In hong kong, where there are concerns the visit of chinas president xi may have stoked divisions in the territory. 0n the face of it, mr xi was simply marking the 20th Anniversary of hong kong being handed back to china by the british, but he used the event to warn against any challenge to beijings control. The Foreign Ministry said the handover deal, Guaranteeing Two Systems until 2047, had no practical significance, and there are fears of new Education Programmes to bring the public into line. It was all smiles for president xi as he left hong kong on sunday, Shaking Hands with carrie lam, the new chief executive of the city, who is widely seen as a chinese ally. But he can be left with no doubt about the strength of feeling among many citizens of hong kong. Thousands of people took to the streets over the weekend in support of greater autonomy from beijing. A little earlier i spoke to the lawyer, former legislator veteran and democracy campaigner martin lee. I asked him what he mad
Saif al islam gaddafi by the bolivian Group Holding him has led to the International Criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. Hes been indicted by the court for alleged Crimes Against Humanity, murder and persecution. The icc was set up in 2002 as a Court Of Last Resort to try such individuals, but its met a barrage of criticisms, principally that it has an anti african bias, because only africans have been convicted and nearly all the cases before it are from the continent. My guest is the prosecutor of the icc, Fatou Bensouda, a lawyer from gambia. What does she say in the courts defence . Fatou bensouda, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. You were born in gambia to a muslim family. You studied law in nigeria. Then you returned to gambia in 1987 to work as a public prosecutor. Why did you want to go into law . I believe it is this, you know, sense of right and wrong, and justice, that something which isjust in me. And the fact that i also grew up in a co
cloud here with some outbreaks of rain. after that, cloud here with some outbreaks of rain. afterthat, brightening cloud here with some outbreaks of rain. after that, brightening up here. the last of the rain clearing away into the afternoon. will fill a bit warmer compared with the day. though sunny spells. more of scotland seeing the cloud increasing and northern ireland, more of us seeing the rain beginning to move in here. it s a very slow process, and that weather system hasn t moved two months as well. scotland and northern ireland seeing the bulk of the cloud too much. a few showers, low cloud with mist and fog and it could well be into northwest england and wales with rain moving in as a day goes on. southern and central parts can see temperatures just rise into the low 20s. for the most part, it s high teens and low 20s. by thursday, the weather system is moving south, but you see an area