four years in jail for posting on facebook to men in britain a long tough appalling a riot that never happened because human rights groups say charges are going to speak for. israel launches an airstrike in gaza killing at least five in retaliation for a string of deadly shootouts in the south of the country israeli officials have blamed palestinian citizens of the triple that's out there earlier the wrongs of the israeli egyptian border. european leaders and the u.s. is used strong statements calling on syria's president asked dancers step down giles as he announces the halt to all military operations in the country. our top

story in business stocks tumble around the world and more signs of economic weakness as these drop marks a return to the volatility that sent the markets plunging the first two weeks of august clearly for more figures in our business books and i think that's. where on the grounds of the mosque a region's international air say well all eyes are on the sky. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow burthen has sentenced to young men to four years behind bars after their facebook posts they said were called on others to cause trouble in their home towns now human rights groups and sounding the alarm saying the courts are overreacting by dishing out penalties is

a farce in hospitals are better reported as part of the political drive for tough justice in the wake of the looting and disorder across england. four years behind bars for the riot that didn't even happen jordan black sure and perry sutcliffe keenan got 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 whatley 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 government's encouraged to cause the 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 of the annoying bale to most offenders and ignoring any claims of previous good character of the one thousand two hundred seventy seven people charge so far two thirds of being reminded in custody that's way up on last year's rate for serious crimes is just ten percent some offenders even being made homeless is the punishment with local governments taking away their houses but many say it's all simply cause more harm than good i think this is very unwise the move to remove people from housing internet benefits because actually if we are saying that some of the crime that we saw on the streets was an expression of people not feeling proud to society not feeling part of work immunities then these measures are actually going to push it 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 crackdown on social media sites like twitter were applauded by the west to mobilize . 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 and troubles closer to home i'm very current. we knew. who was. only would. we be. the prime minister says this is where britain fights back put it this fighting fire

with fire could only fan the flames of civil disorder i've been it r.t. london. of british prime minister david cameron has defended their saying they are sending a tough message but investigative journalists any thing beneath the authorities is not to get their own passports or condemning out of. i think it's a bit rich coming from david cameron. and the government i mean who are many of whom are we talking about george osborne boris johnson david cameron who are members of this elite oxford bullingdon club and i'll quote now one of the things they said back in ninety 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 a not for the drinking club where they would smash the places up one occasion apparently two bottles of wine were smashed each by these people in a park they don't like vandals to me said 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 have for example as you just did when they closed down the internet in certain places queuing the tahrir square the uprising earlier this year is that people actually come out on the streets and they have a check anyway and i think this is being used actually as an excuse to regulate more government interference in the way we communicate which i think would be a terrible thing. now with along with a set of fresh economic sanctions the u.s. and major european countries have syria's president bashar assad to step down it comes in response to his country's falling crackdown against protesters well the statements have been sentenced the special u.n.

security council meeting on syria is taking place a call for the international criminal court investigation into the regime's handling of the press is expected to follow but journalist has been monitoring the situation in the country he says the latest developments all about forcing regime change at the cost of. the u.s. and its allies really want regime change in syria and they're not really generally interested in the terrible situation we are having dialogue between both sides and that's the reason it's happening today because we've had ten days ago president assad said he was going to introduce a multi-party system in syria today he said gratian so good so position. and what do we get the u.s. a good that's a good move these calls for him to step down have a great probably start reaching those consumers really as it's for. it's friendly with iran has russia and the aim of the game is to try to remove. another kind of

regime there and syria would have a more western ally. meanwhile in syria president claims the military operation have stopped but the notion is in finding out the presence of government troops is not always seen as a fine. city of there is sort of maybe liberated but in the last few days it suffered a brutal occupation i mean my eyes bandits blocked their raids put up barricades it became a city we were hiding we would just like hostages for more than a week claim to be army fought 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 iraqi border measure 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

little 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 reporter 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. the syrian army hasn't met any resistance in the cities across the country were. maybe there was some so-called bandits among protestants and maybe they use the momentum to spread carrots but if so where have they been when the army. armed groups is just a theory invented by the stude they have an excuse in the series. a new liberated there is all life seems question back to normal in markets reopened and

roads bridges days ago were empty are again filled with cars but reminders of the recent struggles to hard to find and the most obvious one is fear. r.t. syria. now the israeli military has launched an air strike on gaza killing five and accuse palestinians of carrying out a string of fatal at times well there have been three separate shootouts in the south of the country along the israeli egyptian border on thursday as. well as the head of these. israeli retaliates has a hard time to gather proof that the triple shootout was the work of palestinians. well the israeli military of confirming one strike over the southern part of gaza and the latest figures we have are that six palestinians have been killed at the same time there are israeli drones flying over the city of rafa which is on the

egypt and gaza border not none of this comes as a surprise earlier the i.d.f. the israeli defense forces issued a statement in which it feared it would bring to book all of those responsible if you do so you've been at all costs the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is meeting with evening tuesday with defense officials and they are getting out the way forward but only he did say that this was an attack on a sovereign state and that israel would retaliate and act accordingly now the jordanians that has transpired not so long ago did inform news media intelligence that they had picked up that there was a cell operating in the south of the country that they were planning such an attack as was in line with israeli intelligence for some town not now israeli security officials has been warning that the sinai peninsula is chaotic and it is an arche there that rain and they've been warning that shipment of weapons have been making their way to gaza the israelis are convinced that this operation and didn't

originate in gaza that there is still a massive manhunt in the manhunt in the south of the country the israeli air force is deployed as well as army footsoldiers and just a short time ago it was a huge town which means some of those shoulder soldiers and militants we've been told that one israeli has been. he injured and the number of gunman so far killed totals seven or eight fold up what to do with these units of the peace agreement between israelis and palestinians. well the gazans deny having any involvement in mass is in fact issued a statement saying that not only is it not involved but it has warned israel not to attack it having said that though they have nothing to minutes they have given a directive for his security headquarters to be evacuated for fear that the israeli that will retaliate and strikers as one of a target to quote in one of the statement they say that israel was trying to export the crisis and transfer it to gaza and all the can plan on the border crossing

which is the border crossing between israel and gaza that are now for goods to be transported has been closed down there is no love lost between israel and gaza israel and hamas it let them come out came to power in gaza back in two thousand and six or relations between israel and gaza have been kept short israel regarding how math is a terrorist organization and hamas continuously insisting to keep the destruction of the jewish state as part of its charter but so that in that in terms of his way to texting in relations these have been stalled for quite some time and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu with his policy of expanding settlements is someone that is not welcomed in the palestinian world and certainly the timing of what we call today. go to the united nations to declare unilaterally a palestinian state is very significant and just as the last word for the past few weeks there have been tens of thousands of israelis demonstrating here on the streets of his wealth of social justice they were planning demonstrations this

saturday we're now being told that those demonstrations have been canceled because of the developments along the israeli gaza and egypt in front. of update supporters there that giving us the latest from israel but it sounds. as well tony. to the skies down our which are particularly noisy this day in the moscow region the mancs international air show is hosting all thoughts of magnificent men in their flying machines not because they're for r.t. to bring us up to speed with the latest developments. one of the heart of the third day of mac's two thousand and eleven air show is this helicopter the helicopters made its name during the soviet war in afghanistan that am i seventeen that is soon to return to the country in order to help restore security there as nature is going to go over twenty of such helicopters to deploy

to afghanistan let's check it out from inside that's for saying that it's very easy to operate this helicopter especially for our gun violence many of them were educated by the soviet flight instructors. we will be able to check out the insides of the cabin just the moments as potential buyers are already here to check it out for themselves now we can go. well of course this is not the only military aircraft that is the headliner of this year's airshow marks the fifty is another one line dots together with america's f. twenty two and after thirty five fighter jets all through fifth generation t. fifty has been kept a secret for a very long time it was displayed for the first time on wednesday but no one was able to get close to it as its features i've still kept a secret with you know is that state's most prominent feature is going to be that it's very difficult to detect it radars but of course this air show is not just

about military aircraft and we're talking big money a lot of deals to be sealed during the next three days including today of course as well we're surrounded by hundreds of warnings an area bosses alongside sue who is the bridges and twenty one so we're expecting a billion dollar deals to be sealed within the next couple of days but of course the general audience the most exciting part of the show is aerobatics russian night . oh will be there for me for them together with hopes of pilot sounds violence don't know what they actually found out what it's like to be one one of those planes during the performance. engines check. instruments check runway check and then it's takeoff for the russian aerobatic display team. their nine first class pilots have performed over two hundred times in

the past nineteen years but they all have to start somewhere. draped he's 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 at my 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. we as moves are always trying to hold them a new verse they practice most weekends thinking of new tricks and practicing old ones for me but they're bored we come up with stunts and then research them but it often turns are you people in from before and this third of a russian came up with the look 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 because almost swear when you leave a cockpit or you can squeeze a gallon of sweat from your suit your knees are shaking because it's extremely difficult stressful and anyone would feel that way. so with that gut wrenching fear ringing in my ears i was told it was my turn for the crowds on the. around this is an exciting spectacle but that's not quite the emotion that's going through not 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 metres apart. it. but when it came to the fountain i nearly blacked out. white faced but not defeated i

returned. it hit it it was. it it it. kicked it. but i could also see some of the streams they go through for good there's no ticket but if you knew the months before the crowds put eerie like about six aren't to shoot at the pilots it's always a difficult job to track terrorists a pilot's hands to shoot his skill and the beauty of flight so next time you look up at those speeding planes spirit thought for the pilots in some way. from bottom county. now pope benedict the sixteenth has planned europe's

a moneymaking mentality blaming it for the economic crisis with a papal visit to hard hit spain reportedly costing eight percent of the nearly nero and the protest is a hint it's costing a teen not for more on our joined live performance hit by local jenison to grab their medals of being with us here at afi now we're all those young people really demonstrating against the pope says it is. very they say they're not demonstrating against the pope they're demonstrating against the fact that his visits has been in directly at. at least funded by by the state but of course they are also in part in a straight in against the message which is appropriate which they see as an altar conservative backwards and cetera so we spend you can differentiate religion from politics so i think they're protesting both things going back to the money in all of this visit is that in taxpayers back some seventy nearly a year ago is the visit of the pope important enough for the majority of people in

spain to justify that sort of spending. will work in the same way that the people are against it of course there's many people in favor of not just the piece which they see it as a good opportunity a commercial opportunity we're talking about hundreds of thousands of young people at least pointing it might read but also it's important for many of the people who are maybe catholics or may not be. practising catholic spread they are conservatives they like your idea of a conservative figure as the pope in spain so so good to have people for and against and not italy now police are being accused of being somewhat heavy handed in this thing the demonstrations in madrid how bad could these confrontations. but i don't i don't think there were that heavy handed i was there covering the story myself well there were some scuffles but there was not so much violence not on the

part of the police or in the part of the demonstrators i don't think it will get worse than that but if it does it will become very awkward for the government because we are just in the run out of a general election the socialist government is in a very difficult position they are being criticized by the pope who is their guest for their policies and social issues and on the other hand if they are too hard on those who protest the visit they will be criticized by the other side as well so so for them it's. they have to strike a very difficult balance between the two let's talk about the position of the government in spain and that may lead to the country's court the highest unemployment rate in the entire year is they do you think that the governments can't hold off from how angry and desperate people are feeling in this situation. again you said like you read a quote that the government. again. you know difficult position they

they are now doing the economic policy which runs against their social democratic views. they have on the one hand to do that because russell ceaseless pushing very hard them to that but then they are sympathetic to the to the social protests for there was thirty two measures in the cards and then we have the election so you have a very mixed message coming out from the government at this point of it is because they are not confortable with with the policy they themselves are having to carry out a lot of these points and what would you say is the attitude among the spanish population to the country's membership in the euro's day. i will spring is a very pro european country. that in fact is there is the only country in which the referendum for the for the. european constitution got a yes vote and it was a very large majority of people no especially not on quantity do you see you look

at the problem is that the e.u. may be is uncomfortable with the spain is a huge country. should it be bailed out because of course there will be no money to do that now having said that it is also true that there's a lot of exciting ration spanish there is not that high is actually lower than the average in europe and the markets are being very hard to explain what it was in truth is a country that is not in such a danger of the fourteen or anything of the sort. that out there many thanks ladies thoughts live from madrid many thanks. ok let's check out some other world news in brief this hour the hour the series of explosions have shaken the center of tripoli the blast reportedly told as it's coming down here one of the capital's hotels where foreign journalists are based rebels clashed with government forces in the city of zawiya and took over. the refinery but the civil war in libya which saw

nato intervention in march is claimed over two thousand lives in the space of six months. to pakistan where a fresh spate of violence over the past twenty four hours in the city of corruption has left at least thirty nine people dead many of the victims were tortured shops stuffed in fact dumped on the streets for whatever of the country's ruling party with guns are those here the restaurant for us pigs fasting meal because things of all to be linked to ongoing rivalries between down example physical passings vying for power. turkish warplanes have attacked sixty sites in northern iraq soldiers in the kurdistan workers party it comes a day after nine turkish soldiers killed and over a dozen injured by a rebel group in here the province close to the iraqi border kurdish militants have been carrying out attacks against turkey for over two decades demanding more

autonomy in the area. now scientists say they've. afraid we don't quite have time for that story do stay with the next hour for more right now though let's get a business update with career. hello and welcome to our business update this hour the markets are taking a tumble one of your own in the united states feeding off each others and securities european and american markets have all been down at least four percent there are underlying fears of a double dip with an organ stanley warning that the global economy is dangerously close to recession gustava but a teeny from r.b.c. capital markets explains what spurred by science. we've had two bits of information come out this week today which is really driving sentiment one in europe has been following did the mercosur cause the summit of the week has been discussions about whether the second group could be a lot is going to be reopened meanwhile in the u.s.

even though we've had a decent patch of data over the last couple weeks with retail sales making claims to be a bit stronger today still the fed index has been a very nasty period remember saloon index in about two years and because of that we seem you know i could stumble we see new records of those in ten year treasuries and good news in fields and gold reaching new highs as well with this is something that a repeat of last week i must have sticky thing last week were still in you know post u.s. downgrade mentality we're looking at these to be intervention in spanish and italian paper was this week the focus has shifted a bit more towards economics we saw three european data. and german jew people slightly below market speculations and the u.s. data today as we said. so stocks are tumbling around the world u.s. stocks deep in the red with the benchmark index is down over three percent on worries about europe and the global economy market sentiment continues to

deteriorate amid concerns about the eurozone banking sector bank of america is the biggest all moving over seven percent and u.s. economic reports are not much of a help although the number of americans buying new claims for jobless benefits rose last week stock markets across europe see sharples as well london's footsie is little bit is losing over four percent of the dax is shedding over five percent of banking shares stuff from more shop poles and european central bank e.c.v. like dollars in other names eurozone back shares in some leading banks plummeted with barclays and world bank of scotland down more than ten percent and here in russia markets closed deep in the red a trading has been halted for more than an hour due to technical problems. came to a stop just stopped at four o'clock moscow time average seems about an hour later now here's these not all of the market movers on the my six energy majors among the worst performers as you can see ross and i have lost over

a circus and spare bank the banking stocks also hits with a bad bank down over six percent. and we could be lost almost six percent as well however gold is gold managed to gain half a percent on strong the precious metal. that's a business of that but we'll have more for you in about forty five minutes from now stay with us. lol.