Courts find activists guilty in Hong Kong

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A court in Hong Kong has found seven leading pro-democracy campaigners, including the media tycoon Jimmy Lai, guilty of taking part in an unauthorised protest two years ago. In India where the pandemic is surging in several states – officials say the situation is going from bad to worse, can an effective widespread vaccine roll out mitigate this? Uzbekistan prepares to criminalise same-sex relationships. And the shock sports result of the year, four-time winners of the Football World Cup, Germany, beaten at home by North Macedonia in a qualifying match for next year’s competition.