join me every thursday on the alex salmon. sure. well obviously he's a guess on the world of politics. sport business. i'm sure business. i'll see you then. ah, this is i'll say the big story this our facebook watts at an instagram suffer, one of the largest outages in internet history, sending both mach about fortune tumbling by $7000000000.00 within just a few hours. and also for you this, our demo energy agency gives the green light to part of russia's north stream to gas pipeline. as europe grapples with soaring fuel prices, i say the situation is stabilizing. no one's going to pretend his completely back to normal. i wish it was, but he is getting it that way. while british officials down play their own ongoing fuel crisis, they've now deployed military forces across the country. as petrol stations remain

dried, you to panic, buying with cues of angry driver's, waiting to fill up ah, or my dad lives from moscow. this is auntie international. my name's called embrace, just to midnight here in the russian capital up. big story for you this hour than 3 of the world's most popular online services have been crippled by one of the biggest ever internet outages. facebook whatsapp, instagram, i'm facebook messenger of all been offline for more than 5 hours. now. the freckles run on shed infrastructure because they're all owned by facebook with the problem being logged around the globe from the u. k to the united states and to russia. let's go live to the us now and talk to out. he corresponded nico house high,

the facebook of course, notoriously tight lips. when any of these things happen, any information at this stage about what's called this massive outage. there's no information specifically as to what's called the outage, but the developments have been pretty significant. at 1st they thought that they were just merely a server issue, but it's now being reported by the academy and other sources that someone actually deleted large sections of facebook's master code. and if this is the case, then facebook can be down actually forever, along with subsidiaries like instagram, snap, chat, facebook messenger, and what's that? they also have been reporting that facebook, the facebook's domain is actually available for sale right now on a oh, i guess on any of a, any website you can buy domain offload. so this seems to be a much bigger issue than merely, you know, getting into a building and resetting the server or correcting a security li it. this seems to be something that could be a pretty serious hit for zuckerberg,

which probably explains why he lost $7000000000.00 and less over hours since this. and the whistleblower had the interview within the last several hours there. so it was everyone heading. do you think is after 5 hours of not being able to chat and people send millions or messages on these things every hour was everyone heading instead? today? i would assume everybody has got a telegram. all those have been several reports. the telegram is acting a little bit lower than usual. it's still for the most part working around the world. i know that telegram is definitely people's preferred choice when it comes to communicating on a, on an encrypted server where in maintaining your privacy without worrying about data leaks that have come through programs like facebook, whatsapp, and others. and so it seems to be that telegrams pretty much working well for everybody. i, you know, but i tell you where they will not be going, they won't be going to what's happened. they won't want to face the message or have, or i think i have south america respond. thanks very much for that. no problem. ok, let's talk now to chris heads is the host of audi americas on contacts i that chris

is going to be. i have the worst, it's inconvenient for a lot of people who just use these things for their social purposes, but equally the likes of facebook and whatsapp. we also use them to contact our banks. our schools are hospitals. it's more of a social utility than a social network. do you think 5 i was in facebook should be a little clearer about what happened? yes, a facebook by nature is rather opaque. ah, this has been part of it's a long history. and yes, you make an extremely important point is that it is more than just sending messages or pictures. i think it gets to the larger point which is should these monopolies be allowed to exist? should companies as large as facebook or o dominate social media, which i think 3000000000 users because it says such a pivotal timing today as well, isn't it? because facebook, we're back in court trying to fight that federal push to get broken up to get facebook, to offload it's instagram and wants app units. how's this going to help it goes?

do you think or not? well, i think it illustrates precisely what the problem is when you have a handful of giant tech companies dominating this has been a constant bone of contention in europe in particular. then there are all sorts of issues including being able to determine the market in such a way that stops and other media platforms parlor would be a good example or wiped out. and, and i think we can't ignore the fact that there is strong evidence that these a u. s. b social media platforms are bonded quite closely with the intelligence system so that the information that they download that they have on us is not exclusively their domain. but one that the national security state has access to. but given that when outages like this happen and they get they

all right, let's face it, but it does on the line just how much we do. rely on these in our day to day lives, an hour after hour. what can be done to try and make it more robust than because the can't be more competition by nature. people will swarm to any 2 or 3 different types of apps. so what should maybe government or the industry be doing to either make them more robust, more accountable? i mean, this is, i mean, you touch on a very important point because all of the laws, including of course, laws governing monopolies were written at a time when these digital platforms didn't exist away. the system of regulation for itself is seeking to catch up to where these digital media he missed are. i mean we did watch, we had for instance, in the united states, a telephone monopoly a t and t and it was broken up regionally. it can be done, i mean,

and i think that, you know, bri, i think many people who feel that the, any trust regulation is beneficial in 2 ways. one, it destroys the ability of just a few, a handful of entities to determine how social media works. but it also, i think works to make them more transparent. i've been saying all evening that this is probably facebook black as monday. not only is that there's massive outage where it's probably hemorrhaging advertising cash right now. there is the anti trust case going for the court. that's the whistleblower in the wall street journal, accusing facebook of generating engagement over public well being for profit. just how bad do you think this is going to be for facebook? will it stick? because every time it's hold up before congress or before any regulator, it's and so get headlines for 24 hours and then it's back to square one. well, what's interesting about the leak documents of the wall street journal published is that they show quite clearly that facebook is in decline and knows it's in decline . and so you see all these desperate measures of attempting to attract preteens and

a children. i am children, i mean even children. so i either is a kind of convergence of several bad instances. i mean, not just to shut down, but does the any trust or effort to break it up or coupled with. now what these leak documents show is in understanding by facebook officials that there are that crest of the wave is now headed downwards. there is also the other been about needs for facebook, that there could be up to one and a half 1000000000. facebook uses accounts and private data being sold on the dark web that's been reported elsewhere. it's, i mean, it, this could really get much worse for facebook. could it today? no, it's a pretty bad day. oh. and then the stock market jumped on it and i think and illustrated that going. and do you think that it is something that facebook is

going to be able to easily recover from? what should it now be doing a little soul searching itself that perhaps all those years of acquisitions of scooping up any and every bit of competition that it's had over the past 10 years or so that now it has to have an existential chat with itself. what is the future for facebook if it wants to maintain 8, be on the right side of government be keep the trust of it uses? well, i think we know from those li, documents that you referred to in the wall street journal, that it is having this existential chat in that it sees the futurist very bleak. we don't know yet how bad the damage is, but there are some reports that potentially it could be quite severe. ah, so i think they are having of buying clothes, doors, those existential discussions. and they're kind of flailing around desperately to figure out what to do, at least according to the reports that were published in the wall street journal. but what's, what's stopping any action from being taken at a federal level on this?

because every time somebody criticizes the likes of facebook for perhaps not play, you play within the ethical boundaries that one might expect from such a large company. nothing particular happens is it's down to the tech lobby being so massive. why aren't people on capitol hill doing a little more? well, because nancy, for every one from nancy polosa, chuck schumer, these are major donors. and they work on behalf of their donors were just watching now. biden's infrastructure bill be destroyed by lobbyist, one piece after another, just being eviscerated. the tech industry is too big to take on within the political system. you have a kind of rhetorical calls for control regulation and breaking it up, but nothing is ever done. and i think nothing is ever done because both democrats and republicans, particularly democrats, in, for silicon valley, depend on this money in order to run their campaigns. and remember that it was

these big media platforms. that in the last weeks of the election, worked quite openly on behalf of biden censoring access to negative information that came out on our binds laptop and producing in the final weeks a slew of any trust any trump commercial. so i know they're, they're the people in washington. it tend to work for them, not the other way around. and given that the big services that we use online, the big ones for the past decade or more of us, it's about 20 years. i've been generated by extremely clever people in the united states. why hasn't there been any effective competition in the past 10 years or more? because they should because like all monopolies, they have the ability to buy it out and crush it. you can look at what they did to parlor, i would be a good example. so they, they are so big and so powerful and have such resources. and amazon also is, is

a good example. so any time you have an innovative new entity that begins to rise, it's either consumed off and, and centrally becomes an appendage of one of these digital platforms or it's crushed. i'll tell you what they are. chris twitters, having its best life today, doing very well out of it. ok. chris has his formalities on contact. thanks for joining us on. i think they found to our other headline news now. denmark's energy agency has cleared part of russia north stream to gas pipeline for operation. more on that next from our europe corresponded peter on about we're not quite there yet, but this is a step along the way to this gas pipeline eventually being up and running. what has happened is the danish energy agency has given its rubber stamp to the 1st string of the node stream to gas pipeline ad. that means that it is undergone air pre

commissioning. it's also the hardest number of tests carried out on it, and it's pass those tests in the eyes of the, the danish energy agency. there's still some way to go yet bow before the pipeline will be open running to its fullest extent. the 2 strings were tied together in the summer of lab this year. that was, of course, much delay due to sanctions and everything that came with that at all of the the political wranglings they are now in the past. it would seem as we're into this stage of going through the compliance and certificated for the infrastructure project. and ultimately once the 2 strings have been given the approval, they will be able to see gas flow through them. what's gonna happen now with this 1st string that's been approved by the danishes, that they'll fill it up with gas very slowly and gradually to essentially make sure that it takes all of those boxes as well, that it can carry the load that it's opposed to the 2nd string of nord stream to well that is currently undergoing its air pre commissioning. you would imagine that

once that's gotten begun that then it also goes through the ad, the certification stages, that the 1st strings being going through. eventually, when all of this is connected up, it will start the working light for this pipeline stretches over 1200 kilometers from russia into germany on a, on the, at the baltic sea coast there. and it could pump as much as 55000000000 cubic meters of gas into germany every year. that's enough to heat $27000000.00 european homes every year. gas, of course, in high demand across europe at the moment and coming with high prices. lot of people looking to nod stream to, to wealth fill the gap when it comes to that gas, and hopefully, hopefully see some of those bills go down. all his peter says the whole european union's on the brink of an energy crisis right now, gas prices continue to hit record highs, surging to over $1200.00 per 1000 cubic meters. and with winter lubing, there were concerns over how the block is managing the crunch reporting from paris

here charlotte dubin ski. there is a lot of finger pointing going on as the block faces this unprecedented energy crisis. that winter crunch is looming in, according to some, this is a problem that has been years in the making. let's have a look at some of the main issues across europe at the moment. and we'll start here in france, where there has been a price increase this month of 12.6 percent in gas tariffs that follows several months of other rises. the prime minister shall cast excess. they will not be a freeze than they will not be any more increases. but of course, that doesn't mitigate the months of increases that people have already seen on their household bills. then in spain, where the price is they have tripled in the last year. i mean, we know that the spanish government is made emergency measures to try and mitigate the worst impact on the poor. but small business unions are just saying,

this is an impossible situation coming after the code with crisis. businesses just cannot take any more. and then in italy, prices are set to so by 40 percent, the italian government is announced to package over $3000000000.00 euros to try and aid that. and then in germany, we also heard last week that one, the power plant had to completely shut up shop. and it's not the 1st time at all to do the same and number of times in september. why? well, because it couldn't get enough coal. this crisis when it comes to natural gas, has pushed more people towards buying coal, depleting those stocks as well. so it seems like this is a double whammy. so what's behind this looming catastrophe? well that you cannot agree on that, but some member states see that this is a problem that he was cause itself because it's pushed too fast too quickly to move to greener energy in at the same time as moved away from fossil fuels. and

essentially what it done is last, the entire book exposed energy price is currently soaring across the e u, and putting unprecedented pressure on both energy companies and all our citizens. when designing energy and climate policies, we have to ensure their social acceptability. otherwise, you risk their failure. well, the ease flatly deny is there sit with jackson. it says actually this crisis shows that the problem is there is too much dependence in the you on fossil fuels. and the reality is that the only way to mitigate crises like this in the future is to move harder and faster towards green energy. instead of being paralyzed though, slowing things down because of the price hike though in the energy sector, we should speed things up in the transition to renewable energy. so the affordable renewable energy becomes available for everyone. when i say e, u is scratching its head over what to do, it's also looking potentially for a scapegoat. and some have suggested that russia is to blame for this crisis,

saying that it is holding back on natural gas reserves. russia says that's not the case. in fact, russia says it's willing to step up to the hour of need of it to you, repeat neighbors and increase the supplies of gas to meet those needs. those demands. but what needs to happen for that to take place is the certification of the nord stream to pipe. this is a pipe that was completed last month and would see natural gas be able to be delivered directly to germany. but before that can happen, that certification needs to take place. that is something that you find out. some illnesses are likely to discuss this week as they meet to discuss this entire crisis. but the idea that you finance ministers are discussing bread and butter subjects like energy bills and how people are going to pay them really gives you a sense of how this crisis is. and as they scratching their heads, looking for

a solution, there are tens of millions of households who are concerned about what this wind is going to bring, the difficult choices that they will have to make it. so i the heat that homes or feed their families all the while it is wondering how it will keep the light so on brussels based journalism to grieve. a predicts the prices will soon be back to normal. and that nod stream to can play a key role. there is no lack of gas in the world. and a good example of it is the fact that the price of gas is not increased by one euro sent in the united states over the last few months. while in europe, it has increased by more than one percent over one year, which is of course a lot. so now is the time to support the customers, the consumers, the, and consumers to will order a price hike. now in the winter, but by sprain, this will be finished. everybody knows that the easiest is of course to get the gas

from russia through all stream to. and again, there is gas, everywhere in russia is not stopping this gas from being the liver thing is that we need to finalize all stream to and it's a matter of months at most well across the channel, the, the crisis and the balance in the u. k. as well with petrol stations, they're still running dry and angry drivers forming huge qs. the government's deploying military personnel nationwide to get supplies moving. and shoddy edwards dash the report next from london. put it this way as day 10 now of the petrol crisis situation. and the united kingdom is still seeing many cars backed up outside of petrol stations. people waiting hours to fill up that tanks and even the public transportation is being diverted away to avoid all of this, the gridlock things have gotten so bad. now, the minute tree has now been deployed and drafted in to try and get the feel to the petrol station. i think it's also really important. we can actually call in the

military at a time like this for that extra support to give that confidence and have as a measure that's there as a precaution, because as i say, the situation is stabilizing. no one's going to pretend his completely back to normal. i wish it was, but he says it's getting it that way. so the government says that this shortage is easing the problem is getting better. the prime minister also reiterating such a javits comments just that, that the, all the being deployed is simply a precautionary measures. now, around 200 military personnel getting involved in this operation, they're trying to focus on is london on the southeast region. they argue that these are the worst affected it for myself. personally, i'm a little bit worried because in my journey on the way to work this morning, my call was flashing red at me, meaning i need to get to a petrol station as soon as possible. but of course, i'm not the only wanna tool millions of people are now affected. in fact,

it's such a hot topic that discussing the pectoral situation is as common as discussing the weather here in the united kingdom, which goes to show just how many people affected, particularly those people working on petrol pump stations. if you're going to fuel a 6 or 7 narrative developing peaks and troughs, one minute, one day you're, you're nearby taking return does not normally they run a fuel in. so the, the, i just doesn't get sold because nobody comes in will the last 10 days have also be defined by a bit of a blame game on the one hand, gentleness of being attacked, saying that the media is really reporting on big headlines. and then on the individual level as well, people pointing the finger of blame directly at those people panic, buying all of this patchwork. but can jonas be blame for simply reporting the news? no. can the public really be blamed for simply buying depleting?

results is neither. seems remotely irrational, especially at the crux of all of this is the very fact that a 100 a 1000 laurie drive is how now has now had a mass exodus leave in the united kingdom. there are many reasons for that, particularly things like breakfast with these laurie, dr. is staying in the countries that they are from. so this seems to be a direct result of numerous things, particularly, like breck said, and it doesn't seem that it's going to be a quick fix for the united kingdom with i'll tell you up ahead, an italian cold delays, the decision on extradited catalonia top independence, leda despite tremendous pressure from spain will have moral not for you after the break. ah

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ah ah hello again, i'm italian quarter's suspended. the extradition to spain of cadillac independently to college pushed him on as he stepped out of the court building, he was greeted by supporters waving cattle on flags and shouting freedom. oh, which to mom was detained last month in sardinia. he's been awaiting a decision on whether it was lawful for the european parliament to remove his immunity from prosecution. early this year, we only heard from putting him on his lawyer who says the spanish government doesn't have the right to extradited from national legal. this situation is illegal and is caused by actions of the spanish high court that we consider contradictory to international law. we can see that the spanish high court does not respect

e u laws. they want to be part of a club, but they're not really contributing to that. not following e u norms and prosecuting politicians for their political activity as if they were criminals. several countries, such as switzerland said that this was a political crime back in 20182019 me. while some 3000 separatism supporters took to the streets of barcelona on sunday to market for fun of her 3 of the catalan independence referendum, demonstrate his wife, banners, proclaiming we won, demanding regional government leaders. heed the poll results as more than 90 percent of voted to slip from spain. the okay. okay. those of us in favor of independence of not jumped on the bandwagon and the catalan government, which has a pro independence majority, needs to get its act together once and for all, and take sides and apply what we voted for, which is the unilateral declaration of independence i that a day i don't see many people, so it's a be like a feeling that we still have to be mobilized and not get tired. but we are

a bit tired already. because even though i'm here, i don't think it's of much use. and i'm sorry to say this, but i don't see any response from the people or the politicians in particular matter. so see, i don't know anyone who's stop being a pro independence activist now, it's a matter of political leaders joining us and we can achieve it together. rush military successfully testify. it's cutting edge hypersonic anti ship miss our cold zircon. for the 1st time, it was fired at sea, from a nuclear submarine. the missile hit its intended target and the baron c and the russian optic. the circle was 1st produced in 2016 and can destroy enemy ships as well as ground targets. it's exceptionally high speed, makes it difficult for antiaircraft systems to intercept and the pentagon has singled out the muscle as one of russia's most dangerous. okay, that's it from us. if you do want to follow us online thereafter,

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direction or at ancy, we're going underground, digging up the stories buried by the circle, mainstream media coming over the show. hot on the heels of an anti jeremy corbin labor leaders, conference comes boris johnson's conservative party conference. this week. the tories, a leading impulse, dissuades and energy crisis, one of the highest per capita of death to coven responses and welfare got to the poorest. we follow the money and 24 hours ahead of lawrence johnson's defense secretary speech at the tory conference and following defeat in afghanistan is the u. k. importing taliban style attacks on freedom to impose british government values all this em all coming up in today's going underground. but 1st, it's political conference season here in britain, but as morris johnson writers speech for this week, brittany seemingly facing crisis after crisis. the army brought in to solve the car

fuel prices, energy companies going bankrupt, allegedly untrustworthy transport companies having to be brought back into public ownership. and johnson having to subsidize a c o 2 company to keep beer flowing. who better to follow the money with the lord, prem sicker arch critic of structures of financial regulation here in britain. thank you so much for coming back on after so long. we have 14, a half 1000000 here in poverty, including $4300000.00 children, a labor leader. they buy the leader, you turning on minimum wage or regulation bars. johnson cutting 20 pounds a week from britons or 6000000 poorest as it punches, cruelty by stammer and johnson, or is it incompetent while ok. hello sir. nice to be on your program. i. i think it, there are structural problems in the whole of the u. k. economy, which neither parties are willing to address. and what we are witnessing in terms of fuel filter is food you to do is homeless.