of patriotism in the country. three prominent hong kong are in court charged three prominent hong kong activists are in court charged with organising a protest which led to a siege of police headquarters injune last year. joshua wong, ivan lam and agnes chow are members of hong kong s pro democracy movement, which has faltered since a new national security law gave the government sweeping powers to suppress the opposition. their charges relate to protests injune 2019 against a controversial extradition bill, when thousands of demonstrators surrounded the hong kong police building. the bill which would have allowed for criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china was formally scrapped four months later. the three now face charges of organising an unauthorised assembly, with a maximum prison sentence of five years. joshua wong had this to say before he went into court. this case will draw the world s attention to the arbitrary power of the criminaljustice system
pressure from some senior republicans to drop his attempts to overturn joe biden‘s victory. and the perfect present for a russian patriot: what a board game on sale in moscow, says about the increasing importance of patriotism in the country. the head of the us covid 19 vaccine programme says the first americans to receive the vaccine could get it as soon as december 11th less than 3 weeks from now. dr monsef slaoui says he hopes to be able to ship vaccines to immunisation sites, within 2a hours of regulatory approval by the us food and drug administration. our washington correspondent, lebo diseko, has more. as the us battles to deal with coronavirus, at last, some welcomed news. the head of the government vaccine programme saying that immunisation could start in less than three weeks. the second the emergency authorisation is approved, the acip and the cdc will issue their recommendation for who will get the vaccines on a priority basis. that s very likely to be may