00:00There were more clashes between police and far-right protesters on Monday night, as violence
00:06continues to break out across the UK.
00:09In Belfast, in Northern Ireland, bins and vehicles were set on fire as around 100 people
00:14protested outside a city centre hotel.
00:18And in Plymouth, in the south-west of England, police wrestled back protesters trying to
00:22breach their line for several hours.
00:25Fighting has continued around the country, a week after misinformation spread online
00:30around the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport, in the north-west of England.
00:36Anti-immigrant and far-right groups used false reports that the murders were committed by
00:40a Muslim asylum seeker to spark these violent protests in towns and cities.
00:45Here in Rotherham, the protests focused on this holiday inn, which was attacked on Sunday
00:48by a crowd of over 700 people.
00:51This hotel has been housing asylum seekers for several years and is in the middle of
00:55a residential housing estate.
00:58The UK's new defence secretary, John Healey, is also the local MP for the area.
01:02We were told by several residents off-camera that Healey had been campaigning the former
01:07Conservative government for years to have the claims of asylum seekers here processed
01:12quicker.
01:13They said nothing was done to resolve this.
01:16People seem to have just had enough of everything, not just, you know, riots or certain incidents
01:25of violence, but I think tensions are high and they have been for a while.
01:29Other people we spoke to, some who didn't want to be filmed, said they were embarrassed
01:33by the violence against people who had come to England to find safety.
01:38It makes me sad to be in question really because, like, this is the kind of people, people all
01:43over the world can't even see a bus.
01:45I don't think it had to happen, it's misinformation, that's what it is, and violence just is never
01:50the answer for these guys' things.
01:53Several people here told us they watched the hotel riot live on social media apps like
01:57TikTok and X.
01:59Even Elon Musk's waded in, responding to a comment about the effects of mass migration
02:04and open borders contributing to the riots by saying civil war is inevitable.
02:10The prime minister's official spokesman said there was no justification for this remark.
02:15Fears that misinformation is spreading rapidly online continue.
02:18A message is now circulating widely on WhatsApp, threatening attacks on Wednesday on immigration,
02:24law offices and refugee centers across the UK.
02:28Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the full force of the law will be brought down on anyone
02:32participating in the riots, whether on or offline.
02:35For the new government, a huge policing challenge in their first few weeks in office doesn't
02:40seem to have an immediate end in sight.
02:43Jen Koepstake, CGTN, Rotherham.
