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Newsday: 17/06/2021 04:06 GMT : Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy Apple Daily editor

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17/06/2021 04:06 GMT : Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy Apple Daily editor

Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy Apple Daily editor

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Five senior members of Apple Daily, owned by media mogul Jimmy Lai, have been arrested

They have been arrested on suspicion of violating the national security law.

The editor-in-chief and four other executives of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily have been arrested on suspicion of violating the national security law.
Apple Daily is owned by media mogul Jimmy Lai, who was also arrested and jailed on a string of charges.  We get the latest from Hong Kong and speak to a friend of Jimmy Lai's.

President Biden and President Putin have held their long awaited summit, but what has come out of it?  We hear from someone who's been in meetings with President Putin, while he worked with the former US Secretary of State, John Kerry. 

And the former President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, is returning to his country today after standing trial in The Hague for crimes against humanity and being acquitted on all charges. We have a report on where this leave the reconciliation process in the country.

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