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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
Forthe-bbcStoriesAreth-barlowHong-kongBoris-johnsonHandoverBritishChinaPresident25th-anniversaryDignitary-xijinpingColony two wind turbines onshore, which begs plenty of questions many from within the conservative party itself aboutjust how committed this prime minister is to the uk s climate agenda. today, the pressure finally told. the government caved to a backbench rebellion, announcing that it would relax planning permission for new onshore wind farms. those changes will come into force immediately and will scrap a previous rule that allowed just one objection to a planning application for a new onshore development. the new measures will also allow communities to apply to their local council to have wind turbines in their area, although elected councillors will still make the final decision. rebecca windemer is an expert on onshore wind planning for the energy market insight company regen. thank you very much for being with us. there s been plenty of discussion within industry today about how far this goes. is it likely to give industry enough confidence to start new investments? frankl
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