i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in hong kong where the high profile trial of the former media tycoon and pro democracy campaigner jimmy lai has, in the last few hours, got under way. the 76 year old was originally arrested in 2020, accused of undermining the territory s national security through articles published in his apple daily newspaper and on social media. mr lai has been held in solitary confinement for the past three years since his writing was deemed to be illegal under new legislation imposed by beijing. security was tight around the court for the start of his trial. mr lai who is also a british citizen has pleaded not guilty to all charges. the united states and britain have condemned the trial and have urged the authorities in hong kong to release businessman. we ll be live outside the court in hong kong shortly. first, this report from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. jimmy lai used to be a powerful media boss in
and thousands of workers across the uk switch to doing fewer hours for exactly the same pay, after the world s biggest trial of a four day work week. president putin is to set out his latest thinking about the war in ukraine shortly, as the anniversary of the invasion of ukraine approaches. these are the live pictures from moscow where he ll be addressing both houses of the russian parliament and senior military figures. it comes a day after president biden s surprise visit to kyiv where, in a joint statement with president zelensky, he said that putin s war of conquest is failing. president putin s speech was meant to take place in december but was postponed after a series of setbacks on the battlefield. his last state of the nation address was nearly two years ago in april 2021. the fighting has cost tens of thousands of lives on both sides and hundreds of thousands of russians have been drafted into the army. we are expecting president putin to portray this almost year
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