{"id":"1793978881327-news-segment","slug":"joshua-wong-remains-jailed","title":"Joshua Wong remains jailed","summary":"ADNOC signed a 10-year LNG supply agreement with India's Gujarat Energy, with deliveries of up to 4 million tonnes starting in 2028.","publishedAt":"2026-11-06T15:28:01.327Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"The World","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: ADNOC signed a 10-year LNG supply agreement with India's Gujarat Energy, with deliveries of up to 4 million tonnes starting in 2028.\nSource: [business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/adnoc-signs-10-year-lng-supply-deal-worth-3-billion-with-gujarat-energy-1261106006291.ht (https://x.com/Reuters/status/2118725124803146203)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"ADNOC signed a 10-year LNG supply agreement with India's Gujarat Energy, with deliveries of up to 4 million tonnes starting in 2028.","sourceName":"[business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/adnoc-signs-10-year-lng-supply-deal-worth-3-billion-with-gujarat-energy-1261106006291.ht","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/Reuters/status/2118725124803146203","claim":"ADNOC signs 10-year LNG supply agreement with India's Gujarat Energy https://t.co/z981oLpMF6","author":"@Reuters"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/Reuters/status/2118725124803146203","name":"[business-standard.com](https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/adnoc-signs-10-year-lng-supply-deal-worth-3-billion-with-gujarat-energy-1261106006291.ht","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@Reuters"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793978881327-news-segment-joshua-wong-remains-jailed","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793978881327-news-segment-joshua-wong-remains-jailed","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793978881327-news-segment-joshua-wong-remains-jailed and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"Reuters is reporting that ADNOC just locked in a ten-year gas deal with India."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Four million tonnes a year, starting in 2028."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Signed with Gujarat Energy, the Indian state-owned gas distributor."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's a serious commitment on both sides."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It matters because India's demand is exploding—cooking, industry, power."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And Abu Dhabi gets a customer that won't disappear next year."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Exactly. It's a hedge against chaotic European demand and Russian pipelines."},{"host":"Bella","text":"India's playing both sides, though. Russian oil, Middle East gas, Western tech."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's not playing both sides. That's buying energy wherever it's for sale."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I'm not condemning it. I'm saying it's pragmatic, not loyal."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Fine. But this deal shows where India thinks its long-term supply is."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Sticking with India, one account on X called Envision Eden says India will break away from BRICS."},{"host":"Brian","text":"'Brick by Brick Say Goodbye To BRICS.' That's a prediction, not a report."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's clearly an opinion. And there's no official sign India is leaving."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But you can see why it feels plausible. BRICS is fractious—Russia under sanctions, China dominating."},{"host":"Bella","text":"India's in an odd spot: it needs Russian oil but won't side with Beijing."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's not leaving. That's hedging. It's been India's policy for a decade."},{"host":"Bella","text":"So the post is directionally right, factually premature."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That's a generous way to put it. It's a wish, not a move."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Still, it's a window into how people see the bloc. That's worth a minute."},{"host":"Brian","text":"If India ever left, that would be the real story. Until then, it's chatter."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Different world entirely: Hong Kong's most famous activist is still behind bars."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The Wall Street Journal's opinion section says Joshua Wong will remain imprisoned until he's forty."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Let's put that carefully: the age-forty claim is from an opinion piece, and I can't independently confirm it."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But Wong has been jailed under the national security law. That part is fact."},{"host":"Bella","text":"He was a kid leading protests in the street. Now he's this symbol."},{"host":"Brian","text":"The op-ed calls it Beijing's assault on freedom. That's not hyperbole."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's more than one man. It's a message to everyone in Hong Kong."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I think the West should be louder. Sanctions, visa bans, public naming."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And what would louder words actually change? China doesn't cave."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So the answer is just to shrug? Just say 'nothing we can do'?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"No. I didn't say shrug. I said loud condemnations aren't a strategy."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But they're the only thing short of a conflict. You want carrier groups in the South China Sea?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"I want targeted consequences on the judges and prosecutors running these cases."},{"host":"Brian","text":"That I'd support. But that's not just talk—it's real cost."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Exactly. Make the people enforcing it pay a personal price. That's leverage."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's still not bringing back the old Hong Kong."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No, it's not. And that's the part I hate admitting."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Neither of us is okay with it. That's the point of the piece."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Then we say his name. Joshua Wong. Still inside. Still a test."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And the test is whether anyone outside is still paying attention."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The thing is, Beijing knows the world's attention moves in cycles. Hong Kong fades."},{"host":"Brian","text":"So people who post about it, even opinion pieces, are doing something. Keeping it alive."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But a piece in the Journal isn't enough. We need actual governments acting."},{"host":"Brian","text":"I agree. But we can't pretend the US has clean hands either. We trade, we talk."},{"host":"Bella","text":"That's what frustrates me. We do the minimum and call it principle."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's not about perfection. It's about direction. Are we doing more or less than last year?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"Honestly? Less. That's my worry."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Then the answer isn't louder words. It's better, sharper ones. And personal consequences."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Fine. But I won't pretend that's likely."}]}