radio 4's pm programme revealed mr forsyth was subject to three separate complaints of inappropriateds female members of staff before he left the save the children in 2015. mr forsyth said in a statement he had made personal mistakes and "i recognise that on a few occasions i had a unsuitable and thoughtless, stations with colleagues which i now know caused offence and hurt. i apologise unreservedly to the collea g u es apologise unreservedly to the colleagues involved and i thought theissue colleagues involved and i thought the issue closed many years ago." mr forsyth is currently a senior figure at the un charity unicef and it said tonight it is discussing the matter with him "so we can take appropriate action." this of course is the second case involving the charity in recent days. brendan cox, the husband of the murdered mpjo cox, admitted at the weekend that he had made mistakes and behaved in a way that caused some women heard and offence when he had worked at the same charity. james, thanks very much. the brexit secretary david davis has tried to reassure the eu that the uk wo

they have been conversations in the last few days with the children and mr forsyth.en from them because they had been in formal complaint and had gone three confidential process of mediation. manveen rana, thank you. haiti has suspended 0xfam's operations in the country for two months while it investigates allegations of sexual misconduct by some of the charity's staff. seven 0xfam workers in haiti were dismissed or resigned in 2011, while working in the country following the earthquake. haiti's government said the charity had made a "serious error" in failing to inform them at the time. thousands of university lecturers have started strike action over planned changes to their pensions, which they say could leave them thousands of pounds a year worse off in retirement. students' studies could be disrupted for up to a month if all the planned strikes go ahead. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports from leeds. at leeds university, lecturers out on the picket line. thousands of lectures have been cancelled on campuses across the uk, the message — "give us t

in a statement this afternoon mr forsyth says he made personal mistakes during his time at save thejudgmenttakes during his time at save the judgment. he save thejudgment. he recognises that he had an suitable and thoughtless conversations with collea g u es thoughtless conversations with colleagues that i now row caused offence and hurt. when it was brought to my attention on two separate occasions i apologised unreservedly to the three colleagues are involved. the apologies were accepted and thought the issue was closed many years ago. this is the second case involving save the children in recent days. 0ver children in recent days. over the weekend, brendan cox, the husband of murdered mp jo cox, weekend, brendan cox, the husband of murdered mpjo cox, admitted he had made mistakes and behaved in a way that had caused some women hurt an offence when he was director of policy at the charity. james landale, thank you. almost 200 people — including children — have been killed on the outskirts of syria's capital damascus since sunday, according to activists. syrian government forces have stepp

mr forsyth left and has since gone on to one of the most senior posts at unicef, the un children's funds during his time at save the children, specifically admitting to what he described as "unsuitable and thoughtless" conversations with colleagues, which he subsequently apologised for. he added that there were no formal complaints, and that they were dealt with through mediation. save the children told us that they were commissioning a root—and—branch review of its organisational culture, and that they apologised for any pain these matters had caused. to reflect on all of this i have the labour mp peter carlin, a man who himself has worked in international aid crisis charities. do you think thatjustin forsyth should be working for unicef in a senior role? there are questions about that right now. the important thing is that unicef is in touch with save the children, unicef said there doing that. i do not know the details of this but it is clear that that needs to be looked at in light of these revelations. unicef have said they are aware of the media reports and welcome the decision of

mr forsyth had apologised after allegations of inappropriate conduct surfaced while in his previous jobhowever he insisted his decision to resign is not because of his past mistakes. haiti has suspended oxfam's operations in the country for two months, while it investigates allegations of sexual misconduct by some of the charity's staff. seven oxfam workers in haiti were dismissed or resigned in 2011, while working in the country following the earthquake. haiti's government said the charity had made a "serious error" in failing to inform them at the time. a letter reportedly addressed to prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle is being treated by police as a racist hate crime. scotland yard say it was delivered along with a package containing a substance, which they tested and found not to be harmful. now on bbc news, newsnight with emily maitlis. the scandal in the charity sector claims its biggest scalp yet. unicef‘sjustin forsyth steps down. quitting not because of past mistakes but because, he says, he didn't want to damage the organisation further. but is too late? we hearfrom a

mr forsyth said he was not resigning because of the mistakes he'd made at the charity. 0ur correspondents in new york. first of all, let's look at what is happening in haiti. what are the authority saying? well, the minister of planning and foreign aid said they would be looking into whether any they would be looking into whether a ny staff they would be looking into whether any staff from 0xfam sexually abused minors, there. they said 0xfam made a serious error in not alerting them immediately to the problem and they we re immediately to the problem and they were holding their own internal investigation. they added the alleged crimes were a violation of the dignity of the haitian people. some pretty strong language from the haitian government towards 0xfam. how long is the suspension of operations likely to last? well, they say the suspension will be in effect for two months, until they conduct an internal investigation. we know from 0xfam's own probe that seven members of the stuff left the charity in 2011, following, basically, acknowledgement that they had engaged in wrongdoing. what

mr forsyth has resigned from unicef saying he does not want to damage unicef are save the children.to switzerland in their play—off match. closer to home, nathan hughes will start at number eight for england this weekend. he replaces sam simmonds. and can celtic make it to the last 16 of the europa league for the last 16 of the europa league for the first time in 1a years? they face zenit saint petersburg in under an hour's time. i will be back with more on older studies at 5:30pm. the latest immigration figures show the number of eu citizens leaving the uk is at its highest level for a decade. the office for national statistics estimates that 130,000 eu nationals left in the 12 months to last september. overall, net migration into the uk was 2a4,000, a fall of 29,000 net arrivals. it's the second set of figures since britain voted to leave the eu injune 2016. earlier, we spoke to the immigration minister caroline nokes, who said that although the number is falling, more people were coming in to take up more people were coming in to take up thejob more people were coming in to take

they have some decent night in a statement, we are grateful to mr forsyth for his work over the past vulnerable children. james comey thank you. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening... the bombardment near syria's capital city continues as the death toll rises to almost 400. the un is meeting now. and still to come: anti—depressants do work, that's according to scientists. we speak to one man who says they've changed his life. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: no medalfor dave ryding but he makes history with team gb‘s first top—ten finish in alpine skiing in 30 years at the winter olympics. more than a million students at dozens of universities across the uk face massive disruption for the next month after their lecturers walked out in a dispute over pensions. the university lecturers say changes to their pensions could leave them £10,000 worse off every year when they retire. but thousands of students, who pay more than £9,000 a year, say they will demand compensation if their studies are disrupted. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley reports from leeds. at leeds

mr forsyth said he had "apologised unreservedly" to the three workers.e the children were questioned by mps about alleged sexual misconduct by workers. security experts have warned of the risk of artificial intelligence being exploited by rogue states, criminals and terrorists. a report, entitled the malicious use of artificial intelligence, warns of scenarios such as drones using face recognition to attack individuals and hackers manipulating autonomous cars. the report authors say designers need to do more to prevent possible misuse of the technology. the majority of small and medium—sized companies are still paying male employees more than their female colleagues, according to the latest government figures. companies have six weeks left to report their gender pay gap. so far, almost 1000 businesses have responded out of the 9,000 asked. our business and consumer correspondent nina warhurst has more. it is time to answer the question — what does every man and woman in your company get paid? and if you lined up all their salaries, what is the figure in

our political correspondent alex forsyth is in westminsterfor us. mrtrump has mre it again. how much concern has he caused amongst america's closest ally? not the first time he has commented on something to do with the british government policy on social media. there was something of a backlash. you had people uniting from across the political spectrum to defend the nhs in light of president trump's comments. jeremy corbyn, the opposition leader said mr trump was wrong to treat his opposition to the nhs. many people made the point that the demonstrators were supporting the demonstrators were supporting the nhs and calling for more funding for it. jeremy hunt the health minister responded with a critique of us health policy. unity from the uk criticising donald trump's intervention. the prime minister theresa may was asked about this today and made the point that there isa today and made the point that there is a good relationship between the us and the uk, nonetheless it is fairto us and the uk, nonetheless it is fair to say that donald trump is testing diplomatic