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the man who said those words, chris patten, now lord patten, is my guest today. has that promise been broken? and could the uk have done more to honour it? lord patten, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. has that promise, that hong kong would be run by hong kong people, been broken? yes. and it was based on the perhaps misguided assumption, which some of us had occasional doubts about, that the chinese were... the chinese communist party, let me make a distinction, would keep their word, and they have pretty comprehensively broken their word, which is contained in an international treat...

as long as it takes in its fight against russia. president vladimir putin has accused nato of having imperial ambitions and said its members had no interest in the well being of ukrainians. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. when the uk handed hong kong back to china 25 years ago, the last words of the departing british governor to the people of the territory were, "now hong kong people are to run hong kong. "that is the promise, and that is the unshakeable destiny." the man who said those words, chris patten, now lord patten, is my guest today. ...

is my guest today. has that promise been broken? and could the uk have done more to honour it? lord patten, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. has that promise, that hong kong would be run by hong kong people, been broken? yes. and it was based on the perhaps misguided assumption, which some of us had occasional doubts about, that the chinese were... and it was based on the perhaps misguided assumption, which some of us had occasional doubts about, that the chinese were... the chinese communist party, let me make a distinction, would keep their word, and they have pretty comprehensively...

Is that steak. we must use all our knowledge to reach this goal. inside the cathedral it is still a sci—fi film decor of metal. scaffolding reaches up to the vast hole which was once the roof, but everywhere, craftsmen and women are at their work of architectural healing. one of the big tasks has been treating the stained—glass. like the spire, these windows are not in fact mediaeval but 19th—century. unlike the spire, they were saved. firefighters knew not to spray them with water or they would have shattered. the disasterfor them, ironically, as an opportunity to remove 200 years of di...

Scaffolding reaches up to the vast hole which was once the roof. but everywhere, craftsmen and women are at their work of architectural healing. one of the big tasks has been treating the stained—glass. like the spire, these windows are not in fact medieval but 19th—century. unlike the spire, they were saved. firefighters knew not to spray them with water or they'd have shattered. the disasterfor them, ironically, is an opportunity to remove 200 years of dirt. translation: it's a human grease from the breath - of millions of worshippers, soot from the candles and the stains left by condens...