video for your media project free media. government is accused of wasting billions of pounds of foreign aid not caring where the cash. positive light. starts deploying missiles and troops along the border with syria. for help to defend itself from the ongoing conflict next door. the palestinian authorities official of the state of palestine does little to help the families ripped apart by israel's imposed borders. and french film star. arrives here in russia amid speculation he's

a russian passport after quitting france. global news live from moscow this is with me rory it's good to have you with us today the u.k. government's charitable enterprises abroad could be doing nothing to help the world's poor in fact a center right think tank says the billions of pounds in taxpayers' money being spent part of a p.r. campaign to promote the image of the government my colleague bill dog discussed with laura smith where exactly this cash is ending up. 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 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 so vast sums 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 stingy 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 ministers 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 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. those artes lower smith reporting right there now nato has begun

deploying surface to air missiles on turkey's border with syria and the alliance approve the reinforcements just last month after ankara requested support and nato claims the move is to help defend its member from the conflict in syria germany and the netherlands are preparing to ship more patriot batteries next week the six units show tool to be operational by the end of january but moscow said the deployment will only serve to escalate tension in the region solti middle eastern history history and politics professor from bilking university says nato will have no excuse to use. there's no possibility at all no likelihood that syria will attack turkey the only circumstances in which those missiles would be used 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 this government state in place for the last two years despite

everything being thrown at us the fact the syrian army has not disintegrate the fact that we've seen every single day and years 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 lives up to a kind of very clear message to the americans in particular that they have to kind of change the course in syria and come up with something different i think that libya in particular had a very very significant effect on american thinking because the americans backed these groups in libya and one of them to a panic you are going to ambassador and this caused great shock in washington and so when the americans look at the situation and we know that there are voices inside nato the ducange reaction to the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen is one of them we know that britain and france you know talk in a silly belligerent fashion but the key to the situation is in washington and i don't think the americans have any interest in taking this any further listen i

know perfectly well that to actually intervene in syria would trigger off a major regional crisis much much bigger than we're already seeing. you're watching r.t. has held a mass rally in gaza and the stronghold of his palestinian political rival hamas thousands of supporters flooded the streets for the first time in years they were celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the movement which was removed from power in gaza after a two thousand and seven election and many welcome the rally as there were new to attempt by the rival palestinian parties to reconcile and find ways to share power it's really communist benjamin netanyahu is concerned hamas viewed by israel as a terrorist group could take over the palestinian authority political analyst elias and then miri says that when you are his fears have little. hamas will have to look in to the hand they are in fact that 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 of the

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 and not only to him that's what i do 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 political negotiations with the 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 that this is not 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. in the meantime president mahmoud abbas has

officially changed the name of the palestinian administration to the state of palestine but despite this recent status upgrade by the un the nation still remains all but united as are his policy reports thousands of families are torn in two by the israeli borders. 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 lifts 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 and 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 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. done for the children miss him so much they hold these pictures and cry when they

speak with him on the phone they say that it's enough come back and he says i can't i want to bring you all to the west bank i want to go and live with him it will 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. israel gaza. and although he is coming from moscow a french movie stars your father is apparently a step closer to becoming a russian has arrived in the black sea resort of sochi where he could finally receive his brand new pos bought off the quitting home and tax route well more ahead on that. also reexamined wave of political correctness has turned america into a hypersensitive nation leaving many more prone to viking their tongues. 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 you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. so just on a quarter past the hour here in moscow this is artsy with me rule re sushi the french movie star. has arrived in the russian black sea resort of sochi he's apparently traveled there to pick up his brand new russian passport after you became a citizen of the country it comes after he turned his back on his native france in a row over escalating taxes that's now talk within a question of a few more details on this right here i mean it good to see you it looks like it's finally come to pass here that. has stepped foot here on russian soil.

well there is a big possibility that that might actually happen according to president's press secretary dmitry peskov cranky is rather pretty you're on a personal trip to saudi and there is a possibility that you might a time and informal meeting with president led him important and very he might be given his brand new russian passport but this information has not been confirmed yet meanwhile there are the producer has already been granted we're russian citizenship and before that he reminds his french citizenship and move to balance your own where we pointedly he has some real estate now this new succumbs asked the french president francois long is pushing forward a law that will a sea of french citizens who earn more than one million euro pay a seventy five percent of their earnings to taxes and

a job for you in an open letter said that the three rugby years of his acting career he has already paid more than one hundred forty five million euros to taxes and he believes that this is enough number the french after also enjoys a long standing friendship with the russian president vladimir putin and he did joking couple of times before that he was considering moving to russia so now as he has just been granted with the russian stews and ship he might actually become a very frequent gas to this country. there is another prominent french movie star following a departure as example isn't there. thank. you right true brigitte bardot a legendary french movie i can as following the footsteps of europe to produce the reason behind her move is completely different now the actress is also a bad friend animal rights a competitor and he has just recently threatened to apply for russian citizenship

if french authorities euthanize a pair off a sick allophones at a zoo in leone now the two allophones have been suffering from tuberculosis a for some time and the city authorities has decided to to put the twenty most to sleep and backed by a bar the door there was a big probably complain that urged to save the lives of the animals and collected a thousands of signatures now explaining why she thought of russia brigitte bardot sad that she believes russian president putin has done more to protect animals than old french presidents altogether and she also said that average to him she asked something a lot as to how from him as an animal rights competitor he always helped her and she also called the president off her heart when he banned the hunting of young seals and indeed president by human food and has earned a reputation of

a true animal lover during the years of his presidency and also when he was the prime minister. or somebody in the question of a bad life in moscow thank you. when the mean time former french president nicolas sarkozy allegedly received over fifty million euros in illegal campaign money from late libyan leader moammar gadhafi a lebanese born businessman who is facing corruption charges says he will provide evidence in a french court a similar claims have previously been made by other witnesses christophe who is a chief editor of the weekly magazine l'express he says that if indeed these allegations are proven to be 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 that poured cash into western countries look at this alleged contribution to sarkozy's campaign thirty million euros for maximum presidential

campaign expenditure and it's twenty two million euros fifty million that's more than double what so this left over money certainly didn't go towards a campaign but instead ended up in someone's pocket 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 in the legal weight. now in europe its spanish locksmiths who say they now hold the keys to austerity something used to cooperate any longer with the author who have been reprocessing homes and demanding a change of locks. on artie's website. and in a fight to bring down the crime rate in mexico local authorities destroy thousands of. gun and find out why it r.t. dot com. let's get into it here the r c world update now and some other global news for you will start with venezuela's president hugo chavez he still remain president

that is even if he is to will to attend his own swearing in ceremony on tuesday according to the country's vice president nicolas maduro said the supreme court could delay the event to a later date. speculations been growing about chavez's declining health following confirmation that he suffered complications following surgery in the cancer at the opposition's call for new elections to be announced within thirty days if indeed the president fails to return. there was a fresh disorder in the northern irish capital belfast overnight loyalist riders in different parts of the city hold petrol bombs bricks and fireworks and attempted to hijack vehicles at least nine police officers were injured several arrested a number of them being under the age of eighteen. by a decision to end the century old tradition of flying the british union flag of a city hall. hundreds of people have been rallying in pakistan administered

kashmir to mark the day of self-determination commemorating a one nine hundred forty nine a un resolution which said the people in the region should have the right to their own sovereignty protesters shouted india and the un slogans in a demonstration organized by a local militant group which wants the region to become part of pakistan the area has been disputed by the two countries since they gained independence back in one thousand nine hundred forty seven. thousands of people have been left stranded in australia as 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 burnt down and one community east of the tasmanian capital who bought a well road part of 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 of speech 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 like people do well to hold back to 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 recent news and poll the majority of citizens think the u.s. 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 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 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 racy morale boosting videos created years ago having survived eighty five combat missions owen was shot down by for to be styled 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 some. and then go beyond that said 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 keys 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 many say political correctness has neutered the american language creating a super sensitive society incapable of laughing things off a p.c. employee that's left more people biting their tongues for fear that freedom of expression may be more trouble than it's worth more important i am artsy new york. all right my colleague bill daughter is here in half an hour's time but up next a fiscal cliff hangers and jacked up job numbers break in the abby martin and a couple of minutes.

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 enery 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 changed and school violence erupted societies what needs to change to call them things back down but that's just my opinion. choose your language. killing spree killer though if somebody else. chooses to. choose. the stories but if you. choose.

you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous i had lunch i got so . i mean. i know that i'm still the same thing really messed up. the all for it so personally. the. worst we're going to go right out soup of a. radio guy and four minutes from a click. what. we're about to give you never seen anything like this i'm told. the top guys i'm having martin in the spring asides there's some interesting news

that broke yesterday that you may have missed her and the former president of france nicolas sarkozy has received over sixty five million dollars in funding from former libyan dictator moammar gadhafi this is all cording to a businessman who has been implicated in some of france's biggest international arms scandals because it is proof that sarkozy received the money during his two thousand and seven presidential campaign as well as during his presidency but it seems like even the outrageous sum of sixty five million dollars still wasn't enough to prevent france from spearheading nato bombing campaign in libya and the ousting of gadhafi in two thousand and eleven i guess money can't buy loyalty not that it ever should maybe that's a take away from this greed driven failure but enough of that let's break the set.