the tribunal is satisfied that president xijinping and other very senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. well, the bbc�*s caroline hawley has been talking to one man, an ethnic kazakh, who gave evidence to the tribunal. he was detained in 2017 and subjected to forced labour, political indoctrination and violent beatings. this is a first—hand witness of china's oppression of turkic muslims in xinjiang. he's an ethnic kazakh, one of dozens of former detainees who gave evidence at hearings in london about what they went through. he was arrested in 2017, accused of installing whatsapp, which is blocked in china, and of watching videos about islam. the first prison was the worst. he says he was once punished for complaining he was hungry, and remembers being put in something called a tiger chair. this is where he says he was held before being removed to a re—education camp. well, we asked china's embassy in london for a comment — and a spokesman told us — it goes on to say: peter irwin from the uyghur human rights

the tribunal is satisfied that president xijinping and other senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. the pressure grows on boris johnson as an investigation into covid rule—breaking is expanded to cover three parties at downing street. 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. it's newsday. it's 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. let's take a listen. a lot of times people say well, it

tensions in the south china sea as well as the taiwan strait, and indeed after those talks president xijinping warned that any encouragement of independence, taiwan's independence would be playing with fire, icy us relations with fire, icy us relations with china kind of evolving, in the spring, and the two senior biden officials described their approach to china is moving from one of engagement into one of competition, they seem to be moving back towards engagement i think to put up what the national security adviserjake sullivan calls guard rails to make sure that there no that would cause any, you know, unnecessary conflict. and so they seem to be trying to engage more, biden really wants to engage with china from a position of strength and indeed that was competing with china was part of his sales pitch for the infrastructure bending bill that he signed indeed on the day that he met virtually with president xijinping. has approach has been to cajole allies into backing the us approach to counter china, and that seems to be coming into focus and succeeding but i think the big issue facing b

for the infrastructure spending bill that he signed on the day that he met virtually with president xijinping. and trying to control allies into backing the us approach to counter china. that seems to be coming into focus and succeeding but i think the big issue facing both countries is climate change and if thejoe biden administration doesn't seem to be prioritising climate change, which is a present, they did sign the joint statement at 26, but no one believes that that will lead to any new cuts in emissions by china. and without that, we will not get to 1.5 degrees global warming targets. and that is clearly one target that is valued in terms of the bigger objectives thejoe biden has. what about this relationship with countries like the solomon islands. these debt traps as they were putting it. we see it in africa, the caribbean, dominique or the tiny islands. and very resentful. they love the free sports stadium there given by the chinese. they quite liked the new rules but there is in the fact that the roads are being built by chinese workers not by locals. this is not at all. like the c

the tribunal is satisfied that president xijinping and other senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. the pressure grows on boris johnson as an investigation into covid rule—breaking is expanded to cover three parties at downing street. and bringing some cheer to children evacuated

a new milestone in president xijinping belt coverage. a new milestone in president xi jinping belt and road initiative which aims to improve links between china and its main market. and to extend its influence and technology around the world. china hopes this railway will eventuallyjoin others. chinese built of course. plan for the rest of mainland southeast asia. although not all countries have welcomed this expensive kind of investment as eagerly as mouse. mouse badly needs better transport infrastructure. but is this new high—speed railway the answer? thinly populated and with very low incomes, most of its people won't be able to avoid the kind of ticket prices that are needed to pay off the huge debt incurred by the project. the government has already borrowed heavily from china and other countries to build thousands of dams which are accused of causing massive environmental damage. for all the pride taken in a railway line that which surpasses those in most neighboring countries, this may not be white blouse really needs right now

it was only a few weeks ago that presidents biden and xijinping were talking face—to—face, almost, but in announcing the decision to keep its officials and dignitaries away, the white house said it came down to one thin — genocide. the athletes on team usa have our full support. we will be behind them 100% as we cheer them on from home. we will not be contributing to the fanfare of the games. us diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the face of the prc's egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in xinjiang, and we simply can't do that. the biden administration says china is committing genocide against some of its own people — muslim ethnic uighurs in xinjiang in the west. attention will now turn to other like—minded nations, and will they follow suit? in the months leading up to this decision, one senior british government official intimately involved in forming policy towards china told me the uk ran the risk of being seen as a poodle if it simply followed american�*s lead on a boycott. china's biggest concern about hosting t

a new milestone in xijinping �*s initiative. it extends its influence and technology around the world. china hopes this railway will eventually join others. chinese built, of course, planned for the rest of southeast asia although not all countries have welcomed this expensive kind of investment as eagerly as laos. laos badly needs better transport infrastructure but is this new high—speed railway the answer? thinly collated and with low incomes, most of its people will not be able to afford the kind of ticket prices needed to pay off the huge debt incurred by the project. government has already borrowed heavily from china and other countries to build dozens of dams which are accused of causing massive environmental damage. for all the pride taken in a railway line which surpasses those in most neighbouring countries, this may not be what laos needs right now. jonathan head, bbc news. religions are reinventing themselves on social media. from nunsjumping on the latest online trends, to imams and otherfaith leaders preaching on

the tribunal is satisfied that president xijinping, chen quanguo and other very senior officials in the prc and ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. we can now speak to erkin sidick, who is the president of the uyghur projects foundation. he joins us from los angeles. good evening to you in the united states. can you explain to us, first of all, what is your connection to the uyghur community? i your connection to the uyghur community?— your connection to the uyghur community? i am the president ofthe community? i am the president of the uyghur— community? i am the president of the uyghur projects - of the uyghur projects foundation, founded in 2019 to preserve the uyghur culture, language and identity abroad. the uyghurs in uzbekistan has gone, so we want to preserve our heritage, culture, linkage and identity abroad. that our heritage, culture, linkage and identity abroad.— our heritage, culture, linkage and identity abroad. that is my connection- — and identity abroad. that is my connection. what _ and identity abroad. that is my connection

that they have occurred as a direct result of policies, language and speeches promoted by president xijinping and others. and in our weekly report for the bbc website, we're going to be looking at compulsory vaccination — whether vaccine mandates are right or wrong, and whether they work. pressure on prime minister boris johnson on several fronts. first, there's the christmas party in downing street a year ago. or possibly, parties. which would have broken covid guidelines at the time. a government investigation, launched by borisjohnson, is being expanded to include two more events. sorry, three events. its initial scope was the party at downing street on 18th december last year. that's where officials enjoyed nibbles and games. we were told that by one source. the inquiry will now look at another party at the education department on 10th december. this has already been confirmed. the department's chief civil servant says, "drinks and snacks "were brought by those attending." and a third alleged party, a leaving do on 27th november at number 10, is also being investigated. the guardian rep

against humanity and genocide against china's uyghur minority. the tribunal is satisfied that president xijinping and other senior officials in the prc in ccp bear primary responsibility for acts that have occurred in xinjiang. the pressure grows on borisjohnson — as an investigation into covid rule—breaking is expanded to cover three parties at downing street. and — bringing some cheer to children evacuated from the indonesian volcano — but what are they laughing at?

for the infrastructure spending bill that he signed on the day that he met virtually with president xijinping. and trying to control allies into backing the us approach to counter china. that seems to be coming into focus and succeeding but i think the big issue facing both countries is climate change and if thejoe biden administration doesn't seem to be prioritising climate change, which is a present, they did sign the joint statement at 26, but no one believes that that will lead to any new cuts in emissions by china. and without that, we will not get to 1.5 degrees global warming targets. and degrees global warming targets. and that is clearly one target that is valued in terms of the bigger objectives thejoe biden has. what about this relationship with countries like the solomon islands. these debt traps as they were putting it. we see it in africa, the caribbean, dominique or the tiny islands. and very resentful. they love the free sports stadium there given by the chinese. they quite liked the new rules but there is in the fact that the roads are being built by chinese workers not by lo

it was only a few weeks ago that presidents biden and xijinping were talking face—to—face, almost, but in announcing the decision to keep its officials and dignitaries away, the white house said it came down to one thing — genocide. the athletes on team usa have our full support. we will be behind them 100% as we cheer them on from home. we will not be contributing to the fanfare of the games. us diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the face of the prc�*s egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in xinjiang, and we simply can�*t do that. the biden administration says china is committing genocide against some of its own people — muslim ethnic uighurs in xinjiang in the west. attention will now turn to other like—minded nations, and will they follow suit? in the months leading up to this decision, one senior british government official intimately involved in forming policy towards china told me the uk ran the risk of being seen as a poodle if it simply followed american�*s lead on a boycott. china�*s biggest concern about