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brazilian judge paid for her -- paid with pro-life fighting organized crime. welcome to "bbc news." coming up later, we return to misrata to meet the six-year-old girl who is determined not to become a casualty of the libyan conflict. senior police officers insisted that the tactical decisions about their rights under control earlier this week was theirs alone and not the result of pressure from politicians.

more than 1600 people a been arrested in connection with the riots. >> a week after the riots began, a senior police officers and government politicians have indulged in a public row. emerging from the latest meeting of the emergency planning committee, the acting head of scotland yard made a remark of the criticism about the police operation by ministers who were still on holiday at the time. >> after any event, there will always be able to make comments. if police officer had the benefit of hindsight, we would do things slightly differently. >> many senior officers are furious at suggestions that police only got their act together when politicians banged the table. >> befuddled distinction between policing and politics remains but the police service will make a tactical decisions.

" government ministers accused police of putting too few officers on the streets, being too slow to respond, and too timid in dealing with the looters. the politicians and police and the stakes remain very high. the politics of the riots have shifted. broader questions about our culture, our society, and our values. the leaders of the three main political parties in england were talking about learning the lessons of the riots. in the early hours of monday, police or pursuing looters. >> these people have nothing to lose. they have no stake in society. we need the labor party. >> the criticism is that

politicians have been too quick to condemn and too slow to try to understand. >> take care. >> are there not social reasons for this? >> of course there are. >> we're not just talking about criminality. the first priority was to restore public order and to make clear that we would never going to excuse what happened. excusing is not the same as explaining. we have to try to explain what happened. >> on tuesday, a police station was firebombed. >> we have to ask ourselves why and 11-year-old girl and two teenagers feel like they have close look -- so little sense of belonging that they go around trashing it. >> central minister -- essential manchester was the scene at the other night.

david cameron was asked what the difference between the attitude toward greedy looters or greedy bankers. >> people a cheat and banking should be punished. >> the example is not being said from the top. >> we need responsibility throughout the country. it cannot be used as an excuse. >> the huge extra police presence over maine this weekend. -- will remain over the weekend. >> stock markets around the world have settled down at the end of the week. there are first concerned about the house of one of europe's biggest economies. the figures put more pressure on the french government to tackle

its budget deficit. our chief economics correspondent reports. >> it was full steam ahead for european markets, but the problems have not gone away. at least for france, who has been in the eye of the storm this week. there was no growth in the second quarter with consumer spending plunging. >> i do not spend a lot of money. i say little bit. >> it is really difficult. >> a stalling economy creates headaches for president sarkozy. he had to break its holiday this week to hold an emergency cabinet meeting. slow growth will hit tax revenues. some investors are concerned about french government debt and questioning its triple-8 rating. -- aaa ratning.

the french finance minister told media and your viewers there is no cause for concern. >> i am not stressed, not for a second. i am very confident. >> out there have been worries about the health of french banks after their shares plummeted, regulators have banned the practice of short selling. >> french banks have a lot of exposure to countries like greece, ireland, portugal, spain, and italy. they have really been under the microscope recently. >> the government argues they have a credible deficit reduction plan, which investors support. british growth was stronger in the second quarter. events on the financial markets over the last fortnight demonstrate that the u.k. is as vulnerable as a .

>> a fortnight ago today, the index was at around 5800. it closed above 5300 tonight. that means the total loss on paper of 132 billion pounds. despite protests, the italian government has approved tax cuts. >> earlier, i spoke with the chief market strategist for prudential financial services and ask whether the latest austerity measures would help to reassure the market. >> i think it is probably going to make the markets a bit more nervous. we have seen other countries trying to i year to strict austerity measures.

growth is slowing. in order to have help from the central bank, they have to do it. what we are waiting for, we're waiting to see whether or not the measures can be implemented now. it is the plan. you're also going to have to get a vote from parliament. meanwhile, you may have some rights in industries the way we have seen it throughout europe. -- riots in the streets the way we have seen it throughout europe. >> the economy has all but ground to a halt. the think that will force the french government to make further cuts? >> they said they're going to make further cuts. they have a plan to bring down their deficit quite handsomely. they expect to grow by 2%. this is going to be extra in the difficult for them. especially for europe in general. they are one of the anchors to help the other countries. having france more vulnerable makes the entire situation a bit

more difficult. >> a judge well known for strong stand against organized crime has been gunned down. she had sentenced gangsters and for years has been receiving death threats. let's get the latest on this. this sounds as it was a targeted attack. explain exactly what happened. >> she was shot 21 times. the violence of the ambush, according to the police, it was clearly and ordered it against this judge. the police is notoriously violent. she had sent to jail at least 60 police officers that belonged to squads in rio the janeiro. she had received a number of

death spreads over the years, but she did not have a police escort. she did have escorts for a few years some years ago. she did not have it anymore. it is not clear why. her family said that she had requested a police escort and it had not been granted. the authorities say she had -- >> what sort of reaction has there been in brazil? >> a very strong. this has made the headlines in brazil. there is a lot of discussion. there will be an investigation. the president of brazil has said that this is an attack on democracy. police are investigating and trying to figure out who ordered the hit and you actually killed the judge. even if these questions are answered, fighting organized crime is going to be much harder. >> thank you.

a serial killer in the united states. the remains of 11 women has been sentenced to death. the courts in ohio said that anthony sowell had lured women into his home. >> guilty of the murder of 11 women, anthony sowell was in court on friday to hear his sentence. >> be aggravated circumstances outweighed mitigating factors beyond a visible -- beyond a doubt. >> the court will set the date of execution on october 29, 2012. but the judge ignored pleas from defense lawyers to take into account his mental health problem. >> relatives of the victims celebrated.

this was a suburban home in cleveland, ohio. he transformed it into a murder scene. over the course of two years beginning in 2007. he lured many of its victims here with the promise of drink and drugs. the grisly secret was only uncovered after police went to this sum to investigate allegations of sexual assault. they began finding bodies. during his trial, he said he was truly sorry. the relative of one of his victims told reporters that he was going to hell for his actions. >> this is bbc news. taking the stress out of flying. the moscow airport is replacing a stop over with a sleep over. a court in pakistan has

sentenced a soldier to death for the murder of unarmed teenager. six others, five soldiers and a security guard have also been sentenced to life in prison. the incident was recorded and later broadcast, causing outrage across pakistan. >> the court was crowded as people pressed to hear the verdict. the accused have all denied the charges. arguing that they were just carrying out their duties. the judge ruled the evidence conclusively proved their guilt. the brother of the victim was present and said his family felt relieved. >> this is the video at the center of the case. he was picked up by rangers on suspicion of robbery. some accountants say he was carrying a replica or a toy pistol. please do not ship, it was a toy

gun. please do not shoot. the verdict of the soldiers is to disturbing to show. he later died of his injuries. pakistan is a country where the security forces enjoy few powers. this case is far from over. >> we will appeal and the high court and we're confident that the accused will be released. >> human rights organization said it is common behavior. they are now demanding checks to stop such abuses and the future.

>> senior police officers have insisted that the tactics to bring the riots in england under control were not the result of pressure from politicians. shares in europe and the united states had ended higher, making up the losses seen on monday. share values it remains well below their highs of last month. more now on our main story. the riots in england earlier this week seemed to have sparked a debate on the challenges facing. for those above lost homes or businesses, there are more immediate concerns. we'll look at the aftermath of the riots. >> we found the spirit of the better london. thousands of donations have come in to help those who have lost their homes. clothes, bedding, towels, books,

children's toys. it is the quiet generosity of the majority. they need this help for now. they lost everything in their home was burned to the ground. >> when you look act -- at the building, but you feel like he lost everything. it is not about the furniture. it is about your memories. it is about the things you have been saving from your childhood. the gifted get from your mother, the gift you get from your husband when you first met. >> it is a battered mass. the cleanup has begun. the waste is evident. a safe is all is left from what was once a jeweler's shop.

people were shocked by the violence and by the spirit of malice that team to accompany it. the vindictiveness of many of the rioters. they seem to take pleasure in their own destructiveness. that is profoundly unsettling. this salon was destroyed. she fled in terror. she still feels and cancer -- she still feels insecure. >> i have never been that scared in all of my life. having to run for your life, not knowing what is happening to your property. i spent all might not being able to sleep. >> more than half of the victims i interviewed this week have been immigrants. they have all built a stake in london. why has the same city produced so many young people with no

similar sense of belonging? >> if we had used services here, qualified professionals. >> public opinion may not be ready for this. can you blame poverty without excusing the willful criminality that did this? london is picking up the pieces. the shock of what happened indoors. -- endures. >> at least 16 people had been killed by the security forces and syria. the continuing violence comes as hillary clinton urged other countries to get on the right side of history by cutting ties with the regime.

i ask him whether the secretaries efforts to encourage other countries would ultimately have any effect on the regime. >> historical, bashar al-assad has only ever bowed to one thing and that is concerted multilateral pressure. the united states and its allies are trying to marshal similar pressure. it shows no signs of letting up. >> she said it is clear that syria would be better off without president's bashar al- assad. she stopped short of asking him to stand down. why is that? >> the united states is trying

to muster that concerted international pressure. that requires taking certain positions at certain times in a sequence of events. it is very clear from her, and said -- from her comments were the united states is. >> four months ago, she was fighting for life in a libyan hospital. when we first reported, her story, the six-year-old was one of thousands of casualties. we return to misrata to find her. this report contains distressing images. >> six years old and in agony.

as we last saw her in april. a child of misrata and a victim of the regime. lacerated by shrapnel. this is her today. how are you? how are you? back home, back to normal. there are reminders all around. she will carry her scars for life, her grandfather said. she has managed to forget to entries. when she hears explosions in the distance, her fear is back. i get scared. i run inside, she tells us in a whisper.

her wish list includes a bicycle and a chance to go to school. >> when the schools are open again, i want to go there. to learn how to read and write. >> this is her retreat. a pigeon loft where she plays with her cousins. her grandfather fears the children can escape lessons of colonel gaddafi. he is teaching them at new things, he says. about war, destruction, and killing. her wounds have healed, at least the physical ones. her dream is to be a singer, but war could rewrite her future. >> the argentine capital of

buenos aires has been hit by a freak storm. the storm brought torrential rain and hail storms the signs of -- the size of golf balls. it disrupted a training system -- sessa and for the football team. if you are a weary traveler who is often slump in an airport waiting for your flight, sit up and pay attention. this next report may be of interest to you. it gives tired airline passengers a chance to rest and reach out has opened its doors for the first time in a moscow airport. >> it is the dream of every long-distance airline passenger. a chance to escape the airport departure lounge and your fellow passengers, kick back, untwined, and relax. for tourists and business travelers in moscow, the wait is over. it is called the sleep box.

it provides the perfect environment for some much-needed sleep. >> we fly a lot and we often get into situations where we have had to sit on chairs. you do not want to go to a hotel, of course, because it is too far away. we came up with this idea. >> there are already whisperings -- the inventor's believe their designs are different and that it can be positioned near boarding gates to allow passengers the option for renting it for periods as close -- as short as 30 minutes. this passenger thinks it will be a success provided the price is right. it will be a lot more comfortable than an airport couch. it is too early to say whether or not the sleep box will help to usher in a new era in airline

travel. it will be up to the tired traveler if they want to get away from it all while still in the airport. >> tiger woods -- is the only third time that he failed to reach the last two rounds in a major tournament. tiger woods is now ranked 30th and was playing in his only such event since returning from a leg injury last april. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank.