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I'm James Menendez.
And coming up a little later in the program, Washington's decision to send anti personnel landmines to Ukraine, despite the fact that many countries, including Ukraine, are signatories to a treaty banning their use.
We'll hear why the Biden administration's reversed its position and what it might mean for Ukraine on on the battlefield.
Also, we'll be speaking to the Australian novelist Richard Flanagan about becoming the first writer to win a top prize for fiction and now a prestigious prize for non fiction.
That's in about 15 minutes, but we are going to begin in Hong Kong.
And if you were listening yesterday, you'll have heard us Talking about the 45 democracy activists who were sent to prison after being found guilty of threatening the territory's National Security Law, a sweeping piece of legislation imposed by Beijing to clamp down on protest and dissent.
Well, today, the highest profile figure to fall foul of that law appeared in court for the first time.
He's Jimmy Lai, the multi millionaire media tycoon who's long campaigned for media freedom in Hong Kong through his publications, including the popular tabloid Apple Daily, now closed down.
He's already in prison on other charges, but here he is speaking to NewsHour in August 2020, when he was briefly released on bail following his initial arrest under the National Security Law.
That's not the first time I was arrested.