according to prosecutors, one it visited somalia to seek approval. -- one visited somalia to seek approval. bbc news. >> you are watching "bbc world news." still to come -- how people are coping with this rare condition. >> i would love to have my old voice back, but it goes way beyond. >> police in india have raided the homes and offices of the chief organizer of the delhi the commonwealth games on charges of corruption. ed the western city that he represents in parliament -- the allegations came to light as the budget for the games -- $15 billion, up from an estimated $412 million. from delhi, our correspondent. >> the raids took place on five different properties. authorities were looking for evidence. this man is at the center of it all. he has been forced to resign from his post and the governing party. but he insists he is innocent. he says he never took any decisions alone, also that he only ever had control of 3% to 4% of the total budget. he is refusing to be the scapegoat. >> he certainly gained a lot of publicity, and that will be helpful for the government. over the past few mo

and in somalia, displaced people. we hear their forgotten story.nd some of the nominees for the golden globes as the awards season kicks off. ♪ >> hello there. there were chaotic scenes around in court today while the founder of wiki-leaks fights extradition. his website has angered many governments by publishing an american diplomatic correspondents, but the swedes want him to answer allegations of sexual offenses that he denies. bail will also depend on him finding $315,000 in cash. >> julian assange's once nomadic international life style is now confined to a prison van. the man described as supporters -- by supporters as a free speech philosopher captured briefly through its windows. information continues to flow from the wikileaks web site that he founded. there was what is becoming a red carpet of celebrities. there were writing to support him. including socialites and to my makan. julian assange faces sexual assault allegations in sweden, but today he was battling again in beirut -- for bail. the judge agreed, but then there was a nervous we

according to the prosecutors, one had first visited somalia to seek approval. bbc news. >> as we mentioned earlier, the pope is preparing to hold a christmas mass at st. peter's basilica in rome. thousands of people are waiting to see the traditional nativity scene. bad weather kept the crown -- crowds to a minimum. already the pope has broken new ground by delivering his first ever christmas radio broadcast. the man who helped arrange it, are vatican correspondent, reports. >> this was pope benedict's a very personal way of seeing thank you for the warm reception he received in the u.k. last september. >> this gives us an opportunity to greet you once again, and indeed, to prepare to celebrate the birth of christ. >> in the company people on all his foreign trips this year. normally foreign correspondent said in the back. this was a rare occasion to get up close. >> well, we have said that palestine's on this program. but there has never been a thought for the day with the pope. this is the first. >> the bbc radio program and would thought for the day -- "thou

somalia is going to have a stable force if possible. these men could play a central role. >> let us get some live pictures coming into us of leaders and top diplomats from over 50 nations in kazakhstan where the biggest international event ever held in central asia. the are hosting a summit for the international security body. the osce has war on the agenda. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton, german chancellor angela marco, and russian president dmitry medvedev are there, hoping to reinvigorate the group's role in its first summit since the meeting back in istanbul in 1999. i am told that some of the tightest security ever seen for such a meeting in this region is taking place now. 7000 police. the delegates are gathering for this meeting of the osce in kazakhstan. those are live pictures coming to us. this is "bbc news." britain's big chill continues, with disruption to roads, rail, and car trouble. -- and air travel. opposition groups in egypt have described the result of sunday's parliamentary elections as fraudulent. the one a

now to the conflict raging in somalia which shows no sign of abating. the transitional government and militia with links to al qaeda are battling it out there. the human cost of the fighting has produced one of the world's worst refugee problems. in the first of two reports we have been given rare access to displaced people's camps in northern somalia. >> this is home to 30,000 victims of one of africa's longest running conflicts. despite the misery of this camp, these women gave austin can i warm somali welcome. >> these women what are they singing about? they seem pleased to see us? is that because they don't see people from the outside very often? >> they have been through a lot and they are coping the best way at t they know how they can cope and they want all the help they can receive from around the world and anywhere. >> the u.n. refuse jae agency tries to help displaced people earn a living through projects like this. the women here assemble furniture kits which they sell to the u.n. for distribution. but female members of these camps are at ris

most of them from somalia. the government is praised by the united nations for its efforts in hosting the refugees. how far is your open-door policy? >> they are recruited to be refugees and workers and modern slaves. >> you are trying to stop them. >> this is corrupting our people. >> it is a bridge between africa and the arab world and the un backs its attempts to prevent somalis being smuggled to yemen. they patrol these waters 24 hours a day. they're up against the work of smugglers who ferried 500 refugees every week to yemen. the human traffickers charge 100 u.s. dollars for a journey that can take up to six hours. as these pictures show, some simply never make it. so wretched are their lives that they still flee in their hundreds every week. leaving a precarious passed to venture into an uncertain future. -- past to fintor into an uncertain future. >> israel has started building a wall across its southern border with egypt. costing hundreds of millions of dollars that is meant to keep out african migrant

most of them from somalia. the government of djibouti has been talking to the united nations.what about the policy as far as some of the refugees are concerned? >> they are recruited to be workers and modern slaves. this is corrupt and also our people. >> djibouti is a bridge between africa and the arab world, and the un backs its attempts to prevent somalis being smuggled to yemen. they go through these waters 24 hours a day, but they're up against smugglers who carry around 500 refugees every week. the human traffickers are charged $100 per person, and it can take up to 6 hours. as pictures show, some never make it. so which are their lives after years that somalis still flee in their hundreds every week, leaving a precarious passed to venture into an uncertain future. bbc news, on the gulf of aden. >> just a reminder for you of the top news this hour. the international criminal court has charged six from kenya to be behind it deaths involved in the elections of 2007. president obama has urged those in kenya to resist those who would draw the country back to the past. "have

somi prior to that i was in somalia o and also a very difficult plasterwork. that, i don't i came away from that with a bleak outlook and crashed i i guess you could say. so i needed t some time. i took that by moving back home. a 30 year-old man.id the fed did nothing for as longt as i could stand it. think had i not done that things woult have been a lot worse.ept yeah. i slept in. >>ay video games. >> what were some of the worst experiences you've had?i was >> i was briefly kidnappedot coe twice. actually not covered in theed ae book. hinted at theen very end. i s in somalia i spent some time in a refugee camp with -- surrounded by one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. fr i made friends with somali reporters, some of whom have sic since then seriously hurt or be. killed. it's been very trying. iraq and afghanistan, there iss always extreme violence thatviot revels in. i think he's in the balanced han somalia andmost dficult chad had been the mostver. difficult places to cover personally and professionally in >> host: how did you get started in this

we have the airport from the capital of somalia. >> the african union behind. as you can see. >> we must reach agreement on missile defense, or start a new arms race, warns the russian president. welcome to "bbc news", broadcast to viewers on pbs. and holocaust survivor accused of committing a sin by renting part of his home to their students. vintage art. how japanese comic book characters are proving a boon to french wine makers. hello. the risk of nuclear terrorism is spelled out in the latest batch of documents released by the website wikileaks. in supposedly confidential government cables, britain, the u.s., and russia expressed deep concern that islamist militants could still enough material to construct and detonate a crude nuclear weapon. our security correspondent has this report. >> it is official. the fate of pakistan's and a clear arsenal is worrying the west. secret cables released tonight by wikileaks revealed a catalog of fears. the u.k. has deep concerns about the safety and security of pakistan's nuclear weapons. despite safeguards of pakistan'

lat prior to that was in somalia in late 2007. a very difficult place to work.w came away from that with a rather bleak outlook andsay. crashed, i guess you could say.i i needed some time. i took that by moving back homel a 30-year-old man living back d, home with mom and dad. i did nothing for as long as i could stand at.ani th i think had i not done that things would have been a lotwors worse. yes. i slept in. i've played video games.t: whate >> host: what were some of the worst experiences you had? >> guest: i was briefly kidnapped twice in chad. actually not covered in theend t book. hinted at in the very end. in somalia i spent time in the refugee camp iman -- surroundedd manine of the world's worst humanitatarian crises.some of i made friends with somali or reporters, some of whom who have since been seriously hurt or killed. that has been very trying. iraq and afghanistan, extreme violence that rattles you.nce, i think in the balance, though, somalia and chad have been the most difficult places personall. and professionally

prior to that i was in somalia in late 2007 and also a very difficult place to work. and came away from that, i don't know, with a rather bleak outlook and crashed, i guess you could say. i needed, i needed some time. and i took that by moving back home, you know? a 30-year-old man moving back home with mom and dad, and i did nothing for as long as i could stand it. and i think had i not done that, things would have been a lot worse. so, yeah, i slept in. played video games. [laughter] >> host: what were some of the worst experiences you had? this. >> guest: i was briefly kidnapped twice in chad. actually not covered in the book. hinted at at the very end of the book. in somalia i spent some time in the after guy ya refugee camp with, among -- surrounded by one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, made friends with somali reporters some of whom have since been seriously hurt or killed. that has been very trying. iraq and afghanistan there is always those bursts of extreme violence that rattle you. i think in the balance, though, somalia and chad have been my, the

automatic fire in somalia. there was an episode that i was attached by something called the nigerian taliban. i don't write about it in the book, because the book is not about like hot zones, rah, rah, it's about africans and asia. but there's plenty of that if somebody wants to read. i was in some very bad shelling in somalia. when we hear this, somalia, for example, is the most dangerous place on earth for journalist. the reality is that's statistic means local journalist. everywhere i went, i worked with local people. and it's those people who end up paying the price should i do something wrong. >> host: what's the take away on this book? what do you want people to take away? >> i really want people to take away the ideas that this is the clash within that we have to pay attention to. i want them to take a little hot air out of this overly simplified narrative. because it does no one any good. that kind of marshal rhetoric can actually lead to people dying. >> host: eliza goss the country. jonathan bloom dis

. >> pope benedict the succinct wished for lasting peace in somalia and urged palestinians and israelis to live side by side in peace. >> made the latest christmas at shine forth by new an elan where jesus was born and has inspired many to s pyrophoric justice. >> his message is delivered in 65 languages. but some type of less predictable approach to christmas. members of the berlin seals swimming club gave up the warmth of their living rooms and hacked zero whole for the festive it present capital. the club has at around 70 winter it simmers and christmas will not get in the wake of their routine. in australia christmas is equally unconventional wearing rain gear in a letter sent even dressing up in santa it all fits. the beach goers admired at beach tree. no matter the weather people the world over are celebrating christ's birthday in their own way. travis and for reuters. >> in spain and they give back to some holiday passengers. they received personalized gifts. the presence range from hats to candy to denver's. it goes to show that you never know how often is quick to turn out. rus

al shabaab in somalia and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula based out of yemen. and in fact, the current director of central intelligence agency has said that these two entities have become as threatening if not more threatening than al qaeda central, so that alone i think is evidence of the viability of the al qaeda message and the resonance it continues to have throughout the world. fleecy expansion is well with al qaeda returning to the sudan establishing at least an embryonic operation in khartoum and then even more astonishingly one has to say al qaeda has put into place a very small miniscule perhaps, but nonetheless viable means of. routing and radicalizing individuals, american citizens and american residents in this country. that was rather bold i have to say to put up there on the slide al qaeda in the usa as one of these networks but i feel on fairly solid ground because when general petraeus was in washington last april and gave a public address at the woodrow wilson center he had his own slide that he called the star slide that had the al qaeda netwo

attacks but since that america's military missions have spread far beyond afghanistan to pakistan yemen somalia dozens of other countries but has also spread into the realm of ideology not of just nations in battle but religions well earlier i spoke with retired colonel lawrence wilkerson former chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell to get his we have a quick update on a story that we've been following for about a month here in the show pastor terry jones has agreed to cancel burn the koran day scheduled for this saturday in gainesville florida and the pastor says the instead of burning korans he's going to fly to new york to meet with the a mom over the planned mosque near ground zero to the islamic center in new york has sparked a major upper across the country and there are also reports now that donald trump has offered to buy the building where the islamic center was scheduled to be built now as you may recall we've spoken with pastor terry jones here on this show about a month ago you can watch his interview on why he thought the burning of. iran was needed thank you to dot com

well, you know, frankly, it's in yemen and it's in somalia.as hard as they can to attack the united states. it's not what's happening in that cave or wherever in pakistan. you know, those guys are -- they are pinned down, and so what are we doing? why don't we look at the world as it is right now? and it seems to me this is not necessarily where we want to focus all our attention. >> hey, lawrence, i'm watching your show last night. >> yeah. >> you did something pretty remarkable. you made an announcement that you teamed up with unicef to raise money, bringing in, like, what, $46,000 or something forrel school desks in classrooms in malawi. >> well, we actually need an unlimited amount of school money. african kids mostly are sitting on the floor. there are no desks in most of these classrooms. i was over there this summer. and i was able just on my own to outfit one classroom with the desk you're radioing looking at right now. designed to seat two students burks in the school i was in, it was so overcrowded, three malawi children easily squee

they are now in pakistan and yemen and somalia. >>shepard: a greatest priority is to get security forces trained to take over security so we can get out of there. that process, what is the assessment of that? >>guest: that is dangerous. as long as we pay the bill and as long as we are using american trainers to oversee what is going on there, they will be fine bun when we stop paying the bill a similar situation happened in the 1990's, when the russians stopped paying and the fight beg began. >>shepard: karzai's government is corrupt by every metric. he is clearly on a different path welcoming the soviet bloc neighbors, and pakistan and iran into the fold as you mentioned, and he just opened the pipeline last week which is a serious affront. >>guest: well, it is a small move because that is where the gas and oil is and where the business will be in the north but the u.s. state department has been kicking their heels and turning their, holding their breath to try to prevent that. but those are afghanistan's neighbors and that is who

al shabaab in somalia and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula based out of yemen. and in fact, the current director of central intelligence agency has said that these two entities have become as threatening if not more threatening than al qaeda central, so that alone i think is evidence of the viability of the al qaeda message and the resonance it continues to have throughout the world. fleecy expansion is well with al qaeda returning to the sudan establishing at least an embryonic operation in khartoum and then even more astonishingly one has to say al qaeda has put into place a very small miniscule perhaps, but nonetheless viable means of. routing and radicalizing individuals, american citizens and american residents in this country. that was rather bold i have to say to put up there on the slide al qaeda in the usa as one of these networks but i feel on fairly solid ground because when general petraeus was in washington last april and gave a public address at the woodrow wilson center he had his own slide that he called the star slide that had the al qaeda netwo

in the netherlands, police arrested 12 suspected terrorists late yesterday, they are all from somaliapolice arrested them in rotterdam after an intelligence tip came in that the men were planning an attack in the netherlands. rotterdam has massive oil and gas storage facilities there. >>> the christmas tradition at san francisco's most famous church that takes 500 vol ing teer volunteers to pull off. >>> i'm stationed in the republic of korea, i'd like to send a special season's greetings shoutout to my family and in san jo, california. hi, i love you, miss you and hope to see you soon. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. >>> san francisco's bly memorial church had one of their busiest days today. more than 500 volunteers stepped in to feed the homeless today. many were behind the scenes chopping and carving to a little holiday music. some of the volunteers knew firsthand what it means to get off the street for a few minutes to enjoy a hot meal. >> something to eat every day. and so it's very special to homeless

the unhcr is trying hard, but it operates in somalia in an extremely difficult conditions. >> there areots of things that can be done better than what we are doing now and i appeal to a stronger international solidarity to allow for the somali folks to be more effectively supported. >> the people here seem genuinely grateful for the handouts they receive. but it is hard for them to forget what they have lost through two decades of conflict. >> a fire at a big garment factory in bangladesh has killed 20 people and injured men cheat -- injured many. it is already a different time in the government with a string of protests by workers demanding a new minimum-wage that should have come into effect last month. the bbc is in docket. the >> -- is in dhaka. >> could fire spread so quickly and many workers were trapped inside. some of them jumped to their deaths. firefighters took several hours to control the flames and they also called for the help of military copters but they could not rescue people from the rooftops. most of the workers in this factory, about 10,000 of them, had gone out at t

al qaeda is in pakistan, somalia, yemen. why are we going to be sending american troops to die, to prop up a corrupt karzai who's been antithetical to what we believe in? >> well, my belief is that we're in afghanistan to protect national security interests of this nation. if you replace karzai, who do you replace him with? the people to replace him would be the taliban and the taliban would open up afghanistan once again to al qaeda. the only reason they're not in large numbers in afghanistan now is because the troops we have and the afghan army is getting better so we've literally driven them out. i want to keep them out and secure the gains we've had. >> it sounds to me like what you're doing is creating a permanent presence in afghanistan akin to what we have in korea propping up a corrupt regime when al qaeda has already left and we're going to support a puppet regime to take money from other corrupt nations to what end? the enemy is al qaeda. >> the end is securing u.s. national security interests. i'm glad we have tro

afghanistan, yemen, and somalia. al qaeda works behind the scenes. they deliberately do not put an arab face on its support to any of these entities or its presence in these countries. one could argue that they have learned their lessons from the 1990's. they were fired and center in the sudan. they became -- they were front and center in the sudan. they do not have the numbers. their operatives play key role in strength and a the capabilities of its allies elsewhere. just as our allies in bed officers in forces to train them and strengthen their command capabilities and provide them with additional training, that is exactly what al qaeda does. interestingly, al qaeda's focus of improving the capabilities of its allies is not just restricted to kinetic. somalia is a perfect case in point to demonstrate. this is across the board. we know that a senior al qaeda commander was indicted in u.s. federal court for his role in the 1998 bombing of the u.s. embassy in nairobi. he played a key operational command role on the attack of two targets in kenya. he w

winter olympic games what i mean is why you stayed away here and was so prominent in going to quote somalia. you are. doing this. because you are just a bit it would be another one there but most of it was because. what was. it was made to you know. abuse no you know everybody. would like. but if you have the the struggle for. but i will put it there riot have been always today olympic games should be on our for the world cup. super these situations are different but it. is the reason why is in this fight was very harsh very sore on the us would do but it was the hide for. two thousand for it since. there was no will at the compound i'm out of. information. is that. the. that we have to leave the members. of the alone when. without any of pressure on the part of. the party. position to make an objective decision. therefore. i told my colleague. sports minister of the russian federation who is the member. of the executive committee i asked him to forward. but my position to explain my position i asked him to say that i asked him to tell the executive committee there will not present this. th

startling poverty rate and limited opportunities for women, my next guest fled an arranged marriage in somaliaed in the dutch parliament, and escaped when she spoke out against her religion. ayaan hirsi-ali joins me, author of "nomad, from islam to america." ayaan, good to have you on the program. thank you very much for joining us today. >> thank you very much, maria. thank you for having me. >> as a nomad, you lived the immigrant experience in several countries. what did that teach you about the world's cultures? >> in short, it taught me that there are some cultures that emphasize individual freedom, individual responsibility, a great work ethic and respect for the rule of law. and i would consider those mainly to be western cultures. and it also taught me that there are cultures that emphasize customs and practices that are very old, the tribe, religious rites. for instance, the culture i grew up in which is islamic tribal culture where work ethic wasn't really a big deal, and if anything we only invested in what i would call the here after. >> do you think that america misunderstands the

scanning cargo from yemen and somalia. >> it is monday, december 20. a terrorism plot foiled overseas. >> earlier this week, america woke up to news of 12 arrests by british counter-terrorism officers. it escaped the attention of the president's director of national intelligence, who was interviewed later that day. >> london -- how serious is it? what are the implications of it coming here? >> a confused looking james clapper turned to his colleagues for help. >> the arrest of the 12th by the british this morning. the british informed of that early this morning as it was taking place. >> i am a little surprised he did not hear about london. >> i am sorry. i didn't. >> that excruciating death is being blamed on his staff for not briefing him on a day when his focus was north korea. a different question is how the system deals with the next threat. abc news, washington. >> dublin is to give allied irish bank a second bailout to the tune of 7.3 billion year rose. this will make it the fourth biggest lender to fall under state control. our ireland correspo

players brought who are doing so well i mean you touch them it's in his office he wouldn't wanted to somalia but you think in a way it might have helped under his development had he left to play abroad a few years earlier or do you think no i think he was twenty when the me for a couple years fell to me look because then the all already set in one or two years i want to leave. because sometimes players need to chill and we have also some players in the deal without saying names. of a challenge to go to another club brought to show themselves again to bring themselves in the picture and on they did it for so the same discussion. when i arrived there's a bit of pleasure to play as i want to keep the us. and only wanted to stay for one or two years more. when i arrive i want to leave i want to leave a solution if you want to leave then you have to go because players who doesn't want to play for the club you could go away and that helped so. because two years and. nothing and also good for the nation of the movies that point was fantastic and the second half after a summer break i was on the que

(cheering) >> the head of the catholic church wished for it peace in somalia and urged palestinians and israelis to live side-by-side in peace. >> made the light of christmas it shine forth on you. in spite of this strife for existence. >> his christmas message was delivered in 65 messages. some took a less predictable approach of christmas. members of berlin's still swimming club give up the warmth of their evidence and how hole in this ice at fort some cold fine. they have some of the winter it summarized and christmas will not get in a way of their routine. in australia christmas is equally at unconventional out wearing a reindeer antlers and dressing up and said the outfits. beachgoers admired ed decorated christmas tree in the sand and enjoy the warm sea. no matter if the weather it people the world over are celebrating christ's birthday in their own way. >> in spain when airline gave back to some travelers. passengers and, more than their luggage on the conveyor belt they also receive personalized this. rather, the presence range from hats to to teddy's to candy. you never know ho

tactics are under scrutiny as it's a used to framing a terror suspect says it prevented the teenage somalia american from planning the form of the christmas lights ceremony this noise agents manipulate. european security is a key crossroads as a major summit gets underway we get the view from the inside as we hear from the c.e.o. secretary general. mr bush of us thank you very much for talking to us during this summit to what extent is organization for security and cooperation in europe is interested in proposed by president. whether proposals by present medvedev had one great merit because there were sort of a wake up call that. everybody was happy with in the family of greater europe with current arrangements regarding security a fresh look if fresh approach to be given to those issues. clearly energized the discussions and you will see as you know there was a so-called call for process and i think this laid the groundwork for the efforts of the chairmanship of c.y.c. this year and the strong push by the catholic church it to have this summit which we are having now and which in a way. to

. >> i have boys boys from afghann and bosnia and somalia and burma and cuba and nepal. did i say iraq? >> they survived against all odds to come here. each has lost a home, many have lost families. they were granted legal asylum, yet they found a country that was not always welcoming. but under the direction of coach luma, they became an inspirational model for overcoming prejudice in one of the most diverse communities in the united states. >> tom brokaw joins us from new york city. mr. brokaw, as always, an honor to have you on this program. >> tavis, it's always a pleasure to be with you. >> this special, as i mentioned, ties in neatly to the beginning of the civil rights movement 50 years ago and yet this documentary is really not about race. so tell me what it is about. >> well, i think it's about a lot of anxiety in this country and what i call the fault lines of america that have been exacerbated by the uncertainty about the direction of the country and certainly by the economic dislocation. we really profile four different kinds of discrimination, which you just

in grenada nine hundred eighty three panama nine hundred eighty nine iraq nine hundred ninety one somalia nine hundred ninety two haiti nine hundred ninety four bosnian one thousand nine hundred five cost of zero nine hundred ninety nine afghanistan two thousand and one in iraq two thousand and three. the united states spends nearly as much on military hardware fixtures and training as all other countries combined we see at a time when there's twenty five to thirty million people who are unemployed or underemployed where forty seven million americans can't go to a doctor when they're sick there's limitless funds limitless resources for the war budget the military budget is hardly ever questioned downtown that is dominated by its industrial complex. advertisements lined the metro. commercials showcase the latest hardware and politicians cave into the lobbying campaigns and you can see it by the budget figures that the united states is in fact a warfare state it's addicted to militarism its addicted to war spending and it's addictive the war profits this is where the war profiteers are head

during a ceremony to switch on festive lights but former agents on so short the nineteen year old somalia american was led into the plot by officers parties and society trick or explains. this winter season the f.b.i. celebrates the reason the arrest of a potential terrorist but a little something is wrong with this picture over the eighteen months they cultivated have the alleged plot or is a teenager the bomb he planted a fake and the f.b.i. allegedly one repudiated him into committing a crime entrapment is not legal entrapment is getting someone to do something that they would normally do the guy named mohammed how does e-mails tracked by authorities while they waited for the right time to get him to act against u.s. national security or the f.b.i. steve said with him every step of the way because he started to say he was fifteen years old four years x. amount of money and efforts from the f.b.i. later the sting mission comes to a close the nineteen year old is accused of plotting to blow up a christmas tree in portland oregon the language used against him in f.b.i. records is. all too