Europe tackles rise in Covid cases

Austria has today returned to full lockdown because of the rise in Covid cases. It comes after protests in several European countries over lockdown restrictions. We’ll hear about the measures the governments across the continent are imposing and speak to two people in Austria and in the Netherlands who oppose restrictions.

Professor Manfred Green, a medical doctor and professor of epidemiology in Israel, will be joining us to talk about the spread of Covid in Europe and to answer audience questions about the virus.

We’ll get the latest from Wisconsin where at least five people were killed after a car ploughed into a Christmas parade on Sunday.

Our colleague from the Reality Check team explains the online censorship techniques that have been used against the Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai since she made allegations of sexual assault against a former senior politician.

(Photo: Police officers control the occupants of a vehicle at a check point at the German-Austrian border during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as Austria"s government imposed a general lockdown from Monday, in Salzburg, Austria, November 22, 2021. Credit: Lukas Barth/Reuter