He became leader in 2012. This is to tie in with the 20th Anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. Here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. This isntjust about the past, its about the present. Great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors dont get anywhere near mr xi. And hes re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. Well get more on president xis visit in just a moment, but before we do, lets hear from the last governor of hong kong, the man in charge at the time of the handover in 1997. Thats him there with Prince Charles there. Hes been speaking to my colleague Babita Sharma who asked, if after 20 years the people of hong kong feel let down by britain . We have obligations to people in hong kong. Their obligations included in the treaty between britain and china which the chinese pretend doesnt involve us. We should be standing up for peoples writes in hong kong and for the system wh
Its territorial waters. The government says it would help the industry. And Stephen Hawking criticises president trumps decision to pull out of the paris Climate Change agreement, warning it could lead to irreversible Climate Change. In a moment we will have sportsday. But first, tennis fans are queueing for tickets at wimbledon. Hundreds are expected to camp overnight outside the All England Club for the chance to see andy murray start the defence of his title. We went to meet some of those queueing. Im told theres actually more than 1000 people camping here tonight, as you can see, when it comes to queueing, nobody does it better than the british. These people in the morning will be allocated a number, people in the morning will be allocated a number, those have been allocated a number, those have been allocated already, i should say, the stewards will then collect them in the morning, they will be taken over there, so that they can safely lock away their valuables, and then they can
And bottles at police. Now for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im karthi gnanasegaram. The headlines this evening. Rain affects play but not before roland jones has his say with england in control against south africa. Hungary has been a happy Hunting Ground for hamilton but he struggled to fourth place its vettel on pole. And holders hull are through to the Challenge Cup Final at wembley with a seven try defeat of leeds. Plenty to come including swimming, football and the days racing but first. Rain has affected the day at the oval with play eventually being abandoned at around 5. 20 this evening. Englands cricketers though are in a control of the third test aginst south africa. And there was enough play for Toby Roland Jones to take five wickets on his test debut. Patrick gearey has been following the days action after the players had an interesting journey to the oval. Todays ride london meant roads we re reserved for cyclists. Look beneath them and you would find cricket
And bottles at police. Now for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im karthi gnanasegaram. The headlines this evening. Rain affects play but not before roland jones has his say with england in control against south africa. Hungary has been a happy Hunting Ground for hamilton but he struggled to fourth place its vettel on pole. And holders hull are through to the Challenge Cup Final at wembley with a seven try defeat of leeds. Plenty to come including swimming, football and the days racing but first. Rain has affected the day at the oval with play eventually being abandoned at around 5. 20 this evening. Englands cricketers though are in a control of the third test aginst south africa. And there was enough play for Toby Roland Jones to take five wickets on his test debut. Patrick gearey has been following the days action after the players had an interesting journey to the oval. Todays ride london meant roads we re reserved for cyclists. Look beneath them and you would find cricket
Quit. I kind of felt sorry for him. He looked like he wanted to cry when he delivered that speech. I respected it, i rated it because he didnt wa nt it, i rated it because he didnt want to be Prime Minister and support something he didnt believe them. That in itself is honest, isnt it . I can agree with that, yeah. At the same time i think its kind of sneaky. The headlines at 8pm. A finalfarewell to kind of sneaky. The headlines at 8pm. A final farewell to one of the greatest Sporting Icons of all time. There have been times where i got beat up a little bit. I used to do Amateur Boxing so that one hit me. Muhammad ali hit me. He was the greatest. He went even the greatest because of his boxing ability, because of his boxing ability, because he spoke it. He literally spoke it into being. He spoke it into existence, im the man. Im the real champion, there will never be one like me, and all you people in britain who raped me as the greatest, im going to prove im the greatest all of you pe