on that explosion that has gone off in ankara, the turkish capital, more details when we can. stay with us. you're watching "world business today." >>> let's take a quick look at commoditiesment gold is shiny once again up more than $8 trading at almost $1789 a troy ounce. well, since you've started the themen india's love affair with the metal is a long running one and their tote's maker has coated one of its cars in the stuffment check out tata's golden than foe compact car. they have decked it out with 80 kilos, no less, of 22 karat gold. 15 kilos of silver and to yous of semiprecious stones and gems and used to promote tata. it's estimated to be worth more than $4 million. you would be mad to buy it. well, that's a pretty hefty price for what tata touted as the people's car. they targeted india's growing middle class. interest in it has fallen well short of its expectations and the carmaker only sold 1,200 nanos down 85% from august 2010. >>> well, turning back to asia. 400,000 people in the japanese city of nagoya have been urged to evacuate their homes as a powerful typh

he's the former head of the israeli diplomatic mission to ankara thanks very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. just a few days ago in an interview to this channel you said that he saved israel from another international scandal by not going ahead with another. relations with crucial at the time when the muslim world is torn apart by the uprising so why is there hasn't israel apologized to turkey to secure the strategic partnership. i think it was mainly political considerations of the top israeli politicians the atmosphere in the israeli public was. against an apology and the politicians felt the also we have the foreign minister that puts the national or is the priority today so it was considerations of the politicians the people of arizona no requirement that to apologize well of course then as a result of not that apology being made yes you say the politicians are trying to keep the israeli people happy but from a diplomatic point of view when you look at the military cooperation that's been stopped doesn't that actually threaten stability in the region well i don't think th

he's a fellow with the foundation for political economic and social research joining us live in ankarathanks very much indeed for being with us here on our team but he's taken a harsh stand against israel's actions downgrading diplomatic ties to the lowest egypt is following suit could we actually see ankara and karo developing a united strategy to to pressure tell of the. first of all that. is a kind of critical visit and when he was. in. i was in cairo he did on talk about israel but since the you know the latest crisis with israel is still very hot everyone's attention is on prime minister prime minister spurred on israel put off course this is one of the indicators that turkey and egypt is in the process of creating mutual understanding all regional issues and israel for sure is one part of these mutual understanding you know turkey has been criticizing their regional system for some time now and it was saying that a change a transformation is needed not only in political sense in domestic sense but also in foreign policy too because there has been why get between the pull to call

i'm peter lavelle turkey and the evolving geopolitical order in the middle east and arab world is ankara making a bid to play the role of the regional hegemon on the back of the arab spring and at the expense of western powers or is it merely following a foreign policy based on national interests. they can start. to cross talk turkey external ambitions i'm joined by john feffer in washington is co-director of foreign policy in focus at the institute for policy studies also in washington we have joseph he is an adjunct professor at the american university school of international service and in london across the racial xabi she is a journalist and author of not the enemy israel's jews from arab lands all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it but first i guess it's an understatement saying turkey is a country on the move and didn't hear turkey has squandered no time taking information strategy with the arab world to a new level last week prime minister retch a play on how what observers have dubbed the arab spring tour visiti

office and the headquarters of the army chief of staff. >> the bomb tore through a busy street in ankara. this set off a chain of explosions as nearby cars caught fire. >> we were so near the blast site. when we reached it, we saw a lot of wounded people. the injured were taken to the health center across the street. people were very scared. >> police cordoned off the area amid concerns a further explosions. they declined to comment on reports that a woman had been arrested in connection with the attack. the interior minister said it it was entirely possible but it was a terrorist attack but it is not clear who is behind it. in the past, left this, militants, and kurdish separatists have carried out similar attacks. >> that came as the turkish president was meeting with angela merkel here in berlin as part of merkel's efforts to improve relations. the talks took place at the chancellery. the talks were dominated by the turkish campaign to join the eu angela merkel is opposed to full membership and has offered turkey a privileged partnership. if we were not having enough financial problem

cairo and ankara turned their backs on the jewish state israel has warned it will soon be isolated in the region with its former allies expressing a growing resentment. wealthy british style it's time to. market. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. much brighter if you need some from funds to print. screen stock totty dot com. they run the bush era nuclear power plants will officially start operating when it starts to provide i would translate into the national grid a layer on monday the facility which was built with russia's help came online last year russia sanity minister praised the efforts in working together and promised a similar project in the future to work. together with all you write in counterparts went through difficulties and problems building plans and today we can be proud of the results that are drawing the attention of the whole world i'm sure for the corporation in operating the station and developing other nuclear energy projects will be disti

and turkish disgust ankara sever as diplomatic ties with israel after the jewish state refuses to apologize for the raid on gaza bound for till it killed nine a turkish citizens last year. one pm in the russian capital you are with r t r marina joshie libya's new rebel leaders are seeking to restore order in tripoli encouraging fighters to return home the national transitional council will move to the capital from a stronghold of benghazi for the next week although colonel gadhafi remains at large and some parts of the country are still under the control of his loyalists fighters nato continues aerial strikes on gadhafi troops near his home city of syria saying that u.n. mandate to protect civilians still stands the coalition's also moving to release billions of dollars of the former leader's frozen assets to fund reconstruction and while most medians are enjoying the first taste of the revolutionary freedom there are some of his ations that nagel's days are limiting the vast oil riches argues daniel bushell reports on the powers lining up for lucrative energy contracts. italy's top oil com

and turkish disgust ankara severs diplomatic ties with israel after that your state refuses to apologize for the raid on the gaza of balance let's hear what killed nine turkish citizens last year. i am in the russian capital watching r.t.i. marina joshie welcome to the program libya's new rebel leaders are seeking to restore order in the capital tripoli encouraging fighters to either return home or join the army colonel gadhafi still remains at large and some parts of the country are still under the control of the loyalists nato continues airstrikes on canal the troops near his last stronghold the city of sirte saying the u.n. mandate to protect civilians still stands the coalition's also moving to release billions of dollars of the former leader's frozen assets to fund reconstruction and while mostly vians are enjoying the first taste of revolutionary freedom there are some accusations that nato states are looting a vast oil riches daniel bushell reports of the powers lining up for a look or to energy contact. for the company and he has already moved his workers back into britain's. cro

insists it act in self-defense dr allawi or the former head of the israeli diplomatic mission to ankara says israel has to make peace with the palestinians before turkey becomes a friend again. his word is lost its closest friend in the region in the last two decades which is a strong diplomatic political blow also a strategic blow because the army's used to train together i think in addition on top of the damage to the by local relations we have to see if there will be a spillover to egypt in jordan i think this is the critical issue if the question is about these were only politicians the only thing they can do in the in the near future is improving their relations with the palestinians sitting again and trying to reach an agreement i think the issue of the israeli palestinian relations will be the critical issue also regarding their relations with turkey i don't think the literally something could be done no i don't think it's too late to apologize so i think by literally very little could be done things have to move regionally. our web site r t dot com never runs dry of interesting

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its blockade of gaza the international court of justice it comes amid a dramatic slump in relations ankara expelled israel's ambassador and severed all military ties over its refusal to apologize for last may's gaza flotilla raid on friday the u.n. investigation published there according to the attack which. killed nine turkish activists it found that israeli commandos used excessive force when boarding the ship but also concluded the blockade of gaza is legal turkey has however pointed out that the findings are not binding and it's the hague that should rule on the matter israel insists it in self-defense dr allawi of the former head of the israeli diplomatic mission to ankara says israel has to make peace with the palestinians before turkey becomes a friend again it. is what it is lost its closest friend in the region in the last two decades we choose a strong diplomatic political blow also a strategic blow because the armies used to train together i think in addition on top of the damage to the by letter relations we have to see if there will be a spillover to egypt in jordan i think th

where you have to say go for it thanks very much for your thoughts and tash joining us live there in ankara. we're now back to our top story here naughty the u.s. and rumania sign a missile defense agreement that will now for money allow the deployment of ballistic missile interceptors in romania moscow says that the deal proves the need for legal guarantees that the system will not be aimed at russia well for more on this let's talk to an activist from the humanist movement she's in prague for us good to see you here on our team now the obama administration scrapped bush's plans which saw the czech republic where you are and poland as the host countries for the anti missile defense bases and said the whole concept would be revised but doesn't the signing of this agreement actually prove that nothing's changing the plans are indeed going ahead after all. well actually i am very disappointed by this new development. exactly what for the reason that you mention the fact that obama. scraped the bush plan a big hole brought a lot of hope here in the czech republic here in europe and we were hop

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in other news, prosecutors in turkey say an explosion in ankara was a terrorist attack. three people were killed and 35 injured when a bomb went off in the school near the middle of the city. in the u.s., convicted killer troy davis has lost a last ditch clemency appeal, and is set to be executed wednesday. his case has attracted international attention because seven of nine trial witnesses have recanted their testimony, prompting supporters to say he may be innocent. he was convicted in 1989 for killing a police officer. in yemen, at least six people have died in clashes between supporters and opponents of president saleh. by nightfall, there were reports a ceasefire had been negotiated by the vice president of yemen and western ambassadors. "we will stand with you." that was the pledge from president obama to the libyan people, as he announced that the american ambassador is on his way back to tripoli to reopen the embassy there. >> on the ground, fighting continued. fighters loyal to the interim council prepare to launch fresh assaults in an attempt to finally capture

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and today, they claimed responsibility for a deadly car bombing at a high school in ankara on tuesday brown: at the united nations tomorrow, the palestine issue will continue to be center stage with speeches from palestinian leader mahmoud abbad and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> woodruff: now, can a mid-size city rebuild itself in such a way that it promotes healthier living at a time of economic distress? that question is very much on the minds of citizens on one texas community. "newshour" health correspondent betty ann bowser has the story. >> reporter: galveston island texas is one of those american coastal cities that gets hurricanes, in fact, there have been 11 in a little over 100 years. the last big one, hurricane ike, hit in 2008. and three years later, you don't have to look very far see the havoc it created on this barrier island beach community of 48,000. so once again galveston is rebuilidng, but this time around some residents want to do that in a way no city has tried before. they want to make galveston a healthier place to live. long time resident betty