China's UK ambassador denies abuse of Uighurs despite fresh drone footage

UK expected to suspend extradition arrangements with Hong Kong as Liu Xiaoming blames reports of forced sterilisation on anti-China elements'

China's ambassador to the UK gave a brazen defence of his country's human rights record on Sunday, insisting the Uighur people live in peaceful and harmonious coexistence with other ethnic groups", as he was confronted with footage of shackled prisoners being herded on to trains in Xinjiang.

As the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, prepared to give a statement on Hong Kong on Monday, in which he is expected to suspend extradition arrangements with the territory, Liu Xiaoming flatly denied claims of abuses by Beijing.