government is accused of wasting billions of pounds of foreign aid not caring where the cash ends up. in a positive light. stars deploying missiles and troops along turkey's border with syria. asks for help to defend itself from the conflict next door. the palestinian authority's official renaming us the state of palestine does little to help the families ripped up by israel's. president as a protector of animals by french film star brigitte bardot threatens to abandon her

country and russian. live from moscow this is our rule research a thank you for joining us today the u.k. government's charitable enterprises abroad could be doing nothing rather to help the world's poor and center right think tank says the billions of pounds in taxpayers' money being spent and merely part of a p.r. campaign to promote the image of the government my colleague bill dodd discussed it all with laura smith. well let me give you three quite stark examples the first is the example of british eight ethiopia which totals three hundred million pounds evidence studies a b.b.c. investigation shows that in fact it wasn't used to help people it was used by the

ethiopian government meant 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 and they awarded the project to nigeria their second lowest rating again the government here that same report sources don't even a pretty damning indictment of what's happening to all this money. vos sum of money how does it exactly help the image of 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 have where the money goes or how it's ministers or how effective it is it only has it seen to be giving this city the 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 a very poor people we're seeing a 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 abroad 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. i was artie's on laura smith right that now nato has begun deploying surface to air missiles and troops on turkey's border with syria and the

alliance approved the reinforcements just last month after ankara requested support nato claims the move is to help defend its members from the conflict ongoing in syria but moscow said the deployment will only serve to escalate tension in the region germany and the netherlands are preparing to ship six more patriot batteries early next week they'll be operational by the end of january however jeremy salt a middle eastern history and politics professor from bill kent university says nato is actually now realizing supporting and ultimately. in syria there is no possibility at all no likelihood that syria will attack turkey the only circumstances in which those missiles would be used it was would be if there were a nato attack initiated from turkey into syria and then of course syria would strike back the situation has changed i mean it's quite clear that from the beginning of this crisis that this anti syrian coalition did want to attack syria but i think that the sect this government stayed in place for the last two years

despite everything being thrown out the fact the syrian army has not disintegrated the fact that we've seen virtually every single day news of most terrible atrocities being carried out by these armed groups the fact these armed groups have rejected the authority of the council formed in doha the fact the doha council has no support inside syria. to a kind of very clear message to the americans in particular that they have to kind of change the course in syria something different i think libya in. but significant effect on american thinking because the americans backed these groups in libya and one of them to a party killed their ambassador and this caused a great shock in washington and so when the americans look at the situation and we know that there are voices inside that it came for action we need nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen is one of them we know that britain and france you know talk in a fairly belligerent fashion but the case the situation is in washington and i don't think the americans have any interest in taking this any further because they

know perfectly well that to actually intervene in syria would trigger off a major regional crisis much much bigger than we're already seeing. which nazi factor has held a mass rally in gaza and the stronghold of its palestinian political rival hamas thousands of fatah supporters flooded the streets for the first time in years and they were celebrating the forty eighth anniversary of the movement which was removed from power in gaza after a two thousand and seven election when he welcomed the rally is a renewed attempt by the rival palestinian parties to reconcile and find ways to share power israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is concerned hamas viewed by israel as a terrorist group could take over the palestinian authority political analyst elias i mean that salary says netanyahu spheres are baseless. hamas will have to look in to the hand they are and will have to look into the hamas in the eye and both sides

have to agree on only one thing we don't need more to be consolation we don't need more the conciliation agreements because there were so many agreement signed between the two parties but not one of them has been honored or implemented but how it's going to take over palestine the concerns of netanyahu are baseless and groundless he's the only israeli leader who has been giving support to hamas or 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 president abbas he's dumping the put the political negotiations really with the palestinians and he's carrying on his own agenda of increasing the number of do with settlements in the west bank even though they are illegally they are illegal under international law he carries on his policies the set up every chance of reaching a two state solution between the palestinians and the israelis if 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. and in the meantime president mahmoud abbas

has officially changed the name of the palace. state of palestine but despite this recent status upgrade by the un the nation it still remains all but united is out its policy a reports thousands of families are torn in two by the borders imposed by israel. 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 this 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 them 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 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 a father looking for work. but the children miss him so much they hold these

pictures and cry when they speak with him on the phone this is their. it's not coming back and he says i can't i want to bring it all to the west bank i want to go and live with him it would be safer for the children and they have a better life. that it's a choice no father should have to make to be separated from his family so he can provide for them or join them and together face a bleak future policy r.t. is wrong gaza. i know coming up just a bit later in the program here and talking on eggshells. a wave of political correctness in america into a hypersensitive nation leaving many more prone to biting their tongue. and president putin is praised as a protector of animals and the leaders of france both past and present a film star brigitte bardot russian citizenship and i don't know writes raul with

their own home country that story after this break. but. the way the system.

there are moscow time this is r.t. the former french president nicolas sarkozy allegedly received over fifty million euros in a legal campaign money from the late libyan leader moammar gadhafi a lebanese born businessman who's currently facing corruption charges says he will provide evidence in a french court a similar claims have previously been made by other witnesses christophe a. chief editor of the weekly magazine l'express says if indeed these allegations

are proven true they could uncover a much deeper trail of corruption. 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 the solution contribution to sarkozy's campaign thirty million euros for maximum presidential campaign expenditure allowed is twenty two million euros fifteen million that's more than double what it was so this left over. pain but. it's. to shift the attention away from himself which carries no legal weight. and in europe it spanish locksmiths who say they now hold the keys to austerity that's after being used to cooperate any longer with the author who have been reprocessing the homes and demanding a change of law find out more on our website on. going to fight to bring down crime

rate in mexico local authorities destroy thousands of toys guns are not wired r.t. dot com. french movie icon brigitte bardot has praised president putin for doing more to protect animals than all french presidents put together as a well known animal rights defender and is threatening to quit her country and ask for russian citizenship if indeed off. follow through with their plan to put down two sick elephants are the details not what he is medina culch. the actress who threatened to apply for russian citizenship and french your story just euthanize a peer opposite allophones and we all know explaining her decision why she thought alf russia the actress said that she believes a russian president vladimir putin has done more to protect anymore than all french

president put together and she also said that every time she asked him something as an animal rights campaigner he always held her also called of legend of the president off her heart after he banned the hunting of young seals and indeed president vladimir putin earned a reputation of a true animal lover during the years of his presidency and as well as when he was prime minister brigitte bardot is following the footsteps of a nother famous chef range actress. who has already been granted russian citizenship you know all this comes off true french president francois long is trying to push forward a law that will see french citizens who earn more than one million euros p seventy five percent of their earnings to taxes. all right i'm just a bit later in the program here on our online hacktivists keep us society at all. i

work for the government i really appreciate people helping us social justice is real thing and so something has to be done if you like we have the means to do it and we should do it parties resident asks people in new york their feelings on a prominent group of hackers who have vowed to be very active in two thousand and thirteen that's all just. our let's get into it now the aussie wild up with some other global headlines for you in brief starting with one as well as president hugo chavez can still remain president even if he's too ill to attend his own swearing in ceremony on tuesday that's according to the country's vice president nicolas maduro said the supreme court could delay the event to a later date speculations being growing about chavez's declining health following conference. following surgery in cuba. the opposition's called for new elections to be announced within thirty days if indeed the president fails to

return. and there was a fresh disorder in the northern irish capital belfast overnight loyalist rioters in different parts of the city hold petrol bombs bricks and fireworks and attempted to hijack vehicles at least nine police officers were injured and several people arrested a number of them under the age of eighteen. was sparked by a decision to end the century old tradition of flying a british union jack flag over city hall. and people have been left stranded in australia there's numerous wildfires rage across the island of tasmania at least one hundred homes have been destroyed and hundreds of locals have been evacuated at least thirty percent of all buildings have burned down in one community east of the tasmanian capital hobart while roads on the island still remain cut off by the fires much of the country is currently dealing with scorching temperatures reaching over forty degrees celsius. now freedom of

expression has been one of the pillars of america since it was founded for the modern phenomenon of political correctness means one person's freedom could be someone else's insult. examines how candid expression is turned into rather a touchy subject. 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 white people do well to hold back to 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 trouble according to risk muse and pulled 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 add a priest substituted to read zero for the eucharist the body of christ where 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 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 intrusted with a nuclear powered aircraft carrier worth half a billion dollars was fired over received morale boosting videos created years ago having survived eighty five combat missions owen was shot down by fertility style gestures and comments as for the man who wrote nineteenth century classics. did 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 is 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 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 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 menace 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 biting their tongues for fear that freedom of expression may be more trouble than it's worth more in a corner artsy new york. well it's the news which will breathe fear into companies and governments worldwide a prominent hacking organization known as anonymous has vowed that in two thousand and thirteen it will stir things up more than ever before with a wave of fresh cyber attacks but artie's very own new york resident went to find out if indeed the underground group still has the support of the people it claims

to be fighting for. the hacking collective. the had 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 normal 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 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 and 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 i had to be anonymous i think there 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 they're 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. ok how is are the rickety u.s. stock market going to fair in twenty thirteen and the rest of the right world as a result in just a moment lauren mr takes a close look. ron

paul has rejected the national rifle association safety plan and by safety plan the n.r.a. proposes basically turning every school in america into a prison camp so on this one ron paul i'm with you in the wake of the tragic events at sandy hook elementary and every vice president wayne la pierre called on congress to immediately appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school so yeah what is the solution to isolated incidents of extreme violence make every child live their entire school life at gun point before putting armed guards in schools maybe we should take a look at the fact that more than twenty five percent of american kids are on medication and that's just the kids altering their mental state legally mom is working two jobs so she isn't around dad is a wall and the t.v.

who's the new parent shows kids nothing but images glorify violence revenge and torture when someone is getting harassed every day at school and maybe getting harassed at home they feel totally alone and they see no future and no escape from the hell that they're in they are going to take drastic measures to get out of it you know in the fifty's sixty's and seventy's there were still plenty of guns and there were no armed officers in schools but there were no shootings society change and school violence erupted societies what needs to change to call them things back down but that's just my opinion.

good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for friday january fourth two thousand and thirteen in the stock market partying like it's nineteen ninety nine i don't know what explains the market gains over the last year despite the risks and arguments from some corners of central bank rigging and who's buying when so many americans have been pulling out we'll ask pete prosperities chris martenson and get his outlook for two thousand and thirteen zero and talk about this one. of the and see if it is in jeopardy through the media you're surely going to show you. or how about a trillion dollar magic coin solution to the debt ceiling is guts plus after the fed minutes came out yesterday gold humbled some are arguing the gold these this in general is shaken some gold traders according to.