:00:14. > :00:20.clashes in Istanbul, hundreds of police enter the city's Taksim
:00:20. > :00:24.Square, occupied by protesters for more than a week.
:00:24. > :00:29.State media in serious a 14 people have been killed by two bombs in the
:00:29. > :00:33.centre of the capital, Damascus. The battle in the skies as the
:00:33. > :00:36.European commission takes on National air traffic controllers.
:00:36. > :00:46.Three Chinese astronauts have just taken off on their longest ever
:00:46. > :01:02.
:01:02. > :01:06.police have forced their way into Taksim Square in Istanbul. They used
:01:06. > :01:10.tear gas and water cannon to try to clear the area, which has been the
:01:10. > :01:18.focus of protests against the government. It has been occupied for
:01:18. > :01:22.more than a week now. These are live shots from Taksim Square. You can
:01:22. > :01:26.see a number of protesters on the street. We have seen many of them
:01:26. > :01:33.being hit by tear gas and water cannon in the last few minutes and
:01:33. > :01:37.hours. The authorities have said that the initial protest in Gezi
:01:37. > :01:42.Park will be allowed to remain, but as the protest has spread through
:01:42. > :01:45.the square, the authorities say they are determined to clear them. Some
:01:45. > :01:52.tear gas is again being fired, protesters are running back from
:01:52. > :01:59.that smoke that is very difficult to cope with. We can get the latest
:01:59. > :02:04.from our reporter, Dan Johnson. Police this morning moved into
:02:04. > :02:09.Istanbul's Taksim Square. It was a show of force, using tear gas and
:02:09. > :02:12.rubber bullets, and came as a surprise. The organisers of the
:02:12. > :02:17.protests were due to hold talks with the prime minister tomorrow. Police
:02:17. > :02:21.said the intention was only to remove signs and barricades from the
:02:21. > :02:24.square, not to break up the protests. Many of those who have
:02:24. > :02:30.been camped here for 11 days now did not believe it, they fought Aqua
:02:30. > :02:37.with fireworks, petrol bombs and stones. We can still hear tear gas
:02:37. > :02:42.being fired. 20 minutes ago some people were injured in this area and
:02:43. > :02:48.carried to an ambulance. At least one person with a head shot wound,
:02:48. > :02:53.taken away by the ambulance. Lots of people being affected by the tear
:02:53. > :02:58.gas. Officers reclaim parts of the square they had been forced to pull
:02:58. > :03:02.back from ten days ago, but stopped short of entering Gezi Park. Bands
:03:02. > :03:07.to redevelop that space prompted these protests but they have grown
:03:07. > :03:13.to be about much more -- plans to redevelop. There were disturbances
:03:13. > :03:16.in Ankara, three people have died since protests began and more than
:03:16. > :03:20.5000 have been injured or treated for the effects of tear gas. It is
:03:20. > :03:25.not clear yet what impact this advance by the police will have on
:03:25. > :03:31.tomorrow's planned talks. Prime Minister Erdogan used a televised
:03:31. > :03:34.statement to Parliament to call for protesters to leave busy park. His
:03:35. > :03:38.deputy has said it legal protests will no longer be tolerated, but for
:03:38. > :03:43.now the stand-off goes on -- to leave Gezi Park.
:03:43. > :03:48.40 people have been killed by two car bombs in the centre of the
:03:48. > :03:51.Syrian capital, Damascus, according to state media. At least 41 people
:03:51. > :03:55.are reported to have been injured in explosions in the commercial
:03:55. > :04:00.district. A bombing in the same square in April left 13 people dead.
:04:00. > :04:06.My colleague in Beirut gave more details. At the beginning the state
:04:06. > :04:11.media said this was just bombs in bags put near the shop in that busy
:04:11. > :04:14.square in the middle of town. They later said it was two suicide
:04:14. > :04:20.bombers who exploded themselves among the crowds in that square,
:04:20. > :04:25.which is always a busy place. Now they are saying the casualties
:04:25. > :04:31.figures, 14 killed, 31 wounded, according to the officials. That may
:04:31. > :04:36.change later. TV has been carrying pictures showing not massive damage,
:04:36. > :04:40.not the kind of damage after really big explosions but the kind of
:04:40. > :04:46.damage, superficial relatively, two shopfronts, glass broken, debris
:04:46. > :04:49.scattered, some cars damaged and blood on the pavement. Some reports
:04:49. > :04:58.indicate that one of the bombers managed to get into a police station
:04:58. > :05:04.near where the bombs went off, and so it is possible, but not being
:05:04. > :05:07.reported officially, that there are policemen among the casualties.
:05:08. > :05:13.Let's take you back to Turkey and this is the live shot in Taksim
:05:13. > :05:21.Square. Mark Lowen is there in Istanbul. Tell us what has been
:05:21. > :05:25.happening. I just went down to the square to see what was happening.
:05:25. > :05:30.While we were speaking to a protester, the water cannon and tear
:05:30. > :05:34.gas arrived back on this square to disperse protesters. If I look to my
:05:34. > :05:39.left, it is a big cloud of tear gas against them I am beginning to feel
:05:39. > :05:44.it again in my throat, I will keep the gas mask close to me, I may have
:05:44. > :05:50.to try to talk through it. You can see the cloud of tear gas beginning
:05:50. > :05:58.to rise. That is a water cannon lorry as well from the police. You
:05:58. > :06:05.can hear the odd bang as projectiles are thrown at riot police. If we
:06:05. > :06:12.plan to the other side, two more water cannon trucks, ready to spew
:06:12. > :06:19.water across the square. Riot police stationed in the central part. It
:06:19. > :06:25.had seemed calm since this morning, when the clashes were serious, but
:06:25. > :06:29.they seem to be back in action again. One chap is throwing
:06:29. > :06:35.projectiles at the riot police. This is very much the marginal element of
:06:35. > :06:39.the protest movement, this violent, hard-core element. This does not
:06:39. > :06:43.represent what we have seen in Istanbul for about ten days, 12 days
:06:43. > :06:48.since the unrest began, which is largely peaceful protests. Young
:06:48. > :06:53.people who have been occupying the park. They have been tweeting that
:06:53. > :06:56.they are against hard-core protesters who they believe are
:06:56. > :07:01.provoking the police, many believe that some of them are the
:07:01. > :07:06.authorities in disguise. They say this hard-core fringe does not
:07:06. > :07:14.represent a largely peaceful protest movement. Do you know who are in
:07:14. > :07:21.this hard-core fringe? It is always difficult to say. I am usually based
:07:21. > :07:27.in Athens. I have seen this countless times. You have very large
:07:27. > :07:32.demonstrations in Athens. Then there is a fringe of violent protesters
:07:32. > :07:37.who take to projectiles and petrol bombs against the police. Some are
:07:37. > :07:42.anarchists, some are there to stir up emotion, who has long harboured
:07:42. > :07:46.anger against the authorities. It is simply very difficult to tell. The
:07:46. > :07:52.prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan against two these protests are
:07:52. > :07:56.largely focused, has been speaking again -- against whom. He says it is
:07:56. > :07:59.part of an international conspiracy against Turkey, he has criticised
:07:59. > :08:04.the foreign media for launching attacks against the Turkish state.
:08:04. > :08:09.He says it is an attempt to try to manipulate the Turkish economy. You
:08:09. > :08:16.have a sense of paranoia building around the inner circle of the prime
:08:16. > :08:20.Minister. This is very heavy-handed prime minute -- heavy-handed police
:08:20. > :08:24.action, a day before the prime Minister was supposed to have talks
:08:24. > :08:30.with some of the protest leaders. That was seen as an olive branch,
:08:30. > :08:34.but given what has happened today, those talks planned for tomorrow may
:08:34. > :08:38.be thrown into jeopardy. You say it is paranoia but is it at all
:08:38. > :08:48.possible that you have outside influence or agitation in what is
:08:48. > :08:50.
:08:50. > :08:55.going on in Turkey right now? very difficult to say. The country
:08:55. > :08:59.is on the Fault line of the Middle East but Turkey has been seen as a
:08:59. > :09:07.kind of peacemaker in the middle east, an ally of Israel and other
:09:07. > :09:10.Middle Eastern powers. What he means when he says it has been agitated by
:09:10. > :09:16.international powers is difficult to say, because by Minister Erdogan has
:09:16. > :09:20.been warmly welcomed on the international stage -- Prime
:09:20. > :09:25.Minister Erdogan has been. He has been seen as a peacemaker in the
:09:25. > :09:31.Balkans, an important ally on both sides of the Middle East conflict.
:09:31. > :09:36.Difficult to see who would be plotting against Turkey. He has
:09:36. > :09:40.launched attacks on the foreign media, we have tried our best to
:09:40. > :09:44.portray the most balanced, impartial view of what is going on. It is
:09:44. > :09:48.difficult to know what he means by that. I am watching a police truck
:09:48. > :09:54.sweeping through, trying to clear up some of the barricades. More of the
:09:54. > :10:02.water cannon is being sprayed. At the other side of the square, a
:10:02. > :10:08.heavy jet of pink spray is coming from my waterjet, -- from a
:10:08. > :10:12.waterjet, it has taken a few people down. The riot police said they were
:10:12. > :10:17.not going to enter the park which joins the square, the development of
:10:17. > :10:27.which about these protests ten days ago. A lot of the protesters are
:10:27. > :10:33.
:10:33. > :10:41.massing in the Park. More water cannon and tear gas fired? Yes, more
:10:41. > :10:46.tear gas and probably stun grenades. I can see a petrol bomb
:10:46. > :10:51.being thrown from the protests against the police and I can see a
:10:51. > :10:55.water cannon on the far side of the square. The confrontation is really
:10:55. > :11:05.going on and the worst clashes for over a week looked like they are
:11:05. > :11:05.
:11:05. > :11:12.building. We will leave it there for now, back to you soon I am sure.
:11:12. > :11:15.Air traffic controllers in France have began a three-day strike.
:11:15. > :11:18.Widespread travel disruption is expected across Europe, with
:11:18. > :11:22.colleagues in other countries joining the industrial action on
:11:22. > :11:27.Wednesday. They are striking over plans by the European Union to
:11:27. > :11:33.centralise control of Europe's airspace. What will this mean if you
:11:33. > :11:38.are trying to fly this week? It will not be a good day to fly to France,
:11:38. > :11:42.that is the shore. We are hearing from the civil aviation authority
:11:42. > :11:49.that 1800 flights have been cancelled today. Some of the biggest
:11:49. > :11:55.carriers, easyJet for instance, 128 flights cancelled, Ryanair, 102
:11:55. > :11:59.flights cancelled, Lufthansa, 125. We are not seeing chaotic scenes at
:11:59. > :12:03.the airport, they have put a lot of plans in place for these three days
:12:03. > :12:06.of strikes and it seems to be working at the moment, things are
:12:06. > :12:09.running pretty smoothly, albeit a lot of disruption to the people who
:12:09. > :12:14.are trying to move around France and probably elsewhere in Europe later
:12:14. > :12:19.in the week. This is about trying to bring together control of the
:12:19. > :12:22.airspace to make it more efficient? Yes, it is called the European sky
:12:22. > :12:28.project and the European commission will set out its plans today. It
:12:28. > :12:32.believes it can deliver greater efficiencies by amalgamating
:12:32. > :12:36.air-traffic systems that are managed by each member state. Whereas you
:12:36. > :12:40.have the air-traffic controllers in France looking after the airspace
:12:40. > :12:47.above France, they will amalgamate it into nine functional airspace
:12:47. > :12:51.locks. -- blocks. They believe they will be able to move traffic more
:12:51. > :12:56.easily around Europe, cutting pollution and costs for the
:12:56. > :13:02.consumer. The roots will be managed by a central authority so much
:13:02. > :13:05.easier to coordinate where the roots go across European airspace. The
:13:05. > :13:10.main union looking after the air-traffic controllers in France
:13:10. > :13:15.believe it is an attack on national sovereignty, believes it is less
:13:15. > :13:21.safe and working hours and pay will be affected. You will see strikes
:13:21. > :13:26.not only in France but ten other countries joining the demonstrations
:13:27. > :13:34.tomorrow, so lots of disruption across the European Union.
:13:34. > :13:38.Stay with us on BBC World News. Still to come: Up, up and away.
:13:38. > :13:47.Three Chinese astronauts take off from the Gobi desert for a 15 day
:13:47. > :13:50.space mission. Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it a
:13:50. > :13:56.British actor playing an all-American superhero? For the
:13:56. > :14:01.first time, the role of Superman is lay -- being played by a
:14:01. > :14:08.non-American. Henry Cavill stars in a new film that premiered in New
:14:08. > :14:12.York just a few hours ago. The world premiere of Man Of Steel,
:14:12. > :14:17.one of the most eagerly awaited films of blockbusters season. It is
:14:17. > :14:23.a reboot of a very lucrative Hollywood franchise, complete with a
:14:23. > :14:28.British actor playing the iconic American superhero. If the world
:14:28. > :14:37.found out who I was, it would reject me. What do you think? Henry Cavill
:14:38. > :14:42.is is not -- is not exactly a household name. I think if you start
:14:42. > :14:45.worrying, it will have a negative effect. I try to live by the motto,
:14:45. > :14:51.don't worry about failure because failure will take care of itself,
:14:51. > :14:56.just focus on success. Man Of Steel is an origin story. Superman arrives
:14:56. > :15:00.as an alien from a dying planet who is adopted by an all-American
:15:00. > :15:09.couple. He is torn between his origins and his new home on earth.
:15:09. > :15:13.He has questions. Who am I and why am I? Then there is the question of
:15:13. > :15:15.these my people or not? Henry Cavill's acting colleagues,
:15:15. > :15:20.including Kevin Costner, are confident has the talent to make
:15:20. > :15:25.this movie fly. The movie doesn't work without him and he was
:15:25. > :15:29.incredible. Henry Cavill is the face of a Superman movie that is a
:15:29. > :15:34.gigantic promotional machine foot of it has cost more than $200 million
:15:34. > :15:39.to make and has already recouped much through the basement deals
:15:40. > :15:44.worth an estimated $170 million. Is it to keep the advertisers happy?
:15:44. > :15:47.They never said, put this into a scene. It was all after-the-fact.
:15:47. > :15:52.They said if certain people want to be involved, here is the story, we
:15:52. > :15:56.are not changing it. Warner Brothers have embargoed reviews until the day
:15:56. > :16:01.of release on Friday, heaping reviews under wraps until the last
:16:01. > :16:06.minute often means the studio doesn't expect critics to like it.
:16:06. > :16:09.But Man Of Steel is the latest instalment of a latest -- of a very
:16:09. > :16:19.popular franchise so it is probably critic proof and should do well at
:16:19. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :16:28.the box office. This is BBC World News. The latest headlines: Hundreds
:16:28. > :16:32.of Turkish riot police had moved into Taksim Square, firing tear gas
:16:32. > :16:37.and water cannon into the heart of the anti-government protests
:16:37. > :16:41.spreading across the country over the last 12 days.
:16:41. > :16:45.State media in serious save 14 people have been killed by two bombs
:16:45. > :16:49.in the centre of the capital, Damascus.
:16:49. > :16:55.Pictures of babies on milk formalin packs are expected to be banned
:16:55. > :16:57.later by the European Parliament. A vote could put a stop to any type of
:16:57. > :17:03.label that idealises bottled formalist, making them seem
:17:03. > :17:10.preferable to breast-feeding. -- bottle formulas. Feeding time,
:17:10. > :17:14.and somebody is hungry. George is on what all the milk. Formalin milk for
:17:14. > :17:19.newborns is already strictly regulated. Now, new Europe-wide
:17:19. > :17:25.rules aim to tighten up the law for follow-on milk formulas as well,
:17:25. > :17:29.which are aimed at six to 12-month-olds. The EU was to make
:17:29. > :17:34.sure that mums are not discouraged from breast-feeding, recommended as
:17:34. > :17:38.the best way to feed a growing child. Today, MEPs will vote on
:17:38. > :17:44.whether to ban pictures of infants from packets or tens of follow-on
:17:44. > :17:47.formula, and pictures or text which idealised it over breastmilk.
:17:47. > :17:50.Officials argue some woman may start to use follow-on formula milk
:17:50. > :17:56.earlier than they should. They say they are taking action because they
:17:56. > :17:59.want to see breast-feeding rates go up. George is happy enough.
:17:59. > :18:04.Campaigners, though, argue that most young children do not need formula
:18:04. > :18:08.milk. Industry bosses say new rules are needed to protect vital
:18:08. > :18:17.customers, but work needs to be done to make them clearer. -- vulnerable
:18:17. > :18:21.customers. The man who leaked details of a
:18:21. > :18:25.surveillance programme in the United States has disappeared in Hong Kong.
:18:25. > :18:29.Edward Snowden was a contract worker for the CIA. He has not been seen
:18:29. > :18:38.since he checked out of his hotel on Monday. If he returns to the US, he
:18:38. > :18:44.faces decades in jail. At the moment, nobody knows if he
:18:44. > :18:49.will leave the territory. After the revelations, a journalist --
:18:49. > :18:53.journalists have been scouring the world, trying to find out where he
:18:53. > :18:56.could be. There was a staff member at the hotel who mentioned there was
:18:56. > :19:02.a person by the name of Edward Snowden who had checked in and out,
:19:02. > :19:08.but it is not clear whether that is him. Hong Kong is a place where
:19:08. > :19:12.Westerners can come without visas. For Mr Snowden, as an American
:19:12. > :19:16.committee could come for 90 days on a social pass without a Visa. He is
:19:16. > :19:21.free to come and go. The American authorities had not asked for an
:19:21. > :19:25.extradition. They have not asked Hong Kong authorities to help out.
:19:25. > :19:29.The Hong Kong government says they are not going to comment on specific
:19:29. > :19:36.cases, but if there are requests, they will follow to the letter of
:19:36. > :19:39.the law in any of these cases. formal information. Anything from
:19:39. > :19:42.the Guardian newspaper that was running the interview with him? Are
:19:42. > :19:51.suitably they are involved in shielding him or have been involved
:19:51. > :19:56.in shielding him up. -- presumably. Certainly that is an avenue people
:19:56. > :20:04.are pursuing. At the moment it seems Mr Snowden is intending on keeping
:20:04. > :20:08.private. He had told the Guardian journalist that the ad hidden at
:20:08. > :20:14.this upmarket hotel for some weeks, only coming out eight few times.
:20:14. > :20:21.Hong Kong is a place where he decided to come because he said
:20:21. > :20:29.there is a freedom of press and in fact in news headlines today, it
:20:29. > :20:33.says that the former CIA worker is hiding in Hong Kong to save his
:20:33. > :20:41.life. They have highlighted that he chose Hong Kong because there is
:20:41. > :20:46.freedom of speech, unlike mainland China. His choice of Chinese
:20:46. > :20:50.territory is baffling because it has an exhibition treaty with the US. In
:20:50. > :20:54.the past they have been very cooperative. There are senior
:20:54. > :20:58.politicians here who are urging Mr Snowden, if he is still in Hong
:20:58. > :21:06.Kong, to leave the territory should the Americans then ask for an
:21:06. > :21:11.extradition. China 's latest manned spacecraft
:21:11. > :21:16.has blasted off into orbit. The ONE lifted off on schedule from its
:21:16. > :21:24.launch centre in the Gobi desert. It is carrying three astronauts,
:21:24. > :21:27.including china 's second female astronaut. Our science
:21:27. > :21:31.correspondent, Jonathan Amos, says it is a big learning curve for the
:21:31. > :21:37.Chinese. They have got a 15 day mission in
:21:37. > :21:42.prospect. We saw Wang Yaping waving there. She was in the left-hand seat
:21:42. > :21:49.as they went off. It was a nice, clean getaway. It is a nine minute
:21:49. > :21:55.ride to the initial orbit. The boot is will then come away and the main
:21:55. > :21:59.part will separate. That will lift them to a height of a couple of
:21:59. > :22:04.hundred kilometres above the Earth. Over the course of the next 40 hours
:22:04. > :22:10.or so, they will have to raise that orbit up to around 335 kilometres.
:22:10. > :22:14.That will bring them to watch the space laboratory they launched a
:22:14. > :22:20.couple of years ago. It is a single module. It is aid demonstration of
:22:20. > :22:25.the space station that they hope to build at the end of this decade. A
:22:25. > :22:29.much bigger construction, this will have three or four modules, all
:22:29. > :22:33.interlocked. It will be serviced by robotic vehicles, just as we have
:22:33. > :22:38.seen with the International space Station. It is a learning curve for
:22:38. > :22:41.the Chinese here. They have to understand how to do this. These are
:22:41. > :22:48.things the Russians, Europeans, Japanese, Americans have learned how
:22:48. > :22:57.to do. The Chinese are in the process of catch up here. They have
:22:57. > :23:05.to run fast to catch up. We are just going to take you now to
:23:05. > :23:09.the latest pictures from Istanbul. We are getting reports, and as you
:23:09. > :23:15.can see those are the protesters, we get reports that police are going
:23:15. > :23:19.into Gezi Park itself. You might be able to see, in the top right-hand
:23:19. > :23:26.corner of the picture, lots of men in black uniform. Those are the
:23:26. > :23:30.police. The Prime Minister, speaking to Parliament, has said he has no
:23:30. > :23:35.more tolerance for these mass anti-government demonstrations that
:23:35. > :23:41.have engulfed the country. He says this episode is now over. We will
:23:41. > :23:48.not show any more tolerance. If he is indeed sending his police into
:23:48. > :23:52.Gezi Park, and not just clearing the square, it could be seen as a
:23:52. > :23:59.significant move. Gezi Park is the original starting point of those
:23:59. > :24:04.peaceful demonstrations, which were an environmental protest. They have
:24:04. > :24:10.been joined by hundreds of protesters with much wider political
:24:10. > :24:16.demands. We have seen, in the last few hours, riot police forcing their
:24:16. > :24:21.way into the main square there in Istanbul using tear gas to try to
:24:21. > :24:25.clear the area. It has been occupied now for 12 days. There have of
:24:25. > :24:30.course been protests around the country, not only in Istanbul but in
:24:30. > :24:34.Ankara and many other cities. Just to give you a flavour of what the
:24:34. > :24:38.Prime Minister has been saying today, in the last couple of hours,
:24:38. > :24:44.he says, we are against sectarianism, we act at all shades
:24:44. > :24:50.of opinion, but the media, including social media, have incited violence.
:24:50. > :24:56.The prime minister also said, some of our opponents are behind inciting
:24:56. > :24:58.the protest is to engage in destruction. We have seen
:24:58. > :25:05.eyewitnesses and journalists saying there have been groups of protesters
:25:05. > :25:12.here, the more peaceful ones on one side, and inside Gezi Park itself,
:25:12. > :25:17.and on the other side, more radical elements, perhaps troublemakers. No
:25:17. > :25:22.clear picture of exactly who they are. Some tweets from some of the
:25:22. > :25:27.most peaceful protesters have been saying this has been hijacked, to a
:25:27. > :25:32.degree. The Prime Minister is using the images to try to show a strong
:25:32. > :25:38.government image. He is saying today that the protests are harming the
:25:38. > :25:44.Turkish economy and harming Turkey 's image abroad. What you are
:25:44. > :25:50.looking at here are live pictures from Taksim Square, with Gezi Park
:25:50. > :25:55.protesters there. The Prime Minister is due to be meeting the protest is
:25:55. > :26:03.tomorrow. Not clear now whether the move, a decisive move by the
:26:03. > :26:11.government to go in clearly and clear the area, whether that is now
:26:11. > :26:16.going to change the picture fundamentally. People across Turkey
:26:16. > :26:26.are watching this strong/of force by the government. -- this strong show
:26:26. > :26:28.
:26:29. > :26:33.of force. Still, although things became quieter in the square, we
:26:33. > :26:40.have seen a game big numbers of people returning to the centre to
:26:40. > :26:48.make their point. The Prime Minister is saying he will not change. He
:26:48. > :26:52.calls an illegitimate protests. I will not let -- bow before the