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oh she's available in the movie joyce be the children's movie that's a great way to go to the grand imperial truly george west coast coromandel you can a little it's will close the show which i say don't need to go and. read this in the kernel was her job as used to retreat. violence hits more cities across the u.k. wall in london two thousand the police managed to restore calm after three days of disorder the government's social policies are blamed for britain's worst rioting in years. trying out crude steel america's crown of the world's biggest economy in less than four years as with investors expect to turn ten days or markets to escape the economic turmoil in the u.s. and europe. had no option on tuesday to see the end of an months larry there's no equating well with the street eight when they get down we'll have
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more in business in twenty minutes. also this hour as russian officials turn a blind eye to complaints about pedophile assaults members of the public launched their own vigilante crackdown on sexual predators. six seven pm in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live on news now with our top story this evening a world when the violence 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 unrest over the capital was kept relatively quiet i sixteen thousand police officers were met is following the story in london. we saw a lot of trouble in birmingham last night which we also had seen on the previous
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night manchester and still fit all safe that up in quite a serious way as this variety of sort of small towns in the surrounding area say this guy is 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 folk by a car that was just running amok in the police are looking at investor looting inquiry and the reason that it was under control last night we think is because an additional ten thousand police bringing the number of police to take to sixteen thousand were 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 feel haven't heard any reports of us having the t.v. 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
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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 are 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 him 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 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 here in tottenham where of course it all began it all spots up as a result of the shooting of a man called mob dugan what the building you can see being demolished behind me was set on fire by isa's 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 gie around here i speak to youth worker. happened yesterday he told me that people are on their summer holiday and would you rather sit in and watches
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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 their level of occupation is being exploited by other people who are you are coming in and older people older criminals who are coming in and inciting them to violence at least that's what she told me so it's really really large social problems to 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 go meanwhile london and other cities are taken over by thugs the police have not been anywhere where the police if the police let it be all that what i think is a price rises out a little bit better i don't think they're doing everything they can i mean they see
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more fighting. 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 with 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 stars m.e.p. general patton says money's being spent on foreign wars that should be spent at home i think at the point where we have to call in the armed forces what we see now and. criminality across the whole of london what we should pull our troops back from these pointless wars in afghanistan in iraq. as money spent on two wars in foreign lands parts of london birmingham liverpool and bristol i sensually partly because there. high immigration but also because young people in these
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communities have no prospects the board and disaffected and as the cuts bite that's not going to improve a classroom youth worker told me four out of eight youth centers have closed since last year it's about invest in your communities when when you take away the money from the police in inside the way the money for youth work. only i could never imagine such consequences to be honest this is you know but you will get consequences tuesday night so 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 it's just the beginning of coal big problems it's not just about cleaning up it's about communities coming to terms with the back then even at the current numbers if violence is widespread enough the police been unable to retain control the feeling of insecurity in these communities
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is likely to remain for some time particularly if the police keep disappearing from the beach nor am it r.t. london. on twitter you can find the vegas updates on what's happening in britain from our team here it is hearty underscore calm and right now. the u.k. will not allow a culture of fear to take over the streets another three talked about how we are now ready to use water cannons cameron calls part of the society's promise and tough just work for free for more also some dramatic footage of britain on fire is available twenty four seventh's for you want to a website or if you've got home and are you to tell.
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four people have now been confirmed dead as riding 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 the crowd in 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 pleasure of seeing it 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
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drivers from the cars and take the cars i saw in one instance this happened when men 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 you couldn't go out and the pub got sieged about an hour after that incident so no police to be found even if you dial nine nine nine the police said sorry we can't help you to stay where you are now if the leadership of this country and the heads of the police departments everything have been paying attention to what's going on around the world in the middle east and north africa the leadership in britain in the police force in britain think oh we're different no 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 everybody else stop playing politics stop
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playing labor and conservative the blame game and you've got to start looking at what's going on the street. life from moscow still ahead for you this hour in fact . the point of selling from north korea as its southern neighbor returns fire after an artillery shell from the north into waters close to both countries in line. and we discover how activists organize their own this alliance and campaign against sexual predators as a pedophile offenders escape justice. but first american markets have lost much of their tuesday's gains in early trading amid uncertainty over growth prospects and financial turmoil in both the us and euro zone investors are increasingly looking for a safe haven for their money but it looks like it could emerge as the main contender many analysts believe that with the loss of america's aaa credit score and fears of a new wave of such from trying to become the world's strongest economy earlier than
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expected previously the international monetary fund said beijing could force washington from its financial throne twenty sixteen of course to hold more u.s. treasury debt than any other foreign country and its voice criticism of america's handling of its borrowing limit crisis or asia correspondent chris reader has details. the latest international monetary fund projections 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 they're dealing with this financial crisis india china and japan have actually been growing since two thousand and eight well obviously that's not
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really happening in the last 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 there are actually seeing all of this as an opportunity for that shift to really happen in for more of the international community to get on board and move away from the dollar as the reserve currency issue some sort of basket currency that could include a lot of the asian powerhouses like japan and china. well martin hannett associate director of the financial advisory firm tie scroope believes the financial power shift might have already happened. in many regards china has already ordered taken clearly. suppose it number one economy in the united states and that's when you're looking at the physical economy physical production there on the purchasing power
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of just that basis because their renminbi is undervalued and we need to reflect that when looking at economic sizes projection by standard and poor's made in the year two thousand and five there were six years before now where they actually projected that all 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 are actually a 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 they're out of control and you have this kind of projections on the line that means that these countries are usually going to print have a or there's a problem so you may risk and the new form of this financial crisis will probably be very high to hyperinflation in the western currencies and that means investment
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rise you need to look at other 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 western countries. but we want to know what you think about the current market turmoil have to argue dot com and vote in our latest poll so 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 found x. fast enough i should say tell us how you see it all playing out have the r t got com cast your vote. north and south korea have exchanged fire in the disputed region in the yellow sea that's after the south replied with
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heavy weaponry and as an artillery shell from its neighbor fell into waters near their maritime dividing line relations between the two countries are strained since last november's deadly exchange killed four people on a south korean island but science claimed each other for opening fire first but knowing yang saying the attackers are the sponsors to souls provocative military exercises in the area dr robert frank from the university of vienna says despite this has situation on the peninsula hopes are high both sides will eventually reach a peace deal but it's a little bit surprising in the short term because there were hopeful signs of talks in indonesia between north and south korea. so you know a little bit surprised is that this is happening now and you have to use them as the situation is complicated and they might have to show some force to do population eventually we all think it was going to be a peace agreement because the current situation is not abuse to be not sustainable the question is when and under which conditions and right now almost we are
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struggling with the succession problem you have the mess the economy that is really also worsened by the recent floodings and next year to have a big event coming up we need to show some success to the people to towards how do you think we're going to. because he does not get officially been announced there successor even if so somehow we're still not clear what cargo ships in the city will be loopy the third grade will be more loaded had a look of collective like what you see in china and all those questions on the only australian also in the west but also about people in north korea between it's a lot of uncertainty and insecurity. we miss any stories we're covering on air you can always go online to watch the news when you want twenty four hours a day here's a look at what's lined up for you right now at our meet dot com polygamist mormon preacher gets life on mars and the new last state of texas it took the jury just forty minutes to find the man guilty of sexual assault against minors also online.
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join the ancient traditions of merry making learn how rough surf tough hard people celebrate a farmer's festival mode transformed into a day of fun for friends and family more details at our dot com. some other international news making headlines syrian tanks and armored vehicles have stormed several north western towns near the border with turkey expanding a military offensive to crush protests it comes as president bashar asad thousands will not relent from 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 protests over fifteen hundred people have reportedly been killed since the uprising began in march. the u.s. drone strike has killed twenty militants including foreign members in northwestern
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pakistan the group is believed to be behind a number of attacks against american troops in afghanistan as well the body has repeatedly called for the u.s. to stop the strike saying there are a violation of the country's sovereignty activists. up to twenty five hundred pakistani have been killed in the attacks since two thousand and four. numbers three hundred people have been detained in chile after tens of thousands of students marched in the capital the many changes to the education system protesters burned cars and threw rocks and furniture at security forces fired tear gas and water cannon in response students who have been demonstrating for weeks say the current system is underfunded and. president sebastian pinera has promised extra financing the protesters say this is not an. overnight firefight between nato troops and afghan police of the four officers dead and four
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others injured just outside kandahar city the local police chief says the victims were members of an anti paoli band initiative manned by locals wanting to protect their own villages he said the medical report of the mistaken for insurgents the incident follows last month's move by nato to begin handing over control to local authorities across afghanistan. sexual abuse case involving a seven year old girl has shaken a small russian town in the country's far east outrage was triggered after judges allowed the suspected pedophile to walk away free press coverage reports now on how mothers and activists are taking matters into their own hands as hundreds of child abusers escaped justice each year. and mother in grief that i was that i even thought of buying a pistol and shooting him myself simply don't know how else to protect my family live on the first floor with curtains constantly drawn i go to work every day sick
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with fear for my daughter which are on the web. it was hard for another area to admit she trusted someone who harmed her daughter should rule the man into the house as a common law husband to live side by side with him for more than a now immunes couple were so-called seconds the couple of the other told me he threw a stray cat on the roof and said he did the same to her and she added confided in me about the things he was doing to her. so. one night they are finally managed to get things to record the jury acquitted the man who she says is now off to her family hungry for a bench experience is just one example of the many in a recent controversial case a man suspected of raping a seven year old girl was released without charge. us at all off her underwear and she started crying i squeezed her neck and crestor into the ground it only took a couple of minutes then i told her to go home and tell no one. only after an
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enraged crowd only the men get police to launch a fully fledged investigation into the case and we would have compassion authorities also disciplined the original investigating officer but some of us this is one of those not the words that happen here as the mother was treated way before but she was kept there around from our sister office a tragedy had happened to her she didn't know what to do but no one wanted to even talk to her what alone except her statement and when they're willing russian authorities have not declared a fight against the sexual abuse of minors but results seem to have been meager with estimates claiming thousands still fall victim in 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 keep you and hug you and do many other things to you this video has been put together by a group of aunties as they track people they believe are paedophiles and you go
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online pretending to be an underage will all go they set up meetings with people i don't need to preferring minors the idea is to film their faces and expose them on the web because to do what i wish they were simply a group of people who decided to fight this evil in our own way because our families live in this city our children walk in these parks and we don't want them ever to meet those perverts. which when they try to act within the law which often operate and it's edge volunteers tracking polls online say most people will sign off when they learned the person they're chatting to is under-age but they also say roughly 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 rule is meant to traduce tougher penalties including life in prison and conditional chemical castration but until the changes are implemented
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and from them to be effective the activists say the new with the community can be scary especially over our children school. it was mentioned in the rio so no signs of winding down despite accusations of causing more civilian gaffes artist spoke to the former editor of britain's sunday newspaper kelvin mackenzie says that it will take the spilling of british blood for the prime minister to change his policy in the region. is now wandering around in the desert for the work of a get out he would look an idiot at the end of all this the underlying issue is with libya there have been those guests on our side just was rarely caught to correct them. we lose ten people if that happened we saw a green blow in the other sky i don't even think about it so the issue is we haven't dropped any blood yeah we've dropped tens of millions of problems that we haven't got but not one single one of our people has is the reverse happens again
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in the p.r. game world trade. numbers that full interview here on r.t. in just over an hour's time and in a few minutes later the valen is cross task trust talk i should say gas to great how the u.s. financial troubles resonate around the world that's after the business update alice had very. nice there and yes this is the business here on r.t. let's go straight to the markets our top story here in russia they turned sharply negative in the closings national after a short lived rally this morning to sell off started again what excel raises in the last hour of trade here with the dow jones index open down some four hundred points . just shame call from urals the financial corporation says the russian markets
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still have. to have a long way to go to for. but believes that russia will probably continue to perform so i think will come soon go through. serving in russia we don't hear much of both more so for adoption sealed among lonely russia will the funds we're looking both only occasional all over the show will both flow through this speech the money which has been the leavings that comb through. those fronts for traders i think it really feels got worse then we'll probably see a lot of the leverage and margin calls and we don't france and the euro more to do rule or the difference of grows as compared to what we called into frozen p. there is no not much places where you can run there is gold because shoe currencies book the two months is a very rare. well let's have a look at the figures themselves another day of heavy losses as you've been saying
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the equity markets here in russia as you can see is a sea of red both the r.c.a.'s and the high stakes the share today before i go home office and and have reached and i love a month. that's crossed the palms in the u.s. the dow james is behaving like you go you actually is giving up nearly all the gains that it made of cheese day and it's currently down always full consent while the nasdaq is down nearly as march and looking at the european bourses they've given up their earlier gains as well following the downward trend the footsies down three percent on the jacksons losing four and a half percent to match the well actually well over four and a half this out. and looking and now it's you commodities as we've been saying all prices are all rocks slightly awkward about trend lights we've got a half a job at this hour while brands trading at around one hundred four dollars per barrel. and him go his impressions metals or you beg gaining this hour
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after seeing mixed trading on cheese do. well apart from that you can see the center of the screen goal that just keeps on setting new records even outperforming in the traditional trade at a premium to gold and silver the other part of that is also getting it's not even two percent salary. but as we've been saying the russian ruble house in a dramatic decline it gets the euro and u.s. dollar in recent days and prime minister putin has pledged to pile bagster money into the economy if needed however the central bank confirmed it would not seek to exchange rate coverage or get us out visible in excess of we will be linked to his dependence on oil. the scale of the decline. is linked to the oil prices and the main reason why the scale of the klein a source of never can is the fear that russia is still inherently very much
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dependent on oil prices is the pendency hasn't gone away it's still very high and that means. prices were to decline substantially below say one hundred dollars per barrel. russia would be under significant strain in terms of its mouth were economy so i think it's some of these concerns or really will lead to russia's lingering dependency on oil prices that are fueling that are driving this decline and there will. i can't some corporate news now and there's been another twist in the legal battle between oil majors b.p. and its partners in t.n. k b p the russian shareholders claim d. k. p. p. suffered damage is worth three billion dollars it was prevented from forming an alliance with as now to explore the art it will nor suits will be heard in russia during the course and this comes just days after b.p.
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hit back at its russian partners saying they too had breached the shareholder of grievance by independent operating leverage assets in russia and ukraine earlier this year an exploration deal between b.p. under us have collapsed due to projections from the russian side of teen k v p. complicated story indeed ok that's who got time for i'll be back and after that i was on with more business in the mean sign and he says that with headlines. hungry for the feels like we've got it. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

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