Hong Kong: further demonstrations on handover anniversary

There have been further clashes between police and demonstrators in Hong Kong, which today is marking the 22nd anniversary of its return to Chinese rule. Is the pro-democracy movement gathering momentum? And what will it mean for the territory’s relationship with Beijing? We’ll hear from a member of the Hong Kong leader’s cabinet, and a veteran democracy campaigner.

Also in the programme: why Lebanese authorities want Syrian refugees to return home; and, as Japan resumes commercial whaling for the first time in thirty years, we’ll hear why.

(Picture: Protesters gather on roads outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on the 22nd anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain to China. Credit: Wallace/AFP/Getty Images)