President trump has defended his handling of the coroanvirus pandemic, telling fox news that the us has the lowest mortality rate in the world. Police and Public Health officials are investigating a mosque in blackburn, after 250 people attended a funeral there on monday. Its since emerged that the imam has tested positive for coronavirus. The United Arab Emirates prepares to launch a mission to mars making it the first arab nation to do so. Half time at wembley and its 1 0 to chelsea as they compete with Manchester United for a place in the fa cup final. Welcome to bbc news. Amid growing tensions between beijing and london, china has threatend repercussions, over british criticism of its handling of hong kong. The foreign secretary dominic raab will set out in full tomorrow, number tens response to beijings tough new security law for the territory, amid calls from some senior conservatives to suspend the uks extradition treaty with china. Theres also criticism of the reatment of the m
Successfully launches. We start with chinas ambassador to the uk denying reports that his country is carrying out a programme of sterilisation of uighur women in the western part of country xinjang. Reports and eyewitness accounts have accused china of trying to reduce the uighur population by forced sterilisation. The uighur muslims are the Largest Ethnic Group in chinas far west xinjiang region. China denies human rights abuses there, but theres evidence of mosques being destroyed as you see in these before and after pictures and uighurs say they are subject to intense state surveillance. Britains foreign secretary, dominic raab, said there were gross and egregious human rights abuses going on there and that he found it deeply troubling. It comes amid a rise in diplomatic tension between the two countries over a new National Security law in hong kong, and the british governments decision to ban the Chinese Company huawei from the uks 56 network. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline
Ten temporary nightingale courts are being set up to help clear a backlog of hearings caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Theyll Begin Operating in england and wales from tomorrow. Police and Public Health officials are investigating a mosque in blackburn after 250 people attended a funeral there on monday. Its since emerged that the imam has tested positive for coronavirus. No deal yet eu leaders meet for an unscheduled third day of talks on a post coronavirus economic recovery plan. And watford sack their manager Nigel Pearson with just two game to go in the premier League Season as the club fight to avoid relegation. And coming up at 5. 30 audiences from around the world question their leaders in global questions. Crisis in america. Good afternoon. Amid growing tensions between beijing and london, china has threatend repercussions, over british criticism of its handling of hong kong. The foreign secretary dominic raab will set out in full tomorrow, number 10s response to beijings to
Mortality rate in the world. And the first arab Space Mission to mars is preparing for lift off. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. We start with chinas ambassador to the uk denying reports that his country is carrying out a programme of sterilisation of uighur women in the western part of country xinjang. Reports and eyewitness accounts have accused china of trying to reduce the uighur population by forced sterilisation. The uighur muslims are the Largest Ethnic Group in chinas far west xinjiang region. China denies human rights abuses there, but theres evidence of mosques being destroyed as you see in these before and after pictures and uighurs say they are subject to intense state surveillance. Britains foreign secretary, dominic raab, said there were gross and egregious human rights abuses going on there and that he found it deeply troubling. It comes amid a rise in dipl
Second spike of covid i9 this winter. And watford have sacked their manager Nigel Pearson with just two games to go in the premier league season. As the club fights to avoid relegation. Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Chinas ambassador to the uk has denied reports that beijing is carrying out a programme of forced sterilisation of uighur women in the Western Region of the country xinjiang. He acknowledged that there may be some cases. He was interviewed on the Andrew Marr Show this morning and wish own testimony from a women who had suffered forced sterilisation. Foreign secretary said he was deeply troubled by what he said were chinas egregious human rights abuses of the uighur population. Here are some of those interviews. There is no socalled pervasive, massive forced sterilisation among uighur people in china. It is totally against. The government is strongly opposed to this kind of practice. I cannot rule out single cases for any country. These are single cases stop there is