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Leaked documents show treatment of Uyghurs in secretive Chinese camps

One of the youngest detained is a 15 year old girl.

Our top story: A cache of hacked documents thought to be from inside China's secretive network of detention centres shows that guards operate a shoot-to-kill policy against Uyghur prisoners trying to escape.

China says a visit to Xinjiang by the UN's top rights official will help clear up misunderstandings over its treatment of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities.

At a summit in Tokyo, President Biden has told leaders from India, Japan and Australia that their Quad group is about 'democracies versus autocracies'.

Newsday will also be looking at a web of corruption and criminality which nearly destroyed a historic football club in Britain.

And how the conflict in Ukraine is pointing to a new way of warfare.

50 minutes

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  • Tue 24 May 2022 06:06GMT