The British government has been at pains to downplay the January 6 coup attempt by outgoing US President Donald Trump, sections of the military intelligence complex and their fascist supporters.
Hannah Holland, 23, from Sheffield, was left in tears after she was barred from the American Airlines (AA) service from Philadelphia via Chicago s O Hare airport due to land at London Heathrow today.
UK ministers have asked officials to prepare for the creation of quarantine hotels, where arrivals into the country would self-isolate before being allowed out in a bid to keep Brazilian Covid out.
Huawei patent mentions use of Uighur-spotting tech
By Leo Kelion
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A Huawei patent has been brought to light for a system that identifies people who appear to be of Uighur origin among images of pedestrians.
The filing is one of several of its kind involving leading Chinese technology companies, discovered by a US research company and shared with BBC News.
Huawei had previously said none of its technologies was designed to identify ethnic groups.
It now plans to alter the patent.
Forced-labour camps
The company indicated this would involve asking the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) - the country s patent authority - for permission to delete the reference to Uighurs in the Chinese-language document.
The world’s leading democracies should form a coalition to counter China’s human rights abuses at home and its support for authoritarianism overseas, according to a prominent group of British lawmakers.
Several members of parliament from Britain’s ruling Conservative Party have formed the “China Research Group” to monitor Beijing’s influence. They say Britain is in desperate need of a coherent policy on China and recently published a self-styled “policy toolkit” of recommendations.
Tom Tugendhat, chairman of parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee, is co-founder of the group.