Morning news brief: US expresses 'concern' over China's new ICBM silos, France launches probe over forced Uyghur labour and more

Morning news brief: In this newsletter, we bring to you the largest news stories of the morning.The United States expressesconcern over a report that China is building more than 100 newsilosfor intercontinental ballistic missiles.France is investigatingfashion retailers for concealing crimes against humanity in Xinjiang.Approximately 1,000 evacuated as Canadian fires engulf a town.

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The United States has said China's rapid build-up of its nuclear forces was concerning and called on Beijing to engage with it "on practical measures to reduce the risks of destabilising arms races."

France has opened an inquiry into allegations four fashion groupsprofited from the forced labour of the Uyghur minority inChina.

About 1,000 people were evacuated in western Canada, authorities said Thursday, as fires raged amid an unprecedented heatwave, charring most of at least one town.

Estonia's envoyKatrin Kivi has said, "any vaccine is better than no vaccine" afterthe European Unionlauncheda digital COVID certificate systemdesigned to help citizens travel more freely across the 27-nation bloc and open up summer tourism.