welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. china s treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. us government uses the word genocide to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest nury turkel is at the centre of the uyghur experience personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uighurs? nury turkel welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear picture of what today s china strategy in that region is? yes, i have been able to get information through publicly available chinese government official statements and also leaked documents. have r
starmer said the prime minister was in the dying act of his career. anyone quitting now, i after defending all that, hasn t got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn t this the first recorded case of the sinking . ships fleeing the rat? hello and welcome to the programme. written s prime minister boris johnson continues to defy calls for him to resign from some of his most senior colleagues, who believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of these mps britain s. mr johnson has been inside number 10, meeting cabinet colleagues, some of whom still believe he should stay, but most are convinced his time is up. nadhim zahawi, who wasjust appointed chancellor last night, is believed to be one of those who thinks he should go. michael gove was sacked short time ago, with a source 10 downing street describe him as a snake. the latest from our political editor chris mason. the front pages, the photographers, the reporters, all asking the same thing. is it all over, prime mi
the prime minister also sacked michael gove, once a very loyal supporter, who turned against him. the opposition labour leader, sir keir starmer, said the prime minister was in the dying act of his career. anyone quitting now, after. defending all that, hasn t got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn t thisi the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rat? - and in other news for you today, japan plans to pump water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific. we hear from the fishermen protesting the move. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in london, where prime minister borisjohnson continues to defy calls for him to resign from some of his most senior colleagues, who believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of his mps. mrjohnson has been inside number 10 meeting cabinet colleagues, some of whom still believe he should stay, but most are
clings on to power. same story for every where she can imagine, the sun describes the prime minister is defiant or with the headline you will have to dip your hands in blood to get rid of me. the males front page says boris is staring down the mutiny from his ministers. the metro fund page get brexit done slogan and said they turned it into get exit done. the times front page picture earlier today, theyjust got the prime minister of having to fight for his life. same picture on the front page of the telegraph for the paper saying that borisjohnson has been mortally wounded. the daily express gives an ultimatum, almost an ultimatum from bowlersjohnson to ministers a.m. back me your face political oblivion. the daily star and its more characteristic style its agony on e mail from boris johnson asking for advice on how to continue. that is a question he will be asking himself probably with carrie and also in number ten if he hasn t gone to bed. will look at the times. gary, your
diplomats attending. china of course has steadfastly refused to back the tough us stance towards russia. and the american actorjames caan, best known for playing the gangster sonny corleone in the godfather, has died at the age of 82. pressure is growing on borisjohnson to step down as prime minister as soon as possible, rather than waiting until his successor is named. in his resignation speech on thursday, mrjohnson said he d stay in the job until the autumn but many of his colleagues, along with opposition parties, are unhappy with that and have called on him to go immediately. political editor chris mason has this report on a day of political upheaval for westminster and the country. at breakfast time, there was talk of a constitutional crisis, a prime minister who wouldn t budge, and more and more ministers resigning. butjust after 9:00am, news borisjohnson would resign today. this, the most powerful street in the country, suddenly packed. those arriving for work here ca