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Former US president Donald Trump vows to appeal his criminal conviction for falsifying business records, saying that his legal team had several grounds to challenge the verdict handed down by a New York jury. "We're going to be appealing this scam... on many different things," says Trump, who is seeking reelection in November polls, in a rambling speech. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tells the House of Commons he has "absolute conviction" in his government's plan to send migrants to Rwanda ahead of a vote in parliament on the bill which has exposed schisms in his ruling Conservative party. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill, if passed, will compel judges to treat Rwanda as a safe third country and proposes giving UK ministers powers to disregard sections of international and British human rights legislation. SOUNDBITE
Images of damage in the streets of Dakar as supporters of Ousmane Sonko protest his conviction. A court in Senegal sentenced opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, to two years in prison on charges of "corrupting youth" but acquitted him of rape and issuing death threats. IMAGES
The treason conviction of a top Cambodian opposition leader is a "miscarriage of justice," says the United States ambassador to the country. The trial of Kem Sokha and his 27-year jail sentence were based on a "fabricated conspiracy" and represented a "miscarriage of justice," W. Patrick Murphy tells reporters outside the courthouse in the capital Phnom Penh. The trial of Kem Sokha and his 27-year jail sentence were based on a "fabricated conspiracy" and represented a "miscarriage of justice," W. Patrick Murphy told reporters outside the courthouse in the capital Phnom Penh. SOUNDBITE
The International Criminal Court throws out an appeal by Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier-turned-commander in the Lord's Resistance Army, against his conviction for war crimes. Dominic Ongwen, who was himself abducted aged nine by the rebel group led by the fugitive Joseph Kony, was found guilty last year of murder, rape and sexual enslavement in northern Uganda during the early 2000s. SOUNDBITE
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