the, the, this is the, the news i lived from by name guilty verdicts for 14 hong kong pro democracy activists. and i'm not box subversion trials to take you alive to the chinese territory to find out what this means for the physician is also in the program. israel caesar's control of the buffer zone between garza and easiest accusing have nonsense, using it to smuggle weapons to johnson for the move is also stuck in the tensions with egypt. the . i'm so okay, welcome to the program. a court in hong kong has found 14 pro democracy activists

guilty of succession. now it's the biggest trial of its kind after china impose the security law on the territory in 2028 and stifling descent. united states is one of a number of countries to criticize the verdicts that's politically motivated and to call for the defendants to be released. a prison fine jewels up to home cones, west count new quotes outside people que patiently to enter the fate of 16 pro democracy activists in the hands of hong kong legal system. we've been waiting for this day for over 3 years. i feel very sad that so many people have been locked up for so long. the case centers on an unofficial election that was held in 2020 officials said it was a threat to the government. i think joshua wong was among the

47 pro democracy activists arrested. they were charged with conspiracy to commit some fashion under a national security law and post by china that no had been introduced following protests, which so tens of thousands take to the streets to defend democracy. trying to set the law was needed to restore stability. the critics say it's been used to crush political position on the state. only 2 of 16 defendants were acquainted of some fashion. the other 14 were found guilty, a point not lost on laurence. now i should not be the focus for today. i hope everyone will continue caring for other friends in the case. these men may be free for now,

but the prosecution has already launched an appeal against that real quick holes. the 14 guilty verdicts, meanwhile have i'm good many in hong kong and outside. but the chinese foreign ministry has hit childhood international criticism. toronto during the week, completely oppose any interference in china is internal affairs by individual countries on the basis of current legal cases. and any attempts to discredit and undermine the rule of law in hong kong, for quite some time the of the search he won, defendants have already pleaded guilty. meaning, oh, but 2 of the 47 people arrested 3 years ago could face life in jail. let's go on this real mac correspondent, phoebe called in hong kong. welcome phoenix. how big a blow is this for hunk homes of pro democracy movement in

india? it is a huge blow um to the whole. hong kong opposition came and the movement itself, as this is the largest national security trial, since the security law watson post, but be taking a phone call in 2020 and. 7 if the child took a like over a 100 days and it involved over 40 defendants. so this is indeed a mosque prosecution and it is deemed, it is themes as the largest round up of the whole of possession came at once. um, by using the conspiracy to the person in charge. so for many pro democracy support, this is not only effect on the defendants themselves, but also on that you've been in the move because of the cost primary election in the, in the back of the 600000 people voted in that election to,

to choose the candidate to represent them, i'm running for the election. and so um, also um this trash has cover most of the most influential pictures of the home call, including joshua ball and many common and foam and all make us and also leading accidents. so it will definitely have huge impact on the whole society as so for teen guilty to not guilty. what next is expected in this lunmark case? well, um the 47, the 45 come sick to defend. this will have to face tens and saying um in the next couple of months, they will make that mitigations in june before receiving the actual sentences. and we also have to waive the reminder that they ups with us and charge on the pages and national security style carries a maximum,

a sentence off live. and so for the older guy says, all these primary election, they are likely to receive the heaviest sentence. um uh for the all the save may like, um how's it goes it show for several years to maybe like up to 10 years. so um it is a very sophia charge and um, it is also post the monitors that how the international community is responding, especially one of the defendants host straight is us citizenship and they'll straighten it out for minnesota. also responded to these case very quickly. so we will have to see what of this case will you fall into some diplomatic control the see in the coming feature, i can save. you save the call in hong kong. you look at some more headlines from around the world south and south africa where early results from the election shows that the african national congress is on

course to lose its majority. it's still in the lead with about 43 percent of the votes public by the democratic alliance policy runs with $0.06 and savings rule south africa since the end. the search for survivors of popular new beginnings landslide has slowed. rescue efforts have been hampered by the remote location, an unstable ground, only 6 bodies slipping trades and then drawing a as of a 2nd slide that struck last friday and buried hundreds of people facing that nature of foreign ministers. the gatherings guthrie in prague with ministry age for ukraine expected to pump the agenda. us extra estate and we play comes already right. you play cold on they to allies, to buy more, help protect space warning that he doesn't have the means to defend itself against russian and tax or israel is military size. it's taking full control of the strip of land that serves as

a buffer between garza and egypt. the driving military claims. how may i smell it? since i've been using the philadelphia card or to smuggle weapons into gaza. the route is also a key part of a delicate piece arrangement between each man i'm agent. israel is also deep widgets incursion into rafa. and southern gaza is really helicopters firing towards rafa near the southern most city and gaza, where israel's military says it is seized control of a key stretch of land. the 14 kilometer philadelphia cord or that as long served as a buffer zone between gaza and egypt of every muscle in him. in recent days, besides thoughts as have taken operational control over the philadelphia, colorado, along the border between egypt and rest phone, she meant to send a death and card, or 7 as an oxygen pipe for a mazda 3, which it regularly translates west into the gulf of strip to shoot the cover to

bills and cover the captor of the cord or where israel says its troops found these rocket launchers could complicate israel's relations with egypt. cairo is accused israel using the allegations of smuggling to justify legally occupying the stretch of land. this latest development is also a signal, israel's deepening offensive and southern gaza despite growing international calls for to stop israel's military chief of staff, visit a troops, and rafa assuring them they will push on one afternoon for me. come, we're here for a couple of reasons. this is the last time i asked for guide that remains with all the test abilities molly and we want to dismantle it as a call they can talk about the fia is rolling system. it needs to carry out the rough operation to rescue the hostages. how mos took the october 7 terre attacks,

despite condemnation from allies in 8 groups, a like a civilian casualties mount. it is rarely bombardment and broth on wednesday, head of building and this so um neighborhood. meanwhile, the homeless run health ministry, and now the death toll and the cause of war had risen above $36000.00. the problem is that that means that the oppression has been conducted in such a way that the number of civilian casualties and the destruction of c meeting you for destruction and browsing and presidents. it's and there's no end in sight. israel's national security advisor says the offensive and gaza is expected to go on for at least 7 more months. so how is this rose capture of the philadelphia college old likely to affect its relationship with egypt? asked a journalist. i will go hardly in cairo. the way it's. busy the only boards the to

the gaza strip that is, was not under 40, is really controlled. and in addition, that is a protocol or an addition to the king david peace treaty from 2005. that is, when is, when was drew from this for the agreeing that there should be some kind of demilitarized zone. know is what it is claiming that they're on the front of ration control of this cory door. and they're, they're doing this in order to prevent smuggling. they also claiming that they've found several times and swear weapons potentially are smart gate to, to how much it is. if you decided strongly denying this, they're saying that they destroyed since 2013 business when the machine didn't tell you, gave me the photography. so it took overpowering you that since this time they destroyed hundreds of tunnels in this area. and what did you feel patients that then that this allegations to votes is really just they have to justify izard's illegally

operation in the off by end to to prolong it. it's also the way it's discussed here, really in cairo, they say is a need some kind of military success that they didn't get it. there are any reports from us intelligence from this like a week ago where it was said, that's about the only one source of that. i must fight this where kids on to now 65 percent of it 20 funds. it's been over a she so it is really needs some kind of military success and this is how they present this. now the situation inc, cousin of course, that is in the end of this and seeing that this is all strongly denied for the purchaser. okay, so now that israel has minutes arrived, this demilitarize of how is agent likely to react, or i think the trying to de escalate the situation is we have a better situation of a situation really worsting that's already bad in a few days ago. there was a huge issue soldier to exchange that it was fire was the,

is there any army interesting that we didn't get any pages about this either from the is really not that just i, they both seem to try to put to the lid on it. but this incident shows to potentially for escalation the disgrace and by the fact that the is there in, in the texas troops. now in that off, i really facing each other in on both sides and a quick one on humanitarian access to gaza view and saying that the amount of humanitarian aid entering the temperature is drops by to study. since the israel began, it's a sold on rough up this month, and everything thing that one is about 5 and what are you hearing about now? what do we have 2 important crossings in this house? this is the kind of i was selling, the crossing that was close on may fifths, and then the buffer crossing was close on may seven's. since the time the egyptians

refused to coordinate with israel to do to the take over the, is there any army of the border crossing? then under us pressure you ship to agree temporary to allow entry or some 8 in kind of a sudden 20 days later. but that was less than 24 hours that it was open to 100 trucks and suvs in the states. no, fully get you started. there's nothing going through right now. okay, thank you. janice came, i will go, holly and kind of thank you so much. you're welcome bye. it's finally a new volcanic fish has opened up in the south west of iceland, the columbia to a long crack in the big guns feeling lava on wednesday. it's the 8th eruption and region in the last 3 years. yeah, it is mostly on populated for the office for c evacuation of the famous blue, the goon spa, i'm the by fishing time of glen demick. set

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