join below to see a movie that's the great way to go to the grand imperial truly the george weston. you can a letter to socialism which civility to go and proclaim this is the kernel was so true as your retreat. in the headlines of this week on our t.v. cracks appeared between politicians and police about riots in the u.k. what a minister david cameron and turns to us experience for help while fed up local communities turns of. three years on south ossetia remembers of the victims of a short but blood people when in georgia launch an attack against its breakaway republic we need the people trying to rebuild their lives. u.s. regulators declare war on the ratings agencies after america's a long treasure to school gets the child something world markets into chaos.

for the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly with me rule reducing shame and this week split opened up between police and top politicians in britain following several days of rioting and looting all throughout the country prime minister david cameron slammed the officers for their poor handling of the crisis even turning to a prominent us law enforcer for advice on preventing street violence the i'm dressed was triggered by the fatal police shooting of a twenty nine year old man and a ensuing peaceful protest but protesters then started smashing shop windows and setting fire to cars and buildings leading to a widespread copycat problems over two thousand the rest have been made so far in connection with. a london editor of the telegraph was caught up in the trouble he said ultimately had little to do with a deadly police. i was mugged i was pulled off my bike and my

bike was stolen. i spent most of the day in tottenham which is where it all kicked off interviewing people who had lost their homes as a result of these rights and they are furious with the writers they say that what happened to mark duggan the man who was shot by police is absolutely no excuse at all for what happened to them they blame the police for not being quick enough to contain the trouble in tottenham in the first place it's purely opportunistic it's not anger at all i think it's pure criminality and people are taking advantage of of what they see is a lawless situation and and overstretched police forces to do their worst and help themselves to free goods and the trouble is it spreads very quickly this kind of thing we've seen it in fact in the arab world we've seen social media spreading unrest in the arab world probably for the good there but here it's spreading exactly the same way arguably for the parent that. there are lots of kids on

blackberries and instant messaging and twitter and all the rest of it spreading the word about where the next rockets going to be and they might be able to move faster than the police i think perhaps i mean if this carries on like this it is quite worrying. and with the u.k. police locked into a blame game with politicians groups in local communities took it into their own hands to reclaim the streets from looters. went to meet some of. good bazaar called jury a warning to looters around five hundred mainly young men chased down the road after police ready to drive troublemakers out of town but. despite the mall the 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 i can to do

the opposite effect they're going to get everywhere very much started taking our streets up with young children out that will patrols on the streets on the decide if there's not enough police them will help them and just carry on the wage the cost to the shops and in this push them away we don't want to go after anyone or root cause any trouble we just want to make sure that no one comes in specially no shops open. 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 for the causing the 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 why did you think all that would've 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 the with a car the tragedy ignited anger in the asian community. attracts all sorts and more pentel it doesn't just rear its head in liters this is 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 and with budget cuts the front line officers

still on the table bodies on the beat could get fewer and further between while the local vigilante groups could take up the slack no and it's arty young. and are those taking part in the weeks of lawlessness in britain have been using social networks extensively to coordinate their actions and elude police in response david cameron said he's considering banning any people from this is guilty of inciting violence where london based a political activist christmas night so it's not just highlights a blatant case of got all standards when it comes to issues of freedom of speech. if it needs a revolution through force the rule of law so be it the rule of law can't be of force if it's one law for the rich and one for the poor the rule of law means the same law for everyone is just so ironic having celebrated facebook revolution the social media the twitter revolution so across north africa and the arab world suddenly. decided to clamp down on the media here it's absolutely not be

a serious inequality you know the issue is is is that the supposed i mean what kind of society are we to drive to live near zero fourteen year old kids to watch. mental state you know to burn the local store that that we really action we need action not weasel politicians words. another nation looked into street protests is that of syria i follow what actions the government there appears ready to take to find a compromise and stop the months of bloodshed. by the list of hero applicants gets shorter as countries are spurred by the contagion sweeping the economic bloc think twice over their aspirations to join in. this week marked three years since georgia launched its attack on the small republic of south asserting a five day war in which georgia try to regain control of its old territory to claim hundreds of innocent lives and more all services are being held across the republic

but the biggest. that's going viral hundreds of people came to light candles and pray for those who died in the car releasing by loons in their memory. cotton over reports from the republic where the scars are still fresh from what happened in august two thousand and eight. i come here almost every day i sit and talk to my son so i will lie next to my dear boy. for the last three years stacey signior has come to this cemetery in southeast where her son is very it's five days unorganised two thousand and eight split her life into a before and after. day since as one her son a medical college graduate heard their republic's capital t. vall 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 altieri is firing line kay says 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 surrounded by families was similar tragic stories. in turns to cross the street leaves a woman who lost two children and to. opposite of the man who lost both his wife and his child. all these people are of the terms of george's military aggression in august two thousand and eight when they try to retake control of the 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 for i saw him fall on fire when you know it was going to be our last night but it was still carried out peacekeeping mission and tried to become. school sound

reinforcement to protect its citizens and prevents more civilian deaths within five days georgian troops had been repelled three weeks later russia recognize such as independence. the last three years have changed the face of the thirty i new residential air where new roads sharp and even worse in new zealand have been built but still signs of the conflict remain behind my back are all that's locked a good russian keep in port for those who lived through the horrors of the brief but badly conflict the memories are still there we roll. which in the cultural artsy reporting from sea involves self-assertive. and you can find out how people in south africa are trying to restore their lives we have a special report on r.t. a little bit later today. the history of this place runs through the centuries. a paradise for archeologists

zoo ologists and ecological tourists. one seats all night shots destroying the harmony of life. how this will publish its life back. hoping dreaming and recreate. it without a life in moscow where we are doing the weekly it's been one of the most turbulent weeks in years for the world's financial markets the spark was an unprecedented downgrade of america's long treasury aaa rating standard and poor's the rating agency behind the move says it made the decision based on the apparent inability of the u.s. government to deal with the problem washington responded with an attack on the firm

officials allege the company's calculations what ron and point to reports that are leaked about the downgrade allow those in the know to make a fortune in just days financial analyst called an injured leaves it should now be a priority to identify those ng beijing insider trading. there is clearly an element. 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 to get information. it is clearly improper under u.s. law to trade on material nonpublic information if you have it so to that extent the inquiries would get a much. the effects of the downgrade were not confined to the us alone and use caused mass panic on markets all across the world and worst hit tech based

economies such as india by spooked investors went on massive selling sprees economics professor gates believes that now things could swing either way and he die part of the initial sell off was was panic and i think the panic responded to the downgrade in credit worthiness of u.s. treasury bills after the initial panic has has outlasted i think investors realize that emerging markets like india have strong fundamentals they have strong structural reasons going into the future such as a positive demographic trend high savings investment rates there are other things as well if there is a recession in the world as is being talked about the other words of the dollar weakens and if india's rupee therefore strengthens views of you the dollar it's important it will go down as well the risk is somehow whether india can finance its current account deficit because of the general climate of risk aversion in the economies if investors are less willing to invest in emerging markets how does

india continue to finance its current account deficit since its inception there's been no shortage of applicants wanting to join their once in the euro currency club and that will change with the start of the debt plague sweeping through the e.u. as aussies alexia shetty reports watching the euro tumble has offered old hopefuls a fresh perspective. while parts of europe have been teetering on the edge of economic abyss poland has remained stable in the storm along with its currency. there is a widespread belief in the country that being outside the euro has helped give poland grow out of trouble here. if we were part of the eurozone then we would have been obliged to help out countries like greece and portugal happily help out someone else without solving our own problems it's almost guaranteed that prices would go up to 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 scene or 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 if the government forced the euro issue try to bring in. it could be political suicide poland has fared much better than many of its 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 euro zone meant could not join the party but now it does not have a hangover poland was meant to have the euro by next year the time when the country's co-hosting the twenty twelve european football championship but with the latest developments these plans may be shelved for another four years you rule 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 eurozone needs to get its house in order first place very important for us. they need forest. additional changes in the euro zone i mean these economic governance a few of them and also some crisis management tensions we see some need for action in the eurozone before. very good they will be in. the game has changed in the euro everyone who once wanted to join we know. no one wants to accept. let's see richard. because you for the warsaw in poland. all right so we are coming to you live from the heart of moscow and still ahead for you this hour omens of justice former u.s.

defense secretary donald rumsfeld could face trial over allegations of torture a possible step towards war crimes charges. also democracy under attack in hungary the journalists there are in rage over a new media law they say undermine the basic freedom of the press. at least nineteen reporters have been killed in the port city of latakia where the syrian military has launched its latest crackdown on anti-government protesters warships are reportedly shelling residential districts in the key port city which was once a summer tourist hot spot arab nations are also lining up against the government crackdown on civilians demanding the violence stops immediately international pressure is also mounting on the syrian leadership with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton calling for economic and political ties with the country to be separate. from the online political magazine it's like believes president assad is ignoring the people and is. not clamping down on freedom of

speech 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 there is a sense from assad really that the ease by which he. started to say this is the end of single party rule and he will start to think about elections and the way in which he 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 percents i guess messiah to say seems very tired that he almost willing to relinquish power at the moment but i think 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 another conflict in

the arab world new classes between pro and anti kadafi forces erupted in the coastal town of zawiya in libya a government spokesman says fifty rebels trying to take the town were stopped by troops taking so we may have cut off the capital which is just about fifty kilometers away conflicts been raging for six months now and thousands of lives have been lost despite nato's intervention in an exclusive interview to us here at r.t. iran's president said the situation in libya is being made worse by the alliance's presence. and security council has made a mistake instead of sending bombs and planes to libya they should have sent mediation groups in order to prepare for free elections under the auspices of the un to ever won the elections would be acceptable for the people but the security council hastily issued a resolution and it has complicated the situation that has led to the killings and the massacre of people and destruction of infrastructure in the country.

and we've got an extended version of that interview it's coming away a little bit later this hour here on our t.v. you can also watch the full interview with the iranian president on our web site of course dot com also waiting for you online right now treasure hunting. dives into the deep shed light on the fate of an historic site known as russia. i find out what the prime minister found at the bottom of the sea at r.t. dot com. and a look at the man who made it onto the u.k. rich list yet those moscow one billion dollars and is wanted for fraud.

well twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow with artsy hungary's journalists for freedom of speech is taking a major step backwards after the government push through a new media control they say it will seriously stifle reporters from holding hungary's leaders to account a view shared at home and abroad it could also mean a massive layoffs and found out the fiercest critics are first in the firing line. evil speak no evil at least not if it's about the hungary and government akane instead hungary's new media law claim that their journalists are being silenced. it's about hiding things and hiding the truth and not covering controversy it was. proof of the government and that's there's there's there's there's the whole message of this story 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 your loyal supporters the food being selected its public service broadcasting is completely course work by the government there had been some measure of the office and the point. people loyal to the government people into key positions of public t.v. and. journalists a voice criticism has felt the wrath of been you were thirsty. of the public. the media was introduced the. silence in the. new. writer is suspended and one of the. in fact he was the other one was fired hundreds of others have suffered the same fate but the wave of layoffs across the industry has contributed to an uneasy

situation in the media here who want to keep their jobs and. line. the shakeups a good thing and that the layoffs in a very inflated public media sector has been long. this government has not only been talking about the people. it is on sustainable. business because. very politicized it's more about politics than about professional commerce this is something he's also seen a boy you have to cut costs that he they strongly contested and many talented journalists have found themselves out of the jug. recent firings and uncertainty about the implications of the new law just some of

the recent events the causing serious concern that hungary's democratic future. government needs an independent media so this government thinks. it can oversee the whole media. influence that can regulate the media it's very. very bad ground despite heavy criticism from both within the country and internationally the government sticking by the new media laws the changes they could bring could be set to radically transform the face of hungary's media. that attack. u.s. a defense secretary donald rumsfeld may face trial over allegations of torture after a court allowed two americans to file lawsuits against him while in iraq in two thousand and six two private security contractors claimed it was engaged in

corruption in response to the u.s. military reportedly held them in prison for nine months where they were allegedly tortured without explanation charge when they were released they brought a lawsuit against rumsfeld but that was rejected by prosecutors that is until now the case may open up the floodgates to other officials being held to account for war crimes that's according to an activist brian becker. what we have to recognize is that by stripping rumsfeld of immunity for the acts of torture against american citizens this opens wide that we do are 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 dark 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 work it's partly demagogy 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 it. it watching the weekly here on our t.v. as we highlight the top stories of the past several days but for now we'll check out some of today's main headlines nineteen people have been killed almost forty wounded in a taliban attack at a governor's residence in central afghanistan a suicide bomber blew up a car near the gates making a hole in the wall that allowed five other insurgents to storm the compound the target was prominent officials who were gathered for a meeting with balance in afghanistan has reached its worst level since two

thousand and one as insurgents carry out attacks in a relatively peaceful areas. thousands of protesters in china's northeastern quarter city of course the relocation of a chemical plant demands to shut it down and grew after a storm last week broken dike that was protecting the facility spreading fears toxic chemicals maybe against the mayor promised to move the project out of the city the local committee of the communist party ordered an immediate shock. and it's a pretty dramatic footage at least five killed forty injured after a stage collapsed. in the u.s. state of indiana the accident happened on saturday night during stormy weather when strong winds caused the stage working for the concert to fall according to witnesses many people suffered head and neck injuries and broken but. all right i'll be back with the latest headlines in just a few minutes please stay with us.

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