for as long as it takes. and, temperatures in japan are at the highest in nearly 150 years. now fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. hong kong is marking 25 years since britain handed over control of the territory to china. xijinping, china s president, has been in the city to celebrate the event. this was the scene at the railway station as mr xi arrived. he was greeted by the outgoing chief executive carrie lam, who he credits for stopping what he called chaos and violence in the territory. her time in office saw the erosion of civil liberties and the crushing of huge pro democracy protests. speaking ahead of the anniversary, the british prime minister, borisjohnson, accused beijing of failing to meet the commitments it made in 1997 to respect hong kong s freedoms. on the 25th anniversary of the handover, we simply cannot avoid the fact that, for some time now, beijing has been failing to comply with its obligations. it is a state of affairs that threatens bot
calls for president putin to end the invasion. nato s secretary general, jens stoltenberg, insisted that ukraine must prevail as an independent state. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m sarah montague. when the uk handed hong kong back to china 25 years ago, the last words of the departing british governor to the people of the territory were, now hong kong people are to run hong kong. that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny. the man who said those words, chris patten, now lord patten, is my guest today. has that promise been broken? and could the uk have done more to honour it? lord patten, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. has that promise, that hong kong would be run by hong kong people, been broken? yes. and it was based on the perhaps misguided assumption, which some of us had occasional doubts about, that the chinese were. the chinese communist party, let me make a distinction, would keep their word, and they have pretty comprehens
out over pay and conditions. temperatures in japan are temperatures injapan are at their highest in nearly 150 years. now, fears that the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. hello and welcome. the chinese president xijinping has sworn in hong kong s new leader, john lee. the territory is marking 25 years since the handover from british colonial rule. in a speech, mr lee praised the security law that s been used to crush pro democracy protests. he said it had brought stability. britain has accused beijing of failing to meet the commitments it made to respect hong kong s freedoms. mark lobel reports. president xi s steps out of china since the start of the pandemic, choosing hong kong, two years on controller parr state security law here stifling protests, reducing the city public autonomy. it is also 25 years since the british handover to chinese rule. translation: the practice of one country, two systems has achieved success in hong kong, recognised by all. but after scen
power last year. and temperatures injapan are at the highest in nearly 150 years. now, fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the chinese president, xijinping, has sworn in hong kong s new leader, john lee. the territory is marking 25 years since the handover from british colonial rule. mr lee is taking over from carrie lam, whose time in office saw beijing tighten its grip on hong kong. this was scene in hong kong in the last hour asjohn lee took the oath of office. mr lee is a security chief who oversaw the police response to hong kong s huge democracy protests in 2019. it s mr xi s first trip out of mainland china since the beginning of the covid 19 pandemic. and it s his first to hong kong since swearing in carrie lam. translation: the practice of one country. translation: the practice of one country, two translation: the practice of one country, two systems. l translation: the practice of l one
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start on wall street where stock markets have suffered their worst first half of the year in more than five decades. as of the close on thursday, the s&p 500 index of top us firms has lost more than 20% between january and june, a sell off on a scale not seen since 1970 when president nixon was in the white house. for the tech dominated nasdaq, it s been even worse a near 30% fall for the first half is the worst in its history. from new york, samira hussain has more. the sell off of the stock market over the last six months has been brought. it is not just one sector bearing the brunt of losses, but a range of companies from disney to apple tokamak target. the latest economic data indicates actually the road ahead may be getting even bumpier. the federal reserve s regional bank in atlanta has been closely watched for the gross domestic product and gdp, which today signalled that the us economy will have shrun