worldwide news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow night fell over london and once again the crowd spilled onto the streets except this time it was local residents out to protect their communities from looters after several days of disorder vandalism month after the british public has decided it's time to fight back with or without the police and that explains. their goodness i could sure use a warning to looters if you come out to enfield tonight you'd better be in disguise at the first sign of trouble this is what happens. around five hundred mainly young men chase down the road after police ready to drive troublemakers out of town. despite the mob atmosphere a large crowd of young men are out for justice there's been no trouble so far most

are ordinary people out to protect their communities a lot of people are here to help there obviously are some people that it's going to do the opposite effect but they're going to get that everywhere they might start it's taking our stories up with young children not so well but children on the streets for the decide if there's not enough police them will help them and just get everyone away just look after all the shops and in this push them away basically we don't want to go off to anyone or root cause any trouble we just want to make sure that no one comes in and start smashing the shops up and you know roots and it's not just in enfield in other parts of town sikhs have banded together to protect their livelihoods and property and sons and daughters come together with us and say let's solve the problems without undue violence and forcing this quest to target which then takes it on. causing further violence in the streets. this is the. current faced of

communities across england many of which felt under siege from looters and said in their darkest hour the police were nowhere to be seen police have not been anywhere where if the police if the police were hit that would have been maybe this is what david cameron means when he talks constantly about the big society handing power and responsibility back to local communities and i think the scenes we all saw our television screens last night of communities coming together to try and stop violence taking place was a model of how these things should be done that despite the fact that three young asian men were killed in birmingham early on wednesday trying to protect local businesses looters allegedly rammed the with a car the tragedy ignited anger in the asian community a vigilante band attracts all sorts and then tell it doesn't just rear its head in looters there's a huge number of police officers on the streets of england at the moment which many

find reassuring but groups like the enfield army prove that community is still feel police are unable to protect them with budget cuts for front line officers still on the table on the beach could get fewer and further between local vigilante we could take up the slack nor am it r.t. . as politicians brown most of the rioters as an educated youth some of them turn out to be quite the opposite among the looters was a millionaire's daughter and aspiring ballet dancer a young musician social policy expert attorney says the role of parents has been so undermined drives youngsters to crime. if we don't have storage then how can you expect young people to learn that they need to adopt certain standards to accept that adults are going to challenge them and question their behavior or their ideas and argue with them and get them to be socialized into being mature adults we're

sending a message in our society that adults can be trusted there are those voices of authority and that young people's voice needs to be paid more attention to that message is a very dangerous missions to send out because it's completely upset in the normal balance of things where i'd also responsible for nurturing young people putting them under pressure challenging them to achieve the best they possibly can and basically where necessary giving them a hard time about where they where they're not fully coming up to the mark and i think this is a much broader problem which in some respects these instances over of riots and criminality are just one more obvious visible expression. should be no surprise in our society that young people think that they can wander around and you know not show respect for other people when we been through this process i think we actually need to look much deeper at this problem. because artie now a u.s.

court has ruled that two american contractors who work for a private security firm in iraq can and now donald rumsfeld over their alleged illegal imprisonment and torture if proven guilty the former pentagon chief will be held personally accountable while in iraq the two men had made claims that there was engaged in corruption it's believed that they were then detained for nine months at a military facility before being released without explanation or charge a lawsuit against rumsfeld had been rejected until now by prosecutors and civil activist brian becker says the case opens the floodgates to other officials being held to account for war crimes. what we have to recognize is that by stripping rumsfeld of immunity for the acts of torture against american citizens this opens wide the door not only for rumsfeld but for dick cheney for bush for all of those who advocated or put into place policies like the policy of torture which they call

enhanced interrogation techniques euphemistically and very thinly euphemistically disguising torture which is illegal then that means all of these people could be in the dock if you try to hold pentagon officials in this case the head of the pentagon donald rumsfeld accountable for torture or other illegal acts that somehow shackles the hands of u.s. military ironically it suggests that the united states government needs to demands too and is engaging in illegal acts and that if anyone holds them accountable that will be quote shackling their effort to carry out war it's partly demagogy but by virtue of the nature of the argument it also reveals that they in fact have institutionalized torture otherwise they would not be afraid of the allegation against. well at least the pentagon doesn't seem to be worried about money as it splashes the cash in a bid to convince young americans to sign up for the army alongside financial uncertainty and unemployment hollywood and the video games industry are helping to

turn a military service into an attractive option. in the reports on how the future is playing out for would be soldiers. to hunt for american youth. to hunt down the next american enemy in the war incorporated a robust business machine is operating at full capacity in the us the strength to lead. from televised ads to hollywood blockbusters. to video games to american presidents dubbing soldiers the real patriots each of them adds honor to what it means to be a soldier sailor airman marine and coast guardsman the image of the american laurier is portrayed as that of the invincible hero times square one of the number one entertainment spots in the big apple i tracked millions from around the world and across the u.s. apart from the flashy lights and the billboards there's

a recruitment center right here one of hundreds just the new york the mesmerizing techniques luring young americans into serving our more sophisticated than ever before sponsoring a video game tournaments and keep up tournaments and then going up to these young kids to perform well and see if the u.s. military needs to see your skills at this video game of course to young fifteen or sixteen or seventeen year old this is something that's very basic it's a cruel and deceptive. type of recruitment they want to use all the hippest tools they can to make being in the military has school as possible now as cinematographer edward pages dedicated ten years to being a u.s. soldier he thought it was the honorable thing to do if they presented the military for what it was i don't think anyone would join in. but they do join having played one computer game and seen one war movie too many there's no second chance when you're actually out there and your life is at risk for something that most of these

young men have no idea really the true reason why they're going out there by the time some of these reasons are realized the military and. the world better off limits to us it is often too late the problem is that a lot of these kids don't know once they get in it's hard to get out the first some the way out is suicide a military report says eighty percent of soldiers in afghanistan have seen a friend killed or injured yet nothing stops the military propaganda campaign a direct hold also comes in handy for the pentagon there's a joke in the military that the best recruiter is an economic downturn and that recruiter is raging on what happened after two thousand and eight that solve their problem was the desperation of millions of americans we had an economic crisis we've had on employment up no matter the times the power of the pentagon seems eternal meaning luring in more young americans into more wars with no happy end or

game over in sight and our new york. and i still have for you this hour here on more homes mean more tension israel is building thousands of new settlements in occupied land just weeks before palestinians are expected to ask the un for statehood recognition. i'm gary and journalist forced to keep quiet if they want to keep their jobs as a new media for curbing press freedom. after a choppy week for europe's stocks for eurozone countries have resorted to methods sun seen since the two thousand and eight crisis to try and calm the markets france italy spain and belgium have decided to ban short selling on the shares of banks and other financial companies the practice sees investors selling stocks that are expected to fall in price before buying them back and keeping the difference short

selling has been blamed for increasing recent market volatility meanwhile france has been battling speculation it was going to lose its aaa school which was finally reaffirmed by the ratings giants on wednesday investors however remain unconvinced the country's finances are solid enough recent figures show stagnation in growth while the banking sector has been battling health through most young from the european school of management technology says it's the banks that are once again being offered protection. part of these rescue many measures have been taken to to rescue the banking system. especially with the banks in southern europe and i think this needs to be addressed but overall we also have this kind of political situation which has been very convenient for governments to increase debt levels to avoid bringing tough measures to their constituencies and i think this is something that has to end markets have indicated that they are not willing anymore to finance these large debt levels my fear is that we see some short term improvement in the

share prices i think overall we will see a continued downward trend so overall i think these measures will not have a long lasting effect. as a debt problem the overall debt level is very high and now that the u.s. government debt has been downgraded there's obvious fear of who will be next in the game and we've seen the problems with spain and italy recently and i think it's quite natural that the markets at this stage are concerned about france as well so i think that the french government is under some strong pressure to act requires some political will to implement these changes and i think that is the big if so if france is able to convince the market that it will implement these tough measures then i think we could see some civilization in the markets. while the seemingly endless global recession has sent investors looking for safer bets for their money and it's gold the most as the most popular commodity its value has almost doubled

in the last two years and precious metal prices have broken all records this week stephen wright a p s asia business editor says the gold's short supply means it will always hold its value. it's definitely a sawing of fear and and anxiety markets gyrating wildly people want to take money away from risky yes it's like stocks and gold is a natural haven for investors wanted to do that the amount of gold that is being produced since humans started taking it out of the ground is actually less than the amount of steel that the world produces every day so gold has a rarity value and people see this is holding its value in times of financial. market volatility they see it as as a relatively stable and safe investment. and because it's in such short supply

when demand explodes for those commodity of course the price starts to skyrocket as we have seen in recent days. now quarter past the hour here in moscow you with russia's terra committee says they have killed the chief of a major terrorist cell in the southern republic of dagestan he was among six militants confirmed dead in the security raid in the region's capital. he's me is believed to have been behind the first terrorist attacks on police officers in dagestan he was also thought to have helped to train a suicide bomber who blew himself up at a military camp in the republic last year claiming the lives of over fifty people police say the militant and his associates were preparing more assaults in the region when they were killed dagestan remains one of russia's most volatile regions facing nearly daily violence. just check out some of the headlines from around the world this hour for you syrian security forces have renewed their clamp down on the regime protesters following friday's prayers where mass riots erupted all across

the country in the city homes at least one person was killed in the east and the army fired shots as tens of thousands gathered against president assad's rule no injuries reported at this point it all comes after the american secretary of state hillary clinton called for wider international sanctions on syria. a pakistani court has sentenced a paramilitary soldier to death over the killing of a young man in june the incident that occurred in the city of karachi was caught on videotape and broadcast on national television six other men also accused in the teenager's death were handed a life in prison the killing provoked a public anger. complaints over the brutality of pakistan's security forces. student protests have exploded into violence in the chilean capital santiago protesters demanding government funded education hitting police cars with sticks

and throwing rocks at the officers the mass demonstrations started two months ago when president pinera announced plans to cut spending on education. rebuffed demands by students telling them quote nothing is free in this life someone has to pay. israel has approved the building of thousands of new settlements in east jerusalem the land palestinians consider to be theirs this comes just weeks ahead of an expected move by the palestinian administration to have their state recognized within the established pre-one nine hundred sixty seven borders with a un security council a peace talks between the two sides have been deadlocked since last year after the concert construction of a jewish homes in the west bank and list goes on bask in says the latest announcement is yet another step away from a compromise. when it seems likely that israelis and palestinians will be moving toward the peace talks and that the americans will be leading the way the main issue that has blocked a return to negotiations is the continued settlement building by the government of

israel this is not going to help the situation let's face it the government of israel feels pretty immune to any criticism around the world greatly i want this issue everyone is busy with the global financial crisis the united states as well the. twenty percent of the u.s. congress visiting israel this week and we all know that mr netanyahu has a lot more support in the american congress than he does even in his own parliament so this will just be another is really building more settlements within neighborhoods of use. without anyone really blinking and it's not going to help the situation it's not going to hurt it much more than it's already hurting. you without you live from moscow it's only twenty minutes past the hour more news comment and eye catching videos are always there waiting for you twenty four seventh's our website of course is where you can find them right now what's waiting for you on line and r.t. dot com shots fired on the korean peninsula and fresh tensions between the north and south with analysts predicting souls two thousand and twelve elections will

bring big changes in relations. and an alien abduction is more likely than sensible congressman at least according to the majority of americans who are rapidly losing trust in and or makers from or just head over to dot com. the government in hungary has adopted a controversial new media control law critics say it represents a full scale assault on the freedom of press and rule result in hundreds of journalists being laid off but it's r.t.s. sarah for three ports despite a fierce opposition many have been forced into silence over fears of job security. in new evils see no evil speak no evil at least not if it's about the hung gary in government opinion so hungry is new media low claim there journalists being silenced. it's about hiding things and hiding the truth and not covering

controversy or issues. to food to toward the end of the government that's there's there's there's the whole message of this of this law covering broadcast print and online content the controversial new law also established a new media authority that these working for the media regulate all chosen by the ruling party and were loyal supporters before being selected public service broadcasting is completely course what by the government there had been some measure of the office and they put. people loyal to the government into key positions that public public. t.v. and radio channels journalists he voiced criticisms have felt the wrath of the new wealth or say they were journalists of the public radio and. when the media was introduced they have one minute silence in the national radio.

they were right there is suspended and then one of them. left the radio. in effect he was dismissed and the other one was fired hundreds of others have suffered the same fate with a wave of layoffs across the industry this is contributed to an uneasy situation in the media here who want to keep their jobs. of line so murky the shakeups a good thing and that the layoffs in hungary's reinflated public media sector has been long. this government has not only talking and been talking about the people off because they saw that it is unsustainable. so i think. this debate has become. very politicized it's more about politics than about professional commerce. if something is unsustainable you have to cut costs that the day has been strongly contested and many talented journalists have found themselves out of the job.

is not just. the. recent firings an uncertainty about the implications of the new law just some of the recent events to look cool zing serious concern about hungary's democratic future everything more critic government needs an independent media so if this government thinks that it can oversee the whole media it can influence the whole mediate can regulate the whole media it's very. very bad ground but heavy criticism from both within the country and internationally the government is sticking by the new media laws and the changes they could bring could

be start to radically transform the face of hungary's media serve a bit of past. summer time in moscow was perfect found two activities and. knows exactly how to keep fit and stay cool in the moscow summer heat. that was absolutely brilliant careful not to crush. well i just love the summer here in moscow. and i must go out here and i just over an hour's time when i next there was dimitri

with the business. thanks the russian markets close up for the second day in a row after a negative finish of six previous session and the late rally has kept the arts yes just ahead sixteen hundred points he got his cut off at the stock exchange in moscow for business r.t. . looks like on certainty and volatility remain the name of the game here in russia the last five days have now become the most volatile trading week since two thousand and eight authorities in europe are trying to reinforce some calm on the markets by banning the short selling on banks france italy spain and belgium have banned bets which allow the investors to profit from the fall of the prices of the stocks but similar steps have been taken before in two thousand and eight by the u.k. and the u.s.

and back then it was altered in a degree of artificial inflation in stock prices on the down side on friday r d a latest economic growth figures from france which is already under scrutiny from ratings agencies due to its high debts and g.d.p. figures aren't helping the situation since they were showing the eurozone second largest economy is stagnant clearly there is a lot of talk on the more new two on whether this volatility is part of a multi-state downturn or means the market is near the bottom of analysts are saying now it's too wait to sell yet too early to buy so since it's impossible to predict the market's moves perhaps the best thing to do now is still steer clear of the market. as we have been from our correspondent a number of european countries have imposed the ban on short selling banks they've adjourns market strategist at. leaves this will only provide short term relief.

that's helping the markets today we've got for example here in london barclays is one of the top prizes of the day so we are seeing strength in banks but it is like history repeating itself we've got similar levels of volatility we had three years ago in september two thousand and eight there was widespread short selling bans but over the next month financial markets still dropped another fifteen to twenty percent so again traders in europe at least so far are back convinced the short selling bans necessary to change anything so what should the investor do in these troubled times gold treasuries and cash are all traditional safe havens and those wishing to stay in equities are devised from di with capital markets recommend steering clear of companies exposed to the global economy. well right now obviously i think what we see is that markets generally go out of risky assets and they're trying to find some kind of safe heaven. obviously i think financial financial titles these days are very very volatile so anything that is any titles that are

exposed to the global economy to the banking sector they should probably be avoided these days. let's look at how the markets are fairing this now in the u.s. they are positive this out of a strong recovery on thursday but gains are limited as data shows consumer confidence is fall in sharply to forty nine point one fifty four point nine points rather the lowest level in thirteen years in the europe with the markets are showing positive dynamics of will see up to now percentage that three percent that's the second session in a row also firstly the force in the back three percent latest a french economic growth figures not causing that much of a concern even though they showed euro zone second biggest economy was in the second quarter. and for the closing figures on friday in russia supposed to be but we're showing england again if we could switch around to russia there we are up three point two percent at the close my sixty two point two percent that's after

a minor rally on thursday is a snapshot of the market moves on the my six energy majors so we're actually performing differently lukoil up there just point three percent so the company boosted its net profit by fifty percent the first half of the year reaching seven point two billion dollars but i'm afraid that's not enough for him versus another well company ross knapp is up over four point four percent almost meanwhile private gas producer know what is up almost a percent supported by its net profits rising one hundred twenty percent in the second quarter. and finally quickly oil prices are on the up this hour half a dollar brant thirty one cents this hour. coming up next on the headlines with rory do stay with us.

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welcome back here with live from moscow a rundown of top stories hundreds of british vigilantes move to protect their streets from troublemakers communities all across england accuse the police of doing too little too late during the recent destructive wave of unrest. a court rules that two americans can sue the former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld over their alleged torture in iraq. it's a propaganda machine to entice more youngsters into the armed forces. and journalists are hungry for a new law that could effectively silence critics of the government they feel their legislation in dangerous press freedom and the very notion of democracy. will bring us more new.