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 riots in the u.k. were handled prime minister david cameron turns to us experience for help are fed up local communities turn to vigilantes. three years on start the city remembers the victims of a short but bloody war when georgia launched an attack against its breakaway republic weeks the people trying to rebuild their lives. u.s. regulators declare war on the ratings agencies after america's long treasured good school gets the charge 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 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 us law enforcer for advice on preventing street violence the 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 violence over two thousand a recipe made so far in connection with the disorder and with the police locked into a blame game with politicians groups and local communities took it into their own hands to reclaim the streets from looters nor emmett's met some of them.

contouri 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 more 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 can to do the opposite effect but they're going to get every weapon much sight it's taken our streets are for young children or children on the streets by the decide if there's no not police then move help then just carry on the way just look after all the shops now and just push them away basically we don't want to go after anyone or any trouble we just want to make sure that no one comes we start smashing 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 this and say

let's solve the problems without undue violence and causing distress to each other which then takes a. causing for the violence in the streets. this is the current faced of communities across england many of which felt under siege from looters and says in their darkest hour the police were nowhere to be seen police have not been anywhere where the police if the police let it be. 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 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 the car the tragedy ignited anger in the asian community. and attracts all sorts and more pentel if he doesn't just hate him 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 end feels army proof that communities still feel police are unable to protect them and with project cuts for frontline officers still on the table bodies on the beat could get fewer and further between was local vigilante groups could take up the slack the rabbit party. those taking part in the weeks nor the snus in britain have been using social networks extensively to coordinate their actions and elude police in response david cameron says he's considering banning any people from those networks if they are guilty of inciting violence through where he also announced he's taking a us style zero tolerance stance on street violence were tough policy follows even

minor offenses or political activist john rhys's told me earlier here on r.t. that making up new laws on the fly isn't the way to approach such line problems but this isn't something that concerns. the street was. plastic bullets and isn't something that can be banned it isn't something that will be got rid of point posing. prison sentences. for jailed for six months for stealing one bottle of water and i live in hackney i live right next to. the main so i could write this week and i can tell you that if that happens you can come back. six months or you're absolutely nothing looks range and they're all the problem of. the business we the untold story here is not just what. but this is. a good when i when you know there's been three hundred

employees over less than a decade you can see why people do not trust the police what the prime minister is doing is making up a lot and making up the punishment regime as he goes along well actually that should be a crime for a leading politician to start suggesting that there are simply asshole. completely invented on the moment punishments that can be handed out for people is outrageous and the social network isn't always but there are already cases now old not people who commit the crime doing the right but of the parents of people who commit the crime during the riots being evicted from their council homes in a london borough because of what happened last week nobody's ever said that making somebody less. right. another nation locked into street protests is syria not what steps the government there appears ready to take a violent compromise and stop the months of bloodshed. in the midst of europe

africans get shorter as countries spurred by the debt contagion sweeping the economic bloc think twice over their aspirations to join the club. their stories told account of first this week not three years since georgia launched its attack on the small republic of self-assertive the five day war in which georgia tried to regain control of its all territories claimed hundreds of innocent lives and moral services are being held across the republic biggest and self-assertive capital single hundreds of people came to light candles and pray for those who died in the conflict releasing white balloons in a memory and in a courtroom 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 a new i will live next to my dear boy. for the last three years stacey sidney has come to the cemetery in self-assertive where her son is peretz five days in august

two thousand and eight split her life into a before and after. case in sounds when her sound yorkie a medical college graduate heard there were public 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 is firing line he says the only thing that makes her life worth living now is three twenty year old daughter they now live together in a newly built house surrounded by family support similar tragic stories. in that house across the street lives of women who lost two children enter 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 august two thousand and eight when we 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 god forgives i saw him wrong fire when you know it was going to be our last night but it was still carried out peacekeeping mission and tried to be calm. school 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 thursday a new residential air where new roads sharp and have been burst and have been built but grinds of the conflict remain this ruins behind my back are all that's left a good russian impulse for those who lived through the horrors of the brief but

dowdney conflict the memories are still very raw but in the question where r.t. reporting from see involves officers here. 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 treasured aaa rating standard and poor's the rating agency behind the move says it made a 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 that the company's calculations were wrong and point to reports that the leak about the downgrade allowed those in the know to make a fortune in just days financial and in the skull that injure believes it should not be a priority to identify those in gauging in insider trading. there's clearly an element. to investigating insider trading there was an awful lot of rumor mongering going on early in this case the rumor turned out to be correct and there

was a huge swing in the market on friday wired to downgrade be issued took early some people knew in advance and the question is who are those people and how did we 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 the inquiries were determined. the effects of the downgrade would not confined to the us the news caused mass panic on markets across the world worst hit were tech based economies such as india where spooked investors went on massive selling sprees economics professor gates believes that now things could swing either way for you danny. part of their initial selloff 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 his out says 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 rather words at the dollar weakens and if india's repeat therefore strengthens views of you the dollar would simple google 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 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 now that would change with the start of the debt plague sweeping through the e.u. and as artie's alexian assessed the report's watching the euro tumble as often 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 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 happily help out someone else without solving our own problems it's almost guaranteed that prices would go up if 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 polls despite this 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 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 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 where 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 to hand over poland was meant to have the euro by next year the time when the country's co-hosting the twenty two well european football championship but with the latest developments these plans may be shelved for another four years either you rule 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 minister saying the eurozone needs to get its house in order first place very important for us. need for institutional changes. in eurozone i mean these economic governance of euro zone and also some crisis management we see some need for change in the euro zone before.

target date will be grain set up the game has changed and the you love everyone once wanted to join may now be the invitation no one wants to accept look serious or stick out see because you from warsaw in poland. omens of justice former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld could face a trial of an admissions of torture a possible step towards war crimes charges. also this democracy under attack in hungary journalists there are enraged over a new media laws 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 and the key port city which was once a summer tourist spot 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 u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton calling for economic and political ties with the country to be cut patrick a political magazine spite president is ignoring the people that he's. 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 that all 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 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'll meet the same treatments that some of barack is now seeing. another conflict in the arab world libyan rebels are believed to have retaken control of the coastal town of zawiya fifty kilometers away from the capital tripoli after fierce fighting with president and forces opposition fighters and now fall to control the highway linking tripoli to the tunisian border the conflicts been raging for six months and thousands of lives have been lost despite nato intervention so come to children who recently returned from a monitoring mission in libya says some nato members libyan oil is proving a massive temptation. this whole nato aggression on libya it's looking increasingly embarrassing for the nato countries so it's not just a question of recognizing the council in benghazi actually i think it's

quite clear now it's a race for nato not only to save its own face in trying to extricate itself out of the mess that they've put themselves into but also it's a race to who's going to be the first to kiss good after his hand because now with it's only about the default in the eurozone and even the president united states i mean this incredible historic times we're living in warning that the dollar could default well those billions off of oil contracts from libya and investments could could come in very handy especially for someone like berlusconi in italy. iran won't acquire nuclear weapons as they have no place in the twenty first century the words of president i'm going to chant who spoke exclusively to kevin and i'm. saying that at some point in the future you may want to acquire a nuclear deterrent a nuclear weapon how did you never know but this is an inhuman where our religion says it is great and we are religious people if any country tries to build

a nuclear bomb in fact they waste their money they create great danger they can solve the international equations are not determined by nuclear arsenals today the americans have nuclear bombs and nuclear weapons and could they win in iraq and afghanistan could get nuclear weapons help the israelis to gain victory of. nuclear weapons the former soviet union from collapse. and we've got an extended version of that interview with the iranian president later this hour but you can watch it unfold on our website at www dot com right now also online at the moment treasure hunting for me that intelligence of the day to shed light on the fate of a historic site known as russia's atlantis field what the prime minister discovered at the bottom of the sea. a look at the man who made it.

was moscow one billion dollars and is wanted for fraud the details. israel this week approved the building of sixteen hundred new homes in east jerusalem on learned palestinians consider to be their territory and the u.n. called the decision. with just a few weeks left before the security council is expected to vote over eve recognition of the palestinian administration within pre nine hundred sixty seven borders peace talks between the two sides have stalled since last year after the construction of israeli homes in the west bank as an aspersion baskin told r.t. the compromise is now being pushed even further away. 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 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 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 isn't just be another is really out of building more settlements within neighborhoods refused to resign without anyone really blinking and it's not going to help the situation it's not going to hurt it much more than it already hurting. hungary's journalists fear freedom of speech is taking a major step backwards after the government pushed through a new media control law they say it will seriously stifle reporters from holding hundreds leaders to account of the shared at home and abroad could also mean massive layoffs and the sarah firth the fiercest critics are first in the firing

line. evil. speak no evil at least not if it's about the hunger area and government opinions of hungry new media low claim journalists are being silenced. it's about hiding things and hiding the truth and that's covering controversy she was. of the government and that's that's that's that's that's the whole message of this . covering broadcast print and online content the controversial new law also established a new media authority but these working for the media regulate all chosen by the ruling party and were loyal supporters being selected public service broadcasting is completely controlled by the government there have been some mutually offs and they put. people loyal to the government in.

public company t.v. and media channels journalists who voiced criticism have felt the wrath of the new one third say they were journalists of the public. was introduced. one minute silence in the. writer is suspended and then one of them. in fact he was the other one was fired hundreds of others had suffered the same fate as the wave of layoffs across the industry. the situation in the media here who want to keep their jobs. out of line if some argue the shakeups a good thing and that the layoffs in a very inflated public media sector has been long. this is not only talking talking

about people off because they saw that it is unsustainable. so i think. this debate has become. very politicized. pressure. something is unsustainable you have to cut costs that be they strongly contested and many talented journalists have found themselves and the job. of the. recent firings an uncertainty about the implications of a new law just some of the recent events look who's in serious concern about hungary's democratic future. the government needs an independent media so if this government thinks that it can. influence can regulate. very.

very bad ground but heavy criticism from both within the country and internationally the government sticking by the new media laws the changes they could bring could be start to radically transform the face of hungary's media. that attack. former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld may face trial over allegations of torture after a court allowed two americans to far lawsuits against him. six through private security contractors claim their firm was engaged in corruption and 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 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 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 but 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

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