sweden's king barely gets into the news.is even less common for him to say something controversial. here is what we know. >> i think we have failed. a large number of people have died. it's awful. it's something we all suffer from. we have not been able to help them and it is sad, terribly sad. host: sweden's death rate is lower than some other countries in europe that instituted lockdowns. it's lower than italy, lower than the u.k., but those countries have much bigger populations. if you compared to countries with similar sized populations, sweden is in the middle of the pack. belgian is higher -- belgium is higher. greece is lower. but when you compare sweden with smaller immediate neighrs, you can see why the king may have felt the need to say something. let's move the map to scandinavia. sweden's death rate is far higher than denmark and roughly 10 times that of finland and norway. sweden changed its policy in november to ban gatherings of more than eight people. throughout, its approach has been led by the state epidem

cleaning sweden from the muslim population. people saying things like i want to exterminate them or we should get rid of every muslim and i remember one comment where one man said that we should divide muslims into 2 different columns those who are religious and practicing muslims and those who are not and the practicing those are practicing their religion we should get rid of them. the expo report was critical of the right wing populist sweden democrats party accusing it of inciting hatred against immigrants it's a charge that the sweden democrats vigorously deny their use for some individual for example in the local chapter who write something horrible on facebook and the way media do you expel that person but then they make that something that should be representative of the whole party and i think that's deeply unfair it's basically the same thing as saying yes because one immigrant commits crime all immigrants are criminals the same logic i didn't see some official representatives from the us with and democrats in these gr

this is deaths per million people — sweden on 772 is lower than italy or the uk.populations. if you compare it with countries with similar size populations — around ten million people — sweden actually comes in the middle of the pack. belgium is the highest in europe on more than 1,500. the czech republic is on 922 and greece much lower, 371. it's when you compare sweden with its smaller immediate neighbours that you can see why the king may have felt he needed to say something. if we move the map to scandinavia — sweden's death rate is far higher than denmark on 168 — and roughly ten times that of finland and norway. sweden changed its policy in november and banned gatherings of more than eight people. and throughout, its approach has been led by state epidmiologist anders tegnell. he spoke to the bbc soon after that decision to change course. i think what we're doing is a kind of virtual lockdown. we're really trying to do exactly what many other countries are doing, we're trying to minimise the contacts of people. we have learnt we can do that with a combinatio

has just postponed deaths. >> sweden was smart.hey didn't -- they quarantined the most vulnerable and let healthiest, least vulnerable individuals, namely children, continue schooling. that was much better for the educational system and the health of their country and their economy. >> they'll not talk about herd immunity. don't like to use that term. they may have gotten there or close to there. deaths and icu admissions are low this month. >> all right. fast forward to now when it matters. and sweden's herd immunity experiment is over, a failure by their own admission. sweden had the second deadliest month ever, second only to the worst month of the 1918 flu pandemic. their hospitals are overflowing. the swedish prime minister has admitted their strategy was a mistake. quote, it is proof that it is a virus that we did not know about before and behaves in a way many would not have thought. worth noting, the preponderance of public health experts warned what could happen to the infection rate in sweden over time. some conclusions w

lockdown from december 26th to january 24th as well and then some some important developments in sweden the government has introduced its toughest corona restrictions related restrictions yet all nonessential public workplaces have been posed until the end of january that includes gyms pools and libraries facemasks of also been recommended on public transport sweden has largely resisted tough measures but friday sorts highest number of new cases yet 9654 and so very strong remarks from the king who this week criticized the failure to save lives. well there is a challenge joins me in the studio now and as we can see there is the 2nd wave of the corona virus showing no signs of abating here in europe roy no i mean it's interesting going into those 3 countries the just mentioned sweden throughout the course of this pandemic has tried its own path really early on decided that it wasn't going to do a full lockdown like many of the other countries in europe did chose to have a much more kind of. libertarian way of approaching i think some criticism but also is it insisted at the time that thi

sweden is recommending for the first time that people wear facemasks on public transport as it tightens measures against the coronavirus. the government has so far resisted introducing lockdowns, but today said people should wear masks when travelling at peak times. it has also reduced the number of people allowed to meet in restaurants and go to shops and gyms. sweden's king carl gustaf has said his country failed in fighting the coronavirus after the country recorded 350,000 cases and more than 7000 deaths.

a woman has been arrested in sweden, suspected of holding her son captive in her flat for up to 30 yearsina's lunar probe successfully lands on moon in an historic mission to collect the first rock samples in more than forty years. and, south korea passes bts law allowing k—pop megasta rs to postpone military service until the age of 30. hello to you. let's start in the united states, where the us attorney—general william barr, who was appointed by mr trump, has said no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this, despite the repeated claims by president trump that the election was stolen. our north america correspondent, peter bowes has this report. a political friendship that could be wearing thin. william barr has been a staunch ally of donald trump which is why his views of the country's top law enforcement officer carry special weight copy now he says working with fbi agents, they have uncovered no evidence that would change the outcome of the election, and he added: as news emerged of the attorney general‘s comments, it

swedish police say it is incredibly rare for this kind of suspected crime to take place in sweden.et to the bottom of what happened as soon as possible. the prosecution authority are understood to be meeting on wednesday. they, we understand, want to keep the mother in custody while investigations continue. she denies falsely imprisoning her son, but if she's found guilty, she could face a maximum sentence of ten years in jail. bec or business email compromise hacking is one of the most common types of cyber—attack, which the fbi says costs nearly nine billion dollars a year — and experts say nigeria is its epicentre. it involves tricking businesses into making payments into fraudulant accounts. cyber reporterjoe tidy has been speaking with one bec hacker in nigeria to find out how they work, and how he feels about his victims. raymond abass was known by his 2.4 million followers as the ultrarich and extravagant hushpuppy. but injuly, they were shocked when the nigerian was arrested. dubai police posted this dramatic video to confirm it. they accuse him and his associates of amassi

a big moment in sweden. >> thank you so much for that. max foster, appreciate it. >>> negotiators from the uk and the european union are furiously trying to reach a new trade deal but talks in brussels are said to be going very poorly. the eu chief negotiator told the european parliament that only a few hours remain to hammer out an agreement, and he's calling this the moment of truth. the status of fisheries is among the obstacles the negotiators can't overcome. if a deal is reach, the european trade union will have no agreement come january 1st. >>> increasing questions about florida's governor and his response to coronavirus, especially around the time of election. why there's a rising chorus of criticism in the sunshine state. stay with us. say na-na. stop your cough from interrupting, with dq cough and congestion. it's max strength formula coats your throat and provides powerful relief. new dayquil cough and congestion. the maxcoat daytime power through your cough medicine. to all the businesses make it through 2020... thank you for

a woman has been arrested in sweden, suspected of holding her son captive in herflat for up her son captiveherflat for up to 30 years. and china's lunar probe successfully lands on the moon in a historic mission to collect the first rock samples in more than a0 yea rs. hello and welcome. let's start in the united states, where the us attorney general william barr, appointed by mrtrump, says no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this comes despite repeated claims made by president trump that the election was stolen. last month, mr barr issued a directive to us attorneys across the country to pursue any "substa ntial allegations". he is one of the president's most ardent supporters, but his patience appears to be wearing thin. "there's a growing tendency he said, to use the criminal justice system as a sort of a default fix—all, and if people don't like something they want the department ofjustice to come in and investigate." 0ur north america editor jon sopel is at the white house. what william barr has done is com pletely wha

a woman has been arrested in sweden, suspected of holding her son captive in her flat for up to 30 yearschina's lunar probe successfully lands on moon in an historic mission to collect the first rock samples in more than a0 years. and — south korea passes ‘bts' law allowing k—pop megastars to postpone military service until the age of 30. hello to you. let's start in the united states, where the us attorney general william barr, who was appointed by mr trump, has said no evidence has emerged of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the presidential election. this, despite the repeated claims by president trump that the election was stolen. last month, mr barr issued a directive to us attorneys across the country to pursue any "substa ntial allegations". he is one of the president's most ardent supporters, but even his patience does appear to be wearing thin. "there's a growing tendency" he said, "to use the criminaljustice system as a sort of a default fix—all, and if people don't like something they want the department ofjustice to come in and investigate." our north america

despite sweden's struggling to deal with the health pandemic of another bit of news the government's decided to stop machine rise in spending on the military to counter alleged russian aggression will talk with a few minutes than. this next though king alarm us media are crying foul over the weekend's major breach of government computers pinning the blame on russian hackers despite the f.b.i. still tracking those responsible and 0 official findings it comes as the white house reportedly convened urgent talks with national security agencies to discuss the case seems a cyber attack reported sunday targeted at u.s. government institutions including the homeland security treasury and commerce departments it's been labeled one of the most all day shoots attacks in the country's recent history the attackers apparently used to texas based software company for the breach but as more ghost of explains the media appear rather hasty in their usual russia did it narrative. the story goes an icy company called sooner wins was allegedly infiltrated lonely goo by hackers these company has thousands

[inaudible] in the case of sweden in world war i and world war ii, [inaudible] it takes a requirement to ship the balance of power but it's more complicated than a crude physical financial. the process of financial power and i think it's going to be a deep structure. [inaudible] we know what to do, we know the program and there's a pure balance of power. and let's say that there's no wrong to protect that. the decisions are always viewed at least in history but i think we have to take these issues of organization today,. . we reorganized the tactics. so we reorganized that system that kept, we by doing this are consigned in the border, this is a: a challenge, just like the chinese have been addressed by social sciences and we asked them to take on the nature of this change and that the focus of this book and it's a history of attempts to organize a country and i really want to express that this justification of the quality are always more complex than just a pure attempt to justify the corporation so i think to just say the elite, it always has a more significant saying to reach but t

. >> the biggest, most dramatic example is in sweden. sweden made a complete u-turn. back in the day sweden had a natural policy where every could do what you wanted to and you had your own personal -- you know, you determine your own risk strategy. and what happened, numbers kept on rising is that meet a complete u-turn and now they're imposing restrictions just like everybody eliminates, because it didn't work. you can't get the level of herd immunity and there's like 7,000 death in sweden and denmark has a few hundred. >> that's a big difference. i want to address what's happening in california. there were 23,000 -- over 23,000 new cases yesterday. that's close to a one-day record. how close are we at this point to the tipping point, if you will? >> i think we're going to reach there in a couple of i was talking to some people today and they were saying in a huge community, they only had like six beds left in the icu and there were people in the emergency room in a nonsecure area on ventilators awaiting beds. that's what's happening in the central valley. in the ba

despite sweden that people talk about they're struggling to deal with the health pandemic in another bit of news the government decides an astonishing rise in spending on the military. to counter alleged russian aggression we talk about the trial work what it's about later on in the programs morning. this next though a leaked tape reveals that julian assange tried to warn of and limit widespread internet releases of us information back in 2011 the tapes been revealed by conservative investigative outlet project veritas on the recording a songe allegedly speaks to cliff johnson an attorney at the state department. having teletypes. straight pop out database archives trying to make out. the cables including. cable news. spread around. it is of the degree that. we believe we've. become public. some possibility. while on the tape or son said that classified cables have been stolen by a former colleague and we're being quote spread the around the internet the wiki leaks founder expressed concerns over possible danger to u.s. government employees he suggested authorities covertly remove th

for human rights thanks for joining us great to have you with us today firstly how are people in sweden reacting to this change in course that things were very different 9 months ago the government submitted that perhaps was the wrong course to take what's the general mood. when general mood is likely correlated to the information there was already some media provided to the hundreds and hundreds of masons by the citizens verities they meant as you mentioned to form a mentality that up to 2 to study as you support has been damage and dishes to countries in europe soon as consequently pursue a destructive you heard community and that means diluted by a specimen of this treaty emptiness a piece in present tense from infections it's been a sea between the pollution so if you are asked or heard immunity of course mr c. said it will not be that just stick to this district and sort it but also get it they are they tend to be a lot of parents and that may explain why after daddy such as the sounds of kenneth from thirty's who had made him policies still in sweden only did 25 percent of the pub

uk grapples with the new strain of coronavirus, there are now confirmed cases in france, spain and sweden. some eu countries begin vaccinations against covid—19, one day ahead of the planned co—ordinated rollout across the bloc. former mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake has died, aged 98, in moscow. a fast—food joint, roman—style — archaeologists unearth an ancient takeaway restaurant in pompeii. and coming up... the sport that's high—speed, but environmentally friendly — welcome to the world of extreme e, backed by f1 champion lewis hamilton. hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world. six million people in the east and south east of england have joined those living under the strictest coronavirus restrictions, in tier 4. around 2a million people in england — more than 40% of the population — are now living under these tough measures, which mean the closure of all non—essential shops, as well as hairdressers, swimming pools and gyms. a national lockdown has begun in northern ireland, and strict measures have been reimposed in wales after being eased for chri

sweden's infection rate on the other hand has been surging for 2 months the nordic country never imposed a full lockdown relying instead on voluntary social distancing but with case numbers going up non-essential public facilities like pools and libraries were closed and for the 1st time the government is recommending residents wear masks on public transport yet the measures remain lax compared to germany and austria very serious look look down for example. for the long run because people would not put up with that switzerland too is headed for lockdown as restaurants are set to close next week the swiss government has urged people to stay inside but his left at least one decision to local authorities whether to open ski lifts this year ski is will have to add covert 19 to the long list of alpine hazards. and for more on this i'm joined by dr claudia hanson an epidemiologist at the carolyn skin's tatoos in stockholm thank you for joining us dr sweden is tightening its restrictions what are the new measures and why the big change. good morning from stuck on the big changes that the countr

swedish police say it is incredibly rare for this kind of suspected crime to take place in sweden.ay they are very keen to get to the bottom of what happened as soon as possible. the prosecution authority are understood to be meeting on wednesday. they, we understand, want to keep the mother in custody while investigations continue. she denies falsely imprisoning her son, but if she's found guilty, she could face a maximum sentence of ten years in jail. a leading hungarian politician has admitted that his resignation as a member of the european parliament came after he was caught by belgian police at what media have described as a gay six party in brussels last friday. yoseff sayer has issued a statement admitting that he was at the party, which was held despite a coronavirus lockdown. our central europe correspondent nick thorpe told us what the belgian media are saying. this is obviously extremely embarrassing forjozsef szajer. he is a key figure in the party, one of the founder members, a close friend of the prime minister victor orban, and he has been a member of the european p

sweden didn't even adopt a mask mandate. sweden did what free societies do, they gave the best advice they could and they trusted their citizens to use their own good judgment of what measures made sense to them. the result? as of this morning sweden's mortality rate from covid is 154 deaths per million below that of the united states. if we had sweden's rate, that would mean over 50,000 fewer american deaths from covid. meanwhile, sweden has sustained a fraction of the economic damage our o lockdown left inflicted on innocent americans. globally, the united nations warns that 130 million people will starve to death around the world because of the economic damage caused by these measures? mr. speaker, this has to stop. the good news is that more and more americans are questioning the lunacy of these policies and the hypocrisy of those who impose them. newsome's curfew order was met with spontaneous defiant demonstrations across the state. elected sheriffs are increasingly refusing to enforce these autocratic orders. pastors

uk grapples with a new strain of coronavirus, there are now confirmed cases in france, spain and swedenrmer mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake has died aged 98 in moscow. and coming up — we'll tell you about the sport that is high—speed and environmentally friendly — welcome to the world of extreme e, backed by f1 champion lewis hamilton. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 6 million people in the east and south—east of england have joined those living under the strictest coronavirus restrictions in tier 4. round 2a million people in england, around 40% of the population, are facing the toughest message which mean the closure of all nonessential shops. a national lockdown has begun in northern ireland and strict measures have been reimposed in wales after being eased for christmas. all of mainland scotland has moved into the toughest level of restrictions. the rest of scotland is in tier 3. france, spain and sweden have confirmed their first cases of the coronavirus variant recently identified in the uk. in the us, millions of americans face going wi

while here in europe germany uses shipping containers to store the bodies of its coated victims and sweden is imposing its toughest measures yet. allowing maryam namazie and london are watching al-jazeera also coming up. parents are reunited with more than 300 nigerian boys kidnapped from their school a week ago. and we look at why venezuela's president has dissolved his constituent assembly without it changing a word of the constitution. welcome to the program the united states has experienced its deadliest week ever from the coronavirus with more than 18000 people killed according to figures from johns hopkins university 3270 fatalities were recorded on thursday alone and another 230000 infections also confirmed despite that the vice president described this week as the beginning of the end of the pandemic as he and his wife were inoculated live on television my pen's is the highest profile recipient of a vaccine made by pfizer in biotech which was authorized for a much unseen use last week. karen and i are than happy to step forward for this week. to take the safe and effective coronavi

uk grapples with a new strain of coronavirus, there are now confirmed cases in france, spain and sweden. millions of americans face losing unemployment benefits as the standoff between donald trump and congress over a coronavirus stimulus package continues. former mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake has died aged 98 in moscow. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 6 million people in the east and south—east of england have joined those living under the strictest coronavirus restrictions in tier 4. those restrictions now affect around 2a million people in england — more than 40% of the population. the toughest measures mean the closure of all nonessential shops as well as hairdressers, swimming pools and gyms. a national lockdown has also started in northern ireland and measures have been reimposed in wales after being eased for christmas. all of mainland scotland has moved into the toughest level of coronavirus restrictions with the rest of scotland in tier 3 restrictions. and france, spain and sweden have confirmed their first cases of the coronavirus

it was in union with sweden. they didn't have the independent army or military. it was completely dependent on sweden. they did not have the means empowered to do that. because norway was so far removed from politics. the dominant kind tree in scandinavia at the time with the tid of friends in england. we believe that he gave it to her to avoid it becoming a political tool. and power struggle. and knowing what we know today it just makes it really sad. because that's exactly what it has become. has become a political tool for the norwegian government. it was most startling the potential risk recipients. the things that they've done. one of the first to receive it. she did inspire him. a recipient of the prize in the first woman. and she should've been the first. back in those days. it was unheard of that a woman would win any such award. absolutely. and she did a great deal for peace. where do you think the committee started to go wrong. when did it become more about politics and about creating alliances and less about peace. it started with the last one. he made

10 of the population being infected with covert 90 the scale of this pandemic is hitting home in sweden as well with more deaths this november than any since the spanish flu pandemic over a century ago and an official investigation into sweden's coronavirus strategy students. such a wave in front of them they spoke about klosters it's not like we weren't prepared for something to happen again but no one could have most health officials didn't see such a wave in front of them they spoke about klosters it's not like we weren't prepared for something to happen again but no one could have predicted the strength of it some conclusions have been made about where we could have done better in a week's time families would be coming together across europe to celebrate christmas however this year with covert dictating the rules the festive period may well be a lot more distant than we used to as european leaders to keep contact to a minimum peter all of our party early. talking about sweden despite the country struggling to deal with the health pandemic and all the financial pressures because of i

she reports on her trip in 1952 sweden, norway, finland, denmark, holland, france, and england to observe post-world war ii rebuilding efforts. ♪ >> few presidents of the united states have shown such an intense interest in europe and its democratic traditions as the late president frequent eleanor roosevelt, and interest shared by his dear wife eleanor. mrs. roosevelt is not only a noted traveler but a successful journalist who likes to see things for herself and whose column has been read for 14 years by 60 million -- 6 million americans. they have been following with great interest and important trip she made through europe. >> we landed at the airport in norway at 9:45 a.m. there was a large crowd on hand including the prince and princess. the primary reason for my trip to europe was to unveil a statue of my late husband. all of the people present realized this simple -- this symbolized -- and the ideals for which they stand, peace and justice, and which they hope to achieve through cooperation with the free nations of europe. to find how that cooperation and support is working out, i

uk grapples with the new variant of coronavirus, there are no confirmed cases in france, spain and swedenformer mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake has died at the age of 98 in moscow. and coming up, we will tell you about the sport that is high—speed and environmentally friendly, welcome to the world of extremely backed by formula world champion lewis hamilton. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 6 million people in the east and south east of england have joined people living in the strictest restrictions under tier 4. more than 40% of the population are now living under the toughest measures which means the closure of all nonessential shops and hairdressers, swimming pools and gyms. a national lockdown has begun in northern ireland and strict measures are being reimposed in wales after they we re being reimposed in wales after they were used for christmas. mainland scotla nd were used for christmas. mainland scotland has gone into the highest level of coronavirus restrictions, tier 4, with the rest of scotland in tier 4, with the rest of scotland in t

she reports on her trip in 1950 to sweden, norway, finland, denmark, holland, france and england to observe post-world war ii rebuilding efforts. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> few presidents of the united states have shown such interest in europe and its democratic traditions as the late franklin delano roosevelt, an interest deeply shared by his well-traveled wife eleanor. mrs. roosevelt is not only a noted traveler, but also a successful journalist who likes to see things for herself and whose column "my day" has been read for 14 years by nearly 6 million readers in more than 100 american papers. they have been following with special interest an important trip she just made through europe. >> we landed in the airport in oslo, norway, at 9:45 a.m. where there was a large crowd on hand to meet us including the crown prince and crown princess. the primary reason for my trip to europe was to unveil a late statue of my late husband. i think all of the people present realized that this statue symbolizes their gratitude, not only to one man, but also to the people of the united states, and the ideals for which the

experts in sweden, france and germany, confirm he was poisoned by novichok.vide us with an official report about the use of this novichok? you're asking me, i reply. i'm the journalist here, i say. i ask the questions. i'm sorry, replies mr putin, i'll continue to answer it. now that is rare. an apology to a bbc correspondent, from the president of russia. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. more than two thirds of english population will be living under the toughest covid rules on saturday as southern more countries move into tier 3. it comes admits in a surge in infections of 35,383 cases recorded on thursday up from 25,161 on the previous day. the changes comejust 25,161 on the previous day. the changes come just days before the five day relaxation of rules over christmas. here's our health editor hugh pam. the government said the tightening was required to bring virus cases down. no one wa nts bring virus cases down. no one wants tougher restrictions anywhere than necessary. but where they are necessary we must put them in place to prevent the nhs from bei

an official investigation into sweden's coronavirus strategy has found that stock must take the blame for its high death rate prompting the swedish prime minister to put out a statement saying the country got its tactics of wrong. i think most health officials didn't see such a wave in front of them they spoke about clusters it's not like we weren't prepared for something to happen again but no one could have predicted the strength of it some conclusions have been made about where we could have done better in a week's time families would be coming together across europe to celebrate christmas however this year with covert dictating the rules the festive period may well be a lot more distant than we used to as european leaders to keep contacts to a minimum peter all of r.t. early impeachments thing there are a suite struggling to deal with the health pandemic and in another bit of news with country its parliament decided therefore an astonishing rise in spending on the military to counter alleged russian aggression and moral man what's behind it in a few minutes. for russia next thursd

it was completely dependent on sweden. but norway was desperate to break free but didn't have the means and power to do that. and because norway was so far removed from power and politics compared to sweden, which was the most dominant, the dominant country in scandanavia at the time and was a strong ties to france and england. we believe that he gave it to norway to avoid it becoming a political tool, right? and part of a power struggle. and knowing what we know today, it just makes it really sad because that's exactly what it has become, right? it's become a political tool for the norwegian government. >> absolutely. i think that is what was most startling to me as someone from the outside who, as i said, just believed that of course the committee would do the research, of course they would think pout not just past -- about not just past actions rye sendents -- potential recipient have accomplished, but also the future. i should also mention that bertha received the nobel peace prize and he did a great deal for peace and

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so a new strain of corona virus has been found in sweden now in a woman who recently returned from the u.k. it comes as the swedish government put forward a bill to impose a strict law if passed by parliament authorities could shut down businesses and find those floating the rolls they marks a big break from the country's earlier rather hands off approach which the government's method was a failure. they missed galbally very serious situations the government may decide on more far reaching measures to prevent crowding that would include the closure of shops public transport shopping centers or are they it is covered by the law we are talking about certain types of trading places with the risk of spreading the disease is assessed as high and with there is a lot of crowding when the coronavirus pandemic hit europe in february or march you may recall sweden's approach to the crisis contrast it starkly with most other countries the so-called swedish model relied largely on voluntary social distancing and the development of herd immunity among the population or try to avoid sweeping lockdow

and you straight a coronavirus apparently been found in sweden in a woman who recently returned from the u.k. the swedish government's put forward a bill for strict measures if passed by the country's parliament it would allow authorities to shut down businesses and find those floating the roles of course all that marks a big break from earlier the more hands off approach in the country which the government has since admitted was a failure. image galbally very serious situations the government may decide on little far reaching measures to prevent crowding that would include the closure of shops public transport shopping centers or are they to it is covered by the law we are talking about certain types of trading places with the risk of spreading the disease is assessed as high and where there is a lot of crowding. when the coronavirus pandemic hit in their february march sweden's approach to the crisis is contrast it starkly with most other countries you might recall the so-called swedish model relying largely on voluntary social distancing of the development of herd of unity among t

though austria will introduce its rules one day after christmas even sweden who until now had taken a lazy fear approach is recommending masks on public transport officials door stop short of shutting businesses. count very serious look look down for example would have an effect in the long run because people would not put up with in italy memories of the springs deadly 1st wave are still fresh many said they welcome the government interventions. of the state we will be forced to have a different christmas we will make up for it next christmas it's not a tragedy. dave i think a lot done is the right thing we must defeat the virus and respect rules always whatever it takes. for the future which it will be a difficult year and new year's eve as well and i'm placing all my hopes on a better a pet any. officials to hope to relax the rules in the new year but with household committed to keep mixing in the coming days there is no guarantee that the end is near. 0 for more on this i'm joined by journalist seem a gift from italy same age really one of many countries across europe tightening r

and with their country in france will sometimes that is an excuse to say it cannot be like sweden but then it is completely wrong. and then between 1865 so in all of europe they have that two parts of the world but in the case of sweden and between the votes but from the perfect find it wasn't like it was the aristocrat so with the swedes in 1910 that there be a very poor country they would say they know but there was a very large social position and then also with that persecution and with those in addictions and then stayed for 16 years and then to stay at the capacity and with those different objects and now since the 19 nineties and where it is to the financial market so what i want to learn from this experience and so with india and with those pictures of equality those types that we have to forget the social and political mobilization so world war i and world war ii and takes a very big crisis to shape that balance of power and in that artistic message it is more complicated than the true balance of power and in that process of intake and i think it would be a big mistake so we

even sweden who until now had taken a laissez faire approach is recommending masks on public transport officials will stop short of shutting businesses. count very serious look look down for example would have an effect in the long run because people would not put up with in italy memories of the springs deadly 1st wave are still fresh many said they welcome the government's interventions in the us that we will be forced to have a different christmas we will make up for it next christmas is not a tragedy but gauges i think are not done is the right thing we must defeat the virus and respect rules always whatever it takes. for the future which it will be a difficult year and new year's eve as well and i'm placing all my hopes on a better a path any. officials to hope to relax the rules in the new year but with household committed to keep mixing in the coming days there is no guarantee that the end is near. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines berlin has paid tribute to the victims of a terrorist attack at a christmas market 4 years ago and islamised hijacked a tr