the british government's costly foreign aid program is labeled as a waste of taxpayers' money as a new study claims that most of the cash sent abroad does not reach those in the. walls and tearing families apart israel continues to build separation barriers even palestinians in gaza and the west bank unable to reunite with relatives. to watch what you build political correctness has made us a hypersensitive nation where people cannot speak their minds. thanks

for joining us here on r.t. this saturday i am with worldwide news live from moscow and 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 just isn't working earlier my colleague bill dodd discussed the issue with r.t. sorcery. well let me give you three quite stark examples the first is the example of bush's eight ethiopia which totals three hundred million pounds evidence studies b.b.c. investigation shows that in fact it wasn't used to help people it was used by the

ethiopian government cements 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 weren't allowed 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 they awarded the project to 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 that politicians and 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 ministers or how effective it is it only has that it seems to be giving this city this study is really quite critical isn't it does it suggest the u.k.

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 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 parties or laura smith right now in the wake of the palestinians

recent success of the un israel has stepped up measures which threaten the possible formation of a united palestine as the jewish state continues building barriers on thousands of settler homes in the occupied territories it's not just land alternately divided but of course the families as well this report belongs to want to support a slate. this is the erez 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 left gaza in search of a better 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 oh. love 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 affects 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 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 they say 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 policy are to israel gaza. and i meanwhile in gaza hundreds of thousands of rallied celebrating the anniversary of the fatah movement that this was the first such event allowed by hamas since two thousand and seven which saw them alst their wives in the strip it follows a major recent hamas celebration in the west bank the two movements continue their efforts at reconciliation in their fight for palestinian statehood political analyst elias as i know very says it's about time 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 of the consolation talks we don't need more the consolation agreements because there were so many agreement signed between the two parties but not one of them has been honored implemented but hundreds cannot take over palestine the concerns of netanyahu are baseless and groundless he's the only israeli leader who is being giving support to hamas and not only to hamas but out to every extremist group on the palestinian side simply because he's dumping the palestinian moderates is dumping the leadership of there's another bus he's dumping the put a political negotiations with the with the palestinians and he is getting on his own agenda of increasing the number of do it settlements in the west bank even though they are illegally they are illegal under international law he carries on his policy that the set up every chance of reaching

a two state solution between the palestinians and the israelis 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. thanks for joining us here on r.t. today is a statement of fact for one person could easily be an insult for someone else so that's a view of political correctness that appears to be taking hold in not just around the world but particularly in america where some now say the phenomenon has just gone to far. more important investigates why a nation that prides itself on its freedom of speech has become just 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 people do well to hold back. to 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 a trouble according to risk news and poll 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 a priest substituted to 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 spot during a commercial being polled 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 intrusted with a nuclear 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 in 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 offend 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 some. and then go beyond that said what does it mean or 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 some indecent and insensitive ways of being sarah pailin 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 when you say political correctness has a neuter in 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. very important artsy new york.

coming up later in the program here on out see a split over online. the government i don't appreciate people hacking us social justice is real thing and so something has to be done if you like we have the means to do it then we should do it says resident six people in new york about what they think regarding a notorious group of hackers who have promised to return with a vengeance in two thousand and eight. also a french court is waiting for heavens that might support claims that nicolas sarkozy did accept fifty million euros from moammar gadhafi. finance his presidential election campaign more on that and other stories interesting. so how much does it take to get into russian politics how many hours of hard work

and how many patriotic deeds does it take to become one of the people who make the decisions in the world's largest country well i'll tell you how much it takes exactly seven point five million euros russia's federal investigative committee has a stablish that allegedly he of and constantine should show from faire russia and the commerce prospectively promised for a fee to get a businessman on to their party's electoral lists giving him a spot in the lower house of the duma the investigators have forwarded the state duma an official request to strip the two m.p.'s of their parliamentary immunity and you're darn right they better street have their parliamentary immunity stripped i mean what's worse than government corruption some people in the government being so corrupt they can actually sell the government itself to someone for a fee so positions in parliament corruption and this high of a level needs to be punished severely breaking rocks in siberia or worse sounds pretty good to me tolerating flagrant corruption does not a great civilization make but that's just my opinion.

it's a fairly early saturday afternoon here in moscow this is a city and a french court is waiting to hear. the former president nicolas sarkozy received fifty million euros in campaign finances from the late libyan leader moammar gadhafi this is of course years before helping to topple him the allegations were made by a lebanese born businessman while on trial in a separate money laundering case of christophe the chief editor of french weekly l'express says that while the allegations are to be taken seriously at this point

no proof is yet been presented. it's true that libya under gadhafi must have generated lots of dirty money with a system in place and poured cash into western countries look at this alleged contribution to sarkozy's campaign thirty million euros for maximum presidential campaign expenditure is twenty two million years fifty million that's more than double what it was so this left over money certainly didn't go towards a campaign but instead ended up in someone's pockets but tangible 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 no legal weight. to it into the antiwar dot there we go some of the global headlines for you now in brief and are starting with one as well as vice president who says that president hugo chavez could be sworn in by the supreme court at a later date if indeed he is not able to take the oath of office next week the news

comes amid conflicting reports on charges his health he has severe respiratory complications following a lung infection caught during his cancer treatment in cuba a venezuelan law 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. name her for gun deploying surface to air missiles and troops on the turkish border with syria the block approved the reinforcements last month after ankara requested support from its allies and claims the move is purely defensive some countries including russia say that the deployment will only serve to escalate the syrian conflict and tension in the region some also fear a foreign intervention is already in the making. a snowmobile accident in the italian alps has claimed the lives of six russian tourists with two more remaining in critical condition in hospital and the group

were heading to their hotel when the driver lost control of the vehicle after which it fell one hundred meters down a ski slope speeding and technical problems have been named as the likely causes of the accident. now second to nobody but a mere putin ranks on the list of the world's most popular and powerful people that's according to a leading american think tank the consultancy firm says that no person has consolidated more domestic and regional power. can reports. it was the international political think tank you 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 no they couldn't leave him there so they put mr nobody at the top of their list so why they would put in a second to mr a lawyer mrs nobody according to this think tank into the foreign policy magazine that published the list authors explain that they left the top position empty because the modern world has no clear leader 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 euro and us president barack 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 council survive a launch armstrong is said to be considering publicly admitting his guilt as we report on that on our web site. also online for us centric russian businessman have sort of a long ski who's been arrested in cambodia for allegedly threatening local sailors

with violence says that the thai kid was simply making too much noise during his new year's celebrations. and enough to bring down the crime rate in mexico and local authorities destroyed thousands of guns but all the information about it on so you don't. know us human rights groups and even some officials are crying foul of the president obama extended the military's or thirty two indefinitely detain. terrorist suspects including americans without charge or trial a national defense authorization act of twenty thirty and also allows for the notorious guantanamo bay military prison to remain open despite the president's pledge to shut the facility down years ago some americans fear they could now face persecution for their views. everything against an accident is that my government seriously disapproves i have one of those activities those supporting wiki leaks

that you're into silence and also bradley manning and as you probably are you know many people and our government have declared them a terrorist group and julia so i'm just so go over to india is extremely scary and certainly could be used against their 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 to really sort of hold up this false sense of it is hedging my power and political realist and that is no longer our all our one mainstream media in this country they're not reporting real news and critical news so 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 well the notorious first group anonymous has promised to shake up the internet in the new year with more cyber attacks motivated by social and

political issues to america's web producer andrew blake says the hikers finally managed to gain some good press 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 these are moral services and anonymous pretty much sent out a call to arms of mediately 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

lowell's if it where but no actually there are you know thousands upon thousands of people spread out over the course the 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 to kill innocent civilians well she's a very and roasted and of course she would to us the people of new york how they feel about these so-called activists. 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. 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 and 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 in check 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 a 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 just meddling 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.

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arabic to find out more visit arabic don't all teeth dog call. more news today violence has once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are old today. you. know small and ancient russian merchant city sits at the confluence of three rivers. it's not quite europe but it's not a nation either. constantine's a native of congo or he heads off to work each day at the same time.

constant in has been conducting independent research for ten years now his profession is out of the ordinary for most people but it's quite natural for those living in the urals it mixes danger with excitement. the city's protected reserve early morning enjoys a few precious moments before being plunged into darkness. i constantine how are things at the site everything is alright no problem i give you the keys a group of scientists is arriving today and we should check everything carefully ok them. ok. another day begins in this beautiful urals countryside. every day people working at the site have to walk ten kilometers back and forth for all passers by it's obligatory to strike the singing stone the more beautiful the seldom makes the more likely a wish is to come true.