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09/12/2021 05:06 GMT : Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted for taking part in a vigil

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BBC World Service - Newsday, Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted for taking part in a vigil

He was on trial for attending a banned vigil to mark the Tiananmen massacre

He is among other activists and over two dozen politicians to have been charged over it.

We're live in Hong Kong for a reaction to the conviction of Jimmy Lai, the founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, and other pro-democracy activists. 

New Zealand announces ambitious plans to ban all young people from smoking. We speak to one of the ministers behind the scheme. 

And the World Food Programme is suspending food distribution in some towns in Ethiopia after its warehouses were looted. We have the latest.

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