so that is penny mordaunt, and the scale of this abuse seems to be wider now. we are getting more reports and more revelations. yes, this doesn't seem to be an isolated incident, it seems to be a wider problem in the charity and foreign aid sector. former development secretaries have been speaking about this. andrew mitchell said he was aware of problems during his time in the role. priti patel saying she was made aware of problems during her time as international development secretary. she said aid agencies have a chequered history when it comes to some individuals carrying out abuse. we called on them to change their practices, mandatory reporting, independent whistle—blowing, we called for the establishment of databases and this corrosive culture of the revolving door, where people go from one organisation to another to perpetrate abuse. you can see why the government want to act quickly on this. the public needs reassurances that foreign aid money is going to be spent properly, that this will absolutely lead to questions, if there was a wider problem for

penny mordaunt has been speaking on the andrew marr show today. she spoke about the need to seek out any sort of aid workers working with charity and receiving government funding so that there behaviour... they can be helped to account. iam very i am very clear, we have got to, and the sector has got to step up in terms of tackling what is an industry that has been targeted by industries... by paedophiles, in fact... industries... by paedophiles, in fact. . . they industries... by paedophiles, in fact... they are targeting this because of the deals that we are working, and we have got to do everything to ensure that those people are spotted, and that other organisations that might be potentially hiring them in the future do not. that was penny mordaunt. some allegations about particular aid workers, in the newspapers today? yes. there have been allegations about oxfam in chad. penny mordaunt said herself that this is now a merging picture. there will be questions today about whether there will be concerns about these oxfam ‘s may also relates to

i think penny mordaunt is very conscious of the fact it is notjust the penny mordaunt is very conscious of the fact it is not just the future of oxfa m the fact it is not just the future of oxfam that is at stake but the aid sector and the idea of britain's aid sector and the idea of britain's aid budget, she knows she is going to have to defend that budget of hers and she has to make sure people are spending some of it have got the means to. thanks so much. now it's time for a quick look at the weather. good evening. some snow in the forecast for the next 2a hours, enough to be disrupted in places. some rain further south and ahead of that band of rain and snow, some strong and gusty winds. the snow moving through northern ireland in two parts of north—west england, even as far south as north wales. especially but not exclusively over high ground, temperatures close to freezing in the north to give the risk for some ice. tomorrow morning could bring some commuting issues, snow and ice, wind and rain, that will cause travel disruption. we push this band of rain in the south, snow acro

the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, warns uk charities that funding will be withdrawn if they fail to co—operate with the authorities in cases of sexual exploitation by staff. the sector has got to step up in terms of tackling what is an industry that has been targeted by individuals. by paedophiles? yes, they are targeting this because of they are targeting this because of the chaos we work in. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is holding talks in myanmar about the return of rohingya muslims. a report commissioned by a group of mps warns of major problems faced by children in england whose parents drink too much. also in the next hour. great britain's andrew musgrave makes history at the winter olympics in pyeonchang. finishing in seventh place in the men's skiathlon — the best performance by a briton in an olympic cross—country event. meanwhile, in the arena, north korean cheerleaders mesmerise the crowds with incredible synchronisation. brexit, how long president zuma can survive in south africa, and the winter olympics. that's all in dateline london in hal

these comments by penny mordaunt. how influential will they be? these comments by penny mordaunt. how influential will they be ?|i think how influential will they be?” think they are really significant, because they point to concerns that the behaviour of aid workers over seas are not just limited the behaviour of aid workers over seas are notjust limited to the scandal over oxfam. penny mordaunt has spoken in strong terms today saying that it is despicable... many charities around the country will be receiving letters saying that you must set out what steps you are taking to ensure safeguarding. any safeguarding issues must be flagged up safeguarding issues must be flagged up to the relevant authorities, and any charities that failed to do this, the message is very clear, they will no longer be receiving government funding. penny mordaunt has set out her plans to meet with the charity commission to see what else can be done to regulate charities that work overseas. there are charities that work overseas. there a re really charities that work overseas. there are really big quest

today, penny mordaunt will meet seniorfigures for the today, penny mordaunt will meet senior figures for the charity and ask them to hand over everything they know about past and current abuses. i'm affording them the opportunity to tell me in person what they did after these events and i'm going to be looking to see if they are displaying the moral leadership but i think they need to 110w. leadership but i think they need to now. penny mordaunt wants to know more about the concerned staff had about the recruitment of workers in haiti and she wants to know what oxfa m haiti and she wants to know what oxfam is doing to stop it ever happening again. penny mordaunt would also meet the charity commission to discuss what more can be done to regulate non—governmental organisations. oxfam has apologised and says it will take further action to improve the safeguarding vetting and recruitment of staff. our correspondent will grant is in the haitian capital port au prince. he told us how people there were reacting. by by and large the reaction in haiti to the oxfam scandal has been twofold �

international development secretary penny mordaunt 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 eu money that those funds will be withdrawn unless they can prove they are cooperating fully on safeguarding issues. —— receiving public money. the international development secretary,

this is the former development secretary speaking, we heard from penny mordaunt early in the day but this is priti patel. this story is going to grow and grow. we have been talking about haiti and it has now moved to chad. clearly, if the allegations turn out to be true, this is exploitation on a grand scale. we know that haiti is one of the most disaster struck, poverty riddled countries in the world and the idea that oxfam workers, charged with going in there and doing good, are somehow abusing their positions to enjoy them selves in some of the hellenistic fashion, it is a double bad, a good person using a position of authority to commit something he missed —— head on a stick fashion. these people are there to help and they are taking advantage. —— hedonistic fashion. these are entitled men who feel they have an entitlement to put their hands on women, vulnerable women, children in poor countries, and it is also about the culture of these charities, multi—million pound charities. there has been disquiet about the way the charity industry conducts itself, particularly in

penny mordaunt was blunt at a big un meeting. there have been warnings in the sector for 20 years that sexual predators have been targeting disaster relief agencies so priti patel was pushing about that at a big un mission. penny mordaunt is no questioning whether they should keep theirfunding and questioning whether they should keep their funding and for her officials about whether priti patel has said is true about what happened in the past. —— about what. they are going to be concerned that they will have to be concerned that they will have to come up with some strong answers. 0xfa m to come up with some strong answers. 0xfam is not alone, other agencies talk about the difficulties they have faced. save the children volu nteers have faced. save the children volunteers the information that they have had cases of sexual harassment which led to ten people having their cases handed over to the authorities. another charity said they need a passport system where anyone working in the sector can be signed off to make sure that pr

penny mordaunt, the international develop the secretary wa nts to international develop the secretary wants to deal with this when she falls in the oxfam senior managers, to say look, what are you doing about accountability, safeguards, vetting, to make sure this doesn't happen again? the reason penny mordaunt is threatening to withdraw funding not just from mordaunt is threatening to withdraw funding notjust from oxfam but all charities that receive taxpayers money is because this has reopened a political debate about britain's £13 billion aid budget. to sun, a demonstration of global reach and soft power, but to others, a waste of money which should be spent at home —— to some people. the government says we are spending it better, less fraud and waste, all of those things. it's harder to make that argument when you have oxfam workers spending taxpayers money on orgies with young prostitutes. thank you forjoining us. president putin has ordered a special investigation into why a russian airliner crashed near moscow, killing all 71 people on board. near moscow, killing the plane,

our latest headlines: the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, is warning all uk charities which receive government aid for work abroad that the funding will be withdrawn, if they fail to co—operate with the authorities over safeguarding issues. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, has met the leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, for talks which included the issue of rojingya muslims. nearly 700,000 rohingya have crossed the border into neighbouring bangladesh, after a crackdown by the burmese military. a report commissioned by a group of mps is warning of major problems faced by children in england whose parents drink too much. almost a fifth of children reported feeling embarrassed by seeing their parent drunk. now on bbc news, time for dateline london. hello and a very warm welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. this week, we are looking at some tough talking in the week's brexit moves. we wonder how long president zuma can survive in south africa and as the winter olympics kic —off, in pyeongchang, what diplomatic benefits could follow the sporting endeavours.

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, if you've got safeguarding practices in place, if the moral leadership at the top of the organisation isn't there, then we cannot have you as a partner. she said 0xfam didn't give her department the full facts about what happened in haiti. at a meeting tomorrow, the charity will be given one last chance or be stripped of its public funding. today, more revelations about other aid agencies, reports that christian aid, save the children and the british red cross of all investigated staff over sexual allegations. some who know the sector well aren't surprised. people need to realise that the vast majority of aid work in crisis situations is extraordinarily, saves lives and helps people who are very vulnerable. but aid agencies need to do a lot more to make sure that the best p

the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, said that it was clear that 0xfam has a long way to go to regain the trust of the british public, their staff and the people they aim to help. it comes on the day when the charity said it will set up an independent commission to investigate past and present allegations of exploitation by staff. in a moment, we'll be discussing the implication of the ban on bidding, not least for the delivery of future aid to those in need around the globe. but first here's david grossman. charities cannot afford to be slow in showing us the work they do. theirfundraising depends on showcasing the lives they change. we cannot reach them without you. it all starts with you. in the past we may have rather trusted their own accounts too much. after all, we can hardly go and see for ourselves. but that trust appears to be drying up. i would like more outrage. this has all been going on for a long time. the intelligence agency warned in 1999 that paedophiles were finding safe, happy homes in our foreign aid sector. and yet nothing has been done about

today penny mordaunt will meet seniorfigures from the today penny mordaunt will meet senior figures from the charity and ask them to hand over everything they know about past and current abuses. i'm affording them the opportunity to tell me in person what they did after these events. i'll be to see if they display the moral leadership they need to show 110w. moral leadership they need to show now. she wants to know what oxfam is doing to stop something like this ever happening again. she will also meet the charity commission to discuss what more can be done to regulate non—governmental organisations. oxfam has apologised and will take further action to improve the safeguarding and vetting for recruitment of staff. our correspondent is here. what can we expect from the meeting that is supposed to take place today. a lot of tough questions from penny mordaunt. although we don't yet know what time this meeting is going to ta ke what time this meeting is going to take place. the money that oxfam gets from the government, they will be asked what safeguarding will be put in place, what went

the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, 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. 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

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 does not matter whether you have a whistle—blowing hotline, it does not matter if you have got good safeguarding practices in place, if the moral leadership at the top of the organisation is not there, we cannot have you as a partner. she said oxfam didn't give her department the full facts about what happened in haiti. it's about, was there any harm done? was there any involvement of the beneficiaries of aid involved? was there any impact on them? and they told us categorically no. and they also told us... that was a lie, wasn't it? well, quite. at a meeting tomorrow, the charity will be given one last chance, or be stripped of its taxpayer funding. bbc news asked oxfam for an interview. the request was refused. but in a statement, its trustees announced a series of reforms to strengthen the vetting and recruitment of staff, set up an

mordaunt on 0xfa m secretary of state penny mordaunt on 0xfam apologising unreservedly, saying it felt disgraced and shame about what happened. she has given it the rest of this week to sort out how it will deal with any further allegations. and scrutiny now for allegations. and scrutiny now for all charities because she's written to them all, all of those working overseas, saying they need to make sure that any allegations of sexual abuse have been passed to the releva nt abuse have been passed to the relevant authorities. no doubt about this, this is a real shock wave for the charity sector. lucy manning, thank you, our special correspondent. relatives and friends have been paying tribute to three british tourists, who were killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon at the weekend. becky dobson and brothers stuart and jason hill, all originally from worthing in west sussex, died on saturday. four survivors of the crash had to wait several hours to be rescued, as our correspondent james cook reports. it's just before sunset in the grand canyon and a helicopter is ablaze. on boar

that warning came from international development secretary penny mordaunt. she described the behaviour of some of oxfam's workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, as "horrific." 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 eu money that those funds will be withdrawn unless they can prove they are cooperating fully on safeguarding issues. she said this. she called the

penny mordaunt wanted a nswe rs development. penny mordaunt wanted answers about what went on, who knew what, when and why. the threat hanging over oxfam of taking away £30 million a year of funding for them if she did not like the a nswe rs. them if she did not like the answers. we have not heard the content answers. we have not heard the co nte nt of answers. we have not heard the content of what went on, but we have heard from penny lawrence, who is the deputy chief executive of oxfam. ina the deputy chief executive of oxfam. in a statement, she says they had become aware of concerns raised by staff not just in become aware of concerns raised by staff notjust in haiti, where this has all revolve around, but chad as well before the staff were sent to haiti. she is aware these allegations involving the use of prostitutes relating both to the country director and to the team in chad were raised before they went to haiti. she was in charge basically as programme director. she said this therefore had happened on her watch. she sa

penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, condemned what she called the "horrific behaviour" of some oxfam staff. a double—decker bus has overturned in hong kong, killing 19 people and injuring 62 others. reports suggest the bus was going too fast. police have arrested the driver and charged him with causing death by dangerous driving. traffic light labelling on food and drink should become mandatory after brexit, according to the local government association. they say the scheme, which is currently voluntary, helps customers understand what's in the products they buy. charlotte gallagher reports. we're used to seeing these traffic light labels on much of the food and drink we buy. they allow us to see at a glance how much fat, saturates, sugar and salt a product contains. but the labels, introduced by the department of health in 2015, are voluntary. the local government association says only around two thirds of products sold in the uk currently have them. the european union currently regulates food labelling and the lga has called on ministers to make the traffic light s

know, but what penny mordaunt is demanding my monday is for almost 200 uk charities to disclose any safeguarding issues and there is no doubt that some of them are eating humble pie, and this is why more sexual misconduct claims are coming out. but to be clear, on oxfam, the only 10% of the money, i understand, £32 million in the last natural year, actually went oxfam. they also get other donations and there is no doubt that by tuesday, they had lost over 7000 individual donors and subscriptions. what is the big question mark at the moment for those charities and for the rest of us those charities and for the rest of us is we do not know what big corporations, they are observing for the moment, are not making public that they all looking at it, at cetera. so it is about the initial, a small number of people who seem to have targeted these organisations, let's remember that there is fantastic work that is done by these aid charities, whether they are french or british, and by the way, the british scandal is making international headlines. but france and other countries are looking at this and i

i very strongly worded statement at the commons by penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, pointing the finger firmly development secretary, pointing the fingerfirmly at development secretary, pointing the finger firmly at oxfam, penny stalking and —— barbara stocking and penny lawrence, having misled people in the aftermath of the reports of sexual misconduct, possibly deliberately. let us go to westminster. the conservative mp pauline latham was one of those questioning the head of oxfam and other senior officials — and is in our westminster studio. are you surprised by the strength of the secretary of state language learner? not surprise, i am very pleased. it is about time someone spoke out strongly against what has been going on. she said it over the last week and to be fair, priti patel before her tried but often people did not want to speak out as stridently but penny mordaunt is getting to grips with the problem 110w. getting to grips with the problem now. where does that leave the current leadership of oxfam? in my view, i would suggest that the leadership r

penny mordaunt said... andy hillier is editor of third sector magazine and joins me in the studio. thank you for coming in. this unit, do you think it is an effective a nswer to do you think it is an effective answer to the problem?” do you think it is an effective answer to the problem? i think it is answer to the problem? i think it is a good way forward. it is a ethical situation and it needs a response —— difficult situation. and this question of the charity looking at all the seth gidding practices. this took place a long time ago, surely safeguarding should have been put in place in the years since. the charity has made it clear that the processes of it had in place are stronger than those that were in place in 2011, but clearly the question has to be asked, where they strong enough and are the ones currently in place, do they need revising? and the other question, do they have enough protection for whistle—blowers and add a listening to them properly? of course, there are, there should be mechanisms in each charity and more broadly in the charity sector for people to

penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, condemned what she called the "horrific behaviour" of some oxfam staff. traffic light labelling on food and drink should become mandatory after brexit according to the local government association. they say the scheme, which is currently voluntary, helps customers understand what's in the products they buy. charlotte gallagher reports. we're used to seeing these traffic light labels on much of the food and drink we buy. they allow us to see at a glance how much fat, saturates, sugar and salt a product contains. but the labels, introduced by the department of health in 2015, are voluntary. the local government association says only around two thirds of products sold in the uk currently have them. the european union currently regulates food labelling, and the lga has called on ministers to make the traffic light scheme a legal requirement once eu legislation are transferred into british law. it says the scheme is popular with consumers and helps them make informed choices about what they are eating and drinking. they believe making the

penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, condemned what she called the "horrific behaviour" of some oxfam staff. a double—decker bus has overturned in hong kong, killing 19 people and injuring 62 others. reports suggest the bus was going too fast. police have arrested the driver and charged him with causing death by dangerous driving. now on bbc news, click.

the international development secretary penny mordaunt 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 chair of trustees at the charity says oxfam prides itself on being a transparent organisation working hard to improve the lives of the poor and has apologised unreservedly saying "i share the anger and shame that behaviour like that highlighted in haiti in 2011 happened in our organisation. it is clear that such behaviour is completely outside our values and should never be tolerated." angus crawford has this report. 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 there at the time was the same man who five years later in haiti resigned after admitting using prostitutes. four others were sacked. oxfam won'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 scand

penny mordaunt. karen bradley has to become is that northern ireland cannot remain in a state of limbo. she promised to provide clarity on a budget for civil servants to work from a soon as possible. there's been no functioning government in stormont for more than a year after the coalition collapsed in a bitter row. the northern ireland secretary also said she was looking into the salaries of assembly members who are still being paid. a number of challenging decisions will have to be taken. ultimately, the government has a responsibility to ensure good governance and the continued delivery of public services. in particular as the head of the northern ireland civil service has made clear, there needs to be certainty and clarity about a budget for northern ireland for next year as soon as possible. i intend to take steps to provide clarity on the budget, and i will update the house as soon as i'm in a position to this is clearly not what i want to be, but in the absence of an executive in northern ire

the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, has given the 192 aid agencies that receive uk aid, it —— she has given them until monday to speu she has given them until monday to spell out exactly what steps they are taking to safeguard people around the world and to report individual cases to the right authorities, so there is a deadline there. thank you very much. the us government is considering appointing a special envoy to northern ireland in a bid to break the political impasse, and restore the power sharing government. during a meeting with the irish deputy prime minister in washington, the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, said they were considering a list of people for the role. northern ireland has been without devolved government for 13 months after a coalition led by the democratic unionist party and sinn fein collapsed. a former senior adviser to donald trump has admitted charges of conspiracy and lying to investigators who are examining claims of russian political interference in the 2016 presidential election. in a plea deal, rick gates admitted cons

the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, warns uk charities that funding will be withdrawn — if they fail to co—operate with the authorities in cases of sexual exploitation by staff. the sector has got to step up in terms of tackling what is an industry that has been targeted by individuals. by paedophiles? yes, they are targeting us because of the chaos we work in. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is holding talks in myanmar about the return of rohingya muslims. the damage caused by alcohol — a report warns of the major problems faced by children in england whose parents drink too much. also in the next hour, great britain's andrew musgrave makes history at the winter olympics in pyeonchang,

the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, has given aid agencies, 192 agencies who receive uk aid, given them until monday to spell out what steps they have taken to safeguard people, and to report individual cases to the right authorities, so there is a deadline there. the admission from the icrc comes as another aid charity, plan international, revealed six recent cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children involving its staff, volunteers or partner organisations. it says five of the cases were reported to the authorities in the countries involved. plan international said it's tightened its procedures to prevent abuse, as adina campbell reports. another charity mired in sexual misconduct making the front pages. this time, plan international uk, which works in more than 50 countries to improve children's rights and promote equality for girls. in its latest online blog it has confirmed six cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children between july 2016 and june last year. 0ne involved a member of staff. the others were by volunteers or associates. plan internati

mordaunt and i are absolutely committed to a zero—tolerance approach. can it be stopped? well, we will not support agencies that engage in that kind of activity. un agencies and charities said they had zero tolerance of exploitation but were not aware of any cases of abuse by their own partner organisations, and one un spokesman played down the reports, saying they were incomplete, fragmented and unsubstantiated. james landale, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime... freezing temperatures and heavy snow cause disruption across large parts of the uk, with amber warnings of more severe weather ahead. and still to come... penguins in peril — why global warming is threatening the survival of these birds. coming up in sport... manchester united fan and eight—time olympic gold medallist usain bolt will play at old trafford injune, as captain of a world xi in the soccer aid match. the emergency services say there are no more survivors in the ruins of a building in leicester that was destroyed by an explosion on sunday. police have now named the five peop

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 cannot show a robust approach to safeguarding. i am very clear, it does not matter whether you have a whistle—blowing hotline, it does not matter if you have got good safeguarding practices in place, if the moral leadership at the top of the organisation is not there, we cannot have you as a partner. she said oxfam did not give her department to full facts about what happened in haiti. at a meeting tomorrow, the charity will be given one last chance, or be stripped of its public funding. today, more revelations about other aid agencies — reports that christian aid, save the children and the british red cross have all investigated staff over sexual misconduct allegations. some who know the sector well are not surprised. people need to realise that the vast majority of aid work in crisis situations is extraordinary. it saves lives, it helps people who are vulnerable, but aid agencies need to do more

penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, condemned what she called the horrific behaviour of some oxfam staff. a double—decker bus has overturned in hong kong, killing 19 people, and injuring 62 others. reports suggest the bus was going too fast. police have arrested the driver and charged him with causing death by dangerous driving. now on bbc news — dateline london. welcome to dateline london. this week, we're discussing theresa may in china, we wonder how long president zuma can last. and what diplomatic can last? the american writer and broadcaster geoff mcallister. a warm welcome to all of you. the eu is having trouble is understanding the uk's decision. he said at transition period once britain leads the eu isn't a given. and the uk public decision to quit the single market means irish border checks are unavoidable. david davis said he was surprised with such comments. ian, i am hoping you are the man. this is britain's attempt to leave the eu. they have always been good at comedy and fast. we have really outdone ourselves. it doesn't have an agreed position in t

penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, has said that if oxfam does not shape up, she will withdraw british funding. if that happened, who would suffer? what impact would there be? you know, i can understand that tax payers money should be used to do the right thing. she is right to say that. that she will not allow taxpayers money not to be used for saving lives. and it is our duty to make sure that that happens. fortunately, these cases that we are looking at are about the bad behaviour of some of our staff, if you of our staff. a few of our staff. it is not about the resources of british taxpayers being misspent, but i want to assure you that on this question of sexual misconduct, i don‘t take it lightly, because this is the destruction of the lives of women. it really touches a chord, it makes me almost feel like my life has not been worth it because there have spent my life in women‘s rights struggles. so, it is so important for me that this stops in our organisation. the head of oxfam international talking about the changes that she says the charity are putti

the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, warns uk charities that funding will be withdrawn if they fail to co—operate with the authorities in cases of sexual exploitation by staff. the sector has got to step up in terms of tackling what is an industry that has been targeted by individuals. by paedophiles? yes, they are targeting this because of they are targeting this because of the chaos we work in. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is holding talks in myanmar about the return of rohingya muslims. a report commissioned by a group of mps warns of major problems faced by children in england whose parents drink too much. also in the next hour. great britain's andrew musgrave makes history at the winter

penny mordaunt, the secretary of state for international development, according toa international development, according to a spokesperson in the department, has asked for a meeting, requested a meeting, with 0xfam's presumably chief executive and other senior members of the charity — what assurances do you think she should be looking for? well, i think she really needs to see exactly what did happen and was itjust a press release, how was that issued and what was the timeline and i think we need to get specifics about the timeline. i would need to get specifics about the timeline. iwould be need to get specifics about the timeline. i would be really interested to see what they say in front of the select committee as well if possible, because we need to make sure that their policies are robust and how quickly this was discovered and is there any sort of systemic abuses like this? and that is presumably the bigger problem, only today we've got boris johnson visiting those refugee camps in bangladesh, the rohingya, hundreds of thousands of people who fled from the myanmar — the potential is

mordaunt has written to all the charities telling them they must refer all these allegations to the relevant authorities. lucy manning, many thanks. three british tourists killed in a helicopter crash in the grand canyon, have been named by police in america. becky dobson, jason hill and stuart hill, died on saturday evening. three other britons, and the pilot, were injured. 0ur north america correspondent james cook reports. this is the moment a dream holiday for three british couples turned into a nightmare. the helicopter came downjust into a nightmare. the helicopter came down just before sunset in rugged terrain near the west rim of the grand canyon. explosions and fire followed with three passengers a p pa re ntly fire followed with three passengers apparently trapped inside. they were stuart hill, celebrating his 30th birthday, and his girlfriend, becky dobson, a receptionist from worthing in west sussex. she was 27. his brotherjason hill who was a lawyer in milton keynes also died. he was 32 years old. his girlfriend, jennifer barham, survived. also on board were jennifer ba

penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, condemned what she called the "horrific behaviour" of some oxfam staff. a double—decker bus has overturned in hong kong, killing 19 people and injuring 62 others. reports suggest the bus was going too fast. police have arrested the driver and charged him with causing death by dangerous driving. now on bbc news, click. this week — uber the top. old deckard meets new...who? and smile, we're in dubai. this is how a self—driving car sees the world. lidar sensors feed the car with a continuous 360—degree view of its surrounding, along with crucial depth information. it is the key technology for a successful autonomous drive. and this week in the us, a mighty court case has begun which may take this key away from uber, stalling its progress towards the self—driving revolution. it all revolves around this man, anthony levandowski, who left google‘s autonomous spin—off waymo and joined uber a couple of years ago. now, waymo alleges he took 14,000 secret files with him and that these were used to develop uber‘s technology. we

this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, is warning all uk charities which receive government aid for work abroad that the funding will be withdrawn — if they fail to co—operate with the authorities over safeguarding issues. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, has met the leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, for talks which included the issue of the rojingya muslims. nearly 700,000 rohingya have crossed the border into neighbouring bangladesh, after a crackdown by the burmese military. a report commissioned by a group of mps is warning of major problems faced by children in england whose parents drink too much. almost a fifth of children reported feeling embarrassed by seeing their parent drunk. hello and welcome to our look at the sunday papers. with me are the broadcaster lynn faulds wood and the political editor of the sun on sunday, dave wooding. let's have a look at some of the front pages. the observer leads with labour's attack on the privatised water industry, calling the amount in dividends paid to shareholders "

in the meantime, the international developers secretary penny mordaunt says as part of her push for a sector wide culture change, she will hold talks tomorrow with the national crime agency and all eyes will turn to friday by when oxfam has been told it must provide a nswe rs has been told it must provide answers about future safeguarding policies. south africa's president, jacob zuma, says efforts by the country's governing anc to oust him from power are unfair. the party has threatened mr zuma with a parliamentary motion of no confidence tomorrow, if he refuses to step down today. earlier, police raided properties belonging to the wealthy gupta family, who are close to mr zuma, and three people were arrested. the party has threatened mr zuma with a parliamentary motion of no milton nkosi is injohannesburg. the anc have been urging him to go for a long time, what is going on? yes, president zuma is digging in his heels. he gave an interview to the local public broadcaster and he is explaining that he has been victimised and he has never defied the organisation. but at the same time,

the secretary of state, penny mordaunt, said she would think that —— think very long and hard before taking that drastic step, but the threat is there, as is a similar thread from there, as is a similar thread from the european union commission which gives around £30 million a year to 0xfa m gives around £30 million a year to 0xfam to help its work. it is making the same pledge, if things are not up the same pledge, if things are not up to scratch and 0xfam's houses not in order, it might take it away. thank you. joining me now via webcam is liesl gerntholtz, executive director for women's rights at the charity human rights watch. is there a concerned that what is happening with 0xfam, the sense that the government and individual donors are rethinking what the role of charity is and whether they are worth contributing? it seems that is one of the themes that has emerged from these scandals surrounding 0xfam. i would strongly, strongly urge particular the british government, who has been an important player in aid, one of the few government is that is really focused on evidence —b

mordaunt today. there was an apology to her, and there was also a resignation. not mr goldring himself — he only started at 0xfam in 2013, sometime after the misconduct was inadequately dealt with. but his deputy resigned today. penny lawrence was international programmes director at the time and said she was ashamed of what had been exposed. what about 0xfam's foot soldiers, though? and its customers? here are some voices from reading. it sounds like bad behaviour of a few people, but charities generally do a lot of good work, i think. yeah, it wouldn't put me off. i'm long—term unemployed due to ill—health, and i'm grateful for being able to volunteer for charities as well. i mean, i like the idea that i'm contributing towards something which hopefully does a lot of good. do know what i mean, they're making out they're whiter than white, doing nicejobs, getting a nice wage packet, and they're just taking the mickey out of everyone that puts all the money in the bucket, aren't they? so really

mordaunt and i are absolutely committed to a zero tolerance approach. can it be stopped? well, we will not support agencies that engage in that kind of activity. un agencies and charities said they had zero tolerance of exploitation, but were not aware of any cases of abuse by their own partner organisations, and one un spokesman played down the reports, saying they were incomplete, fragmented and unsubstantiated. james landale, bbc news. sirjohn tusa has been at the heart of british broadcasting and the arts for almost sixty years. along the way,he presented newsnight at its inception, he led the bbc world service during the eventful 19805 and later became managing director of the barbican centre in london. he's brought his rich experience together in a memoir called ‘making a noise: getting it right, getting it wrong, in life, the arts and broadcasting' a book which offers candid analysis of some of the greatest cultural changes of his time including the way public service broadcasting has fared in a volatile political landscape. and sirjohn tusa is

mordaunt and i are absolutely committed to a zero tolerance approach. can it be stopped? well, we will not support agencies that engage in that kind of activity. un agencies and charities said they had zero tolerance of exploitation, but were not aware of any cases of abuse by their own partner organisations, and one un spokesman played down the reports, saying they were incomplete, fragmented and unsubstantiated. james landale, bbc news. the bbc‘s diplomatic correspondent, james landale reporting there — and he's with us now. it is not as if the un has not faced this problem before. i was saying last week that 13 years ago i did a similar story. you said there were reports about this two or three yea rs reports about this two or three years ago and have not taken action. we did take some action. in 2015, two eight agencies heard about this. the brought it to a meeting at the headquarters. the mood of that meeting was we need to find out more about this. some then carried out more research, others said, we are going to tighter our procedures, improv

been meeting the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, who's threatened to withdraw the charity's government funding. our correspondent matt cole has the latest. in the worst imaginable circumstances, oxfam staff were meant to be in haiti to help. it's now clear some had a very different agenda. amidst claims of sex parties and prostitutes, oxfam sacked three staff and allowed four others to quit, including their country director, who went on to secure work with another aid organisation. ina in a statement, penny lawrence said... oxfa m oxfam denies trying to cover up the extent of their staffs impropriety, but as details have emerged, so have demands for answers, not least from the government. it is to the department here that oxfam's leaders we re department here that oxfam's leaders were summoned to make the case to the secretary of state, following her threat to cut millions of pounds of funding if she didn't like their a nswe i’s. of funding if she didn't like their answers. emerging afterwards, oxfam's senior leaders didn't stop to talk, but they're not the only