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Hong Kong marks 25 years since handover to China – BBC News
Hong Kong is marking the 25th anniversary of its handover from the UK to China.
For more than 150 years Hong Kong was a British colony but in 1997 it was handed back to China.
The question was how capitalist, libertarian Hong Kong would fare under Communist Chinese rule.
Beijing promised that Hong Kong’s civil liberties and freedom – restricted on the Chinese mainland – would be preserved for at least 50 years, under an arrangement known as “one country, two systems”.
At first little seemed to change, but in time China sought to exercise more control, leading to mass protests.
Recently a sweeping new National Security Law effectively banned dissent in Hong Kong.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by World Affairs Editor John Simpson.
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The US has intercepted and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship attempting to get past its blockade of Iran’s ports, according to US President Donald Trump.
He said the ship was given “fair warning to stop” in the Gulf of Oman but refused, so the navy “stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room”.
Earlier it was confirmed that a US delegation led by the Vice President JD Vance will be In Pakistan for a new round of peace talks with Iran. However Iran has not confirmed that it will be participating in the talks.
Trump has again threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges if they do not reach a deal with the US, including reopening the strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lyse Doucet in Iran and Simi Jolaoso in Washington.
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The BBC’s Daniel Sandford spent the morning on the frontline of Ukraine’s protests waiting to see whether the violence from previous night would materialise.
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