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Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security. BBC Chinese spoke with three former comrades who continue to visit and write to him about how he has changed in prison and how they sustain their connection.

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Joshua Wong, a Hong Kong activist who became an international face of the city’s pro-democracy movement, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on a national security charge of colluding with foreign forces.

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Joshua Wong has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for colluding with foreign forces under Hong Kong’s national security law. Already serving a sentence for subversion, he will serve two months and two days of the new term concurrently. Prosecutors said he and other campaigners lobbied for sanctions and blockades against Beijing.

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Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong received a 10-year prison sentence Thursday after his second conviction under Beijing's national security law. Critics say the case reflects a crackdown on the city's once-vibrant pro-democracy movement.

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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong received an additional 10-year prison sentence on Thursday for colluding with foreign powers, according to a court summary. He pleaded guilty in September to seeking foreign sanctions against Hong Kong and China under Beijing’s national security law and had already spent nearly six years in prison.

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Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison following his second conviction under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Critics say the case illustrates the crackdown on the city’s once-vibrant pro-democracy movement.

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Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to foreign collusion, his second conviction under Hong Kong’s national security law. The judge called his actions grave. Wong is already serving a sentence for conspiracy to commit subversion linked to an unofficial primary election.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced by the High Court to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces under the national security law. He has been jailed for more than six years in connection with other cases.

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A Hong Kong court imposed a 10-year sentence on pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong over a second national security conviction, extending his time in prison.

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A Hong Kong court gave prominent pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong a 10-year prison term for a second national security conviction, substantially extending his time behind bars just months before his expected release.

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Activist Joshua Wong, described as an international face of Hong Kong’s democracy movement, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison on a charge of colluding with foreign entities under the city’s national security law.

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Tsuneo Watanabe, a senior researcher at the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, said Donald Trump is likely to prioritize ending the war with Iran after the Republican midterm defeat. He cited the war and higher oil prices as major reasons for the loss, and said Democratic control of Congress could constrain military action and make the defense budget a bargaining chip.

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The Democrats’ decisive midterm victory leaves Donald Trump in the White House but limits his powers for the rest of his term. He is the first president since George W. Bush in 2006 to lose control of both chambers in a single midterm election. Eric Sorensen examines why voters nationwide rejected Trump’s policies and rhetoric.

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Democrats dominated the 2026 midterms, winning races in traditionally Republican states including Texas, Kansas and South Carolina. President Donald Trump has two years left in office, but his grip on the Republican Party may now be at risk. Jeff Semple spoke with voters about their feelings on the country’s future.

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Democrats won majorities in both chambers of Congress on Tuesday, while Republicans searched for answers and prepared to rebound.

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Journalist Molly Ball reports from Washington on the fallout from the Republicans’ resounding midterm defeat. She considers whether the party will distance itself from Donald Trump and how Democrats will use their newly won power, amid Trump-backed losses in Republican strongholds including Kansas, Texas and South Carolina.

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Independent presidential candidate Diane Sare said the Trump administration arrogantly underestimated Americans’ opposition to the Iran war and anger over the resulting rise in living costs. She called these factors important in the Democrats’ midterm victories and said independent and minor-party candidates drew more than 30% of the vote in some races.

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Republicans suffered a crushing midterm defeat as Democrats swept both chambers of Congress. Trump deflected blame, saying Republicans would have won if he had been on the ballot. DW speaks with Republican adviser and pollster Whit Ayres about whether the Iran war, gas prices or Trump himself drove the loss, who Republicans blame and what it could mean for 2028.

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Republicans blamed Trump after their midterm losses, saying he focused on his political legacy rather than voters’ concerns and that his unpopular policies and campaign choices hurt the party’s candidates. With Democrats taking both chambers of Congress, Republicans began assessing the defeat and looking toward 2028.

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Texas Senator Ted Cruz called Democrats’ sweeping victories across the country a “blue tsunami” and sharply criticized his party’s historic losses. In his home state of Texas, Republicans were ousted from nearly every major office.

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The Republican Party’s generational collapse in this week’s midterm elections triggered widespread finger-pointing, mostly directed at the Oval Office. The fallout exposed deep party divisions and gave 2028 hopefuls an opening to sharpen their messages.

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After Democrats’ historic sweep on Tuesday, NBC News political correspondents discuss what comes next for Congress, including historic firsts, why Donald Trump is brushing off the GOP’s major loss, and how the Republican YOLO caucus may approach the lame-duck session.

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The Outnumbered panel discusses a progressive shift in the Democratic Party after several far-left candidates won races in the midterm elections.

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Democrats captured both chambers of Congress in a sweeping blue wave. The program examines what their control could mean for President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda and how Canadian politicians are reacting.

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The day after Democrats’ sweeping midterm victory, Canadians are weighing what it could mean for relations with the United States, including whether ties will improve and whether the new Congress will check President Donald Trump. Reactions from both sides of the border come amid a strained trade war.

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As the midterm results continue to come into focus, Democrats have won striking victories across the ballot after voters delivered a strong rebuke to President Trump and his party. They are set to take full control of Congress, with majorities in both chambers.

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In the 2026 U.S. midterms, Democrats won control of Congress, taking House and Senate races in Republican strongholds across the country. The report examines what the result means for the rest of Donald Trump’s term and how he is deflecting blame for his party’s losses. The victory leaves the White House unchanged but will limit Trump’s powers.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was ecstatic about the Democrats’ dominant showing in the US midterms. But tariffs on Canada were imposed by executive order and are not constrained by Congress, so the trade war has not ended yet.

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NBC News projects that Democrats have won control of both chambers of Congress in the midterms. The report examines historic wins in states including Texas and Michigan, along with the Republican response.

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Democrats scored a remarkable rout in the midterm elections, decisively taking control of Congress. Reporter Brad Heath breaks down the result through seven numbers.

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Democrats made historic gains in the U.S. midterms, flipping deep-red seats in states including Texas, South Carolina and Kansas to secure majorities in both the House and Senate. Andrew Chang traces shifts in key battlegrounds to explain how traditional Republican strongholds fell in the ‘bluenami.’

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