broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is r t i'm john thomas glad to have you with us the total number killed since the start of the syrian conflict now stands at well over three thousand according to the u.n. activists say at least twelve people have died in fresh violence after security forces opened fire on marchers there are calls for a nationwide demonstrations in support of army defectors who have joined the protesters damascus insists the anti-government opposition are not revolutionaries but armed gangs that pose a danger to the country as are silly and has more from syria. about one hundred eighty kilometers north of damascus is a city of unrest on the site of five days of recent deadly clashes between security forces and protesters in which at least thirty died it's close to the cities of homs and hama where most anti assad protests have been taking place evidence of fighting in oliver stone is plain to see there was an air of suspicion the tense

mood only broken by children now smiling but only two weeks ago these youngsters were witness to violence in their hometown like this eleven year old we heard very heavy fire we heard airplanes but didn't see them it sounded like they were flying high we were really afraid and we were crying the whole time. the child was one of the few to talk most of us on locals we met were hesitant to say anything about what happened telling us they didn't want to get into trouble. the areas governor gives his explanation why the military arrived there were groups of people who had their own demands they had these demands for a little while and then it all escalated when they arm themselves we saw that the situation had become a threat to the people and that's why we decided an intervention should take place . where instead of the six we have for you here this

was me this is your way of what the way i'm working with me see here this was what you said was basically. from our side here. but opposition activists insist that these were not on gas or terrorists but army defectors so far the government has said little on the subject of decisions from the military i think it's a kind of a strategy by the government to weakening the more of the. more. forces so if they talk about the friction then. it become a signal that could be there will be more of the friction so instead people that. gangs or was so with this kind of this will serve their purpose but under the circumstances the morale of most affected by the violence in understand is that of

the locals does are still. in syria. trouble has flared in the u.s. between protesters from the occupy wall street movement and new york police at least fourteen people have been arrested scuffles broke out as hundreds of activists marched through lower manhattan to wall street for an important is in new york with the latest. we saw a new fresh wave of clashes between police and the protesters taking part in this occupy wall street movement as hundreds of demonstrators walked in marched through lower manhattan and then some marched into the street and now for the other world for instance there were images of police on scooters are driving into some of the protesters a report of one of the protesters there put run over by al by the scooter that was driven by a police officer ah there were some also reports of police officers punching some of the demonstrators in at the one one man taken into

a party wagon was seen with blood gushing from his his head and there were also reports that some of these demonstrators when they were marching through lower manhattan power were throwing some glass bottles turning over garbage cans police say that at least four scene of the people taking part in the march or arrested now of course this is just the latest wave of clashes between police officers and the protesters camped out here for four weeks but they came after what is being dubbed a huge victory for the occupy movement the protesters were supposed to be but you picked it from their park that they've been camped out in for i did a while the city said they wanted to clean up the park this was a request that was made by the property owners now there was about two thousand people in lower manhattan in support of these protesters protecting that barricading them a human chain was formed around the park because the protesters said they were not

going to leave they leave the park on their own and about a hop hour before they were to be evacuated or removed the city made an announcement that the police would not remove them that the property owner said that they would deal with that demonstrators directly as they have been camped out here for four weeks taking part. in the occupy wall street movement raising awareness about the dispatches factory felt among ma the majority of americans when it comes to the gap between the rich and the poor when it comes to corporate influence over u.s. politics and this clearly is being regarded as a huge victory for the oppenheim movement that is continued so this is going to stretch it way beyond america's borders with the next twenty four hours because up odd saturday this movement is going to global mob out to six hundred cities to be proud of seventy countries around the world will be taking part in this type of

demonstration protests have been planned everywhere from rome to london to la berlin and people are going to be gathering in different squares the streets odd throughout the world to be talking about up there are their right to democracy the way that they would like to see their country govern the way that they would like their elected officials to be apt to be competent people that elect them not the op the financial elites so this is not over by any means it is going to be expanding it is going to be going global and of course our team will be covering the story. in a port neither for us in new york and as she said just there the occupy wall street movement is preparing to go global and our team will be closely watching the rallies taking place later in europe and the us don't miss our special coverage. structures blood flowing poverty and disease. by the countries waiting for you as well cutting jobs and social spending people who push the globe against their

government's economic policies kolo toure old war action against austerity. europe and the international monetary fund have enough resources to tackle the raging european debt crisis that's according to the u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner speaking to world finance ministers gathered for the g. twenty meeting in paris the statement comes as the european central bank calls on national governments to do their part to ease the debt burden artie's daniel bushell has more. the patience of european central bank does seem to be running out it says that it can't really take the whole burden on itself it really needs the governments to come through the european governments to come through and take some action because the latest country problems with spain it's seeing problems with its solidarity a failure of solidarity has had a great of its rating a game which is going to make it even harder for it to raise money and pay off its

debts we're expecting protests perhaps the biggest protests so far over new austerity measures in spain now russia's prime minister has come out and said that europe's governments could solve this problem if they wanted to. the crisis is more political than a financial issue according to different estimates between one and one and a half trillion dollars is needed the number is big but the user can handle it it's a political issue because in order to get out of those resources the leading european countries must offer a shoulder to those in trouble political courage so governments in europe are accused of passing the blame no one wants to take responsibility but russia is one of many countries which is concerned by this because of course when the european economies are suffering the rest of the world has a knock on effect told to go is the latest country which is new also there are two measures that means more taxes potentially education health costing more and we are expecting coordinated action coordinated protests across europe including in lisbon

over those austerity measures over the course which are thought to be extremely painful for the population now we've also seen the job saying that he does expect those governments to come through with those cuts in order to balance his budget there has been talk in portugal. might just be too painful for the people to take these austerity measures my colleague has spoken to some of those who are victims of the crisis i'm afraid i'm afraid of the future and i'm afraid that. things going to be like there are. people in here they're not going to be able to. have a piece of peace and quiet lucia is an active member of the portuguese indignados delish poor movement its participants believe the government is hell bent on pleasing the rich and powerful and ignores the needs of the people the worst rate of unemployment in thirty years at over twelve percent rising taxes and falling

wages are the reality of portugal's a bleak present situation things are so bad people are no making comparisons with cataclysmic periods in their history and looking to them for inspiration leads the century portugal was in a situation similar to its present state because it was lagging the capital was all but destroyed by an earthquake but one that marketable the minister parking them that's his stature right there managed to pull the country out of the crisis three hundred years on however if you believe anybody will be able to perform a similar monumental task the portuguese in the not o's say the solution is to create more jobs and cut unnecessary expenditure but the government was forced into seventy eight billion euro i.m.f. bailout earlier this year following in the footsteps of greece and ireland to paid back to the stereotype because have been introduced which will see longer working hours less holidays and even an end to the christmas bonuses which most workers enjoyed at the age when you are meant to start your life so that you know have your

own space around you know. to have a kid so you know. if you can you can't do it because because you can't afford to do it and as the crisis grows so too do the ranks of the outraged members of the indignados national government that mark the macair people. ravaged the problem is deceased i'm not surprised. they called for a global direction on october the fifteenth from the occupy wall street movement in new york is expected to get a loud response in portugal but for many of those who will fill the streets here it's not so much about revolution as it is about turning it into a simple fight for survival it even goes. and there's more on the stories we're covering for you online plus much more head to our team dot com. there you'll find washington it doesn't rule out russia could it be a target of its european missile defense system and find out moscow's response at r

t v dot com. and as michael schumacher said to the fastest time during practice for the green of formula one grand prix our team talks to his brother raul who is also a champion racer. the us president has taken a firm stance against iran promising tough sanctions against the country over claims it was plotting to kill the saudi ambassador to washington to iranians were charged with trying to hire members of a mexican drug cartel to carry out the attack something tehran has dismissed as baseless but barack obama says there is enough evidence of iran's guilt and is calling on the international community to make it pay for its behavior by further isolating to iran u.s. is that now considering sanctions on iran central bank promising even more pressure eli clifton a national security reporter says the details will lie in the response washington gets from the international community. the types of things that have been discussed

thus far would be quite powerful and would be potentially devastating to iran's economy promoting multilateral sanctions on bank markazi the iranian central bank now that could have the effect of affectively collapsing the iranian currency and devastating their economy if it's anything like what happened in iraq as for iran's response i think there's a lot of variables there and a large part of it i believe will go back to how large of an international group and coalition the obama administration can bring together at the united nations to sign onto to a response which is seen as provocative and potentially undermining both the iranian economy and the government take a look at some other news in a brief from around the world. in libya fierce fighting continues in colonel gadhafi his home town of syria while gun battles have broken out in tripoli for the

first time in two months revolutionary forces have opened fire at suspected snipers loyal to gadhafi one fighter says shooting began after a man was spotted raising the green flag symbolizing the ousted regime it is the first serious outbreak of violence in the capital since then rebels seized control of tripoli in august. britain's defense secretary leon fox has quit over allegations he gave a close friend to access to official meetings and ministry buildings fox has admitted that he brought his former best man adam wearily along on overseas trips and has apologized for allowing a blurring of his public duties with personal loyalties to former transport minister philip hammond has been appointed as the new defense secretary. the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has survived to decide of parliamentary vote of confidence which was a key to continuing his political career. he'd faced calls for his resignation by

political rivals and members of the business community amid a series of damaging scandals and a weakening economy the securing of the vote of confidence allows berlusconi to stay in power through to the end of his term in two thousand and thirteen. that brings you up to date at the moment next week spore the renowned morse film studios and a chat with actors and directors in moscow are. great

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hello and welcome to moscow out so on. this week's episode of exploring the subjects of cinema from the soviet classics to today's modern russian and. that are played in the capital and we start off here at the home of the country's filmmaking industry. this impressive outdoor set to picture destroyed street in world war two it's currently being used for a new russian feature film of course it's the magic of movie making styrene pasta cost and paint. is now one of the largest and most advanced movie studios in europe and indeed cinema has come a long way in the past one hundred years for much of the soviet union still in

content as a subject to censorship and bureaucratic stage control many outstanding films were made several gained international attention and praised for example the creators of fly literally pound sand in one nine hundred fifty eight all to cross keys one hundred seventy two film saleratus such films have a cult following today and still watch and loved by millions around the world. back to modern day most film and movie making in russia is now free from any restrictions technology has greatly improved the cinematic experience too and here you can see a film in post-production. moving to the film studios museum now and here you can see famous cars costumes carriages and a whole assortment of fascinating movie memorabilia. all exhibits that are displayed in our museum can be used for shooting movies and if filming crew can come to a museum choose datums they need and take them for the period of filmmaking. the

museum is a great showcase for those with a nostalgic love of the soviet silver screen. or the museum is open to the public you must come here as part of an organized tour as to hollywood a trip. here is not just a cinematic blast in the past but it's also for many a detailed look into the kid's passionate and often epic world of soviet cinema. travelling three hours south of the russian capital and we've arrived at our next destination. a simple field in the moscow region has been turned into a backdrop featuring several tanks army vehicles dummies and trenches. we are at the outside location of a new film called white tiger headed up by the famous soviet and russian director. it's an adaptation of a story but. today over one hundred people are involved in

a twenty second battle sequence the movie recreates the events of nine hundred forty three and this is the largest collection of such work. world russian and german actors are used in the film in the project as being given just a three month timeframe a bit of a problem this weekend as the crew needed to be rainy. and lights camera action after several rehearsals it's time for recording black dark smoke has been ordered to make the background gloomy and post-production will alter the blue skyline later on. to many of the actors it's the first foray into the world of fashion cinema others are seasoned veterans and take all the waiting around long hours in a comfortable. stride. safety is crucial when dealing with large explosions fire a moving machinery the whole scene has been choreographed and timed piece by piece nothing can go wrong. everyone in the place is cameras ready cop aboard marked

and action. the director has one very special and international film his career as a successful filmmaker producer and screenwriter. has also been the director general of the muslim studios since nine hundred ninety eight his dedication to cinema is profound let's meet the man in question great to meet you. now your first film was in one nine hundred seventy nine how has filmmaking changed over the past few decades. a lot of them of those begin in soviet period the first four films i make five first balls and six made during the soviet period proposal mother and i were going ization all film industry it was very a ball full soviet film and this was where

a ball full and it had the. advantage of the view and there were think about the money ok but the minus of the system was censorship and it was enough tough censorship so especially for young filmmakers that was the program to find the theme. when he can say something what do you want to see. for instance i began from beginning from shooting a musical films musical comedy this it was much easier. if you made such film censorship didn't mind a lot to mobilise because i believe the film you're currently working on is the first one about war is that correct this one this one is it's water from the first go through my eyebrows used one for food but never should like to direct it it's it's adventure does technology make the film better for england to say.

there was sold the sinks very good but if you have failed banks it's bad because they feel them driving up the. billowy and so it's a mini it can help to get knowledge it can help if you have something really. in the shelter about good luck with bats and thank you very much that's all i'm here and the best of luck with the project will they be of much to. moving on and what other cinematic experience he's alright with mentioning in moscow. one of the most secret city experiences system go is distinct imax cinema. some of the most up to date technologies films integration resolution is shown on a huge screen that's several stories high. special movies on science and nature showing a dynamic cinema's many hollywood blockbusters are now also adapted to the imax

film an. experience he's watching films in the so-called secular cinema. exhibition center. built in one nine hundred fifty nine it still functions as a three hundred and sixty degree cinema with eleven screens and stereo sound not as popular as it was in the city's times cinema is still an interesting place to visit and watch one of its special twenty minute movies. and finally the russian state university of cinematography named after him off also known as the gate is the country's oldest and largest cinema school for higher education founded in one thousand nine hundred it was the first state cinema education establishment in the world now graduates of its very sparkle to include directing script writing acting and producing work in a cinema and television industry all around the world.

cinema would be the same without special effects spectacular fights or dramatic sequences. that in mind of travel to an area just outside the center of moscow the house is just a school and training academy. here experts work in sequences that are rigged so they look hazardous well so having a full range of safety precautions and mechanisms to sword fighting here is in some ways nothing more than a car graft dance sequence i didn't ask but i like to try out two stops today first involving fire. now on with the spy protection suits like they used to sell a tape instead of velcro but these all say well i'm told worryingly enough that it's faster to cut or open in an emergency now i'm beginning to be consistent.

i'm told to walk in a certain way and not to make any sudden movements or flops my arms will fuel the flames with everything ready is slowly put on to the back of my suit and the flame is. i'm telling. them but that was. an experience and all controlled by fully trained experts i could even feel the flames heat. and as the movies like night and day watch and how i ended the summer make an impact on the international scene many risky film projects continue to storm moves want to persist and when various global needs. pap's money freedom and technology will bring

a new golden age to russian cinema i think a russian you know russian film industry has an enormous future because you know. russian content will always be in russian language content will always appeal to the audience to the local audience is just the way it is it's not not going to change no matter what anybody says. plus i think the government's really helping out in terms of you know making bigger budget patriotic films as. these the quality of these films in terms of what their western audience would like to see. doesn't match so. moralists. it's something which appeals to so. well at least i knew the. first class. well unfortunately that's all

tell me how left on this program on the subject of cinema i'll see you again at the same time next week and tell them for me and the rest of the curve. for now. but. it was scary. i knew up a new career as a still i may be. very cold. dynamic. for

a. month. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is our. top headlines. new york as police turn up the heat on. corporate protesters in new york with scuffles and at least fourteen arrests marchers are celebrating after a tense standoff with authorities and police backing down. the death toll in syria. stands at more than three thousand as opposition activists report mounting the support for military defectors despite the government dismissing the claims. demonstrators are calling for nationwide protests undeterred by french reports security forces opened fire on protesters killing.