From the Indonesian Volcano but what are they laughing at . Its eight in the morning in singapore and six pm in chicago where a jury has found Actorjussie Smolett Guilty Of Staging A hate crime against himself. Smolett, who is African American and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a staged homophobic attack against him by fake Trump Supporters in 2019. It was reportedly to generate publicity after being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. Lets go to our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. Great to have you on the programme. I great to have you on the programme. I know great to have you on the programme. I know that great to have you on the programme. I know that this news is just coming programme. I know that this news isjust coming out. Do you tell us will was said in court today . Tell us will was said in court toda . V tell us will was said in court toda . ,. , today . Thats right. This all happened today . Thats right. This all happened
And bringing some cheer to children evacuated from the indonesian volcano, but what are they laughing at . Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. Its newsday. Its 9 00 in the morning in singapore and 7pm in chicago, where a jury has found Actorjussie Smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. Smollett, who is African American and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a staged homophobic attack against him by fake Trump Supporters in 2019. It was reportedly to generate publicity after being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. In the past half hour, special prosecutor daniel webb gave a statement to the media, speaking of the importance of taking this case to trial. Lets take a listen. A lot of times people say well, it will things under the rug but this Police Department we spotted by absolutely testifying in his trial that they took it seriously, they believed he was the victim of a crime and they worked so hard for the
And bringing some cheer to children evacuated from the Indonesian Volcano but what are they laughing at . Hello and welcome to bbc news to viewers in the uk and Around The World. We begin in london where an unofficial tribunal investigating chinas treatment of the Uyghur Minority has found evidence of crimes against humanity and genocide. The findings detail systematic Human Rights Abuses including forced labour and torture. The chair of the tribunal, sir geoffrey nice, explained how women were sterilised without their consent, and families deliberately separated. Witness statements also described rapes and assaults in detention camps. Pressure is growing on beijing, after both the us and other countries announced diplomatic boycotts of the Winter Olympics in beijing. The us House Of Representatives has also approved legislation, banning imports from xinjiang. Human Rights Groups believe china has detained more than one million uyghurs over the past few years. Heres the chair of the u
festival returns after a covid enforced absence. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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. we can go live now to geneva and speak to peter irwin from the uighur human rights project. very good to have you with us, thanks forjoining us, peter, particularly in the middle of the night for you. i understand how important you consider this report, but what if any implications do you think that the release of this report will have? i the release of this report will have? ~ . . , have? i think certainly it will have? i think certainly it will have implications. have? i think certainly it will have implications. we - have? i think ce
how over exposure to blue light is impacting our health. and in tennis serena williams is through to the third round of the us open after beating world number 2 anett kontaveit. hello and welcome. russia has been accused of shelling a town near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, where a team from the un nuclear watchdog is expected on thursday. the plant, which was taken by russia in march, sits on the banks of the dnieper river, 200 kilometres from crimea, which it annexed in 2014. mark lobel reports. if there is a nuclear disaster in ukraine, it is feared this drill in zaporizhzhia would become a reality. the prospect of a radiation leak here is causing international concern. enter the international atomic energy agency, on a mission to reassure, amid reports of shelling in the city. now in zaporizhzhia, awaiting permission to enter europe s largest nuclear power plant, precariously placed between warring factions. aiming to prevent, in their words, the si