A larger western military presence in the waters along their coastline. And reaching for the moon india hopes to be the first to land on the lunar south pole. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Welcome to the programme. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8 00 in the morning in hong kong, where the authorities have defended the police, after groups of pro democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. Forty five people were injured in the incident, which happened after a rally in the centre of the city. Opposition politicians have accused police of being suspiciously slow to arrive at the scene. You may find some of the pictures in stephen mcdonells report upsetting. Gangs were waiting when pro democracy activists arrived. Their attack was brutal. Using home made weapons, they set upon individual protesters. One of those at the train station was this man. 0h, oh, sorry rico, its yourturn smile for me. We
President trump has defended his handling of the coroanvirus pandemic, telling fox news that the us has the lowest mortality rate in the world. Police and Public Health officials are investigating a mosque in blackburn, after 250 people attended a funeral there on monday. Its since emerged that the imam has tested positive for coronavirus. The United Arab Emirates prepares to launch a mission to mars making it the first arab nation to do so. Half time at wembley and its 1 0 to chelsea as they compete with Manchester United for a place in the fa cup final. Welcome to bbc news. Amid growing tensions between beijing and london, china has threatend repercussions, over british criticism of its handling of hong kong. The foreign secretary dominic raab will set out in full tomorrow, number tens response to beijings tough new security law for the territory, amid calls from some senior conservatives to suspend the uks extradition treaty with china. Theres also criticism of the reatment of the m
Mortality rate in the world. And the first arab Space Mission to mars is preparing for lift off. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. We start with chinas ambassador to the uk denying reports that his country is carrying out a programme of sterilisation of uighur women in the western part of country xinjang. Reports and eyewitness accounts have accused china of trying to reduce the uighur population by forced sterilisation. The uighur muslims are the Largest Ethnic Group in chinas far west xinjiang region. China denies human rights abuses there, but theres evidence of mosques being destroyed as you see in these before and after pictures and uighurs say they are subject to intense state surveillance. Britains foreign secretary, dominic raab, said there were gross and egregious human rights abuses going on there and that he found it deeply troubling. It comes amid a rise in dipl
A sacking more or less because of the word is certainly from sources in the right wing of the party. That Junior Researcher spotted it reported it. And then this was a perfect occasion to get rid of a right winger in the, in the government. Somebody was regarded as not being on the side and in terms of getting a revival of efficiency in the government. And it was used and possibly the suggestion is that jeremy hunt, the new chancellor instituted her sacking or unless trust was involved as well. But thats one theory. The other theory is that sir, that this was a decision on the part of the home secretary to make a fuss about it, to kick hard because she felt that that, that she been totally betrayed by list trust. And that was a move on by the right to answer. Sorry bother by the, the, the, the moderates to she kick out the right from government. So this is a, something of a groupings issue. You know, we have a position where by the e r g, the european reform group, which is a right win
This is bbc news. The headlines at 6pm. China denies an accusation by foreign secretary dominic raab that theyre carrying out human rights abuses against its uighur population. Can i ask you why people are kneeling blindfolded and shaven and being led to trains in modern china . Why . What is going on there . I do not know where you get this video tape. It is deeply, deeply troubling. And the reports on the human aspect of it, from forced sterilisation to the education camps, are reminiscent of something we have not seen for a long, long time. Borisjohnson says he doesnt believe another nationwide lockdown will be needed even if theres a second spike of coronavirus this winter. Police and Public Health
officials are investigating a mosque in blackburn, after 250 people attended a funeral there on monday. Its since emerged that the imam has tested positive for coronavirus. Ten temporary nightingale courts are being set up to help clear a backlog of hearings caused by the coronavirus pan