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19/11/2018 GMT

Hong Kong ‘Umbrella’ Activists Go On Trial

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The trial in Hong Kong is seen as a test of judicial independence from Beijing

Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have pleaded not guilty to the charge of "public nuisance" over the 2014 "Umbrella" movement that demanded Hong Kong choose its own leader.

Also on the programme: as Brazil waits for Jair Bolsonaro to be sworn in as president, we look at the period of military rule he has praised; and as British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt begins talks in Iran, we hear from husband of jailed British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

(Photo: Activists outside court, Credit: Getty Images)

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