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a full scale defence partnership, with moscow offering support in return for drones to use against ukraine. russian opposition politician, ilya yashin, remains defiant, in the face of an eight and a half year sentence, for commenting on the war in ukraine. and a last chance for the natural world the un biodiversity conference warns of the extinction of millions of species. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. we start with some breaking news out of hong kong, where the media tycoon, and leading critic of the chinese government, jimmy lai, hasjust been sentenced to five years and nine months injail, after being found guilty of fraud.
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 argentinianjoy lionel messi leads his country into the world cup semi finals after a dramatic penalty shoot out against the netherlands. but heartbreak for their south american rivals brazil they are out, also after a penalty shoot out. cheering croatia s win over brazil puts them into a second successive world cup semi final. in other news: the us says russia and iran are developing a full scale defence partnership, with moscow offering support in return for drones to use against ukraine. russian opposition politician, ilya yashin, remains defiant in the face
argentina and croatia will meet in the semi final of the football world cup in doha. both teams prevailed in penalty shootouts in matches against the netherlands and brazil. the us says russia and iran are developing a full scale defence partnership, with moscow offering support in return for drones to use against ukraine. police in bangladesh say two leaders of the main opposition party, the bangladesh national party, have been charged with inciting and planning attacks on the police, including the use of crude bombs. it comes ahead of a mass anti government rally being planned by the party in the capital dhaka. 0ur correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has this report. gunfire. a show of force on the streets of dhaka. a government long accused of trying to silence its critics, clamping down on the opposition ahead of their mass protest, arresting hundreds. for these families,