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France rape trial

Dominique Pelicot, who admits drugging his ex-wife, is giving evidence in court in France.

Our reporter has the latest on the trial of Dominique Pelicot - who admits drugging his ex-wife Gis猫le, raping her, and inviting dozens of men to also abuse her. He has been giving evidence today in court.

We hear a conversation between a number of doctors in Pakistan and India who've been treating patients affected by the heavy smog.

Our reporter has the latest after earlier a car drove into a crowd of people outside a primary school in China's southern Hunan province.

A court in Hong Kong has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail today, after 2 were acquitted ealier this year. We hear more from our correspondent who was at the court.

Today marks 1000 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. We get the latest updates as Russia says Ukraine has fired US-supplied long-range missiles into the country.

(Photo: A sketch showing Gis猫le Pelicot giving her closing statement during the trial of ex-husband in France. Credit: Reuters)
Presenter: Mark Lowen

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