Chinas government has previously denied they even exist. Now, it says the state run detention camps it has built in the far Western Region of xinjiang are simply schools to combat the rise of violent islamist extremism. It is thought up to a Million People are being held there. Last year, our correspondent John Sudworth exposed how rapidly these secure facilities were being developed. Now he has returned, and even though access is tightly controlled and his itinerary was set by the government, he has found out more. You may find parts of his report disturbing. China used to deny it was Holding Hundreds of thousands of muslims in giant, secure facilities like this one. But now, we are being given a tour. The message these people are not prisoners, but students, willingly subjecting themselves to a kind of brainwashing. Is it your choice to be here . Translation yes, i was affected by extremism. Ive come here to transform my thoughts. Government officials watch over every interview. This
Hello to you. Chinas government has previously denied they even exist. Now it says the state run detention camps its built in the far Western Region of xinjiang are simply schools to combat the rise of violent islamist extremism. Its thought up to a Million People are being held there. Last year, our correspondent John Sudworth exposed how rapidly these secure facilities were being developed. Now he has returned. And even though access is tightly controlled, and his itinerary was set by the government, he has found out more. You may find parts of his report disturbing. China used to deny it was Holding Hundreds of thousands of muslims in giant, secure facilities like this one. But now, we are being given a tour. The message these people are not prisoners, but students, willingly subjecting themselves to a kind of brainwashing. Is it your choice to be here . Translation yes, i was affected by extremism. Ive come here to transform my thoughts. Government officials watch over every interv
the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan, with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile, moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was massive russian military support that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. details on that later in the programme but first, to the g7. the bbc s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us and we can bring him in now. nick, a lot of news coming out of the g7 so far. much of the initial talks have been members recommitting to the defence of ukraine and some big news involving fighterjets ukraine and some big news involving fighter jets and sanctions as well today. involving fighterjets and sanctions as well today. yeah that s righ
leaders, but each hold huge potential to shape the trajectory of the war in ukraine. at the g7 summit, in the japanese city of hiroshima, presidentjoe biden told leaders the us was prepared to give the go ahead to train ukrainian pilots on f16 fighter jets. some details remain unclear, like who would supply the jets, and how many pilots would be trained. britain, the netherlands, belgium and denmark have expressed support for the plans. president zelensky welcomed the move, and said it would greatly enhance the ukrainian army in the sky. i count on discussing the practical implementation of the decision at the g7 summit in hiroshima . that is what he tweeted. president zelensky is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima in the coming days, where its expected he ll address leaders, and hold a meeting with us president, joe biden. but on friday, he was in saudia arabia for an arab league summit. of those present, only syria has openly supported the russian invasion. others have s
the president absolute was involved in this decision. he ordered it at the recommendation of pentagon leaders. he wanted it taken down and they did that. space i would try to glean the low down the chute on second object taken down over our airspace in less than a week for this time our reaction is a whole lot different whole lot quicker. here s at least we know for the time being. the threat to civilian flight was pretty clear given the altitude the thing was flying at. that is why the president ordered it shot down. but, this is what we still do not know, where did it come from and why did it take a reporter asking about it for us to hear about it fully 11 minutes into a white house press conference. questions will be asked of the top republican on the armed services committee. key democrat on the senate foreign relations committee tim kaine. they are both here and how will our relationship would try to play out in the 2024 campaign? maybe it already is. new hampshire repub