if the british public take to the streets to protect their neighborhoods from vandals after several days of havoc looted shops and torched because the community has decided it's time to take the matter into their own hands nor it's. been a good visit contouri 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 chased 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 ordinary people out to protect their communities a lot of people are here to help there obviously are some people that going to do the opposite effect you're going to get that everywhere very much started to take you know stories about young children not so well but children on the streets on

the decide if there's no enough police them will help them and just get everyone away just look after all the shops and that and just push them away because we don't want to go after anyone any trouble we just one of my sure no one comes in and start smashing the shops up. and it's not just in enfield in other parts of town sikhs have banded together to protect their livelihoods and property sons and daughters come together with us and say let's solve the problems with out on to violence and causing distress to trouble which then takes it on. causing further violence in the streets. this is the current face 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 the police if the police were hit if in all that would have been done 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 businesses looters allegedly rammed the with a car the tragedy ignited anger in the asian community a vigilante band attracts all sorts and. 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 communities still feel police are unable to protect them with budget cuts for front line officers still on the table on the beat could get fewer and further between local vigilante groups

could take up the slack. as politicians branded most of the rioters as an educated jobless youth some of them turned out to be quite the opposite among the looters was a millionaire's daughter an aspiring ballet dancer and a young musician social policy expert tony given says the role of parents has been so undermined it drives youngsters to criminality if we don't have a thorough 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 out a message in our society can be trusted there are those are the voices of authority in young people's voice needs to be paid more attention to that message is a very dangerous message to send out because these are 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 of which in some respects these instances of riots and criminality are just one more obvious visible expression so it 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 when we've we've been through this process i think we actually need to look much deeper at this problem. u.s. court has ruled that two american contractors who work for a private security firm in iraq consume 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 made claims that their firm was

engaged in corruption and 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 have been rejected by prosecutors until now for more on this some are joined by jennifer harbury she's a lawyer human rights activist joining us on the webcam there in texas in the usa thanks very much indeed for being with us now cloud seemed to be gathering over donald rumsfeld with stakes being pretty high it seems so what could be the outcome of this case do you think. well the only outcome in a civil case is that he must pay money damages to the people that he caused injury to both of these being u.s. citizens the rather startling outcome is that now a united states sentence and can sue for a toy comply that happened outside the united states to confront someone who is not a u.s. citizen who was probably harmed even worse or even tell by those exact same practices they were ordered and authorized by mr rumsfeld cannot sue and worse yet we have

a criminal statute to in fact that make it a felony punishable up for a good twenty years in prison for anyone who conspires to commit torture outside in the states that would be title eighteen of us code twenty three forty there's also the war crimes act under our own laws let alone all the international treaties mr rumsfeld should be going to jail for people that he has authorized the torture of throughout the black sites throughout the world it's our oil is it right though he was obviously operating under the administration on the bush is it right that he should be personally facing these charges. it is because he certainly authorized them there's the very notorious document where he authorized a whole string of terrible practices and then at the bottom said i have to stand for eight hours at

a time during work why shouldn't the prisoners the huge difference of course being that he could walk around and move while a prisoners had to stay in a fixed position which causes the lymph nodes throughout the body just swell until the people can't even get their shoes back on usually it's excruciating on so because he ordered those he certainly should be subject to so that does not mean that all of the other people who work with him on all of this including president bush of course should not also be subject to so things ended well then so if the former contract is due when this case then as you say the mix of bush and on the high u.s. ranking officials by former and current they really could you think face traumas. well they they should chase trial if you break the law you're supposed to face trial the great travesty here being that they're not facing criminal trials they carried out massive war crimes for years and years and years with a total disaster wreaked around the globe and said back at our international human

rights treaties nearly five hundred years we don't even have a b. as corpus for a number of those folks and and guantanamo and in the black sites for a very long time on i say it's a good start it's barely enough i'll go on and you know just ask you quickly that the lawyer representing rome so he said that this court decision was a blow to the u.s. military even putting american soldiers at risk what do you make of that on human well i think it's it's pretty silly because all of the millet or a very large number of very high level generals in the military from the beginning protested against what the white house was in fact doing why did they protest they said look the geneva conventions protect us when our own people are captured we don't want them waterboard batterer humiliated on kept in freezing cells etc etc we don't want that done to our own people don't do this that can geneva

conventions protect ourselves well not only bad if you start doing this to two people around the world there's going to be huge blowback against our own troops in there the first ones who are going to be chill so in fact those patterns and practices by rumsfeld bush et cetera et cetera made the world a much more dangerous place and that's probably resulted in far more people going out in the streets with different kinds of makeshift bombs and killing our own soldiers out there who are trying to protect our own country it's hugely on shots jennifer moya and human rights activist that's all we have time for thanks so much for joining us live in the u.s. sorry. my pleasure. what at least the pentagon doesn't seem to be worried about money is 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 turn military service into an attractive option. in

a report from hell the future is playing out for would be soldiers. a hunt for american youth. to hunt down the next american and in the war incorporated a robust business machine is operating at full capacity in the u.s. the strength. from televised ads to hollywood blockbusters. to video games to american presidents dubbing soldiers the real patriots each of them. to what it means to be a soldier sailor airman marine and coast guardsman the image of the american he is portrayed as that of the invisible hero times square one of the number one entertainment spots in the big apple attracts millions from around the world and across the u.s. apart from the flashing lights and the billboards there is 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 people 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. 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. regions of the world that are

currently 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 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 khana me at home 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 if the 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 zoom 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 those who are new york. well still to come this.

assault on civil liberties in hungary journalists are forced to keep watch if they want to keep their jobs as a new media door is slammed the curbing press freedom. stories still to come first after a choppy week for europe stocks for eurozone countries have resorted to methods on scene since the two thousand and eight crisis to try and calm markets france italy spain and belgium have decided to ban short selling on the shares of banks and other financial companies the purchases investors selling borrowed stocks that are expected to fall in price before buying them back in 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 score which was finally reaffirmed by ratings john so wednesday investors however remain unconvinced the country's finances a solid enough recent figures show stagnation in growth while the banking sector has been battling health rumors haagen from the european school of management and

technology says it's the banks that are once again being offered protection. part of these rescue managed measures have been taken to to rescue the banking system. especially with the banks and 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 impact france also has 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 in italy real. really 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 stabilization in the markets by the way more news coming tonight catching videos are always there for you on our website here's a taste of what's online right now. short spot on the korean peninsula and fresh tensions between the north and south and analysts predicting souls' twenty 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 their lawmakers for more on that.

russia's anti terror committee say they have killed the chief of a major terrorist cell in the southern republic of dagestan he was among six minutes and confirmed dead in the security right in the region's capital. is believed to have been behind the first terrorist attacks on police offices in august is also thought to have helped 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 militants and his associates were preparing more in the region when they were killed. remains one of russia's most volatile regions facing near daily vons. well let's have a quick look at some other news from around the world at this stage of the day in our world update syrian security forces renewed their clampdown on the regime protestors following friday's prayers and mass riots erupted in several terms at least temper testers were shot dead in separate clashes across the country after

police opened fire on the crowds that comes after american secretary of state hillary clinton called for why the international sanctions on syria the ongoing unrest which began in march is set to play and seventeen hundred nights. of pakistani court a sentence of 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 life in prison the killing provoked public anger and increased complaints over the city security forces. student protests of exploded into violence in the chilean capital santiago protesters demanding government funded education were seen hitting police cars with sticks and throwing rocks at offices and asked demonstrations started two months ago when president pinera announced plans to cut spending on education the report the moans by students telling them nothing is free in this life someone has to pay

. the government in hungary it's adopted a controversial new media control law critics say it represents a full scale assault on the freedom of press and result in hundreds of journalists being laid off because r.t. sara firth reports despite 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 about the hunt gary in government a pain in the media low claim their journalists being silent. it's about hiding things and hiding the truth and not covering. issues. of the government that's that's the that'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 these working for the media regulated. by the ruling

party and were loyal supporters is being selected public service broadcasting is completely controlled by the government there had been some measure of the office and they put. people loyal to the government into key positions at public public t.v. and radio channels journalists he voiced criticism have felt the wrath of the new authorities say they were journalists of the public radio and. the media was introduced they have one minute silence in the national radio. suspended and 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 a very inflated public media sector has been long. this government has not only talking and been talking about but they have laid 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 on the job. is not trust. the people on the basis. of the system the recent firings and uncertainty about the implications of the new

law just some of the recent events the clues are serious about hungary's democratic . everything worked at the government needs an independent media so if this government thinks that it can oversee the whole media it can influence the whole media it 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 to be set to radically transform the face of hungary's media server a bit of past. perfect. outdoor activities emotion and dru's knows exactly how to keep fit and stay cool in the heat.

wow that was absolutely brilliant careful not to crush. well i just love the summer here in moscow. and what's go out with you in about seven minutes from now first of all it's time for the latest business news with dmitri. thanks bill the most volatile trading week and three years ended on a positive and i was in russia the markets have closed out for the second day in a row after the negative finish of the six previous sessions peter weston from out

on says unlike the crisis of two thousand and eight market players that's a position this time to weather the storm. the good thing is that even though we were down a lot it didn't seem like they were panic selling i think that investors were much better prepared this time around than they were in two thousand and eight the fall it's been quite a significant if very equally significant on a daily basis in the beginning of the week but i think you know because it was so much bad news out of europe and us so much speculation about the first sit down with that they're going to happen in the credit rating but more bad news out of europe as speculation about the next country to basically be in trouble over its sovereign debt invest it hadn't time to position themselves in a better way for the downturn so in other words they moved slightly more into defensive sectors one of the downturn came and then they did when they were selling out a few clients i spoke to were you know were selling part of what their holdings if they were reduced in russia. but they were not sort of selling in panic. in an effort to stabilize the markets for european nations have banned short selling on

banks francis of the spade then belgium are prohibited bets which allow investors to profit from fools in the price of financial stocks the move follows a high volatility in the sector amid fears about their exposure to euro zone government debt david jones market strategist index believes this will only provide short relief. that's helping the markets today we've got for example here in london barclays is one of the top prizes in the dice and we are seeing strength in banks but it is like history repeating itself because 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 are necessary to change anything. look at how the monkeys are faring this hour in the u.s. they call that series of after

a strong recovery on thursday but gains are still limited as data shows consumer confidence has fallen sharply to fifty four point nine points this is the lowest level in thirteen years the dow jones is one hundred percent up now at that point nine percent european markets closed again another three percent up after gaining the same amount on the first day they did fall immediately after the open but then started read gaining in the end however the latest a french economy growth figures are a cause for concern as they show yours own second biggest economy was stagnant in the second quarter footsie and the dax ended on a very positive note. and this is the closing picture for russia also very rosy here are two years up three point two percent in my six two point two percent growth markets we're seeing a lot of volatility but friday was less volatile than the previous days if you look at the main movers on the markets you see that energy shares were actually mixed in a way lukewarm. it was out in just point three percent in the midst of all this

positive sentiment the company did boost its net profit by fifty percent in the first half of the year reaching seven point two billion dollars but that was not enough to present best it another well company rules they have to however gain four point four percent in just one session meanwhile private gas produced in nova tech is up almost two percent and it has reported net profits rising one hundred twenty percent in the second quarter. oil prices are positive this hour however many are fearing that market volatility may slow down economic recovery therefore gains are limited and we're still not seeing the levels that we saw we could go on oil crude prices dropped as low seventy five dollars and climbed as high as well eighty seven dollars per barrel this week which added some jitters in the market. industrial production in russia rose over five percent the first seven months of this year that was below forecast production was among the fastest growing sectors up sixty four percent as they expect the annual production growth to reach five point four

percent and i can use this edition of the business news on r.t. we will be back next hour with an update bill is next with the head.

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just shorts for a welcome or to live here most the top stories this one hundred. british vigilantes move to protect their streets from troublemakers communities across england accuse the police of doing too little too late during the recent destructive wave of unrest. to americans consume u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld over the alleged torture in iraq this is america ramps up its propaganda machine to entice more youngsters into the armed forces. and journalists are outraged and hungry over a new law that could effectively silence critics of the government the legislation in dangerous press freedom and the very notion of democracy. the next shows you the best places to take a break during summer heat on the outskirts of the capital.