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 arrest was triggered by the fatal police shooting of a twenty nine year old man and 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. 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. 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 people that are going to do the opposite effect they're going to get that everywhere they might start it's taking our streets up with young children or children on the streets follow this is happening if there's not enough police help then just carry on the way just look after all the shops and just push them away basically we don't want to go off to any one any trouble we just want to make sure that no one comes in and start smashing the shops up. 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 without on to violence and causing distress to each other which then takes it on. causing further violence in the streets. this is. the current faced

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 if the police if the police were hit all that would have 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 local businesses looters allegedly rammed the with a car the tragedy ignited anger in the asian community a vigilante band attracts all sorts and. 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 proof that community is still feel police unable to protect them with budget cuts for front line officers still on the table on the beat could get fewer and further between local vigilante groups could take up the slack. those taking part in the weeks 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 those networks if they are guilty of inciting violence through the web he also announced he is taking a us style zero tolerance stance on street violence where. even minor offenses or political activist john rhys's told me earlier here on r t but making up new laws on the fly isn't the way to approach such problems. this isn't something that can simply be. street water. it isn't something that can be

and that isn't something that will be got rid of by imposing draconian prison sentences we've seen one for you jailed for six months for stealing a one pound fifty bottle of water now i live in hackney i live right next to the pembroke state which was the main site of the riots this week and i can tell you that if that happens you can come back to the bridge that a moment or two months or six months or a year and absolutely nothing will ever change and therefore the fundamental cause of this is this we will remain the untold story here is not just what happened to mark duggan but the fact that this is a eight to one iceberg when you know that have been three hundred deaths in police custody over less than a decade you can see why people do not trust the police what the prime minister is doing is making up the law and making up the punishment regime as he goes along now actually that should be a crime for a leading politician to start suggesting that there are simply ad hoc completely

invented on the moment punishments that we had to go for people is outrageous and that and the social network is in the words that there are already cases now go of not people who committed crimes during the riots but of the parents of people who committed crime during the riots being evicted from their council homes in a london borough because of what happened last week though nobody has ever said that making somebody of less suitable for a crime. another nation locked into street protests is syria not what steps the government there appears ready to take to find a compromise and stop the months of bloodshed. and the list of your of applicants gets shorter as countries spurred by the debt contagion sweeping the economic bloc think twice over their aspirations to join the club. their stories told to come but first this week marks 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 old territories claimed hundreds of innocent lives but more oil services are being held across the republic with the biggest in south assert his capital single hundreds of people came to light candles and pray for those who died in the conflict releasing white balloons in the memory ortiz made in a question over reports from the republic where the scars are still fresh from what happened in august two thousand and eight. i come here almost every day i sit and talk to my son so i knew i would lie next to my dear boy. for the last three years stacey signet has come to this cemetery in south assessing where her son is buried five days to norco's two thousand and eight split her life into a before and after. when her son daughter a medical college graduate heard the republic's capital teen vall was under attack from georgia he rushed home to help the injured but he died in her arms us they lay

trapped for days on to the rubble of their apartment block that was in the georgian alterian 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 rounded by families with similar tragic stories. in the totes across the street lives of women who lost two children and to 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 they try to retake control of the breakaway republic of south ossetia a russian peacekeeping mission in the region also came under fire nursed my abuse dive i was on duty with them and witnessed average thing that happened that night for kids i saw seen violent 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. 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 recognized the settee as independence. the last three years have changed the face of this thursday a new residential area where new roads jobs and invest in new zealand have been built but signs of the conflict remain this ruins behind my back are all that's left of the russian peacekeeping polled for those who lived through the horrors of the brief but deadly conflict the memories are still very raw much in the question of reporting from sea involved. 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 stat of them force the rating

agency behind the move says it made the decision based on the apparent inability of the u.s. government to deal with the problem washington responded with an attack on the firm officials allege 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 analyst call dead in jail believes it should now be a priority to identify those in gauging in 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 earth 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 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 would you. the effects of the downgrade would not confined to the u.s. the news cause 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 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 finding his 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 by the words of the dollar weakens and if india's rupee therefore strengthens views of you the dollar it's important it will go down as well the risk is somehow whether india can finance its current account deficit because of the general climate of risk aversion in the

economies if investors are less willing to invest in emerging markets how does india continue to finance its current account deficit since its inception there's been no shortage of applicants wanting to join the once elite euro currency club but that will change with the start of the debt to plague sweeping through the e.u. and as artie's and reports watching the euro tumble as off an 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 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 scene of the euro club was seen as something very exclusive polls aspired to they wanted their country. now the name of 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 flared 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 both are now much cooler on the idea with minister saying the eurozone needs to get its house in order first but very important for us. but for institutional changes. into eurozone i mean these economic governance a few rolls around and also some crisis management tensions we see some need for changes in the eurozone before. target date will be ingrained in set up the game has changed and the you would love everyone once wanted to join may now be the invitation no one wants to accept the looks of ski

r.t. reporting from warsaw in poland. well still ahead here the 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 in 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. political magazine spite president assad is ignoring the

people at his power. plant 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 sad really 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 reform means that really there's a real uncertainty about what he's trying to do the sense i get this a 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. 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 the 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 chandan 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 is looking increasingly embarrassing for the nato countries so it's not just a question of recognizing the council and 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 office hand because now with italy about the default in the eurozone and even the president united states on

this incredible historic times we're living in warning that the dollar could default well those billions of oil contracts from libya and investments good could come in very handy especially for someone like me in italy. iran want nuclear weapons as they have no place in the twenty first century the words of president. who spoke exclusively to. the future you may want to acquire a nuclear deterrent a nuclear weapon. our religion. and we are religious people if any country tries to build a nuclear bomb in fact they waste their money they create great danger. 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 the 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. fall on our website. right now also online at the moment. the. historic site. of the. one billion dollars. for all the details.

this week approved the building of sixteen hundred new homes in east jerusalem on land palestinians consider to be their territory the u.n. called the decision. with just a few weeks left before the security council is expected to vote over the recognition of the palestinian administration within 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 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 greatly i want 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 building more settlements within neighborhoods of used. 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 push through a new media control law they say they'll seriously stifle reporters from holding hungary's leaders to account of the shared at home and abroad could also mean massive layoffs and the sarah firth the fiercest critics first in the firing line. evil see no evil speak no evil at least not if it's about the hunger area and government opinions of hungry is new media low claim that journalists are being silenced. it's about hiding things and hiding the truth and not covering the

controversy or issues. of the government that's the whole message of this of the still covering broadcast print and online content the controversial new law also established any media authority the days when working for the media regulated. by the ruling does party and were loyal supporters before being selected public service broadcasting is completely controlled by the government there had been some measure of the office and they put. people loyal to the government into key positions that the public public t.v. channels journalists he voiced criticism have felt the wrath of the new authority they were journalists of the public radio and. was introduced they have 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 and now. blind some argue the shakeups a good thing and that the layoffs in hungary's reinflated public media sector have been long. this government has not only talking and been talking about 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 to look cool zing serious concerns about hungary's democratic future everything looks at 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 whole 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 and the changes they could bring could be set to radically transform the face of hungary's media circus arts

a bit of past. former u.s. defense secretary donald rumsfeld may face trial and occasions of torture and after a court and out to americans to file lawsuits against him. the six two private security contractors claim the firm was engaged in corruption in response the u.s. military reportedly held them in prison for nine months when they were allegedly tortured without explanation when they were released they brought a little suit against rumsfeld but that was rejected by prosecutors until now the case my 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. coming up to twenty seven minutes past the hour in the russian capital that's it for the moment i'll be but one the summary of all main news stories in three minutes from now stay with us live here in moscow.

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