, governor said, allow such handing over and as lord chris patten, governorsaid, it's not a little.to separate hong kong from china although of course the house of commons foreign affairs committee report recently said hong kong is no longer one country two systems, we are one and a half system. the whole facade is crumbling. if this firewall is going to be dismantled then it's one country, one system. we don't want to be sent over there because here we have the rule of law, we have personal safety and freedoms, although no democracy thanks to the british and the chinese, but we still enjoy freedoms and all that. but once that firewall is removed we are just like any other chinese city where there is com plete other chinese city where there is complete lawlessness. we have 3000 lawyers marching in black protesting against this law because they say the court in hong kong will not have that much power. they willjust have to look at the facts and then have to look at the facts and then have to agree to hand over and there is a petition from hong kong university alumni i, including the

with more than 20 other countries including the united states the former governor of hong kong chris patten has also been talking about this bill criticizing it saying that he believes it's it's another reminder that beijing has been going back on the promises that it agreed to before the handover in 1997 i think also china might well point out that in fact while there might be a lot of people in hong kong against this bill there are also plenty of people it says who i am favor of it pointing to an a an online survey that shows that more than 750000 people voted electronically in favor of the extradition bill but what it demonstrates very clearly is that once more hong kong society is divided it was divided almost 5 years ago during the occupy protests when demonstrators occupied the center of hong kong for several months.

but that is not good enough for chris patten, lord patten, britain's last governor in hong kong beforeandover in 1997. the proposed new law, he says, is a major breach by china. i think it's the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and to the rule of law in hong kong since we left in 1997, and it flatly goes against all the promises that were made about guaranteeing hong kong's local autonomy. but the sheer scale of protest may not be enough. although opposition to the bill has united businesspeople, often pro—establishment, with lawyers, students and shopkeepers, it seems unlikely that china is ready to give ground. james robbins, bbc news. let's get some reaction now from our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell. stephen, still no official reaction from china. presumably they are watching this very closely indeed, but we are hearing from chinese newspapers on what they think of this. yes, well, at least one english—language chinese newspaper has editorialised that foreign forces are behind this. i mean, often you get the english language end of the communist part

but that's not good enough for chris patten, lord patten, britain's last governor in hong kong beforein 1997. the proposed new law, he says, is a major breach by china. i think it's the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and the rule of law in hong kong since we left in 1997. and it flatly goes against all the promises that were made about guaranteeing hong kong's autonomy. but the sheer scale of protest may not be enough. although opposition to the bill has united business people, often pro—establishment, with lawyers, students and shopkeepers, it seems unlikely that china is ready to give ground. james robbins, bbc news. now some of today's other news, and labour says its chief whip will remind the mp roger godsiff of his responsibilities, after he spoke in support of those protesting against same sex relationship teaching at a birmingham primary school. i will continue to fight your corner because you are right. nothing more, nothing less. you are right. applause mr godsiff is the mp for the constituency which includes anderton park school — the focus of recent dem

start with because it is all a damn tory marginal i came down here when chris patten was the m.p. when i arrived here and the election i ever voted in we kicked him out and bath has been. with the exception of the 2015 election tory go in but then we take him back and 2017 so you are basically saying is that if any political party reputation is at risk from the the more flawed it style the political will scotland then the liberal democrats salute. on their hands you know you want to make a contribution to their for there and then you saw a continuing hope because of the closeness of the result and because of the desire of people to continue the argument but you've got yourself as a practitioner making a contribution or are you a commentator whose principal purpose is to debunk unionism and the unionist press obviously both of those are primary. we do see myself as a participant i'm you know wings makes no pretense of being a neutral observer in the independence campaign we are pro independence website so our zapruder bears website there for you most of the view on the election the

law independence of the judiciary these are things we enjoy under british colonial rule and as chris patten said just at the handover the law was amended to ensure there's a file war which separate us from the communist regime so that we you know the chinese legal system would not come into our kong but what this extra british extradition bill proposes to do is to drive a truck through the fire wall create a big hole there we don't have our legal system anymore so it's one country one system and the hometown people we want it to be a business and financial center but we want our core values to be preserved person no safety civil liberties and the rule of law steve saying we're currently watching lemmings running to the cliff edge says. look at london there's nothing to stop people from relocating their operations post breaks when conditions change the same is true of hong kong what do you make of that. i think that is a huge over the top i'm afraid a poem called in the beat of a very tight corner at the moment and i take my hats off to all the people in hong kong in the way how they have be

but that is not good enough for chris patten, lord patten, britain's last governor in hong kong beforeandover in 1997. the proposed new law, he says, is a major breach by china. i think it's the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and to the rule of law in hong kong since we left in 1997, and it flatly goes against all the promises that were made about guaranteeing hong kong's local autonomy. but the sheer scale of protest may not be enough. although opposition to the bill has united businesspeople, often pro—establishment, with lawyers, students and shopkeepers, it seems unlikely that china is ready to give ground. james robbins, bbc news. let's get some reaction now from our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell. stephen, it is very rare to see protests like this in hong kong. well, of this scale. i mean, this is a record—breaking protest. i wouldn't say it's that rare to see protest, but the size, you know, the breathtaking size of this protest is what has captured people's attention. it's been described as the biggest protest ever seen since hong kong was hande

but that is not good enough for chris patten, lord patten, britain's last governor in hong kong before handover in 1997. the proposed new law, he says, is a major breach by china. i think it's the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and to the rule of law in hong kong since we left in 1997, and it flatly goes against all the promises that were made about guaranteeing hong kong's local autonomy. but the sheer scale of protest may not be enough. although opposition to the bill has united businesspeople, often pro—establishment, with lawyers, students and shopkeepers, it seems unlikely that china is ready to give ground. james robbins, bbc news. 0ur beijing correspondent stephen mcdonell is also following this story. he explains what protesters are hoping to achieve. it's being described as the biggest protest ever seen since hong kong was handed back to mainland china. and the reason for it is that the hong kong government, which owes its allegiances to beijing, is trying to push through this change to enable hong kong citizens or even people visiting hong kong to be sent

with more than 20 other countries including the united states the former governor of hong kong chris patten has also been talking about this bill criticizing it saying that he believes it's it's another reminder that beijing has been going back on the promises that it agreed to before the handover in 1997 i think also china might well point out that in fact while there might be a lot of people in hong kong against this bill there are also plenty of people it says who i am favor of it pointing to an. online survey that shows that more than $750000.00 people voted electronically in favor of the extradition bill but what it demonstrates very clearly is that once more hong kong society is divided it was divided almost 5 years ago during the occupy protests when demonstrators occupied the center of hong kong for several months over their demand to be able to elect their leader now hong kong is divided once more polarized once more over an extradition bills that the critics of this bill say could potentially allow china to to target political opponents vehicles people would be sent to the mainlan

but that is not good enough for chris patten, lord patten, britain's last governor in hong kong beforeandover in 1997. the proposed new law, he says, is a major breach by china. i think it's the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and to the rule of law in hong kong since we left in 1997, and it flatly goes against all the promises that were made about guaranteeing hong kong's local autonomy. but the sheer scale of protest may not be enough. although opposition to the bill has united businesspeople, often pro—establishment, with lawyers, students and shopkeepers, it seems unlikely that china is ready to give ground. james robbins, bbc news. at least three people are reported to have been killed in clashes with security forces in sudan during the first day of a campaign of civil disobedience. tear gas and live ammunition was fired at people trying to set up barricades. opposition leaders called the strike in response to the killing of dozens of protestors by government—backed militias last week. from khartoum, here's our africa editor fergal keane. the city is lifeless,

last year, it was chris patten — the former member for bath, the last british governor of hong kong —s expressed concern about the estimated 300,000 british citizens in hong kong. one had a personal story to tell. yesterday, i had a young hong kong woman come to my office and show me pictures of what had happened to friends of hers who had been protesting in hong kong. she showed me the videos of tear gas being used and she showed me the injuries that they had sustained as a result of rubber bullets being used. these things happen because the authorities that employ these methods think that they can do it and get off with it, and she understood — as i think we should all understand — that the joint declaration is under attack now, notjust from the people's republic of china but also by carrie lam's administration in hong kong itself. and the question, as the honourable member from southend said, is what signals do we send? and i have to say to the minister that the signal that he sends today, in saying that the united kingdom government does not see the extradition changes as a breach

. >> reporter: with the words of outgoing governor chris patten there were high hopes for hong kong's democratic future. it started well, with elections in 1998. the first multiparty vote in a territory administered by china. but by 2003 the streets were filled with protesters, many dressed in black to mourn what they saw as the gradual loss of their fundamental rights. they were angry over a proposed new national security bill they feared would lead to a clampdown on dissent like they'd seen in mainland china. the bill was soon shelved but the growing anger over hong kong's eroding democracy did not go away. fast forward to 2014. the so-called umbrella movement, triggered by a new policy that meant every candidate for hong kong's leadership would have to be approved by a pro-beijing committee. protests crippled downtown hong kong for months. as police responded with a heavy hand, i spoke with one of the protesters at the time. >> do you have concerns for your safety, for instance? >> not only concern. we're terrified. we're hong kong people. we just normally sit in our office. right

law independence of the judiciary these are things we enjoy under british colonial rule and as chris patten said just at the handover the law was amended to ensure there's a file war which separate us from the communist regime so that you know the chinese legal system would not come into our kong but what this extra british extradition bill proposes to do is to drive a truck through the fire war create a big hole that we don't have our legal system anymore so it's one country one system and the hometown people we want it to be a business and financial center but we want our core values to be preserved person no safety civil liberties and the rule of law steve saying we're currently watching lemmings running to the cliff edge says. look at london there's nothing to stop people from relocating their operations post breaks when conditions change the same is true of hong kong what do you make of that. i think that is at the top of the top i'm up for a poem called he's in a bit of a very tight corner at the moment and i take my hats off to all the people in hong kong in the way how they have bee

chris patten was the last british governor of hong kong. this is his assessment. 1997. and it flatly goes against all of the promises that were made about guaranteeing hong konglocal autonomy. it gets rid of the firewall between the rule of law in hong kong which is so crucial to hong kong which is so crucial to hong kong's success and stability in the idea of law of the communist party in china. here's more from bbcjournalist laura westbrook who has lived and reported in hong kong. organised by their opposition group, the pan— democrats, but what is interesting about this process is that people from all walks of hong kong society are joining. schools, housewives, parts of hong kong society that don't protest like judges and lawyers. they are joining in these protests and that is what is been quite interesting, all parts of hong kong society are joining is been quite interesting, all parts of hong kong society arejoining in these protests. in these protests, this impact is covered around the world but in terms of changing policy in hong kong. is there a track reco

the city's last colonial governor chris patten said the bill is an attempt to "remove the firewall between are a "terrible blow against... hong kong's position as an international trading hub." here's our reporter laura westbrook. it's rare, it's the fifth time it's happened at but also the biggest protest by lawyers in hong kong, and they don't come out very often because they don't want to be seen to be interfering with the city politics, and the only, if they see that something is going to affect the one country to system policy, and the chairman of the association says at the light is passed it'll be one country. and what he is saying is that when it hong kong was handed back to china and 97 there was a policy put in place called one country to the systems allowing hong kong to add a separate judiciary and independent autonomy and freedom china does not enjoy it, and if it is to pass to, that would basically erode the freedoms hong kong. the reference to the justification from beijing, what's the hong kong government position is that of so the hong kong government says we put safeguard

horse, she herself had been called a stalking filly, and i saw the then chairman of the tory party chris pattenu go! best rugby of sky news has said that the ballot closed and she continues... —— beth rigby. they did not need it, did they? it worked anyway. one thing to remember about the difference between the membership, the rules now and as they were back in 1975, they changed in the late 90s, they brought in tory members. you are notjust saying who are the mps going to back, you are seeing who are they going to love? borisjohnson is a little bit like marmite with voters and it turns out that tory members love marmite. he will win if he gets through to the final two, which looks likely. that bandwagon effect will be amplified. you have michael gove 137, jeremy hunt on 43. not that far apart. so, i gove 137, jeremy hunt on 43. not that farapart. so, i mean, they are second and third, i think i am right in saying in this ballot. —— michael gove on 37. you do not know how the other votes will be divvied up. gove on 37. you do not know how the other votes will be diwied up. yes, ido other votes

and as you know, chris patten, our last governor said it is not a loophole, it is a deliberate attemptno longer one country to system, it is nowjust 1.5 system. if this firewall is going to be dismantled than it is one country one system. we do not wa nt to one country one system. we do not want to be sent there because here we have the rule of law, personal safety a nd we have the rule of law, personal safety and freedoms although no democracy thanks to the british and the chinese but we still enjoy freedoms and all that. but once that firewall is removed we are just like any other chinese city where there is complete lawlessness. it is very clear how you feel about this bill. my clear how you feel about this bill. my understanding is, just looking at it, that it will still be up to hong kong courts to decide who will be extradited. i don't think so. i'm not a lawyer although i have been a legislator for 25 years but we have 3000 lawyers marching just a few days ago in black, protesting against this law because they say that the courts in hong kong will not have that much power. they

law independence of the judiciary these are things we enjoy under british colonial rule and as chris patten said just at the handover the law was amended to ensure there's a file war which separate us from the communist regime so that we you know the chinese legal system would not come into our own kong but what this extra british extradition bill proposes to do is to drive a truck through the fire wall create a big hole then we don't have our legal system anymore so it's one country one system and a homecoming people we want it to be a business and financial center but we want our core values to be preserved person no safety civil liberties and the rule of law steve saying we're currently watching lemmings running to the cliff edge says. look at london there's nothing to stop people from relocating their operations post breaks when conditions change the same is true of hong kong what do you make of that. i think that it's at the top but it told them of straight hong kong he's in that bit of a very tight corner not at the moment and i take my head all. the people in hong kong in the way i h