Learn “alongside”, “diverted”, “custody” in slow English. From: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Transcript
Vocabulary in this episode
- flight alerts
You’ll hear useful words from the news about court cases, flight alerts, and a planned retirement.
Messages that warn people about changes or problems with flights.
- planned retirement
You’ll hear useful words from the news about court cases, flight alerts, and a planned retirement.
A decision to stop working at a future time.
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About this episode
In this episode
- Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison
- Several European flights diverted after bomb threats
- Poland charges six in espionage and military-component cases
- Finland jails two over Baltic cable sabotage
- Cristiano Ronaldo retires from Portugal duty
Sources
- RechercheAmnesty International deputy regional director Sarah Brooks said the sentence was a reminder of the national security law being used to punish dissent rather than genuinely protect national security.
- RechercheFinnair said a threat was made against its Helsinki–Vienna flight operated by Jettime; the plane landed normally in Vienna. A separate Finnair Helsinki–Rome flight was escorted by a fighter jet and landed as scheduled.
- RechercheAn Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Rome diverted to Evreux airbase in France after a bomb threat and landed safely. Aer Lingus said it would work to re-accommodate passengers to their destination.
- RechercheA Wizz Air flight from Milan to Warsaw diverted to Vienna. Wizz Air said the diversion followed a hoax bomb threat and was conducted under its safety procedures.
- RechercheThe article reports that security-services minister Tomasz Siemoniak linked increased espionage and sabotage activity to Russia's war against Ukraine, Poland's support for Kyiv and Poland's role as a transit route for supplies to Ukraine.
- RechercheThe report places the case against a backdrop of a series of cable and pipeline incidents in the Baltic Sea since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and says Finland has stepped up efforts to protect undersea infrastructure.
- BBC SportCristiano Ronaldo retires: Portugal forward says he is quitting international football - BBC Sport
- CNACristiano Ronaldo announces retirement from Portuguese national team - CNA