:00:02. > :00:12.at the moment. -- as unexplained. Those are the main stories on BBC
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:00:23. > :00:30.Queuing for fuel in oil-rich Nigeria is another billion dollars
:00:30. > :00:34.fraud. We report on the campaign to end corruption. The knock-down
:00:34. > :00:38.politics of the Middle East. John Dobson sends a special report from
:00:38. > :00:46.Israel's demolitions of Palestinian homes on the West Bank. And as
:00:46. > :00:50.Koreans mark the birth of Buddha, Lucy Williamson finds the role of
:00:50. > :00:54.Buddhist monks is under scrutiny. Hello and welcome to Reporters.
:00:54. > :00:59.When evidence of endemic corruption was uncovered in Nigeria's dual
:00:59. > :01:03.subsidy scheme last month President Goodluck Jonathan promised action
:01:03. > :01:07.and he is under increasing pressure to deliver it as ordinary Nigerians
:01:07. > :01:12.express their anger not only about the $7 billion fraud itself, but
:01:12. > :01:17.the impact is having on their basic supplies. From the crack the top,
:01:17. > :01:23.Will Ross reports. -- from the capital. Buying fuel in Nigeria can
:01:23. > :01:30.give you a severe headache. Here hundreds of people after kerosene
:01:30. > :01:35.for cooking. Even the police are in the queue. And yes, this is
:01:35. > :01:39.Africa's leading oil producer. But Nigeria doesn't have the refineries
:01:39. > :01:44.needed to supply the local market, so most of what's on sale is
:01:44. > :01:48.imported. The government subsidises the price. But now an investigation
:01:48. > :01:54.has shown how much the nation's losing in a fuel subsidy swindle.
:01:54. > :01:58.The scale of the scam is nothing short of staggering. Over the last
:01:58. > :02:04.three years almost $7 billion have been lost, a lot of that has been
:02:04. > :02:07.stolen. That is about a quarter of Nigeria's total annual budget. So
:02:08. > :02:12.while some fat cats are getting even fatter, for many Nigerians it
:02:12. > :02:16.is a struggle just to get a enough fuel to cook their meals. A
:02:16. > :02:20.governing party politician headed the committee that lifted the lid
:02:20. > :02:27.on an industry that had been conveniently cloaked in secrecy. He
:02:27. > :02:35.says he has made plenty of powerful enemies. We had so many threats
:02:35. > :02:43.sometimes. In so many ways. We were going to finish the exercise.
:02:43. > :02:46.were death threats? They were. Definitely death threats.
:02:46. > :02:51.decades Nigeria's musicians have been vocal in the fight against
:02:51. > :03:01.high-level corruption. The message hasn't changed. The looting of the
:03:01. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:07.It can be better and it can be different. We don't have to live
:03:07. > :03:11.like this, we don't have to accept it, we don't have to keep rolling
:03:11. > :03:15.around in the same situation. We can make things better.
:03:15. > :03:21.Nigerians expect President Goodluck Jonathan to take action as some of
:03:21. > :03:28.those implicated in the fraud are his a Elias. I don't think there
:03:28. > :03:33.will be any punishments. -- are his allies. I really would like to see
:03:33. > :03:36.them in court. With people now learning more about how the
:03:36. > :03:42.money's: The President may be risking street protests if heads
:03:42. > :03:45.don't roll soon -- money's Tolman. Figures released by the United
:03:45. > :03:48.Nations show there has been a big increase in the number of
:03:48. > :03:53.Palestinian homes in the West Bank that have been demolished by
:03:53. > :03:56.Israeli forces. In areas where Israel maintains a full presents
:03:56. > :04:00.its influence stretches from security matters to building
:04:00. > :04:04.control. The Israeli government says this is simply a matter of
:04:04. > :04:11.enforcing planning regulations but critics say it is not an even-
:04:11. > :04:15.handed policy. This is what Palestinians have called ethnic
:04:15. > :04:23.cleansing. Demolitions and evictions carried out by Israel in
:04:23. > :04:27.the occupied West Bank. Here in the tiny village in January this year.
:04:27. > :04:32.Are you not scared that God will punish you for this, the woman
:04:32. > :04:37.cries. The United Nations says more than 1,000 Palestinians were forced
:04:37. > :04:42.from their homes last year. In most cases Israel says they failed to
:04:42. > :04:48.get permits to build. This is the remote Palestinian village of
:04:48. > :04:53.Kember. Life is pretty basic. With homes cut into the rock face. But
:04:53. > :05:00.the families here are threatened with eviction. The Israeli army
:05:00. > :05:04.once the area for a firing zone. Hamid tells me he was born in these
:05:04. > :05:11.caves. He says the Israeli bulldozers will have to Bury him
:05:11. > :05:16.alive if they come here. But some have already lost their livelihood.
:05:16. > :05:22.This was a Palestinian restaurant near Bethlehem. A few days after
:05:22. > :05:32.Israeli forces flattened it last month the owner, Ramsey, showed me
:05:32. > :05:36.
:05:36. > :05:40.what was left. 12 years I have been here. And now? Finished.
:05:40. > :05:47.Israeli government says Ramsay didn't have a permit to build here.
:05:47. > :05:52.I do know that in other countries pulled restaurants in night's
:05:52. > :05:59.pastoral places near the beach, without proper authorisations --
:05:59. > :06:04.nice pastoral places. Israel says it also demolishes some illegal
:06:04. > :06:08.buildings put up by Jews. But what infuriates Palestinians is that
:06:08. > :06:12.while it's virtually impossible for them to build on land like this
:06:12. > :06:18.Jewish settlements like this one continue to grow. Just about every
:06:18. > :06:23.other country, apart from his role, says that's illegal under
:06:23. > :06:27.international law. -- apart from Israel. The Israeli settlement
:06:27. > :06:30.construction and the demolition of Palestinian homes is happening on
:06:30. > :06:34.land where the Palestinian and Israeli leadership have said they
:06:34. > :06:41.want to build a future state of Palestine. A state that many
:06:41. > :06:46.believe is becoming increasingly unlikely.
:06:46. > :06:52.South Korea recently celebrated the birthday of Buddha, the biggest bet
:06:52. > :06:56.it the Buddhist calendar. -- the biggest festival. Only about a
:06:56. > :07:00.quarter of Koreans describe themselves as Buddhist. The role of
:07:00. > :07:10.Korea's monks have been questioned after a recent video showed them
:07:10. > :07:14.drinking and gambling in a hotel bedroom. For a religion that prizes
:07:14. > :07:17.peace and quiet contemplation some things can seem a little out of
:07:17. > :07:22.character. The yearly spectacle of this lantern parade, for example, a
:07:22. > :07:26.bit of modern glitz to mark the Buddha's birthday, and a way to
:07:26. > :07:30.compete with the gods of Christianity and capitalism. A bit
:07:30. > :07:34.of marketing if you like. Which is something Korean Buddhism could use
:07:34. > :07:39.more than ever this year. Earlier this month video footage appeared
:07:39. > :07:43.of monks smoking, gambling and drinking in a hotel bedroom. The
:07:43. > :07:49.tip of an iceberg according to the man who leaked it. A culture of
:07:49. > :07:53.misbehaviour that he says includes senior figures in Korean Buddhism.
:07:53. > :07:59.There are strict rules of Buddhist monks and some monks are going too
:07:59. > :08:03.far outside them. -- for Buddhist monks. It is like a patient with
:08:03. > :08:07.terminal cancer about to die. We don't have the doctors to fix it.
:08:07. > :08:11.Korean monks have made the headlines here before for an
:08:11. > :08:17.Buddhist behaviour like rioting at a temple in Seoul. Some say these
:08:17. > :08:24.kinds of scandals are the results of political infighting career's
:08:24. > :08:30.main Buddhist Order. Foreigners are still fascinated by Zen tradition,
:08:30. > :08:37.but how do Koreans the EU their monks and the scandals they create?
:08:37. > :08:42.-- a view their monks? They looked to monks for some inspiration. --
:08:42. > :08:49.view their monks. They love to them for guidance and also they laugh at
:08:49. > :08:55.them because they are human like the rest of us. As far... they are
:08:55. > :08:59.as being feisty -- they are a bit feisty and part of their reputation
:08:59. > :09:05.is that they are willing to fight for what they believe is truly good.
:09:05. > :09:08.It helps the Korean People's. Korean monks have and their feisty
:09:08. > :09:12.reputation over many centuries fighting Japanese and Chinese
:09:12. > :09:17.invaders. But staying relevant here in modern-day career with its high-
:09:17. > :09:21.speed internet and its long working hours is proving a lot harder.
:09:21. > :09:27.These days it's stories about drinking, gambling and infighting
:09:27. > :09:32.that get the public's attention. The main order has now begun 100
:09:32. > :09:36.days of repentance to repair its image. At the parades and street
:09:36. > :09:41.festivals, meanwhile, most Koreans we spoke to had already dismissed
:09:41. > :09:46.the scandal as an isolated mistake. But no-one was planning on visiting
:09:46. > :09:49.a temple. With the London Olympics not far
:09:49. > :09:53.away campaigners in India are keeping up the pressure for Indian
:09:53. > :10:01.athletes to boycott the Games in opposition to Dow Chemical being
:10:01. > :10:06.one of the Olympic sponsors. The US company owns a company that was
:10:06. > :10:12.responsible for the Bhopal gas leak in 1984. Nearly 30 years on it's
:10:12. > :10:17.still provokes deep anger in India. Early morning training for the
:10:17. > :10:24.Beautell hockey team. This was once a recruiting ground for India's
:10:24. > :10:30.national squad. The coach, one of its star players, and on track to
:10:30. > :10:36.play in the Olympics until the night lethal gas from the American
:10:36. > :10:46.Union Carbide plant descended on its home. After that I could not
:10:46. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:54.play hockey. I could not improve on my health because I felt a great
:10:54. > :11:00.loss after that. The world's worst industrial disaster casts its
:11:00. > :11:06.shadow to this day. The columns that spewed the toxic gas cloud
:11:06. > :11:13.over though how still stand. The only sound, the wind in the trees,
:11:13. > :11:19.which have had decades to grow for. Even toxic chemicals left in the
:11:19. > :11:23.laboratory, as they were in 1984 -- to grow tall. Just the fact this
:11:23. > :11:27.plant is still here nearly 30 years later, when not even the beginnings
:11:27. > :11:31.of a clean-up has happened, is one reason why the disaster still
:11:31. > :11:38.provokes so much anger. There's a widespread feeling that justice has
:11:38. > :11:48.still not been done. Next door slums where thousands choked to
:11:48. > :11:53.death, they have grown larger. This man lost his daughter -- this woman
:11:53. > :11:57.lost her daughter to the disaster and his husband has got cancer. The
:11:57. > :12:03.compensation money ran out years ago, if he dies today, I can't pay
:12:03. > :12:07.for his funeral. Look at us, even dogs and cats have a better life.
:12:07. > :12:12.Ever since it bought Union Carbide Dow Chemical has been under
:12:12. > :12:17.pressure to pay out more compensation. It insists it has no
:12:17. > :12:21.liability and that the law is on its side. But Dow's Olympic
:12:21. > :12:27.sponsorship has given protesters a target and unless the company is
:12:27. > :12:32.dropped they say India should boycott the Games. We are asking to
:12:32. > :12:38.do the right thing, for people to stand up for 25,000 deaths, and say
:12:38. > :12:44.we will not participate where a criminal Corporation is a part of
:12:44. > :12:54.the games. Most wants India to be at the London Olympics. But they
:12:54. > :12:58.Greek journalists are the latest group to decide to strike in
:12:58. > :13:03.protest about their diminishing wages. They are not alone in taking
:13:03. > :13:10.issue with the austerity policies. With no end in sight for Greece and
:13:10. > :13:14.its problems, the people are coming to have -- coming up with their own
:13:14. > :13:20.solutions. What looks like a healthy copy,
:13:20. > :13:25.working hard on a vegetable patch, is a lifeline for people here. A
:13:25. > :13:29.local dumping ground until recently, the town hall has transformed the
:13:29. > :13:34.land into small allotments for 40 families hit hard by the economic
:13:34. > :13:39.crisis in Greece. TRANSLATION: We are pensioners but the state has
:13:39. > :13:43.cut the pensions because of the crisis. We had to do something. The
:13:43. > :13:46.products here, more than 50% of our need so we don't need to spend
:13:46. > :13:51.money in the supermarket. This allotment is one of a growing
:13:51. > :13:56.number of examples increase of where people are giving up asking
:13:56. > :14:01.for help from the outside, and starting to take matters into their
:14:01. > :14:08.own hands, looking after themselves, their neighbours and communities.
:14:08. > :14:15.Whether old or young, or before the economic crisis, rich or poor. This
:14:15. > :14:19.is an unemployed cinematographer. He describes his allotment as a
:14:19. > :14:23.microcosm of Greek society where people from all walks of life
:14:23. > :14:29.reduced to the same economic misery are joining together to try to make
:14:29. > :14:35.things better. Every month the family is working the land hand
:14:35. > :14:39.over some of their produce to others in need. Using so-called
:14:40. > :14:45.social supermarkets cut, like this one. You are beginning to see them
:14:45. > :14:50.all over Greece. Thanks to donations, low income families can
:14:50. > :14:56.shop at cut down prices. The money they pay is used to provide the
:14:56. > :15:05.most destitute with goods for free. There are some families that
:15:05. > :15:13.without our help cannot survive, cannot keep their children at home.
:15:13. > :15:18.There are waves of people who, and ask for help. -- who can't.
:15:18. > :15:27.child and family group commands an Army of volunteer social workers,
:15:28. > :15:32.doctors and dentists, helping more than 4,000 Greek family. Like Maria.
:15:32. > :15:37.She tries to shield her children from the desperation of their
:15:38. > :15:44.situation. To hide from them, they will need these handouts for a long
:15:44. > :15:51.time to come. She like so many here find themselves unemployed,
:15:51. > :15:56.abandoned by a crippled state, and reliant on their neighbours.
:15:56. > :16:00.As China's economy continues to thrive, so does its building boom.
:16:00. > :16:03.Urban skylines are in a state of flux and major cities are
:16:03. > :16:07.retracting the world's top architects. But in the race for
:16:07. > :16:17.modernisation some are questioning whether China is sacrificing too
:16:17. > :16:17.
:16:17. > :16:22.much of its heritage. China's cities are constantly changing. As
:16:22. > :16:29.its economy has boomed its skylines have soared. Beijing is at the
:16:29. > :16:35.cutting edge of architecture. This is the capital's latest offering, a
:16:35. > :16:41.futuristic office building symbolising the new Beijing. The
:16:41. > :16:44.billionaire behind the project is amazed by the pace of change.
:16:44. > :16:52.thing about the urbanisation in China is that it has happened so
:16:52. > :16:55.fast. Before people realise, it is already forgone. The speed has
:16:56. > :17:00.surprised people with the newly built buildings. At the same time,
:17:00. > :17:05.the destruction of the old ones. the last ten years more than half
:17:05. > :17:08.of Beijing's or old neighbourhoods have been demolished. They have
:17:08. > :17:14.made way for office buildings, shopping malls, and apartment
:17:14. > :17:18.blocks. This is the battleground for China's development. In the
:17:18. > :17:21.last decade the cities have been transformed in the name of
:17:21. > :17:29.modernisation. But now people are saying that more must be done to
:17:29. > :17:35.protect the country's past. This is the latest ready for demolition.
:17:35. > :17:41.John Wei is an activist. He spent the last decade documenting the
:17:42. > :17:46.destruction of old Beijing. TRANSLATION: Beijing is losing its
:17:46. > :17:53.soul. We always said that this was a city of history. But we now have
:17:53. > :18:00.no culture left. There are pockets of preservation.
:18:00. > :18:05.This traditional Beijing alley way is now a major tourist attraction.
:18:05. > :18:11.I like it here, she says. We don't have anything like it in my home
:18:11. > :18:18.town. But hard cash often trumps heritage. For Beijing it is about
:18:18. > :18:23.finding a balance between the old and the new.
:18:23. > :18:28.The struggling economy and years of storm damage have created a major
:18:28. > :18:32.housing shortage in Cuba. Many of the existing buildings are in a
:18:32. > :18:38.perilous state. The government has begun providing grants to the most
:18:38. > :18:41.needy families to do repairs and is taking steps to increase the amount
:18:41. > :18:48.of construction materials on the market. But it -- but the task
:18:48. > :18:52.ahead is enormous. Have than that is beguiling from a distance. Its
:18:52. > :18:58.buildings are bathed in Caribbean sunshine. But close up, this is a
:18:58. > :19:03.city that is crumbling. Houses are falling apart at the seams. Storms,
:19:03. > :19:09.salt spray, and years of neglect have all taken their toll. This is
:19:09. > :19:14.the staircase in this building. If I make my way under this enormous,
:19:14. > :19:19.massive electric cable, and up here, you can see the state of this place.
:19:19. > :19:28.It obviously has not been painted for years. There are huge cracks in
:19:28. > :19:32.the walls. It is incredible that anyone is living here. But they are.
:19:32. > :19:37.Up at the top I've found a Olga. She has been waiting two years to
:19:37. > :19:44.move out. But you that does not have enough housing. She is worried
:19:44. > :19:49.the war could collapse soon. -- the war. It's TRANSLATION: People ask
:19:49. > :19:53.me whether I am afraid to live here. I am, but this is my home. Where
:19:53. > :19:59.can I go? Solving the housing problem is a huge challenge for the
:19:59. > :20:05.government. It started by/she is -- by slashing subsidies for
:20:05. > :20:13.construction materials. Now builders' yards like this are
:20:13. > :20:18.filling up again. Those who have money are spending it. Before you
:20:18. > :20:21.had to hunt for building materials however you could. TRANSLATION: Now
:20:21. > :20:25.they are on sale legally. It is expensive but at least you can find
:20:25. > :20:30.things. With a profit, the government is giving grants to
:20:30. > :20:35.those who really need help with their housing. Like an idea's
:20:35. > :20:41.family, who build his heart when her parents' home got too crowded.
:20:42. > :20:46.-- Nabis are's. She shows me inside, to where she now sleeps with her
:20:46. > :20:50.husband and two children. The couple have applied for the new
:20:50. > :20:58.government funds to build a separate room for their daughters.
:20:58. > :21:03.They cannot afford that on their own. So cute that is working to