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Hong Kong jails dozens of pro-democracy activists

A Hong Kong court has sentenced forty-five democracy activists to jail, in the territory's biggest national security trial since Beijing clamped down on dissent.

Hong Kong's biggest ever political trial sentences dozens of pro-democracy activists to jail. We'll speak to Hong Kong's leading veteran democracy campaigner to ask if Beijing has now destroyed the territory's democratic movement.

Pro-democracy protesters in trouble in Georgia, as police move in and clash with those challenging last month's disputed elections. We'll hear live from the capital Tiblisi.

We'll be getting an update from the Philippines in the wake of the latest devastating weather system to strike, Super Typhoon Man-yi.

And, the future of Sudan has been on the diplomatic agenda at the UN Security Council on Monday.

(Pic: A woman is stopped by the police outside of the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court; Credit: EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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