to are in a position not to defend themselves, who are desperate. and presumably, the women in haiti were desperate to get food, shelter, clothing and protection, that's to feed their own families, and perhaps they would have done things they might not have otherwise consider doing? the people from oxfam are there to help them, so i wonder what you have change in the organisation in terms of training and try to understand to get people to understand to get people to understand that you are there to do ajob, understand that you are there to do a job, notjust when you are working, but the whole time that you spend there, and that you have responsibilities towards people who you are supposed to help, not to exploit them. there is clearly a 93p- exploit them. there is clearly a gap. some of these people who were going as aid workers clearly did not see it in the way that most of us now see it? you are quite right. oxfam feels the same. using prostitute is not illegal everywhere in the world, but it is contrary to our code of conduct and not acceptable in a position where you have power relationships, like you have in a

post—disaster situation. we condemn that completely. you accept these women may have been in prostitution solely because of the consequences of the terrible devastation on the island? completely, and that is why we prohibited. it is not down to local law, to simply not acceptable behaviour in those situations. what oxfa m behaviour in those situations. what oxfam did afterwards was a range of different things. we set up a specialist team that will both help with the reporting, the investigation, but, just as importantly, support the people that have been affected by misuse or abuse, rather than just carrying have been affected by misuse or abuse, rather thanjust carrying out the investigation on staff. we set up the investigation on staff. we set upa the investigation on staff. we set up a dedicated whistle—blowing line for oxfam across the world, we strengthened our code of conduct and we increased the training of our staff. that does not mean that this kind of abuse cannot happen in any other place, at any other time. many organisations have found it, this is not something special to oxfam. but the organisation did take very serious steps after 2011 and

continues today to try to improve. we know that this is a very, very delicate situation, with power and vulnerability being aligned... we have to leave it there. thank you very much for being with us. time for a look at the weather. less cold than it has been today. rain around for some of us, tomorrow much colder again. england and wales seeing showery abbots of rain through the course of the afternoon. scotla nd through the course of the afternoon. scotland and northern ireland are drierfor scotland and northern ireland are drier for a scotland and northern ireland are drierfor a time, with rain coming back to northern ireland before the end of the afternoon. a fairly brisk south—westerly wind, seven or 8 degrees down the eastern side of the uk, elsewhere seven or 10 celsius, as high as 12 in south—west england. gail is developing as part of england and wales this evening and overnight. more wet weather around. this is snow, particularly in southern scotland and northern england. several centimetres into the hills. maybe snow relatively low

levels as welcome as it turns colder, showers developing to the north—west as time goes on. there will be ice going into the morning. a much colder day for all tomorrow, with the north—westerly wind. there will be sunny spells around, blobs of white indicating where there will be wintry showers. a lot of these are show, be wintry showers. a lot of these are snow, spreading south eastwards across the uk has day goes on. this is bbc news. the department for international development is to review its work with 0xfam. it follows claims that the charity covered up a sex scandal involving aid workers in haiti. downing street says 0xfam has serious questions to answer. the two captured members of the british islamic state cell should go on trial for war crimes at the hague , according to a government minister. it's thought the pair were part of a unit that murdered 27 hostages. israel says one of its fighterjets has crashed after coming under syrian anti—aircraft fire. the f16 came down in israeli territory, and both pilots ejected and were taken to hospital. there's a warning about a new scam

involving the apple itunes service. tax authorities say elderly and vulnerable people are falling victims to a ruse, where fraudsters are paid using itunes vouchers bought in high street shops. a busy old morning, newswires. now it is time for travel show. this week on the show... 0n the run... in central mexico. this experience tonight is one of the craziest things i've done on this planet. wild and rugged scottish holidays. and painting a picture of denmark. skagen has special colours and a special light. we are starting this week right

in the middle of mexico, in the state of hidalgo, just two hours' drive north of mexico city. the landscape is exactly what you might expect. the sheer cliffs and prickly cactus are so abundant it's almost cartoonish. wow. this particular area is gorgeous. central mexico is incredibly beautiful and it's hard to imagine why anybody would want to leave. but they did. this is ixmiquilpan, now a bustling friendly place to pick up some lunch. butjust a couple decades ago people

say it looked like a ghost town. they were leaving for the united states in sizeable numbers, as they were from many towns and villages across mexico. in the crook of this ravine, a group of recently returned illegal immigrants decided they wanted to solve the problem on their own, years before any talk of a border wall. they wanted to convince their children and grandchildren that they'll have a better life here in mexico and to warn them about the dangers of crossing. the notorious crowning glory of the park was the brutal night walk, which allows tourists to experience what it's like to illegally cross the us border, albeit a fake one. their hope? that it would be a deterrent. we're told to meet inside the main gate.

this is the real deal. and even though these guys are playing a part, they really mean business. the guy yelling at the top of his lungs is a coyote. that's what you call somebody who takes you across the border. he's taking his character extremely seriously. he is yelling out orders to our group. already my heart is beating so fast. they are trying to make this as realistic as possible. breaking in... listen to him. breaking into the usa. i think i'm going to have to start going. firstly, we are alljumping

on the back of a pickup truck. i have no idea where we're going. he's not giving us any tips. she is saying this is the second time doing the border crossing. she's not very scared, however this guy right here, his first time, i'm pretty scared. we are going to all cross, or attempt to cross, the border they've created for us tonight. i have to watch my step. hold on. this is intense. there are gunshots, sirens, this bridge is totally not stable and there's people crawling on the ground.

i don't even know what's going on, but the group is slowly... you 0k? yeah. unsure footing i can kind of deal with. screaming but things get much scarier when you're forced to the ground by these very authentic looking armed bandits. gunshot i'm actually afraid to make too much noise. i don't want him to come back. normally you would welcome the arrival of the police with open arms, but our coyote tells us to run. run.

stop right there! don't move! stop right there! we have to go. do you think people coming here and experiencing this it works and makes them want to stay in mexico? the whole point of this park is to show people the hardships and the work that goes into a border crossing and tonight's been a perfect example of that so far. look at this. this is... i have a cactus stuck in the bottom of my shoe.

look at that! it went all the way through the side of my shoe. this is the moment, this is the moment... ..when we can hopefully cross the border. 0ur coyote is stressing out. we're waiting for the next truck. as soon as it comes we're jumping straight in the back. thy coming! the sirens are off in the distance. the number of illegal migrants being arrested at the border is coming down significantly. us border patrol said it stopped 44% fewer last year than in 2016, but the journey still kills hundreds annually. here at eco parque they are hoping it will end up saving many of those lives. it has certainly given the guests here tonight pause for thought. that was seriously one

of the most difficult things i have done in my life. however, if you are planning to come to this area here is a guide to some of the things you can see and do in and around mexico city. top of our list would be the street food. you will see tacos, quesadillas and tortas on every corner. it's all incredibly cheap and delicious but, to be on the safe side, make sure whatever you're eating is made fresh in front of you. and if you're feeling really brave, head to sanjuan market and try a handful of crunchy scorpions or grasshoppers. the frida kahlo museum is in the pretty southern suburb of coyoacan. it's where the artist was born and lived along side her husband, diego rivera. inside you'll find collections of work from both of them. some rooms have been left in the same state they were in when the house became a museum in the 1950s. 0ur tip is to get there early to beat the long queues. this is an incredibly popular attraction. the same advice goes

for chapultepec castle. it gets crowded in the high season but is well worth a look. the beautiful 18th—century building started life as a retreat for aztec rulers and sits in the world's largest urban park. and while you're there, check out the voladores, a mesoamerican ceremony in which four orfive men perform suspended from the top of a 30 metre pole. and xochimilco is the unesco listed canal district a short distance outside the city. rent a colourful trajinera boat and take in the gardens and wildlife. on saturday the place comes alive and becomes kind of a floating party district. it's quite a sight. 0ne weird highlight is the island of the dolls, a creepy diversion hidden deep in the canal network. still to come on the travel show... our global guru is here with recommendations for scotland in the summertime. and the artistic secrets behind denmark's biggest fishing port. it's a beautiful place

because you can see all around and that gives inspiration. the travel show, your essential guide wherever you're heading. welcome to the slice of the show that gets you the best out of your travel. an island escape in scotland, and the perennial problem of tipping, who and how much — this time on a river cruise. first, high—speed rail should be arriving shortly in saudi arabia. after teething problems, qatar

the link between mecca and medina across the arabian desert should arabian desert should be opening in march. spanish built trains will be covering the 270 miles between the two holy cities in about two hours. helen is looking forward to christmas — the place, not the day. christmas island, a beautiful coral atoll in the heart of the world's biggest ocean, is the only isle in the republic of kiribati who has an international air link. it's a stop on the way between honolulu and fiji. there are many ways to reach honolulu from the uk with a single change of planes at a mainland us airport, but you will need to make sure you are there at noon on a tuesday when the only flight of the week takes off for the three—hour flight south to christmas island. next, kelly is seeking a different kind of island escape. the hebrides, the islands off the west coast of scotland comprise

raw, elemental landscapes with a dramatic seashore punctuated by pretty ports and superb beaches. agreed, the weather is not always clement and the mediterranean is rather more warm than the north atlantic, but when the sun shines the western isles have few rivals for sheer beauty. while the outer hebrides have a compelling character, for a family, the one island that is likely to be just right is the inner hebridean island of mull. it is easy to reach, just an hour on the caledonian macbrayne ferry from the handsome seaside town of 0ban. in terms of timing, the later you can go in august the better, for a wider choice of accommodation and fewer crowds. bill fearnley—whittingstall is also stepping on board, taking a river cruise on the danube. a river cruise

is a superb way to experience the cities and landscapes of central europe, and the danube is my favourite waterway. tipping on river cruises is different from ocean cruising, there is no intense pressure and you could leave nothing at the end of the cruise, but the cruise lines offer recommendations and they tend to be quite similar. 12 euros per person per day for the ship staff, plus two or three euros per person per day for the the cruise director. were i paying a handsome amount for a danube cruise, i would probably tip the staff but leave the cruise director to negotiate his or her own fees direct with the company. whether you are contemplating a trip to the nation next door or the ends of the earth, i am here to help. so email your questions to me and i will do my very best to find you an answer.

from me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now, see you next time. finally, we are off to skagen, the most northerly town in denmark. it is possibly best known for hosting a colony of scandinavian artists known as the skagen painters who worked here in the 19th century. and, more than a century later, their influence still lives on. one of my favourite paintings is this one, ps kroyer‘s midsummer painting of the bonfire at stjohn‘s night, and it is adding together a lot of the things that these skagen painters and the colony was all about, really, because it shows us the artists and the local fishermen together

in the same painting. actually, we still today are celebrating stjohn‘s night in the same ways as we see on the painting. back in the 1870s and 1880s, the skagen painters started coming here. they were from denmark, norway, sweden, great britain, and at this time travelling was part of the education of becoming an artist. they found a fishermen‘s village on the top of denmark, where these two oceans meet each other. this touch that the artists made on this town, i think, is very important to skagen today. so this is going to be a sketch for a bigger painting in my studio.

that's the idea. it's a beautiful place because you can see all around, you have both seasides and you have the houses of skagen which are quite important, especially with the colours, the yellow, the red, the white. most of our paintings are from the period 1870-1920, 25, 30. that is when the artist colony was really alive. they would come back nearly every summer, the artists met at broendums hotel, mainly, and there is this social connection between the people, the locals and the artists, was very important.

i usually say it all began here at broendums hotel. it is a very historical place, we want to keep that atmosphere because it is what the people want to see when they come here. degn broendum, who was the owner of the hotel at the time, said to the artists that they don't have to pay anything for staying here, they could just give him the pictures. it was here that all the artists were having big dinners, playing cards, have a lot of discussions about paintings and so on. this is my drug, you know, i have to paint. i need it every day to have my life, i cannot live without painting.

it gives me the speed of being alive. we have a lot of paintings focusing on the fishermen, and that was like a core motif for most of the skagen painters, because that was what they met, these ha rd—working local fishermen, living and dying from the sea. more than 100 years back this town was more or less a very small town, where the fishermen landed their catches on the beach, beaching the smaller boats. i can't help feeling a lot of respect for the fishermen and the circumstances they had to work under. in 1907 the construction of the port was finished which meant

a whole new opportunity. since the past 13 years or 14 years actually, we have been the largest fishing port in denmark. when it is working out well within the port area and for the businesses of the port, it is working out very well for the town of skagen as well. that's the way it's always been. i like very much to paint big and heavy. being a painter in skagen today is not as were, of course, but it is still the same energy and still the same colour, attitude that i use, because skagen has special colours, and has a special light. you can actually come into the museums, look at these paintings, and you can go outside

and you can find these different motifs that you see on the canvas. i think the fact that there was an artist colony here plays a very important role in putting skagen on the map. the people of skagen in denmark, bringing this week's show to an end. coming up next week... we'll be onboard africa's freedom railway, a vital artery connecting zambia's copper belt region to the tanzanian coast for over a0 years. we placed seven lions, chasing a zebra, it was like a movie! but this was real! finding what the future holds for this now creaking train line. and in the meantime if you would like to join our adventures on the road, you can follow us

on social media, but for now from myself and the rest of the travel show team in mexico, it's adios. hello. a little less cold than it has been today. some rain around for some of us. has been today. some rain around for some of us. tomorrow has been today. some rain around for some of us. tomorrow will be much colder once again. england and wales seeing some showery outbreaks of rain through the afternoon. scotland and northern ireland, drierfor a time with some sunny spells coming back to northern ireland before the end of the afternoon. fairly brisk south—westerly wind. seven or 8 degrees down the eastern side of the

uk. elsewhere, seven or 10 celsius, maybe as high as 12. gail is developing across england and wales this evening and overnight. more wet weather around. this is snow, particularly to southern scotland and northern england. several centimetres into details. snow to relatively low levels as well as it turns colder through the night and snow showers developing as temperatures dipped. there will be ice going into the morning. a much colder day for all tomorrow, with the north—westerly wind. there will be sunny spells around, these blobs of white indicating there will be wintry showers. snow spreading south eastwards a cross wintry showers. snow spreading south eastwards across the uk as the day goes on. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am — 0xfam is facing a review by the department for international development — after claims the charity covered up a sex scandal involving aid workers in haiti. two captured members of a british cell within so—called islamic state cell should go on trial for war crimes at the hague, according to a government minister. also in the next hour — britain's bid for an olympic title

at the 2018 winter olympics. this is great skating. cheese food to the quarterfinals. triple world champion short—track speed skater, elise christie, is safely through, in her opening heat in the 500 metre event. a warning about a new scam involving the apple itunes service. tax authorities say elderly and vulnerable people are becoming victims. brexit, how long president zuma can survive in south africa, and the winter olympics. that's all in dateline in half an hour, here on bbc news.