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Also coming up How A Ruling by the Us Supreme Court on the rights of Student Athletes could shake up the billion Dollar College sports industry. Hello and welcome. The bbc has been investigating the plight of thousands of children believed to have been separated from their parents as a result of Chinas Treatment of its uyghur population. Both The Uk and the us have accused china of violating Human Rights as reports emerged of uyghurs being forced into Internment Camps, women being sterilised and the use of forced labour. China has denied that uyghur families are being deliberately divided. For the past two years the bbc has made repeated requests to help track down the missing children, but the chinese authorities have failed to respond. Reporting from taiwan heres our China Correspondentjon Sudworth these mothers are marching for their missing children back home in xinjiang. Walking almost 300 miles across turkey where they now live to highlight the years of silence from china. I want them to let me see them, kalbina tells me. In this information age, why cant i contact my children . Two years ago, in a Meeting Hall in istanbul, in dozens of similar accounts, uighurs from xinjiang told us how theyd lost all contact with their children. Do you know where your children are now . So where are these children . Shown that testimony, the chinese ambassador In London at the time denied the claims but promised to investigate. If you have people got their children lost, you give me names. With our interviewees� permission, we sent him the names. In 2016, fearing china would force her to have an abortion. Kalbina left xinjiang to give birth to her youngest daughter, mersier. Little did she know, the camps designed to replace ethnic identity with loyalty to the Communist Party were being built on a massive scale. Having relatives overseas was one sign of suspicion, so, contact with the outside world simply stopped. Kalbinas husband was detained, and she hasnt seen him, or her five older children since. Except for this. A video she discovered online filmed in a School Hundreds of miles from the family home. Im sure its my daughter, she told me. A claim china dismisses as a lie, although it hasnt provided any proof. After the promised to investigate, Uk Embassy officials confirmed receipt of our documents saying they had reported the matter to china. We sent follow up E Mails but were told there was no feedback from beijing. And our requests for comment eventually went unanswered. We also handed over details of the missing relatives to officials in xinjiang, including copies of id cards, again without success. Then, one year after his first appearance, the ambassador went on live tv once more. The bbc did provide the chinese embassy with names, and we havent heard back. I never received any names since our last show. I hope that you can give me the names. We certainly will get back to you. So we renewed our request. Where, for example, are kalidas missing sons . Are their wives still in the camps . Where are her 14 grandchildren . Kalida, who lives in kazakhstan, now spends her days protesting outside the chinese consulate. Until china gives me information, i will keep coming, she told me. Earlier this Year Liu xiaoming left The Uk with an online farewell reception, and his promise still unmet by the chinese government. No progress, said the latest E Mailfrom his officials. No explanation, for example, as to why this 68 year old uighur spent 18 months in a camp and why she is now being prevented from travelling to see her daughter who lives in The Uk. What do you think the fact that we have heard nothing from them in response might tell us . They are trying to, not to answer, or trying to hide what theyre doing. What she has been through in the camp. They dont want her to speak out whats happening in there. After two years of promises to help find the missing, xinjiangs shattered families have been offered only silence. John sudworth, bbc news, taipei. John sudworth has been at the forefront of the bbc� s reporting on the uighurs in china. You can see more of his work on our website. Just go to Bbc Dot come forward Slash News for all that. The Uk Government is promising details of a Coronavirus Vaccine Booster programme will be made public in the next few weeks after senior doctors said planning for it should be sped up. It comes as the prime Minister Borisjohnson said it was important to look at opportunities for people whove been double jabbed to avoid self isolating. But he played down suggestions that it could be applied to people coming back from abroad, as our medical editor, fergus walsh, reports. Your vaccine is being prepared now. The Prime Minister was in North London Today at a sports stadium. One of many transformed into covid immunisation centres. This was meant to be the day that all social distancing rules were lifted in england. But that has been delayed by four weeks to give more time to getjobs in arms. I think its looking good forjuly the 19th to be that terminus point. I think what the scientists are saying is that, you know things like flu will come back this winter. We may have a rough winter for all sorts of reasons. Obviously there are big pressures on the nhs. More than A Million Vaccine Appointments were booked in two days after they were opened up to all Over 18s in england on friday. Meanwhile planning is under way for a possible autumn booster campaign. But that will depend on the answer to some key questions. First, how long Will Vaccine Protection last . Immunity will wane at some point but it is unclear when. Antibody levels in trial volunteers, some of whom got their first Covid Jab over a year ago, will give vital clues. Third Booster Doses might be needed only by certain groups such as the over 65s, as Immunity Levels often decline faster as people age. Second, which Booster Vaccines will be used . A Uk Trial is comparing seven different covid vaccines and examining whether getting a different third jab from your first two doses may provide extra protection. We are hoping to have the results by The End Of August that will go to Thejoint Committee on vaccination and immunisation. And that will tell us about the Side Effects but will also tell us if any of the vaccines are not working properly as a booster. And what about flu . The Flu Jab Campaign gets under way in september. Flu protect yourself and others. Health service providers say this means decisions will need to be made soon about how covid vaccines are deployed in the autumn. Can we combine Covid I9 jabs with Flu Jabs . Can you have a Covid Jab in one arm and a Flu Jab in another, for example . And also do we vaccinate children . And its interesting at the moment children definitely are in this Delta Variant a significant source of transmission. Restrictions were lifted today on the number of people allowed at weddings in england and wales. Karina and graham were married in nottinghamshire after multiple delays due to covid. But Honeymoon Destinations remain limited. The next review of Foreign Travel destinations is expected later this week. Fergus walsh, bbc news. Now, lets turn to brazil. On sunday, it became the second country after the us to have a covid Death Toll over 500,000. Now experts and protesers are questioning the governments handling of the pandemic. 500 roses have been placed on this beach in rio. One for each 1000 people whove died. Next to the roses a banner reads, � half A Million dead, where did we go wrong . � well Dr Miguel Nicolelis is a leading brazilian physician and he has been examining the outbreak in brazil to try and answer that Burning Question what went so wrong . I spoke with him a short time ago. Since the beginning, the brazilian government did not prepare itself for the synonymy that was coming to brazil and when the first cases appeared, it took a long while to realise that he had to basically close the international airspace and start monitoring the situation in the country. Since the beginning, the president of brazil denied any of the measures that we all know would work to prevent the spread of the virus through the entire country and he was against the lockdown, the national lockdown and he was against controlling the flow through the roads in brazil and also, against the use of masks. And finally, brazil took a very long time to purchase the vaccines needed to vaccinate the country at a time that wouldve prevented the catastrophe that we had here. Are there issues in the way that the Health System is structured in brazil that made it harder to deal with the pandemic . I it harder to deal with the pandemic . It harder to deal with the pandemic . It harder to deal with the andemic . ,. , , pandemic . I have to say, first that without pandemic . I have to say, first that without the pandemic . I have to say, first that without The Public pandemic . I have to say, first that without the Public Health | that without The Public Health System that brazil has come of the tragedy would be even worse than what we got. But in brazil, we have a very dense concentration of critical Care Units in the big capitals of the state. So, the countryside is devoid of high levels of tertiary Hospital Care or critical Care Unit beds. So brazilians living in the countryside had to move when they got really sick, they had to move to the capitals on the coast of brazil should be able to find a bed and in a hospital that could take it for them. So that could take it for them. So that was perhaps the largest movement of severely ill patients in Brazil And History from the countryside to the biggest cities on the coast of the country and that basically proved to be a very devastating property of the system that did not have enough facilities the people in the countryside. Not have enough facilities to help the people in the countryside. Two england players are having to self isolate after coming into close contact at wembley with scotlands Billy Gilmour after the euro 2020 game on friday. Gilmour one of scotlands key players has to quarantine for ten days following his positive covid diagnosis, but none of his team has been affected. But Ben Chilwell and Mason Mount could now miss Englands Game with the Czech Republic on tuesday. Natalie pirks reports. It was an innocent enough scene. Chelsea team mates sharing a special moment after a hard fought draw. But its Thought Contact between Billy Gilmour, Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell continued down the tunnel and thats what has caused major headaches for both home nations. Earlier today, scotland announced the first blow. Fan favourite gilmour had tested positive and was out of tomorrows must win match against croatia at hampden park. Hes upset, as you would expect. Asymptomatic, no symptoms. So hopefully his health will hold up, he wont have too many symptoms and hell get back to playing as quickly as possible. Obviously a blow for us in terms of the team, but a chance for someone else. In response, and as a precaution, all 26 england players took lateral flow tests this afternoon and all were negative. But after consultation with public Health England, it was advised Chilwell And Mount should now isolate. I dont want to cause a drama for scotland, but if youre all in the Dressing Room together, where does everything stand . So, yeah, i dont know is the honest answer to that. 0ur medical people are dealing with all of this. Im being updated as regularly as we can be, which is every hour or so. Theres a little bit more information. And we have to accept whatever the situation is and adapt to it. The Scottish Fa said it had consulted with public Health England and no close contacts of gilmour were identified. But two English Players were identified and the fa ultimately took the decision by those players to isolate. For scotland, its a major headache. A real blow. And its Billy Gilmour whos out now. And you have to think, who has he been mixing with . Will be get any further news that hes been mixing with and close by some other players and they might be testing positive and might have to self isolate as well . Like gilmour, Mason Mount had also impressed. Hed played every minute of both of englands matches so far. Covid has hit other teams in this tournament. There was perhaps a sense of inevitability it would land closer to home. Natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. Back on the pitch and there has beenjoy for denmark who have reached the last 16. The danes were still reeling from chrstian eriksen� s Heart Attack during their Opening Fixture of the tournament, beat russia 4 1 to finish as runners up in their group. They go through with belgium from group b. In Group C The Netherlands and austria are through after wins in their final group matches. And those results also mean that france, switzerland, sweden, england and the Czech Republic will play in the knock out stages. Full details on the Sport Section of our website. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come the votes are being counted in ethiopia after key elections. The poll is a test of the popularity of prime Minister Abiy at a time the country is beset with warand famine. Members of the Neo Nazi Resistance movement stormed the World Trade Centre armed with pistols and shotguns. We believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim in certain parts of this country as our land. I take pride in the words Ich Bin Ein berliner. Cheering as The Uk woke up to the news that it is to exit The European union, Leave Campaigners began celebrating. In total, 17. 4 million people voted for The Uk to leave the eu. The medical Research Council have now advised the government that the great increase in Lung Cancer is due, mainly, to smoking tobacco. It was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which for 29 years has stood on the border as a marker of allied determination to defend the city. This is bbc news. The latest headlines the uyghur children separated from their parents how china still wont answer questions about where they are. And at the euros, two england footballers have been forced to self isolate after coming into contact with the Scotland Midfielder Billy Gilmour, whos tested positive for coronavirus. Africas second most populous nation, ethiopia, has been voting today in elections that are being billed as a major test of the countrys new democracy. Much of the attention has been on prime Minister Abiy ahmed, who won the nobel Peace Prize two years ago for reforms he brought in after decades of repressive rule. But his reputation� s been undermined by allegations of Human Rights abuses, in the countrys tigray region, claims the government denies. From addis ababa, Catherine Byaruhanga reports. Ethiopians had been promised a democratic rebirth governed by a nobel Peace Prize winner. But as prime Minister Abiy ahmed arrived at his Home Constituency he was governing party more divided than ever. I asked him if these elections would really be credible. You can see how it is a free and fair election. Everybody is here for free and i hope it will be the best election in our history. They certainly love him in his hometown. But all across this Country Conflicts are brewing and prime Minister Abiy is struggling to hold this country together. Nowhere is this more evident than in tigray. For eight months the government has been fighting rebels in the region. It is claimed all sides have committed atrocities. Mr abiy and his eritrean allies have been accused of using Rape And Hunger as a weapon of war. The Prime Minister told me there were no food shortages. There is no hunger in tigray. There is a problem in tigray and the government is capable of fixing that. But the United Nations continues to warn that many are on the brink of starvation. The humanitarian situation is dire with reports of denial of humanitarian access in some localities and looting of Aid Supplies by soldiers. An estimated 350,000 people are threatened by famine. Prime Minister Abiy� s party is expected to win this election, but his critics accuse him of clamping down on any real opposition. Catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, ethiopia. We often hear about the hefty salaries that professional athletes get paid, but its a different story for Americas Student athletes. They take part in games which bring in tens of millions of dollars to their colleges and universities but dont get paid anything themselves. Thats because the ncaa, the Governing Body for us collegiate sports, Bans Payment to students and only provides scholarship money, which is capped at the cost of attendance. But Student Representatives have challenged that in court and, in a unanimous decision, the Us Supreme Court has ruled that the ncaa cannot Put A Limits on Education Related Benefits for athletes. Justice Brett Kavanaugh has warned that the Ncaas 0ur North America Correspondent David Willis told me more about the court ruling. I should start by telling you that basically College Sports here are extremely popular. They attract large audiences and they rake in billions of dollars as you mentioned. Not only for the colleges themselves, but for coaches and for officials of the national collegiate athletic association which is the Governing Body. For example, its president takes home 7 Million a year. Its not unusual for takes home 7 Million a year. Its not unusualfor a takes home 7 Million a year. Its not unusual for a Football Coach Year to earn around 11 Million a year. But the athletes themselves are deemed temperatures and they receive scholarships and exchange. This ruling, as you mentioned, a unanimous ruling by the highest court in the land doesnt open the door directly for the athletes to be paid, but it does pave the way potentially for them to receive additional benefits. Additional things to lure them to certain colleges, for example. Things like internships, computers, that sort of thing. The united states supreme court ruled that the ncaa is a virtual monopoly as it puts it and so, i think we can see further challenges to its powers. Thousands of fans will be allowed into venues to watch the Tokyo Olympic Games next month but they will be told not to cheer or even speak loudly. 0rganisers are limiting numbers to a maximum 10 Thousand spectators with venues only half full against the advice of scientists. But the decision could be reversed if Coronavirus Infections surge higher. Rupert wingfield hayes reports from tokyo. Tokyo cheering remember in those pre covid days when tokyo won the 2020 Olympic Bid . And people were allowed to celebrate like this. For a while it seemed possible the tokyo games might actually take place with stadiums like this. But today the president of the Tokyo Organising Committee seiko hashimoto, announced a compromise. In light of the government restrictions on public events, she says, the spectator limit on the olympic games will be set at 50 of the new capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 people. That is very much not what the medical experts have been advising. Just last week they said having no spectators would be much of the safest option. The Worry Isnt really what the crowds do inside the stadiums. Its what they might do afterwards. People here In Tokyo are already thoroughly sick and tired of the pandemic. You can see it in places like this. People drinking late into the night in bars that are openly flouting the covid regulations. And the olympics will be a signal to everybody that its 0k to go out and celebrate. Thats what public Health Expert Kenji Shibuya is worried about. My biggest concern is we have not yet suppressed, or even eliminated Covid Transmission locally and we just lifted the State Of Emergency despite we have a pretty large number of cases In Tokyo still. There is Local Transmission and if we send an inconsistent signal that we should celebrate the olympics, then people will be confused and we will see a larger risk of Local Transmission. The hope is the olympics will look something like this football match. The stand is half full, spectators are obeying the rules. But with Infection Rates rising again In Tokyo, the next Big Wave Of Covid could hitjust in time for the Opening Ceremony onjuly 23. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, In Tokyo. Many people are still hoping in japan that it will still be the spirit of tokyo 64 all over again. To stay with us on bbc news. There is always more details on the Bbc Website wherever you are in the world. Thank you very much for your company. Hello. Monday was the summer solstice, but for some places, including parts of Southeast England, it was colder than the winter solstice. This was the picture as we ended the day in pontypridd, south wales, so quite a lot of cloud around there. Through the course of the night, though, The Cloud has tended to break up a little bit. So, tuesday, it will be a drier day in the south, certainly compared to what we had on monday. And for most places, some spells of sunshine around. Low pressure that brought Mondays Rain will be slowly clearing away towards the south. We have got another Weather Front approaching from the northwest. Before it gets there, though, a lot of clear and dry weather. Quite a chilly start to the day single figures in the north. In fact, those temperatures close to freezing in a few rural glens in scotland, so perhaps even A Touch Of Frost to start the day. But tuesday morning, for most of us, it is dry, it is bright with some sunshine. Cloudier for the southeast of England And East anglia. A few spots of rain for the likes of Kent And Sussex which should clear away through the day. So, light winds, not particularly warm for the time of year temperatures around the East Coast around about 15 to 17 degrees. The warmest spots probably for northwest england, into wales. 20 degrees or so towards cardiff. We have got some patchy rain arriving across Northern Ireland and Western Scotland through the evening, and overnight into wednesday, thatjust spills its way a little bit further south. So it wont be quite as cold as we start the day on wednesday, but the lowest temperatures will be across parts of southern and Southeast England first thing. So, through wednesday, then, weve got this warm front slowly pushing south, bringing quite a lot of low cloud, mist, murk and drizzly rain, but towards the south, its going to be a fine, dry day on wednesday. So, Sunshine Holding On for southern england, East Anglia as well. Further north, we have got more in the way of cloud, a few spots of Drizzly Rain Coming Out of this cloud for some places as well. Temperatures getting up to about 20 22 degrees where you do see the sunshine. Typically the high teens where you are stuck under The Cloud, towards the north and northwest. Into thursday, again, weve got a Weather Front thats a bit more active this time across Western Scotland, perhaps parts of Northern Ireland also seeing some fairly Heavy Rain on thursday, slowly slipping its way south. I think much of england and wales holding onto some dry weather, variable amounts of cloud. 20 22 degrees in the south, but the mid to the high teens further north. Bit of a mixed picture as we look towards the end of the week. Most of us see some drier and eventually some slightly warmer weather, too, as we head towards the weekend. Still one or two showers around on friday. Bye bye. This is bbc news. The headlines the bbc has uncovered new claims that children from chinas uyghur minority have been separated from their parents by chinese officials. Both The Uk and the us have accused china of violating Human Rights as reports emerge of uyghurs being forced into Internment Camps and women being sterilised. Voting has been taking place in ethiopias general election. President abiy told the bbc there was no hunger in the war torn tigray province, but admitted there were problems and said the government was capable of fixing them. At the euros, two england footballers, Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell, have been forced to self isolate after coming into contact with the Scotland Midfielder Billy Gilmour, whos tested positive for coronavirus. England are through, though, to the last 16 of the European Championships following results from other groups. Those were the headlines

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