live images coming to us from taksim in istanbul. that's where we see arwa damon. seeing right now. >> reporter: well, we're actually in the park itself and we're hearing people chance growing louder. they're saying everywhere is the resistance i believe getting the resistance. my turkogluish ish is a bit ru. bear in mind the government had promised that it would allow the demonstrators to remain. many of them coming up to us reminding us, wanting it put out that the government would said they would be allowed to stay as long as they were there. they claim that they have been all along. there is a spirit of determination. there is a spirit of solidarity here. people helping each other out when the tear gas gets too intense. we've also seen a stretcher moving up towards what can be called the front line. if you remember where we were just a short while earlier, it's actually where the turkish flag is. that is taksim square. that has very much become one of the many front lines that exists around this central istanbul location. people are moving back. they're chantin

joining us from istanbul. >> a major turkish trade union has announced. this is likely to put more pressure on the financial markets which have already been rattled by the unrest. share prices drop by more than 10% on monday. >> it hit a 16 month low against the dollar. bond yields jumped making it more expensive or the government to borrow money. >> with stock markets twisting and turning last week, disappointing manufacturing data from the u.s. set the mood. we have the view from the trading floor in inc. -- in frankfurt. >> everywhere in the world, purchasing managers were asked and surveyed about their businesses. unfortunately, their purchasing managers indices which are based on these surveys do not paint a clear picture. the mood in the sector is not as good as previously thought. this made the mood turned sour. the floods in germany are adding to the count of natural disasters which already have happened in the course of this year worldwide. this is adding to the damage that will eventually have to be paid for area >> let's see what is happening -

joining us from istanbul. >> a major turkish trade union has announced. this is likely to put more pressure on the financial markets which have already been rattled by the unrest. share prices drop by more than 10% on monday. >> it hit a 16 month low against the dollar. bond yields jumped making it more expensive or the government to borrow money. >> with stock markets twisting and turning last week, disappointing manufacturing data from the u.s. set the mood. we have the view from the trading floor in inc. -- in frankfurt. >> everywhere in the world, purchasing managers were asked and surveyed about their businesses. unfortunately, their purchasing managers indices which are based on these surveys do not paint a clear picture. the mood in the sector is not as good as previously thought. this made the mood turned sour. the floods in germany are adding to the count of natural disasters which already have happened in the course of this year worldwide. this is adding to the damage that will eventually have to be paid for area >> let's see what is happening -

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel with us from istanbul with more on both fronts. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. first on syria. we're in close contact with the syrian opposition here, in particular with the commander of the free syrian army, the man the united states is proposing to arm. but he told us he hasn't heard anything about any weapons shipment, nothing. in fact, he was in tears of frustration, saying his men are dying while the united states is proposing what he called half measures. meanwhile, here in turkey, these protests look like they were almost over until they took a very violent turn this weekend. a tense standoff today as labor unions joined defiant protesters, still reeling from the government crackdown. on saturday night, police stormed taksim square, driving out protesters from their peaceful camp. they had been warned but refused to leave. the government called them vandals and anarchists. many rushed to side streets, some barricaded themselves in a hotel, using the lobby as a makeshift infirmary. then police fired

as the makes us from istanbul all this transpired overnight when the protesters have been trying to build barricades and roadblocks in order to keep police out of the area that they were in but the police actually tore through those barricades and then use water cannons and tear gas. the protesters i have seen more and more of those appearing throughout the city sporadically there trying to keep police out because fortunately the police force has been rather brutal in cracking down on protesters there were scuffles between protesters and police not just in istanbul at this point we're looking at around seven hundred people who have been arrested as a result of these protests and really more than a thousand people who have been injured university even some shops have been turning into makeshift hospitals or a little medical station where people are trying to what help those who have been injured and protests. knowledged police have. some points but at the same time he called the protesters thugs and extremists. that they are undermining democratic principles of the country and that is defi

protesters responded with stones and homemade barricades let's get the latest now on go is joining us live from istanbul a big hello to you from moscow arena can you bring us up to date or as in the today anything happening today where you are. one of the moments of not particularly by the early morning scuffles between the protesters and one of the main squares in istanbul. and the police of course all of this transpired overnight when the protesters have been trying to build barricades and roadblocks in order to keep police out of the area that they were in but the police actually tore through those barricades and then used water cannons and tear gas and rubber bullets to evict the protesters as you have said this is the fourth day of protests like the previous couple of days. that were taking place in taksim square for one actually were rather different in fact i would say that yesterday we when we were there there was this overwhelming feeling of i would say unity and almost a festive like. atmosphere of people did come in they stayed for hours until the late night and then they were basically expre

. >> joining us from istanbul with latest, fox business reporter leland individual earth earth -- lelandlegal land? >> good even ing from istanbul. you hear the cheering and chanting behind me in the square. 10 of thousands of people have come out. that is the battle line where the riot police have moved in and tried not to get anybody farther past them that is the battle we saw happened so fiercely yesterday. today there was a bit after change from the government, prime minister erdogan's government. we're willing to put up issue what will happen to the square and the green park around it in turn with everybody leaving. erdogan accused of being authoritarian dictator has not caved on any of. protesters said that is stupiddist thing we ever heard of we'll not back down until erdogan hears and understands. the other issue it had been a secular democracy a long time. many are accusing prime minister erdogan trying to move the country toward an islamist state. changing the liquor laws into much more draconian way. back out here live outside the park where the protesters gathered. it is 15 m

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel caught in the middle of it all and he joins us from istanbul with the very latest. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. there has been more clashes here in istanbul this morning. the situation escalated yesterday when riot police moved in a taksim square to drive out protesters. we were here for that crackdown and saw what happened during it and what followed. turkish police moved in saturday night, a quick military style operation using water cannons and bulldozers to clear taksim square and the park inside of it pr protesters don't want destroyed. cleared the square with ease. then things started to go wrong because now police had to keep people from turnireturning. and it was in the small streets around the square where police got much more aggressive. nbc news witnessed one incident at a nearby hotel. police used clubs to drive people off the streets and inside the hotel. police are moving out even beyond taksim square trying to push the protesters out of the side streets and keep them from gathering in any one place and

nbc's richard engel will be with us from istanbul on the very latest from the protests at 11:00 cet. stocks in china rebounded after being hit hard yesterday. cnbc reports there's a fear the rapid buildup is leading to ghost downs. >> reporter: you wanted to build a housing project ten times larger than new york's central park, this is what it would look like. in a chinese city authorities are spending billions to erect hundreds of thousands of new apartments. the idea, if they build it the masses will come. we're not worried about the housing bubble, this government official says. we need more homes. china is constructing new homes as part of its aggressive push to build out its cities. by 2025 china's projected to have 200 cities with over 1 million people each. compare that to the u.s., which only has nine. the move was meant to raise incomes here and create a bigger consumer class. but the concern is that there's a mismatch in investment. potentially littering china with uninhabited ghost towns. >> in many cases, actually, there's no -- there isn't such a huge demand here. so you

severe the protests continue unabated let's check in with all of these are going to joining us live from istanbul to bring us the latest on this. two weeks on a protest now and from minnesota the one saying the protests have to end within twenty four hours directing the people are going to buy that oh no. it doesn't look like people are actually going to buy the because that statement was made several hours ago about nine or ten hours ago and all throughout the night in istanbul people were still out on the square even though there was a really heavy police presence there is still out here i didn't seem like there were any confrontation or clashes although we certainly did expect them because the tension was incredibly high that it was not the case of course where people did clash with police for the fifth consecutive night in a row and there was some misses as usual tear gas used in fact that seems to be a really frequent occurrence you have to understand that in and then cross the protest in support of the gezi park demonstrations actually has been rather brutally suppressed all throughout the

now joins us live from istanbul to give us the latest on this sunday hello to you every know what's the latest you can. hello rory well it's kind of an eerie sight here on taksim square where protesters flags and slogans used to be there's literally nothing left but dozens upon dozens of policemen and as well as people who actually were clearing gezi park off the tents and because the park at this point has been completely cleared from what i can see no media no war medical staff actually no one is allowed anywhere near the gezi park or nor in taksim square wouldn't we know at this point are there still some clashes going on there have been reports of clashes going on in other parts of his but they're relatively small it's the it's something along the lines of several dozen protesters throwing rocks at several policemen the very being there those clashes of course are also being met with tear gas it looks like but still no widespread import of tear gas like it was yesterday when it seemed like all hell broke loose in the evening just about an hour after. prime minister erdogan said that

dramatic scenes unfolding live coming to us from istanbul. for our viewers in the united states, this is the center of istanbul. these things do not happen in istanbul normally. we are entering our second week of dramatic and some might say even perhaps historic anti-government protests. christiana amanpour joins us from new york with more analysis on what's happening in turkey. christiana, the prime minister said he would sit down and talk with protesters and then this happened. something that seemed quite sudden in taksim. >> indeed. it did start overnight turkish time. we do understand that the prime minister has said that he wants to meet with some of the protesters. it looks like he wants to meet with those who are environmentally concerned. he's given speeches today in which he clearly indicated that his patience is running out, that he said this is the end. this demonstration has to stop. we won't let it go on any longer. he did also say that he believed that there were certain elements, as he put it, who were bent on damaging turkey's

. >> that was the syrian rebel commander speaking to call woul paul joins us live from istanbul in turkeythe thoughtlopment, of this escalating into fighting inside lebanon between the syrian rebels and hezbollah. [inaudible] >> all right, so unfortunately we can see paul, we can see his lips moving, but we cannot hear what he actually has to stay. we may try to restore the line, if we can, but actually if we can, we will, and if we cannot, perhaps we got the gist of what he was saying, which i heard slightly, which is that it is a worrying development, the fact that the fighting in syria could overspill into neighboring lebanon. thousands of commuters have fled from the moscow metro after fire broke out in a tunnel. the kremlin was evacuated. the fire is believed to have been caused by a power cable. the islamist militants in nigeria have been declared terrorists and banned by the nigerian government. faces caught helping them a minimum jail sentence of 20 years. the ruling comes after the united states said they would pay bounties for the capture of terror network leaders in western and

. >> ivan watson joins us from istanbul. originally they said it was about freedom of speech, they say this is heavy handed government. have we seen this before? it looks like ivan watson we're still trying to get a connection with him. >> suzanne, it's a little bit difficult to hear you because of the technology's acting up right now. if you can see us -- >> we got you, ivan. go ahead. >> if you can see and hear me right now, we're in the place where the protest first started. and in a series of days that have been never-seen-before moments in turkey, in istanbul. this is another one of them because i would estimate there are thousands and thousands of people in this park in what pretty much a joyous gathering, people picnicking and all in defiance of the turkish prime minister who has called the protesters extremists and members of marginal groups. instead, we see a lot of students, we see some families, we see middle-aged people, a lot of women as well. they seem determined to show they are not marginal groups, that they

government of activists demanding his resignation let's get more on this now from opposition members who now joins us live from istanbul and a big hello to you from moscow thanks for joining the program today the turkish prime minister actually blaming you and the rest of the opposition for causing the on russian violence or are you buying what he's selling. this whole i'm not buying what he's selling we have started this to protect this park you know it's started with protecting the last small green area of istanbul which is in the middle of taksim square a small park and we've started this with or i'm a part of kind of collaboration between different environmental list need to write a speech and their organizations want to now three years ago i was not for my pool party but i was i took this platform as their nature and there by then we were blamed we were told you know. many poles we. would not be anywhere don't join this don't join this movement however right now it is not a political movement quality political party moment not anymore this demonstration has turned into all the battles individual freedoms about how

arwa damon joins us from istanbul, overlooking taksim square. ituation from last night when we saw you walking around in a gas mask. >> reporter: it most certainly is a completely different situation here this morning. what you see behind me, the traffic in taksim square, it is almost back to normal. lot of people are filing through the square going about their daily business. many of the roads that were blocked off have been opened except for the road that is underneath the opera house, that's the building that has the turkish flags draped down from it. underneath there, there are still riot police that are waiting on standby but a lot of the gezi park protesters remaining inside the park, managed to barricade themselves in front of one of the entrances that leads from the park down a set of steps into taksim square, a substantial barricade that even includes the burnt out carcass of a vehicle that they managed to drag up there but a very, very different situation than what we were seeing even just some 12, 8 hours ago. one also has to remember

turkish police use water cannons and tear gas on protesters in istanbul's taksim park just hours after the prime minister threatened to use force to remove them. from. moderate clerics rouhani takes almost fifty one percent of the vote to become iran's new president the question now for the outside world is whether he'll change the country's nuclear ambitions. and syria calls us claim to use chemical weapons fabricated or russia which is also unconvinced condemns washington's decision to arm rebels as an undermining of peace efforts. welcome it's coming to you live from moscow it's eleven pm on saturday night in the russian capital now to our breaking news story tear gas and water cannons of being used by police to disperse crowds of protesters gathered in istanbul's taksim square this comes shortly after the turkish prime minister issued yet another warning to protesters saying security forces will intervene if they don't clear the square by sunday. now joins us live from istanbul arena good evening to you what exactly is happening right now. at this point we can at this point we can talk about this being completely cleared out protesting i think

like news editor gates and jill and joining us live from istanbul thanks very much for your perspective thank you matt. stay with us here on r t still to come in a couple of minutes the u.k. reportedly blocked whistleblower edward snowden from traveling to the country of the former cia man the revelations looks set to test relations between the u.s. and china details shortly. told him a language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports. and know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point to say to mr kerry you have a car as i'm going to talk you know gonna. take you know more weasel words. when you need a direct question he prepared for a change when you have to. be ready for a. freedom of speech a little down to freedom to watch. well . this month high tech means good health whether it be the latest laser cutters or lifesaving heart russian innovators are working hard to keep you healthy for some companies it's been a winding road from car simulators to cutting edge streaming systems for others it's been a lifetime of work along

. >> our correspondent joins us on the line from istanbul. relative calm has been returned to taksim square. a large number of protesters aren't -- are still gathered at nearby gezi park. what should we expect? >> it is very difficult to say. people have slowly been coming to the park, helping the protesters repair the damage caused from the -- from last night's violence. as we are speaking now, those crowds are growing much more quickly than -- quickly. many people coming after work. there are thousands of people around. there is loud cheering. it is very difficult to know what is going to happen. it is very tense. people are even entering the square. it is very unpredictable situation. there there is speculation possibly that the piece -- police could move in and clear the park tonight. the whole park is now surrounded by police. the people are very nervous at the moment. they don't know what to think or what will happen next. >> how important or not is this meeting that is taking place between prime minister erdogan and selected representa

. >> live, dramatic scenes unfolding before our eyes coming to us from istanbul, a major city in turkey, one of the most important countries in that part of the world. teargas fired water cannon use. protestors coming in and out of the park. nick is in our istanbul bureau. nick, i'm seeing the flares. is that being fired by riot police or something demonstrators are using? >> i think you're referring to what seems to be a couple of fires in the central square there. we're not sure the origin of them but they're being extinguished by a water canon. there was quite a dramatic atmosphere here. protestors found every piece of corrugated iron they could and kicked it. >> cenk: in fact, we have one of the protestors explaining what happened as well. >> you've been here since the very beginning. >> yes. >> did you think that the government would actually attack the park, teargas the park? >> yes. in the morning they -- they arrive here. with 3,000 cops. we were standing here. and they -- they protect us. >> cenk: and the whole time this has been going on, since may 31st, the cops have been com

. >> our correspondent joins us on the line from istanbul. relative calm has been returned to taksim square. a large number of protesters aren't -- are still gathered at nearby gezi park. what should we expect? >> it is very difficult to say. people have slowly been coming to the park, helping the protesters repair the damage caused from the -- from last night's violence. as we are speaking now, those crowds are growing much more quickly than -- quickly. many people coming after work. there are thousands of people around. there is loud cheering. it is very difficult to know what is going to happen. it is very tense. people are even entering the square. it is very unpredictable situation. there there is speculation possibly that the piece -- police could move in and clear the park tonight. the whole park is now surrounded by police. the people are very nervous at the moment. they don't know what to think or what will happen next. >> how important or not is this meeting that is taking place between prime minister erdogan and selected representa

knick is live for us from istanbul. what is the scene like for us right now? >> reporter: right now, john, as the tur kish prime minister is speaking, behind me, substantial numbers of riot police moved in around the protest. let's go back. at 8:00 this morning, they moved in, slowly walking, then began clashes between protesters, used armored vehicles, fire water cannons at them. one was disabled by a protesters molotov bomb cocktail. many rocks thrown. hit back by tear gas. the police are using tear gas not with the same relentlessness as before. there's less violence than over a week ago. now we are seeing that central protest. the green space in the heart of istanbul, the protection at the heart of this protest spiralled into other issues. that is being left alone. police won't be approaching it. we are seeing interesting pictures of a number of armored police vehicles, four or five, by my count, forming a circle and many riot police moving in, too. the police have a strategy here. they are clearing away barricades, bulldozers and beginning to mask in fron

arwa damon joins us this morning from istanbul. arwa, they claim calm behind you but people are gathering today. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you both. what you see behind me in taksim square itself is pretty much almost normal traffic, riot police still only have one road blocked off, otherwise there's been cars flowing through, normal human traffic you'd see as well. taksim is at this point in time clear of demonstrators, they're all congregating in gezi park right off of the square itself but a starkly different situation than what we were seeing a few short hours ago. >> we've been watching all day, tear gas, fires, molotov cocktails filling the air in the heart of the city. >> we don't know what sparked this police move. i think there was some sort of altercation, they've been seeing that all day so no specific reason why that would be cause to trigger such an enormous response by police. >> we're putting our gas masks on once again because there's more tear gas being fired. you can see people trying to help us out becaus

he joins us from above istanbul's taksim square where at this late hour, the air is apparently still thick with tear gas. richard? >> reporter: it is full of tear gas, and that is why i'm wearing this mask. the clashes here are ongoing. still, it doesn't feel like an arab spring moment or a turning point. but if these clashes continue, it could become a major problem for turkey, one of the most stable countries in the region. police moved in around 7:00 a.m., and sparked the worst clashes in turkey in a decade. police used tear gas and water cannons. the protesters, stones and molotov cocktails. protesters set a police vehicle on fire and the police pulled back. the protesters here are digging in, fortifying the square, building barricades, preparing for a drawn out struggle with the government. this protest has been going on now for nearly two weeks. it started as an effort to save this park, but it's well beyond that now. the demonstrators complain of police brutality. and that prime minister erdogan is imposing an islamic agenda in secular turkey. >> our prime minister is a dictat

cnn's senior national correspondent is joining us from istanbul.s of people still on the streets. it's after 1:00 a.m. right now. this reminds me of what we saw in tahrir square in cairo two years ago. you were there, as well. >> reporter: that's right. there are some bizarre similarities. i'm going to get out of the way so you can see. it's thinning out a little bit. it is after 1:00 in the morning. it's been a predominantly peaceful day here in istanbul, but we're hearing about some clashes taking place not too far from where we are right now between riot police and scattered groups of demonstrators. more ominous hearing of bigger clashes in the turkish capital, ankara, as well as in the border town near the syrian border, which has been a very troublesome area for months now. the biggest labor -- one of the biggest labor confederations, unions, in the country has announced it's going to launch a 24-hour strike tomorrow. i've had tourists operators calling me telling me what's that going to do to our business and the turkish stock market dropped

us worldwide@cnbc.com. >>> protests continue in istanbul for the fifth straight night as u.s. vice president joe biden has called for the government to respect the rights of those on the street. joining us now fromim maceda with the latest. jim? >> reporter: hi, ross. well, the turkish government is meeting today, i think as we speak, with a group of protesters and academics to discuss the future of taksim square right behind me, which is at heart of this latest crisis. we'll see whether those talks help to cool things down. meanwhile, several trade unions and civic groups have joined a generalized strike in support of the protesters, and we'll also be watching what will happen there if that strike gains any traction. and while, as you can see, it's business as usual on the square, thousands filled into the fifth night running last night. we were out there. the atmosphere was really festive, families getting together, lots of singing, lots of dancing, and overall, the good news is that while there were a few reported clashes between protesters and riot police, both in istanbul and other cities, there were no new reports of casualties, and the clashes do seem to have abated. now, this may have so

quarters of the ruling justice and development party turkish reporter my hears and all drawings us now live from istanbul for more on the situation there so many here tell us a bit more about what's happening where you are right now and the signs that things may be calming down anytime soon. but when we look at pete in the past five or six hours or so we can see that the clashes between protesters and the police forces have been slowing down compared to a few years. in the istanbul streets and other cities including the capital ankara . and and then they go to the prime minister the one trying to silence and accordingly saying that we are not against greening the stumble and trying to justify what is his government was doing in central istanbul where the protests have started so on it all depends on the people's. understanding of what prime minister was trying to do he will send a very defined and and everything will be determined after how the government. will only want to answer the protests started peaceful way right how did it get to this point i mean why did the police had to respond in such a tough

leland is streaming live for us from istanbul. >> heather, the prime minister here says it is his dutyave been on now for a couple of weeks. on the other hand, it's the protesters who say it is their right to come out and demonstrate against a prime minister they feel has become something of a dictator and is turning turkey into an islamic state. we were there as the latest crackdown began yesterday. the battle for gezi park has certainly begun. we see a stream of people running in all with gas masks and helmets. they know what they're going up against. teargas smoke is overwhelming. it's even coming through our gas masks. it's a total whiteout. you can see all the protest tents that have been trampled in order to get people out of them. the prime minister said his security forces knew how to clear the square and the park. and these are exactly the methods he's talking about. pushed back but undeterred through the night demonstrators fought with police throughout the sprawling city. police closed ferries and streets so thousands streamed across the river on foot protesting against the

joining us from istanbul, bureau chief at the wall street journal.nsifying as we speak. how much more widespread are the protests becoming? >> the clash intensified last night after the police made its strongest show of force to clear the square in the evening, in the area adjacent to the square, across the center of the city, pockets of protesters clashed with police until the morning time. at the moment, i've been on the square and a calm seems to be reining, police are in control of the area. the metro is closed. it is quiet. this isn't just isolated to istanbul. istanbul has seen the most intense clashes last night. in ankara, police also seemed to be moving to crack down protesters camped out in a park there, asked to be moved. we'll see whether we see more copycat protests erupting after what happened in istanbul or if the meeting today can diffuse the tensions. he's gone ahead with the meeting. what might come out of that? >> perhaps very little. he's only meeting with one group of protesters, the core group of protesters dismissed as irreleva

government dennis goodell of the general secretary of turkey's a media association joining us a lifer from istanbul thank you very much for that update site. right on our website r.t. dot com you can find live live updates on the unrest in turkey including footage and photos of the overnight clashes and witness accounts from all across the country. continue into our next story international peace talks on syria that were originally set for early this month have been thrown into doubt to syria's main opposition factions says it want to enter negotiations until the lebanese group hezbollah stops fighting alongside a syrian government troops meanwhile it's been confirmed that several four in a national zoo including an american woman and a u.k. citizen have been killed fighting on the side of the rebels archies marina partner as a details. the american woman that killed fighting alongside opposition forces in syria has been identified as thirty three year old nicole lynn mansfield her driver license photo in which she's pictured wearing a headscarf was broadcast by a syrian television station mansfiel

our chief foreign correspondent richard engel caught in the middle of it all and he joins us from istanbulatest. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. there has been more clashes here in istanbul this morning. the situation escalated yesterday when riot

from those kinds of incidents. >> michael: as erdogan hopped on a flight to northern africa, the deputy prime minister shared secretary kerry's concerns saying this: >> michael: joining us now via skype from istanbule blogs for independent and social media is reporter justin wedes. thank you for being there. tens of thousands of protesters are filling the streets of istanbul. more than 1700 have been arrested. practice is itwhat is if like on the streets now. >> it's absolutely electric. i've been here since saturday. every evening there are more and more people on the streets during the afternoon people come out after work pots banging and support, people flashing thinks lights, anything they can do to show support for the protesters. >> michael: you were part of a group that founded occupy wall street. how does your time in compare with occupy wall street. >> i think it's very comparable, but at the same time there are differences. the park has been brutalized to a much greater degree than anything we experienced in zuccotti and people of all age versus shown an incredible amount of restraint but also have defended themselves when necessary. now they're holding the park eight days later. they've

to our breaking news story police are moving in against protesters in istanbul's taksim square alton's arena joins us live now from the turkish it's a good evening to you arena exactly what can you tell us is happening in istanbul right now. well i can tell you that where we are definitely having another police. police action here are just about half an hour ago there were the square was teeming with people i would say several thousand were out there you also have to remember that there are still a lot of people camping out on taksim square in tents now all of this comes before were rather after yet another day of statements from prime minister erdogan who says that he will not tolerate the protesters in the park he has called on them several times to get out he said i'm calling to your mothers i think you can see live pictures hopefully right now what's happening now the square was filled with people just half an hour ago then we could see the police i guess you can see right now there are still some people leftover out there i'm seeing opulence is now we don't know exactly what's happening hopefully nobody has b

richard engel reports from istanbul for us. >> reporter: police moved in around 7:00 a.m. and sparked the worst clashes in turkey in a decade. police used tear gas and water cannons. the protesters, stones and molotov cocktails. the demonstrators complained of police brutality and that prime minister erdogan is embodying an islamic agenda. supreme court supreme court [ speaking a foreign language ] >> they're trying to limit our rights of liberty and our showing our ideas. >> reporter: by evening taksim filled again with more than 10,000 demonstrators shouting against prime minister erdogan. it seemed like the violence was over. but it turned again, suddenly in the biggest crackdown of the day. hundreds of riot police and their vehicles charged in. there was a stampede as protesters rushed to escape. some fell, some injured. fires, more tear gas. this is now a challenge over the nature of this country. erdogan's islam ic democracy and there are protests tonight and clashes in the city of ankara. that said, there are many people watching what's going on here in anka and who

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anita mcnaught live from us from the stumble. -- istanbul. the fighting in syria has spilled over into lebanon. ceriumbollah fighter and up -- and rebels have been killed in the eastern bekaa valley. two people have been injured in the fighting in the northern lebanese city of will tripoli. -- of tripoli. more from beirut. >> another funeral for another hezbollah fighter. he was still performing what they call his religious duty, having been killed inside of syria. for these mourners and hezbollah supporters, these fighters died defending hezbollah and the shia community. they also died defending against what hezbollah considers the u.s.-is really plot to destroy the syrian-hezbollah alliance. >> we are in a position to protect the resistance. this has required sacrifice, but these sacrifices are far less in what we would have had to give if we waited for this to reach our homes, our villages, and our accounts. >> four weeks, members of hezbollah have been openly fighting syrian rebels in the city of qusayr. for months, the syrian opposition

joining us live here in istanbul hello to you from moscow every now can you bring us up to speed here what do you know about this latest death. well at this point the details are somewhat murky again the man who is a twenty two year old man did die after his sustaining a head wound during the night's protest in the south of turkey in the city of kentucky and now some of the some of the protesters are saying that this apparently the shot came apparently from a police car however this information we have to stress this hasn't been hasn't been confirmed yet so we have to wait and see for at least somewhat official results whether or not this indeed was a case of us to hear police brutality of course earlier on sunday there was a young man also died after a car slammed into a crowd of protesters he also died from his injuries so far these are two confirmed deaths but the people on the street that we have been speaking to they're saying that they have personally seen people work who were killed and they've seen at least four or five people who are dead at least to this to the about more th

joining us now with the latest from istanbul is our chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, we can see from what you're wearing that you're protecting yourself presumably from tear gas canisters. what can you tell us is going on right now? >> still a lot of tear gas. it's starting to feel like istanbul is tear gas city, which is certainly not the image the turkish government or the turkish people want to project of this fantastic city which is normally some so peaceful, so full of tourists especially right now during the high season where the hotels just in this are sometimes three, four, 500 euros a night. things have, and i use this word cautiously because they could change in an instant, have died down somewhat compared to what they were an hour or two hours ago. there are still protesters here but they appear to be mostly the diehards. not the same numbers that we're talking about hundreds, not the thousands. now, the police now still fair firing tear gas. clearly are a more relaxed atmosphere. some are sitting down. maybe it's a shift change. but right now, we d

our correspondent joins us now on the line live from istanbul. he's taking a very hard line. how are opposition parties responding? who do you think is going to come out on top of this? >> well, the opposition movement have been shocked by these comments. this cuts across with they had seen as a tense for the government to reach out and compromise. the immediate response was to call for people to join a massive protest. they are really, very much, for a showdown with the prime minister. >> what about the protesters? what do they want to see happen at this stage? >> they have a list of demands. the first key one is the maintenance of the park to end this development project. they are also calling on the police chief and government responsible for the crackdown on protesters across the country to be fired. they are also looking for an end of what they say is authoritarian rule of the prime minister, but it is more than that. they have a message that this is about independent freedom, and their individual freedoms should be respected and how they want to live should be respected

our correspondent joins us now on the line live from istanbul. he's taking a very hard line. how are opposition parties responding? who do you think is going to come out on top of this? >> well, the opposition movement have been shocked by these comments. this cuts across with they had seen as a tense for the government to reach out and compromise. the immediate response was to call for people to join a massive protest. they are really, very much, for a showdown with the prime minister. >> what about the protesters? what do they want to see happen at this stage? >> they have a list of demands. the first key one is the maintenance of the park to end this development project. they are also calling on the police chief and government responsible for the crackdown on protesters across the country to be fired. they are also looking for an end of what they say is authoritarian rule of the prime minister, but it is more than that. they have a message that this is about independent freedom, and their individual freedoms should be respected and how they want to live should be respected

village who has been reporting on the ongoing unrest in turkey and has just returned from istanbul she is here to tell us about her experience in the arena it's good to see you here with us but i mean we've been seeing t. i guess water cannons all of that on taksim square you've been this firsthand experience what does it feel like to be amongst there while i have to say that just to make a slight correction that most of what we've been seeing it when it comes through tear gas and water cannons all that a lot of it has been happening on gras taksim is the unique place because it was nothing like any of the protests that were ever seen before it was going to be feeling like of comradery a lot of people were there but there were so many people and they were there night after night that i couldn't help but ask the question that at some point we had to stop and and obviously the protesters weren't given any of their any of their demands or any of their explanations at the same time you have the prime minister the first left in four days just started just really actually to break the back and said we're not g

from istanbul. latest you can tell us from where you are? still conflict is continuing. the center of the square which the kroeupbtation has been -- confrontation has been the battles are going on all around the square and this is normally filled with and now it is empty, just protesters and police. firing ce are indiscriminately rubber bullets and gas cylinders into the crowd crowd. over 1,000 have been injured and six lost an any as eye. so the confrontation and violence is continuing. are coming to join the protest even though there is a into the on transport center. people are walking on foot. to be anydoesn't seem end in sight. >> tell us more about the extent to which this is really a major expression of dissatisfaction prime minister and how he's responding. it originally started as an environmental protest over this small park in the center of the city. of the way the police behaved by using a lot of were ce, a lot of people hurt, has fueled into this wider concern that the prime minister acting in an y autocratic way. a eek ago he pushed through sweeping law con

on line if you can even watch our lives stream from istanbul get all the latest updates from our column and for the meantime you can also head there to let us know how you think it's all going to pan out let's bring up the voting for this hour from the web site and see how the name is of numbers of change and they certainly have changed over the past forty eight minutes here on r.t. still though the top position thirty five percent saying it's perhaps this violence will turn into a full scale turkish spring. thirty three percent now are saying it will result in a harsh crackdown and let's skip want to go right down to the minimum but up by one percentage point thirteen percent now are saying this will simply die out by the end of the week well r.t. dot com we are certainly checking your pulse getting your reaction to this so we do get involved at r.t. dot com. for now it is a weekend of unrest in a german financial capital frankfurt where police used battens and pepper spray against thousands of anti austerity demonstrators several people have been injured in clashes around four hundred detained protesters have been blocking the e.u.'s main