the prime minister mark rutte has announced a partial lockdown for the next four weeks.he hague. some holligan is in the hague. people here in the hague are some people here in the hague are taking the opportunity to do something that will be off—limits at wednesday on 10pm local time. bars and restau ra nts rig ht across local time. bars and restaurants right across the country will be closed for at least four weeks after a fortnight. the dutch government will look at the impact of these latest measures to determine whether or not they need to go even further than this partial lockdown. shops selling alcohol will be banned from selling it after 8pm in an effort to deter house parties. but these restrictions are very targeted, very focused on the hospitality industry. the dutch prime minister mark rutte said there wouldn't be any changes that alter education because it was considered too important. in terms of public transport, people are being asked to make essential journeys people are being asked to make essentialjourneys only. people who can work from home are being

the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, has announced a partial lockdown, which will mean the complete of restaurants, hotels and cafes. and germany, which did have relatively low infection rates, has now imposed an 11pm curfew on bars and restaurants across the country. spain has declared a state of emergency in madrid, and police are patrolling the streets to stop people leaving their neighbourhoods. let's have more on the situation in the netherlands. the country has some of the most rapidly increasing infection rates in the world. under new rules, schools and shops will stay open, but people are being asked to work from home and limit social interactions to a maximum of four people. the biggest changes apply to the hospitality industry. anna holligan in the hague has more. no more moments like these for at least four weeks, bars and restau ra nts at least four weeks, bars and restaurants in the netherlands will be closed and shops are banned from selling or delivering alcohol after apm. that want to stop traffic and there is a lot of traffic of people around going into hospitality,

it's been a challenging few weeks for the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, whose office is based in ent. until recently, it felt almost as if the virus had vanished here and now the virus had vanished here and now the netherlands is introducing what is among the toughest restrictions in europe. the u—turn couldn't be more dramatic. as serene as it may seem, the numbers here are startling because they have been nearly 114,000 newly registered cases of coronavirus in the past week, a 60% rise on the previous seven days. translation: the past week, a 60% rise on the previous seven days. translatiosz what we're doing is saying that there are a few places where you can gather. normal exceptions to the numbers in theatres and we will be enforcing the rules, like the maximum number of a group of four. some experts believe a short, sharp shock will be more effective. in theory, that would be better because then you can get it over with quickly. but in practice, it will be really difficult in the netherlands because we attach so much value to civil liberty, privacy. more of a log cabin houses

this was the prime minister mark rutte speaking last night... the number of social contacts and travel movements must be drastically reduced. that is a ha rd be drastically reduced. that is a hard message and the measures are going to hurt but it is the only way. the facts do not lie, we need to be structure on ourselves and our own behaviour. two other countries worth looking at. first — germany, often seen as the poster boy in europe in terms of an effective response to the virus. fewer than 10,000 deaths so far even though it has the largest population on the continent. but infections are up — over 5,000 recorded yesterday — the first time since april. new measures are now being introduced — in berlin and other cities bars and restaurants have to close at 11pm. a ban on large gatherings at sporting events and concerts has been extended to the end of the year in areas with high infection rates. and private parties and gatherings are limited to ten people. and finally sweden, a bit of an outlier because it never locked down during the early sta

we also spoke to the dutch prime minister, mark rutte, and he was confident that the man he describedal that was agreed last year, so in terms of a huge breakthrough i don't think that's in the offing but it's a crucial meeting of these leaders who haven't had a chance to discuss brexit for quite a few months now. nick beake, thank you, in brussels. with deadlines approaching, our reality check correspondent chris morris is here with a look at how the discussions have fared over the last few months. the post—brexit negotiations with the eu are finally closing in on decision time. so, how did we get to this point? let's go back nearly a year, to the election in december 2019, when, after months of parliamentary deadlock, borisjohnson won a huge majority with the electoral slogan "get brexit done". little more than a month later, on january 31st this year, we were out — out of the eu and its political institutions, but straight into a transition period where all the rules and regulations stayed the same. talks on a future relationship with the eu began in march, covering trade, security

the dutch prime minister mark rutte is set to announced the closure of restaurants, hotels and cafes low infection rates compared with other parts of europe, is now limiting the opening hours for bars a nd restau ra nts in some parts of the country. meanwhile, spain has declared a state of emergency in madrid, where police are now patrolling the streets to stop people leaving the areas in which they live. from there, our correspondent jean mackenzie reports. this is an early night by spanish standards. last orders now at 10pm, and no one is allowed to leave or enter the city unless it is essential. but with the rules chopping and changing for weeks, people are tired and confused. all the time we are breaking the rules and nobody cares. like, even the police, they don't say anything. very soon after spain reopened, cases surged, giving madrid the highest levels of coronavirus in europe. yet thousands have come out to protest against the latest measures. many are angry their sacrifices have been squandered. people in madrid are fed up. they have already been through the strictest lockd

the dutch prime minister mark rutte has announced a partial lockdown, which will mean the complete closurend germany, which did have relatively low infection rates, has now imposed an iipm curfew on bars and restaurants across the country. meanwhile, spain has declared a state of emergency in madrid, and police are patrolling the streets to stop people leaving their neighbourhoods. from there our correspondent jean mckenzie sent this report. this is an early night by spanish standards. last orders now at 10pm, and no one is allowed to leave or enter the city unless it is essential. but with the rules chopping and changing for weeks, people are tired and confused. all the time we are breaking the rules and nobody cares. like, even the police, they don't say anything. very soon after spain reopened, cases surged, giving madrid the highest levels of coronavirus in europe. yet thousands have come out to protest against the latest measures. many are angry their sacrifices have been squandered. people in madrid are fed up. they have already been through the strictest lockdown in europe, and here

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this was the prime minister, mark rutte speaking last night.at 11pm. a ban on large gatherings at sporting events and concerts has been extended to the end of the year in areas with high infection rates. private parties and gatherings are limited to ten people. and finally, sweden, a bit of an outlier because it‘s never locked down in the early stages of the pandemic, and it still hasn‘t. its death rates from coronavirus are similarto many other countries but are significantly higher than comparable scandinavian neighbours is like norway and finland. in sweden, gatherings of more than 50 people are banned and people have been working from home where possible but shops, bars, restaurants and gems have stayed open. —— and gyms restrictions have been imposed in france, spain where there is a 15—day state of emergency in madrid, and in italy. across europe, the virus has never gone away. the organisation for economic co—operation and development has warned the uk economy is at a ‘criticaljuncture‘ as it faces the possibility of a no—deal brexit, al

we had mark rutte on yesterday talking about this. when covid—19 hit, but we need more money for this research. it is expensive. but as people have seen la st expensive. but as people have seen last night it is a disease we absolutely have to cure and find a treatment for. jonathan, we saw you had a conversation with rob and his dad. how helpful is that for someone with mnd to be able to talk to other people with similar situations?“ isa people with similar situations?“ is a great help. the support of your family and friends is tremendous but to talk to someone else with the disease, it helped so much, because they know what you are going through and what you are dealing with, so you can talk on a parallel sort of situation, you know what i mean? you can share your worries, presumably, as well. yes, indeed, like robert was worried for his family. it does ta ke was worried for his family. it does take a toll on anybody. to talk to another person with mnd, it is a good sounding board, if you like. you can talk about what symptoms you ha

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