this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: 13 russians have been charged by the fbi with interfering in the us 2016 election. the defendants allegedly conducted what they call information warfare against the united states. with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. the fbi has admitted it failed to act after receiving a warning last month from someone "close to" florida school gunman nikolas cruz that he was a danger. oxfam has agreed to withdraw from bidding for funding until the government is satisfied it can meet the expected standards. theresa may has said she's determined to strengthen ties with germany after brexit, describing it as a ‘vital partner‘ of the uk. also in the next hour: locked out of the housing market. the number of young people in the uk

who own their own home has fallen dramatically over the last 20 years. and the alarming decline in the number of orangutans on the island of borneo, one of their three main habitats. good evening and welcome to bbc news. 13 russians — and three russian organisations — have been charged with interfering in the american presidential election in 2016. three of those named have been accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five have been accused of aggravated identity theft. the announcement was made by special counsel robert mueller, who is investigating alleged russian interference in the election. the indictment says the russians set up fake social media profiles

to spread disinformation about donald trump's rivals, organised political rallies, and tried to encourage minority groups not to vote. the deputy attorney general of the united states, rod rowden steyn, has been outlining the allegations. in order to hide the russian origins and their activities, the defendants allegedly purchased space on computer servers, located here in the united states, in order to set up the united states, in order to set upa the united states, in order to set up a virtual private network. the defendants allegedly used that infrastructure to establish hundreds of a ccou nts infrastructure to establish hundreds of accounts on social media networks such as facebook, instagram and twitter, making it appear those accou nts twitter, making it appear those accounts were controlled by persons located in the united states. they used stolen or fictitious american identities, fraudulent bank accounts and false identification documents. the defendants opposed as politically and socially active americans, advocating for and against particular candidates. they

established social media pages and groups to communicate with unwitting americans. they also purchased political advertisements on social media networks. the russians also recruited and paid real americans to engage in political activities, promote political campaigns and stage political rallies. the defendants and their co—conspirators pretended to be grassroots activists. according to the indictment, the americans did not know that they were communicating with russians. after the election, the defendants allegedly —— allegedly staged rallies to support the president—elect well staging rallies to protest the selection. for example, the defendants organise one rally to support the president—elect and another to oppose him, both in new york, on the same day. on september 13, 2017, $0011 same day. on september 13, 2017, soon after the news media reported

the special counsel's office was investigating evidence that russian operatives had used social media to interfere with the 26 election, won the pendant collection we wrote, we had a slight crisis here at work, the fbi busted our activity. so i got preoccupied with covering tracks together with my colleagues. now, there is no allegation in this indictment that any american was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. there is no allegation in the indictment that the charge conduct at altered the outcome of the 2016 lap ashun. attorney general of the united states. —— the 2060 election. and we'll be speaking to our washington correspondent, anthony zurcher, about this story in the next few minutes. the fbi has admitted that it failed to act on information about the teenager charged with the murders of 17 people in wednesday's mass shooting at a florida high school. in a statement tonight, it said... more funerals of some

of the victims have taken place in the town of parkland today. president trump is expected to arrive in parkland later today. our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool, reports. they are coming to mourn a girl shot dead inside her school. one of the 17 victims of america's latest mass shooting. alyssa alhadeff had been passionate about playing football and had been a popular and talented people. earlier, thousands had gathered to remember all of those who died, in many cases, friends that only a few days ago they had shared classrooms with. they included 14—year—old jaime guttenberg, all family members say stood up for those who were bullied. her father spoke at the vigil. i sent her to school yesterday.

she was supposed to be safe. among the others who died, meadow pollock, who was going to university next year. joachim oliver, a basketball player, who loved writing poetry. nicholas dworet, a promising swimmer and academic, and 14—year—old cara loughran, who her family says was a great student who loved being at the beach. all lives cut short by a former student at their own school who had returned with a gun. this is where nikolas cruz bought his weapon. all he had to do was produce his driving licence, give the most basic of personal details, and then answer a question to say that he wasn't mentally ill. he was 18 at the time, too young to buy alcohol here, but old enough to walk out of this job with an ar—15 rifle. young survivors are insisting

on better gun control, but feel many adults are letting them down. the fact that i have to say this is horrifying, but i feel the need to because this is the blood of children that is on the floor of a school now. these are 17 children that are dead. those children are our future, the future of this country. and what are we telling our children and showing the future of our country when they have to come to school and worry about being shot? politicians again promised change. you call this a talking point, but why would this be any different to all the atrocities that have gone before, what makes you feel this is different? i have never seen students speak out as boldly as they have. maybe this is the turning point. close to the school, students demonstrated to demand a solution to stop this type of tragedy happening again. in truth, america remains a long way off finding a way to end its problems with guns. we will find out how the story...

and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages, at 10:40 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are kevin schofield, editor of politicshome, and katie martin, the head of fastft. a woman employed by oxfam as a junior aid worker during the relief effort in haiti after the 2010 earthquake has told the bbc she was physically abused and sexually assaulted by a more senior male colleague. she also claims she was the victim of another sexual assault by an oxfam worker, at a party in south sudan in the same year. it comes as the head of oxfam international announced a plan to deal with allegations of abuse. winnie bya nyima says the charity has been shamed. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has the full story. his report contains some distressing details. haiti in 2010. and the chaotic aftermath of an earthquake. a country heaving with humanitarian workers.

some of them there to help, like this young woman, working for oxon for the first time. i studied oxfam in university and learned about them, they are the lead in the world, after unicef, a lot of humanitarian response. i always dreamed of working for them. but her dream turned sour as a more senior colleague became over—friendly and then not so friendly. you will understand why we have protected her identity. he literallyjust pinned me against the wall, he was groping me and grabbing me, kissing me, and i was just trying to shove him off. i got him off eventually and he got mad and threw his glass at me and it shattered on the floor, and later on, we got in the car to go home and he got in next to me and i was scared so i got out and i went to sit on the back. i didn't fall out of my seat, he threw me out of my seat and then

pinned me into the ground. one of my colleagues — a woman, also my room mate — reached back and tried to grab me and pick me out. iwas hitting him, kicking him. she helped me and i got back into the middle seat, and ijumped into the front seat, on the passenger side. as soon as we got home, i ran out of the car and ran up to my room, i didn't want to say anything. and then in south sudan, she was assaulted by another oxfam colleague after a new year party. i went into my room and i was starting to undress and go to sleep and hejust walked in, shoved me on the bed, he tried to rip, he did rip some of my clothes off, he got naked, forced... i was shoving him, kicking and screaming for anyone. i know that the man next door heard because the next morning, he even said something like, hey, are you all right after what happened last night? nobody came to help and ijust pushed him and kicked him and kicked him, and eventually, he got up and walked

outside for a bit and i ran to the door and shouted. and i stood at the door with all my might, keeping it pushed shut as it was pushing from the other end. it felt like for so, so long. i was exhausted. i don't know, i was just crying. i didn't know what to do. i was screaming for help. i thought someone would come help me. but nobody came. today, oxfam announced they had set up a new commission to investigate cases like these. there will also be tougher checks on staff references and three times more money spent on internal safeguarding procedures. but can you guarantee that there are no sexual predators working for oxfam today? we have cases that we are investigating today, and i'm determined that we deliver justice in those cases. thousands and thousands of oxfam staff, doing the right thing in the most dangerous places in the world.

protecting people, saving lives. that work must go on. you cannot give that guarantee that there are no sexual predators working for your organisation? how would i be able to guarantee that there is no—one who is going to offend? what i can guarantee is that we will build a new culture that doesn't tolerate bad behaviour. that doesn't tolerate that behaviour. what went on in haiti has cost oxfam donations and public trust. so it's promising justice and changing its rules. but its future depends on changing a culture that seems to tolerate sexual misconduct. james, tell us more about that statement from the government. what the department of international development have announced tonight is that from now on, the oxfam is no longer going to reply —— apply for

government funding for projects. normally on a rolling basis, charities bid for different projects to say, if we get a bit of money from the government, we will deliver that aid because that is what it does. what has been announced as oxfa m does. what has been announced as oxfam has decided until the government is satisfied with whether 01’ government is satisfied with whether or not oxfam is getting its house in order as a result of this crisis, it is not going to bed for any government contracts. the question is, what does that mean in practice? if there are big contracts up for renewal that we don't know of, and it could have quite an impact and oxfam have to find the money from private donations. if a lot of those contract renewals finish sometime several months away, it it will not have an immediate impact on the funding. in terms of the proportion of funding oxfam receives, how much of funding oxfam receives, how much ofa of funding oxfam receives, how much of a blow would it be if the government funding stopped? of a blow would it be if the government funding stopped ?m of a blow would it be if the government funding stopped? it is quite a large chunk, something less

than a quarter, about £30 million a year. a lot of money. but that is if the entire funding stream is withdrawn. all the existing contracts the government has agreed is still funding it so the existing money is still secure, it is just no future contracts, at least for now. the chief executive of oxfam has been speaking to the media again today. tell us about some of the comments he has made? they might surprise people. there has been a contrast between the different m essa 9 es contrast between the different messages oxfam has been getting out and this time last night, i was talking to the executive director of oxfa m talking to the executive director of oxfam international, the global organisation, winnie byanyima, and her tone was contrite, apologetic, firm in terms of realistic about the changes that oxfam needs to make and a commitment to a series of new commission that will investigate new

changes to the references paid workers have, lots of forms. but this afternoon, mark goldring, the chief executive of oxfam uk, has given an interview to the guardian and he has pushed back against the criticism of oxfam saying, the intensity and ferocity makes you wonder, what did we do? we murdered babies in their cuts? the scale and the intensity of the attacks feel out of proportion to the level of culpability. so there is a destruction here. for the moment, think you very much. more now on the news that 13 russians — and three russian organisations — have been charged with interfering in the american presidential election in 2016. our washington correspondent, anthony zurcher, joins me from washington. talk us through what the deputy attorney general has been saying. he laid out an indictment of three organisations and 13 russian

nationals and robert mueller‘s team asserts a wit involved in attempting to influence international politics, in particular the 2016 us presidential election. they laid out how individuals associated with this troubled to the us and they set up servers within the us to connect to in order to carry out a social media campaign to boost the presidential prospects of donald trump and undermine hillary clinton. notjust those antidotes, bernie sanders as well, democrat, and republicans ted cruz and marco rubio, donald trump's competitors for the republican nomination, they were attacked as well. individuals met with little experts in the united states and grassroots activists to gather more information about the us political process the best influence it and figure out what states to look at and where to go. in a sense, a sweeping attempt to put the finger

on the scale and influence us political operations leading up to 2016, to the tune of $1 million a month towards the end of the campaign. how have the american authorities got this information? they were able to get access even e—mails and correspondence between russians in the ussr and people in russia, and people who were operating the e—mails and the social media accounts. directions to say, we need to support hillary clinton and bernie sanders. work against hillary clinton and supports bernie sanders and support donald trump, a comprehensive influence operation. there is a plea bargain involved as well. i have not seen any plea bargain in this indictment here, although there have been plea bargains in the past with some individuals connected with trump's

campaign, michael flynn, his national security adviser. but this indictment is 13 russian individuals and there has already been a response. yevgeniy prigozhin says he is not upset by this and he says americans are very emotional, let them see the devil. so at least at this point, the russian reaction from one individual is essentially a shrug. how about proving there was collusion of some sort involving americans and it does not all lie at the feet of russians who, after all, we re the feet of russians who, after all, were able to organise rallies, we are told? rod rosenstein said there is no allegation in this particular indictment that any americans had knowledge of these russian efforts. they tread very carefully to hide their russian connections when they came to the united states, they presented themselves as americans, communicating with other americans. the indictment says there could be members of the trump campaign

members of the trump campaign members of the trump campaign members of the trump grassroots operation he were unwittingly associated with these russian nationals. but the actual collusion and knowledge of this influence operation, there is no assertion of that, at least in the indictment and what rod rosenstein said earlier today. for the moment, thank you very much, from washington. in the last few minutes, the kremlin has responded to those indictments, a spokeswoman has said in a facebook post, 13 people interfered in the us elections, 13 against an intelligent services budget of billions, against intelligence and counterintelligence and the latest developments and technologies... absurd! more on that throughout the evening. more on the aftermath of the shooting in florida. the fbi has admitted it failed to act on information about the teenager who has now been charged with the

murders of 17 people. our correspondent is parkland, in florida. so an acknowledgement from the fbi that protocols were not followed. absolutely. the fbi, in a statement, said a person close to nikolas cruz, the shooter, contacted them on january the 5th this year. the person included information on nikolas cruz, that he owned a gun. that he displayed erratic behaviour, that he had troubling social media posts and he expressed a willingness to commita posts and he expressed a willingness to commit a school shooting. despite all that information by somebody close to the shooter, the fbi's public access line never investigated that step, they never passedit investigated that step, they never passed it onto the miami fbi field office look into and so that went com pletely office look into and so that went completely under the radar. the fbi director chris ray said he called up the families of the victims to

apologise and he said that he cannot imagine the added pain but this is causing them. throughout the last day or so, we have heard from officials saying it is important for anybody who sees something to say something. well, in this case, someone did say something, but 17 people have died. we are expecting as well donald trump to visit florida fairly soon as well. yes, he said on twitter that he would be visiting the bravest people on earth, those who have had their lives shattered. we are waiting for the white house to release more information on when exactly he will be here meeting with victims from law enforcement. when i spoke to stu d e nts law enforcement. when i spoke to students and families here, on the one hand, they were reacting to the latest information from the fbi, expressing anger. but also, you have so many students and families saying they have decided to speak out because they want president trump to

do something, and specifically they wa nt do something, and specifically they want president trump to do something on gun control, an issue that has long evaded lawmakers in washington in terms of some kind of consensus, away way forward to insure no other school in america experiences horror that those did here. for the moment, thank you very much. from florida. new figures show a dramatic reduction in the number of young people buying their own homes across the uk, in the last 20 years. the institute for fiscal studies found that only a quarter of those aged 25 to 3a, and earning average incomes, were able to buy a property, compared with two—thirds in the 1990s. simon gompertz has the details. i've been living here a couple of years now. aged 30, keen to buy, but shut out of the market. so, this is my room. tom bourlet says renting here in brighton is money down the drain. but the house prices are beyond him. it's mission impossible at the moment, there's not a chance

of being able to get the deposit. it's such a cost — and with utility bills, with the cost of trains going to london, with my rent prices, it's just unachievable. and my friends, they're all around the same age, and none of us are on the property ladder yet. the institute for fiscal studies looked at young people like tom, aged 25—34, on middle incomes of around £22,000 to £30,000 a year for a household after tax, although most of them were couples with children. over two decades, the number of young owners has dropped across britain — from 54% to 44% in the north—east and cumbria, the smallest move, from 61% to 36% in the east midlands, in london, just 20%. there's been a collapse in the home ownership rates of young adults

across the country and it has been concentrated on middle income families. if this continues into their later life, they're going to be paying rent forfar longer, potentially into their retirement, and mean they have less real resources for other spending when they're in old age. the huge increase in house prices is the reason why it's become so difficult. 20 years ago, a young family would need four times their income in order to buy. now it's more like eight times, so for increasing numbers, buying a home isjust a nonstarter. the government's help to buy scheme is helping people afford more, particularly new homes. and first—time buyers have had their stamp duty cut. but the problem is also one of supply. councils complain that developers are sitting on planning permissions for more than 400,000 homes which have not been built, and that's aggravating the shortage. it's really hard to see how we can make this better when we are still seeing huge demand for housing, and that housing demand is not being met with the right number of houses. so i think that it's all coming down to the individual now. they're having to make

the choices, they're having to decide for themselves — do i want to rent and have the flexibility but pay more for it, or do i want to make a lot of difficult decisions and get on the housing ladder sooner? my mother always says she got on the property ladder at 25, 26, and she says tells me her deposit price and how cheap the deposit was. tom is aggrieved that is missing out, part of a generation in which most people — like it or not — are stuck with renting. simon gompertz, bbc news, brighton. ray boulger is a mortgage and property expert. thank you very much. what is the biggest challenge for first—time buyers to get on the property ladder? finding the deposit is the biggest challenge for quite some time. the building societies association duzza quarterly survey asking first—time buyers the biggest barrier and finding a deposit is always at the top the list. for anybody renting,

if they can the deposit, finding the mortgage payments is probably not that significantly different to rental payments. so when you could get 100% mortgage, whereas now, the maximum you could get is 25 —— 5%, apart from special schemes. that is the real problem. the reason for that, fundamentally, in a credit crunch of 2,000 and 72,008, when stopped even doing 90% mortgages, let alone 95,100. since then, tighter regulation and stricter controls on the banks has meant it is much more expensive for banks to offer high loans because they have to set aside more capital. so the key reason why banks and building societies do not offer 100% mortgages is that the regulations make it much more expensive for them to do so. how different is the picture in different parts of the country? we know that london is very massively

expensive, surely parts of the country are more affordable? absolutely. there are parts of the country where you can buy a home for less tha n country where you can buy a home for less than £100,000. whilst in those parts of the country, generally speaking, salaries will be lower, yes, london and the south east is clearly much more of a challenge. i think you can broadly put down first—time buyers into two camps, those who got parental or family help, who are giving all lending them the deposit, they can buy it are petite with the deposit, and those whose families either cannot or those who are not prepared to help. they have to save up. if they are living at home and not paying much towards their keep, they can probably save the deposit they need of three, four years. but they are paying rent, as the example in your video shows, it is difficult to save up video shows, it is difficult to save upa video shows, it is difficult to save up a deposit and pay rent at the same time. what hope is that this is a

temporary problem, rather than a long—term problem? i think the only hope that it is going to be solved is that we reach a solution whereby people can get 100% mortgage. some people think 100% mortgage. some people think 100% mortgages bad because you have no skin in the game. but bearing in mind you can get an unsecured loan of between £7,500 and £25,000 at rates of 3%, with a good credit rating which would need to get a mortgage, and you have to pay more than that for a 95% mortgage, let alone 100% mortgage, that tells me there is something wrong with the system. if you can borrow money cheaper and secured rather than secured, that makes no sense. we need a scheme where there is a way of bridging the gap between 95 and 100%. we could go part way there and perhaps have a mortgage for 97.5%. or go —— although mortgage interest

rates are quoted in 5% multiples, there is no reason why somebody with innovation could not change that. so that, in my view, is the way to sort this problem out. you clearly have the charge more because the risk is higher, but there has to be a price at which it would be economical for banks to offer mortgages at a higher loa n to banks to offer mortgages at a higher loan to value and 95%. creative thinking, that is what we need! once again, thanks for your time. the new south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has delivered his first state of the nation address to parliament in cape town, a day after being sworn into office. he set out his plans for the economy and for ending the corruption scandals that forced his predecessor, jacob zuma, to resign. mr ramaphosa told the mps that this is the year that the tide will be turned on corruption in south africa's institutions. we must fight corruption, we must fight fraud and collusion, as well as in the private sector, with the

same purpose and intensity that we want to fight it in the public sector. we must remember that every time someone receives a bribe, there is someone who is prepared to pay it. we will make sure that we deal with both of them. joining me now from ourjohannesburg studio is verashni pillay, a journalist and head of digital at a south african radio station. thank you very much forjoining us here. what did you make of this speech, especially the reference back to continuing the long walk that nelson mandela spoke about although she is a go? indeed, it was very much a return to form of what the state of the nation address really should be, which is an occasion of celebration in many

ways. under his predecessorjacob zuma, the state of the nation address became a very dark and violent time when opposition figures we re violent time when opposition figures were walking out and disrupting the address. today, we sought a new mood in the chamber that was reminiscent of times and nelson mandela who cyril ramaphosa was the preferred successor for of course. how is he going to root out the corruption which is the big problem he says he needs to address? many of those mechanisms are underway. that is thanks to many factors in our society, not just ramaphosa, is thanks to many factors in our society, notjust ramaphosa, but his appointment has helped. the biggest factor will be the judicial enquiry into state capture, which is looking ata into state capture, which is looking at a range of deals which have taken place and came out in a series of lea ks called the place and came out in a series of leaks called the guptill ekes exposed by investigative journalists in our country. —— the gupta leaks.

he will give a speech and law enforcement —— law was meant officers doing their work. how optimistic are the public that he can do what he says he needs to do? it was a long laundry list. i don't think i was expecting him to make so many promises. he promised to visit every level of government, he promised to visit enquiries, summons and groups. it is quite a big task but he seems confident. more than that, the mood is optimistic. cautiously optimistic but relieved. the years of jacob zuma are cautiously optimistic but relieved. the years ofjacob zuma are behind us. if he can do half of what he has promised to do, that will be very promising for south africa. thank you for your time. let's take a look at the weather forecast now. hello, i hope you have enjoyed all

the sunshine. there is a weather system running through the west of the uk, scotland, northern ireland, north—west england and wales. we will see outbreaks of rain. some outbreaks of snow on the hills. by the end of the night it will reach into parts of north—east england. with this system, temperatures not as low as recent nights. still a frost through parts of central and south—eastern england. tomorrow, the system weakens. one or two showers followed to the west. more especially in north—west scotland venturing into the hills. we will get more snow out of that and temperatures getting up to seven to 10 degrees. looking ahead to part two of the weekend on sunday, a much cloudier affair. outbreaks of rain spreading east through the day. next week it will be a colder. this is bbc news,

our latest headlines: 13 russians and three russian organisations have been charged by the fbi with interfering in the us 2016 election. moscow has called the action absurd. the fbi has admitted that it failed to follow up a warning about the gunman who killed 17 people at a school in florida. a caller told their tip line about his disturbing posts on social media about his desire to kill people. oxfam has agreed to withdraw from bidding for funding until the government is satisfied it can meet the expected standards. theresa may has said she's determined to strengthen ties with germany after brexit, describing it as a vital partner of the uk. the number of young people in the uk who own their own home has fallen dramatically over the last 20 years. the german chancellor angela merkel

said she was not frustrated about the developments after brexit. she said dues curious about —— she said she was curious about britain's relationship with germany. vicki young spoke to us earlier from berlin. with her cabinet divided, theresa may has been under pressure from brussels, from berlin as well, to put more flesh on the bones, to lay out how she sees britain's feature relationship with the european union. tomorrow, theresa may will head to munich where she will make a speech. she wanted to come here and emphasise the shared

values between the uk and germany, particularly when it came to their trading relationship. it is notjust a one—way street. i want a future economic partnership that is good for the european union, economic partnership that is good forthe european union, good economic partnership that is good for the european union, good for germany and good for the remaining members of the european union and is good for the uk. members of the european union and is good forthe uk. i members of the european union and is good for the uk. i believe through negotiations we can achieve just that economic relationship. angela merkel may have been slightly weakened by recent election results. she spent time trying to stitch together a coalition government but she is still an influentialfigure with the eu. today she was asked whether she was frustrated by britain not laying out enough detail and she said, i am not frustrated, i am curious about how it will all work. i think certainly downing street will be pleased that heard tone seemed pretty warm.

translation: in the end, the outcome needs to be a fair balance that deviates from the single market and not as close partnership as we have had. but i think one can that and we the eu 27 will be carefully vetting that process. it is going to be different from what britain currently has a member. warm words do not hide the fact there are difficult negotiations to come as they try to find a way through. a lot of unresolved issues. vicki youngin lot of unresolved issues. vicki young in berlin. orangutans are one of the world's most endangered species, under threat from deforestation and hunting. now a study has revealed that on the island of borneo, which is one of their last natural habitats, there could bejust 70,000 of the primates left, and that's a fall of around 50% in less than 20 years. well, an international team, including researchers from chester zoo, is working on new projects to help save them from extinction. victoria gill has the story.

hanging onto survival. zoo programmes like this preserve small populations of bornean orangutans. but in the wild, they are being pushed rapidly towards extinction. their rainforest home continues to be cleared for agriculture and mining, but a 16—year—long study has now revealed that borneo's orangutans are disappearing from areas where the forest is untouched. they are being targeted by hunters. even in the areas where we think they're safe, we are losing them. and in some of the large populations where we have measured this loss, it's 50% over 16 years. it is an astonishing decline at the population level. even without animals being deliberately killed, scientists estimate that deforestation alone could wipe out another 115,000 orangutans here in the next three decades. but this bridge—building project is a much—needed sign of hope. where the forest is fragmented by agricultural drainage ditches, a team from chester zoo and the malaysian charity hutan is physically reconnecting it

with tough polyester straps. this remarkable footage captured by a tourist is the project's first sign of success. when these animals use their arms, they move around, they move that height, they swing in the forest canopy and that's what they rely on in the wild. the zoo has learned from that to build bridges that will reconnect that habitat, just like the ones in the zoo enclosure. to actually see them using them and moving more freely across this habitat, that is so fragmented, is a really positive sign. this is very much a short—term solution. the long—term solution is to reforest the area. palm oil grown here makes its way into a huge variety of our food and other products, so conservationists are urging us consumers to check its sourced sustainably. our choices, scientists say, could decide whether there is a future for these critically endangered apes. victoria gill, bbc news.

the government should give £10,000 to every citizen under 55. that's the central finding of a report published today by the royal society. the organisation says it would be one way of compensating workers for the wayjobs are changing, particularly because automation is increasingly likely to replace manyjobs over the next ten to 20 years. well, we can speak now to anne—marie imafidon, who's a commissioner on the future of work commission. it's a think—tank which draws up ideas about how we can shape the future of work for the benefit of society. thank you for coming in. who would say no to £10,000? but why would it bea say no to £10,000? but why would it be a good idea and what good would it do? said the idea behind it is there will be a lot of displacement and a lot of people having to change

jobs which is their main source of income, because of automation, robots and artificial intelligence creeping in on our roles and the jobs we do today. this would supplement the loss of earnings or the way jobs supplement the loss of earnings or the wayjobs are changing. that is the wayjobs are changing. that is the idea of having that universal basic income. the royal society says the payments would not be means tested, you would only have to demonstrate how you would use the money. what would be the good use of the £10,000 windfall like that? as we outlined in the report that the future of work commission released at the end of last year, things like skills would be the top of the billing. it is no longer that you sign upforajob billing. it is no longer that you sign up for a job and you do that job for life, now do something where you need to be constantly learning and lifelong learning is something we will need to do as the technology advances and helps us do more of our roles. that should definitely be top

of the list. also it is supplementing your income while back transition phase is happening. we have heard a lot about disruption and robots taking ourjobs entirely. this is about using that period otherwise it will be bumpy. this is about using that period otherwise it will be bumpym this is about using that period otherwise it will be bumpy. it will not go far, £10,000. it does not go farandi not go far, £10,000. it does not go far and i don't think it will com pletely far and i don't think it will completely pay you entirely for the time you might not be working any more, but it is definitely a help in the right direction. the other thing is ita the right direction. the other thing is it a slightly more feasible. i think the high levels of basic income, the more taxation and less feasible but it will be to give eve ryo ne feasible but it will be to give everyone that amount of money. you are also involved in encouraging women and young girls into science. how important is that going to be in the future, if we have to compete with automation? it will be incredibly important. all the automation and technology is being built by one type of person which

means there is a skew on the technology and the way we are taking advantage of it. it is very important that we can have talent and innovation and the balance of people from different backgrounds feeding into different technologies so they are used for all and innovating for all, rather than just a small group. how divisive might attempt as pound payment be indifferent parts of the country —— how divisive might a £10,000 payment be and between different ages? they suggest up to 55 and the pension age is 67 so there is a gap there as well. that will be incredibly divisive and tricky how you get around how you help people in that transition phase. but the biggest question is where the money will come from and how would you prioritise that £10,000 over where cuts will inevitably come from in other parts of the public? is this

just fantastical at the moment? it will never be a policy? we think it will never be a policy? we think it will eventually become a policy. it is being tested in different countries around the world and it is something we are talking about as humankind, a universal basic income. all of these things are about adoption and cultural fit, all of these things are about adoption and culturalfit, and it is something that we might eventually come round to thinking it might be a good idea. thank you. now it's time for newswatch. here's samira ahmed with this week's round—up of your comments about bbc news. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up: did bbc newsnight to match of the allegations against oxfam staff, damaging public confidence in the whole charity sector? and we know the bbc has new graphics for its weather service, so why did viewers get this retro last saturday? first, wednesday brought a sense

of sickening familiarity with news of a mass shooting at a high school in florida. a couple of hours later, jon sopel described the scene for the news at ten. yet again those terrifying pictures of children running for their lives as an active shooter is on the school premises, running as fast as they can to try to get to safety. we understand the shooter himself is in custody. he is believed to be an 18—year—old former student of this school. he is now under arrest. over the next few hours it emerged 17 people had been killed and bbc news provided plenty more detail and reaction. too much for some viewers. here is stephanie johnson.