this is bbc news. the headlines at 4 pm. the haitian ambassador tells the bbc his government will shortly summon the oxfam representative in haiti to explain how it dealt with allegations of aid workers being paid for sex. —— with allegations of aid workers paying for sex. the worst thing is when they say even though those crimes have not been reported, no action will be taken, it is really an insult. israel attacks dozens of syrian targets after one of its f16jets 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. commentator: great skating from elise christie, safely through to the quarterfinals. studio: triple

world champion short—track speed skater, elise christie, sets an olympic record 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. and, brexit, how long president jacob zuma can survive in south africa, and, the winter olympics, thatis africa, and, the winter olympics, that is all in dateline in half an hour, you're on bbc news. —— here. —— dateline. the haitian government is to summon oxfam to explain why it didn't report allegations that oxfam staff had exploited local people for sex following the earthquake there in 2011. the haitian ambassador said his government was appalled

that it wasn't informed. four members of staff were dismissed and three resigned. the uk government has said it is reviewing its relationship with the charity. angus crawford reports. 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. oxfam says the behaviour of some staff was totally unacceptable. the n60 insists it did inform the charity commission, even issuing a press release at the time, and denies a cover—up. oxfam was actually proactive in going to the british public and the department for international development and the charity commission

to explain that there had been serious misconduct and we'd taken action. the government, which gives oxfam more than £30 million a year, says... today, fresh claims some of the disgraced staff gotjobs at other aid agencies because oxfam failed to warn them about the misconduct. this is a shudderingly awful tale, terrible on every single level. and, of course, it eclipses the fact that oxfam is one of the most brilliant humanitarian organisations in the world. oxfam has worked in haiti for a0 years, helping more than half a million desperately poor people. now, the behaviour of a few stains its past reputation and threatens its work in the future. angus crawford, bbc news. a little earlier i spoke to the

haitian ambassador to the uk. he accused oxfam of a "cover—up" and said his government was outraged that the oxfam staff had been allowed to leave the country without the matter being reported to the police. 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. it is unacceptable. the worst part of it, even though those crimes were reported to the occasion

authorities, no action was taken, when they say that, that is an insult. —— to the authorities of haiti. they say the reason they did not take it to the authorities was because they thought nothing would happen. that is insulting. this gentleman, he left the country, and he has been able to work for other ngos, you don't know which children are being victimised from this gentleman. therefore, it is appalling. it is something we should condemn. the heysham government is 110w condemn. the heysham government is now about to summon to share those reports, and to explore those legal steps about to be taken against those people. —— haitian. steps about to be taken against those people. -- haitian. clearly, m ista kes those people. -- haitian. clearly, mistakes have been made and oxfam has said they did not handle it adds with hindsight as they should have done, what is the important next step that needs to happen? fact that

you have accepted the cover up, the crimes, that is bad. this is shameful behaviour. i'm really pleased that the fact that her majesty ‘s government has stepped m, majesty ‘s government has stepped in, requesting oxfam to share those files, and see what measures can be taken. for our part, the government of haiti, we will call and summon the oxfam representative to share the oxfam representative to share the files. it is not acceptable to do such a thing. even in war zones, those actions are reprehensible. when you see it, even the actions reported to the authorities of

haiti, no action taken, that means right now you do not know, we may be dealing with a paedophile case, because when you say those actions would not be taken against those people, it is not acceptable. i think oxfam should look to itself, deeply, if they want to rebuild the trust, they had, then they need to do some others. no stone should be left unturned. the haitian ambassador to the uk. an israeli jet has crashed after coming under a heavy barrage of syrian anti aircraft fire. the two air crew ejected; one was seriously injured. the plane was taking part in an air raid on a drone base inside syria after israel claimed that an iranian drone had entered its airspace. the syrian government has accused israel of terrorism and has threatened to retaliate. our middle east correspondent in jerusalem, tom bateman, has been giving us an update. israel has described this as what it

calls a blatant and severe violation of its sovereignty, as you said, it accuses iran of being behind the drone that was flown into israelis territory early this morning before the israelis shot it down, they then sent several fighter jets into syrian territory to attack the facility from which they say it came. one of those aircraft came under anti—aircraft fire, as you say, is ready military say that it crashed, and one of the pilots, after it jets crashed, and one of the pilots, after itjets in, was left seriously injured. as for the iranians, they accuse israel of lying over this and the syrians have said that they believe that this is israelis aggression. —— israeli aggression. this marks one of the most serious escalations yet between these regional enemies. a double—decker bus has overturned in hong kong,

killing at least 19 people, and injuring dozens more, on the tai po road in the new territories. sophia tran—thomson has this report. the 12 metre long double—decker crashed in the new territories. it is unknown what caused the accident, though passengers quoted by local media say that the bus was running late and driving at high speeds. some passengers managed to climb out of the wreckage on their own, others had to be cut free by the fire brigade. police have so far been unable to confirm how may people were on the bus. the bus company has made a statement offering condolences and say that the driver had a good track record. at least 27 people have died when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed on the indonesian island of java. the crash happened when the bus,

which had at least a0 people on board, hit a motorbike as it was speeding down a hill in the subang region of west java province, causing it to roll over multiple times. in ireland, sinn fein has a new leaderfor the first time in sa years. gerry adams has stepped down, and been replaced by mary lou mcdonald at a specially convened party conference in dublin. more than 2000 sinn fein leaders have enthusiastically endorsed the new leader, mary lou mcdonald, in her home city, she's the only person who put her name forward to succeed gerry adams as leader of sinn fein, no surprise that she has been installed as leader of the party, second biggest in northern ireland and the third biggest in the irish republic. now, gerry adams had the

longest career of any major party leader in britain, or ireland, extremely divisive politician, he was a peacemaker to his supporters but he was at least an apologist for ira violence to his enemies, although he was never a member of that organisation himself. mary macdonald in her speech said that it was time forfresh macdonald in her speech said that it was time for fresh ideas and bold thinking. —— mary lou mcdonald. the ambition for the party is to be in government on both sides of the border, whether they get back into government in northern ireland will depend upon negotiations between sinn fein and the democratic unionist party at stormont, word is, in particular, there has been some progress in british and irish governments have been morning that time is running out to get devolution back. whether or not an agreement is possible should become clear over the next week or so, as talks seem to be heading for a crosspoint. now, other issues that

mary lou mcdonald touched on in her speech, international issues, the middle east, catalonia, more specific to politics here on the island of ireland, the legacy of the conflict in northern ireland, for example, paying tribute to her predecessors who have led sinn fein, and very much put the emphasis on the party's overall aim, achieving a united ireland, she says that she is willing to persuade unionists on that, many of them are extremely suspicious of sinn fein given the legacy of the past and in terms of building relationships with them, that will be an uphill struggle for mary lou mcdonald. however, it is hoped that this leader with a very different background to gerry adams will be able to take sinn fein to new places elektra late, and will

enable sinn fein to build new relationships in a way that was more difficult for past generation of leaders with direct experience of the conflict in northern ireland. the north korean leader kimjong—un has invited the south korean president to visit him at the earliest date possible. the historic invitation was given by kim jong—un's sister, who's visiting the south for the winter olympics. if it happens, it would be the first summit in more than a decade between korean leaders. laura bicker reports. this is no ordinary messenger. kim yo—jong is the sister of the north korean leader kimjong—un. she's the first of her family to set foot on south korean soil, and this is the moment president moon had hoped and campaigned for. he is careful to greet each delegate, aware of the significance of this meeting. as the two sides take their seats, the cameras note a blue folder on the desk. we now know it contained an historic invitation.

translation: special envoy kim yo—jong presented a personal letter from kim jong—un to president moon, which contained chairman kim's desire to improve inter—korean relations. kim jong un's younger sister is not used to the spotlight. she's usually behind the scenes as master of her brother's image. but, as a pr queen, she is the perfect charmer for the north's charm offensive. it's quite typical of north korea to actually do this kind of thing. they're stealing a little bit of the limelight from south korea, as the whole world's press descend on it, and they're also trying to control the message between the two. it's very, very hard for south korea, even though they've been talking about pressure, sanctions, to basically refuse these kind of advances from north korea. the us vice president has looked increasingly isolated on this visit, refusing to even greet the north koreans while pushing for tougher sanctions on the regime. these winter games have

provided south korea with a diplomatic breakthrough they never thought possible. but it also presents a serious challengers. does president moon accept this invitation and, if so, under what kind of preconditions? and he's also discovering that in defending his neighbour to the north, he risks alienating a key us ally. laura bicker, bbc news, pyeongchang. the headlines: the ambassador of haiti tells the bbc that his government will summon the oxfam representative in haiti to explain how it dealt with allegations of aid workers paying for sex. israel's carried out attacks on a dozen targets in syria including air defence systems. after one of its

jets came under syrian anti—aircraft fire and crashed. at least 18 people are dead and 60 injured as a double—decker bus overturns in hong kong in sport, arsenal are six points away from the top four, harry kane gave tottenham and 1—0 lead in front of a record premier league crown. in dublin, bonus point victory for ireland over italy, and england play wales shortly. elise christie has qualified second fastest in the 500 metres heats in the short track speed skating at the winter olympics in pyeongchang, and australia have thrashed england by seven wickets in melbourne, booking their place in the final of the t20 tri—series. we will have a full round—up at 6:30pm. president trump has blocked the release of a classified democratic party memo over the fbi's russia probe. the memo rebutted claims there was anti—trump bias in the fbi's investigation of russian meddling in the us presidential election.

the white house said the memo couldn't be released because it contained classified material. we can speak to our washington correspondent, david willis. people trying to get their heads around this may need a little help. perhaps a powerpoint peasant asian andi perhaps a powerpoint peasant asian and i will be asking questions later(!) battle of the memos, the white house has said it will not be releasing the democratic memo, the memo that is a rebuffed all of the republican memo, which alleged bias in the surveillance operation of the former trump campaign aide, carter page. the white house counsel has said that basically there was sensitive information which needed to be redacted in the democratic memo, and that releasing it would breach national security. now, the democrats are not happy about this,

they claim there is a double standard, they say that this shows that the president has something to hide. the president, for his part, is tweeted a short while ago. he made the point that the democrats knew that there were large parts of their memo that would have to be redacted and therefore setting up the white house, more or less, for the white house, more or less, for the charge of lack of transparency. and he urged, once again, he urged them to redact the bits that were sensitive. bring it back to him. meanwhile, of course, you have democrats claiming that their memo, which is a lot longer than the republican memo, adds vital context to this whole row. should point out, both the fbi and thejustice department urged neither of these memos to be released to the public, on national security grounds, the white house decided in the case of

the republican memo to ignore that advice... ! the republican memo to ignore that advice...! speaks the republican memo to ignore that advice... ! speaks volumes, the republican memo to ignore that advice...! speaks volumes, perhaps. stalemate at the moment, any room for manoeuvre? well, there is, the democrats do what the white house is saying they have to do, which is basically clean up their memo, and make it nonclassified, if you like, ta ke make it nonclassified, if you like, take out all the bits that would compromise national security, or there is another way around this, they could seek a vote of the full house of representatives, and that vote, if it went in favour of releasing this democratic memo, could basically override president trump's veto at this stage. very unlikely, i think, trump's veto at this stage. very unlikely, ithink, that trump's veto at this stage. very unlikely, i think, that we would see a situation where republicans voted

against that. republicans would not be in favour of that given their opposition to this democratic memo. iam sure opposition to this democratic memo. i am sure now that it is as clear as mud, this whole thing... (i) laughter i shall start making a memo of my own, to keep up with all of this. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is visiting bangladesh to see at first hand the crisis facing rohingya muslims. nearly 700,000 refugees have fled from neighbouring myanmar since a military crackdown began there six months ago. after meeting with officials from the bangladeshi government, mrjohnson said the challenge now is finding a safe and dignified way for them to return home. it is notjust a question of humanitarian aid, we are giving a lot, if the 9 million, future support, coming to help these

refugees, it is about finding a political solution, finding an answer in myanmar, from burma, creating conditions for a safe, dignified return for these people, thatis dignified return for these people, that is what they want. they want to go back but they do not feel safe. the foreign secretary in bangladesh. the family of an 11—year—old—girl stabbed to death in wolverhampton yesterday have paid tribute to their "shining star". jasmine forrester‘s father simeon said he found it impossible to explain the loss the family had suffered. detectives are continuing to question a 51—year—old male relative of jasmine on suspicion of her murder. the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, says that a future labour government would move away from what he calls the "failed model" of privatisation, and instead put public services "irreversibly in the hands of workers." speaking at a conference outlining labour's alternative models of ownership, john mcdonnell said public ownership is notjust a "political decision" but an "economic necessity". the next labour government will put

democratically owned public services into the hands of the workers irreversibly and those who rely upon their work, we will not do this only because it is right, not because it is the most efficient way of running them but also because it is the most important protection of public services for the long—term. it is the protection that comes with eve ryo ne the protection that comes with everyone feeling the ownership of them. we aren't going to take control of the industries, in order to put them in the hands of a remote bureaucracy, but into the hands of all of you so that they can never again be taken away from us. the shadow chancellor. her majesty's revenue and customs has written to retailers warning them about a scam involving the apple itunes service. the tax authorities say that elderly and vulnerable people are falling victims to a scam which encourages them to pay fraudsters using itunes vouchers bought

in high street shops. our business correspondentjoe lynam says it's a sophisticated scam. they acquire the contact details usually for elderly people, they call them up, and they say, you have a huge tax bill outstanding and if they do not pay immediately, they will contact the police, the fraudsters, say that they will contact police or freeze assets. they say, pay straightaway if you go down to your retailer, by these itunes vouchers with your own money, and then call out the number, the 16 digit number that you scratch off at the back of these cards, over the phone, to us. you would probably say, how does that work, that number can buy a lot of stuff on the itunes system, you could buy a macbook, an iphone, songs, it has a cash value. the criminal could swap that number to summary else who would give them cash. and this is why hmrc are

acting now, urging a lot of retailers, to do something about this, to watch out for elderly people coming in and demanding a lot of money's worth of itunes vouchers, as we were told earlier today. since 2016, 1500 people have fallen victim to this fraud, mainly people who are over 65, and very sadly, the loss for each customer has been about £1150. and last week, we heard ofan about £1150. and last week, we heard of an elderly gentleman aged 81 who had fallen foul of this scam a couple of times and lost £20,000. hmrc are basically saying, they will never contact you saying that you owe a huge amount of money and pay us owe a huge amount of money and pay us today, they simply would never do that. if such a call comes through, hang up the phone, and apple itunes, they say, you can only buy apple staff within itunes voucher, you cannot pay a tax bill. any leads on who is behind this?

these are usually boiler rooms, usually, usually men that are picking on numbers that they have bought illegally by someone who may have signed up for something, maybe a decade ago and left their telephone number, their landline number, and the number is passed from pillar to post, landing in the hands of fraudsters, who chanced their arm with thousands of unsuspecting people. great britain's elise christie has produced an impressive performance in qualifying second fastest in the heats of the 500 metres short track speed skating at the winter olympics in pyeongchang. here's our sports correspondent, andy swiss. voiceover: she is britain's biggest medal hope. and elise christie was soon showing precisely why. she led her 500 metres heat from start to finish, setting a new olympic record. it was some statement of

intent, after her disqualification at the last games, what a relief. intent, after her disqualification at the last games, what a relieflj was at the last games, what a relief.” was so nervous! i got out to the lane, i was so excited. i'm glad i got to race in front of everyone again. british hopes in the snowboarding came crashing down... jamie nicholls and then team—mate billy morgan both tumbling out of the slope style event. the women's cross country skiing, meanwhile, produced the first gold medallist of the games, victory for charlotte kalla of sweden. for team gb, opening day of decidedly mixed fortunes, disappointment on the snow, elise christie's hopes of gold are off to the perfect start. lets get a look at the weather forecast a little closer to home! bit of a roller—coaster, spell of

very heavy rain and some strong winds as well, gale force winds in fa ct, winds as well, gale force winds in fact, expected across northern parts of the country, this next area of low pressure is moving in, this is the one that is over the country right now, that is what has brought outbreaks of rain, which are looking at spitz and spots across east anglia, better in scotland, here we have the next piece of whether developing, gales of 50 to 60 mph, very windy inland, spell of snow, not too much bad weather in the south, should be clear early hours of the morning, and quite windy. as faras of the morning, and quite windy. as far as sunday it self is concerned, cold day, a lot of wintry showers out there in the atlantic heading out out there in the atlantic heading our way, so out there in the atlantic heading our way, so i think tomorrow, the whole day, with wintry showers but sunny spells as well. the allegations of aid workers paying for sex following the quake

2011. israel has carried out attacks ona 2011. israel has carried out attacks on a dozen target in syria. this is after a jet crashed in israeli territory. at least 18 people are dead and 60 injured as a double—decker bus in tonne overturns in hong kong. it was carrying spectators and workers home from a horse racing track before the driver a p pa re ntly horse racing track before the driver apparently lost control on a bend. tax inspectors are warning that the elderly and vulnerable are... more news for you at the top of the hour, but now on bbc news, it is time for dateline london. with my colleague,

jane hill. welcome to dateline london. this week, we're discussing theresa may in china, trying to increase trade before brexit, whilst trading blows with the european union, and even some of her own colleagues. donald trump delivered his first state of the union address at the end of his first year as us president. he vowed to end the era of "economic surrender in trade" — who does he mean? and is it a bad business for the middle east if military