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>> and now, "bbc world news." >> north korea fires more shells near the border with the south. is it a block ahead of the military exercises with the americans? afghanistan blamed britain for allowing a fake taliban commander to is a disappear with thousands of dollars. u.s. tries to head off the possibility of another embarrassing exposure from wikileaks. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. i am mike embley. sunburned and dehydrated, how did the three boys survived lost at sea for 50 days? art versus austerity. italian cinema revived but is now under threat from the financial downturn. ♪

>> it is not war, but the language is more and more were like. north korea has threatened that a joint military exercise between south korea and the u.s. this weekend could push the region to the brink of conflict. tensions are rising. artillery fire has been heard. no more shells have landed in the south. it is just three days since the exchange between north and south that left four people dead on the island of yeonpyeong. >> america's top general in south korea is the head of the united nations command. he saw for himself the damage caused by tuesday's shelling. >> it is clear to me from what i have seen here that north korea attack the island. it is in clear violation of the

treaty. >> the uneasy truce the agreement brought has held for nearly 60 years. the attack this week has tested it severely. this afternoon, another scare. explosions were heard and smoke could be seen over north korea just a short distance from the island across the sea. a live firing exercise perhaps. in these tense times, it caused considerable alarm. many of the island's residents are staying in a temporary shelter on the mainland. some are still traumatized and unsure of what the future holds for them. this weekend, a joint u.s. south korean military exercises will begin. this american aircraft carrier rejecting u.s. power close to the disported -- disputed border. north korea has already expressed anger at the drills. it describes them as a reckless move aimed at targeting the north. that is the same kind of curious

rhetoric that we heard from them earlier in the year when similar joint military exercises were held following the sinking of the south korean war ship. those drills passed off without incident. >> the general has been named the country's new defense minister. it is his job to restore the trust in the military. its reputation has been damaged by what some are calling the soft and slow response to in the north attacked. >> the west strategy of talking to the taliban has been dealt a severe blow with the news that a senior militant apparently involved in the negotiations was in fact an impostor. it is believed that he was paid thousands of dollars before disappearing. our security correspondent reports. >> at this nato air base in kandahar, intelligence officers believe they had made a break

you. a man they thought was a senior taliban official said he was willing to negotiate. everyone believed his credentials were solid, even the afghan security service. >> certain intelligence agencies helped bring these key individuals forward likely that they had the key man, the right man. they had a lot invested in the process. it is easy to see how they can get ahead of themselves. >> the royal air force flew the man to kabul accompanied by the secret intelligence service handlers. he was given inducements around $50,000 of afghan government money. in the capital, he was even presented to president karzai. but he was not who he said he was. he was an impostor, a talented trickster. he has since taken the money and disappeared. who is to blame for the

intelligence fiasco? afghan officials have said the british came up with imposter. in london, the government sources say he was found by afghan intelligence and that britain was only facilitating the talks with america kept in a little times. either way, this will hardly improve the chances of real peace talks succeeding with the real taliban. the real taliban are still insisting publicly on all foreign troops leaving afghanistan. in practice, there are contacts between insurgents and the afghan government. this set back the stocks spell the end of the reconciliation process. >> we need each other for this to come out the right way. we will have to work together among the governments and intelligence services. >> tonight, the british service under the uncomfortable spotlight. declining to defend itself in

public. the afghan operations are being portrayed as being incompetent. >> the u.s. has been briefing several foreign governments about the possible release of up to 3 million diplomatic files by the whistleblower website wikileaks. according to the state department, the release will create tension between american diplomats and friends around the world. we asked ian mackenzie in washington if he had been able to establish what was really going on. >> the big issue around this is that nobody is clear on exactly what is going on. the media, the public, and the state department themselves do not know the exact content of the documents. it is believed there could be as many as 3 million of them that were taken off the u.s. government computer system and passed on to the web site wikileaks. the state department officials have been working round the clock in an attempt to mitigate

what we're told is the imminent release of the details. phone calls have been made to state department counterparts in a number of foreign governments. we're told the united kingdom is among them. israel, turkey, russia have been receiving the phone calls. the calculation has been made within the state department that an embarrassing and awkward telephone conversation now might go some way toward staving off a far worse situation if the officials overseas were to read the documents on the wikileaks web site. >> that was ian mackenzie in washington. russian politicians agreed that a declaration that blames joseph stalin for personally ordering the massacre in 1940. thousands of captured polish officers were captured by soviet forces month after the second world war began. until 1990, the soviet union played -- blamed the nazis for the killing. saudi arabia says it has

arrested about 150 people suspected of working for al qaeda. most of them were arrested in the past eight months. there were plans to attack security officials and journalists. border police in the u.s. and mexico found a drug smuggling tunnel linking the mexican city with california. it is just to the streets away from another tunnel found by police earlier this month. it is equipped with the real system, ventilation, and white. the prime minister of portugal has declared his country has all conditions in place to finance itself in the market. he said the passing of an austerity budget earlier in the day would also reinforce confidence and help reduce the deficit. we go to the astonishing story of the three boys who were lost at sea. they and the small boat had been missing for 50 days. there had even been a memorial service. they were found adrift in the pacific ocean. they were brought to fiji on a

new zealand fishing boat. >> they ride in fiji severely dehydrated and badly sunburned. remarkably, there were only a little unsteady on her feet. this is after being adrift for weeks until the chance rescue long after an air search found no trace of them. the boy's relatives had begun to fear the worst. now big celebrations are planned by the island community. >> we are so happy. everyone is so happy. all the people are so happy. what a story. >> was he all right? how did they survive? how was the ocean? so many questions to ask him. >> how did they survive out there? they set off from the island in the middle of the pacific ocean. there was talk they had talked of an epic journey and may have

been headed for australia or the united states. after apparently drifting for 800 miles, they were picked up by a tuna boat that took them to fiji. they told the rescuers they lived on a handful of coconuts and a bird that they caught and ate raw. they drank rainwater that they collected but had started to drink the sea water. that could soon have killed them. the teenagers have already asked for forgiveness from the relatives who shared their ordeal. they said to have learned a lesson. the families are calling the rescue america. -- the families are going to rescue a miracle. >> both houses of indian parliament have marked a moment's silence for the second anniversary of the mumbai attacks. the violence left at least 160 dead. the indians of the -- security forces were criticized for not doing enough. are they better prepared today? >> armed and on patrol. the security personnel and

police keep watch as mumbai remembers one of the country's worst attacks in recent memory. two years ago, there were criticized for being badly prepared and unable to defend india's financial capital. authorities claim lessons have been learned. according to those who have shouldered the responsibility of protecting mumbai in the past, progress is being made but slowly. >> we're better prepared, at least the police are. i know that they are. they are better equipped. whether they are better motivated, i cannot say. it depends on the leadership. >> for three days in november of 2008, mumbai ground to a halt. 10 armed men held many people hostage and killed indiscriminately across the city. 174 people including nine gunmen were killed in the attackes.

in the minds of the families whose loved ones were killed, the city is different today. life has to go on. at the same time, when i have conversations with people, it is obvious that cuts deeply into the heart of the city. those conversations are very intimate and heartfelt. there are no strangers here in mumbai. >> i want my grandchildren to go to the big hotel. i do not know when it can happen. nothing has been done to stop such things happening. if it can be done in the u.s., then in this country. >> earlier this year, the lone surviving gunman of the attack was sentenced to death. the charges included murder and waging war against india. he has taken his appeal to the high court of mumbai. it may be years before the case comes to an end.

people have returned to areas like this near the train station involved in the three days of court in november of 2008. many insist they will never forget, but life in the financial capital is moving on. >> stay with us if you can. still to come, still struggling with the aftermath of an earthquake and the cholera epidemic. how will the people of haiti deal with the presidential election this weekend? cloning of animals for commercial purposes is still controversy in many parts of the world. in britain, christians -- questions came up after it was revealed that milk and meat was sold to consumers. an independent panel of scientists have been looking at the case. their conclusion is that the food was unlikely to present any risk. >> the highlands farm is at the center of the controversy.

news that meat from cloned cows had entered the food chain caused immediate frenzy. it triggered an official investigation. a team of british scientists has confirmed earlier international research that the meat is no risk to the public. >> on the basis of scientific evidence available that is a series of analyses of meat and milk from clones and conventional animals, there is no substantial difference in the composition. any differences fall within the normal range that one would expect for variation. >> clones are animals not reproduced in the normal way. they take dna from adult animal cell and implant it in an empty ed. the embryo is developed in a laboratory to create identical copies of the original. >> what kind of animals are going to end up with on our farms? cloning aims to make multiple copies of the highest yielding

cows. as with selective breeding, we have produced cows with such high milk kiel's that many suffer from health problems. many are so worn out that they have to be prematurely killed. cloning is going to make this worse. >> whether we see the produce of clothes on our shelves will not be a question of just science. equally important will be the public acceptability and consumer demand. >> here are the latest headlines on "bbc world news." north korea accuses the south and the u.s. of pushing the region to the brink of war provoking tensions with planned military exercises. a senior afghan official is blaming britain for allowing a fake taliban commander to take part in sensitive meetings and make off with several thousand dollars. the people of haiti are still

struggling with the aftermath of an earthquake and cholera. they will be voting in the presidential election this weekend. in these desperate times, several candidates want the polls postponed. the u.n. has issued a new appeal with the cholera epidemic. at least a million people still homeless and living in camps were the conditions have helped the disease to spread and kill more than 1600 people. another 30,000 have had hospital treatment. we have this report from port- au-prince. >> we came across this by chance. the epidemic is out of control. haiti has all of the worst conditions that allow caller to spread. very little clean running water, almost no sewage treatment plants, and chronic poverty. 1.5 million people were made homeless by the devastating earthquake in january and a still living in flimsy shelters on what ground. campaigning for the election is

taking place against this grim backdrop. for some, the election rallies are welcome distraction from the reality. there is congenial chaos here put a serious message. some say the lessons from afghanistan and iraq make it clear that what the country requires post-disaster is a transparent elected government. in the shadow of the broken presidential palace, questions have been asked about why one of the most popular political figures here has been barred from standing. the powers that be insist that his exclusion was for technical reasons. his party did not allow the papers correctly. >> how can you dispute the

biggest and strongest party? if you make an exception for the biggest party -- >> there are other popular candidates. there will be a contest. this election in a time of cholera was always going to be far from perfect. bbc news in haiti. >> this week we have been covering the awards for free- lance camera operators who cover the world's most dangerous places. this year's award went to american living in bangkok. in a confrontation with government forces and richer protestors, he took unique and disturbing images from both sides. >> bangkok in may of 2010. thousands of government opponents known as the red shirts pitched camp in the center of the city. two months of peaceful protests

are about to turn violent. one of the red shirt leaders is a former general in the thai military. he is gunned down. rogers had interviewed him one week earlier. >> by may 13, the major general was shot right there by a sniper. at that point, everything degenerated and became very violent. [gunshots] >> the next day, soldiers shoot into the crowd of protesters. [gunshots] roger narrowly escapes being hit by gunfire. >> i was walking with the red shirts. things have calmed down. i knew i needed to get compeling footage. i knew it was a dangerous place to be. i just put the camera on.

you can see in the video as i am walking through theire. you can hear the gunshots and the background. they started to realize they were under fire. everybody started to run for cover. >> he keeps the camera rolling as a man close by goes down. he has been shot in the head. >> i do not know if i dealt with it emotionally. i remember being terrified. i did not know where the gunfire had come from, who had shot him. i assumed it had come from the army. i never saw any of the actual gunmen involved in the shooting. i do not know how he got hit. >> the conflict comes to a head on the 19th. when the security forces make their final assault on the protesters, he follows them in. [gunshots] the red shirts make their last stand amid the gunfire.

[gunshots] >> it was a tragedy for the country. he was difficult to watch and report. it was difficult to be a part of. it was very interesting to be a part of. he was very compelling. i always wanted to be out there. >> his pictures were an important window into the conflict from both sides. >> life and death on camera from roger arnold. it is half a century since the film that redefined italian cinema. fellini's film has been digitally remastered and relaunch of the rome film festival. after decades without success, italian movies are selling rum the world again. in these hard times, can the results continue? -- tendon in his aunt's continue? -- can the renascence continue? >> this is from the golden age

of italian cinema. ♪ that fellini's masterpiece may delete the epitome of cinema and culture. -- that made italy the epitome of cinema and culture. a generation later, the oldest film festival had italians wondering where the industry had gone. >> after the golden age, we have been considered people who only made movies that wary. -- that were very personal and difficult. >> in 1999, there was little to hold on to. november in rome may back up the theory that the golden age is over. some are working hard to convince the industry that italian cinema does not begin and end with fellini.

"i am loved" has been a global hit this year. it mixes art house with soap opera of the italian family. in 2008, the oscar-nominated movie was about a different generation of italian politicians that sold around the world. foreign sales have doubled in two years. the tale of a shepherd and his goats has been sold in 46 countries. ♪ hello stranger immigration and social restrictions have helped the generation find a new voice. the italian-turkish director has been described as italy's popular director. success might have happened more

by accident than design. it is something the rome combustible wants to encourage. there are classes to help young filmmakers succeed. >> we want to help the young talent. we want to help new talent. this is the moment to change things. it is possible because of the new unity, the new community of filmmakers in italy. >> the italian films the rest of europe is talking about did not get seen by that many natives. this is a documentary satirizing silvio berlusconi 's behavior after the earthquake. she had to finance it herself.

>> it is rare for a documentary to be successful in theaters. most producers will not take the risk. they will have trouble for the rest of their work. >> there is an even bigger threat to the fledgling industry. the industry has raised its voice in protest. >> it would be suicide. the portion of the domestic market in italy is more than 30% of the box office after so many years. it is killing the industry right now. >> the cuts are inevitable. history has shown that italian cinema has a way of rising. life is certainly bittersweet 50 years on. >> much more on that and all of

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