Claims of torture, forced labour and sexual abuse of Muslim Uighur detainees have dogged China for months, prompting the UK, EU, US and Canada to this week impose sanctions against Chinese officials. Now, Beijing has hit back against nine UK citizens - five MPs, two peers, a lawyer and an academic - for spreading "lies and disinformation". Among them is former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, who says he'll wear the ban on entering China or dealing with its citizens as "a badge of honour".
 
China denies abusing Uighurs at the camps, claiming they are "re-education" facilities used to combat terrorism. Our diplomatic correspondent James Landale says the row will ensure the UK's "already poor relationship with China will deteriorate further" at a time when the government is both pursuing trade with Beijing and treating it as a threat to economic security. For more on the Uighurs - and the claims against China - read our explainer.

With the number of new coronavirus cases, admissions to hospital and deaths across the country broadly continuing to decline, Wales becomes the first UK nation to scrap travel restrictions. From tomorrow, residents will be able to move freely within Wales, while self-contained tourist accommodation including many hotels and cottages can also reopen. However, a bar on non-essential travel to and from other UK nations will continue for at least another fortnight. The Welsh government is also relaxing rules on meeting outdoors and in gardens, allowing for six people from two households.

While many of us are fascinated by photographs of the giant container ship, Ever Given, wedged across the Suez Canal, shipping data sets out the huge impact the situation is having on world trade. An estimated £7bn of goods are being held up each day by the blockage in the vital passageway between east and west, according to tracking data from Lloyd's List. Some analysts say it could take weeks to dislodge the vessel. Find out how you refloat a giant cargo ship.

Making Covid certificates compulsory for entry into pubs could help tackle vaccine hesitancy among young people, according to government "insiders" quoted by the Guardian. However, the Daily Mail says hospitality bosses have branded as "unworkable" plans to offer proof via a smartphone app. While others report continued tensions between the UK and EU over vaccine supplies, and the i says Britain plans an October "booster" to protect against new strains, the Financial Times suggests the global rollout is about to be disrupted by India further halting exports. Away from coronavirus, the Daily Telegraph and Times say Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has condemned "threats" against a West Yorkshire teacher for showing pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad.

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