Hello I m Jonathan Dimbleby and this is World questions which comes from Hong Kong and island situated on the Pearl River Delta on the southern edge of the People s Republic of China Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated territories on earth and one of the most vibrant financially and economically it is regarded as being amongst the most important trading centers in the world politically it is in a ferment of debate about the future 20 years ago on July the 1st 1907 the sovereignty of Britain s last significant colony was handed back formally to the People s Republic of China this landmark occasion was the product of a long and tortuous negotiation to establish that the territory should be governed by the principle of one country 2 systems 2 decades on what that means and how it works is a source of fierce debate about freedom and Patrick ism democracy and the rule of law economic prosperity and social justice. If to illustrate that the 20th anniversary was marked by protests
I m Jonathan Demme Obi and this is World questions which comes from Broadcasting House in London home of b.b.c. Radio Britain is still living with the aftershock of the Manchester suicide bombing in which more than 20 people died and a little under 60 were injured among them children who were leaving a pop concert the attacker was a 22 year old man who was born in Britain the son of refugees from Colonel Gadhafi in Libya the Manchester bombing adds to the long list of similar trusses evidently carried out in the name of the self-styled Islamic state often known as dying can anything more be done to prevent such horrors in Britain Europe and elsewhere in this country Britain that question comes in the midst of a looming general election which is called by the prime minister to resign May as an attempt she says to strengthen her hand in the Go see a sions with e.u. Leaders over the terms of a Brics it deal there is much to discuss joining me to respond to questions on these themes which