Day: November 20, 2024

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Jimmy Lai, one of Hong Kong’s most influential pro-democracy figures, has testified in court for the first time in a national security trial that may see him sentenced to life in jail. Also in the programme: Washington is sending anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine in a reversal of previous policy as the Russian advance gathers pace; and we speak to Richard Flanagan, the first writer to win both the Booker Prize for fiction and the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction. (Picture: Media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, arrives at the Court of Final Appeal, in a prison van in Hong Kong. Credit: Reuters).

AP correspondent Haya Panjwani reports on a condo explosion in Michigan

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AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports COP29 hosts prepare to present first draft text, but complex issues still to be sorted.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Russia has arrested a German national accused of planning sabotage.

AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports on another major American policy shift regarding weapons for Ukraine.

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