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this is bbc news the headlines. a long delayed united nations report says serious human rights abuses have been committed in the chinese region of xinjiang against uyghur muslims. it s also found that allegations of torture and abuse at detention camps are credible. beijing, which saw the report in advance, dismissed it as a farce. a united nations team has arrived at the city of zaporizhzhia near the russian held nuclear power plant in ukraine s south. the team is expected to inspect the plant on thursday. russian forces have been accused of shelling near the plant but russia says ukraine is behind the attacks. it s thought the funeral of former soviet union president mikhail gorbachev will take place on saturday at the hall of columns in moscow but russia has so far refused to confirm whether the 91 year old will be afforded a full state funeral,
festival returns after a covid enforced absence. a long delayed un report says serious human rights abuses have been committed in the chinese region of xinjiang against uighur muslims. it also found that allegations of torture and sexual abuse during what china calls vocational education and training are credible. beijing, which saw the report in advance, dismissed it as a farce. earlier, i spoke to peter irwin from the uighur human rights project, who said the chinese government won t be a credible player on the world stage unless they take action now. we have been waiting all day for the report,
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. un inspectors arrive in the southern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, on a mission to prevent a nuclear accident at the russian held power plant. my mission is a technical mission, that seeks to prevent a nuclear accident. the un releases its long awaited report on alleged human rights abuses against uighur muslims in china. no end in sight to the floods sweeping across pakistan the rising waters turning roads into rivers in the worst affected areas. as the tributes continue, preparations are being made for the funeral of mikhail gorbachov, the last
Beijing warns EU on Xinjiang sanctions
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The bloc’s Foreign Ministers are expected to blacklist persons or entities in China.
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The bloc’s Foreign Ministers are expected to blacklist persons or entities in China.
China’s Ambassador to the EU on Tuesday warned against imposing sanctions on Beijing over its actions in the Xinjiang region, as the bloc decides how to respond to the crackdown on the Uighur minority.
“I want to emphasise that sanctions are confrontation. Sanctions based on lies could be interpreted as deliberately undermining China’s security and development interests,” Ambassador Zhang Ming said.