Outside hong kongs parliament where, once again, a handful of protesters have slept overnight. They are keeping the pressure on carrie lam, calling on her to resign, and for that controversial extradition bill to be scrapped. And the zero waste challenge. How people from three of the worlds biggest polluting countries are living without rubbish. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and also eight in the morning in chinas far western xinjiang region, where up to a Million People are thought to be held in state run detention camps. Beijing, which has previously denied the camps exist, says they are simply schools built to combat the rise of violent islamist extremism. Last year, our correspondent John Sudworth exposed how rapidly these secure facilities were being developed in xinjiang. Now, despite access to the area being tightly controlled, and his itinerary being set by the governme
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
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And we would like to hear from you about facebooks soon to be launched cryptocurrency. Will you be signing up . Do you trust facebook with your spending . Get in touch. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. The United States is to deploy another 1,000 troops to the middle east, as tensions rise with iran. The us military has released what it says is further proof that iran was behind the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman last week. The government in tehran has denied any involvement. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports. More evidence that iran is to blame. These are the photographs the pentagon says offer further proof that the attacks on two tankers in the gulf of oman were carried out by iranian forces. This image shows what the us military describes as the remnants of the magnetic attachment device of an unexploded limpet mine placed on one of the tan
To the us, and made his way to the Demilitarized Zone which separates the two koreas before running to the northern side. Pyongyang has now claimed private king was driven to come to north korea because of inhuman maltreatment and Racial Discrimination while serving in the us army. And the State News Agency goes on to claim that private king has admitted to crossing illegally, and has asked for refuge in the north. It is the first time north korea has knowledge detaining the soldier. The claims have not been verified, and in a Press Briefing the white house has urged people to be mindful of where the statement was made when considering its validity. We when considering its validity. Would caution everyo consider we would caution everyone to consider the source here. That is incredibly important as we are killing the report. We cant verify the comments that are being attributed to private king obviously. We remain focused on his safe return for the past several weeks and we are working