in bucha, a suburb of kyiv. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. china s treatment of the uyghur muslim minority living in xinjiang has stirred loud condemnation in the west. the us government uses the word genocide to condemn systematic abuse and repression, china calls that the lie of the century. my guest nury turkel is at the centre of the uyghur experience personally and professionally, his family is from xinjiang, he now lives in exile and chairs the us commission on international religious freedoms. can international pressure save the uyghurs? nury turkel welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me back. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. now, your home is in the united states, your homeland is xinjiang in china. are you able today to get information from xinjiang to get a clear picture of what today s china strategy in that region is? yes, i have been able to get information through publ
security services make an unprecedented joint appearance, warning of the national security and economic threat posed by china. is posed by china. set whatever it technical and is set whatever it technical and using it to undercut your business. and japan plans to pump water from the fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific. we hear from the fishermen protesting the move. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, is clinging on to power in downing street despite the resignations of more than a0 of his own mps from their government roles. he s continuing to defy calls for him to step down from some of his most senior colleagues. they believe he has clearly lost the confidence of most of his party. our political correspondent david wallace lockhart reports. outside downing street the press assembled, inside around the same time some cabinet ministers were spelling out the situation to the prime minister, wanting him the support of his party had drained away. one who expressed th
the children s minister will quince and ministerfor schools robin walker among the latest to hand in their resignations. developments coming thick and fast in the last hour i m annita mcveigh in the last hour i m annita mcveigh in downing street to keep you up to date with all the latest developments. the july 4th shootings in illinois took weeks to plan and the suspect dressed as a woman to escape, say police. a 21 year old has been charged with seven counts of murder. the british number one cameron norrie is to face novak djokovic in semi finals at wimbledon. the women s european championships will kick off this evening with england taking on austria. hello and welcome back to downing street. as you join us again i m just looking at a letter that has been sent by robert halfon mp which reads, in my last statement, i said that if governance doesn t improve i will have reached the end of the road. i haven t had a chance even yet to read through all the details of this letter
this is bbc news. i m sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. how many resignations will it take? borisjohnson clings onto power and refuses to resign despite his government collapsing and some of his closest allies deserting him. so far there have been 46 resignations, a record number of those in just one day, but the prime minister responded defiantly to critics on his own side. does the prime minister think there are any circumstances in which he shouldn t resign? laughter frankly, mr speaker, the job of the prime minister in difficult circumstances when he has been handed a colossal mandate is to keep going, and that s what i m going to do. the heads of the uk and us