newspaper report found this down had illegally hired prostitutes in haiti while on the mission to help those affected by the earthquake was a senior staff member if there is a workers can be trusted. walking the show my name sara harmon thanks for joining us a russian passenger plane operated by summer told airlines has crashed outside of moscow the country's transport prosecutor says that all seventy one people on board the plane were killed the aircraft went missing from radar after taking off from a moscow airport it was on route from the capital to the provincial city of or sq when it went down in a rural area just outside of moscow officials say so far two bodies have been found at the crash site. our moscow correspondent emily sure went has been following that story for us and really good to see what else can you tell us about this crash. well as you said sara russian officials have now said that all seventy one of the people on board this plane were actually killed in the accident the ministry of emergency situations has also published the list of the people that died we don't k

illegally hired prostitutes for sex parties while on a mission in haiti after the nation's devastating twenty ten earthquake the times of london quoted sources saying that male charity workers threw parties of prostitutes all living in a guest house rented by oxfam it's from the british government more all charities that receive u.k. aid they need to tackle sexual misconduct amongst their staff or face having their funding cut oxfam which is based in britain is denying claims of a cover up over the alleged misconduct but his ambassador to the u.k. says he doesn't believe that it is clear it's a corrupt is. the fact that those folks we have to leave the country you know any punishment that would even informing will of a haitian before it is about that it was a cultural and now decide that they did such a crime all there was such a cause now we are wondering how many of those cases are still being happening in haiti we don't know. well that was the ambassador from haiti to the u.k. i'm joined now in the studio by dr urine kalinski he's the head of advocacy and campaigns for o

oxfam aid workers paid for prostitutes while working in haiti. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program the leaders of south africa's ruling party the african national congress are meeting to decide the future of the country's embattled president pressure on jacob zuma has been growing since december when he was replaced as a.n.c. leader by the country's deputy president cyril ramaphosa the seventy five year old zuma has been dogged by scandal since coming to power in two thousand and nine he is currently fighting the reinstatement of seven hundred and eighty three corruption charges and if he refuses to step down the president could face another no confidence vote in parliament or impeachment. for more let's bring in jacki sailors' executive director of the institute for security studies at the tory i thank you so much for joining us what are you expecting from today's meeting. where we are all also africans i think should be anxiously watching the television to find out to get some idea of what is happening but i think it's pretty clear that prison zumaya were resigned it seems like t

hired prostitutes in haiti all a mission to help those affected by the two thousand and ten earthquake all asked the senior staff member if aid workers can be trusted. that it is dave's here with the winter olympics and pianka chan will have the latest action including seventeen year old graduate who argue that it will win in the men's slopestyle the first goal for the u.s. . plan . and sarah holland broken is a show it's good to have you with us. or russian passenger plane operated by summer tall the airline says crashed else live moscow sixty five passengers and six crew members were on board the plane when it went missing from radar after taking off when moscow airport the plane went down in a rule area near the city's outskirts all seventy one people on board feared to have been killed. let's cross now to our moscow correspondent emily sure when she's on the story for us emily what more can you tell us about this crash well there isn't that much information about the crash at the moment particularly was it when it comes to the causes it seems that the airplane crashed ju

used prostitutes including some who were under age while working in haiti after the twenty ten earthquake concerns about some of the staff involved were raised even before they started working in haiti oxfam has denied covering up the allegations. let's get more from d.w. correspondent mass in london welcome so untangle this for us then the deputy chief executive is going because of alleged misbehavior or allegations of a cur coverup. well i mean the fact that these allegations are standing are really quite severe you have to imagine that after the devastating earthquake and haiti for people as it is alleged for aid workers to go in and in a village that was rented for them by oxfam employ prostitutes and the allegations are under age prostitutes you know that is something that's quite severe and as it's being discussed it was known that some of these workers were already investigated internally there were already allegations that they had misbehaved in a similar way in bad and so the allegations as it stands is that the information was not fully disclosed for example not to th

resigns after it emerged that oxfam aid workers pay for prostitutes working in haiti. against the search for clues about sunday's passenger plane crash in moscow. welcome to the program the leaders of south africa's ruling party of the african national congress a meeting to decide the future of the country's embattled president pressure on jacob zuma has been growing since december with him she placed in science the leader by the country's deputy president cyril ramaphosa seventy five year old zuma has been dogged by scandal since coming to power in two thousand and nine is currently fighting in reinstatement of seven hundred eighty three corruption charges if he refuses to step down the president could face a no confidence vote in parliament or impeachment. correspondent christine. welcome christine what are we expecting from today's meeting all right so we do know that if the. two things will come out of that meeting. we will know how jacob zuma is going to leave office is it going to be that he has voluntarily agreed to resign that would mean that him and sort of a managed to reach an

affected by the twenty earthquake in haiti haiti has accused of a cover up which the charity to noice. india's prime minister and around moody's says the porches supports the palestinians goal of an independent states achieved through peaceful negotiations or do anything with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas was the first ever visit by an indian meter to the palestinian administrative town of ramallah in the west bank where he also pledged forty million dollars in aid for infrastructure projects. there's the winter olympics which is into day two in china and we're joined by i mean the whole taki from the sports desk to take us through all the races action. the first medal of days who was won by the seventeen year old red gerard's how big was this win for him it was big it basically took a teenager to win the united states first gold medal and it was all down to one big but we leave bold moves so people need to understand that read prior to his final run he had to really pull one so he knew that in his final shot he had to come up with something really impressive something really

based charity oxfam has denied haiti's claims of a cover up over alleged misconduct an investigation by the times newspaper found senior staff had illegally hired prostitutes in haiti after the twenty ten earthquake the british government says it is warning old charities that is the u.k. aid to tackle sexual misconduct among staff or face having their funding cost. thousands of demonstrators have rallied and says he's across as a way to protest against racism the show of force comes after a gunman with a neo nazi sympathies opened fire on african migrants last week has taken in more than half a million migrants in recent years and surveys show many italians blame immigrants for violent crime is becoming a major issue. skirting the city's made evil walls to send a message against violence and hate many are warning of a revival of far right sentiments ahead of next month's national elections but still meant to be at the moment political parties are using populism to create hate terror and divisions and it is necessary to refer to those pots on values and to stand on the right side the

oxfam covered up allegations of sexual misconduct by staff in haiti well then said he was sorry for the damage to the people of haiti something else iran says it has located the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a mountain two days ago with sixty five people on board and rescue workers will have to recover bodies from the debris by foot due to the rough terrain records show the plane only recently resumed service after spending six years in storage. authorities have warned new zealand's south island to take precautions ahead of a powerful storm the remnants of cycle which battered tonga and samoa last week are expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain flights to and from the capital wellington have been cancelled. a court in peru has ordered former president of virtual he mori to stand trial for the killings of six farmers in nineteen sixty one thousand nine hundred ninety two excuse me the court decision comes after it was pardoned from a lengthy prison term because of ill health for him or he was jailed for crimes including commanding military death squads. a new suspensio

prostitutes all they were on a mission to haiti following the twenty ten earthquake haiti has accused all. spam of a cover up a charge the charity did not. manned mars government says it will take action against ten members of the security forces and six villagers were suspected of massacring will hinge on muslims it's not clear whether the suspects will face charges authorities claim this move is not connected to a warder's news report on the massacre over which two journalists were arrested. right when protesters in the south korean capital seoul have rallied against north korea just hours after a joint korean a women's hockey team made this one big debut in china protesters are skeptical about the warming relations between the leaders on the two countries. over more on the winter olympics which is now into day two in china i'm joined by alina had talking from our sports desk only we're going to take us through all the acts and i understand there are seven gold medals being decided today what can we look forward to so it's been a bit of a gold rush for germany who have are on prefer he

. resigns after it emerged that oxfam aid workers paid for prostitutes while working in haiti. plus he used to be the presidents of georgia that mikhail saakashvili and join the ukrainian government then he became a protest leader. to poland to find out why. the winter olympics are fierce winds have been making life difficult for competitors and. bush should think events be taking place asshole. welcome to the program the leaders of south africa's ruling party the african national congress are meeting to decide the future of the country's embattled president pressure on jacob super house been growing since december when he was replaced as a. and see lida by the country's deputy president still rather a seventy five year old zuma has been dogged by scandal since coming to power in two thousand and nine is currently fighting the reinstatement of seven hundred eighty three corruption charges if he refuses to step down the president could face another no confidence vote in parliament or impeachment. a doctor jackie ciliates is executive director of the institute for security studies in pre

or haiti struggled with various issues including al qaeda attacks putin security and high unemployment who the rebels took advantage of this political situation and over several years gained control of various provinces. in twenty fifteen who these and their allies seized control of the capital sanaa president haiti was forced to flee last month government forces based another foe separatists captured large parts of the southern port city of aden they want to restore the independent state of southern yemen which existed until one nine hundred ninety the conflict reaches far beyond yemen's borders it's become a fierce struggle for regional dominance between saudi arabia which backs the government and iran which backs the who the rebels as the battle for regional control grows so does the enormous toll on civilian lives the u.n. calls it the world's worst manmade humanitarian disaster. well millions of people in yemen are completely dependent on food aid and many of them are children our next report looks at the situation then a rebel held region where doctors or to ease the

in haiti since two thousand and six as you said transforming waste into resources but we primarily focused on is developing dignified sanitation solutions for very dense informal urban areas and finding an alternative to sores and a way to actually get those wastes out of the community and into a compost site where we transform them into compost and get it back on to the soil from whence they came so i showed the haiti has to. i think one of the highest mortality rates for kids in the world why is that i was being dealt with. so surprisingly haiti is a very small country but does have the highest rate of diarrheal incidence among children in the world and the primary reason for this is the has there really is effectively no sanitation system so there are no source system anywhere in haiti and prior to two thousand and nine there was no treatment of human rights and then this. problem as many people know was greatly exacerbated in two thousand and ten with the introduction of color which as people may not know was actually brought to haiti by the u.n. mission there were peacekeepers

has been working in haiti since two thousand and six on as you said transforming waste into resources but we're primarily focused on of developing dignified sanitation for the shed and for very dense informal urban areas and finding an alternative to stores and a way to actually get those way out of the community and into a compost site where we transform them into compost and get it back down to the soil from whence it came such a haiti has this super high rate by bank one of the highest mortality rates for kids in the world why is that i was being dealt with shore so surprisingly haiti is a very small country but does have the highest rate of diarrheal incidence among children in the world and the primary reason for this is because there really is effectively no sanitation system so there are no there are systems anywhere and holding and prior to two thousand and nine there was no treatment as human way and then best. problem as many people know was greatly exacerbated two thousand and ten with the introduction of color which as people may not know was actually brought to haiti by t

? amy: oxfam is facing a growing crisis for covering up sex crimes by its aid workers in haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake. we will speak to a reporter at "the times of london" who exposed the scandal plus the head of the coalition against trafficking in women and the haitian writer edwidge danticat in miami. then we look at the role of army junior reserve officer training corps program after nikolas cruz, a former jrotc cadet, carried out one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. cruz was on the school's jrotc team when it received a $10,000 grant from the nra. all of that a more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the syrian government is continuing its deadly barrage of airstrikes and artillery fire against the rebel-held enclave of eastern ghouta, outside the capital damascus, with aid workers reporting at least 2 people have beenilled over the last 48 hours. many of the victims are women and children. on tuesday, the charity unicef released a nearly blank statement on the killings, writing "no

apologises to mps for the actions of the charity's workers in haiti — and his own comments on the handling of the scandal. lam i am sorry, we are sorry for the damage oxfam has done. the brexit secretary says britain won't plunge into a ‘mad—max dystopian world' — promising to uphold workers and environmental standards after leaving the eu. these fears about a race to the bottom are based on nothing. not our history, not our intention, not in oui’ history, not our intention, not in our national interest. another deadly day in syria. more than 100 civilians killed as government forces target a rebel—held area. also... a fine of £6.2 million for the bookmaker william hill for failing to take adequate steps to prevent money laundering, and crashing out — britain's elise is disqualified from the 1,000 metre speed skating heat — ending her 0lympic dream. good morning, it is tuesday the 20th of february. welcome to bbc newsroom live. 0xfam's chief executive has apologised to mps this morning over the way the charity handled claims of sexual misconduct by its staff in haiti. mark g

has described as ‘horrific‘ the behaviour of some of oxfam's workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. the charity is also facing new allegations about some of its workers in chad. andy moore reports. after haiti, now, new allegations about the behaviour of some oxfam workers in chad in central africa. they date back to 2006 and also involved prostitutes. the head of mission in chad at the time was the same man who resigned from oxfam five years later because of the scandal in haiti. oxfam said it was shocked and dismayed about the latest revelations from chad. it said it couldn't corroborate the information but it highlighted unacceptable behaviour by a small number of people. the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, has now sent a strong warning to charities receiving public money that those funds will be withdrawn unless they can prove they are cooperating fully on safeguarding issues. she said this. she called the behaviour by some oxfam workers in haiti horrific and said it was just one example of

workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. and concerns that this could be a wider issue were echoed by the author, and a former president of a charity, dr elaine storkey. yes, it's a horrible idea that there might be even more revelations that we haven't yet seen, and it doesn't surprise me. aid workers in vulnerable places are working their socks off and are open to temptation, but it is very sad that you can imagine them giving into it. in your experience of haiti, how serious a problem is the exploitation of women, and did it get worse after the earthquake? it's similar to the exploitation of women across the world, it's barbaric and relentless, women are prostituted and abused and so on. actually, in defence of the organisations, if it weren't for the ngos in places like haiti and chad, the issue of the availability of prostitution would be far worse, massive. so we have to put it in perspective. what you are seeing are very vulnerable women who often have no other means of livelihood, they are poverty stricken, sold int

‘ the behaviour of some of oxfam's workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. angus crawford reports. first haiti, now chad. one of the poorest countries on earth. new allegations that a number of oxfam workers paid local women for sex. the head of the mission was the man who five years later in haiti resigned after admitting using prostitutes. four others were sacked. oxfam wouldn't confirm the details but says it is shocked and dismayed by the reports, which highlight unacceptable behaviour by a small number of people. as the scandal grows, the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, has sent a strong warning to all british charities receiving public money. they will lose the cash if they can't show a robust approach to safeguarding. i am very clear, it doesn't matter whether you have got a whistle—blowing hotline, it doesn't matter whether you have got good safeguarding practices in place, if the moral leadership at the top of the organisation isn't there, we cannot have you as a partner. she said oxf

that haiti aid workers paid for sex, as ministers order a review. oxfa m oxfam was actually proactive in going to the british public, the department for international development and the charity commission, to explain that there had been serious misconduct and we had been serious misconduct and we had taken action. israel attacks dozens of syrian targets after one of its f—16 jets came under anti—aircraft fire and crashed. at least 18 people are dead and 60 injured as a double—decker bus overturns in hong kong. also in the next hour... britain's bid for an olympic title at the 2018 winter olympics. elise christie is safely through to the quarterfinals! triple world champion short—track speed skater elise christie sets an olympic record in her opening heat in the 500m event. a warning about a new scam involving the apple itunes service. tax authorities say elderly and vulnerable people are becoming victims. and taxi by air — click looks ahead into the future of passenger travel. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 0xfam has rejecte

nations rugby. good evening and welcome to bbc news. haiti's ambassador to the uk, has told the bbc he believes oxfam did try to "cover—up" details of the use of prostitutes by some of its aid workers in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. oxfam's chief executive said the charity could have been more open about its investigation, but insisted there was no cover—up. downing street says the government is reviewing its relationship with the charity. angus crawford has the details. it was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting millions more. aid agencies from around the world stepped into the chaos. oxfam, with more than 70 years‘ experience, had hundreds of staff in the field. but an investigation by the times found that in 2011, four staff members were sacked and three others resigned over allegations of misconduct, including paying local women for sex. the n60 says it launched an investigation and kept the charity commission fully informed, something the commission now disputes. oxfam's leadership denies there has been a cover—up. oxfa

been abducted by the extremists. and haiti has suspended oxfam great britain's operations in the country for two months pending an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct the move followed reports that. held sex parties with prostitutes during relief efforts after a devastating earthquake in twenty town. donald trump's former campaign aides paul metaphors and rick gates are facing fresh charges in the rush of pro they've already pleaded not guilty to indictments for money laundering and fraud comes a week after a special counsel robert mueller charged thirteen russians with meddling in the u.s. presidential election. staying in the u.s. new details have emerged about last week's florida school shooting that left seventeen people dead police now say an armed officer assigned to the school waited outside the building during the shooting and did not confront the killer this news comes as president all trump is calling for tighter background checks and for some teachers to be armed. this is the coffin of chris hicks and hailed a hero for trying to stop the shooter at the florida

ousting of president park in haiti. finance flying high with its latest quarterly figures showing its earnings saw twelve percent to one hundred six million euros that's despite the cancellation crisis a few months ago when thousands of flights had to be cancelled due to a problem with pilot scheduling the resulting chaos cost the irish budget carrier its position as europe's biggest airline by passenger numbers in favor of enlarged by its recent takeover of. ryan as figures also come after its announced so-called brags it claws are flying to tickets sold for the summer of twenty nineteen that's the warnings of passengers that their tickets will be invalidated if regulations remain unclear after the u.k. leaves the european you. have a quick check on the markets man in frankfurt is daniel cope today here danielle following wall street mainly stocks went down last week on the whole we're coming spec this week. yeah they go hard well the little guy here in the brick around the bear is really the problem here this morning at this stock market giving investors quite some headache yes we r

misconduct claims by its employees in haiti chad seven staffers are facing allegations of having used prostitutes some of them under-age. deputy had has resigned over what she calls the charity's failure to respond adequately to those allegations. it's to south africa now where the governing a.n.c. is demanding president jacob zuma is resignation that's after the party held lengthy closed door talks on his future the seventy five year old has been facing mounting pressure to step down amidst a series of corruption scandals now he has survived numerous attempts in the past to oust him. it could soon be the end of the road for jacob zuma a.n.c. party chief cyril ramaphosa left marathon talks in pretoria with a message for the president zuma own party has decided he should step aside his critics say a series of corruption scandals have left the president unable to credibly lead his country. to do so as it left his resignation would break a political stalemate that's left south africans uncertain over who's running the country. who was elected to lead the n.c. in december he's poised to a

have a legally hired prostitutes while on a mission in haiti after the twenty ten earthquake he has accused of a cover up which the charity talese. india's prime minister narendra modi says delhi supports the palestinians goal of an independent station chiefs through peaceful negotiation. meeting with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas was the first ever visit by an indian major to the palestinian ministry to town of ramallah in the west bank also pledged some forty million dollars in aid for infrastructure projects on monday marks exactly three years since the mint's peace agreement was signed the conflict in eastern ukraine shows no sign of a basing in twenty fifteen moscow and he have agreed to a ceasefire the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the release of all prisoners but so far there has been little sign of those measures being implemented. alexander says progresses separatists have taken part of his homeland away from him that's why he joined a ukrainian volunteer battalion he was later taken prisoner by separatist forces and jailed internets for almost two years the separatist

members of staff found guilty of sexual exploitation in haiti. how rife is it within the charity and the sector at large? as the prime minister orders a full and urgent investigation, we'll ask what went wrong. also tonight... as syria's war rumbles on, newsnight receives fresh footage that suggests the assad regime has returned to chemical warfare. it looks like significant chemical weapons attack, without shadow of a doubt. and this could well be sarin? it could well be. and... raising the black flag. america's bad boy meets newsnight‘s bad boy. henry rollins meetsjohn sweeney. we're as terrified as you are. do you fancy an arm wrestle? good evening. in the last few minutes the department for international development has announced it is reviewing work with oxfam after the times revealed documents which suggested the charity had covered up a sexual exploitation scandal in haiti. three charity workers including its country director resigned and four more dismissed after an investigation uncovered various examples of inappropriate behaviour, including the use of prostitutes, bullyi

allegations of sexual misconduct by staff in haiti he said that he was sorry for the damage to the people of the country. a new suspension bridge with a glass floor has brought thrills and delight to tourists in china's henan province the bridge some one hundred and sixty meters above a chord was opened to the public just in time for the for the spring festival. well here in germany a parliamentary report has said the nation's armed forces are just not good enough the bun this far lacks the personnel and the equipment needed to meet their responsibilities says the report it follows a spate of media stories about shortfalls in everything from tanks to tents that have raised concerns about whether germany will be ready to take command of a nato rapid response force next year. a rare glimpse of the airbus a four hundred m. it was touted as the german military strand sport plane of the future so far fourteen have been delivered but at times not a single one was cleared to actually fly. and it's not an exception a new report by the parliamentary commission of for the bundeswehr describes dramatic

haiti in 2011 amid concerns that oxfam did not fully disclose all that it knew. there were a lot of rumours on the ground about management and leaders exploiting the locals — sexually and in other ways. oxfam's deputy chief executive has resigned, saying she's ashamed of what happened, as the charity insisted things had changed since 2011. we apologise to the british public and to the haitian public. secondly, we've made major steps to improve since 2011. we'll have the latest on the move by the charity commission and what it could mean for oxfam. also tonight. three britons killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon have been named. another three britons and the pilot are being treated for injuries. despite a visit by the prime minister and the taoiseach, still no agreement in belfast on restoring the devolved government at stormont. a special report on the people, including thousands of children, fleeing the violence in the democratic republic of congo. it's a perilous journey from the congolese border to the ugandan side. some of these people are using vessels that are no

, oxfam, is under more pressure with the revelation that some of its staff in haiti and chad sexually exploited people they were sent to help. the charities regulator has opened an inquiry, describing the news, in a statement, as "shocking". the british government has given oxfam until the end of the week to explain how it will make sure such abuses never happen again. oxfam's deputy chief executive has resigned over the way a sex scandal involving aid workers in haiti was handled — penny lawrence said she was taking full responsibility. the british charity is accused of concealing the findings of an inquiry into claims that staff used prostitutes there. will grant has more from port au prince. the girl, a street corner, parked car, in the poorest country in the americas, buying sex is easy. it is a common scene on any americas, buying sex is easy. it is a common scene on any given americas, buying sex is easy. it is a common scene on any given night in haiti, girls, somejust teenagers risking their lives for a few dollar bills. ordinarily, internationalaid agencies help tackle the

. it follows allegations against some of oxfam's workers in haiti in 2011. more allegations have emerged from chad and the charity says it is shocked and dismayed. after haiti, now new allegations about the behaviour of some oxfam workers in chad in central africa. they date back to 2006 and also involved prostitutes. the head of mission in chad at the time was the same man who resigned from 0xfam five years later because of the scandal in haiti. 0xfam said it was shocked and dismayed about the latest revelations from chad. it said it can corroborate the information but highlighted unacceptable behaviour by a small number of people. the british international those funds will be withdrawn unless they can prove they are cooperating fully on safeguarding issues. she called the behaviour by some 0xfa m she called the behaviour by some 0xfam workers in haiti horrific and said it wasjust 0xfam workers in haiti horrific and said it was just one example of a wider issue on which her department was already taking action. figures from 0xfam show the organisation dealt with 87 claims of sex

9.10pm viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a round up of the day's news with clive myrie. first, haiti's ambassador to the uk has told the bbc he believes oxfam did try to "cover—up" details of the use of prostitutes by some of its aid workers in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. oxfam's chief executive said the charity could have been more open about its investigation, but insisted there was no cover—up. downing street says the government is reviewing its relationship with the charity. the ambassador was speaking to my colleague, rachel schofield. first of all let me express the shock of my government after seeing those allegations throughout the investigation by the times. it is really shocking, it is shameful, and it is unacceptable. and the worst part of it is the fact that when they said even though the crimes would have been reported to the haitian authorities, no action would have been taken, it is really an insult. they said the reason they didn't take it to the haitian authorities is because they didn't believe anything would happen. that is really an insult. these gentl

haiti after the twenty ten earthquake he has accused of a cover up which the charity denies. of monday marks exactly three years since the men's peace agreement has been signed the conflict in eastern ukraine shows no sign of abating and twenty fifteen moscow and kiev agreed to the cease fire the withdrawal of heavy weapons and the release of all prisoners but so far there has been little sign of those measures being implemented. alexandre's says progress separatists have taken parts of his homeland away from him that's why he joined a ukrainian volunteer battalion he was later taken prisoner by separatist forces and jailed in donetsk for almost two years the separatists accused him of treason. the prison management were ok. but when the masked men came in it got bad. and so everything we had. in december ukrainian and separatist forces exchanged more than three hundred prisoners alexander was one of them it was a rare tangible success of the twenty fifteen minutes weekly event which is otherwise still egregious cease fire has broken almost daily in some areas just a few hundred

prostitutes in haiti. penny lawrence stepped down following allegations the charity failed to reveal the full details of what happened seven years ago. one former oxfam aid worker in haiti says claims of sexual misconduct were well known. there was a lot of rumours on the ground, about management and leaders exploiting the locals, sexually and in ways. sexually and in other ways. charity‘s bosses have been meeting the international development secretary today, amid fears the government funding may be cut because of the scandal. also on the programme: three britons killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon have been named. they were stuart hill, becky dobson, and jason hill. three other britons and the pilot were also injured. it's not known what caused the crash. theresa may is in northern ireland, amid hopes of a new power sharing agreement at stormont. we report from tunisia, where uk tourist flights will resume, after the terror attack in 2015 that killed 30 britons. and there's more weather trouble at the winter olympics. this time it's high winds causing the chaos. and comi

subscriptions following allegations that oxfam aid workers had used prostitutes in haiti. i am sorry, we are sorry, for the damage that oxfam has done, both to the people of haiti and to the wider efforts of aid and development. oxfam revealed that thousands of people have stopped giving money to the charity since the scandal broke. also this lunchtime. macro he said thousands of people he said thousands of people had cancelled their charity subscriptions following allegations that oxfam aid workers had used prostitutes in haiti. commentator: christie goes down before they reach the very first corner. don't fear a mad max style dystopia after the uk leaves the eu — that's the brexit secretary's message to european businessmen. kfc stays closed in many areas, as its chicken delivery problems continue. we did everything we could to turn this around, it was not meant to be. and third time unlucky for elise christie — she's disqualified from her short—track speed skating race at the winter olympics. police and the football association investigating a pitch invasion at wigan after their

former oxfam director responds to allegations that he paid for sex while working in haiti after the earthquake. a tough line on fraud and corruption. and team gb could be about to win its first medal of the 2018 winter olympics. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, alex mcleish has agreed a return to the scotland manager's job. he'll sign a deal until 2020, to replace gordon strachan, who left last october. good evening. president trump has promised action to make america's schools safer, after a teenager killed 17 people in a mass shooting in florida yesterday. nikolas cruz was a former pupil at the school in parkland. he appeared in court as short while ago. president trump described him as "mentally disturbed", and said that tackling mental health would be a priority for his administration. the fbi said it had been warned a year ago about the potential threat posed by cruz, but that there was no evidence he was planning an attack. live to parkland tonight, and our correspondent, aleem maqbool. sadly, we have seen this kind of seen so sadly, we have seen this kind of seen so ma

abuse scandal in haiti. and researches make a disturbing discovery in the marine life in the atlantic ocean. the un envoy to syria is warning that eastern could become a second aleppo government forces supported by. russia have been bombarding the rebel held area near damascus at least one hundred eighty people have died since sunday reports from beirut. panic in the streets i. didn't see the. fear in people's faces. the neighborhoods flattened the airstrikes are almost continuous. towns across eastern who are coming under intense fire i survivors emerge in shock children traumatized. was was one girl one some four hundred thousand people are trapped in this besieged syrian opposition enclave nowhere is safe. the sound of fighter jets in the skies frightens the population. and muhammad and her son the same say they can only hope the walls in their home will save them if a shell or an airstrike hit nearby i didn't we have no choice but to stay in our harm's despite be in strikes and shelling out building and those in the street said i don't have underground shelter. the u.n. says the h

over the sex scandal involving aid workers in haiti. talks in belfast to restore devolved government end without agreement, but irish political leaders and theresa may say progress has been made. and while some differences remain, i believe that it is possible to see the basis of an agreement here. there is the basis of an agreement here, and it should be possible to see an executive up and running in northern ireland very soon. the three britons killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon have been named. three other britons and the pilot were injured when the helicopter went down. the future of south africa's president jacob zuma hangs in the balance as the governing anc party meets to discuss next steps. and in the next hour, tunisia is open for business. tour operator thomas cook is taking british tourists back to tunisia for the first time since 2015 terror attack on a beach. and scientists rush to antartica to catch a glimpse of a giant iceberg before it melts. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the deputy chief executive of oxfam has resigned following allegations the

some of its workers in haiti in 2011. earlier today, oxfam's deputy chief executive resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct involving some of its staff. penny lawrence said she took full responsibility and said she was ashamed this had happened on her watch. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. haiti's red light district. prostitution is illegal here, but that didn't stop some of oxfam's staff. the charity now admitting it knew — knew about concerns about its team and prostitutes, notjust in haiti, but also in chad, and that nothing was done. widza bryant worked in human resources in haiti for oxfam from 2009 for three years. she says she flagged concerns and was ignored. there was a lot of rumours on the ground about management and leaders exploiting the locals, sexually and in other ways, to getjobs, and to have good standing. so these were ongoing rumours that would come to me through the drivers and other employees. so, on many occasions, i would share those rumours with my boss. the blame now stretching almost to the top of oxfam. the charity's d

full details of what went on in haiti seven years ago. if the moral leadership at the top of the organisation isn't than we cannot have you as a partner. and tonight there are reports other charities have investigated staff over sexual misconduct allegations. also on the programme... president putin orders a special investigation into the crash of a russian airliner, killing all 71 people on board. selling its brexit plans — the government is to clarify the future relationship it wants to see between the uk and eu. the fate of south africa's president zuma, mired in corruption scandals, could be decided tomorrow. we have a special report. good evening. the government has warned it will cut funding to oxfam if it cannot fully explain its handling of reports of sexual misconduct by aid workers in haiti. its handling of reports of sexual the international development secretary, penny mordant, accused the charity of a failure of "moral leadership," and of having lied to her department. of "moral leadership," and of having oxfam, which received £32 million from the government in th

allegations were made against some of its workers in haiti. the charity's leaders were questioned in the parliament in the uk on tuesday. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone half past four in the morning. it is now time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. there is something distressing about the revelations of sexual explication and gross misconduct inside one of the world's best known humanitarian aid organisations. oxfam is at the centre of a storm of investigations. now the entire aid sector is under scrutiny for safeguarding failures which appear to go back decades. my guess is amira malik miller. she is an experienced aid worker who experienced misconduct first hand and is now prepared to speak out. so what went wrong and why? —— my guest. amira malik miller, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you work for the swedish government. but how expensive is your experience of aid work in the field? i worked in the humanitarian assistance sector for over 15 years. i have been based in liberia and west africa. i have done a lot of work in sudan. i have travelled

the link is clear we will cross if you don't spam haiti threatens action against a british charity over allegations of sexual exploitation by its staff. hidden tragedy unicef raises an alarm over the rising number of newborns dying in parts of africa. and protesters take their message to the white house as pressure mounts on politicians for gun control after the florida school shooting. united nations is calling for an end to the targeting of civilians in a rebel held on klav near syria's capital damascus at least eighty five people were killed during an tense syrian government and russian bombing of a rebel held on clay near damascus local observers believe the attacks on. a prelude to a major offensive which has been under a government since two thousand and thirteen to reports in beirut in neighboring lebanon. rockets missiles air strikes activists fear the renewed bombardment on the besieged opposition area of eastern could be the beginning of a large scale military operation. it seems russian broke at the go to bring about. we have so far failed a week of relative calm yet aga

workers in haiti. the government says the situation is serious, but it won't be making any hasty decisions. i'm going to take these things very seriously. i know people will be worried about the charity, about the man “— worried about the charity, about the man —— money, but we need to be guided by the charity commission, andi guided by the charity commission, and i have made it very clear to oxfa m and i have made it very clear to oxfam what we need to see from them. we'll have the latest from oxfam's headquarters on the increasing scandal. also this lunchtime: jacob zuma still clinging to power. the anc says it has decided to sack him as south africa's president, but there's no agreement about when he should go. british package holiday—makers take off for tunisia for the first time british package holid crashes rs take british package holid crashes outake of the women's 500 metres speed skating final at the winter olympics. and prince harry and meghan markle are visiting edinburgh this lunchtime on their first trip to scotland. coming up in the sport: england lose aga

with a government minister over allegations some of its staff used prostitutes in haiti — future funding could be in doubt. becky dobson, a veterinary receptionist from worthing, has been named as one of the the britons killed in a helicopter crash over the grand canyon in the united states. jason hill, who was 32, and 30 year old stuart hill also died in the accident, while three other britons, and the pilot, were injured. south africa's governing party is meeting shortly to discuss the future of presidentjacob zuma. it's new leader says mr zuma must stand down or be forced out. also theresa may and the irish prime minister, leo vardkar, are visiting belfast today. it prompts speculation that the democratic unionists and sinn fein are close to a deal on restoring the devolved government at stormont. more details are released about the royal wedding. icy winds tore through the mountains at the pyeongchang olympics — wreaking havoc at the snowboard final. alpine skiing had to be postponed for a second day. good morning. it's monday 12th february. i'm annita mcveigh. welcome to b

following claims the charity covered up a scandal involving aid workers and prostitutes in haiti. a double—decker bus overturns in hong kong, killing at least 19 people. the driver's been arrested. britain's foreign secretary says myanmar must ensure rohingya muslims return home safely. boris johnson's set to meet aung san suu kyi on sunday. and six golds are to be decided on day two of the winter olympics. the first goes to sweden's charlotte kalla in the women's skiathlon. hello and welcome to the programme. the israeli military has described the air strikes it carried out in syria on saturday as probably the biggest of their kind in the last 30 years. a spokesman said 12 sites were hit, including four iranian targets in syria. the attacks took place after an israeli military aircraft was brought down. the us and russia have raised concerns, and the un secretary general has called for an immediate de—escalation in syria. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has more. what was left on israeli soil of one of the country's most advanced fighter jets. it crashed after its two