and 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 rest was triggered by the fatal police shooting of a twenty nine year old man suing peaceful protest but protesters then started smashing shop windows and setting fire to cars and buildings leading to widespread copycat violence over two thousand the rest have been made so far in connection with. andrew gilligan a london editor of the telegraph was caught up in the trouble he said it ultimately had little to do with a deadly police shooting. i was mugged i was pulled off my bike and my bike was stolen by a gang of youths 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 what they see is a lawless situation and overstretched police force to do their worst and help themselves to free goods the trouble is it spreads very quickly this kind of thing we've seen it in fact in the arab world we've seen it 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 bad and there are lots of kids on on blackberries and instant messaging and twitter and all the rest of it spreading the word about where the next rock is 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 artie's a lawyer i met went to meet some of them. goodness i could sure use 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 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 paper that going to do the opposite effect you're going to get everywhere very much started taking our stories up with young children not that well but children on the streets for the decide if there's not enough police they move help them and just get everyone away just look after all the shops and just push them away basically we don't want to go off to anyone or root cause any trouble we just one might sure that no one comes in

and start smashing the shops up in the roads 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 target 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've been maybe this is what david cameron means when he talks constantly about the big society handing power and responsibility back to local communities and i think the scenes we all saw our television screens last night of communities coming together to try

and stop violence taking place was a model of how these things should be done that despite the fact that three young asian men were killed in birmingham early on wednesday. trying to protect businesses looters allegedly rammed the with a car the tragedy ignited anger in the asian community a vigilante band attracts all sorts and more pentel it doesn't just rear its head in looters there's a huge number of police officers on the streets of england at the moment which many find reassuring but groups like the enfield army prove that communities still feel police are unable to protect them and with budget cuts for front line officers still on the table bodies on the beat could get fewer and further between while the local vigilante we could take up the slack nor am it r.t. . and others 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 is considering banning any people from the road guilty of inciting violence through the web but london based a political activist chris knight says that just highlights a blatant case of double standards when it comes to issues of freedom of speech. if it needs a revolution to enforce the rule of law so be it the rule of law can't be enforced 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 the facebook revolution the social media the twitter revolutions and across north africa and the arab world suddenly. decided to crack down on the media here it's absolutely not the issue the issue is inequality the issue is is. what kind of society are we to drive to live near zero fourteen year old kids to that. mental state to burn the local store that that we need action we believe we need action not weasel politicians

words. another nation locked into street protests is that of syria find out what actions the government there appears ready to take to find a compromise and stop the months of bloodshed. at 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 of the five day war and wish georgia try to regain control of its old territory to claim hundreds of innocent lives memorial services have been held across the republic of the biggest in the south as it is capital. hundreds of people came to light candles and pray for those who died in the conflict releasing white balloons and their memory. of our 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 knew i will lie next to my dear boy . for the last three years stacy signet has come to this cemetery in southeast where her son is very it's five days in two thousand and eight split her life into a before and after. when her son a medical college graduate heard the republic's capital team vall was under attack from georgia he rushed home to help the injured he died in her arms as they lay trapped for days on to the rubble of their apartment block that was in the georgian altieri is 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 round it by family tragic stories. in the towns across the street lives of women who lost two children under the.

house opposite lives the man who lost both his wife and his child. all these people are of the terms of georgia's military aggression in all those two thousand and eight when they try to retake control of the downed 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 violent fire when you know it was going to be our last night but was still carried out peacekeeping mission and tried to be calm. most cool sound trained force meant to protect its citizens and prevent 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 this thursday i new residential air where new roads jobs and even worse a new g.m.

have been built but still signs of the conflict remain this ruins behind my back are all that's left of good russian peacekeeping poles for those who lived through the horrors of the brief but deadly conflict the memories are still very raw. much in the question of r.t. reporting from sea involved. and you can find out how people in south korea 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. but once it's all nice shops destroyed the harmony of life.

how this republic got 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 and 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 a 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 farm officials allege the company's calculations were wrong and point to reports that a leak about the downgrade allowed those in the know to make a fortune in just days financial analyst called an inch of believes it should now be a priority to identify those ng gauging insider trading. there is clearly an element

of legitimacy to investigating insider trading there was an awful lot of rumor mongering that was going on further 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 if you have it so to that extent be inquiries would you. effects of the downgrade were not confined to the us alone the news 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 when you 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 in investment rates there are other things as well if there is a recession in the world as is being talked about 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 as the risk is somehow whether india can finance its current account deficit because of the general climate of risk aversion in the economies of 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 the once elite euro currency club but that all changed with the start of the debt plague sweeping through the e.u. and its aussies alexi had a shift to the 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 this currency. there is a widespread belief in the country that being outside the euro has helped keep poland well out of trouble here. if we were part of the eurozone then we would have been obliged to help countries like greece and portugal how can we help out someone else without solving our own problems it's almost guaranteed that 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 they wanted their country to join 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. 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 euro zone meant poland 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 e.u. rules say poland is obliged to adopt the euro once it meets the economic rules for joining but polish politicians are now much cooler on the idea with ministers saying the eurozone needs to get its house in order first place very important for

us. more institutional changes. in the eurozone i mean these economic governance of euro zone and also some crisis management we see some need for changes in the eurozone before. target date will be. set up the game has changed and the you everyone once wanted to join may now be the invitation no one wants to accept. it was you from the warsaw in poland. all right so we're 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 a rage over a new media law they say undermines the basic freedom of the press.

at least nineteen are reported to have been killed in the port city of latakia where the syrian military has launched its latest crackdown on antigovernment 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 patrick case from the online political magazine spiked believes president assad is ignoring the people at his own peril. 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

a really that the ease 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 he previously portrayed himself and his party as the only guarantors of syrian stability but is now talking about major constitutional reforms means that really there's a real uncertainty about what he's trying to do since i guess most of this is seems very tired that she 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 will meet the same treatments that some of barack is now seeing. new clashes between. fifty rebels trying to take the. troops taking. off the capital which is just about fifty kilometers away the conflicts been raging for six months now and thousands of

lives have been lost despite nato intervention. iran's president said the situation in libya is being made worse by the presence. of the security council has made a mistake instead of sending planes to libya they should have sent mediation groups in order to prepare for free elections under the auspices of the un so do you ever won the elections would be acceptable for the people but the security council hastily issued a resolution that has complicated the situation that has led to the killings and the massacre of people and destruction of infrastructure in the country. we've got an extended version of that interview. and you can also watch the full interview with the iranian president on our web site of course. also right now.

well twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you with artsy hungary's journalists for freedom of speech is taking a major step backwards after the government push through a new media control war they say it all 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 as i found out the fiercest critics are first in the firing line. here in new evil see no evil speak no evil at least not if it's about the hungary in government opinion so hungry is new media low claim there journalist being silenced. it's about hiding things and hiding the truth and not covering controversy or issues. of the government and that's that's there's there's the whole message of this of this law covering broadcast print and online content the controversial new law also established a new media authority that these working for the media regulate all chosen by the ruling party and were loyal supporters the food being selected it's public service broadcasting is completely by the government there have been some major layoffs and the put. people loyal to the government in two key positions that the public public

t.v. and media channels journalists he voice criticism have felt the wrath of the new authority they were journalists of the public radio and. where the media was introduced the one minute silence in the national radio. writer is suspended and then one of them left the radio. in effect he was dismissed and the other one was fired hundreds of others have suffered the same fate with a wave of layoffs across the industry this is contributed to an uneasy situation in the media here who want to keep their jobs. out of line but some argue the shakeups a good thing and that the layoffs in hungary's reinflated public media sector has

been long. this government has not only talking and been talking about it 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 out of the job. to do. the recent firings and uncertainty about the implications of the new law just some of the recent events that a cooling serious concern about hungary's democratic future everything mokhtar 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

media it's very. very bad ground despite heavy criticism from both within the country and internationally the government is sticking by the new media laws and the changes they could bring could be said to radically transform the face of hungary's media so it's a bit of past. former u.s. 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 was engaged in corruption in response the u.s. military reportedly held them in prison for nine months where they were allegedly tortured without explanation or 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 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 the door not only for rumsfeld but for dick cheney for bush for all of those who advocated or put into place policies like the policy of torture which they call enhanced interrogation techniques euphemistically and very thinly euphemistically disguising torture which is illegal then that means all of these people could be in the dock if you try to hold pentagon officials in this case the head of the pentagon donald rumsfeld accountable for torture or other illegal acts that somehow shackles the hands of the u.s. military but ironically it suggests that the united states government needs to demands to and is engaging in illegal acts and that if anyone holds them accountable that will be quote shackling in their effort to carry out war it's

partly demagogy but my word to 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. you're watching the weekly here 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 that violence 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. have forced the relocation of a chemical plant demands to shut it down and after a storm last week broken dike that was protecting the facility spreading fears

toxic chemicals may be released the mayor promised to move the project out of the city the local committee of the communist party and the media shut down. under some pretty dramatic footage at least five killed forty injured after a stage collapsed at a bath 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 injuries and broken but it's. all right i'll be back with the latest headlines in just a few minutes please stay with us.

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welcome back you'll watching of the weekly with me. up ahead. tween politicians and police about how the riots in the u.k. . prime minister david cameron and turns them into u.s. experience for help well fed up local communities in terms of vigilantes. three years on remembers of the victims of a short but bloody conflict in georgia. to reclaim its territories hundreds died in the ensuing five day war and the republicans are still trying to recover. u.s. regulators declare war on the ratings agencies after america has a long treasured school gets to send the world markets into a state of. exclusive.