the british government's costly foreign aid for iran was labeled a waste of taxpayers' money as a new study claims of most of the couch sent abroad doesn't reach those in need. putting up walls and tearing families apart israel continues to build separation barrier is a living palestinians in gaza and the west bank unable to reunite with relatives. and watch what you say report on the survey suggesting that americans feel political correctness has made the u.s. a hyper sensitive nation for what people can speak their minds.

international news live or moscow this is all she was me thanks for joining us concerns are rising in britain where prime minister david cameron's costly foreign aid program has come under fire for not helping the poor around the world a study by a center right think tank says that billions of taxpayers' money is being used as a tool to promote the good image of the coalition government and earlier my colleague bill dodd discuss the issue with aussies laura smith. well let me give you three quite stark examples the first is the example of british aid to ethiopia which totals three hundred million pounds evidence studies of b.b.c. investigation shows that in fact it wasn't used to help poor people it was used by the ethiopian government to cement a corrupt hold on power the u.k. government refutes that saying that the money doesn't even go through the

government but according to human rights watch they say it does and this investigation showed that in fact supporters of the opposition. to receive food or seeds or fertilizer which is what the aid was destined for a second example is in india a three hundred eighty eight million pound project aimed at improving indian schools the government here hailed as a huge success they said more children are going to school as a result of it but the indian government says that around seventy million pounds of it was either stolen or lost much of it was allocated to schools that didn't even exist and that some of it went to by cause for dignitaries officials in india again the u.k. government refutes that and nigeria thirdly one hundred million pound project improve again the quality of education in nigeria an independent report showed that actually the results of it had been not to improve the quality of education at all

and they awarded the project in nigeria their second lowest rating again the government here refutes that same report sources that only visited a handful of schools so it's a pretty damning indictment of what's happening to all this money. vols some of aid money how does it exactly help the image or british politicians. well of course the conservative party here in this country has an image of sort of stinginess and only wanting to help the rich and it does go a long way towards getting rid of an image like that it shows that politicians are magnanimous sort of make them seem very generous and this information does suggest that the government doesn't really care where the money goes or how it's administered or how effective it is it only has that it seems to be giving this city the study is really quite critical isn't it does it suggest you should stop helping communities abroad altogether i know it's not suggesting that it's just suggesting that the money is allocated and administered much more efficiently of

course this is all happening against a backdrop of austerity at home and many people are saying you know forget it forget giving money abroad let's keep it here at home where it's really needed at the moment so here we're seeing reduction in benefits even for very poor people we're seeing tax hikes we're seeing raids on particularly public sector pensions so a lot of people say keep this money at home don't give it give it a broad and the budget is continually increasing it's now going to be no point seven percent of gross national income and that equates to five hundred pounds a year for every household in a lot of people say you know we could do something here at home with that five hundred pounds. hundreds of thousands have rallied in gaza celebration the anniversary of the fatah movement this was the fast fashion event allowed by hamas and the sound and seven which saw them out their rival for the trip and call it a major we can't imagine a break from the west bank as the two movements continued aphex at reconciliation

in their fight for palestinian statehood and political analysts and then the near east said it's about time that the two groups put their differences aside. hamas will have to look in two to fight the hand they are in fact i would have to look into the hamas in the eye and both sides have to agree on only one thing we don't need more the consolation talks we don't need more the conciliation agreements because there were so many agreements signed between the two parties but not one of them has been on a boat implemented with hamas cannot take over palestine the concerns of netanyahu are basis and groundless he's the only israeli leader who has been giving support to hamas or not only to one that's not out to every extremist group on the palestinian side simply because he's dumping the palestinian moderates is dumping the leadership of theirs in a bus and dumping the put a political negotiations with the with the palestinians and he's carrying on his own agenda a picture of increasing the number of duis settlements in the west bank even though

they are illegally they are illegal under international law he carries on his policies that disrupt every chance of hitting two state solution between the palestinians and israel is the israeli withdrawal from gaza was based on an agreement with the palestinian authority we have we would have seen a totally different middle east today. so it was a tense to see a fully fledged palestinian state come into existence by building barriers between the two sides it's not just learned that's divided but families to his policy as more. this is the area's crossing one of five land crossings between israel and gaza getting through here is tough you need the right permission and papers but this crossing does not just separate israel from gaza it also divides families who are trapped on either side of the border these are the tears of a boy who hasn't seen his father in three years mohammed al qaeda run lift gaza in search of a bit of a life for his family but what he found on the other side of the border was

loneliness and despair and what he left behind destress and fear. i miss my father a lot and i want to see him i'm afraid a lot my father must come back here we must go and live with him but he can't come and we can't go. all they have now to remind him of him are photographs and the occasional phone call. loved me i can't live like this anymore i'm sick i'm having a nervous breakdown this happens when a man is very sad when he has a lot of pressure on his soul and heart. this family is just one of thousands torn apart by israel's separation policy that makes it almost impossible to move between the west bank and gaza it was only after mohammed had moved that he found out his family could not follow because while he and one of his children have west bank identity papers his wife and four other children don't for reasons unknown to them

. it was a big surprise for me they told me there is a possibility of changing it so i sent the papers up until now they have the file but they refused to give permission for them to come i can't give up on my kids but i also want to give them a future. israel says the west bank is a closed military zone and it has the right to prevent people from entering it even those from gaza but palestinians have extensive family ties in both areas and the policy effects just about everyone there are a number of policies that explicitly say that family separation is not a justification for being allowed to enter the west bank so even if there's no serious security claim against an individual even if there's no question that that mother is separated from her child that's not enough to justify a travel international law protects freedom of movement and israel itself has recognized guards in the west bank as

a single territorial unit but that's not enough to guarantee something people in the west of the world take for granted a couple from different cities wanting to get married or a father looking for work. the children miss him so much they hold his pictures and cry when they speak with him on the phone this is that it's not coming back and he says i can't i want to bring it all to the west bank who want to go and live with him it will be safer for the children and they have a better life the double it. it's a choice no father should have to make to be separated from his family so he can provide for them or join him and together face a bleak future. israel gaza you're watching coming up later in the program splays over online hotkey. i work for the government i don't appreciate people hacking us social justice is real big and so but something has to

be done if we have the means to do it and we should do it. so aussies resident in new york what i think about a notorious group of hackers who promise to return with a vengeance in twenty. and a french quarter is waiting to hear evidence that might support support claims that nicolas sarkozy accepted fifteen million euros from knowledge to finance his presidential election campaign all that after the break. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew. i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. or mission free or critique a should free cruise for charges free. range month three. three

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speech has become so sensitive. america is a country that pioneers freedom of expression but is the rising tide of political correctness reigning in the right to say what you think like you know the world hold. you actually speak their mind it's almost as though you have a sort of a code to call them sometimes you want to call a spade a spade and sometimes you want to call it according to risk news and pull the majority of citizens think the us is overdosing on p.c. turning the land of the free into a nation of hyper sensitive sissies. were even corn chips can cause mass controversy in this ad greased substitute to do read zero for the eucharist the body of christ. the commercial was created for a possible super bowl broadcast but after an uproar among catholics frito lay apologized and pulled the plug on the satirical swapped during commercial being

pulled is a classic example of americans freaking out about something insulting to do with religion i understand why the catholic league might flip out that's their job however be able to laugh at yourself folks. the price of humor can end up costing big maybe captain owen honors entrusted with a new clue. powered aircraft carrier worth half a billion dollars was fired over racy morale boosting videos created years ago having survived eighty five combat missions oh it was shot down by for tuesday style gestures and comments as for the man who wrote nineteenth century classics not even mark twain is protected from present day p.c. two of tweens books are being republished with the word sleeve replacing the n. word it's about laziness it's not about liberal guilt to not want to do a friend or conservatives want to want to sanitize or plain vanilla history and art it's really about laziness we don't we don't want to trust people to look and

examine to look at something and then go beyond that so what does it mean what were those times like what is the author trying to say when film critic roger ebert took to twitter to criticize the censorship he was criticized for simply writing the n word a federal jury will soon decide if a white people can use the n. word at work this as a white t.v. reporter is suing a fox news affiliate in philadelphia after being fired for using the n. word during a staff meeting white house chief of staff rahm emanuel has apologized he's apologized and of course the r word can also make you a glorified villain as was the case when former chief of staff rahm emanuel privately called a group of liberals retards rahm emanuel and i think he has some indecent and insensitive ways of being sarah palin is a great talk at e.s.p.n. sensitivity surrounding sex has become a touchy subject announcer ron franklin was fired for allegedly calling

a female reporter sweet baby let me say a political correctness has neutered the american language creating a super sensitive society incapable of laughing things off a p.c. employee that blasts more people driving their tongues for fear that freedom of expression may be more trouble than it's worth. we're in a corner artsy. french quarter is waiting to hear evidence that former president nicolas sarkozy received fifty million euros in campaign finance from the late libyan leader moammar gadhafi years before helping to topple him that locations were made by a lebanese born businessman while in trial in a separate money laundering case kristoff chief editor of french we clearly expressed says that while the allegations are being taken seriously hold prove to be presented. it's true that libya under gadhafi most of generated lots of dirty money with a system in place and poured cash into western countries look at the solution

contribution to sarkozy's campaign fifteen million euros the maximum presidential campaign expenditure allowed is twenty two million years fifty million that's more than double what it would be so this leftover money certainly didn't go towards a campaign but instead ended up in someone's pockets the proof is needed as of now there is only a statement by one man on trial who's trying to blame someone else to shift the attention away from himself which carries a legal weight if you will in time now to take a look at some other stories from around the globe there is a vice president says that president could be sworn in by their supreme is that we're not at a later date he's not able to take the oath of office next will look at us and he was kind of made conflicting reports on charges says health has severe respiratory complications following a lung infection called during his cancer treatment in cuba venezuela a little says that if the president is unable to be present during his inauguration a new election must be announced within thirty days. they're not going to.

nature has begun deploying surface to air missiles and troops on the turkish border with syria the block approved the reinforcements last month after i quote requested support from its allies nato claims the move is purely defensive but some countries including russia say the deployment will only serve to escalate the syrian conflict and stoke tension in the region as some also fear foreign intervention is in the making. so second to no border that's how large of a person ranks the on the list of the most powerful people according to leading a u.s. think tank the consultancy firm says no person has consolidated more domestic and regional power or he's going to check out reports now. it was a international political thing tenure asia group that came up with a list of the world's most powerful individuals with the russian president at the top of that list then they decided they couldn't leave him there so they put mr nobody at the top of this so why do it with his second to mr well or mrs nobody

according to this big tank and to the foreign policy magazine that published the list authors explain that they left the top position empty because the modern world has no clear leaders they said they also said that they based their choice of names on that list on the individual's ability to single handedly quote bring about change that significantly affect the lives and fortunes of large numbers of people of the russian president followed by u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke before the influence the organization has on the u.s. economy and by extension on the global economy german chancellor angela merkel for policies that are quote the glue that binds europe and us press mark obama he ranks the fifth on the list and then you have the head of the european central bank the chinese communist party leader and others. stripped of his seven tour de france titles for using steroids cancer survivor lance armstrong is

said to be considering publicly admitting his guilt has a reported all to dot com for you. also online a friend of the famously eccentric russian businessman sergei polsky has been arrested and come bodi of were allegedly threatening local sailors with violence says the tycoon was simply making too much noise during the new year celebrate. song live in a fight to bring down the crime rate in mexico local authorities destroyed thousands of toy guns wired dot com. us human rights groups and even some officials are crying foul after president obama extends the military's authority to indefinitely detain terror suspects including americans without charge or trial the national defense authorization act of twenty thirty and also allows for the notorious gone time obey military prison to remain open despite the president's own pledge to shut down the facility years

ago some americans fear they could now face prosecution for their views. i think gauged in activities that my government seriously disapproves of and one of those activities was supporting wiki leaks and joanna's science and also bradley manning and as you probably are you know many people and our government have declared them a terrorist group that ams. the language is extremely scary and certainly could be used against our people like me and my international team there seems to be no backbone either in the administration or in congress to actually stand by civil liberties and the constitution and basic human rights people's lives are being used as a political football and really start a whole that this false and senate this hedge my power and political realism that is no longer applicable or what mainstream media has they're not reporting real news and critical news so that the general public is really has no idea i just how serious this assault on our liberties so you more people would care if they

actually knew but they're not getting that news. the notorious honks of his group anonymous has promised to shine the internet in the in the new year with more siva tunks motivated by social and political issues and america's web producer blake says they have finally managed to gain some good price and twenty twelve people with this group or who are aligning with this group are doing stuff where. the majority of people at least in our society might actually accept with what they're doing we saw that just last month after the newtown shooting when the westboro baptist church said look we're going to go over to connecticut and we're going to protest use the morial services and anonymous pretty much sent out a call to arms of immediately they were anonymous from all over the country who actually traveled to newtown and were not just on the internet but they're in real life trying to stake out members of the westboro baptist church so they can alert other people of where they're going to be how they're planning on protesting what

they were going to do to demonstrate a lot of people don't realize that because a lot of people think these are just some nerdy computer half truths that are hiding behind screens in the united states who only care about you know the walls if it where but no actually there is you know thousands upon thousands of people spread out over the course entire world who are making sure that people still have open access to information that people are safe that people can can figure out how to get by these hardships when government regimes step in and try to censor the internet or you know like we saw in gaza kill innocent civilians. and very own resident people in new york how they feel about this so-called hacks of it.

the hacking collective anonymous issued a statement warning the world to expect them in two thousand and thirteen is that a good thing this week let's talk about that it is an all course of business that they interfere with they can write their congressman they can vote. i work for the government i don't appreciate people hacking us we've got people's personal information that has to be protected that these people they decided hey i want to take that i might get him and now that's their information because they've decided to take the law into their own hands this is ok yes definitely keep on going why are they important in the world today well because to bring a certain information to the public. because of the activity is social justice is a real thing and so something has to be done if you like if we have the means to do it then we should do it what about the fact that they do it anonymously they don't show their face or their name do you think that they have to because what they're doing is illegal or do you think they should show their names and faces well i

think showing their names and faces would just block them out blacklist them and stamp them out so i think that's the reason why they have to be anonymous i think they're meddling kids legally should not be doing what they're doing definitely but so do we just let governments and corporations do whatever they want unchecked no not unchecked but do it legally through the law and follow the guidelines that are set before us for example with the united states were built on the constitution and that's how we have to follow the law through that i'm against anything illegal just because i like to follow rules and i don't want to be put in jail or i wouldn't want to be put in jail even if it does mean sticking out for other people i think it's a good thing they should continue to do what they're doing what about the people who say that they're just muddling kids. well i think a lot of people or ignorant to the reason that they're protesting. i think what they say makes a lot of sense and i think people need to do more research to understand exactly

what the true purpose is love them or hate them anonymous has promised to put on a good show for twenty thirteen we'll just have to wait to see if they live up to that promise. and if human is so take you to one of the most beautiful ice caves in the wild right to the heart of the your roles. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

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