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this is due to every news coming to gone wrong for lennon a passenger plane crashes near moscow officials say all seventy one people on board were killed or bring you the latest from our correspondent in moscow plus. international charity oxfam is under fire after a newspaper report saying its staff illegally blue hired prostitutes in haiti won't want to mission to help those affected by the twenty ten earthquake the senior staff member if aid workers can be trusted.
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and sarah harmon welcome to the show it's good to have you with us a russian passenger plane operated by saratov airlines has crashed outside moscow the country's transport minister says almost seventy one people on board were killed the aircraft went missing from radar after taking off from a moscow airport the regional jet was flying from the capital to the provincial city of or sick when it went down in a rule area on the outskirts of moscow officials say so far two bodies have been found at the crash site. our moscow correspondent emily sure one has been following that story for us and really good to see what else can you tell us about this crash . well as you said sara russian officials have now said that all seventy one of the people on board this plane were
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actually killed in the accident the ministry of emergency situations has also published the list of the people that died we don't know what actually happened what actually caused. this crash it does seem to have been an accident. the one of the black boxes has now been found so perhaps that will give some more information but it does seem that the crash happened just after the airplane took off from the my idea of the airport and it was on the way to the city of orders which is on the southern tip of the your old mountains but it didn't get very far in fact there were reports that it vanished off the radar just a few minutes after it took off and then it crashed just a few minutes after that and kremlin spokesman. has said that putin has ordered a special commission to start an investigation into this this crash and he has also expressed his condolences for the victims of the crash and condolences have also
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been pouring in from around the world including from the german government. said we don't know what caused the crash investigators will now begin looking into that is this a common thing for a plane to just fall out of the sky a few minutes after takeoff there in what russia. well i wouldn't i wouldn't say so no i mean there are. there are a fair amount of fairly old planes operating within the country but in this case it seems to have been a fairly new plane it was just eight years old. what we also know though about the cause of this this crash is that apparently it was as i said an accident there's a criminal investigation that's been opened and that's into violation of traffic safety rules so the media at the moment are reporting different versions of what could have happened one version is that there could have been an air collision even
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though the ministry of emergency services says that there has been no debris from a helicopter found on the site that was the one of the versions that it could have collided the plane could have collided with a helicopter and other sources are saying that the pilot radioed in about technical difficulties so it does seem to have been an accident and a rather tragic one a very tragic accident seventy one people there in moscow and really sure and thank you for bringing us up to date. well sex scandal is engulfing one of the world's best known charities oxfam a british newspaper reports oxfam staff illegally hired prostitutes for sex parties fall on a mission in haiti this after the nation's devastating twenty ten earthquake the times of london quoted sources saying male charity workers threw parties with prostitutes while living in a guest house rented by oxfam it's prompting the british government to one charities that receive u.k.
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aid money they need to tackle sexual misconduct among staffers or have the funding cut it. knocks them is based in britain and it's denied claims of a cover up over the alleged misconduct but his ambassador to the doesn't believe it it is. it's of course there's. the fact that those folks we have to leave the country you're out any punishment without even informing really of a haitian authorities about that it was a corporal and now the fact that they did such across all there was such a course now we are wondering how many of those cases are still being happening in haiti we don't know well that was the ambassador from haiti to the u.k. i'm joined now in the studio by dr you're in cholesky he's the head of advocacy and campaigns for oxfam germany i want to give you a chance to respond to these allegations that we just heard from the haitian
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ambassador did oxfam cover up this behavior i think our colleague from oxford. would see over the time in two thousand and eleven didn't come up. as soon as the became event of see the geishas have reported and then incident inside the started an investigation internal investigation and they'd put out a press release on august fifth. two thousand and eleven and seeing that they are undergoing this investigation in four weeks later on september the fifth issue the nasa press statement. told the public what was finding what the fault was the finding of those investigations some covered up don't think oxfam covered up but you don't deny that this happened that oxfam workers were hiring process here it's horrible and i'm personally very kind of angry and frustrated that this happens because such a very very bad misbehavior of a few puts the whole organization is in disrepute and what else on that tonight.
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gave will be brought. safe drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people and after just three months and then the bridge broke supported one point two million people in haiti so it was great stuff in such a such misbehavior of a few is outrageous and that's completely that misses it's completely you can see everything what some stands for isn't just misbehavior of a few because today allegations have come out very similar allegations regarding prostitutes in chad or oxfam was also active does oxfam have a cultural problem where hiring prostitutes is considered ok on field deployments and let me say this again is has a code of conduct that it's not allowed to come in to sex workers or to get in touch with. you and your and your mission so it's completely against of values and our code of conduct i think those that took the the incident very seriously in two
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thousand and we improved our procedures and safeguarding measures put in place it did it could safeguard in teen be put in place. and as today as of today of people safeguarding measures as the best practice in the sector so i think of course there was a problem and they're still problems i don't deny that but i think the whole sector has to deal with it. and transparency is the first step raising awareness creating a venice and then kind of doings are right steps to make sure or to try to prevent such things happens in the future oxfam receives taxpayer funding from the british government also receives donations what do you say to viewers who are watching this thinking why should i give any money to oxfam i mean there was no fraud involved in two thousand and eleven than when these things happened some kind of spent all the money it's got from the government from private donors from the un from the european union spent the money to help people in haiti is it sure and you can
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assure people and i think of some as a great organization i mean i think it's awesome for twenty five years now and i'm personally very deeply in i mean i'm very angry about this and i do my very best at what i could do he has also in germany to make sure these things will not happen again but we do appreciate you coming in and facing these allegations on behalf of your organization that's dr your and landscape is that of advocacy and campaigns for oxfam germany thanks for being with us. there's a look now at some other stories making news around the globe mourners gathered outside the home of pakistani human why it's campaigner john hunger she died on sunday of cardiac arrest in the poor at the age of sixty six to hunger campaign tirelessly for democracy and free speech in pakistan she faces death threats for speaking out against strict blasphemy laws in the conservative muslim majority country. at least nine people have died in a gun battle between the indian army and separatists in the just spewed region of
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kashmir militants stormed an army camp there on saturday no group has claimed responsibility but the indian army says pro pakistani militants carried out the assault. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country has delivered severe blows to iran and syria which saturday's airstrikes it comes after syrian forces shot down an israeli jet on its way home from a bombing mission it was one of a group of planes targeting the wrong box positions inside syria. and here in germany it is carnival season thousands of revelers have been dressing up in flashy costumes to celebrate many groups take part in the festivities by creating huge floats for the parade on rose monday and this year the jewish community in distilled are is joining the. i revelers in germany's carnival strongholds like here in cologne have been getting into party mode well in advance of monday's big
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parades. in neighboring doesn't this year's procession will feature a novelty for the first time the jewish community is taking part in the parade with its own float. right now we're experiencing a sharp increase in anti semitism in germany. you can lament it you can argue about it or you can approach it with a sense of humor. and that's why the jewish community is contributing a satirical float. the slow chose the one nine hundred century german writes a heinrich china with a kippa and prayer beats the native converted from judaism to christianity to get around precious ban on jews teaching at university. today the jewish community still hop is mixed emotions towards conical. during the nazi era the carnival parades were used to stir up hatred against germany's jewish population.
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as a huge issue down not within our community there were two or three people who said why are you doing this have you lost your mind they're still troubled by what happened in the past. many kind of fans of welcome to jewish communities decision to get involved a lot of young people in particular don't always have a sense of history you aren't aware of all the things that happens in the past it's good we're still being reminded of it in college a bit sad that a jewish law is needed that shouldn't be the case. of as a muslim i think it's a case of the jewish community is afloat we all party together as a kind of a. the float will also include a special guest the head of muslim community he'll be in costume as a persian poet has been kind of a not a carnival for has been and it's also hard for me personally because as you know alcohol is an issue for muslims within our muslim community our leadership board debated at length and considered the pros and cons but the pros one and we want to
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support sending a signal the mission had is acknowledged. that you religious leaders want to underscore that germany's jews and muslims stand side by side and not only at carnival time. and. move further away from the relegation zone after beating mention gladbach one nil forward again czech struck the only goal of the game after just five minutes. yet to lose a game under new coach typhoon cork out a victory puts them seven points clear of the automatic relegation slots. and satirize actions shell shock are traveling to bahrain while woos are desperate for points but their chances look slim byron after all won their last eight games in the bundesliga the base for his surprise find. a quick hello from les on gorecki to his future by and teammates will be leaving shall cook in the summer coached
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america to death go set his stall out to defend with four men at the back instead of his usual three but it make no difference to the league's best attack thomas miller's effort from distance provided the perfect assist for robert levin dusty one nil by and with only six minutes on the clock the strikers dummy allowed him to go to the shelter box on detected keeper got famine left with little chance. the worst possible start for shall good but they remained a threat and after half an hour they forced an equaliser. the rest is missed kick falling into the path of frank good to santo. up the other end i and robin played in milan and the german international put the hosts back in front famine was anticipating a cross but miller decided to go for glory. the game lost its edge after the break brazil and below tested by and spend. and right before the end of the martinez was
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denied by one of his own teammates. by and relatively untroubled in their two one win and all that without coach upon his who missed the game with flu. in that state of in his iraq today as always a fine why the latest on our website having him dot com i'm sorry harmon from the whole team thanks for watching. crime fighter the new season of radio crime thrillers. investigative cases that will keep you on your toes. at the base idea. so every young person needs to listen to crime fighter and shatila frame tell a friend to thank. you .
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