ok get fungo back to you in istanbul it's interesting that you're in a stamboul here we could see note nato being tested again here let's say for example we did have the plane that was down by the syrians not long ago another incident like that turkey can say you know invoke article five or really push for it i mean is what i'm getting i think you get into a war that not everybody in nato wants to get involved in ok certainly the american people don't want to get involved there but it could under the way nato was designed or flaw. yes i would argue very nature system is outdated and i think there is a problem when we look at the conflicts in the world there's a temptation to say the defenders of nature to say it's peace it's stop people's lives being lost but when you look there's an enormous number of conflicts with nato hasn't got involved where there has been no mechanism to try to establish peace and when we look at nato as remit really it's very very limited and it's dominated by by one country of course when you have a country like the us which spends more on as much on its defen

. >>> delegates from iran and six world powers meet in istanbul later in the day for another round of talks on iran's nuclear program. the eu's foreign policy chief has urged iran to make concrete pledges this time. the seven parties have met three times since april without a breakthrough. the eu's catherine ashton says she hopes the iranians seize this opportunity to address the concerns of the international community. western officials want iranian scientists to stop enriching uranium to 20%, which can lead to the development of nuclear weapons. iranian leaders claim they're developing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. technical experts will meet in istanbul to determine whether there's enough common ground for full-fledged talks. but the meetings are expected to be strained. an eu embargo on iranian oil imports took effect sunday. the head of nato says he wants the international community to find a political solution to the conflict in syria. secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen told a news conference in brussels there are no plans for a military intervention. >> nato ha

atlantic council also in washington we have william blum he's a historian and political writer and in istanbul we cross to gareth jenkins he is a nonresident senior fellow with the institute for security and development policy all right gentlemen this is crosstalk that means you can jump in anytime you want gareth fungo to you first in istanbul a lot of people are really questioning what the nature of nato is right now it did a good job during the cold war most people would agree is it doing a good job now being involved in so many interventions in the arab world is that it needs its new mission now. well it's only been in one so far rate in libya but i think the point you made at the beginning is there is a very good one we do now have an alliance in search of a mission and to a certain extent it's been fortunate in that crises of it risen over the last few years which have justified its continued existence but when we look to the future i think there are a serious questions about whether it's going to justify the continued expense of keeping this is huge alliance alive ok george what do you

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quite frequently five to six years ago you would hardly see any add up tourists in istanbul because this part of turkey has been a bit of a pariah nation that wanted to be european i went there last year and it's teeming with tourists from saudi arabia and other countries in the middle eastern region and they're all coming there because they're sort of now like to think of istanbul as they're on this side think that it's like a big sort of cultural change that we might see a change in the way the middle east region is viewing turkey given the fact that they take nomic performance has been quite good from a decade ago i mean just to put it in statistical terms. at the beginning of the last decade on many metrics such as. even acknowledge size he was not that different from egypt is to be a lot of people thought that he was a basket case in the emerging market world because they had so many dead crises a lot of inflation massive economic volatility so the stability that they were achieved and built on that where the economic growth has been quite impressive over the past few years is

in is -- istanbul whether there is enough common ground for full fledge talks. but meetings are expected to be strange. -- strained. an eu embargo took effect sunday. >>> eu and u.s. officials hope their embargoes will stop governments and financial institutions from doing business with iran. iranians are already feeling results of previous sanctions. now they are facing higher prices for food and medicine and risks to their safety. nhk's report from tehran. >> reporter: an iran air passenger jet made an emergency landing at a tehran airport. the plane managed to land without its front wheels. it could have been a disaster. the captain told nhk what was going on in the cockpit. >> translator: i told the co-pilot to deploy the landing gear. the instruments showed something was wrong with the wheels. >> reporter: in january 2011 another iran air passenger plane crashed in the northern part of the country. 80 people were killed. both accidents last year involved planes made by boeing, the u.s. aircraft manufacturer. the economic sanctions are said to be behind the

. >>> delegates from iran and six world powers meet in istanbul later in the day for another round of talks on iran's nuclear program. the eu's foreign policy chief has urged iran to make concrete pledges this time. the seven parties have met three times since april without a breakthrough. the eu's catherine ashton says she hopes the iranians seize this opportunity to address the concerns of the international community. western officials want iranian scientists to stop enriching uranium to 20%, which can lead to the development of nuclear weapons. iranian leaders claim they're developing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. technical experts will meet in istanbul to determine whether there's enough common ground for full-fledged talks. but the meetings are expected to be strained. an eu embargo on iranian oil imports took effect sunday. >>> the u.s. and eu authorities have put new sanctions in place to try to stop iran from developing its nuclear program. the measures target crude oil exports and financial institutions to stop doing business with the country. iranians are seeing

he joins us tonight from istanbul. richard, what did you see on the ground in syria and how is it different this time from the last time you were there? >> reporter: it was radically different. i was shocked. we went in with the syrian opposition. the last time i did that there were syrian troops everywhere. the opposition was operating in hiding, moving from house to house. this time the opposition has created real safe havens, big areas where they are in open control. we were going around on motorcycles with the opposition, talking to people, living in people's houses, and hardly saw any syrian troops for hundreds of miles. the syrian government forces simply do not control large parts of the country side now and have pulled back to major cities. it appears that because the opposition was so spread out in village after village the assad forces decided to consolidate and focus on the big cities. they don't have enough weapons. they don't have the fire power to drive out the government forces but they did have enough n

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ivan watson out of istanbul.e appreciate you staying on this story, and we will continue to talk to you about it on a regular basis. >>> wikileaks doing it again, this time publishing more than 2 million e-mails from syrian politicians, government ministries, and companies dating back six years. wikileaks say the e-mails shed a light on the inner workings of the syrian government but also reveal how the west and western companies say one thing and do another. it comes as founder julian assange is fighting extradition to sweden where he faces charges of alleged rape and sex crimes. he denies all of those glalgss. with its built in beats audio, every note sounds amazingly clear. ...making it easy to get lost in the music... and, well... rio vista?!! [ male announcer ] ...lost. introducing the musically enhanced htc one x from at&t. rethink possible. >>> well, his presidential bid is long past. he endorsed his former opponent, mitt romney, but herman cain still has a lot to say, and now he has a whole new place to s

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. >>> in turkey, no one was hurt after a big fire at a 42-foot building in istanbul. the building is made up of apartments and offices. hun yesterday were quickly evacuated -- hundreds were evacuated yesterday. >>> a public hearing will be held to discuss a management plan at ocean beach. excess sand at the northern end is about 14 feet deep. the meet something at 6:00 p.m. at the you a united culture center -- at the united cultural center. >>> outside our doors, we're cool, cloudy, damp. the marine layer about 4,000 feet deep. that's deep. so deep it should begin to move itself out. more clouds follow as the system continues. right over the coast to near california and oregon. the winds are generally light not as breezy. the winds will continue at a moderate pace for the afternoon. we have a west southwesterly. from and around fairfield with delays -- in and around fairfield with delays. that will be the biggest risk. most of us dealing with the gray skies and the cool conditions. 64 in oakland. 67 in san francisco. these numbers, a lot like yesterday f i back it up

. >>> rescuers in istanbul, turkey, feverishly work to crack this safe.they don't, the 8-year-old boy stuck inside will run out of air and die. earlier in the day, the boy and some friend were playing outside a store that sells safes when on a dare he got inside this safe sitting on the curb. his friends shut the door but then they couldn't reopen it and the shop owner is away on vacation. now he's been trapped for hours and rescuers turn to the jaws of life to get him the air his body is craving. they need to work carefully. the space is small and the rescuers risk endangering the young boy. finally, they manage to pry the door enough to get air into the tiny box. they can see the boy covering his ears. he's afraid but still alive. after hours of uncertainty, the boy is pulled to safety as the crowd cheers. he was checked out by medical personnel and given a clean bill of health. >>> traveling halfway around the world from istanbul to new york city to a man stuck in a bigger box. as fears go, this is a pretty big one for so many people. nicholas white is

for low-income families, the operation is financed by the city of istanbul. >> we are very grateful tohe mayor. circumcision is vital to its muslims. our religion dictates it. all the parents here are proud to be allowed to go through it with their sons. >> this family decided to go to the clinic. most parents bring their sons to be circumcised between the ages of four and 12. siblings, aunts, and uncles have all come to celebrate his big day. it is hard to say whether the 6- year-old bonds even stressful with everyone in high spirits. his mother admits that, tradition aside, she is a little worried. >> you wonder if it will be painful. you worry as a mother, but we are still happy. it is a big moment and a blessing for our family. >> the doctor is full of encouragement, saying he will become a real man and muslim. this trained nurse has been practicing for 30 years. he is determined to insure the boy is not scared before they go into the operating room. >> children used to be circumcised at home or at the hair dressers. the celebrations were the same day. today, a lot more importance

. >> salamworld is based in istanbul, turkey, on the border between the middle east and europe. >> as salamworld, our aim is to open muslims to the world and the world to muslims. >> salam sms world is aiming to become a version of facebook. it hopes to attract 150 million users, within the first three years. the platform will be available in eight different languages. commonly used by muslims around the world. the staff are all muslim and hail from 12 different countries. they are putting the final touches to the design of the new site, which will make its debut later this month. the site will reflect traditional islamic values. for example, facebook runs advertisements for revealing women's garments. on salamworld, images like that will not be allowed, as they go againstis plamic teachings. >> alcohol or other cigarettes for example, advertisement, more sexual advertisements on the social media sites, for me, i want to have a right to not see them. >> the developers say islamist extremists will be excluded so the portal will be safe for everyone to use. >> translator: we will exclud

. >> with some border crossings now close, let's bring in our correspondent from istanbul. -- it will continue to admit syrian refugees. >> it is a symbolic act against damascus, one of the last remaining for turkey, but the main concern is syria is a major transit route for syrian -- four turkish truck drivers -- for turkish truck drivers. only last weekend, dozens of trucks were looted by syrian rebels when they seized a crossing point. there is the fear that with the situation getting worse, this is unsustainable, but ankara has reiterated there will be no change in its policy, and the united nations has confirmed this as well. >> with more and more people fleeing the fighting, that is no doubt very important. what is the rebels' situation right now inside turkey? >> -- what is the refugees' situation right now inside turkey? >> ankara is concerned the numbers are rapidly increasing. around 1000 a day in many cases. there have been tensions within the refugee camps within the last days, fighting which saw the police having to intervene, and there are also tensions with some local t

iraq and libya any efforts to consolidate opposition groups are bound to fail whether it is the istanbul or any other pointless conference if a major national opposition party misperceived the actual situation in the country it will not be able to play a leading role in resolving the crisis in syria instead it will only aggravates the split in society. you've mentioned the conference in geneva what do you think of its result. for the stores of the i believe the geneva conference has demonstrated a new alignment of powers whereby known opposes russian and chinese initiatives anymore in my opinion the conference has come up with a positive solution for syria primarily because it does not provide for military intervention and it only focuses on a political solution to the whole another important outcome of the conference is its assertion that the only acceptable remedy for the conference is national dialogue and the establishment of a national unity government. as for a loan charging one is a task all the sound national forces in syria and now is exactly the right time for it with his walk

security council members and germany met between april and june in istanbul, baghdad and moscow. the talks failed to produce a deal. western nations want scientists in iran to stop enriching uranium that could easily be modified for use in weapons. iranian leaders insist their nuclear program is for generating energy, not making bombs. they want other countries to recognize their nation's right to enrich uranium. eu foreign ministers confirmed a plan last week to ban member nations from importing iranian oil. the sanctions kicked in sunday. they also prohibit eu firms from ensuring tankers that carry the oil. >> those sanctions there are to try and keep that pressure in order that the regime in iran understands that this is about trying to get them to take those concerns seriously and address them. >> the obama administration has been taking the lead in trying to stop the flow of oil out of iran. its sanctions penalize foreign financial institutions that do business through iran's central bank. they also push countries to greatly reduce iranian oil imports. most of iran's main cl

views of from geneva agreements by the way there were disciplines all of the issues today meeting in istanbulwith syrian opposition just two days after geneva agreements understood these statements that he didn't approve the document. with their requirement that asad should go and approving of resolution according to chapter seven of the un charter some of my western colleagues were calling in public exactly so that this result lucian good will good to contain their food blockade economic political of syria if they do not want to speak to them then this is their request to start a civil war was i already mentioned that we are already frightened by that of this requirement that if there is no. progress in chapter seven in there is illusion they will not approve this resolution which is and we know that very well armed position groups oppose their government and which is to kill everybody understand that in our private meetings with you and i will repeat. any violence should be condemned but if you condemn nation is not enough we should declare the blood pressure to government opposition to sto

. >> reporter: salamworld is based in istanbul, turkey, on the border between the middle east and europe. >> as salamworld, our aim is open muslims to the world, and the world to muslims. >> reporter: salamworld is aiming to become the muslim version of facebook. it hopes to attract 150 million users within the first three years. the platform will be available in eight different languages commonly used by muslims around the world. the staff are all muslim and hail from 12 different countries. they are putting the final touches to the design of the new site which will make its debut later this month. the site will reflect traditional islamic values. for example, facebook runs advertisements for revealing women's garments. on salamworld, images like that will not be allowed as they go against islamic teachings. >> let alone alcohol or other cigarettes, for example, advertisements. there's also more sexual advertisements on the social media sites. for me, i want to have a right to not to see them. >> reporter: the developers say islamist extremists will be excluded so the portal will be saf

let's go live to ivan watson, who's live in istanbul, turkey, now.es of coincidences that led to this story. can you walk me through it? >> reporter: that's right. last month, june 22nd, we had syrian anti-air force defenses shooting down a turkish reconnaissance jet, an incident that has put these two middle eastern neighbors closer than ever to the possibility of conflict. now the turkish plane had operated in syrian waters and just yesterday they found the two dead turkish pilots. their bodies have been recovered. in an unusual twist, the turkish government and armed forces turned to a u.s. research vessel, the "nautilus," which just happened to be docked in istanbul when this major deadly international incident took place. that is a ship led by marine explorer bob ballard, famous for finding the "titanic" deep underneath the atlantic ocean in the 1980s. and that ship had been brought into syrian waters to help find the wreckage of this plane and the two bodies and bring them up today. push irk government sources telling me that there are pushipus

a skyscraper in turkey hundreds of people had to be evacuated from the forty two story tower in istanbul which is a mostly made up of apartments and offices crews managed to extinguish the blaze but they think that a technical fault could be behind the blaze. a russian soyuz spacecraft has successfully doctor the international space station with three crew on board it launched from the baikonur cosmodrome in southern kazakhstan that was two days ago a veteran russian cosmonaut yuri malenchenko is joined by an astronaut from japan and one from nasa another team will be an orbiter in november. but occupy protesters have gathered in rural california outside a holiday camp where they say the world's wealthiest lead hold high powered talks although it's a vacation spot and the activists claim this is where influential figures make important policy decisions all away from the eyes of the public. martin delves into the secret world of the one percent of millionaires billionaires the people that control the world control the central banks the build nuclear weapons i mean this was their summer pl

the forty two story skyscraper pullout tower was set ablaze in central istanbul these right here are pictures of the building made up of residential apartments and offices completely engulfed in black smoke people were evacuated from the tower as well as from their buildings now casualties have been reported right now the fire is believed to be contained of course you can get more of this dramatic video at our let's try and cross over now to our business desk and you guys are obviously actively discussing the latest accusations of h.s.b.c. natasha tell us a little more absolutely the london traded bank is basically accused of helping criminals terrorists and even mexican drug dealers to launder their money the u.s. financial watchdogs. three hundred plus page report on monday detailing the lack of control in europe's largest bank the bulk of the allegations are related to the bank's u.s. subsidiary based in new york has bases management has acknowledged the lobster's and compliance and promised to fix them now more trouble for europe's banks moody's has sloshed the credit ratings of

massive 42 story building burning in istanbul. the clip was upload within the past hour. the towers are partially residential and occupied by shops and businesses. firefighters in turkey have contained the fire which has been burning through the building's exterior installation. faned by high winds many and no one had reports of major injuries. once again, some dramatic video to show you. and the cause of that fire has yet to be determined. >>> we are closer to home fireoutside the abc2 studios. this came in overnight around 3:30 this morning in towson. all of this started in a vacant house on bellonna avenue near lagrange lane. nabs say the owner passed away -- neighbors say the own aer passed away and -- owner passed away and the kids have been trying to sell the home. >>> it's 6:48. look at this. it's a mess. if you are taking the kids to the harbor or work downtown, this is the warning you need to know about. a huge water main break and it's creating a lot of traffic tieups. lauren had more but linda so is live there this morning whenw what's going on. >> reporter: me

ivan watson is monitoring the developments from the base there in istanbul.l us about this human rights report besides the fact that it's terribly disturbing? that's right. what human rights watch has done is interviewed 200 people, former prisoners as well as former security officers, and they have compiled the list of at least 27 detention centers where they say torture was systematically practiced, that belonged to at least four different intelligence or secret police agencies run by the syrian state, and they have also named some of the commanders of some of these detention centers and a name and shame effort to try to put pressure on them to stop what they call crimes against humanity. the people they have interviewed for the most part are young men, ages between 20 and 30, but they also include women and elderly citizens as well as children. take a listen to an interview, an excerpt of an interview with what's clearly a boy who describes how he was treated in one of these detention centers, kyra. >> reporter: now, kyra, human rights watch is calling thi

so far these have yielded no breakthrough there is a now the meeting happening today tuesday in istanbulit's a low level meeting that is looking at seeing whether or not there's any kind of common ground between the sides that could then lead to fully fledged negotiations but the expectation of today's meeting is rather dismal iran accuses the international powers of dragging their feet and says that it's not in their interest to reach any kind of compromise or any kind of solution at the same time iran is insisting that its nuclear program is for peaceful civilian purposes but we're hearing continuously from powers such as the united states countries like israel and other countries that they suspect that iran's nuclear program is merely a cover for being nuclear warfare. well iran says new western oil sanctions could impact negatively on future nuclear negotiations these tensions mounting around tehran its new e.u. oil embargo is putting pressure on its atomic program i join me now is lindsey german from stop the war coalition in london both sides are digging in here are the oil sanctio

and so far things have yielded no breakthrough there is another meeting happening today tuesday in istanbulit's a low level meeting that is looking at seeing whether or not there's any kind of common ground between the sides that could they need to fully fledged negotiations but the expectation of today's meeting is rather dismal iran accuses the international powers of dragging their feet and says that it's not in their interest to reach any kind of compromise or any kind of solution at the same time iran is insisting that its nuclear program is fake. the spokeswoman pepper says but we're hearing continuously from powers such as the united states countries like israel and other countries that they suspect that iran's nuclear program is mean they have a foreboding need to know who are fair and are choosing policy player thanks for that. political commentator psoriasis up a poor all right says the e.u. oil embargo is just one of the ways western countries aim to bring about regime change in iran. iran looking back at its history knows that it has no choice it either goes down or it has to de

the sky scraper in turkey hundreds of people had to be evacuated from the forty two story tower in istanbul which is mostly made up of apartments and offices crews managed to extinguish the blaze with a technical fault suspected to be the cause. thousands of staged a rally across pakistan's khyber region protesting against the reopening of nato supply routes into afghanistan islam about close them after twenty four pakistani soldiers were killed in u.s. drone strikes the decision was overturned when america apologize for the incident earlier this month it's the latest demonstration against the move after a one thousand strong rally was held on sunday the city of herat. two trains have collided in the suburbs in the egyptian capital karo with a number of passengers believed to have been killed it's thought the twenty people have been injured five of the carriages came off the tracks as the train burst into flames critics say railway safety in egypt is poor as a result of years of under-investment. it was probably top of the business news now because he looks like the b.b.c. is in a spot of b