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peng shuai has put them front and centre of court. simon chadwick is global professor of sport at the emlyon business school in paris — he says the international fallout from peng shuai's disappearance has forced china to take action. i think the chinese government are in a very difficult position in the sense that if they say nothing, then it allows information and rumours about her to grow into that space. clearly, china doesn't want to be told what to do, but at the same time, it needs to demonstrate or give something to world in order to try and help dissipate what is becoming a growing crisis. but i think as your clip just said, unless this is independently verified, then it is only going to lead to more questions and not more answers. i think what is particularly interesting is that the ioc have stepped in and many people will say, is that an independent verification enough? but they're in a very difficult position because we the trophy because we know the trophy assets it's under severe threat right now we have heard, in fact

if it is clear that peng shuai is not safe. but i think the chinese state realises now that they need to wrap this up, there is so much backlash and it is going to keep growing and they will have two, you know, they will essentially have to roll peng shuai out, they will have to reinstate some of her freedoms. i think, eventually, they may even have to consider looking at the allegations and the person involved, the man that she accused of, and maybe he is the person whose head has to well, metaphorically speaking, in order that list it all go away. speaking, in order that list it all uoawa . , ., , y go away. obviously, the united nations human _ go away. obviously, the united nations human rights - go away. obviously, the united nations human rights office - go away. obviously, the united i nations human rights office have called for an investigation with full transparency. i was going to ask you just how likely is that going to be? but, ultimately, this is becoming a bit of an embarrassment for china. when we look back in th

it's about about where is peng shuai, but how truly free is peng shuai? >> you're raising a number of good points there. what, if anything, could the chinese people know about this case? has you said, those first videos were posted on twitter, which is banned in china. hash tags have been scrubbed and so on. they clearly want to keep all of this from the chinese public. >> that's right, thanks to something called the great fire w wall in china. even the great firewall in china has cracks. people can use vpns to get information from the outside world. they can use private messages to share that information. a number of people flocked to naomi osaka's account to thank her for supporting peng shuai. not only that, but people of china have tremendous interest in peng shuai. she's a national hero, a sporting icon that brought home two incredible victories from wimbledon and the french open and china is going through its own metoo movement. a number of young people, especially women, have had enough with sexist behavior and abuse of power, and they feel persona

they've been trying to reach out to peng shuai. they also have said they're willing to put their business, a very lucrative business in china on the line unless her allegations are properly investigated. just want to quickly show you. this is a statement from the wta in which they say in regards to the new video while it's positive to see her, it remains unclear if she's free and able to make decisions and actions on her own without coercion or in interference. this video alone is insufficient, unquote. back to you. >> we have some video and she wasn't speaking for herself in that video at all. in terms of the censorship here, it is fascinating. she has been completely scrubbed from the chinese internet, and yet this shows up on social media. >> yes, she's been completely scrubbed on the internet. in china there's no reporting again of these allegations of sexual assault on state media or social media in china. and the censorship has gotten to a point where even just tenuously linked comments about the case of peng shuai have been

peng _ money on the table. briefly, i mean, peng shuai _ money on the table. briefly, i mean, peng shuai made - money on the table. briefly, i | mean, peng shuai made these allegations at the start of the month and we are about ten days later and it's interesting to see the power of stardom, i suppose, of people like billie jean king raising the issue and suddenly it goes from being a sort of undercurrent to a major issue for both china and the uta to deal with? i issue for both china and the uta to deal with?— uta to deal with? i think it has a bit — uta to deal with? i think it has a bit to _ uta to deal with? i think it has a bit to do _ uta to deal with? i think it has a bit to do honestly, i uta to deal with? i think it has a bit to do honestly, a| uta to deal with? | think it i has a bit to do honestly, a bit more of the tabloid —ish coverage in the last few days and it resonated with people and it resonated with people and framed peng shuai as being missing and in some immediate danger and obviously, the wta does not believe that is the case but i

; one claims to show peng having dinner at a beijing restaurant with her coach. james reynolds has the latest. this unverified video was posted by the editor of a state—run newspaper. the footage claims to show peng shuai, in the white top, having dinner last night at a beijing restaurant with her coach and friends. the tennis player is shown listening, but not speaking. the video raises many questions. the clip starts with someone off screen saying "now is the perfect time, ok, now is perfect." then there's a two—second pause, and then the coach goes into this remark in which he hammers home that it is november 21st. so it seems incredibly scripted, and even — they didn't cut out the director's cue at the very beginning of the video. so the whole thing is incredibly bizarre, but creepy and sinister. the same editor then posted to this video purporting to show peng shuai, who's second on the left, being introduced this morning at a youth tennis tournament in china's capital. the state media also released these unverified and undated stills on friday, but th

she said there's increasing concern for peng. i think we're all pretty worried, given what has happened over the last couple weeks and that, really, the right kind of contact and communication with peng shuai has not happened yet. ceo of the wta tour, steve simon is not satisfied. nobody, none of her playing companions feel comfortable that they are 100% certain that she is safe. pam, there is a lot of support, as we have talked about, and certainly there is even a hashtag on social media — #whereispengshuai — being used by a lot of athletes and the wta. how effective do you think this kind of international pressure will be, both on and off social media? well, i think when you look at other circumstances, whether it was what the nba went through a couple of years ago, it's a really difficult situation when you have a business partner, in a country like china, that has different core values from, say, what the wta is all about, when you think about the women's tennis association, founded on the back of billiejean king, on equa

the missing tennis player peng shuai — new videos, chinese media says, were filmed this weekend fail to allay the fears of the international community. the us secretary of state warns of "real concerns" over russian military activities at the border with ukraine. we don't know what president putin's intensions are, but we do know what's happened in the past, we do know the playbook. as the netherlands battles record coronavirus infections, a second night of rioting has broken out as people object to restrictions on their movement. hundreds of people lit fires and pelted the police with rocks and fireworks in the hague. it follows friday night's violence in rotterdam, when at least 50 people were arrested, and several others received gunshot wounds. our correspondent in the hague, anna holligan, reports. explosion. another dutch city rocked by discontent. in the hague, rioters burnt bicycles and pelted police with stones and fireworks. officers used horses, dogs, batons and bikes to chase them away. earlier, anti—vax demonstrators brought music to the southern city of breda. while m

. >>> plus china's censors block cnn's coverage of peng shuai. not seen after two weeks after accusing a former government official of sexual assault. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >>> it is thursday, november 2 25th and after eight days of testimony 23 witnesses and 11 hours of jury deliberation, the family of ahmaud arbery has finally received the verdict they have been waiting for. a jury in southern georgia has found three white men guilty of murder and other charges in the killing of the 25-year-old unarmed black man last year. arbery was out for a jog when he was chased down, then shot, and then killed. this trial has been a long time coming for the arbery family. no arrests were made for about two months. only after a video of the killing was released sparking national outcry. now with the guilty verdict, arbery's parents say their son can rest in peace. have a listen. >> today was a very good day. to hear that the accused murderers were actually found g guilty, i mean, that was huge. we fi

the concern over peng shuai has cast a shadow over those games. you have talk of a potential or people considering -- governments considering the possibility of a diplomatic boycott. they had to address that, and that's why we saw this highly choreographed video chat being written up and shared with us from the ioc. in regards to your second point, yes, it was interesting over the weekend when state media wanted to answer the question, where is peng shuai, they used twitter to send these photos of peng shuai apparently at a youth tennis tournament, apparently at a popular restaurant in beijing. twitter, of course, is not available inside china. it was aimed squarely at an international audience to answer that question, where is peng shuai? michael. >> great analysis there. kristie lu stout in hong kong, appreciate it. thank you. >> you got it. >>> joining me now from new york is leda hong fisher. she's the author of "betraying big brother: the feminist awakening in china." thanks for being with us. peng shuai's case has the world's attention right

the missing tennis player peng shuai — new videos chinese media says were filmed this weekend fail to allay the fears of the international community. the us secretary of state warns of "real concerns" over russian military activities at the border with ukraine. we don't know what president putin's intensions are, but we do know what's happened in the past, we do know the playbook. as the netherlands battles record coronavirus infections, a second night of rioting has broken out as people object to restrictions on their movement. hundreds of people lit fires and pelted the police with rocks and fireworks in the hague. it follows friday night's violence in rotterdam, when at least fifty people were arrested, and several others received gunshot wounds. our correspondent in the hague, anna holligan, reports. explosion. another dutch city rocked by discontent. in the hague rioters burnt bicycles and pelted police with stones and fireworks. officers used horses, dogs, batons and bikes to chase them away. earlier, anti—vax demonstrators brought music to the southern city of breda. while mo

peng has had a long and successful career. over 20 tour-level titles, dating back to 2014 and before. but then, take us forward. november 2nd, peng posts on social media about being forced to have sex. she alleges china's former senior vice premiere, that's the equivalent of a u.s. vice president, for instance, she accuses him of being the perpetrator. that she sexually assaulted her and that she had an affair with him. that's him right there. this is just a portion of a longer social media post, one that all of china got to see for about 20 minutes, and then it got deleted. she said in a translation from cnn, referring to some of the alleged incidents here, "that afternoon, i did not agree at first and was crying all the time." she also says, "why did you have to come back to me, took me to your home, to force me to have sex with you?". she also says, "i could not describe how disgusted i was and how many times i asked myself, am i still a human. i feel like a walking corpse. every day, i was acting, which person is the real

the missing tennis player peng shuai — new videos chinese media says were filmed this weekend fail to allay the fears of the international community. bad news for hong kong's wild boars — attacks on the public prompt authorities to launch a cull of the creatures in urban areas. hello and welcome to bbc news. as the netherlands battles record coronavirus infections, a second night of rioting has broken out as people object to restrictions on their movement. hundreds of people lit fires and pelted the police with rocks and fireworks in the hague. it follows friday night's violence in rotterdam, when at least 50 people were arrested, and several others received gunshot wounds. our correspondent in the hague, anna holligan, reports. explosion. another dutch city rocked by discontent. in the hague rioters burnt bicycles and pelted police with stones and fireworks. officers used horses, dogs, batons and bikes to chase them away. earlier, anti—vax demonstrators brought music to the southern city of breda. while most dutch people accept the need for tougher rules, the distrust is spreadin

so what do you believe about this video call involving peng shuai? >> i think this video call, fred, is very strange. now, if you were peng and you wanted to reassure the world that you were safe and free to do what you would want u.would either call international media organization or you would talk to steve simon, head of the women's tennis association because simon has been leading the charge on your behalf. the ioc, international olympic committee, has been very, very quiet about this, and this suggests to me that peng made the call to thomas bach not because she picked him on her own but because beijing was freaking out that they might lose the winter games which start on february 4th, so it seems to me that this is an indication that the coercion on peng is real and it's continuing. >> so you believe the chinese government was commandeering likely this video call because in a couple of weeks, couple of months, the beijing winters games will be taking place, so besides feeling that level of skepticism about the intention of why reaching out to t

this of course is after we heard from chinese officials from a questionable statement about peng. nbc nows janis mackey fryer has more. >> reporter: there are deep concerns about the well-being of peng shuai, a tennis star here who hasn't been seen or publicly heard from since early november. an email that showed up on state media is raising more questions about where she is and whether she's okay. this morning the deepening mystery around chinese tennis star peng shuai the former world number one doubles champion hasn't been seep or heard from in weeks since accusing a former top official of china's communist party of sexual assault. and now this. chinese state media showed what it said was an email from peng to the women's tennis association. apparently, recanting the allegations and saying everything's fine. the head of the wta doesn't believe peng actually wrote it. >> we definitely want to speak to her directly, make sure that she's okay. she knows that we are here to support her. >> reporter: peng's disappearance and the wide scale censorship of it here have stunned the tenn

that has been no tangible evidence of peng shuai's whereabouts since then. and then this week, the chinese—owned media released an e—mail purportedly from her, saying that she was fine, that she was resting at home and that she had not meant the allegations. but the wording of that email raised alarm bells and now we've had these videos. now, these strange videos raise a number of questions. they were also released by as you say by the editor of chinese state—run newspaper. he claims they were filmed on saturday and that they show peng shuai having dinner with her coach and friends. we're not going to show you the video because we cannot verify its authenticity and we do not know the circumstances about around how this was obtained but this is a screen grab of he video and in the white shirt is the womant this editor claims is peng shuai. she doesn't say anything in that video. i have watched it but it is all very staged. there is a voice off—screen that instructs the participants when to start and then they make a point, there's a detailed discussio

peng shuai has put them front and centre of court. you can find much more on this story on our website. the belgian capital brussels has become the latest european city to see unrest over tightened coronavirus restrictions. tens of thousands of people marched in protest — some threw fireworks at police officers, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. there were a0 arrests. the disturbances in brussels follow protests in austria, italy, croatia and the netherlands. and there are reports of a third night of unrest in a number of dutch cities on sunday. anna holligan reports. another day of unrest unsettling another european capital. this is brussels tonight. what began as an organised peaceful march quickly turned nasty, some protesters threw fireworks at police, others targeted their vehicles. 0fficers intervened with tear gas and water cannon. belgium brought in new rules in response to a sharp rise in infections. demonstrators are mainly angry about the use of covid—i9 passes, which stops the unvaccinated from entering ven

peng hasn't been seen in public or heard from since. if recent history is any guide, few people are allowed to publicly challenge senior authorities like zhang gaoli without paying some kind of price for it, and i think it would be telling if she were able to leave the country, for example, and speak freely, where she would not face the kinds of repercussions that the chinese government can impose if she's still inside the country. then, in the middle of the night, an email appears, or at least what one arm of chinese state media says is an emailfrom peng shuai to the head of the women's tennis association. and basically the message is, "do not worry, i'm fine "and i didn't mean what i said two weeks ago." in what looks like a screen shot, it's claimed she started out saying, "hello, everyone." she went on to say the allegations made two weeks ago were in fact false and she has "just been resting at home." "everything is fine," she adds. prominent people do disappear in china. the tech billionaire jack ma wasn't seen in public for month

says peng told them she is safe and well and asked for her privacy. china released its own version of proof showing peng at a youth tournament in beijing sunday signing autographs for young fans and posing for pictures. until this weekend no one had publicly seen or heard from peng in weeks after she accused a former communist party official of sexually assaulting her. those allegations quickly disappeared along with peng. >> these latest images that the chinese government is putting out, they are trying to pretend everything is okay. >> reporter: another video posted saturday appears to show the former number one doubles player having dinner with her coach and friends, the women's tennis association has threatened to pull out of tournaments in china over peng's disappearance and there have even been calls to boycott the upcoming winter olympics in beijing. now those boycott calls range from pressing corporations to yank ads to the u.s. threatening to withdraw entirely from the winter games. and while it seems that peng is no longer missing, it is unc

the question is no longer where is peng shuai, but is peng shuai free, rosemary. >> and, of course, while we have been covering this story, we can see there the bottom right of the screen there that china has blocked cnn's signal. kristie lu stout joining us live from hong kong, many thanks. >> reporter: you're welcome. >>> nancy is the olympic champion and c.e.o. for women. thank you so much for talking with us. >> thank you for having me on. >> i do want to ask you, how concerned you are for the well-being of chinese tennis champion peng shuai, despite this 30-minute video chat with the international olympic committee president where he failed to even ask her about the rape allegation she made against a high-level government official. >> yeah, the main issue is, is she safe because she made this allegation, because she claims that she was raped by a high government official and that's what put her in danger and they didn't ask about that. you know, the international olympic committee has known since 2007 it released great research showing that the more elite the athlete, the more likely

in the first instance, peng shuai has not been publicly since she has made these claims. what are your main concerns about where she might be and how she is? my main concerns about where she might be and how she is?— be and how she is? my concern is most of all _ be and how she is? my concern is most of all her _ be and how she is? my concern is most of all her personal- most of all her personal safety, because voicing out, accusing such high—ranking officials of sexual abuse is actually a huge thing in china, and an hour ago, abuse is actually a huge thing in china, and an hourago, cgtn actually posted on twitter, saying that they got hold of peng shuai's e—mail to wta, saying that what the wta put out for her was false and required the wta to retract their statement, and thisjust required the wta to retract their statement, and this just confirms our biggest fear, that she is in the wrong hands and she is not safe physically and, i'm afraid, mentally as well, because this seems very familiar. it sounds like how beijing handles dissidents, and in mainland china, pe

i a hard time believing peng shuai wrote it.— a hard time believing peng shuai wrote it. i think people in the tennis _ shuai wrote it. i think people in the tennis world _ shuai wrote it. i think people in the tennis world would - shuai wrote it. i think people| in the tennis world would like to see her, hearfrom her directly, perhaps see her having a tennis hit, a prep is, thinks she has done since she was eight years old and first picked up a racket. mil was eight years old and first picked up a racket.- was eight years old and first picked up a racket. all this as the country — picked up a racket. all this as the country prepares - picked up a racket. all this as the country prepares to - picked up a racket. all this as the country prepares to be i picked up a racket. all this as the country prepares to be at| the country prepares to be at the country prepares to be at the centre of the sporting world when they host the winter. it is already facing a possible boycott over what the us says is genocide against the uyghurs in this country. robin brant, bbc news. let's

and concerns grow over the whereabouts of chinese tennis player peng shuai, who's not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against a top chinese official. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 8am in the morning in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in new york, where two of the three men convicted of killing the civil rights activist malcolm x are expected to have their convictions thrown out. in the 1960s, malcolm x was one of the most charismatic leaders of the civil rights movement in the united states and at times one of the most controversial. his murder in 1965 shocked the world. but more recently, there have been doubts about the supposed guilt of two of the three men who were jailed, not least following a documentary about the case that aired on netflix. i spoke to our north america correspondent david willis a short while ago and asked him how this turn of events has come about. that's right, all starting from this netflix documentary series, karishma, which basically raised a lot of questions about the conviction of

the wta demanding answers. >> peng shuai. >> reporter: where is tennis icon peng shuai? is she okay. a household name in china, peng has not been seen in public since november 2nd. the 35-year-old doubles grand slam champion accusing china's 75-year-old vice premier of coercing her into having sex about three years ago at his home. chinese state media on propaganda overdrive. seeming lying to silence the outcry. the a chinese journalist tweeting these pictures of peng claiming they're from her wechat, saying happy weekend. no direct communication with peng herself. on wednesday, a suspicious email released by a state-own broadcaster adding to fears to her well-being. the email retracts her allegations saying i'm not missing, nor am i unsafe. i've just been resting at home and everything is fine. the wta not convinced. demanding proof peng is safe. a probe into her allegations. the organization's ceo telling "out front" he is prepared to pull out of china, potentially losing a lucrative ten-year deal. >> we have to start as a world making decisions that are based on right

that went viral, where is peng shuai? and in response to that, we had chinese state-run media, over the weekend, send out some footage, clips, videos, purporting to show peng shuai out and about active in beijing. but for, um, her supporters, including the women's tennis association, they say it's not enough. you saw a bit of the statement that came up earlier there. they are not accepting this video evidence, and a lot of her supporters are not accepting this ioc video chat, either, because their concern is she may be active and alive and well in beijing but is she free, rosemary? >> and as you have been reporting to us, we have been looking at the feed of cnn in china. no one in china can watch cnn at this moment while we're covering this story. talk to us about that, and whether anyone across china, apart from the authorities there of course, know about peng shuai's story? >> sure, cnn has been censored when we have been bringing up the peng shuai story and the allegations, especially since the story started to heat up

peng shuai has put them front and centre of court. the belgian capital brussels has become the latest european city to see unrest over tightened coronavirus restrictions. tens of thousands of people marched in protest and there were forty arrests. these disturbances follow protests in a number of european countries, and there was a third night of unrest in some dutch cities as anna holligan reports. another day of unrest unsettling another european capital. this is brussels tonight. what began as an organised peaceful march quickly turned nasty, some protesters threw fireworks at police, others targeted their vehicles. 0fficers intervened with tear gas and water cannon. belgium brought in new rules in response to a sharp rise in infections. demonstrators are mainly angry about the use of covid—i9 passes, which stops the unvaccinated from entering venues such as restaurants or bars. some object to plans to make vaccinations mandatory for health workers. translation: we know that the virus is there. i but we leave it to people to deci

now, the apparent silencing of peng shuai. china appears to be going to great lengths, using the government's immense power to protect the reputation of a retired communist party leader. so far beijing's blatant censorship is doing just the opposite. china's ministry of foreign affairs refusing to comment or even acknowledge the growing controversy. the wta, taking a stand. a huge financial gamble. its regional headquarters is in beijing. the tennis organization, willing to walk away from the massive chinese market to stand up for one of its stars. olympics' organizers are staying out acof it just weeks before t beijing winter games. pej is a three-time olympian. u.s. president joe biden considering a diplomatic boycott. but the ioc says experience shows that quiet diplomacy offers the best opportunity to find a solution. >> ioc buckles under the -- the -- the thought of losing business in china. the nba buckles under the pressure. and here's the wta saying, enough is is enough. standing up doing what's right. when in the worl

claiming peng is safe and well. totally ignoring her painfully detailed allegation of sexual assault. with billions of dollars in ad revenue on the line, critics call the ioc complicit in china's apparent silencing of a three-time olympian who many fear is being held under duress. censored by china's authoritarian government, which blames hostile forces for politicizing the issue. when cnn goes to the next story, our signal returns. as china waits for the news cycle to move on, the pressure keeps growing. the world keeps demanding answers. you are watching the chinese censorship live right now in real-time. as soon as you started reading the intro, erin, it went to those color bars. there are some hours of chn programming in china, where there is a ticker at the bottom of the screen. as soon as the ticker mentions peng shuai, they go to the color bars. it takes a vast amount of resources to make this happen and in fact there is a branch of the people's liberation army that is devoted to not only censorship but also

they scrubbed news on peng. thief an army of censors waiting to push the button as soon as we start talking about this story. the pressure is still mounting on beijing from the outside because of the efforts of journalists around the world and also diplomats wanting peng shuai to be able to speak her truth. . >> yeah. will ripley, thank you so much for that reporting. really appreciate it. >>> up next, a basketball fight between lebron james and a pistons player. what set them off and left one with blood dripping from his face? >>> we have new developments out of waukesha, wisconsin after an suv plowed into a christmas parade. we're going to speak to a witness who describes the scene as a horror show. this is the new world of work. each day looks different than the last. but whatever work becomes... the servicenow platform will make it just, flow. whether it's finding ways to help you serve your customers, orchestrating a safe return to the office... wait. an office? what's an office? or solving a workplace chal

she said there's increasing concern for peng shuai. we're all pretty worried, given what has happened over the last couple weeks and that, really, the right kind of contact and communication with peng shuai has not happened yet. ceo of the wta tour, steve simon, is not satisfied. nobody, none of her playing companions feel comfortable that they are 100% certain that she is safe. pam, there is a lot of support, as we have talked about, and certainly there is even a hashtag on social media — #whereispengshuai — being used by a lot of athletes and the wta. how effective do you think this kind of international pressure will be, both on and off social media? well, i think when you look at other circumstances, whether it was what the nba went through a couple of years ago, it's a really difficult situation when you have a business partner in a country like china, that has different core values from, say, what the wta is all about, when you think about the women's tennis association, founded on the back of billiejean king, on equality and

she says peng's case may deter athletes from attending the winter olympics in beijing in february. we argued for a long time that china should not... that the chinese government should not be awarded the games. after 2008, made that argument even more strongly because the government failed to fulfil any of the human rights related promises it made to get the games. we can see that the situation inside the country has deteriorated significantly. one really wonders if players now even feel safe to go and compete there. we have argued for a diplomatic boycott. i think this development may actually lead to athletes themselves not wanting to go to compete. this is the second most powerful government in the world that sees fit to notjust take an olympic athlete of the grid but is currently but is currently committing crimes against humanity, targeting millions of uighur muslims. it has disappeared everyone from artists to senior tibetan monks. this continues to happen partly because there is never any real consequence for the government officials responsible for it. we are arguing for it

peng shuai has put them front and centre of court. cindy yu is a broadcast editor at the spectator and host of the podcast chinese whispers — she says the chinese government seems to be responding to the international pressure. but that opinion will continue to be divided. it but that opinion will continue to be divided. , , ., divided. it is interesting how in the last few — divided. it is interesting how in the last few days _ divided. it is interesting how in the last few days the _ divided. it is interesting how in the last few days the chinese l the last few days the chinese government has essentially allowed her to come out, although that is presumptuous of me to say. chinese state media has reported her whereabouts more because since a expose communist cadbury of sexual assault she had not been heard from for two weeks and this week everything started ramping up with the international pressure, the hashtag picking up speed across the world and the women's tennis association saying they might even cancel all china events nex

peng hasn't been seen in public or heard from since. if recent history is any guide, few people are allowed to publicly challenge senior authorities like zhang gaoli without paying some kind of price for it, and i think it would be telling if she were able to leave the country, for example, and speak freely, where she would not face the kinds of repercussions that the chinese government can impose if she's still inside the country. then, in the middle of the night, an email appears, or at least what one arm of chinese state media says is an emailfrom peng shuai to the head of the women's tennis association. and basically the message is, "do not worry, i'm fine "and i didn't mean what i said two weeks ago." in what looks like a screen shot, it is claimed she started out saying, "hello, everyone." she went on to say the allegations made two weeks ago were in fact false and she has "just been resting at home." "everything is fine," she adds. prominent people do disappear in china. the tech billionaire jack ma wasn't seen in public for mont

the missing tennis player peng shuai. new videos chinese media says were filmed this weekend fail to allay the fears of the international community. bad news for hong kong's wild boars — attacks on the public prompt authorities to launch a cull of the creatures in urban areas. hello and welcome to bbc news. rioting has broken out for a second night in the netherlands over lockdown restrictions. these are the latest pictures from the hague, where there is a heavy police presence. reports from a working class district say hundreds of people lit fires and pelted the police with rocks and fireworks. it follows friday night's violence in rotterdam, when at least 50 people were arrested. four of those demonstrators are receiving hospital treatment for gunshot wounds. the dutchjustice minister, ferd grapperhaus, has called the violence criminal and repulsive. the netherlands is battling record coronavirus infections. journalist stephanie van der berg is in the hague and told us more about what's driving these protests there. w

i've known peng since she was 14. where is she? a chinese tennis champion -- >> peng shuai moves into the quarterfinals. >> reporter: hasn't been seen or heard from in weeks. >> this is extraordinary. a top athlete, 35 years old, a name that a lot of people know. formerly number one ranked doubles player in the world just goes missing. gone? >> reporter: in early november, peng published this bombshell post on her chinese social media account. an open letter to a former top communist leader now aged 75 who peng accuses of sexually assaulting her after the two had an affair. why did you have to come back to me, take me to your home to force me to have sex with you, the post reads. yes, i did not have any evidence and it was simply impossible to have evidence. cnn cannot independently confirm these allegations, and we reached out to peng as well as the man and his wife through the chinese government for further comment with no results. shortly after the controversial post, peng's online profile more or less disappeared. until recentl

this question of #where is peng shuai. the women's tennis association ceo said we'll pull out of china if we don't get answers. a move supported by billie jean king and novak djokovic. >> unless this is resolved i support it 100%. it is important because this is horrifying. i mean, a person is missing. >> and then in a white house press secretary saying this. we join in the calls for prc authorities to provide independent and verifiable proof of her whereabouts and that she is safe. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson saying the matter is not a diplomatic question and not aware of the situation. then this twitter post november 17 purportedly an email from peng saying she is safe an enthat sexual assault claims are not true. that's all in this right here. lots of questions. why didn't peng herself post this on her social channels? if you look up here, supposed for the wtaceo why is it addressed to everyone? and then also look at this right here why you see this flashing cursor? looks like a screen grab. is that right? a

the world wants to know where is peng shuai? not seen or heard from in public for weeks since an accusing a senior official of sexual assault. even the biden administration getting involved. >> we are deeply concerned about reports peng shuai appears to be missing. >> reporter: circulating evidence that peng is okay including undated photos of her and email to the women's tennis association that the wta doesn't believe peng wrote or sent. editor of a state-run tabloid says peng will make an appearance soon. rallying behing peng, former number one doubles champion, women's tennis association what's a full investigation. >> this can thought be swept under the rug. it can't be condoned. >> reporter: if authorities don't act, wta says it will pull its tournaments and boycott 100. it's important, because this is horrifying. i mean, to -- a person is missing. >> earlier this month, peng alleged on social media that she had an affair with an ex-vice premier and included a claim that he forced her into sex. the post vanished, and peng s

i hope peng shuai is safe and okay, writes naomi osaka. i've known peng since she was 14, chris everett writes. the chinese tennis champion -- >> moves into the quarterfinals. >> reporter: -- hasn't been seen or heard from in weeks. >> this is extraordinary, a top athlete, 35 years old, formerly number one ranked doubles player in the world, just goes missing, gone? >> reporter: in early november peng published this post on her social media account, an open letter to a top communist leader, now age 75, who peng accuses of sexually assaulting her after the two had an affair. why did you have to come back to me, take me to your home, force me to have sex with you? yes, i did not have any evidence and it was simply impossible to have evidence. cnn cannot independently confirm these allegations. we reached out for further comment with no results. shortly after the controversial post, peng's online profile more or less disappeared. until recently she was one of the biggest tennis stars in china. look what happens when you try to search for peop

from peng shuai to the head of the women's tennis association. basically the messages, don't worry, i am fine and i did not mean what i said two weeks ago. in what looks like a screen shot, it is claimed she started out saying hello everyone. she went on to say the allegations were false. and, she has just been resting at home and everything is fine. prominent people do disappear in china. the tech billionaire jack ma was not seen in public for months after he criticized state regulators. but athletes, that is unusual. in a hasty response, the man to whom the email was reportedly sent, steve simon, said he had a hard time believing peng shuai actually wrote it. all of this comes as the country prepares to be at the center of the sporting world when beijing hosts the winter olympics next february, a games already facing the prospect of some kind of boycott over what the u.s. says is genocide against 90's uighurs in the west. -- chinese uighurs in the west. >> biden said this afternoon the u.s. is considering a diplomatic caught of the olympic game

peng shuai, it seems to be everybody is talking with them. the young women are such great role models for everybody. that's why they've tied themselves into pretzels to say what should they do and it's showing failure of their leadership. you have one athlete who has done that to the entire olympic committee. >> peng's situation was not a diplomatic issue. more on this as kristie lu stout is in hong kong. there are two narratives. the one that christine was speaking to, a huge amount of support for the tennis star but many people in china aren't getting the same narrative, are they? >> reporter: no. this broadcast, perhaps right now, is being krencensured. every time we talk about p peng shuai, the censors kick in. according to the international olympic committee, they hosted this 30 minute video chat she said she is doing well, living at home in beijing, she wants her privacy to be respected. she was speaking with the ioc president and there is a chinese sports official. the ioc did not give a copy of the video to cnn. all we have is a state

the ioc says peng told them she's safe and well and asked for her privacy. china released its own version of proof showing peng at a youth tournament in beijing sunday, signing autographs for young fans and posing for pictures. until this weekend, no one had publicly seen or heard from peng in weeks after she accused a former communist party official those alleonkly ulting her. >> these latest images that the chinese government is putting out, they're trying to pretend everything is okay. >> reporter: another video posted saturday appears to show the former number-one doubles player having dinner with her coach and friends. the women's tennis association has threatened to pull out of tournaments in china over peng's disappearance, and there have even been calls to boycott the upcoming winter olympics in beijing. tom hanson, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up, demanding reform. demonstrators march in kenosha, wisconsin, in the wake of the kyle rittenhouse verdict. >>> and they were smooth like butter. boy band bts ruled the american music awards last night. >>

tonight, her message for chinese tennis star peng shuai. let's go outfront. >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, president biden throwing a hail-mary pass. the president ordering the release of 50 million barrels of oil from america's strategic petroleum reserve. biden desperate to ease rising gas prices for america. touting a deal with five other countries to do the same thing and open up their oil reserve. now, look, it is good biden is working with other countries to relieve pressure on prices but context matters and the reality is that this is essentially america alone. india releasing just 5 million barrels. 1.5 million for the uk. south korea, china, and japan, no number at all just quote/unquote working on a plan. still, biden insists the move will pay off. >> our combined action will not solve the problem of high gas prices overnight, it will make a difference. it will take time but before long, you should see price of gas drop. >> okay. well, i hope he is right. but again, context really matters. so, americans

and concerns grow over the whereabouts of chinese tennis player peng shuai who's not been heard from since she made sexual assault allegations against a top chinese official. announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 9:00 in the morning in singapore, 1am in london and 8:00 in the evening in new york, where two of the three men convicted of killing the civil rights activist malcolm x are expected to have their convictions thrown out. in the 1960s, malcolm x was one of the most charismatic leaders of the civil rights movement in the united states and, at times, one of the most controversial. his murder in 1965 shocked the world. but more recently, there have been doubts about the supposed guilt of two of the three men who were jailed, not least following a documentary about the case that aired on netflix. i spoke to our north america correspondent david willis a short while ago and asked him how this turn of events has come about. that's right, all starting from this netflix documentary series, karishma, which basically raised a lot of questions

outside, news outlets tweeting updates of peng. in english, on a platform blocked in their own country, an irony not lost on millions. some even mocking the state media tweets. peng is seen smiling, but not talking, at a tennis tournament. having dinner with friends and a chinese sports official, who just so happens to mention the exact date several times. cnn has no way to independently verify these videos or this email, supposedly from peng. to the head of the women's tennis association last week, claiming everything ask fine. a computer cursor visible in this apparent screen shot. the head of the wta telling jth outfront" he's not convinced. >> i'm just struggling to agree to that and don't believe that's the truth at all. >> reporter: the wta demanding direct, unsensored communication with peng. the organization's repeated calls to the tennis star unanswered. >> china is well known for coercing statements to show that everything is fine. >> reporter: china's narrative, bolstered by the international olympic committee. the ioc h

the missing chinese tennis player peng shuai tells olympic officials in a video call that she's safe and well belgium becomes the latest european country to see unrest over covid restrictions — violence breaks out in brussels after a march that drew 30,000 people. in venezuela, where there's extreme poverty despite rich oil reserves, scepticism that regional elections will change anything at all. and we look at the recent successes of asian films and content as global streaming services go all out to invest in the region. a number of people have been killed after a vehicle was driven through barricades into crowds taking part in a holiday parade in the us state of wisconsin. the incident occurred in the city of waukesha, around 30 kilometres west of milwaukee, around liz30pm local time. the parade had just got underway in the city centre. videos started emerging on social media of the incident shortly after it happened. in this one from the city's facebook page, you can see the red suv speed past the camera, followed shortly after by a policeman running after it. and in this video

the missing chinese tennis player peng shuai tells olympic officials in a video call that she's safe and well at least 20 people have been injured after a vehicle was driven through barricades into crowds taking part in a holiday parade in the us state of wisconsin. the police chief in the town of waukesha said police had recovered a suspect vehicle. and the mayor of the town, sean reilly, here he is now, live with the latest. my reilly, here he is now, live with the latest.— reilly, here he is now, live with the latest. my heart goes out to all of _ with the latest. my heart goes out to all of those _ with the latest. my heart goes out to all of those affected - with the latest. my heart goes out to all of those affected by| out to all of those affected by this senseless act. my heart goes out to those injured as well as to their families. my heart goes out to those who are witness to these events. my heart goes out to those who lost a loved one tonight. i want to thank all of those who sprang into action tonight to provide help and comfort to those who were injured. i pray for al

an e-mail allegedly from peng retracted everything. author wrote the allegation of sexual assault is not true. i'm not miss, nor am i unsafe. china risk analyst joseph stonefish is unconvinced. >> the olympic committee known for his close ties with beijing was the western conduit for an alleged video chat with peng. >> reporter: the winter olympics in beijing are set to start in just a few months on february 4th. the women's tennis association had threatened to pull all of its games out of china. at the very least, the world now has the answer to where is peng shuai. now it's a question of whether beijing will launch a probe in into her accusations, but with peng now smiling and calling for privacy, it at least feels that an investigation of any kind is further off than before. >>> former las vegas raider henry ruggs remains under house arrest after missing a court- required alcohol monitoring test. rugs is accused of driving drunk ask causing a fiery crash that killed a 23-year-old woman. today his lawyers explained that police had ta

. >> reporter: this morning, the search intensifies for missing tennis star peng shui. as those concerned for her safety cast new doubt on an e-mail she supposedly sent, claiming she's okay. the women's tennis association doubts the e-mail's authenticity. >> i don't think there's any validity in it, and we won't be comfortable until we have a chance to speak with her directly and make sure that she knows that we're worried about her, that we have the ability to provide support to whatever level she wants. >> reporter: the e-mail said the sexual assault allegations she made were not true and went on to say, i am not missing, nor am i unsafe. i've just been resting at home and everything is fine. thank you again for caring about me. peng, a former top-ranked doubles player, hasn't been seen in nearly three weeks since posting the assault allegations on social media. her post was quickly deleted. and all mentions are being wiped from the internet in china. the chinese government even censoring cnn when reporting on the story. >> the story that literally they don't want you

i hope peng shuai is safe and okay, i've known peng since she was 14, chris effortverett writ. >> this is extraordinary, a top athlete, 35 years old, formerly number one ranked doubles player in the world, just goes missing, gone? >> reporter: in early november peng published this post on her social media account, an open letter to a top communist leader, now age 75, who peng accuses of shaexually assaultin her after the two had an affair. why did you have to come back to me, take me to your home, force me to have sex with you? yes, i did not have any evidence and it was simply impossible to have evidence. cnn cannot independently confirm these allegations. we reached out for further comment with no results. shortly after the controversial post, peng's online profile more or less disappeared. until recently she was one of the biggest tennis stars in ch china. look what happens when you try to search for people with her name of on the chinese internet. you get the message "no result found." censors have all but scrubbed this woman from the chinese internet. now today, a new twist. with