Hong Kong’s former media mogul, 78-year-old Jimmy Lai, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security offences. The landmark ruling completes a long effort by Beijing to dismantle the influence of a man it blamed as a “mastermind” for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.
In a historic sweep following a snap election, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s governing coalition has secured what’s being called a ‘super-majority’ in Japan’s lower house of parliament – according to exit polls. The record result paves the way for Japan’s first female leader to pursue a more hardline agenda on immigration and China, while pushing for greater defence spending and tax relief.
00:00 Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison in a landmark national security case.
03:04 At least nine people have been killed after buildings collapsed in Tripoli, Lebanon.
03:21 Floods displace more than 10-thousand people in southern Spanish region of Andalucia.
03:40 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mo- hammadi given an additional seven-and-a-half year prison sentence by an Iranian court.
04:02 Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ set to command the largest conservative majority in decades after a snap election gamble.
07:12 Christchurch attacker who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in 2019, seeks to overturn his conviction.
10:00 Thailand’s conservative Prime Minister has ridden a wave of nationalism to a decisive election victory.
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