The move will come into effect on Sunday.

US Tik Tok ban set to come into force - here's why

The 12 activists had set off in a speedboat from Po Toi O harbour on Hong Kong island, hoping to reach Taiwan and seek political asylum. 

Activists fleeing Hong Kong held 'indefinitely' after arrest by China

In a letter signed by more than 130 MPs and Lords they compared modern China to Nazi Germany and said they were committing 'ethnic cleansing' against the Uighur people.

MPs protest against 'ethnic cleansing' of Uighurs in China

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, file photo, an Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. As the escalating and bitter military standoff between India and China protracts following their bloodiest confrontation in decades in the Ladakh region in 2020, experts warn the two nuclear-armed countries can unintentionally slide into a war over the roof of the world. The two most populous nations share thousands of kilometers (miles) disputed border and have accused each other for opening new fronts. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)



China claims Indian forces crossed into its territory around their border and fired warning shots at a Chinese patrol in a move it called a 'serious military provocation'.

 China claims Indian army crossed border and fired warning shots

The US State Department has responded to a series of reports by ITV News on the treatment of the Uighur people, calling for an end to what it said was an "ongoing campaign of repression".

End 'campaign of repression' against Uighurs US tells China

Turkey’s Uighur population in exile live far from home but distance does not dim their fear. 

Being Uighur in China: 'They tortured me for hours'

Mulan star Liu Yifei reportedly shared a social media post in support of Hong Kong's police force.

Mulan and the #milkteaalliance: campaign to boycott Disney remake reignites

An independent tribunal in London will investigate the Chinese government’s alleged rights abuses against Uighur Muslims - and decide if they constitute genocide.

UK tribunal to investigate Uighur Muslim genocide claims

Nursiman Abdureshid, an Uighur Muslim living in China, says the world is repeating that which it promised to never do or see again.

'After Nazi Germany the world said never again, but it is'

Luke de Pulford, co-founder of the Coalition for Genocide Response and Adviser to the World Uyghur Congress, writes on the 'hallmarks of genocide unfolding in China'.

The UN won't halt ‘genocide hallmarks’ against Uighurs but we must end Catch-22

The Uighur doctor told ITV News Correspondent Emma Murphy she participated in at least 500 to 600 operations on Uighur women including forced contraception, forced abortion and sterilisation and forced removal of wombs.

Uighur doctor's disturbing testimony of 'baby discarded into rubbish'

ITV News Asia Correspondent Debi Edward revisits the city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, as its people return to life as normal.

Wuhan celebrates return to normal but blame game has just begun

Dr Zhang Wenhong predicts we will be living with this for some time to come and he believes there is a high chance of a second international outbreak this Autumn or Winter.

Covid-19 could be with us for next two to four years, expert warns 

Mr Weiwei told ITV News Presenter Tom Bradby if China isn't challenged now, its repression will only continue.

Artist Ai Weiwei says China's repression will continue if it's not challenged

The US State Department said it was disappointed at China’s order to close the consulate.

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