including water cannon and plastic bullets a number of cities across the country suffered from a fourth night of violence last night when gangs clashed with police torched cars and ransacked shops and as artist laura emmott reports now there are those who think u.k. troops engaged in costly overseas campaigns right now and he did more at home. 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 if the police if the police were hit that would have been i think any surprising sounds a little bit better i don't think they're doing everything they can i don't mean to be more violent i think. 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 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're seeing now. criminality across the whole of what we should do is pull our troops back from these pointless wars in afghanistan in iraq. as money's spent on two wars in foreign lands parts of london birmingham liverpool and bristol are essentially ghettos 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 money from the youth work. i mean i could never imagine such consequences to be only you know. consequences tuesday night saw sixteen thousand police officers on the streets of london according. the metropolitan police 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 the problem it's not just about cleaning up it's about community and coming to terms with the baton even at the current numbers if violence is widespread and are. 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 you're an authority in london we're following

the latest updates but what's going on in britain also news analysis of the u.k. crisis is available twenty four seven on our website are. the pictures as well reports that you tube channel where you can follow the timeline of the riots since the very first day and also courage dramatic footage of britain on fire. so british police are on high alert ready to fight but with force in case riots enter a fifth day but author and journalist afshin rattansi told me he believes that u.k. politicians have no understanding of the true problems in society or what really

sparked the rest this is completely in crisis and the motivations or so numerous but i suppose the central one of course is inequality and civic life. that are completely out of touch with the media. the police force or politicians themselves i think we all would realize in this country david cameron who went through what was going to most expensive schools in the country has no knowledge of the huge insecurities and inequalities that raged right across this country the idea of david cameron cutting the police force massive thirty cuts the idea of shrinking the economy to grow it as a sort of mass religion together with a mass consumerist religion here wanting to buy more and more expensive goods. the whole idea of this government having any understanding of trying to curb rioting in

britain is a farce but as to what happens next i think that perhaps the most interesting question in the eleven year old boy has appeared in the courts. this will be the way to understand what is going on the phrase mindless the phrase here criminality shows of you've already have no idea how to stop what looks like a runaway train right now. thoughts there of author and journalist i should return as he joins me on the line a little bit earlier on from london this is r.t. it's now coming up to a seven minutes past midnight still plenty had in this half hour of news with me kevin no including back at all odds reports of shelling from north korea as its southern neighbor return fire after an artillery round from the north falls in the waters close to both countries dividing line a lot of tension there at the moment we report on the latest bring you up to date also. we discover how activists organize their own vigilante campaign against sexual predators this paedophile offenders escape justice here in russia again

that's stories to come for you as well. but next the u.s. and european markets have dropped dramatically losing most of choose day's gains amid uncertainty over growth prospects with such financial turmoil damaging investors trust there are increasingly said in this site so. sware and it looks like asia could emerge as a popular safe haven many analysts believe that with the loss of america's aaa credit score and fears of a new recession china could become the world's strongest economy earlier than predicted previously the international monetary fund said that beijing could force washington from its first financial throne by twenty sixteen but that might change now china of course still holds more u.s. treasury debt than any other foreign country and it's been very loud lately in voicing its criticism of america's handling of the debt crisis wrapping all this of our asia correspond the british reader this hour with 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 there 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 as 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 and for more of the

international community to get on board and move away from the dollar as the reserve currency is to some sort of basket currency that could include a lot of the asian powerhouses like japan and china. produce three to four swallow there we spoke to martin headache and he's associate director of financial advisory group he told that he believes the financial one of already good. in many regards china has already overtaken clearly. the suppose at 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 just that basis because they're renminbi as undervalued and you need to reflect that when looking at economic size we have had a projection by standard and poor's made in the year two thousand and five there were six years before now where they actually projected 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 riyadh 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 the 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 every hour 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 kinds in that means investment 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. tell us if you will what you think of the

market such a big story head to our dog and let us know in today's poll where we ask if emerging economies can profit you think from the trouble in the west this is what you've been telling yourself words have been shows you've been kind of split. there's not a lot of change again as you can see there so most of you believe the world's already to globalize fold the cash crisis that's the thirty eight percent was up to forty one with earlier on. another majority of you think that you give us a different opinion saying that emerging economies can and should turn the situation to their advantage while others of you think developing countries will only make the most of it if they are smart enough and act fast i.e. now is the time to do it do you agree with that let us know you can get involved in our channel on our website at r.t. dot com that's where you can cast your vote this morning. north and south korea

have exchanged fire in the disputed region of the yellow sea that after the south replied with heavy weaponry as an artillery shell from its neighbor fell into waters near the maritime dividing line relations between the two countries have been very strained since the last november's deadly exchange killed four people on a south korean island 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 but earlier i spoke to antiwar campaign eric surat kim from the u.s. so told me that while both sides may be fueling the flames right now eventually a peace deal is the only option. we've seen this history over the past decade or for the past twenty or thirty years where peace seems to get a little bit closer and something happens to make people pull back i think you're dealing with a point in which the united states is planning major military operations with south

korea next month and generally these things that happen just around those military exercises here you have one side shot a few rounds off on their side of the border the other side shot a few rounds on their side and everyone blows it up as being the edge of war but you do have one of the highest militarized regions in the world and we need to reduce that tension get to the bargaining table we have over twenty eight thousand troops still in south korea and the u.s. is involved with getting the south koreans to build up their military make purchases and such and so the u.s. has not taken a leadership role in peace we could really look at the relationship and understand that a peace treaty ending the korean war would make all the difference but if want to find out more about what's happening on the korean peninsula take a look at our web site and while you're there as a whole host of other stories and. interviews take a look at as well

a chance to have your say too of course a quick look at what we've got online. and i was raised in asia has china if it's a soviet warship for its own fleet thai wall now flexes its old military muscle by brandishing a new. ad craft carrier killer that's going down well. also the diving into positions of putin to russia's of atlantis a sunken land to the south of the country we've got a video of that on our web site most of the trip. was videoed uploaded to the premier also discovered some ancient trophies as well as want to find out more catch some more sights and sounds of don't go home. midnight fifty moscow times world news in brief eleven people have reportedly been

killed after syrian security forces opened fire on residents in the flashpoint protest city of home meanwhile tanks and armored vehicles storm several north western towns near the border with turkey earlier president assad bet 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 back in march. a u.s. drone strikes killed twenty militants in northwestern pakistan the group's believed to be on a number of attacks against american troops in afghanistan is that about repeatedly called for the u.s. to stop the strike saying they're a violation of the country's sovereignty activists claim up to two thousand five hundred pakistanis have been killed in the attacks now since two thousand and four . 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 massed protesters burned cars and threw rocks and furniture at security forces who fired

tear gas and water cannon in response students who were demonstrating for weeks said the current system is underfunded and unequal president sebastian pinera is promised extra financing but protesters say that's not enough. of a no firefights 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 now he said the men were reportedly mistaken for insurgents the incident follows last month's move by nato to begin handing over control to local authorities across afghanistan. the sexual abuse. involving a seven year old girl has shaken one small russian town in the country's far east outrage was triggered after judges allowed the suspected paedophile to walk away free r.t. to push her over reports next then on how mothers and activists are taking matters into their own hands as hundreds of child abusers escape justice every year. and

mother in grief. and you know. i even thought of buying a pistol and shooting him myself i 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 with fear for my daughter which are on the website. it was hard for that is to admit she trusted 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 the so-called silence the with my daughter told me he threw a stray cat on the roof and said he did the same to her if she'd have a confided in me about the things he was doing to her in his local search. when natalie and finally managed to get things to the court the jury acquitted the man who she says is now off to her family hungry for avenge his 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 took off her underwear and she started crying i squeezed her neck and pressed her into the ground it 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 as this progresses the worst that happen here is the mother was treated like a football she was kicked around from our first office with a tragedy had happened to her shouldn't know what to do but no one wanted to talk to her let alone accept her statement she was really russian authorities have not declared a fight against the sexual abuse of minors but 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 this video has been put together by a group of volunteers as they track people they believe are peter viles legal online pretending to be an underage boy or girl they set up meetings with people who don't need to preferring minors the idea is to film their faces and expose them on the web and it was to go but i wish they were simply a group of people who decided to fight this evil in their own way because our families live unless it is our children walk in these parks and we don't want them ever to meet those perverts plus a good cause nicholas which can be trying to act within the law but often operate and it's edge volunteers tracking paedophiles on line say most people will sign off when they learn the personel 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 law is meant to introduce tougher penalties including life in prison and conditional chemical castration but until the changes are implemented and proven to be effective the activists say they'll continue with their vigilante campaign gary pushed over our children. well that's how the news looks tonight from or sco next as more civilians reportedly die in nato air strikes in libya serious questions are being asked about the legality of the alliance's intervention after spoke to the former editor of the british newspaper the sun who told us that libya was a good p.r. stone for the british government as he shares his insights into the conflict.

today i'm talking to kelvin mackenzie former editor of the sun newspaper columnist he's spoken out against the military intervention in libya saying that libya is not worth an ounce of british bloods mckenzie that's a very strong position to take i mean the government reckons that as strikes prevented a massacre in benghazi surely that's worth a few british bombs and so. well first of all we don't know whether there was going to be a massacre of big girls this was the p.r. this was the government push this was cameron's personal space. in the end of the day though this is libyans fighting libyans and who we to say

who should be running their country after all when i last looked i didn't notice any of the libyans into fear when the cavaliers in the round heads took place in evolution or the far as i could see there was nobody from tripoli wondering where in the french revolution this is a revolution quite normal but libyan rebels did offer to intervene they also may say to intervene do we not that full have a duty to go in and help the mouse now we don't want you to do we owe to a saw aid 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 out there wandering around the desert there was a justification it was last debate there's 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 and we're not sending in any

planes what now that means you're with nation that we pull out and leave the libyans to what could essentially be a bloody civil war it is a bloody civil war that's what happens in civil wars that isn't the point the reason that 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 . blood without money and what happens to the politicians is that they look around themselves they look at this their ratings in the polls and they sorry john i was i'm not doing very well here the people who vote for me think i'm an idiot they're going to charge me out of ten they want to wonder round north africa wonder around the middle east why do we go into saudi arabia where they've been march is and the king as announce there will be severe. repercussion 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 and yet we have still going into libya which by your logic also 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 gone you know strolling around the middle east you know without a site and without an exit plan we now have to go into these places we have no idea how to get out people say that the government various governments learn nothing from iraq and afghanistan but do you think what in fact what will learn how to sell another military intervention no absolutely the issue is quite clear. we didn't want iraq it was lumbered on us by a vainglorious prime minister. cameron is now wandering around in the desert of to brook trying to work out how to get out he would look in the audio to the end of all this but the but the underlying issue is with libya. there have been

no deaths on our side just why if crashed and god forbid we lose ten people or all by the way they use those heat seeking missiles which you can basically just walk in and according to today's papers. if that happened which i've been blowing out of the 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 pounds which we haven't gotten but not one single one of the people who has died where that happens the game and the p.r. game will change politically what does someone like david cameron gain from waging a war in africa a military of what cameron saw what was in it for him or for a country he's a pro for he is unfortunately a professional bleeding halls and so he's one of those guys who rush around

endlessly he's a total political animal by the way rush around endlessly saying something must be done yasser is something mustn't be done this like when you about to send off a really stinking is. on the night before to your boss right don't send a mile go to bed wake up in the morning re read it and decide whether it was a good idea or not cameron hasn't got that ability basically i think he's gone mad he's gone mad 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 certifiable at the end of it. my suspicion is that the pressure is just driven him by kelvin mackenzie thank you very much. this is a cable from the u.s. embassy in colombo to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of

extrajudicial executions the military reported to the press that on that day that killed knowing guerrillas and come back the best edition by instructs you including you know and they strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. to. explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet. u.s. aid continued to flow.

hello there this is r.t. from moscow is kevin and here with the half hour news update for you at half past midnight moscow time british police are given a green light to use tough tactics against riots is after violence spread throughout the u.k. over the past couple of days the government's social policies are blamed for britain's worst disorder and its. america's financial woes could see its crowded as the world's top economy pass to china in less than four years investors are expected to turn more often to asian markets to escape the economic turmoil in the us and europe. north and south korea trade artillery fire near the disputed maritime border the area was the scene of a deadly shelling last november when the tension between the two rival significantly was. coming up next we follow the journey of two colombians as they try to find the truth behind the deaths of their relatives in a mysterious military operation it's an interesting story in its own right now in our special.