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vandals after several days of having neutered shops and torched cars communities decided it's time to take matters into their own hands more emmett's has more. 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 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 are 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 in our streets are for young children not so well but children on the streets on the decide if there's not enough police then move help them and just give everyone
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a wage the cost to the shops and in this push them away basically we don't want to go after anyone or root cause any trouble we just one of my sure no one comes in and start smashing the shops up in the road 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 without one people listening causing distress can you tell which then takes it on. causing further violence on 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
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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 the 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 proved that communities still feel police are unable to protect and with budget cuts for frontline officers still on the table on the beat could get fewer and further between local vigilante groups could take up the slack. the british prime minister has blamed gangs
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blackberry phones and even social networks for their role in recent u.k. writing and david cameron suggested temporarily blocking access to websites like facebook and twitter at times but jeremy kaufman from the u.k. labor party believes media controls will only make things worse. but you can't stop communication what you have to do is assert a moral value within society and encourage young people to believe that they have some scope and some stake in society and that is the problem it's the social alienation the impoverishment the disillusionment of young people is not exclusive to britain it also happens to france and spain and italy and in many other countries across western europe there's a very unpleasant agenda surrounding this which david cameron in part is promoting while is that could scale meant of social media such as twitter and facebook the other is eviction of whole families from homes because one member of the family has been charged and convicted of an offense to do with the events of the past week and
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then you suggest to bring in water cameron suggests of putting the army on the street all kinds of draconian measures that we have to listen and try and understand not the principles of those people to the stealing simply for themselves but the danger to all of this of the very large number of young people who don't feel any any problem with getting involved in it because they don't feel they have any stake in society as a whole that is a very dangerous thing we've got to learn lessons from repression won't solve it repression will make it worse censorship won't solve it that will make it worse. the us court has ruled that american contractors who work for a private security firm in iraq can sue donald rumsfeld over their alleged illegal imprisonment and torture if proven guilty the former pentagon chief would be held personally accountable while in iraq the two men made claims that their firm was engaged in corruption it's believed that they were then detained for nine months at
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a military facility before being released without explanation or charge the lawsuit against rumsfeld to be rejected by prosecutors until now it is deborah sweet says the case could be seen as a step towards justice though the bomber administration has consistently opposed prosecution of bush era officials. i suppose it could go all the way to revealing this sordid business that stands behind this illegitimate occupation of iraq and i would add afghanistan by the united states one can only hope that there actually is the potential for the whole story coming out in this lawsuit of course it is not just by happenstance that the lawsuit has not been heard before this because it's the obama administration that has resolutely opposed any prosecutions of the former bush regimes war criminals in office like rumsfeld and like bush
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himself dick cheney and all the torture lawyers that actually created the justification for torture carried out across the whole rubric of the war on terror there's been numerous attempts to seek justice in u.s. courts by people who were detained in guantanamo completely without charges by people who were kidnapped and taken to u.s. black torture sites none of these people have been able to convince a court in the united states to allow their legitimate lawsuits to go forward and this is in each case because the obama administration department of justice has opposed these inquiries and their justification is always national security. well coming up on r t this hour an assault on civil liberties in hungary journalists are forced to keep quiet if they want to keep their jobs as
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a new media door is slammed for curbing press freedom. but first after choppy week for europe stocks for eurozone countries have resorted to methods unseen 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 practice sees investors selling stocks that they expect a drop in price before buying them back and keeping the difference short selling has been blamed for increasing recent market for the meanwhile struggling italy has approved forty five million euros in cuts to balance the budget in the next two years france has been battling speculation it was going to lose its aaa school which was finally reaffirmed by ratings johnson on wednesday investors however remain unconvinced the country's finances a solid enough and how going from the european school of management and technology says it's the banks that once again being offered protection. part of these rescue
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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. seen the problems with spain in italy recently and i think it's quite natural that the markets at this stage are concerned about france as well so i
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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. more news coming tonight catching videos for you always available on our website here's a taste of what's online right now at our people call shots fired on the korean peninsula and fresh tensions between the north and the south with analysts predicting souls' twenty twelve elections will bring big changes in relations. and in adoption is more likely than sensible congressman so he's deporting to the majority of americans who are rapidly losing trust in their lawmakers home or head to the website online all the time dot com. so a look now at some other news from around the world at this stage of the day in our
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world update syrian security forces have renewed their clampdown on regime protesters following friday's prayers when mass riots erupted in several towns at least ten protests were shot dead in separate clashes across the country after police opened fire on the crowds comes after american secretary of state hillary clinton called for wider international sanctions on syria the ongoing unrest which began in march is said to have claimed one thousand seven hundred lives. but his police have revised the death toll after a train derailment in the center of the country saying one person a not for has been killed dozens more have been injured he was traveling from the capital was sort of a self when the engine left the tracks along with three of the carriages rescue teams working on the scene of the cause of the accident is not yet. the study caught a sentence of paramilitary soldier to death over the killing of a young un. in june an incident that occurred in the city of karachi was caught on videotape and broadcast on national television and died later as were six other
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members also accused in the teenager's death and were handed life in prison. for public anger and increased complaints of the brutality of pakistan's security forces. the. student protests that exploded into violence in the chilean capital santiago just a model government funded education seem to do police cars with sticks and throwing rocks at us this is a master instruction started two months ago when president pinera announced plans to cut spending on education he rebuffed demands by students telling them nothing is free in this life someone has to pay. the government didn't hungary has adopted a controversial new media control law critics say it represents a full scale assault on the freedom of press will result in hundreds of journalists being laid off resulting sara first reports despite fierce opposition many have been forced into silence over fears of job security.
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evil see no evil speak no evil at least not if it's about the hunger area and government opinion so hungry is new media low claim there journalist being silent. it's about hiding things and hiding the truth and not covering controversy or issues. of the government that's the whole message of this. covering broadcast print and online content the controversial new law also established in the media a third say that these working for the media regulate all chastened by the ruling party and were loyal supporters being selected its public service broadcasting is completely by the government there have been some measure of the office and they put. people loyal to the government into key positions at public public t.v. and radio channel journalists he voiced criticism have felt the wrath of the new
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authority they were journalists of the public radio and. was introduced they have one minute silence in the national radio. suspended and then one of them. left the radio. in effect he was dismissed then 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 have been long. this government has not only talking and been talking about it but they have laid the people off because they saw that it is unsustainable. so i think.
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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 transparent to. the people on the basis. of the. recent firings and uncertainty about the implications of the new law just some of the recent events to look cool seeing serious concerns about hungary's democratic future every democracy government needs an independent media so if this government thinks that it can oversee the whole media it can influence the whole
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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 the start to radically transform the face of hungary's media so it's a bit of past. what is going to reach a thirty degrees this weekend here in the russian capital and our moscow team takes you to the capital's outskirts to find the best ways to take a break from moscow's summer heat.
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hello welcome to the must go out show on the show this week will be exploring every cool celebrity bull translating to civil farce in english is the perfect escape for the day in the summer while blood and they just some bathing swimming water sports an old to soften i'll call it jenny from the city center seventy board is actually an island surrounded by an officer lake and very small two ways coming by cops and you'll timing catch the wise you could end up being stuck in traffic for hours on end no telly drivers who are residence permit holders. tens of thousands of.
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playgrounds for children including one on the beach. in restrooms serving european and russian cuisine. is the way to cool down. there you can enjoy. the greatest need of it's great. part of the city and. i remember how you used to play here when i was a child and. most of the area here is taken up. it's a wonderful place to. paint. a
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haven for the communists and. provides a taste of life with buildings mixed in with palms and forests. the park has over two hundred. a one hundred years old. very popular among muscovites it's difficult to find the free spots here especially because a whole range of. every. and of the need to make a trip really worthwhile just make sure. people. make . a recipe quite a history. today visit to
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a country to. compete without enjoying the traditional summer barbecue. here being prepared you can. surroundings. steak very tasty on the table just. to. meet this week's guest. in the middle of winter. now is the middle of. what it was when i got. in the freezing conditions. you can. go to water. water skiing it's great.
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the weather is a little bit unpredictable here. if the weather is bad even if. the water. is going to go away anyway so. the people you know know the weather but generally. come in with. you can just play. in the grass and in the water. what is your favorite part of. the beach. on the water. chilled out. in the. us here we've got you know. the risk. that people have with.
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is that the bring. we've been on the countryside and we've been here before. and we just sit on the side of the beach on the grass with the. keys and we can read it. for yourself from me on the coast. to. the areas of interest. i want to get closer to it. from this lake it stretches from one thousand two hundred meters. along its. feeding boxes a small wooden houses from. cranes and. interesting facts about the environment is provided information stands for those who are on the. education.
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saturday morning here in the russian capital. hundreds of 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. former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld faces a lawsuit from two americans over the alleged torture in iraq employees of a security from claim they were beaten and punished for months before being released from a u.s. military facility without charge. and journalists are outraged and hungry of a new law that could effectively sonnets critics of the government they feel the legislation in press freedom and the very notion of democracy. continues in less than half an hour from now i would like to get a shop of oliver in the meantime another fiery debate with peter develop these panel of guests stay with us next for crosstalk.
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