countries. naomi grimley reports. 2021 was the year 8 billion vaccines were administered across the world but the vast majority have been given richer countries, only one in four african healthcare workers have been vaccinated, for example and a former british prime minister says that should change. it minister says that should chance. , . , minister says that should chance. , ., , ., ., change. it is really a stain on our global change. it is really a stain on our global salt. change. it is really a stain on our global salt. we change. it is really a stain on our global salt. we had - change. it is really a stain on our global salt. we had a - our global salt. we had a surplus of vaccine in one part of the world, indeed. mining, and not enough in another part of the world. it affects us all because people are starting to realise that if we allow the disease to spread in poorer countries and then mutate, it comes back and haunts even the fully vaccinated. mr comes back and haunts
commemorating the deaths of students protesting in beijing s tiananmen square has been removed from a university campus in hong kong. the removal of the 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. i ll speak to mr galschiot in a moment, but first here s he 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,
tiananmen square has reportedly been removed from a university campus in hong kong. the removal of the 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. the artwork, which depicts piled up corpses and anguished faces, was one of hong kong s few remaining public memorials to tiananmen square. the united nations security council has passed a resolution to allow aid to afghanistan without breaching sanctions against the taliban. the resolution could unlock desperately needed help for millions of afghans facing hunger this winter after the taliban take over. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet says finding a way round international sanctions has been a big stumbling block.