nothing as windy as we saw earlier on in the week. that hello. ukraine doesn t deny shooting down a russian plane inside russia, killing we re told, ukranian prisoners. 700 days in how dangerous a moment is this? our defence editor, mark urban, is here to explain the significance. ukraine nears the second anniversary of russia s invasion full of uncertainty has western commitment faltered? and how much more can they send even if they want to? we ll ask a ukrainian mp and the former us ambassador to nato. coming up. what do the post office scandal, me too, newsnight s investigation into university hospitals birmingham foundation trust and the tavistock gender identity clinic have in common? all featured whistleblowers and some of them weren t protected by the law that s supposed to keep them safe. time for a new whistleblowers bill, say these two women. we ll talk to the chair of the parliamentary group on whistleblowing and the head of whistlebowers uk in ten minutes. a
if the worst comes, that means the most effective way that i can bring the world s attention to hong kong nothing that i m going to suffer would be lost. fear is the most inexpensive and convenient way of ruling people and controlling people you know, if they can induce fear in you, that s the easiest way to control you, that s the cheapest way to control you and the most effective way, and they know it, and they re very good at it. sebastien lai is living in self imposed exile in taiwan. he s campaigning for his father s release. my one goal is to free my father, because he deserves to be free. he has committed no crime. because standing up forfreedom is not a crime. and doing so peacefully, journalism is not a crime. freedom of speech is not a crime. even now, if you ask the hong kong government if they have freedom of speech, freedom of press, they will tell you that they do. now, they can t tell you that they do and then put someone in jail for saying something they d
i m sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in hong kong where the high profile trial of the former media tycoon and pro democracy campaigner jimmy lai has, in the last few hours, got under way. the 76 year old was originally arrested in 2020, accused of undermining the territory s national security through articles published in his apple daily newspaper and on social media. mr lai has been held in solitary confinement for the past three years since his writing was deemed to be illegal under new legislation imposed by beijing. security was tight around the court for the start of his trial. mr lai who is also a british citizen has pleaded not guilty to all charges. the united states and britain have condemned the trial and have urged the authorities in hong kong to release businessman. we ll be live outside the court in hong kong shortly. first, this report from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. jimmy lai used to be a powerful media boss in
ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. and more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the chinese president, xijinping, has led a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. in a speech, he said true democracy began after the territory was handed back to china. mr xi also swore in hong kong s new leader, john lee, who praised the new security law that s been used to crush pro democracy protests. britain and the us have accused beijing of failing to live up to the promises it made in 1997 to respect hong kong s freedoms. mark lobel reports. and half a years since the start of the pandemic, choosing hong kong, two years on since a national security law. it is also 25 years since the b
its citizens unjustly held abroad. what would a muscular effort look like? we heard from the last governor of hong kong, lord chris patten earlier and he said to me that the uk, us and others have to keep highlighting the squashing of democracy to try to keep the profile but what more muscular action look like to helpjimmy lai and others? look like to help jimmy lai and others? ., , , . . look like to help jimmy lai and others? ., ,, . . , others? there are specific measures with jimm others? there are specific measures with jimmy lai others? there are specific measures with jimmy lai that others? there are specific measures with jimmy lai that he others? there are specific measures with jimmy lai that he has others? there are specific measures with jimmy lai that he has been - others? there are specific measures| with jimmy lai that he has been seen withjimmy lai that he has been seen to be supported by the embassy and getting visits, that there is representation in the cou