US implements import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang over allegations of forced labour, genocide against Uyghurs

Antony Blinken has called on Chinese authorities to end atrocities in the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region. (Reuters)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the US is rallying its allies against forced labour as it begins implementing an import ban on goods from China's Xinjiang region, where Washington says Beijing is committing genocide.