The case of the gentleman we heard from in the Report Isjust the case of the gentleman we heard from in the report is just how much he was willing to share with us, that level of detail is rare to come across because most people in this situation dont want to talk to journalists about their experience. They find it very difficult to actually communicate with their families, how do they do it . That is an interesting point, why cant a uyghur in the uk picked up a phone and call his family . That is because uyghurs in china are under intense surveillance. They assume their calls and Text Messages will be monitored by the state. One expert told us if a call comes in from a Family Member overseas, they wont pick up because they fear communicating free like that will put them at risk in some way. They feel at risk and hugely isolated as well. Sir geofrey nice kc is chair of the Uyghur Tribunal and we can talk to him now. Iam sure i am sure you heard that response to the bbc from the Chinese
he acted pretty decisively in sacking nadhim zahawi as the conservative party chairman, as he defends his handling of the affair. the kremlin rejects claims by borisjohnson that president putin threatened him with a missile strike before russia s invasion of ukraine. and the former all black campbelljohnstone becomes new zealand s first national player to reveal he is gay. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. we wll have the draw for the fifth round of the women s fa cup, we re down to the last 16. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. firefighters and control room staff across the uk have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike for the first time in 20 years over pay. last year the fire brigades union rejected a 5% pay offer. the union now says it ll give the government and employers 10 days to come up with a better offer, or the strikes will go ahead. it s the latest in a series of strikes announced by the public sector. on wednesd
but the main feature is this mild temperatures, round 12 celsius for a time on thursday and friday. in london, the average for this time of year is 7 so that is a long way above. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on monday the 30th of january. from the six team, it s goodbye the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak. hello and welcome to sportsday i m 0lly foster. it s been a knock out weekend in the women s fa cup, the fifth round draw is coming up next. sweat on the shirt, effort and getting back to some of the basic principles. that s what sean dyche says he needs to keep everton up. and it was rory against the rebel in dubai and mcilroy kept his cool to beat patrick reed in their desert duel. also coming up in the programme. after a super sunday night, it will be eagles against the chiefs in the superbowl. welcome along to sportsday, well done if your te
in prices in nearly four decades, but said it would be painful. those are your latest headlines. now on bbc news, weather world. this time on weather world, record heat, drought and the fire that ripped at the end of the uk s hottest day. as temperatures hit a0 celsius for the first time, i ll hear about london fire brigade s busiest day since world war two. and why wildfires are a growing problem. and i m talking to the scientist whose near real time analysis has shown how climate change has supercharged this summer s weather extremes. they ll show me a0 degrees in the uk is virtually impossible without climate change and why hotter heatwaves matter. we have 40 degrees. many more people die than if we just have 36 degrees. and that is that is a huge difference. also on weather world devastating drought for east africa, facing an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season. and how the same weather pattern could bring yet more flooding rain to eastern australia. t
rain in the forecast, the heaviest is going to stay away from those dry areas where we could really do with some rainfall. there are spots of the very best, the wettest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland, and parts of western england and wales. on the radar picture we are seeing are zone of rain that is moving across the highlands, turning right here, but further southwards it is a bit more patchy in nature. the area is quite humid at the moment, so if few missed patches over the high ground. temperatures for the most part in the mid 20s, with top temperatures hitting 28 degrees. will continue a feed of brisk south westerly wind, the recent further pulses of rain coming going, that is going to be a one night, temperatures 16 to 18 celsius. they could be a little bit of mist around some of the hills in the west. it s going to be bringing further rain across the north west of the uk, there will be little rain in the east of england, in the rain is heaviest acr