continues in the u.k. as rioters devastate major cities from birmingham to liverpool the gangs clashed with police torched cars and ransacked shops and a fourth night of on rest over the capital was kept relatively quiet by sixteen thousand police officers where emmit is following the story in london. we saw a lot of trouble in birmingham last night which we also had seen on the previous night manchester and still fit all safelights up in quite a serious way as did variety of sort of small towns in the surrounding areas so this violence has now spread out words from the capital into really improbable small towns all over the country we're hearing reports that three people were killed in birmingham when they were run a foot by a car that was just running amok and that police are looking at investor looting merger inquiry the reason that it was under control last night we think is because an additional ten thousand police bringing the number of police to a table of sixteen thousand working on the streets of london last night they had

permission to use rubber bullets if they had to a supply of rubber bullets is available to them we haven't heard any reports of that having to be actually deployed we still fires in other parts of the country losing police being attacked with rocks and with petrol bombs so really this is this is something that is now nationwide parliament will come back and meet today coming back from that some a break to deal with the situation but i have to say that a lot of people were very disappointed in david cameron statement yesterday they were expecting him to come in here and say this is out of control we have to do something concrete about it and what we're going to do is this this and this in fact he didn't say that parliament is coming back today they're going to they're going to hold a debate which a lot of people said you know we don't need a debate right now what we need is actual action but the government and not proposing to introduce any emergency legislation to deal with this situation and i'm hearing in tottenham where of course it all began it will spoil. as

a result of the shooting of a man called mark duggan what the building you can see being demolished behind me was set on fire by you says on the first night if these troubles and these communities in which the violence is taking place are hugely socially deprived there's nothing for young people to do around here to youth worker in clapham yesterday he told me that people are on their summer holiday and would you rather sit in was a television i would you rather go out and use in shops and she said even she knows which one she choose you know people are out for excitement essentially and and they're just looking for something to occupy themselves in that hole in that level of occupation is being exploited by other people who are who are coming in and older people older criminals who are coming in and enticing them to violence at least that's what she told me so really really large social problems at a time when when the u.k. is spending an awful lot of money abroad space in libya and in afghanistan and that's the subject of my report. across england and wales more than eleven thousand

police have already been laid off in austerity measures by two thousand and fifteen a total of thirty four thousand will meanwhile numbed and other cities are taken over by thugs the police have not been anywhere where the police if the police were hit that would've been i think any surprising soudan little bit better i don't think they're doing everything they can and i think maybe more i think they need to be more competent while police numbers are being cut the estimated cost of the war in afghanistan from two thousand and one to the end of last month was thirty billion dollars all taxpayer cash british forces are also heavily involved in libya despite the ministry of defense being required to lose thirty two thousand star. general patton says money's being spent on foreign wars that should be spent home i think the point is come where we have to call in the armed forces what we've seen now and. criminy. across the whole of what we should do is pull our troops back

from these pointless wars in afghanistan and iraq. as money spent on two wars in foreign lands parts of london birmingham liverpool and bristol i sent should we get to partly because of high immigration but also because young people in these communities have no prospects they're bored and disaffected and as the cuts bite that's not going to improve a class youth worker told me four out of eight youth centers have closed since last year it's about investing in our communities we take away the money from the police in the way the money from the youth work. i mean i could never have imagined such consequences to be only you know. a consequence of tuesday night still sixteen thousand police officers on the streets of london according to the metropolitan police the force is being stretched more than ever before and increasingly

londoners are talking about taking matters into their own hands bringing with it to ation under control is just the beginning of folding this problem and it's not just about cleaning up it's about communities coming to terms with the fact that even at the current numbers if violence is widespread enough the police seem unable to retain control the feeling of insecurity in these communities is likely to remain for some time particularly if police keep disappearing from the beach nor am it r t london. you can follow r.t. on twitter for the latest updates on what's happening in britain as of unfolds on our feet r t underscore com right now the u.k. fights wars but retreats in riots london is outraged at the failure of police to take control cameron called part of the society's sick and promises tough justice twitter feed for more and also dramatic footage of m. fire is available twenty four

seventh's for you on our website. and also on our channel. four people have now been confirmed dead as rioting moves across the u.k. prime minister david cameron vowed to end the violence that was sparked after police shot a man dead in tottenham north london and about a journalist patrick henson who was himself caught up in the mayhem so the government should stop playing political games and address the important issues. to be honest this is one of the most shocking things i've ever had the displeasure of

seeing was in brixton early monday morning about one am. gangs of youths who were some of which had fled from the central brixton into the surrounding areas like stockwell barricade in the streets with rubbish bins or anything they could find in order to stop cars and try to pull drivers from the cars and take the cars in one instance this happened one man came to help the driver and he was beaten by a gang of six or seven young black youths in brixton very frightening i was barricaded in a pub for part of the time because we couldn't go out and the pub sieged about an hour after the incident so no police to be found even if you dialled nine nine nine the police said sorry we can't help you just stay where you are now if the leadership of this country and the heads of the police departments everything had been paying attention to what's going on around the world in the middle east in

north africa the leadership in britain and the police force in britain all were different you know it's the same you have mobile phones blackberries twitter you have mobs they're able to outmaneuver the police at any turn and the police cannot cope with this and unfortunately the criminal element know this my advice to the leadership of this country all your m.p.'s and david cameron and everybody else stop playing politics stop playing labor and conservative the blame game and you've got to start looking at what's going on the street. it's coming up to ten minutes past the hour still ahead back. towards a new selling from north korea southern neighbor returns fire after an artillery shell from the north pole some time water is close to both countries dividing line . and we discover how activists organize their own battle and campaign against predators and how to file offenders and justice.

american markets have opened in the red losing a lot of tuesday's gains in early trading now with the economic turmoil in both the us and the euro zone investors are increasingly looking for a safe haven for their money and it looks like asia could emerge as the main contender many analysts believe that with most of america's aaa credit score and fears of a new wave of recession china could become the world's strongest economy earlier than expected previously the international monetary fund said beijing could force washington from its financial proem by twenty sixteen trying to still hold more u.s. treasury debt than any other foreign country and its voice criticism of america's handling of its borrowing limit crisis for asia correspondent has the details. the latest international monetary fund predictions are showing that china's economy will actually grow bigger than the u.s. economy by twenty sixteen which will be the first time in more than a century that the united states economy will not be the biggest economy in the

world initially we were seeing asian markets falling but people are saying that that really is only a short term impact and that in the long run that asian countries are actually better equipped at dealing with this financial crisis india china and japan have actually been growing since two thousand and eight while obviously that's not really happening in the west significantly also you know foreign investors if they start following the path of risk aversion and moving away from u.s. treasury bonds many people are saying that they could start investing more in asian markets like india and china so many people over here are actually seeing all of this as an opportunity for that shift to really happen for more of the international community to get on board and move away from the dollar as the reserve currency to some sort of basket currency that could include a lot of the asian powerhouses like japan and china. well martin headachy associate

director of the financial advisory firm tie scroope believes the financial power shift might have already happened. in many regards china has already overtaken clearly. suppose it number one economy in the united states and that's when you're looking at the physical economy physical production then on the purchasing power just that basis because they're renminbi is undervalued and they need to reflect that then looking at economic sizes yes had a projection by standard and poor's made in the year two thousand and five there was six years before now where they actually projected that all of the major western governments were heading for junk status including france the u.s. germany and the u.k. and they started actually saying that the u.s. would lose the aaa rating stages in two thousand and sixteen so now we're actually five years ahead of that original projection now the balance sheets of these countries if anything would have only gotten worse which is why. the u.s.

has lost a aaa rating when you have economies major economies where the deficits and out of control and you have this kind of projections on the line that means that these countries are usually going to print that they are the problem so you main risk and the new form of this financial crisis will probably be very high to hyperinflation in the west and cons in that means investment rise you need to know god areas particularly gold precious metals is something we have been advising for the past ten years we still are optimistic on that and then asian emerging market economies look a lot better than the best own countries. well tell us what you think about the current market turmoil head to argue dot com and vote in our poll we're asking if the emerging economies can profit from the trouble in the west so far most of you are saying the world's already to globalize for them to come out the winner here but a lot of those who got in touch with us believe emerging economies can and should capitalize on the situation and take the reins others are saying they will only

profit if they are smart enough and act fast enough let us know what you think drop us a line go to our tea dot com. in other news north and south korea have exchanged fire in the disputed region in the yellow sea that's after the south replied with heavy weaponry and artillery as an artillery shell from its neighbor fell into waters near their maritime dividing line relations between the two countries are strange since last november's deadly exchange killed four people on a south korean island where both sides blamed each other for opening fire first with pyongyang saying the attack was a response to seoul's provocative military exercises in the area trying to write a good frank from the university of vienna says despite the tense situation on the peninsula hopes are high both sides will eventually reach a peace deal it's a little bit surprising in the short term because there were hopeful signs of talks

in indonesia between north and south. so your little bit surprised as to this is happening now and go to them as the situation is complicated and they might have to show some force to do it population eventually we all think it is going to be a peace agreement because the current situation is obviously not sustainable the question is when and under which conditions right now are struggling the succession problem. that you call me that is really also worsened by the recent floodings and next year to have a big event coming up with the need to show some success to the people so far it's not even clear we're going. because he does not get the official libyan and also the successor even if you. were still not clear what possible successor you will be will be a third grade or will be more like a head of a collective like what you see in china and all those questions are not only oss but also the worst but also by people in most career but it's

a lot of uncertainty and insecurity. well if you missed any stories we're covering all merry go online to watch the news you want twenty four hours a day here's a taste of what's lined up for you right now at our dot com a polygamist the mormon preacher gets a life behind bars in the u.s. state of texas took the jury just forty minutes to find a man guilty of sexual assault against minors also. join in the ancient traditions of merry making learn how russia. celebrate a farmer stress of all long transformed into a day we're following up for friends and family for more details go to our team got . a look at some world news in brief for you this hour syrian tanks and armored vehicles stormed several northwestern towns near the border with turkey expanding a military offensive to crush the protest it comes as president bashar al sadr out

he will not relent in pursuing what he called terrorist groups in the country earlier he met with the turkish foreign minister who pressed him to end the crackdown on anti-government protesters over fifteen hundred people have reportedly been killed since the uprising started in march. the u.s. drone strike has killed twenty militants including foreign members in northwestern pakistan the group is believed to be behind a number of attacks against american troops in afghanistan well islamabad has repeatedly called for the u.s. to stop the strike saying there are violations of the country's sovereignty activists claim. twenty five hundred people pakistani rather have been killed in the attacks since two thousand and four. and almost three hundred people have been detained in chile after tens of thousands of students marched in the capital demanding changes to the education system mass protesters burned cars and rocks and furniture at security forces fired tear gas and water cannons in response students

who have been demonstrating for weeks say the current system is underfunded and an equal president sebastian pinera has promised extra financing the protesters say this is not an. overnight firefight between nato troops and afghan police have left four officers dead and four others injured just outside kandahar city the local police chief says the victims were members of an anti taliban initiative manned by locals wanting to protect their own villages he also said the men were reportedly mistaken for insurgents the incident follows last month's move by nato to begin handing handing over control to local authorities across afghanistan. now a sexual abuse case involving a seven year old girl has shaken a small russian town and the country's far east outrage was triggered after judges allowed the suspected pedophile to walk away free pushover reports on how mothers

and activists are taking matters into their own hands as hundreds of child abusers escape justice each year. and mother in grief in order to stay guardians there was a step i even thought about buying a pistol and shooting him myself for what i simply don't know how else to protect my family believe a christian or with a curtain is constantly drawn i've gotta go to work every day sick with fear my daughter which i knew what she is that it was hard for not that it was rich in a trust in someone who harmed her daughter she brought the man into the house is a common law husband to live side by side with him for more than an hour and use. saloons that does my daughter told me over a stray cat on the roof and certainly do the same gender should have a confided in me about the things she was rooms or their news michael said. pointedly plans to get things to the court the jury acquitted the man who she says is now off to her family hungry for

a bench experience is just one example of many in a recent controversial case a man suspected of raping a seven year old girl was released without charge. yes i called her underwear and she started crying i squeezed her neck and crestor into the ground only took a couple of minutes then i told her to go home and tell no one. only after an enraged crowd nearly inched the men did police launch a fully fledged investigation into the case and record that confession authorities also disciplined the original investigating officer will some of us do this for us look at the words that happened here is the mother was treated like a why she was kicked around from our first officer because the tragedy had happened to her she didn't know what to do but no one wanted to be able to talk to her let alone accept your statement even with. russian authorities have a number declared a fight against the sexual abuse of minus the results seem to have been meagre with

estimates claiming thousands still fall victim in an attempt to put things right activists have started taking matters into their own hands. i'm underage that's fine i like small boys and would love to kiss you and hug you and do many other things to you is fear has been put together by a group of aunties as they track people they believe are paedophiles legal online pretending to be an underage will all go they set up meetings with people who would like to preferring minus the idea is to film their faces and expose them on the web it was to be able to what is simply a group of people who decided to fight this evil in their own way because our families live unless it is ok children walk in the park city we don't want them ever to meet those perverts. which when we try to act within the law but often operate and its age volunteers tracking paedophiles online say most people will sign off when they learned the person or chatting to is under age but they also say

out of one hundred contacts one is certain to be looking for easy prey can be the maximum sentence for child sex offenses is twenty years in prison an amendment to the law is meant to introduce a tougher penalties including life in prison and conditional chemical castration but until the changes are implemented in proven to be effective the activists say they'll continue with their teaching on taking pain diary pushed over our children school. plato's mission in libya is showing no signs of winding down spite accusations accusations of rather causing more civilian deaths r.t. spoke to the former editor of britain's sunday newspaper kelvin mackenzie who says that it will take the spilling of british blood for the prime minister to change his policy in the region. cameron is now wandering around in the desert of to brook try to work out or get out he would look into it at the end of all this the

underlying issue is with libya there have been no deaths on our soil just what if i. coptic christian god forbid we lose ten people if that happened we . don't even think about it so the issue is we haven't dropped any blood you know we've dropped tens of millions of miles we have a goal but not one single one of our people is going where that happens the game. you can watch that interview unfold in just a few minutes here on our t.v. first alice is here with the business update. and yes a very warm welcome see this is business here on r.c. let's go straight to the markets and here. they turned sharply negative in the closing session shortly of gravity this morning the selloff started again and if

you accelerate it in the last trade here with the dow jones index down some three hundred points for a summary of the day's trade i'm not joined by a matter of shame call from also financial corp my that's being with us here max and now what sentiment been like on the market today. was the sentiment is very confused people feeling dissipated will still go to a two year olds of course more news in the market now the ground is very obscure growth too many uncertainties to make any serious investment decisions in such a moment about the only nice day when the dow rallied four percent as it did on cheese that you'd expect a good day to then follow in moscow and that is just not happened how is it why is the. boy i guess you know russia is linked not only to the performance of though

but also that it was a performance of the throes of the ruble unfortunately all pros didn't throw is a march on. there is increased concern in the markets you know all over to continue sliding down on the basis of low expectations for global growth people took in both or coming off to see a level of eighty five ninety two a barrel which is risky for russia on top of that. very bad two weeks for the ruble especially the last few days you can be a nation that's resulted on the performance of the regime or of. course here in russia particularly energy prices having a huge impact on the markets but just turning our attention now back again to america wall street has opened in negative territory today looking ahead if it finishes that way would you expect negative repercussions for russia's bourses tomorrow. so i believe that russia will probably continue to on the

perform and i think will come soon get strong. in russia we don't hear much about most of redemption see how the monk won't only rush oh any funds we're talking about the only occasion the over the shallow fault flows to this stage the money which has been leaving the country. has finance probe traders i think it's really if things got worse then we'll probably see a lot of below average and margin calls and redemptions and that could spiro market even lower by that's also much the number if you talk about volumes just to get a sense of the scale of what's going on would you describe why what's happening now is panic selling. both of those again i don't see much of an exciting yeah i think the people i talk to specially in europe work was informational.

quite some the been a lot of selling by hey just. you know probe traders but again long only for. we don't see much reason to so russia because we don't see much of a move to new to the difference of growth as compared to what we've heard in two thousand feet there is no not much places where you can run or is gold because the alternatives are very rare ones for serving a lot of long lonely farms are sitting on the firms they're expecting for don't live in reaching. well for themselves they're using goods right now and only for donations will be huge so you're going to win forty percent of the fund then the management zone will probably see people earning serving. thank you for that much coffee ascension lite a lot of calls lots of comparisons coming out between what's happening now in two thousand and eight so thanks for your thoughts on that particularly cd a portfolio manager there for us many thanks. ok let's actually have

a look at those numbers now another day of heavy losses for actually markets here in russia as we were saying look at the very free os here on the my sets are shedding a rough four percent s. are. crossing the polling to the u.s. and the down days as we've been saying it's behaving like something of a yo yo it's given up nearly all the gains that it made on tuesday and it's currently down over three and a half percent the nasdaq well that's down nearly as march. european markets had given up their gains as well but first he's down over two percent on the dax is losing four percent so crossing over to commodities now as we've been saying all oil prices are up slightly light sweet has added a for dollar thirty today while brands trading at around one hundred four dollars a barrel. and heading to precious metals today again in this hour after seeing mixed trading on tuesday gold keeps on setting new records as well as even alpha

forming platinum which traditionally trades at a premium to gold and silver the bottom of your screen that's also gaining it's not even two percent a sour. ok that's for the time we have for business this hour i'll be back later on in the program with more but right now a nice is here with the headlines. for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. at

six thirty pm in a moscow these are the top stories on our t.v. violence hits more cities across the u.k. well in london thousands of police managed to restore calm after three days of just order the government social policies are blamed for britain's worst rioting in years. america's financial woes could see its crown as the world's top economists a pass to china in less than four years investors are expected to turn more easily markets through scape the economic turmoil in the us and europe. buzz as russian officials turn a blind eye to complaints about pedophiles assault members of the public wants their own vigilante crackdown on sexual predators. well as more civilians reportedly die in nato air strikes in libya surface questions are be.