan b and c. This was the last message he had in his phone and he deleted it shortly after this interview. A monthlong intnet block out was meant to slow down and rail the organizers of the protest, but it failed. They spread the messages through wordofmouth and Text Messagess protesteame out in large numbers and dozens of cities and towns across sudan. The Opposition Forces for freedom and change called it a huge success in spite of the many challenges they faced. We have no mediae. Cover we have no free access to the people. They tried to cut the internet. With all those difficulties, still we have the people. Reporter rect talks between them and the ruling military leaders have now resumed, weeks afr they broke down. The African Union and ethiopia are trying to broker a deal. E main Sticking Point is the composition of the top body that will lead the country through a transitional period. Sudanese are determined to keep up the pressure until civilians rule the country. Bbc news, khartoum. La a you are watching bbc world news america. Om still toon tonights program. Israel is celebrating its close ties with the u. S. , but is americas position as a priest peace broker also going up in smoke . Chelsea Football Club have appointed their former starhe player as new manager. He said he was eager to prove he could manage the london team and had complete confidence in himself despite only having eight years managerial experience. He succeeds the coach who left wn to take charge of the italian champions juventus. He made more than 600 appearances in chelsea and winning more than 11 11 major trophies. Here is sarah campbell. Reporter for 13 years, Frank Lampard helped chelsea fill up trophy cabinet. He is their alltime record goal scorer and now hes back. Delighted to be back. So many great memories of this place. The new road starts. Here i cannot wait to get started. See you soon. Reporter his credentials as a player are undisputed, winning both domestic and european titles with the team. But he is still new to management. Lato season, he darby to the championshi after just one year in charge, and now he has accepted a threeyear deal with one of the est Football Clubs in th world. What they can hopefully expect from me is a manager ts a young manager, thats going to give everything, every hour that i can, to work hard and bring a game that fans can o be pro reporter his predecessor lasted one year in the job. Las ard will be chelseath manager since who thousand three 2003. He will bring that motivation because he is such a legend. I dont know if he has eno coaching experience, but i think his playing experience will lend itself nicely. I hope he works. I really do. Reporter chelswh are ruthless they come to their managers. Tank lampard is well aware he will be expectedo be as good off the pitch as he was on it. Sarah campbell, bbc news. Laura as the u. S. Celebrates Independence Day, in israel, for the very time, the american First Embassy heldts fourth of july party in jerusalem. This comes after President Trump controversially recognizes the city as israels capital. Meanwhile, palestinians and leftwing israelis have criticized recent actions by the u. S. Ambassador in east jerusalem. Reporter off with a bang as the u. S. Embassy gets fired up for Independence Day. Its close relations with y. Raels right wing government are also on disp its wonderful to have thete gr power on earth not opposing the jewish state but supporting the jewish state. What a twist. Fo reporterthese people, it really adds to the celebrations that this party is taking place in jerusalem for the first time. Most israelis were delighted when the u. S. Moved itssy from tel aviv to hear last year. To h ye lastr, but palestinians were furious, saying their claims to the city were overlooked. And other changes have worried them since. Up for discussion at this gathering, washingtons latest efforts to broker an israelpalestinian peace deal. We might get there if people stop pretending settlements, or what i like to call neighborhoods and cities, are the reason for the lack of peace. Reporter jewish settlements are seen as illegal under international law, although israeli authorities disagree, and leftwing israelis worry about the u. S. Being seen to recognize isra occupied east jerusalem. Is thihe most delicate place of our conflict, the volcanic core. You cannot come with sledgehammers and say this is israel sovereignty. You should come with tweezers and settle this place in a way that respects everybody. Reporter but this week, the u. S. Ambassador to israejeopened a new wish archaeological site here in a tunnel that runs under palestinian homes. While this White House Team is seen as strongly prol, some worry that by losing its credibility as a peace broker t with the palestinians, icould ultimately harm israels interests. Bbc news, jerusalem. Laura in midcentury america, life magazine was hugely influentl. It was a window onto the world for theiving rooms of the nation for the photo essay in a male dominated industry small group of female , a journalists created some of the magazine most enduring images, including e very first ver in 1936. Their work is on display at new yorks historical society. There were only sixeromen photograon staff for life magazine of the 101 staffs photographr the magazine. Some of them didnt even think about it. They were so focused on taking the photographs they wanted tota. They thought, we just went in and did it. We got jostled around little bit. Maybe some of the men were jealous of the fact that we were buwomen it was a different time. These women were not living in the early 21st century where we arrevery aware of what women doing and how they break into fields. They were no thinking that way in the 1930s, 1940s, and50 19s. Ose are the parameters of the years in this exhibition. They wanted to take photographs and loved photography. They went out and took those photographs when they were given the assignment to do s this is one of my favorites in the exhibition. It graced the cover of the first issue of life magazine. That makes it a very important photograph. At the very bottom, you can see these tiny figures. They are in is so you can see the enormity of the dam itself. It gives it a sense of scale and then one realizes what an amazing feat of Technology Building the dam was. I want people to come away with an idea of what certain parts of america were le and how americans were thinking in this time period. This was taken by martha holmes. It is of billy epstein. It appeared in a 1950 issue of life. Holmes was very proud of this photograph and when the editors looked at it, they questioned whether they would run it or wnot, because it pictureste woman embracing a black man. Un was finally decided the photograph woulds is. They felt it was an important photograph that would show we are confronting racism in america. The problem was that the editors received so much critici it had an adverse effect on epsteins career. Some of these stories resonate today because you look at the american womans dilemma. I think a lot of women today gstill think, am i going to work fulltime . If i go to work fulltime, am i going to see my children grow up . There are issues that still resonate today and i think it is o realize thatus this is not the first time women have had these issues to think about. Laura the women who chronicled america. I am laura trevelyan. Thank you for watching bbc world news america. Announcer funding for this presentation is made possible by. The freeman foundation; by judy ter blumkovler foundation, pursuing solutions for amer and by contrib to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Is just up here. Thats whe. Man she took me out to those weapons. I think were off to a gat start. Captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc woodruff good evening. Im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight celebrations of independence across the u. S. , as President Trump breaks tradition withnk tas and fighter jets on the national mall. Then, examining the , ngest American Economic expansion since 19d the warning signs ahead. A plusiceless donation. Making sense of the long reaching effects of giving kidneys to complete strangers. If i had known someone who needed a kidney, im sure i would have stepped up. Woouff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour