country ends its decades old jewel currency system there are fears it could make things worse for people. but after nearly half a century the united kingdom has formally left the european union rolls are shrinking in a new era in the new year so far britain s departure from the single market and customs union has been fairly smooth there s been no major delays in cross-channel movement of trucks and ferries to and from france that s largely because of the coronavirus pandemic and a long weekend holiday which means traffic was lighter than usual officials say many british businesses have stockpiled goods in case of the new border requirements causing delays and disruptions of those new measures came into force said 11 pm local time on new year s eve 4 years after the 2016 referendum paul brennan reports from the english port of dover. the. countdown to the new post relationship was projected across the departure gates at the french side of the euro tunnel rail link moments lat
to the program countries across europe are introducing a new round of coronavirus restrictions that are coming either just before christmas or soon after italy is the latest country to announce new measures shops bars and restaurants there will close and travel between different regions will be banned similar precautions are being taken across the continent. a pause on public life across europe. shuttered shops and empty streets in germany as the country goes into its 1st weekend of hard lock down this winter. austria will follow suit just after christmas non-essential businesses will close understand the $26.00 austria s current a virus infection rate is lower than many of its neighbors but there are fears that could change support. your claim that since we are not an island and have people coming in from other countries we should prepare ourselves for the possibility of exponential growth at any time. sweden s infection rate on the other hand has been surging for 2 months t
a feast of the epiphany those key dates all of it he will be in a so-called red zone the riyadh what that means is bars restaurants and shops that are nonessential what all be shut up only you can only leave your home for essential activity and you have to carry a cell declaration form to explain what it is you re doing and where you ll go in a maximum of 2 people from one household can go to another that does not include children under 14 on those festive days and in between those days it will be an orange still where you will be allowed to move within your town but it across this period there will be no internal regional movement and that curfew still remains in place for 10 b.n. radical 5 and saw a very strict lockdown indeed but as the prime minister said the idea being to prevent that the wave coming up in january and davao italy has recorded the highest covert death toll in europe with close 268000 fatalities why is that. well it is it is very very distressing figure to
i m rebecca ritter s welcome to the program more european countries are tightening coronavirus restrictions and worried that the year and holidays could turn into mass covert 19 super spreader events if millions of people travel and visit friends and family sweden has changed course and is now urging people to wear face masks italy has banned travel between regions and ordered shops bars and restaurants to close until january 6th. for italy it was more a question of when not if new measures would be announced with all important christmas holidays days away the the government has ordered a national lockdown and. it is the world to me one of these it is not an easy decision it is a painful decision to strengthen the regime of measures necessary for the upcoming holidays and to better protect ourselves and keep in sea. by the january recovery. much of europe has imposed tough restrictions to curb the onslaught of the virus over the festive period. though austria will introduce i
an intriguing book the memory illusion. every time you remember something you activate that memory network in the brain you re actually able to change it slightly so next time you recall it you re only recalling the last time you recall it and over time those changes can compound and you can end up very far from the original version of your memories and you might believe it wholeheartedly full toughens and while it s not true. elizabeth phelps is kali neuroscientist joseph made a video illustrating phelps s idea that are forever changing memory is for ever reliable. let s say a war hero going on a 100 city tour describing all the great things that happened during the battle and the story gets more and more heroic as you go from city one to city 100 so by the end it sounds so good to leave it. to. us broadcaster brian williams and hillary clinton both falsely recalled being under gunfire in conflict with foreign countries. where they deliberately exaggerating or just misrememb