When they called me, i recorded it with my other phone. Alim has shared recordings of those calls. Weve adapted a few to mask key details. We paid a visit to your family in xinjiang. My colleague collected their details. If you want to see them, i can set up a video call. Yes, please arrange that. I just want to talk to them and find out how they are. I wont ask about anything else. Ok, no problem. Ill arrange that for you. Alim was granted a very unusual video call with his mother. The officer connected them by holding two Mobile Phones facing each other. He used one phone to connect with my mother, and then he used another phone to contact me, allowing me to see my mother through his screen. When i saw my mother, i couldnt contain my emotions. It had been six to seven years since i last saw her, and it was an incredibly heart wrenching moment. There was a price to pay. The officer wanted something in return. Weve heard that the uyghur activists are planning to meet next month. We wan
First, heres our Political Correspondent ione wells reports. July saw the world heating up. Now, political debates around energy and Climate Change also hotting up, too. The government has said it will back hundreds of new licences for oil and Gas Production sites like this in the north sea. Its also confirmed it will support two new Carbon Capture and storage projects in northeast scotland and the humber. These would capture Carbon Dioxide where fossil fuels are burned and pipe it under the sea to store it. Climate campaigners fear it is a tactic to give the Fossil Fuel Industry in business. To keep the Fossil Fuel Industry. The Prime Minister, on a visit to aberdeenshire, argued todays announcements would help the uk reach its Net Zero Target by 2050 while still backing new oil and gas. Even in 2050, when we are at net zero, it is forecast that around a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas. Thats why technologies like Carbon Capture and storage are important.
in sport, he s done it luke littler s dream run continues, as the 16 year old becomes the youngest person to reach tonight s world darts final. tha nkfully thankfully not as windy today but there are now over 300 flood warnings across the uk following storm henk. at least the prospects are a little bit drier. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it s wednesday, 3rd january. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to begin a six day strike the longest in nhs history. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. members of the doctors union, the bma, have asked for a 35% pay increase. the government says that is unrealistic. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! a new year, but still no end in sight to the junior doctors pay dispute, which started last spring. the six day walk out is their longest yet, and comes
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. moscow has been targeted by multiple drones in the biggest such attack since the invasion of ukraine. russian officials said eight had reached the capital causing some damage, but that most had been shot down. ukraine has denied direct involvement. president vladimir putin said the drones were aimed at civilian targets and that russia reserves the right to take the harshest possible measures against kyiv. our russia editor steve rosenberg heard the explosions this morning, and sent this report. loud blast russian television says this is the moment that moscow came under attack. the bbc has not independently verified the images russian tv showed. but from early morning, people in and around the russian capital did report hearing explosions. i heard them, too. at home, my windows shook from the force of the blasts. russia s defence ministry accused ukraine of carrying out the attack but said that russia s military had downed all
at the world darts championship has won again tonight. and stay with the serum bbc news, for considering coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and the world. a student has carried out a mass shooting at the university where he was studying in prague, killing 14 people and wounding 25 others, ten of them seriously. police were already looking for him after his father was found dead this morning in a nearby village. the student, thought to be in his early 20s, began his shooting spree this afternoon, apparently picking off people at random. he was later found dead. our correspondent sarah rainsford is in prague. well, this mass shooting took place just across the bridge from where i am tonight in the building that s lit up at the end, that s charles university, the arts faculty, and that s where the gunman shot so many people, wounding and killing many. there is deep shock of course tonight here in prague and across the czech republic, and there is als