the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in the headlines this week cracks appear between politicians and police over how drugs in the u.k. were handled prime minister david cameron turns to the us experience for help well fed up local communities turn to vigilantes. three years on the surface search he remembers the victims of a short but bloody war when george you're not an attack against its breakaway republic party meets the people trying to rebuild their lives. u.s. regulators declare war on the ratings agencies after america's long treasury debt stall gets the job 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 r.t. . this week a split open 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 us law enforcer for advice on preventing street violence and unrest 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 leading to widespread copycat plans of the two thousand a recipe made so far in connection with the disorder and with the police locked into a blame game with politicians groups in local communities took it into their own hands to reclaim the streets from looters or emmett's at. some of. the 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 mob 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 it going to do the opposite effect but they're going to get everywhere a much site is taking our streets or put young children or children on the streets on the basis that maybe if there's no enough police them will 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 after anyone cause any trouble we just want a much shorter no one comes in specially in the shops. 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 to go with us and say let's solve the problems without one people isn't forcing dispersed into other which then takes account of the causing the violence in the streets. this is the current face to film unities 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 here to pick up with. 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 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. on wednesday trying to protect low cooper

businesses looters allegedly rammed the with a car the tragedy ignited anger in the asian community. and attract all sorts and then tell us he doesn't just rear its head in looters visit 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 to frontline officers still on the table bodies on the beat could get fewer and further between the local vigilante groups could take up the slack no rabbits r.t. . those taking part in the weeks more listeners 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 those networks if they're guilty of inciting violence through the when he also announced he's taking

a us style zero tolerance stance on street corners where punishment follows even minor offenses political activist john rich told me earlier that making up new laws on the fly isn't the way to approach such the nine problems but this is not something that can simply. streets and water and plastic bullets it isn't something that can be. got rid of point posing a. prison sentence as we've seen one you know before you jailed for six months for stealing one bottle of water and i live in hackney i live right next. to the main cycle. this week and i can tell you that if that happens you come back in a month or two months or six months or you're absolutely nothing will change and they're all the fundamental. business we remain the untold story here is not just what happened. but this is. they could light up when you know the bin

three hundred employees possibly over let. you can see why you do not trust the police what the prime minister is doing making up the law and maybe at the punishment as he goes along now actually that would be a crime for a leading politician to start suggesting but there simply aren't whole. completely invented on the moment coalitions that can be had we don't the people is outrageous and the social network isn't always put there already cases now to hold not people who committed crimes during the riots but of the parents of people who committed crime during the riots being evicted from a council homes in london borough because of what happened last week nobody has ever said that making somebody but the student obvious but broke right. and other nations locked into street protests is syria and you can find out what steps the gulf there is going to take to find

a compromise and stop the months of bloodshed. we'll see still to come the list of your. country spurred by the debt contagion sweeping the economic bloc think twice over their aspirations to join a club. this week not three years since georgia launched its attack on the small republic of south the city of the five day war in which georgia try to regain control of its all territories claimed hundreds of innocent lives were moral services are being held across the republic with the biggest in south assesses capital involved hundreds of people came to light candles and pray for those who died in the conflict releasing white balloons and in memory r.t. has been a question of reports from the republic where the scars are still fresh from what happened in august two thousand and eight. i come here almost originally i sit and talk to my son so i know i will lie next to my dear boy. for the last

three years stacey said nick has come to this cemetery in self-assertive where her son is birds five days in august two thousand and eight split her life into a before and after. her son a medical college graduate i heard they were public's 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 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 that house across the street leaves a grieving two children into the house opposite lives a man who lost both his wife and his child will all these people are victims of

georgia's military aggression in august two thousand and eight when they try to retake control of the downed breakaway republic of south sacha a russian peacekeeping mission in the region also came under fire nursed my of his dive i was on duty with them and witnessed average thing that happened that night for kids i saw wrong far when you know it was going to be our last month but it was still carried out peacekeeping mission and tried to become. more school sound reinforcement to protect its citizens and prevent more civilian deaths within five days georgian troops had been recount three weeks later russia recognized such as a dependent. the last three years have changed the face of this policy i new residential air where new roads sharp and have been burst and have been built. but signs of the conflict remain this ruins behind my back are all that's left

a good russian. for those who lived through the horrors of the brief but badly conflict the memories are still badly wrong. but in the question i see reports in france involved south a sense here it's been one of the most turbulent weeks in years for the world's financial markets the squad was an unprecedented downgrade of america's long treasured aaa rating standard and poor's the rating agency behind the move says it make a decision based on the paralyzing hostility of various u.s. political factions but officials challenge or i should say allege that the company's calculations were wrong and point to reports of rampant insider trading as a bomber unveils plans to target the country's defense spending long considered a taboo despite the countries who trillion dollar bet for huffington post columnist eric margolis it's america's enormous war spending at the root. emergencies rebuke arguer invading growth and. ours will not be too much to

pay for the friends. we're now paying for defense right now we're also had some sense that america's military operations are all around we're also not truly americans understand is that the costs of. labor equal the taxes it's arguably pulling us national credit card that's one of the reasons why he was down fourteen trillion dollars in his ruling if americans had to pay for the cost of these foreign wars and the large military sounds out of their taxes i think that would be a big change up with. the e.u. already struggling with its own crisis also took a major hit from the great and massive selloff across the north led to fears that a staple french bank societe generale may be at a risk of insolvency something the bank of deny is and on his own financial guru max kaiser has strong doubts over the stability of the french banking system the

french banks are loaded with toxic derivatives 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 debt but the insiders around the world who wield the weapons of mass financial destruction are tackling them to force these unrealized debt onto their balance sheet the forces not least into delinquency into foreclosure because they are going to reap billions of dollars attacking these banks the saudi generosity is an insolvent institution so is b. and p. if they can't possibly meet their their credit demands absolutely not. it's kaiser

then since its inception there's been no shortage of applicants wanting to join the wants and the euro currency club but that all changed with the start of the debt plague sweeping through the e.u. and us art isn't actually a shock to reports watching the euro tumble as 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 happily help out someone else without solving our own problems it's almost guaranteed the prices will go up it will join the euro zone which would damage my business recent opinion polls suggest that more than sixty percent of paul's 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 holes 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 to 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 go your membership and associated low interest rates being outside the eurozone members paul could not join the party but now does not have the hangover poland was meant to have the euro by next year the time when the country is co-hosting the trying to twelve european football championship but with the latest developments these plans may be shelved for another four years e.u.

. say poland is obliged to adopt the euro once it meets the economic rules for joining but the politicians are now much cooler on the idea that ministers saying the eurozone needs to get its house in order first place very important for us. the need for institutional changes. in euros i mean these economic governments a few of them and also some crisis management we see some need for trends in the euro zone before. there could be a game set up the game has changed in the you look love everyone once wanted to join me now be the invitation no one wants to accept. let's. see it was you from warsaw in poland. still ahead for you here in r.t. when building houses main building tensions these talks have pushed further into

the background as israel starts a new building project just weeks before the un discusses the recognition of a palestinian state. threats of tougher laws don't work russian parents do whatever it takes to protect the children from peter far as slipping through the legal net. at least nineteen are reported have been killed in the port city of the turkey 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 the government crackdown on civilians demanding the violence stops immediately further international pressure is 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 caught or to discuss the situation in syria i'm joined by journalist neil clark he's joining us from the u.k. there in oxford thanks very much indeed neal for being with us here on our to

another five month long conflict seem to have no end why this deadlock do you think . well i think outside interference is not being very helpful here because i think we think back ten days ago president and sad said it was going well now multi-party system in syria french straightaway said that was provocative and i think what's happened is instead of being responsible certainly it was an interest in it he actually been done the opposite and that's what that's one of the the several things are still going on in syria what do you think these promises are political reform there by the president have not appease the protesters. who are you know i think the only way serious problems can be solved is brian turmel dialogue the government has said they're willing to indulge in the but i think the opposition have been emboldened by the support from foreign countries such as the usa france etc and i think that's what's really creating this very dangerous situation where we could be heading into civil war you're saying that. the opinions the voices from

outside syria the external world not physical intervention but certainly the voice of concern from for example the u.s. calling on the international community to cut ties with syria i mean what further steps though can we expect from other countries toward syria for them to take notice and do something well i think russia could play a very key role here in getting some sort of dialogue going meaningful dollars between the opposition and the regime in syria i think it's not very helpful to us to keep saying i'm going to you know i sat moscow as i must and he's really no incentive for compromise and i think that other countries too again getting involved in this one and the best thing would happen if it could be brokered between the government and the opposition is easy to identify the opposition after all similar to what we've seen there libya after many years of oppression from a regime a cohesive and the pressure opposition isn't exactly easy to get together is it.

very much so and we really don't know too much about the opposition this week we're seeing things in the west who are very sort of you because you know that you're position on patrol is rocks and white they're absolutely fantastic democrats of course i'm sure there are people whose if you are like that but when you contrast it with the situation in bahrain we didn't get the statements from the u.s. saying the government must go but the opposition must take that in syria isn't very helpful at all you mention russia being involved in some sort of what about turkey that's been a long time partner trading partner with with syria could that be influential because so far as remain pretty close over the massive air in syria doesn't it yes it could be and i think obviously all of us here watching this program tonight we want to see the violence and want to see all of science in syria stop the violence and that has to be a dialogue but what we're seeing is there is a very clear agenda here by the u.s. and france and certainly our allies they want the assad regime out and they want a progress to the government in syria all right if think what happens. if you want

to if they want to why have we not seen that external physical intervention like we've seen in libya so far well i mean the press well your previous report already talked about how it would stretch the u.s. says they wanted to libya there's just no way now that the u.s. and its allies could want military action in another middle eastern country much as they were i'm sure a lot of hawks in those countries would like that to happen and that that isn't going to happen but it calls for the u.s. is for syria to be further isolated going from the office it could be how can we should be having dialogue you know not keep pushing it liberation into a corner here that you know why slate we should be saying that you know the the opposition by no means the whole of syrian society a lot of people in syria feel threatened by what's going on the christian community for example who has had very special protection under the by this regime in syria and you know it's a very it's a very complex situation i think the only country so far has actually come out and said this is a complex situation is russia and i think russia has become a statesman like player in this whole affair what about the test themselves. they

don't actually appear to be ready to negotiate with the authorities what why not will they not and again the countries like france you know what they said last week when president sat made a major concession he said this is a country well one party again he said we're going to allow more people he said and i would rather system and the french in sort of saying we really welcome and say you know each wrong. in what way would that be provocative and so the opposition if you like and in a country like the u.s. and france are now holding out and this is prolonging the odds just finally and briefly that the safe assad falls and we see a situation that we've seen in egypt what could happen there are fears of what could happen next what would the implications be if assad does fall but i'm really i'm really worried about the future of syria last year is a very nice country great people it's a very it's a scientism for all who were knows is divided on tribal lines religious lines and the ground is really green has been one party state we were sent there has been a one party state of if anyone has morgan level of stability and if there is

a. new regime falls we could be into iraq situation where we have sic tarion violence developing we could have attacks on the christian community versus sunni and the real fear is that syria could just blow up or we could have a terrible terrible civil war we've got to prevent that by happening now the only way you can prevent that from happening is if there's internal dialogue in syria i will not. thank you so much because i was on this really interesting thing where hear what you have to say and thanks for joining us live in oxford in the u.k. . two policemen in the russian urals have been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes from a paedophile it's just the latest in a series of crimes where police and judges seem to be turning a blind eye to child abuse as donna pushed over reports that's forcing parents to deal with the problem themselves. and mother in grief they go oh it was that year i even thought of buying

a pistol and shooting him myself i simply don't know how else to protect my family on the first floor with curtains constantly drawn to go to work every day sleep or fear my daughter which i knew what. it was hard for another area to admit she trusted someone who harmed her daughter she brought the man into the house is a common law husband to live side by side with him for more than one use up all the support of my daughter told me he threw a stray cat on the roof and said he did the same to her and she added confided in me about the things i was doing to her one finally managed to get things to the court the jury acquitted the man who she says is now after her family hungry for a bench experience is just one example of many in a recent controversial case a man suspected of raping a seven year old girl was released without charge. yes i call off her underwear and she started crying i squeezed her neck and pressed her into the ground it only took

a couple of minutes then i told her to go home and tell no one. only after an enraged crowd only the men least launch a full fledged investigation into the case and would that confession authorities also disciplined the original investigating officer will summarize this for us what it was that happened here is the mother was treated like a why she was kept around for largest office a tragedy had happened to her shouldn't know what to do what no one wanted to talk to her what alone except her statement she was really russian authorities have normally closed a fight against the sexual abuse of mine is the results seem to have been media with estimates claiming thousands still fall victim in an attempt to put things right after this have started taking matters into their own hands i'm underage that's fine i. like small voice and would love to kiss you and hug you and do many other things to you despite e.u.

has been put together by a group of aunties as they track people they believe are paedophiles online pretended to be an under-age war all go and they set up meetings with people like me to preparing minors the idea is to film their faces and expose them on the web to go but i wish they were simply a group of people who decided to fight this evil in their own way because our families live in a city that children walk in these parks and we don't want to overdo it those perverts put in but if we try to act within the law but often operate at its edge volunteers dragon paedophiles online say most people will sign off when they learn the person they're chatting to is under-age but they also say graphic out of one hundred contacts one is said to be looking for easy prey can be the maximum sentence for child sex offenses is twenty years in prison an amendment to the law is meant to introduce tougher penalties including life in prison and conditional

chemical castration but until the changes are implemented in proving to be effective activists say they'll continue with their vigilante can be terry pushed over our school. israel this week approved the building of sixteen hundred new homes in this truce and on learned palestinians consider to be their territory the un called the decision provocative with just a few weeks left before the security council is expected to vote over the recognition of the palestinian an illustration within pre nine hundred sixty seven borders and peace talks between the two sides of stalled since last year after the construction of israeli homes in the west bank and as and in this national baskin told r.t. the compromise is now being pushed even further away and this is not a time when it seems likely that israelis and palestinians will be moving toward the peace talks and that the americans will be leading the way the main issue that has blocked a return to negotiations are going to. 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 now i want this issue everyone is busy with a 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 active building more settlements within neighborhoods of east jerusalem without anyone really blinking and it's not going to help the situation it's not going to hurt it much more than it's already hurting . well that's all for the moment i'll be back with a summary of all my new stories for you very shortly stay with us live here in the sky.

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