this is r t with me and he said no way our top story to young british men have been sentenced to four years behind bars for inciting riots using facebook human rights campaigners are accusing judges of overreacting by dishing out severe penalties to score popularity points and as bennett reports they aren't the only ones british courts are coming down hard on. four years behind bars for the riot that didn't even happen jordan black sure and perry sutcliffe kenan were banged up for inciting disorder on facebook no one turned up after their invitation to riot which they later said was a drunken joke but now they face sentences even tougher than most looters and i worry is that it is an imbalance a four year sentence for example would normally be given to somebody for a previous bodily harm for holding someone up with a knife or even for. some form of sexual assault so it seems to me that that

there is a danger that the courts are moving into disproportionate territory and that actually devalues our response to more serious crimes the governments encourage courts to dish out harsh sentences by using the public disturbance as an aggravating factor it's meant this man anderson fernandez could even be sent to jail for theft of just two scoops of ice cream because like this one denying bail to most offenders and ignoring any claims of previous good character of the one thousand two hundred seventy seven people charged so far two thirds have been remanded in custody that's way up on last year's rate for serious crimes chris just ten percent some offenders even being made homeless is their punishment with local governments taking away their houses but many say this will simply cause more harm than good i think this is very unwise the move to remove people from housing interim move benefits because actually if we are seeing that some of the crime that

we saw on the streets was an expression of people not feeling puerto society not feeling part of our communities then these measures are actually going to push people further away from society further away from our communities and far more likely to commit crime the facebook case is the first sign of the government's desire to crack down on social media sites like twitter were applauded by the west for mobilizing the masses in the arab world but they were also instrumental in the u.k. riots so now the prime minister wants it to stop. we are working with the police the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites or services when we know they are plotting violence disorder and criminality when social media fueled revolutions in egypt and tunisia britain called it democracy but now the shoe's on the other foot when troubles closer to home i'm very conscious of the news you know they're really poor or. movements only would be the force to complete. the authorities in

those countries were trying to walk. the prime minister says this is where britain fights back but it speeds this fighting fire with fire could only fan the flames of civil disorder after bennett artsy london. prime minister david cameron defended the court's sentencing saying they are sending a tough message and as metropolitan police say they've already charged over a thousand people in connection with the riots but investigative journalist tony gosling says people at the top in the u.k. so look at their own past before condemning others. i think it's a bit rich coming from david cameron who and the government i mean who are many of whom are we talking about george osborne boris johnson david cameron who were members of this elite oxford bullingdon club and i'll quote now one of the things they said back in one thousand nine hundred six was that they smashed the place up and boris set fire to the toilets i think they should take

a close look at themselves and their club that they used to be part of an oxford drinking club where they would smash their places up one occasion apparently two bottles of wine were smashed each by these people in a pub they don't like vandals to me so they shouldn't really go lecturing the rest of us the last thing we need is a knee jerk reaction against our ability to communicate it's quite clear we have to separate the difference between ordinary communications and those kinds of communications which involve incitement to riot incitement to other kinds of criminal behavior well one of the ironies of this is as you try and restrict these internet sites what happens is actually if you if you for example as you dipshits do when they close down the internet in certain places cheering the tahrir square the uprising earlier this year is that people actually come out in the streets and they have a check anyway and i think this is being used actually as an excuse to regulate more more government interference in the way we communicate which i think would be

a terrible thing. it's thought the un's human rights chief might push for syria to face the international criminal court for its liberal crackdown on protesters over eight hundred people are believed to have been killed across the country since the government moved to quell the uprising that started in march president assad claims his military operation has now stopped even so the presence of troops is apparently not always seen as a bad sign as worthless now reports. to see there is order may be liberated but in the last few days it suffered a brutal occupation having made police i responded the raids put up barricades it became a gay city we were hiding we were just like hostages for more than a week claimed to be army forty against armed groups that had taken control of the city and had been terrorizing its residents. soldiers of the syrian army i live in the city of the near the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over

that the city has been freed from armed groups as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the way there is but in other parts of the country the troops leading assad's officials crackdown are far less welcome in a similar offensive against so-called terrorists in the coastal city of latakia the opposition claims government troops killed almost fall to civilians while human rights groups report the number of deaths in the country could be almost as high as two thousand some say assad is simply using his army to silence peaceful demonstrators across the country over them. the syrian army hasn't met any resistance in the cities across the country were. maybe there was some so-called bend among protestors and maybe they use the momentum to spread cancer but if so where have they been when the army. armed groups is just. theory invented by the

still you'd have an excuse to end to the cities. in union of brain dead a sword life seems getting back to normal in markets reopened and roads just days ago were empty again filled with cars but reminders of the recent troubles too hard to find and the most obvious one is here. now up t. syria. the origins of the uprising may not be so clear cut globalisation analyst michel chossudovsky told r.t. that some of the so-called peaceful protesters are packing some serious fire power i've been following this day by day since it started it made it made barge in in daraa in the southern city of daraa and what we have is islamists are salafi as well as muslim brotherhood gunmen. as shooting at civilians as

well should you get police and israeli sources actually going further than these militia and i quote aren't with heavy machine guns they say they they won't say that this is not a protest movement because that seems to be the the media consensus but then they say the protesters are armed with heavy machine guns and. now since where not peaceful civilian protesters armed with heavy machine guns so that the question we have to ask ourselves who is the source of this killing what are the what are the underlying causes of this of this insurrection. that was the director of the center for research on globalization just well still ahead for you in the program as a merchant team struggled to patch up the damage after groundswell cosima nuclear power plant it suggested the facility will do for it was hit by the earthquake and.

takes fifteen to twenty million years for the planet to recover from a major extinction event but the planet has time we don't. spring going on for months twenty twenty five years and since it's been moved to a good terrorist before there was even islamic fundamentalist terrorist in this country when a nine eleven happened the bush administration could not find any terrorists because the feds couldn't find any real terrorists they decided to take these young people who were accused of property sabotage and labeled then as terrorists someone you destroy property. with absolutely zero intention of harming a single human being. in my mind it's not fair it's real people who are green in this country are the housewives who recycle. and the children who play trees on the

weekend with their cub scout troops that's the. challenge is to. sound. out. mine. too much brighter than if you knew me by some from funds to permission. needs from. teeth don't come. it's big numbers big deals and show stopping stunts at the mocks twenty eleven air show in moscow and archie is there.

well among those doing the limelight is the latest russian stealth fighter seen here the t.v. fifty which debuted on wednesday that's gone out among the best in its class but the americans twenty two fighter showing what it can do for the crowds at mom's twenty eleven but it's not all about military hardware the big names in civilian aviation are there too including boeing and airbus and while they're selling an easy ride for air travelers take a look at these guys these are russian knights and the switch that takes a lot to put these aircraft through manic maneuvers like this as arches dumbarton discovered for himself. engine. instrument. runway. and then it's takeoff for the russian aerobatics display team.

their nine first class pilots have performed over two hundred times in the past nineteen years but they all had to start somewhere. andre is training to join the team he thinks he's nearly good enough now but still remembers his first flight as a solo pilot. without any warning they told me i was going to do the next flight on my own i had no time to be scared there was no longer an instructor right back it was unforgettable takeoff you're on your own controlling the plane then when you land you've done it i think you're a real pilot at that point. the as moves are always trying to hold them anew this they practice most weekends thinking of new tricks and practicing old ones not conforming by stanford or whatever but we come up with stunts and then research them but it often turns i repeat been done before nested of a russian came up with the loop and all the other stunts are based on the loop the

loop is the basis for all aerial acrobatics. however it always comes down to time in the air even with years of flying and training experience between them it never becomes easy for the most so i look at it when you leave the cockpit you can squeeze a gallon of sweat from your suit what your knees are shaking because it's extremely difficult stressful and anyone with fuel that way. so with that gut wrenching fare ringing in my ears i was told it was my turn for the crowds on the ground this is an exciting spectacle but that's not quite the emotion that's going through my mind at the moment because i'm about to see what happens from inside the cockpit. we did the loop the loop all the planes just meters apart a. it.

but when it came to the fountain i nearly blacked out. white faced but not defeated i returned it took a it hit me it be ok it hit ok. ok it it hit it. but i could also see some of the strains that go through. there there's no ticket but if you know he might be for the crowds but serial acrobatics aren't a shoot to the pilots it's always a difficult job that a terrorist a pilot has to show his skill and the beauty of flight so next time you look up at those speeding planes spare a thought for the pilots in some way. from bottom to. both stay with us throughout this wait for the best of this air so and parties first class cover

its. closest. approach. showing future flights. are to see to the max air show. four militants have been killed in a security raid in russia's republic of chechnya in the north caucasus chechen president. said the group was sent to the capital grozny to carry out attacks they opened fire on security forces the raid was part of a major anti terror operation that has been underway in the republic for the past few days earlier seven militants were killed including a regional terror chief officials say the security efforts help prevent a series of atrocities planned in the area. the fukushima nuclear

power plant operator in japan has admitted it's behind schedule in cleaning up the heavily radioactive water that's flooding the facility the reactors were severely damaged following the earthquake and tsunami in march and has been making a great deal active material since workers also reported radioactive steam emerging from cracks in the ground under the facility but new evidence has also emerged suggesting most of the damage was done during the tremor and not after the tsunami swept through raising concerns that the plants built in tectonic region and soon from the start and that japan should abandon nuclear energy. it was very silly to build reactors on on what what is clearly a fall line and in an area where there are known to be. quakes. we see the result of having to you cannot really believe that you can cage these things and expect them not to come out and not to have these sorts of accidents and

other accidents will occur in the future and these accidents are so terrifying the consequences of them are so pulling that really we cannot afford to choose this method of generating electricity because you can't stop it just now because that would bring the whole of japan to a whole because it depends so so much from nuclear the fact that steam is coming out and we know the steam contains so for thirty five effectively we're producing a very large quantities of radionuclides all the time and they haven't been able to deal with that it's just being ignored is being it's being is not being adequately reported by the authorities in japan or indeed in the international atomic energy agency. argy dot com is always online for you with the news you choose to watch here's some of what's lined up for you today a killing machine invades russian waters as a second swimmer falls victim to a jobs attack or what could have been the same shark bit or star.

kind of the u.s. looks to reduce its debt the pentagon looks to cut back but its veterans pensions not your funding in the firing line had to argue dot com for more and don't forget to check out our you tube. let's take a look now at some of the world's other main news this hour an indian and campaigner who's on hunger strike has struck a deal with police to move his protest from behind bars on the huzzaing had been allowed to leave jail but refused to go until he was given permission for his

protest continue his hunger strike in a park the news of his release was greeted with cheers from hundreds of supporters who gathered outside his cell. the pope's planned visit to spain song thousands protest in madrid over the cost of paying for it eight people were arrested and eleven others injured during scuffles as protesters chanted the pope's visit not with my taxes over the seventy million euro cost of the trip but if the sixteenth is due to arrive in the capital later on thursday to mark world youth day. a roadside bomb has torn through a crowded mini boss in the west of afghanistan. killing fourteen women and children were among the casualties it was travelling to the provincial capital of herat province the area recently passed in the control of afghan forces earlier a suicide attack at a u.s. run base in the east of the country killed two local guards the taliban claimed

responsibility for the attack. it's clear that over six hundred tons of oil could spill from the ruptured shell pipeline in the north sea off scotland that's of diverse fail to plug the leaking valve more than two hundred tons of oil have already poured into the sea in what is britain's worst spill in a decade shell has a range contingencies if the worst happens but green groups say damage has already been done and will take years to repair. up next it's the business news with to me to stay with us. thanks and learn welcome to the business update on r.t. while the crowds at the moscow and showed look skyward on the ground more deals are being made a new joint venture has been announced between russia's ross technology and french aerospace company the zero suffer i'm told business tsotsi the multi million euros

starts up will work on states of the ought not to get action systems you have very few. countries into it. must be. extremely curious. to know your secret. weapon. very. weak only. able to be good. for the faults. he's been a very significant threat right. russian grain exports may reach a record six billion dollars this year coproducer go to towns as mostly because of the current high prices their culture ministry also predicts the amount of grain available for export could exceed two thousand and eight levels when russia had its biggest ever harvest producers are putting stocks on the market which have been held over g two last years export ban was opposed to maintain

a domestic supply following a severe drought. so to the markets this hour we start with commodities crude is losing ground after climbing to the highest level in almost two weeks now concerns about surge local economic recovery are weighing on the price however that we could all it is giving some supports but not enough to keep the light sweet over eighty seven dollars a barrel brant still maintaining ground above one hundred ten. quick look at the asian closing picture stocks there following my six accused from wall street in tokyo exporters are leading the losses on the stronger yanna mass there was one of the biggest losers to she was will she go around three percent. and you're of the markets are tracking losses in asia so off we see shortly after the opening b.h.p. billiton is declining two point three percent this hour after approving investment

to expand the coal mine in colombia before these down one point three percent the dax one point six. and the pictures becoming more gloomy in russia and the out years following two point two percent my six one point eight percent and that's the see no reason to buy so we're seeing profit taking after a positive session on wednesday lower oil prices are not supporting either take a look at a snapshot of the main the market movers on the my six most of the blue chips are in the red gas problem among energy majors is also losing around want to know how the so nice legs banking stocks are low as investors are pricing in the current decline in futures for the s. and p. five hundred out just the stocks are trying to rally odjick a one generating company up almost three percent after heavy sell of. gold is also on the rise for a fourth day as uncertainty about the global economy is pushing investors a back to save haven stocks the spot price is now at seven hundred ninety seven

dollars per ounce it's being fueled by reports from morgan stanley and deutsche bank. which have cut their forecasts for china's economic growth also venezuela decided to nationalize its huge gold reserves pushing gold futures to a record on when's day central banks all over the world are rushing to buy into bullion in order to hedge against depreciating foreign currency reserves you could provide from troika dialog believes gold is a great long term opportunity in the russian market the russian gold stocks dropped after like about ten percent in the last two weeks time while gold prices went up eight percent so i think this is not fair maybe buying gold stocks right now in short term not the best idea it's probably better to buy some liquid stocks but for those who are building new positions for me to i'm in long term i think this is really kind of good opportunity a good chance to buy them. finally in this program second look at some economic

figures russian gross domestic product rose three point seven percent in the first half of this year slightly below forecasts the government still expects the country's economy to expand by four point two percent this year but analysts say that rushing to work hard to meet this target. all right for more business news you can always log on to our website r.t. dot com forward slash business or join me in around fifty minutes time i'll be here with an update coming up next on our see the headlines with an isa do stay with us .

it can hit doctors wives policeman's wives ministers why i just. if you didn't find me if i could slip through the night that i would get my kids out of here because i knew that what was going to happen was that he was going to kill me many victims don't understand that domestic violence includes verbal abuse psychological abuse physical abuse and sexual abuse at least four million women are affected by abuse every year those are my only two options that i saw at that moment either i'm going to kill him i'm in jail or he's going to kill it.

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