Morning news brief: India beats China in UN, US halts imports from China and more

India has been elected as the member of the United Nations’ Commission on Status of Women (CSW), a body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

In the Xinjiang region, including from a "vocational" centre that it branded a "concentration camp" for Uighur minorities.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden stressed the role of climate change in stoking the fires, saying President Donald Trump, who has blamed the fires on poor forest management, has not done enough.