Police have a video of a bar brawl in which members of a crew filming an Oliver Stone movie – including actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright – were arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana.

THE mayor of New Orleans lashed out at US President George W Bush yesterday, demanding to know why he has failed to co-ordinate a successful relief operation.

New Orleans descended into anarchy as corpses lay abandoned in the streets, fights and fires broke out, police officers turned in their badges and the governor declared war on looters who have made the city a menacing landscape of disorder and fear.