and here in the stories of its residents one group in particular russian wives of syrian man. they were pleased to look up to. millions of users and even global leaders for up to previously centric messaging apps like telegram amid concerns over data sharing that is censorship scandal over facebook and twitter sites a compass that. people. in human overcrowded facilities and a high risk of exposure to cohabit hundreds of asylum seekers in the u.k. go on hunger strike over conditions they say are worse than prison some even attempting suicide and empty shelves in northern ireland to supply

a struggle to get past new breaks its red tape barely a fortnight after the u.k. officially left european. hello there you are watching r.t. international just gone for. now it is being called the largest digital migration in history millions of users are abandoning whatsapp. which would mean users sharing more of their data with the parent company facebook even global leaders to making the switch to more previously centric rivals such as telegram looking at the trend his to me. moving to greener pastures has been one of the key drivers of humanity's survival but if in the past people fled from war dictators and natural disasters today we're witnessing

a very 21st century style of mass migration the already massive influx of new users to telegram has only accelerated we may be witnessing the largest digital migration in human history millions have recently chosen to ditch the old new media as messengers and move to even newer ones like telegram or signal and there are 2 big bug bears behind the exodus privacy is the big one whatsapp snooty and see will see who is this will footprint shared more with parent firm facebook and who wants to open up even more of the world's most notorious data harvester 2nd as censorship triggers to recent purge of donald trump and his supporters has laid bare the capacity of the internet as gatekeepers to silence anyone they deem to be dangerous that's got other world leaders spooked. the chancellor considers it problematic that the accounts of the us presidents have now been permanently blocked i don't like anybody being censored it's taking away the right to post a message on twitter facebook i don't agree with that i don't accept that 10 world

leaders including the presidents of turkey and brazil have already made the switch to telegram much to the appreciation of the firm's founder we are honored that political leaders as well as numerous public organizations rely on telegram to combat misinformation and spread awareness about important issues in their societies unlike other networks telegram doesn't use opaque algorithms to decide whether a subscriber will see content they subscribe to or not as a result telegram channels are the only direct way for opinion leaders to reliably connect with their audiences the internet has represented freedom since its inception it's supposed to be a place where you can read what you want say what you want but arbitrary says. the ship and the big platforms we know which you want better than you do approach is the last straw for many not that titans are prepared to lose business to the competitors declaring the alternative is nothing short of

a threat to society before stamping them out we have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the apps to but there is no place in our platform for threats of violence and illegal activity we cannot provide services to a customer that is unable to effectively identify and remove content that encourages our incites violence against others parlor one of the biggest alternative social networks was wiped off line in a matter of days following the capital riots and now even telegram is facing accusations of being a haven for conspiracy theorists and far right extremists and that's despite the fact that the company recently removed dozens of groups containing calls to violence but while big to take out competitors might occasionally yield success it doesn't change the fact that social media space is evolving and fast and for many free speech will be the deciding factor in choosing a platform well turkey's envoy to the czech republic is one of many politicians at the moment switching to the uncensored online messaging app telegram he told us

that people have become wary of the traditional tech giants i think in the long room of facebook what's out there. by the same corporate this isn't makers have to revise the rules because they have. in a way to scare people we know that there are already a lot of the nation cases against them for misusing information and there were a lot of court cases but now they're making it public so in a way the secret is now coming out that the information is in use and they are actually getting your consent for it and and they have double standards if you are a what's yours are in germany you have a different conditions but if you are in russia or if you're in turkey if you're an azerbaijan if your income is that you are entitled to different rules this is not fair we now live in a global village and these kind of platforms connect all of us so

technology should not be discriminative technology and communication should be embracing everyone and i think these policies are going to make people feel that they have been isolated and they have been discriminated against. the mainstream media have stepped up their attacks and all those things voted for don't trump there are costing deprogram his supporters and some of even make comparisons to terrorists. there are millions of americans almost all white almost all republicans . somehow need to be deprogrammed they are members of a cult with trumpets cult there are republican members of congress i know who clearly have lost their minds who just will not accept reality when it comes to the facts about donald trump i'm comparing the words of individual who would incite and

radicalize somebody as osama bin laden did to what president trump did but trump supporters are questioning the mainstream media are self-contained site that their views and opinions should. be don't like their opinion and call them brainwashed i just don't agree with them people are brainwashed by the media it to divide people that every way. this is setting the. freedom of speech is that american people who voted for trump wanted to change it just cannot wipe out a whole 75000000 people that don't agree with you you can vote. for whoever you want to thank you should be afraid of having people come back we all need to come together unite. our good that they have identified drum supporters as so dangerous in groups that they have to be prevented from forming in

groups for the safety of the american people there's no there's no comparable message coming from the right about the left nothing from the right that would destroy the unity that we all should have and probably wish we did have the unity in america is long gone because the people calling for the loudest are the same people who think we should go to jail we should have our guns taken from s.s. and we are the side that is not violent while they lead their side who is violent rampage around the country for almost a full year they. i have absolutely spoken out of both sides of their mouths on this on the left and there's going to be a political price to pay for that. but hundreds of asylum seekers have gone on hunger strike with some even attempting suicide over desperate conditions that the temporary camp in southern england rights groups warn that the former army barracks are worse than a prison and overcrowding there has also left refugees terrified of catching kovi

shout it had been stashed reports. napier barracks a former military site in folks in kent now uses temporary accommodation for around $400.00 male asylum seekers has reached boiling point the men inside have taken to the streets surrounding the barracks in protest over grim conditions they are living in and painful uncertainty about their futures hunger strikes demonstrations even sleeping outside of their last resort is very cold some are protesting about the food some are protesting for transparency. they need news about how long we're going to stay in this part you know we have no idea of our future but we lost hope and we are desperate. been here for 3 months and i feel really bad 14 people in one

room people breathing on each other there is no privacy the room is separated by a partition we have to share toilets and it only has to cubicles between people there are reports of a number of suicide attempts inside including one just days ago with victims being returned to the barracks shortly after. one thing being so. rude. to you farai. he's known to us we thought. we'd turn him back now. in his role. 'd 'd looking up and not last month. right who. i do it seems like conditions have only become less since my last visit just 2 months ago when it was clear something was very very wrong there were already

accounts of poor hygiene and out of order facilities as well as if the crowded rooms afaik are in breach of the government's own cave it regulations and now allegations of positive cases inside i would assume that the government is breaking its own law on the ball on the basis of that we are no in a position of severe lockdown conditions new variant is highly infectious yet for some reasons do do you have salim seekers have some sort of forcefield that protects them from colbert you know why are they being treated in such a manner why are they being you know what i can only regard as you know a petri dish for the spread of coronavirus if you have one person was to contact colbert it would spread like wildfire those in the barracks continue waiting for response to their applications to stay in the u.k. some have been at the temporary site since it opened in september human rights lawyers say it's totally unsuitable we find time and same again the whole ball of the u.k. government is repeatedly you know breaking the law it's repeatedly breaking health

and safety regulations and they've created a climate of fear and a barbaric institution the houses asylum seekers in such conditions and it's not acceptable in any civilised society but the home office denies these claims it says it is providing cave it's a kill safe accommodation as well as offering support to those who need it the government takes the wellbeing of asylum seekers extremely seriously we've tried to sayas seekers a safe warm covert secure suitable commendation where they receive 3 meals a day whilst the claims are being processed despite. the government's promise that help is available at any hour there have been claims that funnel asylum seekers have enjoyed long wait times to get in touch which could be fatal the home office may claim it's offering a decent standard of support but the warning signs have been there since napier opened its doors and without any political will to effect change it seems that for these men the situation will only get worse shouted at woodstock r.t. u.k.

despite the condemnation there are plans to extend another prison style camp in the south the country ministers will add prefabricated housing to the yarl's wood facility to hold up to $200.00 migrants but experts do warn that the government's whole attitude to refugees at the site is wrong. our concern with yarl's wood specifically is also the fact that. it's on the sites of an immigration removal center now this is very important for individuals who have. left their home countries possibly suffered detention in their home countries to maybe victims of trafficking on the way over to put them in a place where they feel as if they are being treated the same as people who are being detained in order to remove them from this country last century very damaging the home office has accommodation all over the country they haven't told us what

the occupancy levels is of those of the existing combination of e.c. at the moment with the caveat pandemic it's very likely that there will be huge levels of vacancies in sales and. so it's unclear why they've taken this decision on an emergency basis to house up to 200 asylum seekers on the site of yarl's wood immigration moving center. now it's only been a couple of weeks since u.k. finally left but rex it is already being blamed for rows of empty shelves and sing for markets in northern ireland nearest rickshaws were slapped on good ship from mainland u.k. to northern ireland after britain totally cut the cord with. heads of a big thing for market change are now calling on the government to thought out the red tape. we recognize the european commission needs to see increased compliance to support the concessions to grant

a through the northern ireland protocol but the current proposals in greece bureaucracy and certification in such a short timescale are unworkable. well the prime minister was questioned in parliament over the supply issues but he played down the problems. but the moment goods are flowing. normally volumes between great britain and northern ireland so prime move lorries have been turned back. meanwhile scottish fishing companies are also furious mourn their products are going to waste you to delivery hold ups bosses or even threatening to to dump their rotting seafood outside parliament if they can't get their goods to market by next week former party m.e.p. bill etheridge told us that britain's government should be ashamed of itself. this should never have got to this point it's absolutely irresponsible and ridiculous that the british government led to this point years ago we should have had the discussion with the do you want to do trade with us and keep out of our business if

the answer was no we should've left or will try to organization terms with a transition period which was built into what had been agreed that could've made all of this absolutely not no chance of happening instead of that they drove it for the last minute and boris johnson gave ground to the because he was terrified of dog alone and feels like the country down a bit without enough to lease the rig the very reason we're in this position as i said earlier was that we've been delayed for too long this neatly into apartments this is people who are trying to deny the will of the people delayed this to the point where this is now happening they are responsible and the government has a responsibility to sort it say about they created this mess not the people who voted briggs's the government is responsible to deliver the saw today just. like the other news now and has been a show of military might from north korea a massive parade has been held in the capital pyongyang to mark the end of the ruling party convention rows of marching soldiers were on display as well as arms

including the submarine launched by the stick missiles north korean media they'd call them the world's most powerful weapons although western experts and still divided on how much of a threat they could actually. be watching are things still to come this hour the race to replace the head of germany's ruling party and potentially become the next chancellor well look at the kenai among our stories after the break.

seems wrong. just don't call. me. yet to shape out. and engage. the trail. find themselves worlds apart. to look for common ground. 0 again i russia has confirmed that it is pulling out of the multinational treaty

which allows violence flights over other countries the united states walked away last november as for the reasons and the ramifications let's go to our correspondent. what has the foreign ministry been saying then in russia. andrew hi well 1st of all let's look at the background almost 2 months ago when washington said that they were getting out that they were no longer part of the open skies treaty because of how russia wasn't playing by the rules of it that's what washington was saying by the way russia called these accusations nonces moscow the government in russia had several options the least likely one the least likely response was just to ignore washington's exit altogether the 2nd option was to try and come up with some sort of proposals try to rescue the deal maybe negotiate a new one maybe renegotiate some of the terms and finally the last one was to say

good bye to the deal just like washington did the russian diplomats are saying that initially they went for the 2nd option they came out with proposals they tried to get some feedback from washington but didn't receive anything in response and this was then apparently as we're hearing from the russian foreign ministry this was when moscow decided to ditch the cream and as well unfortunately even though regret it now last month we were hearing from vladimir putin about similar situations with other important international security agreements and mr putin words that the the story could repeat itself. and our american colleagues left the i.n.f. treaty again not as you know it's our partners then they withdrew from the open skies treaty so what should we do you leave everything as it is you're smart people

so why do you think we are dumb. the open skies treaty has been effective for almost 2 decades it allows on our surveillance flights in the airspace of its signatories currently there are 34 of them but there used to be 35 with the u.s. now russia is going to leave there is going to be even less so perhaps this is a full collapse of the treaty because among the $33.00 states that are left by the way this brings us to a very important concern that moscow was expressing there are many u.s. allies so the situation was when russia is not allowed to have these surveillance flights in the u.s. airspace the same though could be done over the russian territory by u.s. allies in europe and what happens if they share the intelligence in washington the

question that the comment was asking whether that is fair whether that works and apparently the answer for them was no and this is why russia is the big because they do not accept these kind of circumstances ok thanks for the update that was. jim is ruling party set to vote for a new they did this weekend the winner in the christian democrats that is likely to become the next chancellor to. expires in october peter all of an eye breaks down the candidates. the c.d.u. party the christian democratic union will elect a new leader this weekend it will see who should be the next contender to be the chancellor of germany who will replace until america when she steps down she confirmed again during her new year's address that she would not be running for the chancellorship in september's vote we had heard from her 1st way back in 2018

saying she wasn't going to stand again this 4th term is my last as german chancellor at the 2021 problem and a real action i will not put forward my candidacy for the chancellor she began so who's in the running to replace a well be leader of the state of north rhine-westphalia in live shot at 59 years old he's a real big ally of angular merkel very much seen as the continuity calendared it then there's friedrich minutes at 65 the oldest in the running he is a multimillionaire corporate lawyer a long term rival of. then there's nobody to get 55 the youngest in the race and he is currently the chairman of the foreign affairs committee and certainly knows his way around the bundestag he's been a member of the parliament since the 1994 let's have a listen to what all of the candidates have to say ahead of this weekend's

conference i stand for everyone and i think that those who did not vote for me if i am elected will also be able to live with me and accept me do we want to continue to play in a regional leak every country for itself or do we want to play champions league to play a role in the world. bring its government experience the ship of big federal state balancing different interests and perhaps this doesn't hurt to you wouldn't have lowered it won the election however whoever wins the c.d.u. leadership may not end up standing for chancellor what we're. seeing is what's being called a shadow campaign run to push forward the leader of the state of bavaria the leader of the christian democratic society and sister party the christian social union marcus then this health minister yen spawn is being touted as a potential outside bet to run as chancellor what we will know is who will lead the c.d.u.

party over this weekend we may well have to wait until around the beginning of march to find out exactly who will be the content from that party from the c.d.u. c.s.u. group to stand as the replacement for angola merkel. now before we go this hour let's just give you some coronavirus news because this weekend france will bring in nationwide curfews as other methods have failed to curve the spread of more on this his shot at the big city. that koofi starts at 6 pm in the evening and it will last until 6 am in the morning and that will come into force time from saturday so this is because 900 cases still set in roy's ink here for it's we so $18000.00 cases on average every day being registered in french government had hoped that be able to control it it hasn't so far now it means that shops will have to close to the public 6 pm in the evening that people will be able to stay in

a little longer than that now there are fines if you are caught outside and don't have the right to say that you can be outside up to 6 pm in the evening you will be fined $135.00 euros for 1st offense but if you do that and 2nd times during a month period say 3 times that will rise to 3 $1750.00 euros and a possible 6 month jail sentence but the prime minister did for the moment to rule out a further lockdown shuffle is except your year apart from situations linked to public services or premises businesses all services open to the general public will be closed at 6 pm if we see in the coming days a strong deterioration in the epidemic we will consider without delay implementing a new lockdown that is likely to cause a massive concerns of those who run restaurants cafes bossie these are places that

have been shut down for people to go in and sit in eating meals since the middle of october but many of them were lying on the fact that they've been providing takeout services and the takeout services are lunch and the evening under these new could be restrictions these businesses will have to shut by 6 pm meaning that there will be no take care of services in the evening which could severely restrict their businesses and many will probably be saying that this is going to be the last nail in the coffin. for their business and we know that the borders will be strengthened as a result of the continued covert 19 pandemic so we've been told that anyone coming from the country outside the european union will have to present a toothpick never needed to test before they fly and those who do present that test well after that then some postulates this 7 days here in france before taking and know their test to prove that they are not couvade 19 carriers that we have also

heard that there will be more than 700 vaccination centers there will be opened next week and they really trying to ramp up this vaccination campaign ad campaign here in florence will lead to being severely criticized at the beginning for being so slow to talk it now is to vaccinate over and 1000000 people by the end of january bandit we've been told that from january 18th to anyone who is likely to develop serious illness as a result contracting could be going teen will now be able to jump the queue and get a jab a good girl at least at that age. i was at charlotte depends keep reporting now on the latest restrictions coming into force in france and that's how things are looking men so far today they are not international but back again in about 30 minutes.

on this edition of crossfire we have a look at translate to see as president of the united states as our politics are so divided we shouldn't be surprised if there are multiple legacies depending on how you view trump there also can be no doubt he changed america and the president. and the war in syria has lasted longer than world war 2. who has been suffering the most this is almost a decade long conflict regular syrian people. smarter than the many my

for many years you know. i could see everything with my own eyes and hear the stories of its residents one group in particular russian wives of syrian man. who were close to look up to his nationalist words. were. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see of that. place no true taste for a change of traits or that you're being silenced steve just your take is our popular with me as you call the fun in that fight go find your own audience to complain when they're all stupid racists.