yes, joshua wong _ the sentencing today? yes, joshua wong has _ the sentencing today?s received l the sentencing today? yes, - joshua wong has received more joshua wong has received more than four years and benny tai got the most, and other people are receiving dozens of months if i can put it that way. gwyneth ho, she was a candidate in the primary election, and she was the only one who did not submit any plea for leniency during the mitigation process, so she has got 84 months, so many of them are getting these lengthyjudgments getting these lengthy judgments in getting these lengthyjudgments in terms of months or years. martin, thank you for your reporting there. and it's a story we will continue to watch as well as having a live page on the website. do please check it out. the kremlin is vowing what it's calling a "tangible response" afterjoe biden gave ukraine permission to fire us—provided missiles into russian territory. at a press conference on monday, russia's foreign ministry spokesperson, maria zakharova, told reporters "kiev 5 use of long—range missiles to

has got 36 months. — election. joshua wong has got 36 months, and _ election. joshua wong has gottion. joshua wong has got 36 months, and for years - election. joshua wong has got 36 months, and for years and | 36 months, and for years and eight months include —— other names include gywenth ho, a journalist turned activist who received seven years of imprisonment —— gywneth ho. anotherjournalist and imprisonment —— gywneth ho. another journalist and former activist has received four years and two months and these are prominent names of the pro—democracy camp in hong kong and now they are all being imprisoned.— and now they are all being imrisoned. ., ~ , ., imprisoned. martin, thank you for our imprisoned. martin, thank you for your reporting. _ imprisoned. martin, thank you for your reporting. i _ imprisoned. martin, thank you for your reporting. i am - imprisoned. martin, thank you for your reporting. i am joined j for your reporting. i am joined ijy for your reporting. i am joined by the former chair of the democratic party of hong kong. emily, thank you forjoining me. first ca

joshua wong shouted i love hong kong before they were all led away by prison guards.s and then we saw some of the family members leaving, some in shock, some pretty calm and one of them was the wife of the defendants, a well—known activist and legislator. she was chanting that even one day is too much for unjustjail time when she left the court with her companions.- left the court with her companions. left the court with her comanions. , ., ., companions. tell us more about what they _ companions. tell us more about what they have _ companions. tell us more about what they have been _ companions. tell us more about what they have been found - what they have been found guilty of. 50 what they have been found guilty of-— what they have been found uuil of. . ., , guilty of. so the charge is in official speak, _ guilty of. so the charge is in official speak, was - guilty of. so the charge is in l official speak, was conspiracy to commit subversion, centred on this primary election that the activists tried to organise or participated in back injuly 2020 and they organised

prominent campaigner joshua wong has been jailed forjust over four years.s has condemned for the verdict after previously calling for the activists to be released. so far we haven't seen much market reaction to the story in hong kong, currently the hang seng up 0.3%. in india, toxic smoke continues to wreak havoc on the capital new delhi. flights have been diverted, primary schools closed and diesel trucks are banned from entering the city, these are the latest measures by authorities to respond to a thick toxic smoke that has gripped the city. the pollution authority in the country says air quality is at severe levels. a researcher specialising in environmental issues explained how the smog could have a big impact on the economy. the economic impact is primarily to do with health outcomes of the people and productivity impact that it has on people. it has morbidity costs. but that translates to economic costs, because they are not able to work as much and contribute to the economy. some studies have put it at anywhere between $28 billion and $30 billion an

more than a0 of hong kong's pro—democracy campaigners — including joshua wong — have been sentenced tormers are expected to gather in central london to protest the government's planned changes to inheritance tax. and tens of thousands rally in new zealand 5 capital over a bill that seeks to reinterpret the country s founding document with the maori people.

you see people like bernie tie and joshua wong getting sentenced and they have been the iconic figureheadseople are not encouraged to go out and to speak voices any more. and even today, people in hong kong feel they do not have the power or the right to mourn the power or the right to mourn the sentencing is, just because of how grave and strongly the government is intending to crack down on all political dissent. , ., ~ crack down on all political dissent. ~ , dissent. do you think people would be _ dissent. do you think people would be afraid _ dissent. do you think people would be afraid to _ dissent. do you think people would be afraid to come - dissent. do you think people would be afraid to come out| dissent. do you think people - would be afraid to come out and show support? would be afraid to come out and show sunport?— show support? definitely. we see a lot of — show support? definitely. we see a lot of people _ show support? definitely. we see a lot of people trying - show support? definitely. we see a lot of people trying to l see a lot of people trying to speak indirectly on l

and it's including joshua wong, a prominent figure in hong kong, is once driving pro democracy movement a legal scholar penny, tie this guy by judge who is this the master mind who was handed the longest sentence of 10 years. a comes in from the right thing. we believe these sentences reflect the severity of the crime scene sorta and shows that crimes endangered and national security must be heavily punished. delagarza sentences have sent a clear message to the public because that we have 0 tolerance for any acts endangering national security thinking, including some bad thing states power. or they told me to go because we will study the individual sentences out before deciding whether to appeal and see if i will drop to a certain. so the sentencing has drawn criticism from western governments and human rights organizations to cite the cases, evidence of the evaluation of political freedoms in hong kong, beijing and hong kong. this government insist the national security low is necessary for the city stability. and we can talk to one of the pro democracy activists who took part in the u

the group includes some of hong kong's best known activists, including joshua wong.r to meet them, as part of their campaign for more recognition of what they say has been serious damage to their health. they've been speaking about their experiences in a bbc documentary as dominic casciani reports. this the world doesn't know. i've been fighting this battle for 63 years. the world doesn't know. i've been fighting this battle for 63 years. for decades, the men who witnessed the british nuclear bomb tests have wondered whether they were part of a giant human experiment. it was really frightening. we thought we were going to die. this week, a special bbc documentary explores whether there was a cover up. 22,000 military personnel watched the british explode bombs in australia and the south pacific. some of these men have suffered cancers and had children with genetic defects that they linked to the testing. john morris says his son may have been one of them. he was at the christmas island bomb tests in 1956. he told the bbc film that when his first born, stephen, died,

another name you might recognize is joshua wong, the face of the 2014 umbrella movement, a former studenttenced to 4.6 years in -- to four to six years in jail. the median sentence for these activists is 59 months and it includes the time they have already served while being denied bail because many of them had already been in prison for about 1000 days by this time. it's being closely watched by citizens of hong kong and the international community. not only were the defenders denied bail but denied a jury trial. they were denied that they were tried by three judges handpicked -- they were tried by three judges who were handpicked. some have questioned the impartiality of the judges. tom: my understanding is they have been picked by beijing backed executives and leaders in hong kong. what does this tell us about hong kong, china, and how the u.s. may respond? minmin: well, beijing has for a long time been saying that the national security law is essential to mean -- to mean -- maintain stability and has urged other countries not to meddle in its internal affairs. we know the british prim