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Worldview: Saudi women's rights activist freed

Saudi women's rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul is now home after being spending more than 1,000 days in prison. Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori is expected to resign after admitting he made sexist remarks in a board meeting. A 100-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been charged with murder. A British scientist says the COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K. will sweep the world. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins "CBSN AM" with today's worldview.

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The rise of transnational repression

A growing number of authoritarian governments use fear and intimidation to silence exiles and diasporas who challenged their rule and are now living overseas. Nate Schenkkan, director of research strategy at watchdog organization Freedom House, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss the phenomenon, known as transnational repression, and how people who fled their home countries to escape harassment are still subject to threats and violence in other nations.

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Saudi women's rights activist sentenced

Saudi Arabia is facing renewed global criticism after sentencing one of its most prominent women's rights activists to nearly six years in prison. A Saudi court convicted Loujain Al-Hathloul of a list of crimes under a vague anti-terrorism law after she was charged with "agitating for change" and "pursuing a foreign agenda." CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams has traveled and reported from Saudi Arabia extensively, and she joins CBSN with the latest developments.

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Eritrea reportedly enters Ethiopian conflict

The U.S. State Department said it believes reports of Eritrean troops entering the conflict in Ethiopia are credible despite denials from both nations. Also, a newly installed system of mobile artificial dams in Venice, Italy, failed to activate, leading to flooding in the city, and Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media tycoon, has been charged amid a widening crackdown on dissent. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joined "CBSN AM" from Johannesburg with today's global headlines.

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