That he founded in his garage nearly 30 years ago. And captain sir tom moore The War Veteran who raised tens of millions for charity during the first lockdown has died at the age of 100. Hello to you. Women in chinas so called Re Education Camps have been systematically raped and tortured, according its estimated more than 1 million men and women have been Education Centres to Deradicalise Uighurs and other muslim minorities. 0ur correspondent, matthew hill, has spoken to several former detainees and workers. You may find some of their accounts distressing. The woman is reliving a story she can barely bring herself to tell. She was held one of xinjiangs so called Re Education Camps. These Satellite Images show the site were she says she was held, sharing a cell with 13 other women with a bucket for a toilet. And shes haunted by one image. Masked men coming down a Camp Corridor like this one after midnight. Translation they were three men. Not one, but three. They did whatever evil their mind could think of and they didnt spare any part of my body, biting it to the extent that it was disgusting to look at. They didnt just rape. They were barbaric. They had bitten all over my body. The us have granted her safe refuge after investigating her claims. Shes waived her right to anonymity and now feels free to speak about the full extent of the abuse she says she suffered. Translation they had an electric baton. I didnt know what it was. It was pushed into my private parts and i was tormented with electric shocks. Its estimated over1 million uighurs and other muslims are held in the camps. These never before broadcast pictures were filmed secretly in a camp under construction and published by a magazine on religious liberty. Weve interviewed a former guard and seen his Chinese Police documents. He is the first ever to come forward and the risk of him speaking to the bbc is so great we have reconstructed the interview with an actor. Those who were taken inside were locked in a cell which held 8 16 inmates. There were cameras watching them all the time, and there were books about xi jinping. They had to study the book and memorise them in chinese. If they failed, the punishment was severe. Many former camp inmates flee to istanbul. Some talk of having to choose between punishment or being complicit in these crimes. Translation | worked six| months as a Cleaning Worker for the women. Han chinese men would pay money to have their pick of the pretty, young inmates. This was the first time she has told anyone the full extent of what she says she was forced to do. Myjob is to remove their clothes completely and then handcuff them on their beds so they cannot move. We cant say if the rape is approved by the camp commanders or even by those more senior. But the accounts of the many women ive spoken to include gang rape in public and are similar in brutality. The Uighur Rights Group that helped her get to America Say Theirfull stories dont emerge until later. Survivors of the camps have told of horrific tortures. Very often sexual abuse, however, is told in less detail. Its traumatic to remember and women are often afraid of bringing shame to their own family members. The Chinese Government said in a statement that the xinjiang camps offered vocational and educational training to tackle extremism and terrorism. It did not address directly the accusations of rape and torture. But it added, the Chinese Government attaches great importance to womens rights. Lies and absurd accusations, including mass detention, do not hold water. Translation it is very obvious their goal is to destroy everyone, and everyone knows it. These women are done. Much of the testimony of the women ive spoken to is too disturbing to broadcast. But its important, they say, the world knows whats happened to them. Matthew hill, bbc news. Louisa greve is a human rights expert and serves as director of external affairs for the Uyghur Human Rights project. Shejoins us live now from washington. Thank you very much for your time. I guess we should say again that china absolutely denies all of this, says it is all lies to damage the image of the country and interfere with its internal affairs. Is there any reasonable doubt that this is all happening . Is all happening . There is no reasonable is all happening . There is no reasonable doubt. Is all happening . There is no reasonable doubt. Many reasonable doubt. Many survivors who miraculously, are able to be released from the camps and make it outside of the country have told these dories over a three year period, Satellite Photography and images of these massive camps that can only match up with reports of mass detention, as well as leaked Chinese Government documents that they quite clearly the policy is to completely transform the uighurs and suppress their identity. Uighurs and suppress their identi. ~. , uighurs and suppress their identi. ~. , identity. Well, what can be done, if identity. Well, what can be done, if anything, identity. Well, what can be done, if anything, to identity. Well, what can be done, if anything, to enter| done, if anything, to enter this . � ,. , done, if anything, to enter this . � ,. , , this . Its time to end Business As Usual this . Its time to end Business As Usual end this . Its time to end Business As Usual end this. This . Its time to end Business As Usual end this. For as usual end this. For businesses, for governments, two universities, to continue Business As Usual as if there is not a genocide happening. Carried out by the communist party, its a green light for further abuses. Companies must stop sourcing from factories that use forced labour and governments must, must condemn the violence and make sure there are diplomatic consequences. There are diplomatic consequences. There are diplomatic conseuuences. �. Consequences. And there are economic consequences. And there are economic levers, consequences. And there are economic levers, arent consequences. And there are i economic levers, arent there . There are clearly companies profiting from this whether they know it or not, companies dealing with china is the world was � s second largest producer of cotton. Was s second largest producer of cotton of cotton. Thats right. One in five cotton of cotton. Thats right. One in five cotton garments of cotton. Thats right. One in five cotton garments around | of cotton. Thats right. One in i five cotton garments Around The World contain cotton from xinjiang, the uighur region, because it produces over 80 of chinas cotton. There is a coalition of over 350 trade unions, ngos and uighur groups, calling upon those companies to pledge to end that sourcing and stock profiting from the uighurs who are trapped in these camps and forced to work in placements in his factories stop profiting. In placements in his factories stop profiting. In placements in his factories stop profiting. You have to wonder. Stop profiting. You have to wonder, china stop profiting. You have to wonder, china has stop profiting. You have to wonder, china has been stop profiting. You have toi wonder, china has been doing something horrible and similar years and years in tibet an International Campaign has not stopped that. What is the chance of stopping it in xinjiang . I chance of stopping it in xinjiang . Chance of stopping it in xinianu . ~. ,. ,. , xinjiang . I think International Actors from xinjiang . I think International Actors from Companies Xinjiang . I think International Actors from companies do actors from companies do governments have lost their past. China is not on the path to a rule of law, it has ramped up to a rule of law, it has ramped up genocidal policies and it is no longer time for fantasies about china being a normal country. This is a cold blooded genocide and the world has two and this Business As Usual. Louisa greve with the Uyghur Human Rights project, thank you very much. Has to end this Business As Usual. More than 1,000 demonstrators have been arrested following the jailing of the russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny for 3. 5 years. Hes now expected to spend over 2. 5 years in prison, discounting the time he spent under house arrest. He denounced the case against him, saying it was being used to scare millions of people in russia. Steve rosenberg reports from moscow. For years, the russian authorities claimed Alexei Navalny was no threat to them, that he was just a nobody. But outside the court they were taking no chances. Inside, mr navalny was brought into the courtroom, locked in a glass cage. Hed been accused of a Parole Violation in a case he insists is politically motivated. His wife was in court alongside him. When the verdict came he put on a brave face, but the kremlin� s most voca critic had been put in prison for 2. 5 years. As for Alexei Navalny, until today the authorities had avoided sending him to prison, so he would not become a political martyr. But the calculation has changed. Now he is seen as a bigger threat in liberty than behind bars. In russia he has become the face of protest, a catalyst for political change. Mr navalny� s arrest had brought people onto the streets across the country. Now his Prison Sentence has sparked international condemnation. We reiterate our call for the russian government to immediately and unconditionally released mr novelli as well as the hundreds of other russian citizens wrongfully detained in recent weeks for exercising their rights. A message not received. This is moscow tonight, police are out in force and determined to stop any sign of protest in support of mr navalny. Alexei, were with you, he just has time to say. The authorities will be hoping that with Alexei Navalny in prison, the protests will lose steam. And if they dont, well, those in power here are in no mood for compromise. Steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. A new study from Oxford University says the Coronavirus Vaccine it developed with astrazeneca not only protects from severe disease, but also reduces transmission of the virus significantly. Researchers found the jab provided good protection even when there was a gap of 12 weeks between the first and the second doses. The study backs up the controversial decision taken by the British Government to leave a bigger gap in order to get more people protected sooner. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come Tributes For Captain sir tom moore, who has died at the age 100. Hell be remembered for raising tens of millions of pounds for the uks National Health service. This is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. After his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of Ayatollah Khomeini on iranian soil. South africas white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. And the anc leader, nelson mandela, is to be set free unconditionally. Three, two, one. A countdown to a critical moment. The worlds most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. And apart from its power, its this recycling of the rocket, l slashing the cost of a launch, l that makes this a breakthrough in the business| of space travel. Two americans have become the first humans to walk in space without any lifeline to their spaceship. One of them called it a piece of cake. Thousands of people have given the yachtswoman Ellen Macarthur a spectacular homecoming in the cornish port of falmouth after she smashed the world record for sailing solo Around The World non stop. Welcome back. Very glad to have you with us on bbc news. The latest headlines for you. The bbc has evidence that women in chinas so called Re Education Camps have been systematically raped and tortured. A Russian Court has sentenced alexei navaly, the kremlin� s most high profile opponent, to 2. 5 years in jail. After the army seized power in myanmar on monday and detained the countrys leader, aung san suu kyi, accusing her party of fraud in the recent election, the military appears to be in full control. There was a heavy police and military presence across naypyitaw and yangon on tuesday, and in a country with a history of military brutality, myanmar� s citizens are not actively protesting the coup. Instead, in the first signs of defiance, people stood outside and banged pots and pans to show their opposition to their new military leaders. Kingsley abbott is a prominent Human Rights Lawyer specialising in southeast asia. Hes in whangarei new zealand. I know you have been waiting to come on for us. Thank you very much for talking to us. It is not a surprise, i guess, that china blocked action in the security council. By chance than of real, coordinated International Action about this . ,. ,. , International Action about this . , this . Good morning. Look, this cou has this . Good morning. Look, this coup has really this . Good morning. Look, this coup has really set this . Good morning. Look, this coup has really set the this . Good morning. Look, this coup has really set the country| coup has really set the country back to where it was a a decade ago, in its pre democratic past. The military that is now in control has been appalling Human Rights Violations over the years, and these are ongoing. What we are entering is a really potentially very dark and dangerous situation where many people, politicians, minorities, dissenting voices are highly vulnerable. Especially as we are witnessing these growing calls for protests and Civil Disobedience. The coming hours and days are really going to be critical. As you said, the coup really requires a swift and coordinated global response. The outcome of the Un Security Council is thus very disappointing but its not surprising because china and russia have consistently stood in the way of any meaningful reaction to myanmar. I think this time it is really shortsighted. This coup has made my unmarked really unstable which is not in anyones interest. Instability predict ability and it is bad for a growing economy, for the region, for Sustainable Development and investment. So a total rethink of world policy towards mama is needed and includes the russia and china and as the en bloc. Includes the russia and china and as the en bloc. People talk about china and as the en bloc. People talk about china i and as the en bloc. People talk about china i could and as the en bloc. People talk about china i could talk and as the en bloc. People talk about china i could talk about i about china i could talk about pakistan, it is not a country with an army but an army with a country. The army is so deeply logged into the economy in myanmar. Even those people who could be budged, those leaders have an awful lot to lose moneywise quite apart from power wires. Moneywise quite apart from power wires moneywise quite apart from power wires. That is right and in 2019, the power wires. That is right and in 2019, the united power wires. That is right and in 2019, the United Nations | in 2019, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission released and 111 page report which set out in detail the vast web of Military Control in companies around myanmar which earn its revenue from internal and external sources. So again, revenue from internal and externalsources. So again, it is not as if the world needs to sit up and start doing its research, a lot of that work has already been done and what is required in the way of multilateral reaction is also known. , ,. , known. Just briefly, what chance do known. Just briefly, what chance do you known. Just briefly, what chance do you see known. Just briefly, what chance do you see of known. Just briefly, what i chance do you see of more known. Just briefly, what chance do you see of more Civil Disobedience . We are seeing a little at the moment with people not taking many risks, though . This people not taking many risks, thou~h . , , people not taking many risks, thou~h . , ,. , though . No but it is very early da s. I though . No but it is very early days ithink though . No but it is very early days. I think there though . No but it is very early days. I think there is days. I think there isjust tremendous disappointment in the country right now. People are really reeling from it. Those times i travelled to miami myself, i rarely met young, vibrant, bright young people who were so joyful about coming out of this period of darkness and re engaging with the well done Sharing Ideas are looking for global opportunities. So this is really a crushing load. When you have some of the older generation who are used to it. The emr people, civil society, and activists have been preparing for a long time myanmar. The world needs to watch very closely because it would be a tremendous tragedy things were to go back to where they were more than 10 years ago. They were more than 10 years auo. , ~ , they were more than 10 years auo. , they were more than 10 years ato, , ago. Kingsley abbott, you very much. Ago. Kingsley abbott, you very much ago. Kingsley abbott, you very much. Thank ago. Kingsley abbott, you very much. Thank you. Jeff bezos is to stand down from his role as Chief Executive of the internet giant, amazon, the company he created some 30 years ago. Hes not severing his ties with amazon, its said hell work on other projects. The news came after the Company Reported huge profits for the last three months of 2020. Joining me now from washington is sarah miller, executive director of the American Economic liberties project. Good to talk to you, actually how much change is this or is itjust a how much change is this or is it just a switch of title . How much change is this or is itjust a switch of title . Itjust a switch of title . From our perspective itjust a switch of title . From our perspective right itjust a switch of title . From our perspective right now, i itjust a switch of title . From our perspective right now, it| our perspective right now, it seems like geoffjeffbezos is retaining a position where he will still have the opportunity to leverage horrendous amounts of power over amazon if he chooses. I think is unlikely this change is going to affect anything about amazons Core Business and strategy which is largely about leveraging its market feed, power and its commerce Around The World. Its an Unexpected Development but not particularly surprising. Certainly, i dont think it bodes well for major changes in terms of what we can expect from amazon in the future. So what is your reading than on why he has done this now . I have a couple of gases. I why he has done this now . I have a couple of gases. I think wanting to note and im sure your viewers are aware of is that amazon is under increasing legal and regulatory scrutiny at the moment in the us. There are two anti trust organisations, at least, that are ongoing. There is a powerful union drive happening in alabama right now for the first time, which we hope will be successful. I think as attitudes are changing here in washington and they will be more scrutiny on amazon as a corporation, its practices in the marketplace towards competitors and the way it treats its workers, better for somebody else to be in the hot seat. Not thatjeff bezos cant be called to testify or engage in Policy Makers in other ways but he really doesnt like to serve that role. You might remember last summer he was called to testify in front of congress and resisted strongly, trying to send subordinates and tried to wriggle out of it and was really quite petulant before being forced to do so. Part of that a shifting those possibilities to somebody else and try to protect his reputation which is increasingly, i would say, problematic or scrutinised through associating himself with philanthropic efforts. Just briefly, he said he is going to concentrate on his space project and also on the Washington Post. What should we expect from his greater focus on those . I expect from his greater focus on those . On those . I think a couple of thins on those . I think a couple of things perhaps. On those . I think a couple of things perhaps. To on those . I think a couple of things perhaps. To suggest i on those . I think a couple of. Things perhaps. To suggest that he is focusing more on the Washington Post at a time when he is under significantly increased regulatory policy, public scrutiny, i find that a little chilling to be honest. And i think if his attempts to associate himself with space and innovation and the Great American dream, i think that is an extension of his work to try to protect his reputation from the damage that it has incurred, particularly over the last year as 20,000 of his workers have contracted covid. Inaudible. Sorry, didnt need to interrupt you. I think we are gradually losing the connection here, i am gradually losing the connection here, iam not gradually losing the connection here, i am not sure why. Hopefully we can speak to you again, thank you very much for that, sarah miller, from the American Economic liberties project. Captain sir tom moore the british World War Two veteran who raised almost 50 million for Health Service workers during the first lockdown has died at the age of 100, after testing positive for covid 19. The queen, who knighted him injuly, has offered her condolences to the family, and the prime minister, borisjohnson called him a national inspiration. David sillito reports. Hes a 99 year old war vet. Hes a one man fundraising machine. Captain sir tom moore. The word inspirational is rather an understatement. Thats the way i think ive always looked at it, what began as a Little Family challenge, to do 100 laps of his garden, became a fundraising juggernaut. On new years eve, the face of 2020 was captain tom. He was born in keighley in 1920, and served in burma during the war. After that, hed run a business and the closest he had ever and appearing this christmas on. Was an appearance on blankety blank. Tom, have you got family or anyone you would rather not be watching this . Yes, two girls, coming up 16 and coming up 14. But everything changed when his family set up a Fundraising Page for captain tom. The hope was to raise £1,000 for Nhs Charities to support the nurses and doctors during the pandemic, butjust over a week later the total had passed £1 million. And by the time he celebrated his 100th birthday, the total had topped £30 million. Walk on through the wind. He also had a number one single. Walk on through the rain. Captain tom had become known the world over. He received 140,000 birthday cards. He was made an honorary colonel. He received a knighthood. And the raf staged a birthday fly past. Im absolutely delighted with all the people like you who have come to wish me a many happy birthday. It has been an extraordinary 10 months. The final entry on his wish list was an end of year trip to barbados. And then, earlier this week, it was announced that he had pneumonia and had tested positive for the coronavirus. Leading the tributes today, a statement from buckingham palace. The queen said in downing street, the union flags were at half mast. Captain sir tom moore was a hero in the truest sense of the word. In the dark days of the second world war, he fought forfreedom and in the face of this countrys deepest post war crisis, he united us all. Captain tom described it as a fairy tale, but during some dark months, it was his good cheer that became a little source ofjoy for millions. I never ever anticipated ever in my life anything like this. It really is amazing. I must say to everyone, thank you very much to everyone wherever you are. Youll never walk alone. David stiletto on captain sir tom, a life lived. Spacex has launched another of its starship prototypes, and once again just failed to pull off the landing. The starship sn9 blew up on its final descent as it tried to right itself before reaching the ground. In december the sn8 model, met a similarfate, with the flight ended in an explosive impact with the ground. Nonetheless, spacex said its engineers would press on with the programme. Thats it for now, thank you so much for watching. Hello there. North eastern areas of south africa have had very heavy downpours. 20 million litres recorded from these storms and they are not tuesday brought us some very heavy snow across parts of scotland, but more especially in northern england. And that caused significant transport disruption at one stage, the a62 was completely shut, along with the snake pass. And thats the main road link between manchester and sheffield. The boundary between the mild air we have in the south and the cold air in the north is heading into scotland. And its here where the risk of snow will stay really through the rest of this week. Heavy snow across the high ground with significant accumulations. There is still the scope of transport disruption but the risk of disruption will increase towards the end of the week. Why do i say that . Because at lower elevations over the next few days, temperatures will be dropping by a couple of degrees celsius, tipping the balance from rain more to snowfall at lower levels hence the risk of disruption is more likely to increase later in the week. Right now across the central lowlands, weve got rain, a bit of sleet coming through as well. The snow mainly confined to the high ground here, also across the very high ground and across the far north of england, too. Delving into this zone, as we go through wednesday, we will continue to see that rain, a bit of sleet at times across the central belt, so probably nothing in the way of snow settling. If you go into the hills, yes, above 100 metres elevation, youre more likely to see snow, settling snow above 200 metres elevation, 10 20 cm over the next 48 hours. Elsewhere, weve got some bright skies in the west, but heavy rain across Southern England very heavy at times in the london area, and itll turn wet as well throughout much of east anglia. Mild in the south, but obviously where weve got the snow falling, particularly in the hills, temperatures struggling to get much above freezing at all in scotland. Through wednesday night, well continue to see that mucky mixture, really, in scotland. There might be a bit more in the way of snow starting to come down to some slightly lower levels across the north of the country, as those temperatures just start to edge downwards Just A Little Bit might be enough to tip the balance, perhaps a little bit of snow across the high ground of northern england, as well. For thursday, again, as the air gets colder, weve got a tendency to see a bit more snow getting down to some of those lower levels. In the south, weve got some rain, a few brighter spells for wales and the midlands, still mild in the south, still cold into scotland. And then beyond that, as we look at the forecast through friday and into the weekend beyond, there is a tendency for the weather to turn colder, and we may see it some snowfall more widely into next week. Thats your latest weather. This is bbc news. The headlines women in chinas so called Re Education Camps have been systematically raped and tortured according to firsthand accounts obtained by the bbc. Its estimated more than a million men and women have been detained in the camps, which china claims are Education Centres to De Radicalise Uighurs and other muslim minorities. The leading russian opposition activist, Alexei Navalny, has been jailed for more than 2. 5 years, following his return to moscow after being poisoned. His supporters have called for more protests. The russian authorities have detained a further 1,200 protesters during demonstrations on tuesday. Amazon Founderjeff Bezos is to step down as Chief Executive of the e commerce giant that he started in his garage nearly 30 years ago. He will become executive chairman, a move he says will give him time and energy to focus on his other ventures
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