angus crawford reports. killing more than 200,000 people and affecting millions more.gencies from around the world stepped into the chaos. of staff in the field. women for sex. the commission now disputes. 0xfam's leadership denies there has been a cover—up. serious misconduct and that we had taken action. by the government every year. shocking and demanded a full and urgent investigation. about the misconduct. it is clear that it's a cover—up case. authorities in haiti about that, it was a cover—up. how many of those cases are still happening in haiti? we do not know. so justice can be served there. and now threatens its work in the future. angus crawford, bbc news. and writer for the new european. of its jets. over israeli airspace. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. advanced fighter jets. amid syrian anti—aircraft fire. 0ne pilot was left severely injured. israeli airspace. it was destroyed. iranian targets in syria. entrenchment in syria. goal of destroying israel. like these hezbollah fighters, back in control of much territory. syria's conflict ha

angus crawford reports.ted haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting millions more. aid agencies from around the world stepped into the chaos. 0xfam, with more than 70 years‘ experience, had hundreds of staff in the field. but an investigation by the times found that in 2011, four staff members were sacked and three others resigned over allegations of misconduct, including paying local women for sex. the ngo says it launched an investigation and kept the charity commission fully informed, something the commission now disputes. 0xfam's leadership denies there's been a cover—up. 0xfam was actually proactive in going to the british public, the department for international development, and the charity commission, to explain that there had been serious misconduct and we'd taken action. more than £30 million of taxpayers‘ money is given to oxfam by the government every year. today, downing street called the allegations truly shocking and demanded a full and urgent investigation. today, fresh claims, some

angus crawford, bbc news. also making news today...e says that the trump administration is open to holding talks with north korea, but stressed that this would not equate to negotiations. pence spoke after attending the winter olympics in south korea last week, at which he avoided contact with a north korean delegation that held talks with the south korean leadership. it's accurate to say we want to make sure north korea understands this, and, if there's an opportunity for talks that can communicate the fixed policy of the united states america to them, the president has made it clear — he always believes in talking. but talking is not negotiation. talking is understanding one another. there is no daylight between the united states of america and south korea and japan on our commitment to continue to intensify our maximum pressure campaign on north korea until they abandon their nuclear weapons programme. donald trump's long—time personal lawyer has admitted privately paying an porn star more than $100,000 a month before the us electio

angus crawford reports. earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting millions more. aid agencies from around the world stepped into the chaos. 0xfam, with more than 70 years‘ experience, had hundreds of staff in the field. but an investigation by the times found that in 2011, four staff members were sacked and three others resigned over allegations of misconduct, including paying local women for sex. 0xfam says the behaviour of some staff was totally unacceptable. the ngo insists it did inform the charity commission, even issuing a press release at the time, and denies a cover—up. 0xfam was actually proactive in going to the british public, the department for international development and the charity commission to explain that there had been serious misconduct and we'd taken action. the government, which gives 0xfam more than £30 million a year, says... today, fresh claims some of the disgraced staff gotjobs at other aid agencies because 0xfam failed to warn them about the mi

angus crawford, bbc news.his could be a much wider issue were echoed by dr elaine storkey who is the former president of a charity in the disaster emergency committee when she spoke to me earlier. yes, it is a horrible idea that that there might be more revelations that we have not yet seen, and that doesn't surprise me. aid workers are invulnerable places, working their socks up and they are open to temptation. it is very sad but you can imagine them giving in to it. temptation. it is very sad but you can imagine them giving in to itm your experience of haiti, how serious is the problem of exploitation of women, and did that situation get worse after the earthquake? the exploitation there is similarto earthquake? the exploitation there is similar to that across the world. it is barbaric, relentless, women are prostituted, abused and so on. in defence of the aid organisations, if it weren't for them, it would be far worse, the whole issue of the availability of prostitution would be massive. we have to put thi

angus crawford, bbc news.t has crashed after coming underfire, while attacking iranian forces in syria. the two—man crew ejected and one is said to be seriously injured. the f—16 was part of an air raid on a drone base inside syria, after israel claimed an iranian drone entered its airspace. the government in damascus has accused israel of terrorism and has threatened to retaliate. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman is injerusalem. what was left on israeli soil. the plane crashed after the two pilots ejected, said it after a syrian anti—aircraft fire. 0ne pilot was left severely injured. israel has said that it scrambled the planes in response to this... a drone sent allegedly by syria into israeli airspace. it was destroyed. if you hit the site that it said the cabaco come from before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. syrian state tv called it a glorious morning and cleaned the country shot down the israeli plane. israel is aware of the threat across its northern border,

our correspondent, angus crawford, has the details.rst haiti, now chad, one of the poorest countries on earth. new allegations that oxfam workers paid local women for sex. the charity says it's shocked and dismayed, but can't confirm the reports. the head of the mission there at the time, roland van hauwermeiren, was the same man who, five years later in haiti, resigned after admitting using prostitutes. four others were sacked. as the scandal grows, the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, has sent a strong warning to all british charities receiving public money. "they'll lose the cash if they can't show a robust approach to safeguarding." i am very clear. it doesn't matter whether you've got a whistle—blowing hotline, it doesn't matter if you've got good safeguarding practices in place, if the moral leadership at the top of the organisation is not there, then we cannot have you as a partner. she said oxfam didn't give her department the full facts about what happened in haiti. it's about, was there any harm done? was

angus crawford has the latest.ere a small number of aid workers became exploiters. it continues to send shock waves through the entire sector. and today, new revelations from 0xfam about other under—reported cases involving its workers. there were cases in the philippines. there were also cases in bangladesh. there were whistle—blowers coming forward in bangladesh, as far as i know. there was also a case, i think, in nepal. abusers exploit the chaos and confusion of natural disasters, like here in 2013 during typhoon haiyan in the philippines. and lan mercardo says even if they are caught and disciplined, charities are not warning each other about unsuitable staff. not yet. but that's a practice that we need to start. because... you know, the funny thing about cases like this is we always see them as reputational risks, no? but the way to manage reputational risk is not to keep silent. but in disaster zones, speed is key. charities scale up their efforts within hours, employing thousands of new staff in what can be

angus crawford, bbc news.rmer aid worker and charity communications director who has spent time in parts of africa. you haven't worked for oxfam, but in your experience, where do you think things might have gone so badly wrong for oxfam in this case? is difficult to assess that because i haven't been there and i don't know. but any organisation needs leadership at every level. we see sexual expedition across every sector. we see it in church, in hollywood and in corporate companies, and it always comes the leadership at the top and on the front line. every person in a position of responsibility needs to know what is expected of them and what they are leading their teams to deliver and especially in the way they treat people with dignity and they treat people with dignity and they respect women and children. cross—cultu ral they respect women and children. cross—cultural management is important, because there will be people in teams who are from different parts of the world were different parts of the world wer

angus crawford, bbc news.his story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are anne ashworth, associate editor of the times and bonnie greer, playwright and writer for the new european. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said tonight that his country will defend itself against any attack or attempt to violate its sovereignty. his statement comes amid increased tensions between israel and its neighbours, syria and iran. the israeli military says it's attacked targets in syria, including air defence systems and sites linked to iran. earlier, an israeli f—16 fighter jet crashed after being shot down by syria. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports from jerusalem. what was left on israeli soil of one of the country's most advanced fighter jets. the plane crashed after the two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti—aircraft fire. one pilot was left severely injured. israel has said tha

angus crawford, bbc news.disabilities about the way that their welfare claims are assessed, according to a parliamentary committee. a new report says assessment work by private contractors is often riddled with errors and that claimants don't trust assessors to record evidence of their health accurately. the government says the system works well for the majority of claimants. 0ur disability correspondent, nikki fox, reports. anastasia is having a good day, but most of the time she's in constant pain and struggles to leave the house. the 24—year—old has multiple sclerosis and used to work full—time. now she relies on disability benefits, but applying for those benefits has taken its toll. i don't know how other people can cope with it. why do i feel so crushed and not believed? when she was assessed at home by a healthcare professional from a private company, anastasia told her assessor she could only walk 20 meters. but when the report came back, it said she could walk further. as a result, she lost part of he

angus crawford, thank you.ter the earthquake in haiti in 2010 were forced to bring prostitutes to the charity's premises or risk losing theirjobs, according to one source who's spoken to the bbc. 0xfam has today published an investigation which found that three of its employees physically threatened a witness during an investigation into sexual misconduct, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. newsreel: ..and its operations have become an industry that's spread into 80 countries. for more than half a century, 0xfam's been helping those in need, such as these victims of conflict in nigeria in the late 1960s. but that hard—earned reputation's been put at risk by the behaviour of some of the charity's staff in haiti in 2011. the internal report says that one was dismissed and three resigned for what it describes as "using prostitutes on 0xfam premises". two more were dismissed for bullying and intimidation, one of whom, the report says, also downloaded pornography, and another man was sacked for f

further revelations followed and the bbc has been following up the story with angus crawford reportingvening. the government is 110w sunday evening. the government is now demanding every charity receiving taxpayer‘ money this goes all past and present cases of sexual misconduct. the scandal affecting one charity is now threatening to engulf the entire sector. the government has always defended this budget by saying, look, we are spending it better, we are making it all these kind of things. i think it isa all these kind of things. i think it is a little harder for the government to make that argument when you have some oxfam workers spending taxpayers money on orgies with young prostitutes. james langdale in the studio there. but some members of the audience took exception to the way the story was covered with one viewer who preferred to remain anonymous writing: grace dalton echoed that in this telephone message he left usli really feel that the bbc is not anywhere near careful enough to make clear that this scandal relates to a small number of people who no longer work for oxfam. i m

angus crawford, bbc news.y meeting this afternoon, to decide the future of the south african president jacob zuma. it's understood he's refused to stand down, even after six top anc officials visited him at home in pretoria yesterday to ask him to resign. jacob zuma is facing corruption allegations, and many in the anc want cyril ramaphosa to take over. the only surviving suspect in the 2015 paris terrorist attacks, salah abdelsam, has gone on trial in brussels relating to a gun battle with belgian police. he told the court, "i am not afraid of you, i am not afraid of your allies. i put my trust in allah." gavin lee sent this report. under armed guard and tight security, salah abdeslam, once one of europe's most wanted men, being driven to court this morning in brussels. he was alleged to be the sole survivor of the paris attacks in 2015, when multiple locations were targeted and 130 people were killed. police traced abdeslam's movement in the hours after the attacks to a service station near the belgian borde

angus crawford, bbc news. there will be more on that story throughout the night.ort today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme... 17—year—old american red gerard is the star on day two of the winter olympics in south korea, taking gold in the slopestyle snowboarding. no joy forjose, as manchester united lose at newcastle in the english premier league. and big wave surfing in portugal as 25 to 30 foot waves pose problems for some, but not for others. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start in south korea and red gerard was the star on day two of the winter olympics in pyeongchang. the teenage snowboarder won gold in the slope style on a day when seven gold medals were at stake — as nick marshall mccormack reports. it isa it is a mark of

further revelations followed and the bbc has been following up the story with angus crawford reporting evening. the government is now demanding every charity receiving taxpayers money disclose all past and current cases of sexual misconduct. a scandal affecting one charity is now threatening to engulf the entire sector. the government has always defended its budget by saying look, we are spending it better, we are making less fraud, less waste, all those kind of things. i think it is harder for the government to make that argument we have some 0xfam worker spending taxpayers' money on caligula style orgies with young prostitutes. james landale in the studio there. some viewers took exception to the way the story was covered, with one viewer, who preferred to remain anonymous writing: the fact that 0xfam dealt with the case at the time was not portrayed clearly at all by the bbc, which also conveyed the message about the 87 allegations of sexual assault at 0xfam itself reported in its annual report, out of context. it did not make clear that because 0xfam has transparency and safeguardi

angus crawford, bbc news. let's talk a little bit more about this interesting case.rs who has been representing lauri love. how unusual is this decision? it's the first time it's been tested. the forum bar was introduced by then home secretary theresa may in 2013. it means that if an alleged offence occurred across two different jurisdictions and if there is a extradition request, the court is entitled to bar it if it wouldn't be in the interest ofjustice for it to ta ke in the interest ofjustice for it to take place. howard theyjudge that? they look at such things as how practical it is for a trial to take place in the requested country, in this case england, could they get thejudges and this case england, could they get the judges and witnesses there? would there be significant delay? are prosecutors here willing to deal with it. also looking at the cuban rights of the person. in lauri love's case, we are looking at his medical conditions and his family. there is the question of whether the prosecution could take place here and separate parameters to do with the we

angus crawford, bbc news.his could be a wider issue were echoed by the author, and former president of a charity, dr elaine storkey. yes, it's a horrible idea that there might be even more revelations that we haven't yet seen, and it doesn't surprise me. aid workers invulnerable places are working their socks off and are open to temptation, but it is very sad, that you can imagine them giving into it. in your experience of haiti, how serious a problem is the expect ocean “— serious a problem is the expect ocean —— exploitation of women, and did get worse after the earthquake? it's similar to the exploitation of women across the world, it's barbaric and relentless, women are prostituted and abused and so on. actually, in defence of the organisations, if it weren't for the ngos in places like haiti and chad, theissue ngos in places like haiti and chad, the issue of the availability of prostitution would be far worse, massive. so we have to put it in perspective. what you are seeing are very vulnerable women who

our correspondent angus crawford is here with me.k him down, at one point about 100 investigators trying to identify him. it shows how difficult it is to police the internet. the national crime agency says this is a watershed moment because it shows real progress. multiple agencies in different countries bringing falder to justice. the dark web poses problems for law enforcement. the sites are hidden behind encryption. to access child abuse sites, you have to post illegal images. law enforcement can't do that in mostjurisdictions. abuses barter their images, they don't pay for them, so there is no money trail to follow, are conventional policing tactics. but abusers make the stakes and the m ista kes abusers make the stakes and the mistakes of falder were spotted by the fbi and also by nu unit set up by gchq, the government's monitoring centre. so this is a big success for them but the scale of this problem is huge. a dark net child abuse site close down next year, it is thought to have had tens of thousands of users. angus, thank yo

angus crawford, bbc news.and syria have intensified after israeli fighter planes launched bombing raids across the border following the shooting down of one of its jets. israel says it's been targetting iranian positions on syrian territory used to fly drones over israeli airspace. 0ur middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports. what was left on israeli soil of one of the country's most advanced fighter jets. it crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti—aircraft fire. 0ne pilot was left severely injured. israel said it scrambled the planes in response to this, a drone allegedly sent by iranian forces in syria into israeli airspace. it was destroyed. israel then hit the site it said the drone had come from, before further strikes against what it called iranian targets in syria. i've been warning for some time about the dangers of iran's military entrenchment in syria. iran seeks to use syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying israel. israel is wary ab

angus crawford reports.ng millions more.

here's angus crawford. a scandal made in the poverty of haiti's shantytowns.rs became exploiters. it continues to send shock waves through the entire sector. and today, new revelations from 0xfam about other under—reported cases involving its workers. there were cases in the philippines, there were also cases in bangladesh, there were whistle—blowers coming forward in bangladesh as far as i know. there was also a case, i think, in nepal. abusers exploit the chaos and confusion of natural disasters, like here in 2013 during tropical storm yolande in the philippines. and lan mercardo says even if they are caught and disciplined, charities are not warning each other about unsuitable staff. not yet. but that's a practice that we need to start. because... you know, the funny thing about cases like this is we always see them as reputational risks, no? but the way to manage reputational risk is not to keep silent. so comment problem for the whole sector. underlined today by the international development secretary at an aids conference in sweden. no organisation is to

angus crawford, bbc news.express the shock of my government after seeing these allegations. it is really shocking. it is shameful, and it is unacceptable. and the worst part of it is the fact that even though those crimes have been reported to the haitian authorities, no action would have been taken, they say, and thatis would have been taken, they say, and that is an insult. they say the reason they did not take it to the haitian authorities is that they believe nothing would happen? that's true and this is really an insult. in fact, these gentlemen left of the country and now he would have been able to work for other ngos, you don't know how many other kids are being victimised from this gentlemen. therefore it is appalling, i think it is something we should condemn, and the haitian government now is about to summon the 0xfam representative in haiti to give and share those reports and to explore those legal steps to be taken against those people. so, what do you think, clearly mistakes have been made and 0xf

the bbc correspondent angus crawford was in quart. thejudge sent thejury was in quart.utjust before three o'clock today and it took less than an hour, 59 minutes for the jury took less than an hour, 59 minutes for thejury of took less than an hour, 59 minutes for the jury of eight women and four men to come back with guilty verdicts. guilty of murder, it guilty of attempted murder. osborn in the dock made absolutely no reaction at all. what was really interesting about this case was the fa ct interesting about this case was the fact that he didn't come up with any kind of defence until very, very late in the day. normally a defence is filed very early on, before the case is filed very early on, before the case actually begins but in this case, his defence came very, very late and it was, in the words of the prosecution, absurd. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: donald trump is a day from releasing a republican memo expected to accuse the fbi of bias against his presidency. and here's a few of the stories making news in the bbc newsroo

our correspondent angus crawford has been in court. some of the judge's comments on what you have been hearing. the judge sent the jury been hearing. the judge sent the jury outjust before 3pm today and it took less than an hour, 59 minutes, for thejury of it took less than an hour, 59 minutes, for the jury of eight women and four meant to come back with guilty verdict, guilty of murder, guilty verdict, guilty of murder, guilty of attempted murder and osborne in the dock made no reaction at all. what was really interesting about this case was the fact that he didn't come up with any kind of defence until very late in the date. normally a defence is filed early on, very early on, before the case begins at in this case, his defence came very late and it was, in the words of the prosecution, absurd. he claimed that he was the driving the van at the moment of the attack. he told the court that yes, the plan to come to london and had planned mass murder, the plan to drive a van into a march in london and at that march he hoped to killjeremy

further revelations followed and the bbc has been following up the story with angus crawford reportinggulf the entire sector. the government has always defended this budget by saying, look, we are spending it better, we are making it less waste, all those kinds of things. i think it is a little harder for the government to make that argument when you have some oxfam workers spending taxpayers money on orgies with young prostitutes. james langdale in the studio there. but some members of the audience took exception to the way the story was covered, with one viewer who preferred to remain and grace dalton echoed that in this telephone message she left us. i really feel that the bbc is not anywhere near careful enough to make clear that this scandal relates to a small number of people who no longer work for oxfam. i mean the report that was aired last night said that this one scandal was threatening to engulf the whole sector. it's only threatening to engulf the whole sector because of the way that media outlets like yourself are reporting it. i would not mind at all if the government wer

angus crawford has been listening to the committee hearing and he is with me. a very clear apology.paper where he talked about the media interest in 0xfam being overblown. he said it was like we had murdered babies in their cots. he apologised unreservedly for that. he apologised unreservedly for that. he also apologised for exactly what happened in haiti, what he called serious misdemeanours. but then as you heard for the wider damage the scandal caused to the aid sector. two other very interesting figures came out of this hearing. the one you talked about earlier. 26 new allegations of sexual misconduct, recent and not recent, have been brought to the charity's attention since the scandal broke. some may go back years and some may be much more recent. of those, ten were in the uk, 16 concerned international operations, and then something that showed an immediate impact on 0xfam and its ability to deliver programmes, 7000 direct debits have been cancelled since the story broke. they often lose direct debits naturally in the ordinary course of the year but this is far higher than th

angus crawford is outside woolwich crown court, take us through what is happening today?, no reaction yesterday when thejury handed court, no reaction yesterday when the jury handed its verdict of guilty of murder and attempted murder. thejury was guilty of murder and attempted murder. the jury was sent outjust before 3pm. less than an hour later they came back with their verdict. today we will hear mitigation from his defence barrister. his defence in court was described by the prosecution as absurd. darren osborne has said a man called dave, he couldn't give his surname, was actually driving the van on the night into the crowd of muslim men. while darren osborne was in the foot well of the vehicle. we will have defence mitigation speech this morning, then some information about his background, his previous convictions. he had a history of violence and alcoholism. later, the judge will give sentence on darren osborne. it's time to bring you up to date on the trial of former football coach barry bennell. it emerged yesterday that the 64—year—old has chosen not to take the

angus crawford is at woolwich crown court.rd a lot more before sentencing about darren osborne and his common past, over 30 years he had had more than 30 court appearances —— criminal past. over 100 criminal charges including burglary theft and assault, we also heard about his victim, makram ali, a grandfather and father of six children, described as warm and sincere. his daughter spoke shortly after the hearing. the last few months have been very hard for our family as we have tried to adjust to life without our father. it was especially hard for us father. it was especially hard for us to have to sit in court and listen to darren osborne denied he had done anything wrong. we are very pleased with the guilty verdict. we would first like to thank our barristers, the detectives and the police for all the work they have done to secure the verdict. we would also like our liaison also like to thank our liaison office rs also like to thank our liaison officers who have - by our side officers who have been by our side throughout. be

angus crawford, bbc news.storkey who is the former president of a charity in the disaster emergency committee and has lectured on sexual violence against women on visits to haiti. what do you make of the impression forming over the weekend that this is farfrom an forming over the weekend that this is far from an isolated incident? yes, it's a horrible idea that there might be even more revelations that we have not yet seen, and that does not surprise me. aid workers, working their socks off, they are subject to temptations and you can imagine some of them giving into it. how serious a problem is the exploitation of women, and did that situation get worse after the earthquake? it is like the exploitation of women across the world. is barbaric and relentless. women are prostituted and abused and so on. women are prostituted and abused and so on. in defence of the organisations, if it were not for them in places like haiti, it would be far worse, the whole issue of the availability of prostitution would be massiv