it's the i'm a villain the gateway to the grand imperial trilogy the torch was pushed coromandel . socialist its ability to go and. register the colonel was slow to retreat. in the headlines this week cracks appear between politicians and police over how riots in the u.k. were handled prime minister david cameron turns to us experience for help while local communities turned to vigilantes. three years on the surface as he remembers the victims of a short but bloody war when georgia launched an attack against its breakaway republic party meets the people trying to rebuild their lives. u.s. regulators declare war on the ratings agencies america's long treasured debt score gets the short sending world markets into a chaotic tumble. with

a look back at the past week's top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on our team. this week a split opened up between police and top politicians in britain following several days of rioting and looting throughout the country prime minister david cameron slammed the force for their poor handling of the crisis even turning to a prominent u.s. law enforcer for advice on preventing street planets the rest was triggered by the fatal police shooting of a twenty nine year old man and the ensuing peaceful protests which turned violent protesters started smashing shop windows and setting fire to cars and buildings even to widespread copycat plants over two thousand a recipe made so far in connection with the disorder london based journalist afshin rattansi says the underlying cause of the chaos was the widening disconnect between the u.k. government and the public. this is completely in crisis and

the motivations. of the central one of course is inequality and in terms of civic life it's a big institutions that are completely out of touch whether it be the media replete force or politicians themselves but david cameron who went to the most expensive schools in the country has no knowledge of the huge and insecurities and inequalities that raged right across this country the idea of david cameron calling the police force massacre thirty cut shrinking the economy to grow it as a sort of mass religion together with a mass consumer of religion here wanting to buy more and more expensive goods is a farce. 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 who are emmett's that some of them. the

groups are 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 more 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 i can to do the opposite effect but they're going to get every weapon much started taking our stories up with young children also will patrols on the streets on the decide if there's not enough police them will help them out and just give everyone a wage the cost to the shops and that and just push them away because we don't want to go after anyone cause any trouble we just want to make sure that no one comes in . 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 with out on through violence and causing distress to trouble which then takes it. 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 what it means are 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 a vigilante 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 end feels army proof that communities still feel police are unable to protect them and with budget cuts the front line officers still on the table cookies on the beat could get fewer and further between local vigilante we could take up the slack nor emmett's r.t. london. who's taking part in the weeks more listeners soon britain have been using social networks extensively to coordinate their actions and elude police in response to cameron said he's considering banning any people from those networks if they are guilty of inciting violence through the web but london based political activist chris knight says that just highlights

a blatant case of double standards when it comes to freedom of speech. it needs a revolution for enforce the rule of law so be it the rule of law can't be of force because one law for the rich and one for the poor the rule of law means the law for everyone is just so ironic having celebrated for facebook revolution the social media twitter revolutions and across north africa and the arab world suddenly. decided to crack down on the media here it is absolutely not be a sube you serious inequality 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 that. mental state to burn the local store that that we actually we need we need action not weasel politicians words. another nation locked into street protests is syria and you can find out what action the government there appears ready to take to find a compromise and stop the months of bloodshed. also still to come the list of euro

applicants gets shorter as countries spurred by the debt contagion sweeping the economic bloc think twice over their aspirations to join the klan. stories through to come but first this week marks three years since georgia launched its attack on the small republic of south ossetia the five day war in which georgia try to regain control of its old territories claimed hundreds of innocent lives but moral services are being held across the republic with the biggest in the city's capital . hundreds of people came to light candles and pray for those who died in the conflict releasing white balloons in their memory these would be an acquittal of a reports now from the republic where the scars are still fresh from what happened in august two thousand and eight. i come here almost to redo i sit and talk to my son so i know i will lie next to my dear boy. for the last

three years they say this evening has come to this cemetery in self-assertive where her son is burritt five days in august two thousand and eight split her life into a before and after. case instead as one who sunk your medical college graduate i heard there were publics 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 alterian firing line terry says the only thing that makes her life worth living now is returning to your old daughter they now live together in a newly built house surrounded by families was similar tragic stories. in that house across the street lives of anyone who was two children under the house opposite lives a man who lost both his wife and his child. all these people are victims of georgia's military aggression in all those two thousand and eight when he tried to

retake control of the breakaway republic of south ossetia a russian peacekeeping mission in the region also came under fire and nursed my of his dive i was on duty with them and witnessed average thing that happened that night for i saw kind of on fire when you know it was going to be our last night it was still carried out peacekeeping mission and trying to be calm. moscow's santry enforcement to protect its citizens and prevent more civilian deaths within five days georgian troops have been repelled three weeks later russia recognized that he has independence. the last three years have changed the face of this thirty a new residential air where new roads sharp and have been burst and have been built but. the conflict remains this ruins behind my back are all that's left of the russian people. for those who lived through the horrors of the brief but dudley

conflict the memories are still very raw but in the question of r.t. reporting from teen volves author sat here. and therefore not how people in self-assertive try to restore their lives we have a special report on r.t. later for you today. the history of this place runs through the centuries. paradise for archeologists sue ologists and ecological tourists. but once it's all nice shots to split up the life. how this republic. hoping dreaming treats me.

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 treasured aaa rating standard and poor's the rating agency behind leave says it made the decision based on the apparent inability of the u.s. government to deal with a problem washington responded with an attack on the officials and that's that the company's calculations were wrong and point to reports that a leak downgrade allowed those in the know to make a fortune in just days i mentioned on this call that in japanese it should now be a priority to identify those engaging in insider trading. clearly an element. to investigating insider trading there was an awful lot. going on heard of the 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. 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. effects of the downgrade were not confined to the us the news caused mass panic all markets across the world was to take based economies such as india where spooked investors went on massive selling sprees economics professor chesson gate believes that no things could swing either way for you getting 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 and investment rates there are other things as well if there is a recession in the world as is being talked about in 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 economy 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 the once elite euro currency club but that would change with the start of the debt to plague sweeping through the e.u. and us all his election year to shift europe was watching the euro tumble as offered all 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 give

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 will go up as 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 is seen as the euro club was seen as something very exclusive but 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 poland into the euro zone 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 two hour 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. the need for institutional changes in the into eurozone i mean these economic governance of euro zone and also some crisis management tensions we see some need for action in the euro zone before.

target date will be. set up the game has changed and the usual club everyone wants wanted to join we now be the integration no one wants to accept alexei richard stick r.t. because you from warsaw in poland. this is r.t. live here in moscow with twenty four hours a day still ahead for you the omens of justice former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld could face a trial over allegations of torture possible step towards war crimes charges. also democracy under attack in hungary journalists are enraged over a new media laws they say he undermine the basic freedom of the press. story still to come but first at least nineteen reported 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 spot arab nations are also lining up against a government crackdown on civilians demanding the violence stops immediately 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 butter kane's from political magazine spite believes president assad is ignoring the people. 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 be 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 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 this is i guess messiah to say things very time 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 smoke barack is now seeing. another conflict in the arab world and new clashes between pro and anti good afi forces erupted in the coastal town of zawiya in libya a government spokesman says fifty rebels trying to take the time were stopped by troops taking may have cut off the capital this is just fifty kilometers away the conflicts been raging for six months and thousands of lives have been lost despite nature's intervention and in an exclusive interview to r.t. iran's president said the situation in libya is being made worse by the alliances president. clinton will have a 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 so do you ever won the elections would be acceptable for the people most of them for 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 later this hour but you can also watch the interview unfold with the iranian president our web site that's com also online at the moment treasure hunting limit putin dives into the deep to shed light on the fate of a historic site known as russia's atlantis you can find out what the prime minister found at the bottom of the sea there on the web site. and a look at the man who made it on to the u.k. rich list you know as moscow one billion dollars and is wanted for fraud but

details on that story. israel this week approved the building of sixteen hundred new homes in east jerusalem on land a kind a stimulus considered to be their territory and un called the decision provocative with just a few weeks left before the security council as expected to vote over the recognition of the palestinian administration within pre nine hundred sixty seven borders peace talks between the two sides of stalled since last year after the construction of israeli homes in the west bank and as analysts gershon baskin told r.t. the compromise is now being pushed even further away and this is. when it seems likely that israelis and palestinians will be moving towards the peace talks and

that the americans will be leading the way the main issue that has blocked a return to negotiations is the continued settlement building by the government of israel let's face it the government of israel feels pretty immune to any criticism around the world right there on this issue everyone is busy with the global financial crisis and we all know that mr netanyahu has a lot more support in the american congress than he does even in his own parliament so this will just be another is really out of building more settlements with the neighborhoods of used to resign without anyone really blinking and it's not going to help the situation it's not going to hurt it gets more than it's already hurting . hungary's journalists fear freedom of speech is taking a major step backwards off of the government push through a new media control law saying it will seriously stifle reporters from holding hungry leaders to account if you should at home and abroad it could also mean massive layoffs and sarah further up the critics first in the forum like.

evil. speak no evil at least not about the hungary in government opinion so hungry as new media law claim there journalist being silence. it's about hiding things and hiding that's not covering controversy and she was. of the government and that's the. message of this. covering broadcast print and online content the controversial new law also established a new media of thirty days working for the media regulate all chosen by the ruling party and were loyal supporters being elected to public service broadcasting is completely by the government there have been some measure of the office. people loyal to the government into key positions of public public t.v.

and radio channels journalists the voice criticisms of the wrath of the new welfare see. the public. was introduced. one minute silence. and one of the. in fact he was the other one. hundreds of others have stuff in the same fate wave of layoffs across the industry. only the situation in the media here and those who want to keep their jobs and now. blind it's. a good thing and that they are still hungry is a very inflated public media sector has been long. this is not only talking.

so i think. this debate has become. very politicized. politics and about professional commerce. and something. you have to cut costs that the day has been strongly contest and many talented journalists have found themselves out of the job. in recent firings and uncertainty about the implications of a new law just some of the recent events a little cool zing serious concern about hungary's democratic future every government needs an independent media so if this government thinks. it can influence can regulate the 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 the changes they could bring to be such a radically transformed face of hungary's media. would appear. former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld may face trial and occasions of torture off the record and out to americans to for a little suits against him one thousand six two private security contractors claimed there was engaged in corruption in response the u.s. military reportedly helped them imprisoned for nine months where they were allegedly tortured without explanation charge when they were released they brought a lawsuit against rumsfeld that was rejected by prosecutors until now the case may open the floodgates to other officials being held to account for war crimes that's according to the war 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 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 war it's partly demagogy but 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. well some of today's top stories from around the world in our world update and eighteen people have been killed and almost forty wounded in a taliban attack at a governor's residence in central afghanistan the 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 had gathered for a meeting that violence in afghanistan has reached its worst level since two thousand and one as insurgents carry out attacks in relatively peaceful areas. a matter of record shooting sixty nine people in norway has returned to the island where he went on a rampage and as bravely was helping police reconstruct events and showed no remorse when describing how he targeted children as they tried to swim from the i don't like your extreme this is also charged with organizing an explosion in the capital that's. claimed he wanted to save europe from muslims and multiculturalism

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