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Pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in high-profile national security trial Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner and media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of colluding with foreign forces under the city's controversial national security law (NSL). The 78-year-old UK citizen, who has been in jail since December 2020, pleaded not guilty. He faces life in prison and is expected to be sentenced early next year. Lai used his now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper as part of a wider effort to lobby foreign governments to impose sanctions on Hong Kong and China, the court found. Hong Kong chief executive John Lee welcomed the verdict, noting that Lai's actions "damaged the country's interests and the welfare of Hong Kongers". Rights groups called it "a cruel judicial farce". They say the NSL, which Beijing defends as essential for the city's stability, has been used to crush dissent. Delivering the verdict on Monday, Judge Esthe...

Rail operators promise more services across the network and faster journeys on some routes. http://dlvr.it/TPpkdy

The Conservative Party leader says the policy is "destructive" and "economic self-harm". http://dlvr.it/TPpkZc

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Local media says one of the suspects is an imam at a mosque, and police allege he "called for a vehicle attack". http://dlvr.it/TPpjpc

BBC Scotland previews the Scottish League Cup final between St Mirren and Celtic. http://dlvr.it/TPpjlx

The health secretary should focus on offering a deal instead of "scaremongering the public", the BMA says. http://dlvr.it/TPp38S

බස්නාහිර පළාත්බද මහාධිකරණය අංක 06  හිදී මහාධිකරණ විනිසුරු එම්.එම්.එම්. මිහාල් මහතා ඉදිරියේ විභාග වූ HCB 303/24  දරණ නඩු තීන්දුවේ වාර්තාව අනුව හිටපු මහ බැංකු අධිපති අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් මහතා අල්ලස් කොමිසසම විසින් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද මාස 3ක් තුළ රු. 1,843,267,595.65/- (අලාභය) වන්දියක් ලෙස මහ බැංකුවේ ගිණුමට ගෙවීම කොන්දේසියට එකඟ වී නැති අතර වරදක් පිළිගැනීමක් නොකරන බවත්, එය සාමුහික තීරණයක් බවත් ප්‍රකාශ කර ඇත. පැමිණිල්ල වෙනුවෙන් පෙනී සිටි නියෝජ්‍ය අධ්‍යක්ෂක ජෙනරාල්වරයා, දූෂණ විරෝධී පනතේ 67 වගන්තිය යටතේ සළකා බලන ලෙසට 1 වන චුදිත වන අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්රාල් ගේ ජනාධිපති නීතීඥ ඩිලාන් රත්නායක මහතා කළ ලිඛිත ඉල්ලීමක් මත කොමිෂන් සභාවේ සහ අධ්‍යක්ෂක ජෙනරාල්වරයාගේ අවධානයට ලක්වීමෙන් පසු , 1 වන චුදිතට එරෙහි අධිචෝදනා පත්‍රය ඉල්ලා අස් කර ගැනීමට ගරු අධිකරණයෙන් අවසර ඉල්ලා සිටියේය. දූෂණ විරෝධී පනතේ 63 (2) සහ (3) වගන්ති යටතේ කොමිෂන් සභාව විසින් ගණනය කරන ලද රුපියල් මිලියන එක්දහස් අටසිය හතලිස් තුනක් සහ දෙලක්ෂ හැටහත්දාස් පන්සිය අනුපහයි ශත හැට පහක් (රු.1,843,267,595.65/-) වන මුදල වන්දියක් ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුවේ ගිණුම්...

Billed as the future of the British Army, Ajax was withdrawn after years of delay and mounting harm. Now, the man who tested it tells his story. #vehicles #military #tank The British army’s new fleet of Ajax armoured vehicles was meant to be their new jewel in the crown: high tech machines for an army of the future. But after nearly a decade, and more than five billion pounds spent, the vehicles have been withdrawn after accusations they have caused life changing injuries to crews. Today, we hear from the ex-soldier who was once the head of testing these vehicles, speaking about his experience for the first time. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. 

Witkoff to meet Zelensky for latest Ukraine war talks US special envoy Steve Witkoff will hold talks with European leaders in Berlin at the weekend US President Donald Trump's overseas envoy will travel to Germany this weekend to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders for the latest round of high-level talks on ending the war. Steve Witkoff, who has been leading White House attempts to mediate between Ukraine and Russia, will discuss the latest version of the proposed peace agreement in Berlin. The Trump administration is pushing for a deal to be in place by Christmas and has held several rounds of talks with Ukrainian and Russian representatives in recent weeks, though there has been little sign a breakthrough is imminent. It has not yet been confirmed which European leaders will attend the Berlin talks. The Wall Street Journal, which first reported details of the meeting, said UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macr...