And captain sir tom moore The War Veteran who raised tens of millions of pounds for the Uks National Health Service during the first lockdown has died at the age of 100. Hello and welcome women in chinas so called Re Education Camps have been systematically raped and tortured according to first hand accounts obtained by the bbc. Its estimated more than a million men and women have been detained in the camps, which china claims are Education Centres to De Radicalise Uighurs and other muslim minorities. Our correspondent matthew hill has spoken to several former detainees and workers and you may find some of their accounts distressing. Reliving a story she can barely bring herself to tell. She was held one of xinjiangs so called Re Education Camps. She was held in one of xinjiangs so called Re Education Camps. These Satellite Images show the site were she says she was held, sharing a cell with 13 other women with a bucket for a toilet. And she is haunted by one image. Masked men coming down a Camp Corridor like this one after midnight. Translation they were three men. Not one but three. They did whatever evil their mind could think of and they didnt spare any part of my body, biting it to the extent that it was disgusting to look at. They didnt just rape. They were barbaric. They had bitten all over my body. The us have granted her safe refuge after investigating her claims. Shes waived her right to anonymity and now feels free to speak about the full extent of the abuse she says she suffered. Translation they had an electric baton. I didnt know what it was. It was pushed into my private parts and i was tormented with electric shocks. Its estimated over1 million uighurs and other muslims are held in the camps. These never before broadcast pictures were filmed secretly in a camp under construction and published by a magazine on religious liberty. Weve interviewed a former guard and seen his Chinese Police documents. He is the first ever to come forward and the risk of him speaking to the bbc is so great we have reconstructed the interview with an actor. Those who were taken inside were locked in a cell which held 8 16 inmates. There were cameras watching them all the time, and there were books about xi jinping. They had to study the book and memorise them in chinese. If they failed, the punishment was severe. Many former camp inmates flee to istanbul. Some talk of having to choose between punishment or being complicit in these crimes. Translation i worked six months as a Cleaning Worker for the women. Han chinese men would pay money to have their pick. Of the pretty, young inmates. This was the first time she has told anyone the full extent of what she says she was forced to do. Myjob is to remove their. Clothes completely and then handcuff them on their beds so they cannot move. We cant say if the rape is approved by the camp commanders or even by those more senior. But the accounts of the many women ive spoken to who have spent time in camps, like these ones filmed secretly in xinjiang, include gang rape in public and are similar in brutality. The Uighur Rights Group that helped her get to america say their full stories dont emerge until later. Survivors of the camps have told of horrific tortures. Very often sexual abuse, however, is told in less detail. Its traumatic to remember and women are often afraid of bringing shame to their own family members. The Chinese Government said in a statement that the xinjiang camps offered vocational and educational training to tackle extremism and terrorism. It did not address directly the accusations of rape and torture. But it added, the Chinese Government attaches great importance to womens rights. Lies and absurd accusations, including mass detention, do not hold water. Translation it is very obvious their goal is to destroy everyone, and everyone knows it. These women are done. Much of the testimony of the women ive spoken to is too disturbing to broadcast. But its important, they say, the world knows whats happened to them. Matthew hill, bbc news. More reaction to the story later in our bulletin. Lets get some of the days other news. The Us State Department has assessed the Military Takeover In Myanmar constitutes a coup and will therefore conduct a review of its foreign assistance to the country. This comes after the countrys leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained on monday and as people in myanmar� s biggest city, yangon, have banged pots and pans to protest. President biden has signed three Executive Orders seeking to reunite migrant families split up by a trump era policy and to order a review of his predecessors wider immigration agenda. Mr biden� s orders will set up a task force to try to reunite the estimated 600 to children who are still separated from theirfamilies. The prosecution and defence in Donald Trumps upcoming Impeachment Trial have been laying out their cases. House Impeachment Managers say that mr trump has � personally responsibility for inciting the insurrection on capitol hill last month. His legal team plans to argue that the trial is � unconstitutional� , since hes already out of office. Talks to rebuild italys Coalition Government have collapsed and the president , sergio matterella, is beginning talks about setting up a new administration of technocrats. Hes summoned the former governor of the European Central bank, mario draghi, for talks on wednesday. Mr draghi is expected to be asked to lead the new government. More than 1,000 demonstrators have been arrested following the jailing of the russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny for three and a half years. Hes now expected to spend over two and a half years in prison, discounting the time he spent under house arrest. Mr navalny denounced the case against him saying it was being used to scare millions of people in russia. Steve rosenberg reports from moscow. For years, the russian authorities claimed Alexei Navalny was no threat to them, that he was just a nobody. But outside the court, they were taking no chances. Inside, mr navalny was brought into the courtroom, locked in a glass cage. Hed been accused of a parole violation. A case which he insisted is politically motivated. His wife was in court alongside him. When the verdict came he put on a brave face, but the kremlin� s most severe critic had been put in prison but the kremlin� s most vocal critic had been put in prison for two and a half years. As for Alexei Navalny, until today the authorities had avoided sending him to prison, so he would not become a political martyr. The calculation has changed. In russia, he has become the face of protest, a catalyst for political change. Alexei navalny� s arrest had brought people onto the streets across the country. Now his Prison Sentence has sparked international condemnation. We repeat our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally release Alexei Navalny as well as the hundreds of other russian citizens wrongly detained in recent weeks for exercising their rights. Message not received. This is moscow tonight, police are out in force. Police are determined to stop any sign of protest in support of Alexei Navalny. Alexei, we are with you, he just has time to say. The authorities will be hoping that with Alexei Navalny in prison, the protests will lose steam. And if they dont, well, those in power here are in no mood for compromise. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. A new study from Oxford University says the Coronavirus Vaccine it developed with astrazeneca not only protects from severe disease, but also reduces transmission of the virus significantly. Researchers found the jab provided good protection even when there was a gap of 12 weeks between the first and the second doses. 0ur Medical Editor fergus walsh has more on this and on growing concern about the way coronavirus is showing its ability to change genetically. A little scratch coming there. More good news on vaccines, the Oxford Astrazeneca jab offers sustained protection against covid disease of 76 for at least three months after the first shots, supporting the uk decision to delay second doses. Inside there is a patient data sheet about the astrazeneca vaccine youve had today. 0k. 0k . The oxford jab may also cut transmission, those vaccinated were far less likely to carry any coronavirus, meaning each person immunised may indirectly protect others. We found there was a big reduction in people being infected with coronavirus and because they were not infected, they cant go on and transmit to other people. And so that is really important in potentially curbing the pandemic. Secondly, we had really good protection right from a couple of weeks after the first dose through to the second dose being given three months later, and which tells us there is maintained efficacy over that period. Meanwhile, more cases of the South African variant has meant Fighting Coronavirus is now being done house to house. Has meant Fighting Coronavirus is now being done house to house. 80,000 adults in nine postcode areas of england are being urged to have a test because cases of the variants have been detected there unconnected to foreign travel. And its emerged that the uk variant first found in kent has itself undergone another mutation. Viruses evolve all the time, but there are several variants here which share one mutation of concern its in the spike protein and called e484k. Its been found in bristol in a mutated version of the more contagious uk variant. And in liverpool, in a variant which mutated from the original wuhan strain. This same mutation is also found in the South African and brazilian variants. It appears to make the virus less visible to antibodies, a key part of the immune system, which could make vaccines less effective. We do have some evidence from the laboratory that this mutation might reduce the efficacy of certain vaccines. Having said that, the vaccine should still work very well and reduce transmission and reduce symptoms, we hope, but we are going to need to keep a very close eye on this. Hello, i work with council. In surrey, the Public Health teams mostly met with a positive response. What do you think about this whole exercise . I think its brilliant. I think its really good that they have acted upon it really quickly. Its almost the first thing that i feel like they have taken. Relatively urgent. Yeah. Yes. This door to door testing should provide Vital Information on how much the South African variant may be spreading silently within the community. And hopefully suppress it at least to a certain extent, buying vital time for the vaccine roll out. Well done. So the quicker the nhs can immunise those most at risk, the better. And social distancing remains vital because the less virus out there, the lower the risk of it mutating again. Fergus walsh, bbc news. The Health Regulator in france has approved the astrazeneca vaccine but said it should not be used for people over 65 without further study. The recommendation echoes similar reservations expressed in germany and austria. Research published in a leading medicaljournal suggest russias sputnik Coronavirus Vaccine can be more than 90 effective. Trials are continuing, but the jab is already being used in several countries. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come Tributes For Captain sir tom moore, who has died at the age 100. Hell be remembered for raising millions for the Uks National Health Service. This is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. After his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of Ayatollah Khomeini on iranian soil. South africas white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. And the anc leader, nelson mandela, is to be set free unconditionally. Three, two, one. A countdown to a critical moment. The worlds most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. And, apart from its power, its the recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a launch, that makes this a breakthrough in the. Business of space travel. Two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. One of them called it a piece of cake. Thousands of people have given the yachtswoman Ellen Macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth, after she smashed the world record for sailing solo Around The World nonstop. This is bbc news, our main headline the bbc has evidence that women in chinas so called Re Education Camps have been systematically raped and tortured. Lets stay with that story a short time ago, i spoke to adrian zenz a Senior Fellow in China Studies at the victims of communism memorial foundation. He highlighted how serious this new evidence about the chinese Detention Camps is. This level of detail and authority, this is some of the most horrendous that i personally have seen since this atrocity began about four years ago. What have you learned from your own research . My own Research Shows that camps are places where inmates are interrogated, they are punished, when they fail to learn chinese sometimes, even tortured, my research has also shown that women are being sterilised, they are being forced to have intra uterus devices inserted into them, just a very brutal subjugation, almost like a colonial subjugation of uighur women. How difficult is it to get Accurate Information that you can crosscheck and coroborate from the camps . Extremely difficult to get anything from within the camp. Sometimes we have a set of leaked documents such as the china cables, those are very rare though. Sometimes we can lean bits of information from official government documents and websites, but the most important source of evidence are survivor testimonies, like the ones just broadcast by bbc. The us Secretary Of State has declared a genocide is under way. What pratical impact does a declaration like that have . It is a significant to make such a statement to awaken the world to the scale of the atrocity that is happening. However it is no longer enough to make declarations or assessments. This is just getting worse and worse as we and time is running out. It is time the International Community goes to investigate and put up some real action or it will be too late. You say goes to investigative, of course to go to investigate they would need visas from the Chinese Government. The first step is to strongly demand to investigate or threaten consequences. The next step is to try to ascertain what is going on. Yes, they would need Chinese Government permission but we now need some kind of a deal, we need high level conflict, we need some knocking on the doors of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions in order to at least try to move the ball on this horrendous atrocity. Try to move the ball on this two fbi agents have been shot dead and three others injured as they tried to search an apartment in florida. The shooting happened as they were trying to seize a computer and other evidence in a child pornography case. The suspect later barricaded himself in his home for several hours before killing himself. Theyre the first fbi agents to be killed on duty since 2008. Jeff bezos is to stand down from his role as Chief Executive of amazon, the company he created some 30 years ago. Hes not severing his ties with amazon, its said hell work on other projects. The news came after the Company Reported huge profits for the last three months of 2020. Our business correspondent, Michelle Fleury in new york has more details. Jeff bezos is somebody who success is unquestionable, from scratch he built arguably one of the Top Companies Around The World today. And suddenly he is announcing in a memo to employees that he will step aside from the Online Retail juggernaut and hand over the reins to andyjesse. Andy is somebody who runs the companys cloud to business, web based cloud to business, web based cloud business. It is a booming part of the company and perhaps one that many people are less familiar with front that we think of it as an Online Retailer, but the success of this division is such that he has been elevated to the top job. Those who think that mr bezosis job. Those who think that mr bezos is disappearing, think again, he is moving to the Executive Chair and he will be heavily involved in any major decision within the company. Captain sir tom moore the british world war ii veteran who raised almost 50 Million Dollars for Health Service workers during the first lockdown has died at the age of 100, after testing positive for covid 19. The queen, who knighted him injuly has offered her condolences to the family and the prime minister, borisjohnson called him a national inspiration. David sillito reports. Hes a 99 year old war vet. Hes a one man fundraising machine. Captain sir tom moore. The word inspirational is rather an understatement. Thats the way i think ive always looked at it, tomorrow will be a good day. What began as a Little Family challenge, to do 100 laps of his garden, became a fundraising juggernaut. On new years eve, the face of 2020 was captain tom. He was born in keighley in 1920, and served in burma during the war. After that, hed run a business and the closest he had ever come to fame. And appearing this christmas on. Was an appearance on blankety blank. Tom, have you got family or anyone you would rather not be watching this . Yes, two girls, coming up 16 and coming up 14. But everything changed when his family set up a Fundraising Page for captain tom. The hope was to raise £1,000 for Nhs Charities to support the nurses and doctors during the pandemic, butjust over a week later the total had passed £1 million. And by the time he celebrated his 100th birthday, the total had topped £30 million. Walk on through the wind. He also had a number one single. Walk on through the rain. Captain tom had become known the world over. He received 140,000 birthday cards. He was made an honorary colonel. He received a knighthood. And the raf staged a birthday fly past. Im absolutely delighted with all the people like you who have come to wish me a many happy birthday. It has been an extraordinary ten months. The final entry on his wish list was an end of year trip to barbados. And then, earlier this week, it was announced that he had pneumonia and had tested positive for the coronavirus. Leading the tributes today, a statement from buckingham palace. The queen said. In downing street, the union flags were at half mast. Captain sir tom moore was a hero in the truest sense of the word. In the dark days of the second world war, he fought forfreedom and in the face of this countrys deepest post war crisis, he united us all. Captain tom described it as a fairy tale, but during some dark months, it was his good cheer that became a little source ofjoy for millions. I never ever anticipated ever in my life anything like this. It really is amazing. I must say to everyone, thank you very much to everyone wherever you are. Youll never walk alone. Spacex has launched another of its starship prototypes, and once again itjust failed to pull off the landing. The starship sn9 blew up on its final descent as it tried to right itself before reaching the ground. In december the sn8 model, Met A Similarfate With the flight ending with an explosive impact with the ground. Nonetheless, spacex said its engineers would press on with the programme. That will lead into an interesting competition between elon musk who is currently the Worlds Richest Man Jeff richest Manjeff Bezos richest man jeff bezos from amazon currently the world second richest man according to what ive seen. They both have ambitions in space exploration. Here in uk, the concrete to limit country looks back on tom moore, some of the newspapers have been talking about his life. A reminder top story. Women in china so called Re Education Camp have been systematically raped and tortured according to first hand accounts obtained by the bbc. It is estimated more than 1 the bbc. It is estimated more than1 million men and women have been detained in the camps which try to claim or Education Centres designed to read limit the radicalised uighurs and muslim minority. More on story on our website which you can find on bbc news. Let me know what youre up to. I am on twitter. Stay with us. Hello there. Tuesday brought us some very heavy snow across parts of scotland, but more especially in northern england. And that caused significant transport disruption at one stage, the a62 was completely shut, along with the snake pass. And thats the main road link between manchester and sheffield. The boundary between the mild air we have in the south and the cold air in the north is heading into scotland. And its here where the risk of snow will stay really through the rest of this week. Heavy snow across the high ground with significant accumulations. There is still the scope of transport disruption but the risk of disruption will increase towards the end of the week. Why do i say that . Because at lower elevations over the next few days, temperatures will be dropping by a couple of degrees celsius, tipping the balance from rain more to snowfall at lower levels hence the risk of disruption is more likely to increase later in the week. Right now across the central lowlands, weve got rain, a bit of sleet coming through as well. The snow mainly confined to the high ground here, also across the very high ground and across the far north of england, too. Delving into this zone, as we go through wednesday, we will continue to see that rain, a bit of sleet at times across the central belt, so probably nothing in the way of snow settling. If you go into the hills, yes, above 100 metres elevation, youre more likely to see snow, settling snow above 200 metres elevation, 10 20 cm over the next 48 hours. Elsewhere, weve got some bright skies in the west, but heavy rain across Southern England very heavy at times in the london area, and itll turn wet as well throughout much of east anglia. Mild in the south, but obviously where weve got the snow falling, particularly in the hills, temperatures struggling to get much above freezing at all in scotland. Through wednesday night, well continue to see that mucky mixture, really, in scotland. There might be a bit more in the way of snow starting to come down to some slightly lower levels across the north of the country, as those temperatures just start to edge downwards Just A Little Bit might be enough to tip the balance, perhaps a little bit of snow across the high ground of northern england, as well. For thursday, again, as the air gets colder, weve got a tendency to see a bit more snow getting down to some of those lower levels. In the south, weve got some rain, a few brighter spells for wales and the midlands, still mild in the south, still cold into scotland. And then beyond that, as we look at the forecast through friday and into the weekend beyond, there is a tendency for the weather to turn colder, and we may see it some snowfall more widely into next week. Thats your latest weather. This is bbc news, the headlines. Women in chinas so called Re Education Camps have been systematically raped and tortured according to first hand accounts obtained by the bbc. Its estimated more than a million men and women have been detained in the camps, which china claims are Education Centres to De Radicalise Uighurs and other muslim minorities. The russian Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, has beenjailed for more than two and a half years, following his return to moscow after being poisoned. His supporters have called for more protests. The russian authorities have detained a further 1,200 protesters during demonstrations on tuesday a new study has found that the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine against coronavirus reduces transmission significantly, as well as protecting from severe disease. Researchers found the jab provided good protection even when there was a gap of 12 weeks between doses. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk