were killed and eight others injured when parts of a glacier collapsed, sending snow, ice and rock cascading down the slopes of marmolada. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this is our 1937 moment at least according to general sir patrick sanders, newly appointed head of the british army. his speech this week was a shot across the bows to the politicians attending two national international talking shops the nato summit in madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasing hitler but
government and lift all sanctions on the country. the male only meeting also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this is our 1937 moment at least according to general sir patrick sanders, newly appointed head of the british army. his speech this week was a shot across the bows to the politicians attending two national international talking shops the nato summit in madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasin
the nato summit in madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasing hitler but did not prevent it? liz truss, the uk s foreign minister, seemed to get the message, declaring, we are keen to protect the defence of taiwan against beijing. this in a week when china s president xi jinping visited hong kong 25 years after british control came to an end. he was celebrating its rebirth. the uk isjoint guarantor of hong kong s freedoms. well, that went well, didn t it? in the studio with me, suzanne lynch, an irishjournalist now based in brussels for politico. polly toynbee, who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1988 which means she s seen off six prime ministers so far. an
island without the back up from the mainland. without that lease, it was clear that hong kong island was going to have to go back to china. so we began to negotiate. thatcher signed the joint declaration in 1985, as i remember. which was the one country, two systems principle which promised that for 50 years hong kong would stay pretty much internally as it was. that s due to run out in 2047. indeed. and the details of that were further negotiated in what s called the basic law, which is the hong kong mini constitution, and that guaranteed rule of law, separation of powers, the liberties that hong kong had, with the promise that there would be a widening of the franchise and they would have a chance to elect the executive council. that was fine for the first 10 15 years, although it was being nibbled at. the trouble began when the chinese started to reform the school
the new territories taken kowloon, hong kong island, and. that sjust the mainland part of it. but from that mainland part, comes of the water, the energy. you can t survive on hong kong island without the back up from the mainland. without that lease, it was clear that hong kong island was going to have to go back to china. so we began to negotiate. thatcher signed the joint declaration in 1985, as i remember. which was the one country, two systems principle which promised that for 50 years hong kong would stay pretty much internally as it was. that s due to run out in 2047. indeed. and the details of that were further negotiated in what s called the basic law, which is the hong kong mini constitution, and that guaranteed rule of law, separation of powers, the liberties that hong kong had, with the promise that there would be a widening of the franchise and they would have a chance to elect the executive council. that was fine for the first