join below to see a movie that's the case we go to the grand imperial truly the top western. socialist see don't need to go and. read this in the kindle was her turn to retreat . they are the peacemakers police but. this week's british street riots see a backlash for the police about how they handled the chaos the government turns now to america while the locals take on patrols themselves. a source score for the united states has its credit rating is cut for the first time in a century sending global markets into a spin and also. consider the american side of nuclear bombs and nuclear weapons and could they win in iraq and afghanistan could be nuclear weapons help the israelis to gain victory in lebanon and gaza could nuclear weapons the former soviet union from collapse. dismisses iran's nuclear reputation saying atomic bombs

are obsolete and never sold anything talks exclusively to iran's president. marks three years ago this week since george was a deadly military offensive party visits the republic to me those still rebuilding their shattered lives. with the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly with me. britain's police are furious about prime minister david cameron's plans to consult a former american police chief on how to tackle street violence as a ready tension between them following the riots and looting which have led to more than two thousand arrests and what the blame game circles overhead communities are claiming the streets for themselves. reports. if

a good result contrary a warning to looters around five hundred mainly young men chased down the road after police ready to drive troublemakers out of town. despite the mall 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 they can to do the opposite effect but they're going to get everywhere very much started checking out stories of what young children out there will patrols on the streets all of this is happening if there's no enough police there will help them and just give everyone a wage the cost to the shops and in this push them away basically we don't want to go off to really cause any trouble we just want to make sure that no one comes in specially no shops. and it's not just in enfield in other parts of

town seeks 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 through violence and causing distress control which then takes it over causing the 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 hitting all that would have been thought 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 mortal 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 rams there with a car the tragedy ignited anger in the asian community. attracts all thoughts and more pentel it doesn't just rear its head in looters this is 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 and with budget cuts the front line officers still on the table poppies on the beat could get fewer and further between while the local vigilante groups could take up the slack no and it's altie young. i don't have a camera because we told m.p.'s the rioting was pure and simple criminality london based a political analyst chandan so it's not the obvious not obvious rather the real criminals are getting involved and the rest. i really would like the british

authorities to rethink hard and fast they approach their approach needs to be actually addressing the root causes of this which is a for go and generation the student cut themselves this is a mass phenomenon this is this is this is a generation that's been called hoodies child's. gangsters so that's the way they've been treated by the system and by people in the community so why are we surprised that they behave in the way that we've laid them for a whole generation it's a social nine eleven we can say i mean you know cameron and johnson and miliband will holidaying in my the terrain while they're bombing libya in the south mediterranean common comes back off of the first day of writing from his nice little holiday and he calls these young people criminals and the defying rule in water this is the same person who was directly responsible for the massacring by nato of eighty five civilians that same night including thirty five children so let's get some perspective here who's the real criminal in this situation and the london based political activist chris knight says the crackdown it should not start

from the teenagers but rather from top bankers. the rule of law can't be enforced if it's gone or for the rich and one for the poor the rule of law means the same law for everyone we have to start with the most powerful criminals who set fire not only to the destructive economy but to be a global economy the very beginning of this year the branches are very big cameron whether they put help themselves to seven billion pounds worth of bonuses and of course cameron said yes help yourself and we're seeing now that in order to appraise poetry's this government is closing down through in between calls it shocking new centers it's randomizing the economy it's just so ironic having celebrated the facebook revolution the social media the pretty revolutions of across north africa and the arab world suddenly. decided to clamp down on the media here it's absolutely not be as to be serious inequality the issue is is is that the supposed i mean what kind of society are we to drive eleven year olds fourteen year

old kids to that. mental state you know to burn the local store that that we need action we need we need action not weasel politicians words more analysis and video at r.t. dot com and so i would look at what's behind britain's worst riots in thirty years . i don't think there's any political motive at all for this they're not attacking the police in attacking official buildings they're attacking shoe shops and businesses and stealing whatever they can carry join the discussion and share your view on britain's breakdown of our dot com. and world stock markets have had their roughest week in years after the united states top credit rating was dropped one dollar each standard and poor's economist michael pentode says the agency's decision is actually saving america from a worse crisis. american debt is intractable america is

becoming insolvent and the secret is getting out and once the chinese fully understand it and watch the japanese and the europeans and or foreign creditors or sense the idea that we can't pay back our debt without inflation and monetizing and charging it will be a time should israel action which will send interest rates to the moon or at least until it sing high single digits and then it will be clear as day that the us isn't silent and that's what the s. and p. is trying to who they should be you look thank you to find a way to be in the mainstream media. now and the tables are turning on standard and poor's it's not only being a widely slammed first decision but also faces now illegal inquiry financial analyst called then enjoy says it's necessary because the downgrade it may have been wrongfully leaked to traders there's clearly an element of legitimacy to

investigating insider trading there was an awful lot of rumor mongering that was going on early downgrade in this case the rumor turned out to be correct and there was a huge swing in the market on friday prior to the downgrade be issued so clearly some people knew in advance and the question is who are those people and how did they get that information because it is clearly improper under u.s. law to trade on material nonpublic information but so to that extent the inquiry would go to. whether the white house agrees with its new credit score or not there's one number that cannot be avoided that of the fourteen trillion dollars that for huffington post columnist eric margolis it's america's enormous war spending but at the root of it all. it's no good studies are being under in favor of growth from outside powers will not rise too much to pay for the france. we're not paying for defense right now we're paying for old cents in the

sense that america's military operations are all around the world not too many americans understand is the costs of swarms were never equal to the tax it's arguably put on the us national credit card that's one of the reasons for the leak the rest is fourteen trillion dollars and is growing if americans had paid for the cost of these foreign wars influence military sounds out of their taxes i think that would be a big change public opinion. and europe's economy also took a knock this week with the big hitters being drawn in deeper leading french banks society was forced to deny that its solvency was at risk but investors remain unconvinced that the country's finances are solid r.c. economy watch imax kaiser believes the french are banking system will not pull through. the french banks are loaded with toxic the rivet of that were sold to them

by american investment banks and the american investment banks plus the rating agencies plus the hedge funds are now attacking these french banks they know where the bodies are buried and they're using the weapons that they sold them to attack them for siding generale and b.n.p. and credit agricole are insolvent their balance sheets are six to ten times bigger in terms of the debt that they carry than they could possibly service but it's carried on the shadow banking system they don't report this that but the insiders around the world who wield the weapons of mass financial destruction are taxing them to force these unrealized debts onto their balance sheet to force these companies into the liquid say into a foreclosure because they've got a rate billions of dollars attacking these banks the size of generali it is an insolvent institution so is b m p they can't possibly meet they're there to try to demands absolutely not. and those e.u. nations which are not members of the embattled euro currency club themselves rather

lucky some of positively stable in comparison and watching the floundering euro is helping them make up their minds as to what he selects he's going to see reports from poland. well parts of europe have been teetering on the edge of economic abyss gold has remained stable in the storm along with this currency. there is a widespread belief in the country that being outside the euro has helped keep poland out of trouble here. if we were part of the eurozone then we would have been obliged to help countries like greece and portugal happily help out someone else without solving our own problems it's almost guaranteed that the prices would go up that we join the euro zone which would damage my business recent opinion polls suggest that more than sixty percent of balls want to keep their own currency a dramatic turnaround from just a few years back a few years ago the euro was seen as the euro club was seen as something very exclusive polls aspired to that they wanted

a country to join the euro now the name of the euro has been sullied by the troubles in greece and italy poles don't want to be dragged into this crisis i think government forced the euro issue try to bring poland into the euro zone it could be political suicide poland has fared much better than many of its e.u. partners in the global crisis several countries like greece ireland and portugal are on the brink of disaster partly due to a boring binge allowed by your membership and associated low interest rates being outside the eurozone men's pool could not join the party but now it does not have the hangover poland was meant to have the euro by next year the time when the country is co-hosting the twenty twelve european football championship but with the latest developments these plans may be shelved for another four years either you will say poland is obliged to adopt the euro once it meets the economic rules for joining but politicians are now much cooler on the idea with minister saying the

user needs to get its house in order first place very important for us. the need for institutional changes in the eurozone i mean the economic governance a few of them and also some crisis management terms we see some need for action in the euro zone before the. caribbean date will be. set up the game has changed and the euro group everyone who wants wanted to join we now be the integration no one wants to accept. let's see russia stick r.t. because you from warsaw in poland. you are watching the weekly run r.t. it's good to have your company today and still ahead for you this hour is the syrian leader really listening. he is very worried he'll meet the same treatments

that's mubarak is now seeing as the pressure mounts on president assad experts interpret his recent actions as exhaustion from clinging to power for so long. plus we travel to hungary where journalists say democracy is under threat by a new baby alone which come down on government critics they say it undermines press freedom as we explain to you shortly. three years ago georgia launched an attack on the people of the small republic of south or setting up the five day war in which georgia tried to regain control of its old territories claimed hundreds of innocent lives and moral services were held in a south as early as a car capital of involving hundreds of people came to light candles to pray for the victims of the conflict and released white balloons in their memory but in a question about went to meet with some of those who are still struggling to come to terms with the loss. i come here almost every day i sit and talk to my son so i know i will lie next to my dear boy. for the last

three years. has come to this cemetery in south assessing where her son is peretz. five days unorganised two thousand and eight split her life into a before and after. case insert as when her son a medical college graduate heard the republicans capital t. involved was under attack from georgia he rushed home to help the injured he died in her arms as they lay trapped for days under the rubble of their apartment block that was in the georgian el to reserve firing line. the only thing that makes her life worth living now is her twenty year old daughter they now live together in a newly built house to rounded by families for similar tragic stories. in the terrace across the street lives of women who was two children under the house opposite there's a man who lost both his wife and his child. all these people are victims of

georgia's military aggression in august two thousand and eight when you try to retake control of the town breakaway republic of south ossetia a russian peacekeeping mission in the region also came under fire nursed my abuse dive i was on duty with them and witnessed average thing that happened that night god forgives i saw him fall on fire when you know it was going to be our last night but was still carried out peacekeeping mission and tried to become. more school santry enforcement to protect its citizens and prevent more civilian deaths within five days georgian troops had been repelled three weeks later russia recognize that he has independence. the last three years have changed the face of this thursday a new residential area where new roads sharp and have been burst and have been built. but still signs of the conflict remain behind my back on.

the good russian poles. those who lived through the horrors of the brief but that's the conflict and memories are still. so much in the question will i see reporting from c involved south and south seas. so you can discover more about the painful path to peace in the south as if you have lots of dog calling also online we explore the total relations with them they would in neighboring georgia as the opposition claims the countries and children are being forced to study english to make it the dominant language in a generation you're going to do is put national identity cards. treasure hunting a lot of it putting dives deep to shed light on the paper but it's a storage site called the russian advances i find out what the prime minister found the bottom of the same problems from tropical.

storm. top stories of the week this is the weekly here on r.t. international pressure is mounting on the syrian leadership with u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton calling for economic and political ties with the country to be cut syrian warships have now joined the military assault against this port city of latakia the latest round of crackdowns on and government protesters warships shelled residential districts killing at least six people this according to human rights groups arab nations are also lining up against the government crackdown on civilians demanding the violence stops in egypt make patrick case from the online magazine spike believes that president assad is ignoring the people at his own power. planting down on freedom of speech and freedom of expression which is the cornerstone of any democracy is not sending out

a message to the syrian people that he can be taken seriously or trusted in his promise is a tool diplomatic consideration is now largely absent in assad's regime they're clinging on to power but even so in a very tired way there is a sense from a starter really eased by which he started to say this is the end of you know single party rule and he will start to think about elections and the way in which you previously portrayed himself and his party as the only guarantors of syrian stability but is now talking about major constitutional reforms i mean really there's a real uncertainty about what he's trying to do there very isolated they don't really know where they go into a kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place they don't know what to do but i sense i get this a seems very tired that she almost willing to relinquish power at the moment but i think that there's a reluctance to want to relinquish power because i suspect he is very worried he'll

meet the same treatments that some of barack is now seeing. and elsewhere in the arab world conflicts libyan rebels claim they've gained control of the coastal town of zawiya it's just fifty kilometers from tripoli and through it runs the main supply road to the capital from the. earlier rebels claim they captured the northern oil town of which the government tonight's on thursday the libyan embassy reopened in washington under the control of the rebels national transitional council the conflict been raging for six months now killing thousands of people despite nato's intervention. and its the alliance its presence in libya that's making the situation worse so says the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad spoke exclusively to what's he's kept in knowing about his views on the arab spring and foreign involvement. as security council has made a mistake instead of sending bombs on planes to libya they should have sent

mediation groups in order to prepare for free elections under the auspices of the un and whoever won the elections would be acceptable for the people for the security council hastily issued a resolution and it is complicated the situation but has led to the killings and the massacre of people and destruction of infrastructure in the country. are you saying that at some point in the future you may want to acquire a nuclear deterrent a nuclear weapon. where our religion says it is prohibited and we are religious people if any country tries to build a nuclear bomb in fact they waste their money they create great danger. the international equations are not determined by nuclear arsenals today the americans have nuclear bombs and nuclear weapons and could they win in iraq and afghanistan could get nuclear weapons help the israelis to gain victory of. nuclear weapons the former soviet union from collapse.

exclusive interview with president mahmoud coming your way. all right i was going to have some of today's headlines from around the world for you in the united states a stage has collapsed at the ferry in vienna killing at least four people it happened on saturday night during stormy weather at the fairground in indianapolis the strong winds caused the stage ripping for the outer concert to fall trapping and injuring around forty people dramatic footage right there. militants have stormed the governor's compound in the eastern afghan provinces of part of one killing nineteen wounding about forty others are powerful explosions followed by gunfire rocked the regional capital it's thought up to six suicide bombers carried out the attack on a taliban all of this all comes as afghan troops gradually take over from security forces. three people have been charged and several more arrested in connection with

the sectarian violence that flared up in northern ireland clashes erupted as protestants and you will marching season in the nominally catholic city of london very police warned members of the public to avoid the. hungary's journalists fear that freedom of speech is taking a major step backwards after the government pushed through a new media control law they say it will seriously stifle reporters from holding hungary's leaders to account for some of you shared at home and abroad the law also implies massive layoffs and as sara for thought out those opposing the initiative first in the firing line. at least not about the hunt game governments opinions hungry as new media little claim journalists being silenced. it's about hiding

things and hiding the truth and not covering the controversy. of the government that's. covering broadcast print and online content the controversial new law also established a new media of thirty days working for the media regulated. by the ruling party and were loyal supporters being selected to public service broadcasting. by the government there had been some measure of the office and. people government people into key positions at public public t.v. and. journalists he voiced criticisms of the wrath of the new authority. of the public. was introduced. one minute silence. writer is suspended

and one of the. in fact he was the other one was fired hundreds of others have suffered the same fate with the wave of layoffs across the industry this is. the situation in the media here who want to keep their jobs. blind. and in. a very inflated public media sector people. this is not only talking about. sustainable. so i think. this debate has become. very politicized about politics than about professional commerce this is something he's also you have to cut costs that the

day has been strongly contest many talented journalists have found themselves on the job. transfer. system in recent firings and uncertainty about the implications of the new law just some of that recent. period about hungary's democratic. everything. needs an independent media so this government thinks. it can oversee the whole media it can influence the whole media it can regulate media it's very. very wrong but heavy criticism from both within the country and internationally because they can buy the

new media laws the changes they could bring to radically transform the hungary's media so. that the. you're watching the weekly on this sunday here on r.t. i'll be back in just a few moments with a recap backwards. from a.

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