welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories — president putin orders a special investigation into the crash of a russian airliner near moscow. all 71 passengers and crew are killed. oxfa m oxfam and other international charities face questions after allegations of sexual misconduct by some of their staff. britain urges myanmar to ensure a safe return home for hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims who fled to bangladesh to avoid religious persecution. caught in a corruption scandal — the anc says the fate of south africa's president zuma will be decided within 2a hours. but first, as we go to air, it's reported us vice president mike

pence has said that the us is ready to talk to north korea. in an interview with the washington post, mr pence said that the policy of maximum pressure and sanctions would continue, but if north korea wished to talk, the us would listen. in what is being seen as a significant shift in us position, details were worked out with south korean president moon jae—in during meetings on the sidelines of the winter olympic games in pyeongchang. more on this as we get it. russian investigators are searching snow—covered fields south of moscow for the wreckage of an airliner which crashed on sunday, killing all 71 people on board. the plane, operated by saratov airlines, was en route to the city of orsk in the ural mountains, when it came down, just minutes after ta ke—off from moscow. steve rosenberg reports. in frozen fields near moscow, this

is all that remains of flight 703. cctv cameras captured the moment the aircraft smashed into the ground and exploded in a fireball. its wreckage strewn for a mile across the russian countryside. half buried in snow. conditions were treacherous. the emergency services struggled through snowd rifts to emergency services struggled through snowdrifts to reach the crash scene. but it quickly became clear this was no rescue operation. theirjob was to recover the bodies. the flight had taken off from moscow's airport with more than 70 people on board. it was bound for 0rsk. minutes after takeoff, the plane disappeared from radar. it had crashed near the russian capital. "we thought it

turning up in the sky, " this eyewitness said. it fell, there was a blast. it is unclear what caused the jet to fall out of the sky. the kremlin has ordered an urgent investigation and president putin today offered his condolences to the families of the victims. but that is little comfort to the relatives and friends of those on board flight 703. at orsk friends of those on board flight 703. at 0rsk airport, grit mixed with disbelief as people realised they had been waiting for loved ones who would never arrive —— grief. the recovery operation will continue through the night. emergency teams are still searching for victims of this crush and for clues as to what caused it. the british 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. a government minister accused the charity of a failure of "moral leadership" and of having lied to her department. 0xfam has announced new measures for the prevention and handling of sexual misconduct cases. 0ur correspondent angus crawford has the details. first, haiti. now, chad one of the poorest countries on earth. new allegations that 0xfam workers paid local women for sex. the charity says it is shocked and dismayed but cannot confirm the reports. the head of the mission there at the time, was the same man who five years later in haiti resigned after admitting using prostitute. four others were sacked. as the scandal grows, the international development secretary 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'm very clear. it doesn't matter whether you have a whistleblowing hotlines, it isa have a whistleblowing hotlines, it is a matter with you have got good safeguarding practices in place. if the moral leadership at the top of the moral leadership at the top of the organisation isn't there, and we can have you as a partner. she says 0xfa m can have you as a partner. she says 0xfam didn't give her department to fall for about what happened in haiti. it is about was any harm done. was there any involvement of the beneficiaries involved 7 done. was there any involvement of the beneficiaries involved? was any impact on them? they us know. that was a lie, wasn't it? —— they told us was a lie, wasn't it? —— they told us know. bbc news asked 0xfam for an interview. the request was refused. ina interview. the request was refused. in a statement, its trustees announced a series of reforms to strengthen the vetting and recruitment of staff, set up an

external whistleblowing helpline and bring in mandatory safe guarding training for new employees. there have been more revelations about other charities as well. reports christian aid, save the children and the british red cross have all investigated staff over sexual misconduct allegations. some who know the sector will are surprised. people need to realise that the vast majority of aid work in crisis situations is extraordinary. it saves lives. it helped the poor who are very, very vulnerable. aid agencies need to do a lot, lot more to make sure that the best people are going into these areas. they are monitored and that these people who are very monitored and that these people who are very vulnerable mother have a voice as well in how this unfolds. the government is now defined in every charity receiving —— current cases of sexual misconduct. a scandal affecting one charity is now

threatening to engulf the entire sector. 0ur correspondent, will grant, is in the haitian capital, port au prince. he told us how people there were reacting. by and large, the reaction in haiti to the 0xfam scandal has been twofold. 0n the one hand, there is deep anger, resentment at the fact that this organisation, ostensibly here to help the country's most vulnerable after the 2010 earthquake, ended up exploiting those people instead. people here say that the sorts of abuses that were happening were well—known. there is also a certain degree of resignation. we reached out to people in the charity sector here who say they have heard the rumours and point to a wider culture of abuse that they say has been happening among international organisations. they point at the un peacekeeping force, for example, a high—profile case of alleged sexual abuse of minors and the fact that the un peace keeping force

was said to have introduced cholera to this country. as for 0xfam, well, they say they are going to work hard to rebuild public trust in britain in their reputation. but in fact, they already have a very, very long way to go to rebuild trust here in haiti again too. new york prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the weinstein company, alleging that the studio failed to protect its staff from harvey weinstein. the lawsuit states that any sale of the company "must ensure that victims will be compensated." mr weinstein has been accused by more than 50 women of allegations ranging from rape to sexual harassment. he denies allegations of non consensual sex. germany's chancellor, angela merkel, says she had to make painful concessions to secure a coalition deal with the country's social democrats. hitting back at critics who say she sold out to stay in power, she told german television that handing over the finance ministry to the spd, had been hard, but there had been no real choice.

there is a full investigation into the violence in rakhine state. there have been talks. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave myanmar, seeking shelter. this report contains some flash photography. among the burnt—out remains of a rohingya home, borisjohnson took in the chilling sight — the charred remains of a former life. he found the site himself, although his visit to this region was heavily controlled by the myanmar authorities. can you work out where the house was? he travelled from village to village by helicopter. from the air, you could see whole

areas razed to the ground. it's where the myanmar military and buddhist mobs are accused of pogroms against the muslim rohingya. these pictures of burning villages in the area were filmed by the bbc last year. you genuinely have no idea who did it? some rohingya are still here and were brought out by the myanmar authorities to speak to borisjohnson. all denied any knowledge of who had destroyed their village. this habitation has clearly been burnt out and deserted. one of the rohingya villagers that i spoke to a little earlier told me in english, "i hope you understand, we're in a very bad situation and unhappy." he didn't dare tell me who had burnt his village. 0ne government minister accompanying us told me it was what he called "rohingya terrorists" who turned on their own people and set fire to their homes. what do you think happened here? it's a terrorist attack against them. definitely that.

before, it was not burned down. earlier in the capital, a meeting with aung san suu kyi, who's attracted international condemnation for not speaking up for the rohingya. we were told we couldn't question her. i tried, but we were stopped. foreign secretary and daw suu, could we just ask what you're expecting from these talks? we will be happy to talk to you afterwards. later, i asked the foreign secretary what came of their talks? i don't think it has come through to her, the full extent, the horror of what has happened. it's absolutely devastating and i think what is needed now is some leadership, some calm, but some leadership, working with the un agencies to get these people back home. but this is what awaits any rohingya who do come back — a settlement with high fences and barbed wire. the myanmar government calls this a reception centre. to date, no—one has returned to live here. reeta chakra barti,

bbc news, myanmar. and later in the programme, we look at the work of three british aid workers who've filmed their efforts to help some of the muslim rohingyas. the leader of south africa's ruling anc party, cyril ramaphosa, says the future of the country's president, jacob zuma, will be decided on monday. he made the announcement at a rally in cape town, marking the centenary of the birth of nelson mandela. 0ur africa editor fergal keane reports. # a new day begins! this was the place where south africans first greeted a free nelson mandela, and knew their land was on the verge of transformation. today, the man who's promised to restore mandela's legacy, cyril ramaphosa, walked in his footsteps. 28 years ago on this day, ramaphosa stood beside nelson mandela on this balcony and introduced him to the world.

amandla! crowd cheers. long live the spirit of nelson mandela! now, very deliberately, strategically, mandela is invoked to condemn the excesses under president jacob zuma. nelson mandela was totally committed against corruption, against theft, against the robbery of the assets of our people. we will continue with his legacy. for the last week, cyril ramaphosa and jacob zuma have been negotiating the state president's exit strategy. it seems to come down to the sequencing of his departure. this is a commemoration, but frankly, it feels like the beginning of a coronation because cyril ramaphosa has given the clearest signal yet that the age

ofjacob zuma is coming to an end. tomorrow, the anc‘s national executive committee meets and many people here expect and hope that very soon, cyril ramaphosa will be this country's president. i caught up with him as he left cape town. mr ramaphosa, is tomorrow d—day? i will talk to you after that! thank you! bye— bye! there's still the potential forjacob zuma to say no, but by now, he's aware the mood of the people is for change. the organisation does not belong to a family. it does not belong to me, does not belong to this lady. no way. it belongs to everybody in this country. we are degree graduates who have no jobs. we go door—to—door, handing our cvs. we have nojobs. what about us? what are we going to do? what are we going to eat? today, the benign memory of mandela was summoned to inspire. but hard politics lie ahead in a party divided and a nation

that's seen the promises of freedom betrayed too often. fergal keane, bbc news, cape town. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — british aid workers in bangladesh helping some of the hundreds of thousands of muslim rohingya refugees. we have a special report from one of the world's largest refugee camps. there's mr mandela. mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader ayatollah khomeini has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous. the people of haiti have flocked to church to give thanks for the ousting of their former president, 'baby doc' duvalier. because of his considerable value as a stallion,

shergar was kept in a special secure box in the stud farm's central block. shergar was driven away in a horse box the thieves had brought with them. there stepped down from the plane a figure in mourning. elizabeth ii, queen of this realm and of all her other realms and territories. head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president putin orders a special investigation into the crash of a russian airliner, near moscow. all 71 passengers and crew are killed. oxfam and other international charities face tough questions after fresh allegations of sexual misconduct by some of their staff. now more on the rohingya refugee crisis. three british aid workers have

filmed their efforts to help some of the hundreds of thousands of muslim rohingya who have fled persecution in their home country of myanmar. the bbc‘s chris rogers has been looking at the charities' footage, piecing together their mission. a warning — you may find some images distressing. 's largest refugee camp, this is home to more than 800,000 muslim refugees. escaping persecution in buddhist dominated myanmar. these aid workers have travelled the world helping refugees. but nothing can prepare them for what lies ahead. their journey prepare them for what lies ahead. theirjourney begins at the gateway to the camp where newly arrived refugees receive basic aid. what it is that they receive here is a bag with a bucket and i guess some

building essentials. but the charity workers are heading deep into the, a two—hour trek, where there is no aid, to set up a medical centre. the babyis aid, to set up a medical centre. the baby is 10.5 days and has not been breast—fed. baby is 10.5 days and has not been breast-fed. there are so many babies, newborns who don't have any food. starving. she was provided by the men is that they are for her, not the baby. honestly, it is not the baby years... dead. dying. so we have just organised for her to get referred because she needs to go to a hospital and that she needs to have a id card. they are just in incredible pain with all of these schools all over their heads and really dry skin and cracked skin all overtheir really dry skin and cracked skin all over their body. so we were, you know, literally just over their body. so we were, you know, literallyjust robbing them

down with gasoline. this is a newborn baby, born yesterday, and it feels like a piece of rope today, it has been non—stop, they are shivering, coughing, throwing up, it is just that make it is just don't know... seriously. i think is just that make it is just don't know... seriously. ithink we is just that make it is just don't know... seriously. i think we expect that it did turn up and be working alongside a lot more organisations all volunteers and within the syrian refugee crisis we have worked there and it was full of organisations and volunteers and people there on the ground and! volunteers and people there on the ground and i think we expected this to be slightly similar. and it isn't. her pulse is very low is that we are rushing to the hospital. we have these newly arrived rohingya in severe dehydration. there is absolute lack of aid for these people. all of these people tired,

thick, hungry. —— sick. and yet they reach theirfinal thick, hungry. —— sick. and yet they reach their final destination in this camp and set up home. reach their final destination in this camp and set up homem reach their final destination in this camp and set up home. it isn't so this camp and set up home. it isn't so much as a difficult thing to be here, ithink so much as a difficult thing to be here, i think it would be difficult to leave knowing that we are leaving these people in such a dire situation. chris rogers looking at some of the british aid workers who are helping out in the rohingya refugee camps in bangladesh. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. reports from syria say at least a dozen people have been killed in renewed attacks on a besieged rebel—held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. activists in the eastern ghouta region said there were air strikes on two towns. syrian state media said government forces had responded to rebel mortar fire that had landed in the centre of the capital. a luxury saudi hotel that served as a detention centre for dozens of princes and top officials has reopened to the public. princes, ministers and businessmen had been held at the ritz—carlton

hotel in the capital riyadh since november, as part of the kingdom's anti—corruption drive. here in the uk, london's city airport has been closed after an unexploded world war two bomb was discovered during planned development works. police have set up an exclusion zone and the royal navy have been brought in to remove the device. passengers have been advised to contact their airline for further information. it's been confirmed that three british tourists were killed in a helicopter crash at the grand canyon in arizona on saturday. three other british people, together with the pilot, were injured. cbs reporter mireya villarreal has the details. the information is being released about the accident that happened here at the grand canyon west area, the accident happened just after 5pm

on saturday afternoon and we now know the passengers on board, six of them, three of them that passed away in the accident were all tourist from the uk. we have spoken with witnesses that actually responded to the scene, these were people in other touring groups around the ca nyon other touring groups around the canyon at the time. they saw the black smoke and heard the explosion and rushed to the scene. they were surprised to see there were survivors coming out of the helicopter. one man had 95% of his body burned. another woman, actually a nurse, was there to help treat and triage. she spoke with one of the survivors who was a realtor, a realty lawyer from the london area and she said the woman was in excruciating pain and couldn't stop screaming. she said the toughest thing about treating these survivors as they had no tall solway to help ease their pain while they were out there. the conditions were so bad, it is extremely windy, and conditions were so bad the night of the accident that they had to wait several hours, actually eight hours, to get the survivors and the bodies

and the crew that were helping them out of the canyon area. it was too dangerous to transport them in any other time. right now the faa is well as the ntsb have investigators here on scene, they are working with the hualapai here on scene, they are working with the huala pai police here on scene, they are working with the hualapai police department. we also know that papillon airways, big quy also know that papillon airways, big guy in charge of the helicopter, they are working with the police department as well, as well as the federal investigations, they are the make—up —— they have no condolences on said they will call for it. we did some digging on the company and found that they have had other accidents in the past back in 2001 they had an accident that killed also six people in this situation in that particular accident. there one survivor that has since had numerous surgeries since then. obviously right now this is a very tumultuous situation, it is still under investigation, there is no cause for the accident and actually right now

all of the commercial choppers in the area have been grounded until the weather clears up in this area and the winds die down over the next 24 and the winds die down over the next 2a hours. at least eight people have died in bolivia when a gas canister used by a street vendor exploded. it happened as thousands gathered in the city of oruro to watch its famous carnival celebrations. pablo uchoa reports. a lavish display of tradition — the pride of the fifth—largest city of bolivia. the explosion happened one block away from the main route taken by this carnival parade. officials say it was caused by a faulty gas canister used by a street vendor selling local delicacies on one of the side roads. the blast was so powerful, many took to social media saying they feared it was a bomb. among those killed, three children as young as two. translation: this explosion caused a shock wave that killed and injured people nearby.

it caused damage over a 50m radius, approximately. as a result of this incident, we have eight people dead and a0 injured. president evo morales said he was dismayed by the news of the tragedy which comes amidst heavy rains which left 17 dead and thousands homeless since november. despite the gas explosion, the festivities here, which attract nearly 500,000 people every year, are expected to go on for another week. pablo uchoa, bbc news. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @nkemifejika. thanks for being with us. hello there.

sunday was a better, brighter, sunnier day for many of us than what we saw on saturday, but there were some pretty hefty hail and snow showers around. now, for the upcoming week, it's going to be fairly unsettled. i think there's going to be a lot of rain, maybe some disruptive snow at times. it'll be quite windy too. and then signs of something a bit milder moving into the south to end the week. this is the satellite picture from the last 12 hours. you can see those showers — the speckles indicating those snow and hail showers pushing into the north and west of the country. we start monday morning off on a really cold note. widespread frost and a risk of some ice, particularly where we have the showers. now, for monday itself, we're in between weather systems. a ridge of high pressure building in, so actually, it should be fine and dry for many of us before this system moves in for monday night, bringing us rain, sleet and snow. so it's a cold start to monday. there will be that frost around, some ice to watch out for, but plenty of sunshine around. a few wintry showers across the north and the west

of the country but apart from that, most places should be dry. but it's going to be another chilly one — and temperatures generally between five to seven or eight degrees. the winds will pick up across northern ireland by the end of the day ahead of this weather system. rain, sleet and snow will push in across northern ireland, initially, giving some accumulations of snow here, and then move on into much of western britain. now, we're looking at some pretty disruptive snow, in fact, the high ground of wales, certainly for northern england and for central southern scotland, so a pretty treacherous morning commute on tuesday across central southern scotland, northern england. watch out for the snow and for the ice. this weather front will slowly move its way eastwards through the course of the day, becoming confined to eastern areas. a mix of rain and sleet i think further south. further west, though, it brightens up into the afternoon. we should see sunshine and wintry showers returning. most of these wintry showers falling across western scotland. then we see another weather system moving in for wednesday — we do it all again basically! this will bring another spell of gale force winds as it moves up from the south—west and rain, sleet and snow.

but it looks like the snow will be confined to the hills of central and northern parts of the uk, whereas further south, it should be largely of rain — that's because we're starting to see slightly less cold air moving in so i think wednesday afternoon, although it's going to be drab, cloudy and wet for most of us, see a little bit of milder air pushing into the south and the south—west but still cold in the north. then into thursday, that weather front moves away and we're into a westerly wind regime. that will feed in plenty of showers to northern and western parts of the country. again, wintry in the north. further south, there'll be mainly rain as it is going to be a little less cold in the south — temperatures in double figures here. this is bbc news. the headlines — president putin has ordered a special investigation into the crash of a russian airliner, near moscow. all 71 passengers and crew were killed. emergency workers are searching snow—covered fields to recover the bodies. the crew did not make an emergency call.

some witnesses say it broke up in midair. oxfam has responded to fresh allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its staff. it has announced further changes aimed at strengthening recruitment procedures. the british government has accused the charity of lying about claims that local staff in haiti paid local women for sex. following talks with myanmar‘s de facto leader aung san suu kyi, the british foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has called for a safe return home for hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims who fled to bangladesh, to avoid religious persecution. the exodus came after violence from pro—government militias. now on bbc news, a look back at the week in parliament.