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a well—known statue commemorating the tiananmen square massacre has been removed from the university of hong kong behind academically. but parents fear their kids�* mental health is suffering too. this month, a mckinsey report found nearly a third of parents in the us are worried about their child's mental health. those concerns are higher among black, hispanic and asian families. laura trevelyan went to meet one mother and her daughter in new york city to find out how they're dealing with the pandemic. a festive outing forjackie and her daughter, jordyn. for the first—grader, it's exciting to be in town. jackie worries about her six—year—old, though, who developed anxiety during the pandemic after her preschool classes ended abruptly. i came out of the pandemic with some anxiety myself, and so i'm passing through the skills i picked up to cope with my own anxiety to her. so, we have a bedtime routine where before she goes to sleep, i'll sit with her, in the dark sometimes, we'lljust talk about the day, the things that bothered her. she's really good at communicating herfeelings when she has a sa

of hong kong. for years, it symbolized a wide range of freedoms, unlike mainland china where the events have largely been erased. the university cited legal reasons for dismantling of the statue. over the past two years, beijing has cracked down pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong. under the security law, which grants china the ability to step in and curb protests and speech, several pro-democracy leaders of tiananmen square demonstrations have been arrested. >> thanks for tuning in to "france 24." we will be back with more headlines in a few moments. ♪ and joy.sents bravery, freedom, >>his is the breakout performance of the legd josephine baker. >> she was dancing the charleston in france. nobody knew about this dance. >> 1920's paris had never seen anything quite like it. >> feeding into this whole idea of the exoticism of africa that the french held. >> she took racist cliches, she laughed at them, and then she used them for her own ends. from this moment, josephine baker would be catapulted to fame to become the world's first black superstar. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking f

a well—known statue commemorating the tiananmen square massacre has been removed from the university of hong kong proposal to get humanitarian aid to the 23 million afghans said to be in desperate need of help. the resolution allows aid to flow into afghanistan for one year without violating international sanctions aimed at isolating the taliban, who seized power in august. let's bring in the bbc�*s david willis. david, tell us more about this, because as we said this was proposed by the us? yes because as we said this was proposed by the us?- because as we said this was proposed by the us? yes it was rich and of _ proposed by the us? yes it was rich and of course _ proposed by the us? yes it was rich and of course it _ proposed by the us? yes it was rich and of course it has - proposed by the us? yes it was rich and of course it has been . rich and of course it has been a vexing problem for much of the global community since the taliban returned to power in afghanistan in august. how to help the people of afghanistan without helping the government of afghanistan? and as the months have gone by,

until recently, hong kong was the only place in china, where such memorials were tolerated. a quiet campus at the university of hong kong and an empty spot where a statue called the goddess of democracy, stood it memorialized the bloody end of the democracy movement in beijing. students put up the sculpture in 2010, a replica of a statue that protesters erected in t animal square in 1989 and at hong kong ling non university. an image of the goddess of democracy was painted over a sign of deference from the university towards the authorities in beijing and a mural of the tank man disappeared as well. memorializing an unknown man who stood in front of a column of tanks in 1989. the disappearance follows years of official tolerance beings. lexi at the university is trying to erase history. lexia. they took away the possibility for students to learn something about the events of that time. him was thought lennon dalton hogan was at lexia kaywood. now there are just empty spaces and silence where the memorials used to be the same fate for the pillar of shame, which commemorated the unknown number of student protest

artworks at the chinese university of hong kong —— two more universities in hong kong have removed memorialslacement of the pillar of shame on thursday, art works at the chinese university of hong kong and the lingnan university disappeared overnight. rail passengers in parts of the uk are facing major disruption, as some staff on trains run by cross country take strike action. cross country say routes are affected from northern scotland to south west england and are advising passengers to check theirjourneys before travelling. the luxury department store chain selfridges is being sold to a thai retailer and an austrian property firm. the deal for the majority of selfridges group is worth around four billion pounds. founded in 1908 by the us retail magnate harry gordon selfridge, the company is best known for its flagship department store on oxford street in london. president biden and the first lady have been marking the festive season with a christmas tradition. a short while ago, they paid a surprise visit to patients and families at the children's national hospital in washington. dr bide

of night. it was in two universities, chinese university of hong kong and another university, both institutions based in the suburbs of hong kong. both of the artworks that were taken away commemorate the tiananmen square massacre and both are the work of the same artist, a chinese-born new zealander, can we mean -- chen wei-ming. one has stood there since 2010. the university said that it had never been consulted about putting it in place, which i find a little bit hard to believe. that something would end up on university property without any official clearance? what they said it was leaving them open to legal worries under the national security law. similar things said by the other university, where chen wei- ming's tiananmen massacre frieze was in position until this morning. chen said he would sue the universities if any of the artworks came to damage. francois: south korean say they are divided over the pardon of ailing former president park geun-hye on humanitarian grounds. she resigned or was forced out in disgrace, and sentenced to 20 years behind bars. currently in hospital. the forme

karen grepin is an associate professor at the school of public health at the university of hong kong. been researching the effectiveness of different types of border measures used throughout the pandemic and joins me live. she has been looking at how useful they've been. great to have you on the programme, i should say. in the first instance, we started to see the real imposition of border controls across asia. do they help? controls across asia. do they hel ? . ~ �* , controls across asia. do they hel? . ~ �*, ., help? yeah, i think it's a really interesting - help? yeah, i think it's a i really interesting question. we've been looking at this for almost two years, and we have learned a number of really important lessons. one, going back, one of the early lessons that came from china from the early stages of the pandemic, we have learned that targeted measures like the ones introduced right now in many countries in which they're saying they will ban travellers from southern africa, are relatively ineffective. it's very difficult to know where the virus is right now, and this variant,

of the uighur peoples. >> we are going to turn to hong kong -- and straight to these images, which show construction workers removing the pillar of shame statue from the universityg on wednesday night. the statue commemorates 1989's tiananmen square massacre. it had been standing on the campus for 24 years. this is it before it was removed. it is eight meters high and depicts 50 torn and twisted bodies represent the pro-democracy protesters who were killed by the chinese government. it was one of the few remaining public memorials in hong kon and was at the forefront of annual vigils. the university had demanded it's removal in october following china's crackdown on dissent in the territory. let's hear from a student at the university. >> i don't think people expect this thing would have been in the university. what's the most freedom of expression or freedom of speech -- with the most freedom of expression or freedom of speech. they were the first ones to remove history inside the campus. >> the statue was created by the danish artist -- a danish artist who has been speaking to us about it. >> this is really, really a sad story, but it's the story of hg kong --

scientists at the university of hong kong have created a new stainless steel that they claim will killhe new alloy can also help to inactivate other viruses such as influenza. they are now working to test the material for use in everyday steel products, such as lift buttons or door handles. professor mingxin huang is one of the lead researchers on this project at the university of hong kong. and we can speak to professor huang now. it is wonderful to have you on newsday. can you start byjust expanding what was behind this idea? {leia was behind this idea? 0k, actually we _ was behind this idea? 0k, actually we started - was behind this idea? 0k, actually we started this i actually we started this research about four years ago, that was for the influenza virus, so when the covid pandemic starts, we switched our focus to this covid—19. we started to do experiments right after the pandemic, so we got the results a year ago, and the idea is that we are trying to use the beginnings, stainless steel or carbon steel, that could kill the virus —— copper steel. we tried at the beginning. we tri

expected but it highlights a growing influence of china on hong kong once again. of china on hong kong once aaain. , . again. exactly. in october the universityn october the university contacted - again. exactly. in october the university contacted the - university contacted the sculpture to declare that the statute following legal advice would be removed. after that they set a deadline for the removal. the deadline passed and it was not clear when the statue would be removed, but in the early hours of the morning, construction workers started covering up the statute. they put up yellow barriers surrounding the statute which is on the university campus of hong kong and then in the early hours in the morning, construction workers came, the statue was removed and it was put into a container and driven away. so this is one of the last public places that remember the students that died in 1989. many would argue that hong kong has changed substantially since the introduction of the national security law. in the past, tens of thousands of hong kong residents would gather en masse at the victoria park drip are the people that died on that day. that

the victims of the 1989 gentlemen square massacre has been dismantled and removed from the university of hong kong. the area around the 8th meter high pillar of shame was boarded up and workers wielded away in sections late on wednesday, the city authorities have been cracking down on descent in the chinese territory. a review of afghan media has found for the countries. 10 media outlets have had to close since the taliban took power. the survey by reporters without borders showed thousands of journalists have lost their jobs since august. female journalists have been hit hardest, with nearly 85 percent, no longer working. a government minister in madagascar is being hailed as a hero, and an example to follow after surviving a helicopter crash should see says joe swam for some 12 hours before he was rescued . the police minister had been helping to search for survivors after a cargo ship illegally carrying a 100. 30 passengers sank off madagascar in northeastern coast. fishermen who sit out before dawn spotted some one in the water exhausted and still in his wet uniform, madagascar, police ministe

a well—known statue commemorating the deaths of students protesting in beijing's tiananmen square has been removed from a university campus in hong kong eight metre—high copper statue, created by danish sculptorjens galschiot, was ordered back in october. construction workers are said to have laboured overnight to dismantle the piece, known as the pillar of shame. we'll hear from mr galschiot in a moment, but first here's the bbc�*s danny vincent in hong kong. in october, the university contacted the sculptor to declare that, essentially, this statue, following legal advice, needed to be removed. after that, they set a deadline for the removal. the deadline passed and it wasn't clear when the statue would be removed. but in the early hours of the morning, construction workers started covering up the statue. they put up yellow barriers surrounding the statue, which is on the university campus of hong kong, and then in the early hours of the morning, construction workers came, the statue was removed, it was put into a container and driven away. the danish sculptor jens galschiot says he's perplexed by the decision to remove his artwork

well, i think the study from the university of hong kong or hong kong is instructed in this regard. they found that army kron produces 70 times more virus in the airways . but when you look in the lungs, there isn't a lot of virus. they're suggesting that it's very transmissible without causing a lot of information in the organs. we do know that in south africa, in delta, you get about 20 percent hospitalization, with only crohn to 2 percent. a study in u. k showed no difference. but even if you do think that it's causing fuel hospitalizations, when you have a turbocharged, transmissible virus or even a small percentage of a large amount of people could potentially strain hospitals. what advice would you give people going into christmas week? well i think about the a, b, c, d ease is assess the destination. you're going to high amount of virus or, and assess yourself, your immune compromise on boxing. in all your old and 65, you may worry, be definitely getting a boost served from what we discuss. i see vaccinate via children if they're eligible. d. do diagnostic tests like rapid tes

in one study conducted by a team at the university of hong kong, researchers said that among a group of 25 people fully vaccinated with a sign of ex corona veg, none show detectable levels of neutralizing antibodies against the very end. think it is important to continue to monitor the vaccine effectiveness in the field as well. i'm in our study, zine, the dest. you generally there have been good predictors as to what happens in the field. but i, real ultimate aim we are trying to achieve is to protect against severe disease and that china has yet to approve overseas developed shots and has relied on home grown vaccines to protect its population of 1400000000 people. it now faces the prospect of having to develop more efficient ones before it can shift from its continuous isolation. back, let's turn now to some other stories making headlines this hour. at least 37 people have died after a ferry caught fire in bangladesh in a river near jello. copy some 250 kilometers south of the capital. deca. police say most of the victims died in the fire. other others drowned after jumping overboa

of infections -- infectious diseases. in hong kong, john nichols is a clinical professor of pathology at the university of hong kong. sana, from the data available so far, is it fair to say the world may be bracing for a surge of infections similar to what happened in april of 2020? >> certainly be will see that vaccinations are going to mute some symptoms. boosters are very clearly needed. in the u.k., there is a target of trying to achieve one million boosters a day. which is ambitious, but it won't be enough to quell the omicron wave that is rising faster than any other variant we have seen to date. it is likely in many countries with a similar demographic to the u.k. will experience a similar rate of spread amongst its most vulnerable populations. >> the countries that have started going back into lockdowns, or re-imposing tougher restrictions, are these measures justified? there is a great deal of anxiety here. >> there is some discussion because actually our recent wave is still going down. within that wave, there is omicron coming up. hospitals are still kind of over flooded. a lot of people actually even are

the university of hong kong ordered its removal in october, saying the decision was based on externalve kept it for 25 years and now destroyed. of course, they must give it to me, even in pieces. i want to take it back to denmark and put it together and make an exhibition. this pillar was one of the few remaining public memorials to tiananmen square in hong kong, where the anniversary was marked annually until being banned by the authorities in 2020. they cited covid measures as the reason, but with china forbidding any public recognition of the massacre, questions have been raised over attempts to erase history in this semi—autonomous region. russell trott, bbc news. our reporter, martin yip, is in hong kong. what has the reaction been to this move? ,, ., .,. ., what has the reaction been to this move? ,, ., ., ., , ., move? quite a mixed reaction as far as we can see- _ move? quite a mixed reaction as far as we can see. people _ move? quite a mixed reaction as far as we can see. people express - move? quite a mixed reaction as far as we can see. people express their| as we can see.

of infections -- infectious diseases. in hong kong, john nichols is a clinical professor of pathology at the university of hong kong. sana, from the data available so far, is it fair to say the world may be bracing for a surge of infections similar to what happened in april of 2020? >> certainly be will see that vaccinations are going to mute some symptoms. boosters are very clearly needed. in the u.k., there is a target of trying to achieve one million boosters a day. which is ambitious, but it won't be enough to quell the omicron wave that is rising faster than any other variant we have seen to date. it is likely in many countries with a similar demographic to the u.k. will experience a similar rate of spread amongst its most vulnerable populations. >> the countries that have started going back into lockdowns, or re-imposing tougher restrictions, are these measures justified? there is a great deal of anxiety here. >> there is some discussion because actually our recent wave is still going down. within that wave, there is omicron coming up. hospitals are still kind of over flooded. a lot of people actually even are

we've been told as it comes in day by day will be able to make better assessments of the university of hong kongays th study shows the infection in th lung is significantly lower the the original which could be an indicator of lower disease severity. to keep this study just out of the university of hong kong explains why it may be more mild . they found that the virus does not replicate at the same speed in the lung tissue. it's about 90 percent in replicating in the lung tissue which means they get the infection more prominent in the upper airwaves. not in the deep respiratory system where you get severe disease. this is the missing link that explains the population data that we don't see hospitals overrun with omicron and the bedside observation we are seeing mild infections that ten to be upper respiratory. it's like a cold season with a cold virus. >> let's hope so very it sounds very promising. in the meantime, we see there are a number of campuses that are nearly 100 percent having outbreaks closing down, moving exams online and now telling student jeff to get a booster o you can't come ba

hong kong. a quiet campus at the university of hong kong and an empty spot where a statue called the goddess of democracy stood it memorialized the bloody end of the democracy movement. in beijing, students put up the sculpture in 2010, a replica of a statue that protestors erected indiana mon square in 1989. and at hong kong ling non university, an image of the goddess of democracy was painted over a sign of deference from the university towards the authorities. in beijing and mural of the tank man disappeared as well. memorializing an unknown man who stood in front of a column of tanks in 1989. the disappearance follows years of official tolerance beings. lexi at prolong diversity is trying to erase history. lexia. they took away the possibility for students to learn something about the events of that time. i'm was thought don't lennon. dalton hogan was at lexia kaywood. now there are just empty spaces and silence where the memorials used to be the same fate for the pillar of shame. which commemorated the unknown number of student protesters who died in the tenement square massacre. another v

hong kong. a quiet campus at the university of hong kong and an empty spot where a statue called the goddess of democracy stood it memorialized the bloody end of the democracy movement. in beijing, students put up the sculpture in 2010, a replica of a statue that protestors erected indiana mon square in 1989. and at hong kong, ling non university, an image of the goddess of democracy was painted over a sign of deference from the university towards the authorities. in beijing and a mural of the tank man disappeared as well. memorializing an unknown man who stood in front of a column of tanks in 1989. the disappearance follows years of official tolerance beings. lexi at prolong diversity is trying to erase history. lexia. they took away the possibility for students to learn something about the events of that time. i most thought don't let them dawson, huggins, that lexia kaywood. now there are just empty spaces and silence where the memorials used to be the same fate for the pillar of shame. which commemorated the unknown number of student protesters who died in the t hanniman square massacre. an

we have to look at the university of hong kong study that you mentioned.ty rate of lung tissue, the deep respiratory tissue, which is where severe disease is caused, that rate is 10% of what delta is. >> martha: it appears the virus is dumbing down to get out there to other people and not getting as in to the lungs the way it was, which is good news. we hope that that continues to hold up. i want to mention to everybody, pay attention to the last thing you said. the study was in nature magazine and looks at boosters for people under the age of 30 and the risk of myocarditis. i'm glad you pointed that out. good to see you, sir. thank you. >> thanks, martha. >> martha: so we just received and update on the biden administration's plan to pay hundreds of millions to migrant families separated at the border. you remember? this was a big story. we'll tell you where that stands right now. also, my exclusive interview with the woman that is representing the michigan high school shooter, ethan crumbley. the alleged shooter. she's his designated attorney. we'll spea

i university of hong kong study in the study at university of college london so it's likely less severe even among unvaccinated and among vaccinated. it's definitely causing les miles more mild symptoms. so it will only give us a problem. an unvaccinated what does it say about that. this is able to spread so quickly what the world health organization saying. >> between a day and a half to 3 days that this is able to double. in in some areas. but it's not as severe as the delta. what does this say about this particular strain. >> so it's very good questions. the university of hong kong study showed us that speight able to replicate very fast in what's called the upper respiratory tissue. so here, miles nose and upper broncos. but it can't seem to infect long southwell and that was replicated by the ready, get the lab at university college london. that's a good thing in terms of severe disease, but because it replicates so efficiently up here up in the upper respiratory tract. it can spread much more quickly and it will be doctor fauci is right. that's an 8 people are and even unvaccinate

the deaths of students protesting in beijing's tiananmen square has been removed from the university of hong kongthe work known as the pillar of shame was created by danish sculptorjens galschiot, who's likened its removal to the destruction of gravestones. thousands of people have been celebrating in spain after winning a share of the world's richest lottery, el gordo, or �*the fat one�*. the christmas draw hands out prizes from a total fund equivalent to more than $2.7 billion. now on bbc news, as demand and prices soarfor dogs, bbc wales investigates the hidden world of designer dog breeding. good boy, griff. you've been such a good boy! so, these are what are known as micro bullies. they've been bred to be really, really small. these were all seized from a breeder. there were reports of unlicensed breeding. hey, griff! that's a boy! meet griff, lined up to become a stud dog by his owner. he's actually got spinal deformity. he's dragging his hind legs, falls over probably every four or five steps. the vet report that we've got from the specialist vet said he shouldn't be bred from. the whole p

of christmas is all about hope they wish that by next year things will get much better. all right, thanks very much from beth. i'm in the occupied westbank near abram to more universities in hong kong have removed sculptures built for victims of the town and square massacre. cities. chinese university took down the goddess of democracy, calling it an unauthorized statue. ling demand university also moved a memorial dedicated to students killed in 1089 in china on size. a university of hong kong remove the sculpture, the pillar of shame as well. well, how long you is a writer in civil rights campaign. he is from hong kong, but temporarily based here in london. and i suppose hong kong was the one part of china that could still have tiana min square commemorations. is that going to to completely stop now? i mean, yeah, yes, actually seems to return d. they're all for d has already bend the and you with joe memorial meetings in hong kong. so and now the jailing people who are those leaders who has initiated to, ah, and they suddenly dare. why should these universities remove these statues? and these works of art. why is this happening now? well, they gave, they gave a technical reasons

robert bride al jazeera couple and a couple of other stories to more universities in hong kong have removed sculptures, built the victims of the piano min square massacre that the chinese university took down the goddess of democracy, calling in unauthorized statue link 9. that university also removed a memorial dedicated to students killed in $1809.00 in china. on thursday. the university of hong kong will move the sculpture, the pillar of shame. now nearly 100 days after the cobra vehicles, okay, know, started spilling red hot lava authorities are preparing to declare the auction over . it's been dormant for the past 9 days. experts believe it's safe to label a volcano extinguished after 10 days. destroyed 3000 buildings on the palmer and cause huge damages, economically vital, banana plantations. the cleanup is ongoing, and many people won't be able to return to their homes for months. ah, to look at the main stories now. more than 3000 flights have been cancelled around the world on christmas eve with airlines blaming the only con very to the corona virus. lufthansa, united in delta air

of remembrance? many think hong kong is also being forced to raise a dark chapters, a chinese history. i do think people we expect this thing we had an in the university so caught with the most freedom of expression or freedom of speech. and they tried to become the 1st one to remove every history or parts of history inside campus. the memorials designer was clear about what he thinks it means fall democracy. this is a symbol of the democracy movement. and hong kong as a symbol of pilots is what happened inside china and cinnamon. so, and i think this is the last man standing nearly so. so this is a sad day for me and for democracy in hunger. the removal changes days after hong comes 1st election since the introduction of a sweeping national security law. $89.00 out of 90 seats were won by pro establishment candidates in a system where only those loyal to beijing are permitted to run. the university said that not removing the statue would pose legal risk, but is an act many simply view as the latest moved by beijing to silence descent and, and the freedom so long enjoyed by those in hong kong or brazil has made progress in eradicating hunger over rece

victims of typhoon roy has become an urgent concern. church leaders hope this christmas, their lock can extend a helping hand warrant to below al jazeera manila. now to more universities in hong kong, have remove sculptures built for victims of the t. m, and square massacre. the chinese university took down the goddess of democracy, calling it an unauthorized statue like nan university also removed a memorial dedicated to the students killed in 1989 on thursday, the university of hong kong from of the sculpture. the pitter of shame. nearly 100 days after the comedy via volcano began spewing red hot lava authorities to prepare and to declare the eruption over it has been dormant. for the past 9 days, the volcano has destroyed 3000 buildings on the palmer and damaged non plantations . and people are still cleaning out the damage. many won't be able to return to their homes for months. now, said ons reinstated, prime minister abdullah hancock has been trying to appoint a new cabinet for more than a month without success. and people answered on said they paying the price for the political and economic chaos. bahama vall reports from cartoon. islam used to own 3 vehicles for rental and

of the day's other news. two more universities in hong kong have removed memorials to the victims of the tiananmen square massacree on thursday, art works at the chinese university of hong kong and the lingnan university disappeared overnight. japan will not send government officials to the beijing winter olympics in february, but it's notjoining the diplomatic boycott of the games initiated by the united states. a government spokesman said it's important that china respects basic human rights. the luxury retail chain, selfridges, is being sold to thailand's biggest shopping mall owner and an austrian property company in a deal reported to be worth around five billion dollars. the group owns 25 stores worldwide — including its flagship department store on london's oxford street, that last week was revealed to be the most popular destination for uber passengers in the whole of europe. it has a colourful history. it opened in 1909, with a floor area of 42,000 square feet, which later was doubled. it was the brainchild of the american entrenpeneur, harry gordon selfridge. the store led to innovation in retailand aim

the university of hong kong ordered its removal in october, saying the decision was based on external ask, if they don't give me the sculpture, i will sue them. because they have destroyed an artist's product in hong kong, they have kept it for 25 years and now destroyed. of course, they must give it to me, even in pieces. so i want to take it back to denmark and put it together and make an exhibition. this pillar was one of the few remaining public memorials to tiananmen square in hong kong, where the anniversary was marked annually until being banned by the authorities in 2020. they cited covid measures as the reason, but with china forbidding any public recognition of the massacre, questions have been raised over attempts to erase history in this semi—autonomous region. russell trott, bbc news. us presidentjoe biden has signed into a law a bill that requires all companies to prove that goods imported from china's xinjiang region were not produced with forced labour. the bill, which passed congress last week, also includes sanctions against individuals alleged to be responsible. man

of infectious diseases at university college london from amsterdam. yup. if he is journalist, specializing in medical science and in hong kong, john nichols is clinical professor pathology of the university of hong kong. thank you for joining the program. oksana from the data available so far. is it fair to say that the world may be bracing for a search of infections? similar to what happened in april 2020. well sir, we will see that vaccinations are going to mute some of the symptoms, but boosters are very clearly needed and in the u. k, there is a target of trying to achieve 1000000 boosters a day, which is very ambitious indeed, but it won't be enough to quell the crown wave that is rising faster than any other barrier that we have seen today. so it's likely that in many countries with a similar demographic to the u. k, will experience a similar rate of spread amongst its most vulnerable populations as well as in europe, the countries of how started going back into locked downs or re imposing tougher restrictions. all these measures justified or there's a great deal of anxiety here. well, there is some discussion because

study showed it is more transmissible and also showed it does not seem to affect lung cells, university of hong kongtudy that was replicated last friday. we know that the omicron doesn't infect lung cells very well. it doesn't get into the lungs as well. which is why we are having more mild disease. the hong kong study showed lots of replication in the upper airway that makes it visible just like a cold. >> was saw omicron hit south africa pretty hard and then kind of quickly let up. britain saw something today that said maybe they passed the pecan maybe it's going back to -- the peak and maybe it is going back down. what do you think it means for the u.s.? >> what highly transmissible variants do is it hits fast, but comes down fast. we just found out about the peak in thanksgiving. u.k. looks like it is turning to come down of the peak. only 65 hospitalizations at the peak. it is actually much fewer hospitalizations than we saw with delta. about basically 22 month compared to 50 a day with delta. that's how much less it is. likely because we have more immunity and it is less virulent. what people

the victims of the 1989 tenement square massacre has been dismantled and removed from the university of hong kong. the area around the 8 me to high pillar of shame was boarded up and workers wielded away in sections. it was one of the few public remote memorials of the massacre still standing in hong kong and represented corpses of hundreds of pro democracy protest is killed in 1989. it's removal is part of china's cracked down on descent. joining us now from a dense denmark is the sculptor of that monument yann's gal showed mister boucher, thanks very much for being with us today. this mustn't be, have come as much of a surprise. you must have been expecting it in october. hong kong university officials announced it would be removed, but now that the sculpture is actually in pieces and being wheeled away. how do you fill out that readers, that they, this is, this is a christmas or so this is where you said this is strange because we have really asked for 2 months. we have said letters to live up to receive will go to put it up and we have no concert or i have a lawyer. so try to get to project,

has been dismantled and removed from the university of hong kong. the area around the 8 meter high pillar of shame, as it's called, was boarded up and workers wielded away in sections late on wednesday. city authorities and hong kong haven't cracking down on descent in the chinese territory . the world food program has issued another dire warning to the international community about the ongoing conflict in yemen. they say millions could be pushed into starvation because the w f. p will have to reduce food ration rations for 8000000 starving people. that's from january onwards. the un agency says donors have failed to fulfill their pledges of assistance. it's meal time to this jamini mother and had 3 daughters. the families village was destroyed by air strikes. now that live in a camp for internally displaced people relying on i'd from the world food program. 7 years of fighting between hootie rebels and sadie back government forces has created what many consider the world's worst humanitarian crisis. food and medical shortages are causing millions to

of the day's other news. two more universities in hong kong have removed memorials to the victims of the tiananmen square massacrepillar of shame on thursday, art works at the chinese university of hong kong and the lingnan university disappeared overnight. japan will not send government officials to the beijing winter olympics in february, but it's notjoining the diplomatic boycott of the games initiated by the united states. a government spokesman said it's important that china respects basic human rights. rail passengers in parts of the uk are facing major disruption, as some staff on trains run by cross country take strike action. cross country say routes are affected from northern scotland to south—west england, and are advising passengers to check theirjourneys before travelling. the queen is expected to give a very personal christmas message tomorrow — her first since the death of her husband, prince philip. she will speak beside a framed photograph of the couple taken during their diamond wedding anniversary in 2007, and will wear the same sapphire brooch that she wore on her honeymoon. our royal correspo

university took down the goddess of democracy, calling it an unauthorized statue. link on university also removed a memorial dedicated to the student scaled in 1989. on thursday, the university of hong kong removed the culture, the pillar of shame, our long you is a writer in civil rights campaigner. he explains why the statues are being taken down. the removal of these statues and the pillars of shames and so on is firstly a to add symbol. i used that phone call or told me is supposed to be well previously. i mean, seems last year, july, when reaching impose that the national security laws on hong kong is already the beginning of all phone calls, but well, and then the aging has prosecuted $150.00 free protesters and the law. but now this is just a spectrum. ah, it has not involved in any separate age or suppression or collusion before enforces or just dare and spare it does. why would they offer a di, wanted to, to get rid of the schedule, which has not only nationalistic of the law. the reason is really a symbol, because, ah, i firstly there were 4. do you want us to catch about 10 america? and more importantly, it's make sure that ah, the scenario where. busy hong kong them ok, learn

the university of hong kong ordered its removal in october, saying the decision was based on externalsue them. because they have destroyed an artist's work in hong kong, they have kept it for 25 years and now destroyed. of course, they must give it to me, even in pieces. so i want to take it back to denmark and put it together and make an exhibition. this pillar was one of the few remaining public memorials to tiananmen square in hong kong, where the anniversary was marked annually until being banned by the authorities in 2020. they cited covid measures as the reason, but with china forbidding any public recognition of the massacre, questions have been raised over attempts to erase history in this semi—autonomous region. the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall will be with the queen on christmas day. the queen will be staying at windsor for her first christmas without her late husband the duke of edinburgh, rather than travelling to sandringham as usual. the queen took the decision to remain at windsor as a "precautionary" measure following rising covid—19 case numbers. meanwh

victims of the 1989 piano mon square massacre has been dismantled and removed from the from the university of hong kong. the area around the 8 meter high pillar of shame, as it's called, was boarded up and workers wielded away in sections late on wednesday, the city authorities have been cracking down on the fence and the chinese territory for intent. african media outlets have had to close since the taliban to power. a new survey by reporters with our borders reveals thousands of journalists have lost their jobs since august. female journalists have been hardest hit, with nearly 85 percent. no longer working, govern minister and madagascar is being hailed as a hero. and an example to follow. after surviving a helicopter crash at sea, a series of jellies swam for some 12 hours before he has rescued. the police minister had been helping search for survivors after a cargo ship legally carrying $130.00 passengers sank off of madagascar as north eastern coast. fishermen who sit out before dawn spotted some one in the water exhausted and still in his wet uniform, madagascar, police minister recorded message

now to more universities in hong kong have removed sculptures built for victims of the tenement square massacre . the chinese university took down the goddess of democracy, calling it an unauthorized statue leg. now university also removed in the moya dedicated to the students killed in 1989 on thursday. the university of hong kong remove the sculpture, the pillar of shame. oh, you learned you as a writer and civil rights campaigner and he explains why authorities are taking down the statues the removal of days, statues and the pillars of james and so on is firstly a symbol. i used that phone call or told me is supposed to be well previously. i mean seems last year, july, when reaching imposing national security laws on hong kong is already the beginning of the phone, call me back as well. and then the aging has prosecuted $150.00 free protesters under the law. but now this is just as a spectrum. ah, it has not involved in any separate age or suppression or collusion before enforces or just dare and spare it does. why would they offer a di, wanted to, to get rid of fish to schedule, wh

in one study conducted by a team at the university of hong kong, researchers said that among a group of 25 people fully vaccinated with a sign of ex corona, vic, none show detectable levels of neutralizing antibodies against a very enter. it is important to continue to monitor the vaccine effectiveness in the field as ro, i'm in our study design, the dest, you generally, there have been good predictors as to what happens in the field. but i, real ultimate, if we are trying to achieve is to protect against severe disease and that china has yet to approve overseas developed shots and has relied on home grown vaccines to protect its population of 1400000000 people. it now faces the prospect of having to develop more efficient once before it can shift from its continuous isolation. it's gone anto correspondent, savvy and crouch. my he filed that reported giantess from beijing. authorities in china, clearly on high alert, or just this week, china, for the entire city of she, an under lockdown following a minor outbreak there. what's the situation? well, you can call it the most severe lock

hong kong. keith richberg is the director of the journalism and media study center at the university of hong kong. he says it was only a matter of time before the authorities took action against anooj. stan news knew it had the bull's eye on its back because of the, you know, at that time it decided to at the time the national security lock in a stand news deleted all of their own and columns. all their old opinion pieces, not from their website, but you know, there are only 3 left, 3, what i would call independent news outlets that do some critical reporting and span news was one of those. now you've got a citizen news and which is another online site and also hong kong refresh which is in english of so you know, it's, you know, time will tell they know that they're going after these other rooms, so they have absolutely no independent critical media here they've been using other law sufficient law, colonial era, british law left behind. but they've been allowed to use sort of the national national security means or techniques. so even though they're not charging them with the national security,

the victims of the 1989 tenement square massacre has been dismantled and removed from the university of hong kong. the area around 8 meter high pillar of shame was boarded up and workers wielded away in sections late on wednesday. so the authorities have been cracking down on just sent in the chinese territory. you encounter un security council has adopted a resolution to bring humanitarian aid back to us. proposed resolution allows funding and goods to flow without violating sanctions on the taliban understand has been in an economic meltdown since the telephone swept back into power. earlier this year, in mexico, several 100 migrants aborted buses heading north as part of the deal they've made with the mexican government to bring them closer to reaching the united states. they're part of a migrant caravan that's been traveling since october. $3000.00 people started out, but hundreds have given up on the journey by foot. brazil has made progress in eradicating hunger in recent decades. but the last 2 years have been obscene. an increase in the number of people who do not have enough to eat the w

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the victims of the 1989 tenement square massacre has been dismantled and removed from the university of hong kong. the area around the 8 me to high pillar of shame was boarded up and work as wielded away in sections light on wednesday. city authorities have been cracking down on the sent in the chinese territory, german artist on. so anselm keifer has devoted much of his work to the atrocities committed by the nazis during world war 2. in a new exhibition in paris, kieffer focuses on the german language, poet, poll, salem, and his suffering during the holocaust lines of verse, scribbled and chalk on paintings next to a bunker everywhere. the dedication to paul salon, the poet who used verse to process his memories of the holocaust, is the artist and some key 1st personal hero, oversized work, stand like proud panels in the sparsely illuminated space. then you go to, i thought i could write a poem up on the slate, up there go. i think the skies like a big slight go to the island in most of all. i wanted the audience to concentrate in ceylon, not the painter to is bargained. i'm good when easton, m