this is r t international from moscow very good evening from kevin oh it's now i have lost eight pm moscow time is raw top stories british police are given a green light to use tough tactics against rioters after violence spread throughout the u.k. it was social policies of late for britain's worst rioting in. america's financial woes could see its crown as the world's top economy pass to china in less than four years investors are expected more often to asian markets to skate economic turmoil in the u.s. and europe. because russian officials turned

a blind eye to complaints about paedophile assaults members of the public wants their old vigilante crackdown on sexual predators current sex crimes laws slammed for being too soft and failing to keep the threat from the country's place. as more civilians reportedly died nato air strikes in libya serious questions are being asked over the legality of the alliance's intervention and he spoke to the former editor of the british newspaper the sun who says that libya was a good p.r. stunt for the british government as he shares his insights into the conflict that's coming up in our interview right now. today i'm talking to kelvin mackenzie former editor of the thong newspaper columnists he's spoken out against the military intervention in libya saying that maybe it's not worth an ounce of british bloods help mackenzie that's a very strong position to take i mean the government reckons that strikes prevented

a massacre in benghazi so he that's worth a few british columns and so it seems well first of all we don't know whether there was going to be a massacre a big goals this was the p.r. this was the government push this was cameron's personal speech. in the end of the day that this is libyans fighting libyans and who are we to say who should be running their country after all when i last looked i didn't notice any of the libyans interfere when the cavaliers and the railheads took place in evolution or the as far as i could see there was nobody from tripoli wondering in the french revolution this is a revolution quite normal the other side of got guns and still recently they seem to have rocket propelled grenades they seem to have anti aircraft fire ability these all know people sitting there with a spad gun leaning over a frame saying your did

a fairly sophisticated if you take the other aspect is that the rebels themselves who i wish well although i feel very unsure about what our relationship with libya is going to be at the end of all this we have al qaeda wandering around. how do we know that at the end of the they don't end up running the damn country we don't know anything about us there is a justification for us doing much more than for no fly zones there is a justification when they blew up a passenger airline over lockerbie killing our people on the ground and killing people for america it was a justification to do what i suspect russia might have done under the same circumstances which you said right we're coming in we're taking you out we're bombing the hell out of a place and then there will be a change of regime and that would have been more justifiable than this but maybe rebels did offer to intervene they asked naysay to intervene do we not that full

have a duty to go in and help the maps that we don't want to take want you to do we owe to a side in a revolution who is trying to grab power to decide what the outcome of that war is going to be i say we have no duty while we are out there wondering around the desert there was a justification it was not really there is no justification i prefer the russian position i prefer the chinese position i prefer the german position all of which is the siamese we wish you well we're not firing any guns are we not sending in any planes what now that means you're with lieschen that we put out a need for libyans to iraq essentially be a bloody civil war it is a bloody civil war that's what happens in civil wars there isn't the point the reason the you have the word war involved in civil war is it's not called civil negotiation it is a fight and in the end i expect the rebels they will win but they don't need to win

with blood and our money well if now that the international community has irreparably fallen out with him he actually stays in power in the first of all i don't care about the international community and secondly they haven't but you know they don't like him but there's lots of people they don't like i mean why are they . actually why don't i go in while you're at libya just go down the road a bit to the chrome go where literally under a thousand people have been wiped out why haven't we gone there why don't we go and protect the minority tribe in the zimbabwe while we're at it there's a lot of injustice in the world and maybe injustice even in this country right who knows but the issue is that there is nothing that can be done the international community is a big fact rials free and what happens to the politicians is that they look around but themselves look at their ratings in the polls and they sorry do you know what i'm not doing very well here the people who vote for me think i'm going to be a begin to charge me you know what's under what i wander around north africa i

wonder around the middle east why do we go into saudi arabia where they pray and march is the king as announce there will be severe repercussions for demonstrations and in the east they started firing everybody why don't we go into the main why don't we go in everywhere who was your answer to all these questions why don't we go and see them and why don't we i'm sorry because it's nothing to do with us we have neither the power of the fire panel nor the will nor as we learned from iraq where one hundred and eighty of. good people died and probably forty billion forty or fifty billion quid went out of our coffers which we could possibly even for that profit was up right that has nothing to do with this things take time and yet we have still going into libya which by you know take whole thing has nothing to do with us is because we could have been open about gadhafi you know what it is we're warry a nation trying to relive the old days of the empire cameron keep on shouting out where of all the pink bits go you know strolling around the middle east you know

without a sign and without an exit plan you know we have to go into these places we have no idea how to get out you pay institutions played a big role in rehabilitating the gadhafi regime not they don't have good say that. in the media now that the media has. tend to own him again how important a bit for legitimizing an intervention like this and indeed regime change would be i think should divide it up into two points first of all the governments whoever they are when it's been going on there for forty odd years we have been licking gadhafi as backside now for four decades whether we supply arms to them or will embrace them like that disgusting piece of work. but actually these people you know the same time politicians move either way so one of we're kissing could off his backside and now we're trying to kick it it's ridiculous so the media do have

a role and the role of the media. is to expose that we are trading with dictators now so what does the government say they say we have to deal with the reality the political reality we have to we have to trade with these people and then some of the rights of us over to the world so trading with problems that. it is pathetic absolutely pathetic but at the same time it every so often the government changes power and when the government changes but how they view changes power so there's no consistency to my mind actually the media have been pretty good they've been pretty good the problem we face now is we're now at war with people and we either want so we actually have to support our troops we don't have to support idiots like cameron got nothing else to do can't decide whether he should be wandering around all spittle in the u.k. or should be wandering around the battlefields of of the middle east but we have to

act as well as troops the media gets caught in a difficult position its troops are its readers and are the center of our world. the government there idiots and the libyan regime are a disgusting so the media gets caught in a very difficult area and you were the most notorious editor of the u.k.'s most notorious haploid very kind of you to put it why do you rate fat so that it with tabloid culture is that thing that made was like this easier to sell and popularized by the british public. i except the first bit under thorazine except that the sun did spectacularly undermine excellent editorship i think that they didn't actually make any difference to government policy i mean you know. the issue about the media is just like the sea it's always with us you've simply got to put up with it if you're a policymaker and all right there will be

a lot of aggravation about libya and there are i mean it started off all right we thought we were going to blow it blow them all at the water we'd all be home for having having a cup of tea at the ritz bar past four so the nightmare is is is still to be faced in my view but i don't think it's fair to blame the media for it i mean i'm personally massively hostile to sort of libyan infraction mainly because i saw wire print in iraq these things take a cue really it turns out you can't really work out intellectually nor guess. nevertheless. you know i'm very much in favor of our soldiers and so you get toward it but the media restrung go i think you're right about that the media stronger because of what happened in iraq i mean the trouble was that a million people marched against the iraq war blair blair was not telling his cabinet and the things will be revealed now because he was scared they were going

to leave so basically they were deciding it as though you and i were having a nice chat another glass of soda there said oh yes wouldn't you think given the old fuzzy was a bit of a go yes good idea time and then they went in right so the million were ignored i people say that's the government's various governments not nothing from the iraq and afghanistan but do you think what in fact what will learn how to tell another military intervention no absolutely the issue is quite clear. we didn't want iraq it was lumbered on us by vainglorious prime minister. cameron is now wandering around in the desert of to brook trying to work out a get out he would look an idiot at the end of all this but the but the underlying issue is with libya. there have been no deaths on our side just white if rally cop to crash and god forbid we lose ten people all all by the way to use those heat seeking missiles which you can basically just walk in and according to

today's papers. if that happened we saw it being blown out of the sky don't even think about it so the issue is we haven't dropped any blood yeah we've dropped tens of millions of pounds which we haven't got but not one single one of the people who is died when that happens the game and the p.r. game which range politically what does someone like david cameron gain from waging a war in africa a military about cameron's or what was in it for him or for our country he's a pro for he years unfortunately a professional bleeding. and so he's one of those guys who will rush around endlessly he's a total political animal by the way rush around endlessly saying something must be done he answer is something mustn't be done it's like when you plan to send off a release thinking is the bible on the night before to your boss right don't send

that a mile go to bed wake up in the morning and reread it as i would it was a good idea or not cameron hasn't got that ability basically i think he's gone mad bees gone bad very early he's only been in power a year now balmy is he going to be if he last as long as blair blair was thirty five at the end of it but my suspicion is that the pressure is just driven environment kelvin mackenzie thank you very much. this is a table from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military reported to the press that on that they killed nine guerrillas in from investigation by instructs you including you know and their kokoda very strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues.

explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and the idea that you need to produce these actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration is the cia document the central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet usaid continued to flow.

for a small teaching not british police are given a green light to use tough tactics against riots has often thought and spread throughout the u.k. and government social policies applied for britain's order of meat. america's financial woes could see its crowds as the world's top economy pass to china in less than four years investors are expected to more often to asian markets now economic turmoil in the u.s. and europe. this russian officials turned a blind eye as the complaints about paedophile assaults members of the public launched the road vigilante krug sexual predators current sex crimes laws a slam for being to solve the problem to keep the threat from the country's

playground. it's called of the nine pm tour of moscow's culture of unit now it's called the school very good evening here and always good to see you and flying a lot of moscow tonight what's that about that's exactly right through has touched on in the russian couple mommy machines cabin that's what they were on the road kind of a fly unit is a question but they're tell you what they're being chucked into the moscow river left right and center one hundred thousand lost by its loved it we'll see did we just have all those missions. pick up your company this is sports today plenty ahead and looting this hour. gearing up with the latest euro twenty twelve qualifiers taking off in under a month's time russia started on are nearing the end of their last friendly with serbia. net loss two time defending champion andy murray crushing side of the

color of the masters in his opening match against kevin anderson. is a bird is a plane no it's blue tie taking off in the russian capital for the second time not a lot of stress free flying it must be said but really since those codes. let's get going with the latest from russia's final warm up before next month's euro two thousand and twelve qualifier serbia the side in charge is the school world with a wrong end eighty three minutes on the clock possible to correct any outcome on netting eight minutes after the break a wet slippery surface of the city's luck in which he stated not making it too easy for either side to keep from the pool stick out because charges then take on muscle on the republican party crunch european qualifiers start off next. friendly with the netherlands meanwhile has been postponed this evening because of the riots in london but plenty other big games to keep an eye out for including

brazil's friendly with germany in stuttgart this will be the brazilians first match since their shock america departure at the hands of part of why in the quarterfinals any space jewel lucas david louise missed so i threw suspension and injury respectively in their absence all eyes will be on youngsters name or so some top players on both in the science of europe's top clubs nineteen year old name or saying he's even to leave the. disappointment. it was a very difficult. you wouldn't. know who must take the good experiences we have maybe it wouldn't. have to do with myself almost. if you get their way some you will become the highest paid player in the world the russian premier league side saying they will pay the cameroonian quite

extraordinary five hundred eighty thousand dollars a week contrast that to christie and rinaldo and he only earns three hundred fifty thousand per week interest record so has been strongly linked with a move for the past and refused to match kolob officials not denying that they are willing to pay a fifty thousand dollars for the four time african player of the year meanwhile another target under our shot at the house gone on record to say he won't be leaving arsenal for southern russia it's the spike feeling. well you. can get things go our store both really really doesn't. this worth peden of preparations for this month's us open grand slam sort of blow and choose think the scot bowing out its all the rogers cup in montreal following defeat the south african kevin anderson in the opening match of the tournament where he's less heralded opponent knocking i picture you time defending champion in straight sets dropping just

a single game in the second six three six one how it ended it is murray's third consecutive opening round loss in american masters events this year following surprise defeats in indian wells and miami i've always put very well you. can go and go our store both really really doesn't. i'm going in for richard see if we true to the next stage in canada after being german florian meyer ten seated freshman just here powering to a six three six two victory to progress into the last thirty two for a brazilian thomas bully. in the women's game kim clijsters hard to enter rogers cup run before truly began the world over choose suffering domino injury in her first rowing clash with judging in toronto the belgian since she felt the injury flare up during the warm up but that didn't stop the twenty two on taking the first set six three plastered on to one in the second said when she called it

a day after being on the able to stand the pain a lucky break there for a chinese qualifier g. with the clusters playing it safe ahead of the u.s. open a third straight title is the prize up for grabs in new york from august twenty ninth if she sees injury free. that is probably just getting worse and worse and i tried to call the trainer. so you know we can do much more than the you have. something to just try really. really hard. cruiser was. probably optional. were lower sixteen army evanovich was in common in form though against chinese showing show why six one six on the straights it scored one chair qualifier pizza beliefs about is up next for the serb museum in for a second russia since. the world's top golfers are busy gearing up up the atlanta

athletic club for this week's p.g.a. championship tiger woods one of them after arriving in georgia on tuesday their fourth time winner warming up at the driving range before teeing off a friend arjun atwal woods doesn't want to major since the all weights u.s. open on an especially open feel it's going to be extra tough for the five year old who previously taught the sport's ranks for six hundred twenty three weeks current u.s. open champion remark arroyo heads into the final major of the season as fief. and if champions green bay have how to defend their preparations ahead of the new american football season so part training sessions among some of the criticism leveled at the holders quarterback are in rogers channeling former n.b.a. star allen iverson when asked just what is going on practice. and. time again. are we concerned.

we discovered. to be minimal. moscow was the place to be this week if you like your sport to come with a few laughs the russian capital playing host to the red bull flugtag fans for the second time in three years robert britannia went along to find out more. they can barely overcome gravity. it will hardly be safe to call for a little jog which is just one pick like he actually scored. but he's barely it is creative and it generates a lot of fun with the disciplines presenting their homemade going machines and putting them through their paces which have to be unsinkable and they're not allowed to have any kind of pendulum before the answers are judged by the full we pray to your ear this is of the flight creativity and showmanship well it's worth

mentioning that the last two aspects usually government need to first one. red roof looked at he's the russian capital one a second time guru to be an extremely attractive men for muscovites with nearly one hundred thousand spectators watching the show one of them going to the belly it's the very first time we've taken porridge in the end and i'm just stunned that there are so many spectators there is such a lot of enthusiasm we didn't expect it to be so exciting it's been an awesome experience one is only part of the action here as some followers of looked out at plenty of motivation well for others it's a way of life goes up we do care about the result if we fail to take first place we will try again next time otherwise we'll just be resting on our laurels. we've met

so many beautiful intelligent and interesting people here that's why we're going to take part in flugtag events every single year. special. when it comes to flip charts apparently the flight one. has no limits some strive just for the feeling of taking off some of their best and team with because there are gradations but this time around creativity distance love sources are not usually known to fly but do seem to be boosted by barrels of beer. these would just bring in victory to the nice thing to you for the sultan russian city over still. we were aiming to surprise both the spectators and our competitors and of course all those who supported us but even damaged our award by holding it too tight. and blindly regarding the once boring component of the event the furthest distance flown was achieved by the team from the yellow sea there are self-made airplanes flight f two

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