Russian reporter to go free after public outcry

Russia has dropped all charges against Ivan Golunov, an investigative reporter accused of drug dealing, after a massive public outcry over the case. Yesterday, three of Russia's leading newspapers published the same front page in support of the freelancer.

Also, activists in Hong Kong are trying to assemble close to the territory's parliament ahead of a debate on a controversial extradition law on Wednesday. We bring you the latest from our reporter.

And, we hear from Samoa - the pacific island nation has banned the film 'Rocketman' from it's only cinema.

(Photo: Ivan Golunov, inside a defendants" cage as he attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia June 8, 2019. Credit: Reuters/Tatyana Makeyeva)