this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the hong kong media tycoon and pro democracy activist, jimmy lai, has been sentenced to five years and nine months in prison forfraud. argentina and croatia will meet in the semifinal of the football world cup in doha. both teams prevailed in penalty shootouts in matches against the netherlands and brazil. one of russia s leading opposition politicians has been jailed for speaking out about russian war crimes in ukraine. ilya yashin told his supporters not to worry about him as he was led away for his 8.5 year sentence. from moscow,here s our russia editor steve rosenberg. handcuffed and locked inside a glass cage as if a dangerous criminal. but ilya yashin is a russian politician, a fierce critic of vladimir putin.
this is bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories: cheering joy for argentina lionel messi leads his country into the world cup semi finals after a dramatic penalty shoot out against the netherlands. cheering they ll play croatia, who pulled off a shock win against one of the tournament favourites, brazil. two more quarter finals on saturday could morocco become the first african team to reach the last four? hong kong media tycoon and pro democracy activist, jimmy lai, is sentenced to five years and nine months in prison forfraud. the us says russia and iran are developing a full scale defence partnership, with moscow offering
this is bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories: cheering joy for argentina lionel messi leads his country into the world cup semi finals after a dramatic penalty shoot out against the netherlands. cheering they ll play croatia, who pulled off a shock win against one of the tournament favourites, brazil. two more quarter finals on saturday could morocco become the first african team to reach the last four? hong kong media tycoon and pro democracy activist, jimmy lai, is sentenced to five years and nine months in prison forfraud. the us says russia and iran are developing a full scale defence partnership, with moscow offering
are making, that perhaps they will be able to instil fear in these protesters by seeing that the death sentences are carried out. the judiciary right now says 11 more are currently facing the death penalty and yet people still turned out on the streets and chanted, death to the dictator a reference of the supreme leader ali khamenei. this is bbc news, a reminder of our headlines: argentina and croatia will meet in the semi final of the football world cup in qatar. both teams won penalty shootouts in matches against the netherlands and brazil. the hong kong media tycoon and pro democracy activist jimmy lai has been sentenced to five years and nine months in prison forfraud. a sixteenth child has died with a suspected infection of the invasive strain of strep a. the child was a secondary school pupil in east sussex.
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