james landale, bbc news. james landale reporting.cretary has tried to reassure the eu that the uk won't pursue a radical programme of deregulation after britain leaves the european union. david davis told business leaders in vienna that the uk wants to promote rights and standards. labour says the assurance from mr davis is not worth the paper it's written on. 0ur chief political correspondent vicky young reports. the uk has decided to carve out a different path to the european union. but ministers don't seem to be preparing for a sharp change in direction. the message here in vienna was more about reassurance. david davis denying accusations from labour that the government plans to sweep away rules that protect workers or the environment. they fear that brexit could lead to an anglo—saxon race to the bottom. with britain plunged into a mad max style world borrowed from dystopian fiction. these fears about a race to the bottom are based on nothing. he argued that high standards could help ensure trade with the eu remained as friction

james landale, bbc news. has been jailed for 32 years. of a child. sima kotecha reports.hat — what was it i've done? what is it i'm supposed to have...? dr matthew falder being arrested at his workplace last year. pictures of themselves. it sounds like the rap sheet from hell. distributing indecent images of children. more obscene images. to film them in the shower and using the toilet. falder contacted more than 300 people worldwide. one of his victims told us she can no longer trust anyone. i was ashamed of what i've done. all relationships broke down. you and i didn't trust them. there was no trust anymore. and possessing a paedophile manual. today, he was sentenced to more than 30 years. is truly horrific. and the team probably for the rest of our lives. a 4—year investigation. by the national crime agency. to find the man who was behind the messages. or even in the us. .. was something we had never seen before. falder lived in this block of flats. he worked at birmingham university. now, officers say his motivation was power and control. and he was confident he could

james landale, bbc news. james landale there. stay with us on bbc news.rumer makes waves on his visit to india. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm was murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morality of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they've called it mir, the russian for peace. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump says he wants to ban bump—stock devices used to turn rifles into rapid—fire weapons. 250 people are reported killed in eastern ghouta as syrian govern

james landale, bbc news.as admitted it failed to act on warnings, about the teenager charged with the mass shooting in florida on wednesday, that left 17 people dead. nikolas cruz is accused of the killings at a high school in parkland. more funerals have been taking place today, as 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 pupil. 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, who 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 pollack, who was heading to university next year. joaquin 0liver, a basketball player wh

james landale, bbc news.n medal—winning curler. the scandal could threaten russia's effo rts the scandal could threaten russia's efforts to regain full 0lympic status. the first ever bronze medal in mixed doubles curling... from delight to a doping controversy. barely a week after celebrating a bronze medal alongside his wife, anastasia, alexander krushelnitskiy could now be stripped of it. but his is a case with far broader implications. bronze medallist 0lympic athletes from russia... krushelnitskiy is russian. his country is banned from these games because of... guess what? a huge doping scandal. 0lympic organisers allowed him and 160 other russians to compete as neutrals. now, though, it is an all too familiar story. there was very good pregames testing, where, for example, the russian athletes were tested to a significant level more than others. but when an athlete... in the broadest sense, when an athlete is caught for doping, if caught, it is extremely disappointing, but it does show that the system wo

james landale, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime...now cause disruption across large parts of the uk, with amber warnings of more severe weather ahead. and still to come... penguins in peril — why global warming is threatening the survival of these birds. coming up in sport... manchester united fan and eight—time olympic gold medallist usain bolt will play at old trafford injune, as captain of a world xi in the soccer aid match. the emergency services say there are no more survivors in the ruins of a building in leicester that was destroyed by an explosion on sunday. police have now named the five people who died in the blast, including a mother and her two teenage sons. it's not yet known what caused the explosion, which some residents said sounded like an earthquake. james waterhouse is in leicester. what is the latest? quite a lot of activity on this quite fortified police cordon at the moment. a press conference taking place. police have announced they no longer expect to find survivors from within the rubble of the blast site. the

ms mordaunt said... 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. effectively the end of the matter for the time being? is that effectively the end of the matterfor the time being? it is is that effectively the end of the matter for the time being? it is the latest stage in what is going to be a long process note. she is keeping her options open in terms of whether 01’ her options open in terms of whether or not she is going to continue funding 0xfam and other charities. she has set out a long shopping list of things she herself is going to do while she is expecting the charities to get their act in order. she has written to all the charities, not just 0xfam but all other charities that receive public money, it seemed you need to get your house in order and you've got to come back to need to show me that you have. within her own department, she set up a new unit that is going to look at how people can be safeguarded by the behaviour of charities. the focus is going to be, how do you stop predatory individuals being employed in the first place but th

james landale, bbc news.en described as "the devil incarnate" by a judge at liverpool crown court who jailed him for 30 years for abusing young footballers between 1979 and 1991. the former crewe alexandra coach and manchester city scout was convicted of 50 child sexual offences, but an additional they came seeking closure — the victims of barry bennell, accompanied by their families, arriving at court for the sentencing of british sport's most notorious paedophile. their abuser, meanwhile, arriving by different entrance after being found guilty of 50 counts of child sex crimes. having appeared throughout his trial via videolink due to ill health, today bennell was here in person as he was handed a 31—year prison sentence. the 64—year—old, impassive as he sat staring at the floor in the dock as his punishment was read out. inside court, the cries of "yes" from the public gallery were hushed. outside, the emotion able to flow. today we looked evil in the face and we smiled. because, barry bennell, we have won.

james landale, thank you.ople — including children — have been killed on the outskirts of syria's capital damascus since sunday, according to activists. syrian government forces have stepped up their bombardment of eastern ghouta — the last rebel—held enclave near the capital. the united nations has called for an immediate ceasefire. 0ur middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. his report contains distressing images. this could be the beginning of the end of a rebellion in eastern ghouta that began in 2012. all the other smaller rebel—held enclaves around damascus have been starved and bombed into submission. explosion. now, it looks to be eastern ghouta's turn as the regime pushes for decisive victory around the capital. activists say this is as bad as it's been. we can hear the shout and crying of women and children through the windows of their homes under the missiles and mortars dropping on us like rain. there is nowhere to hide from this nightmare in eastern ghouta. a generation has been born into the war

james landale, bbc news.ames landale reporting there — and he's with us now. it is not as if the un has not faced this problem before. i was saying last week that 13 years ago i did a similar story. you said there were reports about this two or three yea rs reports about this two or three years ago and have not taken action. we did take some action. in 2015, two eight agencies heard about this. the brought it to a meeting at the headquarters. the mood of that meeting was we need to find out more about this. some then carried out more research, others said, we are going to tighter our procedures, improved training. clearly, others did not take as much action because all the evidence is, from a report by the united nations itself, says it is still going on. james, can i ask you about the ceasefire, or at the meant to be ceasefire that seems to be broken and the reports seems to be broken and the reports seems to be that both sides are complaining that the other side did not live up to the truce on what are you

it is about the culture within charities to bite james landale, the diplomatic correspondent, he wasg about the sheer scale of the operations they are trying to mount. the chain of command gets diluted as well. we know this in terms of organisations like the un, you have so organisations like the un, you have so many strata of accountability, as you shoot when so much money is being funnelled into countries all over the world, it can become quite ha rd over the world, it can become quite hard to keep tabs. —— you should. it is not a kitchen cabinet, a cottage industry, of raise this money and it will come out here. you have governments involved, international banks, and, i mean, oxfam, well, it is probably the biggest, in this country, i think, is probably the biggest, in this country, ithink, and it is certainly the default one. if in doubt, give your money to oxfam. that is the rule of thumb if you are generous. they are robust, reliable, independent in countries from politics as could be possible, and still help people. went something like this comes along, this is a big house of

an 0xfam worker, after a party in south sudan a few months later. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale 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 0xfam for the first time. i really studied 0xfam in university in england and learned about them. they are the leader, after unicef, in 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'll understand why we've protected her identity. he literally 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 then later on we got in the car to go home. he just threw me out of my seat and then pinned me to the ground. one of my colleagues, a woman, reached back and tried to grab me and pick

james landale in the studio there.ers 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 safeguarding policy in place, it voluntarily published this figure. instead, it conveyed it as if the media discovered these allegations. anzac rose made this point. "a tiny number of 0xfam staff behaved inappropriately in the past. from this minuscule molehill, and everest has been made by the populist press. it is disappointing that the bbc has joined the witchhunt. a more balanced approach would have pointed out the outstanding work done by thousands of 0xfam staff and volunteers. " and grace dalton echoed that in this telephone message she left us. i really feel that the bbc was

james landale, bbc news.olice say the teenager accused of killing 17 people at a high school in florida has confessed to the shooting. we can speak now to cbs correspondent laura podesta, who's in parkland for us now. what more can you tell us about that court appearance by nikolas cruz? we know that he faced a judge, and during that court appearance, the attorney was defending her client, and think that this person was the result of the broken system. she later told reporters that nikolas cruz is it broken human being. we know that he was adopted, and both has adopted mother and father had passed away. she was clearly time to defend him and his actions, and think it as a result of the broken system. and more is emerging about his victims. what can you tell is about them ? his victims. what can you tell is about them? they range in age from 14 about them? they range in age from iii to about them? they range in age from 14toa about them? they range in age from 1a to a sports athletic director for the skill bac

james landale, bbc news.is scandal we have been talking about so much. joining me now is imogen wall, who's an independent aid worker. she used to work for the united nations, and has worked in countries all over the world suffering from natural disasters. thank you for coming. when you say to someone, i am an aid worker. in a week like this, it must be a very difficult time for people to say that they work in that sort of field. yes. it has been a traumatic week for a lot of people. at the same time, for people like me and many of my female colleagues who have seen perpetrators moved through the system and get caught out and moved to another agency, who try to report them and have been stonewalled and turned away, it is also not a surprise, frankly, that this has finally come to light. and it is also sad to say good because it has forced the agencies to recognise they have a problem and they have been worn for many years this is an issue and nobody has really ta ke n this is an issue and nobody has really ta

james landale, bbc news.ne to target more than a0 victims is to be sentenced today. 29—year—old matthew falder has admitted blackmailing women into sending him humiliating images of themselves. falder was caught in an international police operation, after three of his victims tried to kill themselves. phil mackie is at birmingham crown court. falder has been described by the national crime agency is one of the most dangerous and depraved offenders it has encountered. tell us offenders it has encountered. tell us about the background of this case and how he was caught. it is a truly sickening case, some of the offences that he committed or encouraged other people to commit over the yea rs other people to commit over the years a re other people to commit over the years are so other people to commit over the years are so depraved, so disgusting and disturbing, that really, i wouldn‘t want to go into the details of them precisely. suffice it to say that he is now being sentenced here at birmingham crown court and

james landale reporting.ing later on with experts about why people give money to charity and why they might stop doing money to charity. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:1i0pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are ruth lea, 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 stepped up their bombardment of eastern ghouta — the last rebel held enclave near the capital. the united nations has called for an immediate ceasefire. jeremy bowen's report contains distressing images. this could be the beginning of the end of a rebellion in eastern ghouta that began in 2012. all the other smaller rebel—held enclaves around damascus have been starved and bombed into submission. explosion. now, it looks to be eastern ghouta's turn as the regime pushes for decisive victory around the capital. activists say this is as

james landale, bbc news.he led the bbc world service during the eventful 19805 and later became managing director of the barbican centre in london. he's brought his rich experience together in a memoir called ‘making a noise: getting it right, getting it wrong, in life, the arts and broadcasting' a book which offers candid analysis of some of the greatest cultural changes of his time including the way public service broadcasting has fared in a volatile political landscape. and sirjohn tusa is here with me now. from lots of people renting this, they will not know a lot about your background and childhood. the fascination was how you came to this country at the end of the second world war. what would you say about that experience? at the start in 1939. we had this extraordinary experiments where we were coming out and as we came to the german dutch border, a woman in the same carriage as service said to my mother, "will you take my children over the border because i am jewish and i you take my children over the

are suitable and saved to be trusted helping those most in need. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landaleere. james, to be clear, it's notjust 0xfa m james, to be clear, it's notjust 0xfam facing a crisis with the government overfunding 0xfam facing a crisis with the government over funding over allegations of sexual misconduct? the government has made it very clear that they are going to write to all charities that receive public funding to say, look, do you have any allegations of abuse? within your own organisation and also what safeguards do you have in place and at the government is not satisfied, they will also have the threat of losing their public funding hanging over them. there's clearly a specific issue relation to charities. the charity commission, the body that regulates the sector said this morning, they know of 1000 cases at the moment. that's notjust the aid sector that the whole charitable sector. the prime mr‘s official spokesman in this morning was clear. they said the government has to do more —— the prime minister's official spokesman. for the charity to toughen up th

cancelled their monthly donations since the the scandal broke, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale0, haiti was flooded with aid workers, most there to help the country recover from the earthquake. but seven men from oxfam were also hiring prostitutes and bullying colleagues, men who were eventually dismissed or allowed to resign. today, the charity's most senior executives were summoned to parliament to explain what had gone on and why oxfam hadn't been more open and done more to stop it happening again. sorry wasn't the half of it. i am sorry, we are sorry, for the damage that oxfam has done. on behalf of the council of oxfam, that we are ashamed of what happened in haiti, we don't think it was well handled. please allow me to begin by saying how sorry i am about what has happened. lam ashamed. in particular, oxfam's chief executive apologised for suggesting the criticism the charity was getting was disproportionate, saying it wasn't as if babies had been murdered in their cots. i do apologise. i was thinking under stress. i had given many interviews, i had made many decisions to

james landale says it is notjust confined to oxfam. there is a debate about how systemic this is. ritik patel saying there is a culture of denial in the aid sector about this. —— priti. others are saying haiti was exceptional and you do not want to tar the whole industry. aid operators work in extreme circumstances. it is stressful. you have temporary workers, short—term hires, and primarily men with large wallets and huge influence. that is the environment this abuse has taken place. the sunday times reported today that around 120 aid workers working for different organisations, notjust oxfam, have been accused over the last year of a range of offences. andrew macleod is a visiting professor at king's college london and currently works for the charity hear their cries which fights sexual exploitation. he was asked if that was an accurate figure. no, it is merely the tip of the iceberg. we estimate 60,000 in the un peacekeeping alone. if you want to see that, go to www. heartheircries. org. to see that, go to www.heartheircries.org. i was in aid worker and know the industry well.

speaking to our diplomatic correspondent james landale , the international head of the charity , winnie go on. 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, so i am here to make sure that we clean up, and continue doing this vital work for humanity. you are setting up a commission to investigate to look at what oxfam has got up to. you say it is going to be independent, how can it be independent if it has been set up by oxfam? who is going to pay for it ? how are you going to ensure that it is definitely independent from oxfam? ok, the members of this commission will be well respected, well—known, experienced women‘s rights leaders, human rights and human rights leaders. they will be people who could never work under the influence of direction of people like myself, or anybody else. penny mordaunt, the international development secretary, has said that if oxfam does not shape up, she will withdraw british funding. if that happened, who would suffer? what impact would there be

countries were a stain on the charity that will shame it for years. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landaleuck in 2010 reduced much of a teaser rubble. but the after—shock is still being felt by 0xfam. —— reduced much of haiti. 0xfam's global head said sorry for the sexual exploitation carried out by found out that she told me she only found out that she told me she only fouhd'mfi. that; week...’ —— she told me she only wi‘ld'tjlfi. that; week..- —— of she told me she only wi‘ld'tjlfi. that; weeks, —— of i e on staff spent on internel sefegoeroing; end'i to eeiiee , s a new arm's—length commission to investigate 0xfam's handling of past cases. members of this commission will be well respected, well—known, experienced women's rights leaders, 01’ experienced women's rights leaders, or human rights leaders. isn't that going to be seen as marking your own homework? if going to be seen as marking your own homcges? if will facilitate a job integrity, who will facilitate a job for us. they will make their own plan. she couldn't guarantee there we re plan. she couldn't guarantee there were no sexual p

james landale reports.ti in 2011 refer to not just but oxfam aid workers in haiti in 2011 refer to notjust the charity's reputation but also the £32 million it gets each year from the government. the international development secretary penny mordaunt has threatened to withhold the cash u nless has threatened to withhold the cash unless oxfam shows them moral leadership she thinks it is like in a way to handle this scandal is by far. the charity has been accused of covering up a full scale of the allegations that include staff holding parties with prostitutes. today, penny mordaunt will meet seniorfigures for the today, penny mordaunt will meet senior figures for the charity and ask them to hand over everything they know about past and current abuses. i'm affording them the opportunity to tell me in person what they did after these events and i'm going to be looking to see if they are displaying the moral leadership but i think they need to 110w. leadership but i think they need to now. penny mordaunt wants

our diplomatic correspondent james landale has the full story.ort 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 0xon for the first time. like this young woman working for 0xon for the first timelj like this young woman working for 0xon for the first time. i studied 0xfa m 0xon for the first time. i studied 0xfam in university in england and learned about them, they are the lead in the world, after unicef, a lot of humanitarian response. i a lwa ys lot of humanitarian response. i always dream 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 literally pinned me against the wall, he was groping me and grabbing me, kissing me andi groping me and grabbing me, kissing me and i wasjust groping me and grabbing me, kissing me and i was just trying to shove him off. i got hi

our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, is here. and this is only recently emerged, james.on? this is the debate that nobody really wants to have, certainly not in public. you'll never find this issue on any agenda of any formal commonwealth body, even this high level group of seniorfigures within body, even this high level group of senior figures within the commonwealth that was set up and is meeting today to look at the whole governments of the commonwealth, this was not part of their formal mandate. however, whenever you get senior members of the commonwealth together, one of the issues that comes up together, one of the issues that comes up is the succession. that is because the queen is 91 years old, and we have the big meeting of commonwealth heads of government in a couple of months‘ time here in the uk, and it is one of those issues that people talk about on the margins. the reason they have to talk about it is because it is not hereditary. it's it is because it is not hereditary. it‘s not something that goes from the monitor the ad to the throne. now, if you talk t

threatening angus crawford, bbc news. charity is now threatening our diplomatic correspondent james landale. as landale is with me. we were hearing, reports that it's notjust oxfam as we were hearing, reports that it's notjust oxfam who has had to deal with sexual misconduct allegations. how big a problem is allegations. how big a problem is all of this for the sector?” allegations. how big a problem is all of this for the sector? i think it's very serious, there's clearly a debate about how systemic the problem is. people like priti patel, the former international develin secretary, saying there is a culture of denial in the aid sector about exploitation. others say that haiti was exceptional, it is wrong to tie the whole industry. the problem is this, aid workers operate in extreme circumstances and the chain of command get very stretched. temporary workers, local hires, short—term contract and you have primarily men with very large wallets a nd primarily men with very large wallets and a lot of influence. in that environment the abuse is taking place. penny mordaunt, the international de

our correspondent james landale reports.been helping those in need such as these victims of conflict in nigeria in the late 1960s. but the hard—won reputation nigeria in the late 1960s. but the ha rd—won reputation has nigeria in the late 1960s. but the hard—won reputation has been put at risk by the behaviour of some staff in haiti in 2011. an internal report published today shows one was dismissed and redesigned using prostitutes on oxfam premises. two more were dismissed for bullying and intimidation. one of whom also downloaded pornography. and another man was sacked for failing to protect staff. what some mps want now is for offenders like these to be placed on a public register. now is for offenders like these to be placed on a public registerlj be placed on a public register.” don't think these reports should be secret and now that it is out in the open we can do something significant about it and that is what i will be asking them to do, to have a central register so that we lead the world and so that we know anyone

after concerns were raised about his conduct between 2011 and 2015. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landaleresign? justin forsyth was a very senior figure within the british aid world, a former adviser to downing street, he was chief executive of save the children and now in this senior role in unicef in new york which he has just left. earlier this week it emerged he had been subject to complaints by female member of staff when he was at save the children for what they called inappropriate behaviour and he says those complaints would love with in a formal process and he apologised then and apologises now. he says he is resigning now because of the coverage around this case which was damaging unicef and save the children, and what's more he goes on to say, and i quote, there is no doubt in my mind that some of the coverage around me is notjust to rightly hold me to account, but also to attempt to do serious damage to our cause and the case for aid. the key question of course is, has he gone before any other action taken by unicef? they have some decent night ina by unicef? they have some de

james landale, bbc news. not seem to occur in men. a team from chester zoo is trying to halt a massive fall in the number of orangutans on the island of borneo. a study has found that within 16 years, the population there has halved. the researchers say deforestation and hunting are largely to blame. victoria gill reports. 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, another 45,000 orangutans here in

james landale, bbc news.h most guests wearing black to show solidarity with campaigns against abuse and harassment, although mcdormand admitted that she chose to break the dress code. i have a little trouble with compliance. laughter. but i want you to know that i stand in full solidarity with my sisters tonight in black. we should also mention that gary 0ldman won best actor for darkest hourand 0ldman won best actor for darkest hour and best make up making him to look winston churchill. he said he was in the chairforfour look winston churchill. he said he was in the chair for four hours. that is dedication. employers are "in the dark ages" when it comes to attitudes to pregnant workers and those planning to have children according to the equality and human rights commission. they've released new research today, looking into pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace. steph joins us now with the results. this is a survey of over 1000 employers, too it is pretty senior people in private sector org

here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. sex from refugees in return for germanic a renewed. we are delivering on behalf of international charities. so they were withholding the aid that had been delivered and then using these women for sex. so, this was a range of women, women of different ages in the group. some had experienced it themselves. some were very distraught. i remember one woman crying in the room. she was very upset. daniel spencer, an experienced aid worker who first heard of this in jordan, said the expectation was so widespread that some syrian women refused to go to distribution centres because people would have assumed they had for aid. —— they had offered their bodies for aid. you know, women and girls need to be protected when they are trying to receive food and soap and basic items in order to live. we interrupt this now to go to liam fox and his speech which is coming live from central london. it has caused a number of important questions to be are. some of these relate specifically to the referendum d

our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports.llegations of sexual misconduct by oxfam aid workers in haiti in 2011 have threatened notjust the charity's reputation, but also the £32 million it gets each year from the government. the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, has threatened to withhold the cash, unless oxfam shows the moral leadership she thinks it's lacked in the way its handled the scandal thus far. the charity has been accused of covering up the full scale of the allegations, that includes staff holding parties with prostitutes. today, ms mordaunt will meet senior figures from the charity and ask them to hand over everything they know about past and current abuses. i'm affording them the opportunity to tell me in person what they did after these events, and i'm going to be looking to see if they are displaying the moral leadership that i think they need to now. ms mordaunt wants to know more about the concerns staff had about the recruitment of workers in haiti, and she wants to know what oxfam is doi

james landale, bbc news. in a moment, the business news.es and analysts said it could lead to similar action across europe. us cable tv giant comcast has made a £22.1bn bid for sky, challenging an existing offer from rupert murdoch‘s 21st century fox. it had already agreed to buy the 61% of sky it does not already own. comcast boss brian roberts says he‘s "confident" the offer would be cleared by regulators. more on this in a moment. ryanair is to close its base at glasgow airport, and cut the number of routes out of glasgow from 23 to just three. it‘s warned that 300 jobs could go as a result. the low—cost airline has blamed the change on the cost of air passenger duty and said glasgow "simply could not bear the burden". now another reason why ijust don‘t understand the city sometimes because provident financial have just been slapped with a huge fine from the financial conduct authority but their share prices up 80%? significant isn‘t that? they have had a bit of a problem. they‘ve had lots of troubles. they had this investigation into mi

earlier, i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent james landale who gave us this update.te that‘s beginning to start. when the commonwealth started, the whole point was everyone is equal, presumably there are some countries who are saying that the head of the british monarchy should not necessarily be in charge any more? there has always been that debate, is the commonwealth seen as too anglo—centric, too white, old commonwealth. there are now 53 members, should it be a rotate and presidency, should that the elections for the ceremonial head, a grand former it less anglo—centric? people say who and nobody agrees. if you ask most people within the commonwealth, within the hierarchy, what is the most likely option, they would say there is no reasonable, practical, plausible alternative to the prince of wales succeeding his mother. we know what she thinks about the commonwealth, it is her raison d‘etre in many ways, does he share that passion for it? he has displayed every interest in it, if you look at his website there is an awful lot about his focus on the commonwealth. h

here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale.n helping those in need, such as these victims of conflict in nigeria in the late 1960s but that hard—won reputation has been put at risk by the behaviour of some staff in haiti in 2011. an internal report published today shows one was dismissed and three resigned for using prostitutes on oxfam premises. two more were dismissed for bullying and intimidation, one of whom also downloaded pornography. and another man was sacked for failing to protect staff. a source said drivers were forced to deliver people to oxfam villas. they had parties which were described as orgies. women were dressed in oxfam t—shirts. it would go on all night. we were told they were under age. security guards and drivers talked about it indirectly because a the talked about it directly they would lose theirjobs. today the bbc caught up with one of those dismissed by oxfam. the kenyan aid worker bees outside the capital of nairobi. —— beast. oxfam support says its country directors admitted using prostitutes. he h

did subsequently take up roles at other charitable organisations. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landaleat hard—won reputation has been put at risk by the behaviour of some staff in haiti in 2011. an internal report published today shows one was dismissed and three resigned for using prostitutes on 0xfam premises. two more were dismissed for bullying and intimidation, one of whom also downloaded pornography. and another man was sacked for failing to protect staff. what some mps want is for offenders to be placed in a public register.” do not think these reports should be secret, once it is out in the open we can do something about it and thatis we can do something about it and that is what i'm going to ask, for a central register so we can lead the world and so we can know that anybody we have got the money —— given money to, any charity will have procedures in place and children and women are absolutely safe. the report says three suspects physically threatened witnesses during the investigation. this shocked the prime minister. the behaviour we have discovered is far below the behaviou

around their homes, they may face new dangers in the shelters and camps in other parts of syria. james landaleor the aid supplies they have been tasked with distributing. daniel spencer says she was told about this abuse from someone who had fled to an aid camp injordan. someone who had fled to an aid camp in jordan. they were withholding the aid that had been delivered, and using these women for sex. so this was a range of women. women of different ages in the group. some had experienced it themselves, some we re very had experienced it themselves, some were very distraught host of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls has been ignored, it's been known about and it's been ignored for seven years. let's turn to australia, because a woman has taken on a wildly popular anonymous app, accusing it of facilitating online bullying. it lets people do this, leave constructive criticism, as they collared, on their social media networks. but anonymously. collared, on their social media networks. butanonymously. it collared, on their social media networks. but anonymously. it was ample's most

the institute of commonwealth studies — but first, let's hear from our diplomatic correspondent, james landaleuld take over from the queen! absolutely right, it is hugely sensitive. and not a debate that people want to have publicly. since i wrote the story this morning there have been a lot of people not answering their telephones and insisting this is not what is going on. what is happening, everyone knows that the queen is 91, and there is a big summit of commonwealth heads of government in the uk and a couple of months. they note that the issue will come up in the margins. so people are beginning to think about that because as you say it is not automatically the prince of wales who takes over. so the question is what should happen. if you talk to most people who have seen your leadership roles in the commonwealth they will say there is com monwealththeuflillfsatcthere is]; plausible alternative . the no plausible alternative to the prince of wales but should he automatically get it, should you set up automatically get it, should you set upa automatically get it, should you set up a - system

james landale, bbc news.bennell will be sentenced today for historical sexual assaults committed on young boys in his care. the 64—year—old, who worked with manchester city and crewe alexandra's youth teams, was convicted of 50 child sex offences at liverpool crown court. the former scout is thought to have abused more than 100 boys over a period spanning three decades. the equality and human rights commission says a survey of 1100 employers it commissioned has revealed "antiquated" attitudes to recruiting women. the poll found that more than half believed a woman should have to say if she was pregnant during the recruitment process, and 44% thought women should work for a firm for at least a year before having children. the mother of a seriously ill six—year—old boy has described a government decision to deny him cannabis treatment as astonishing. hannah deacon wants ministers to approve a medical cannabis license to help her son, alfie, who rare form of epilepsy improved after taking the drug. she has plead

james landale speaking to me earlier. in leicester on sunday night that completely destroyed a supermarket and the flat above it. the remains of 5 people have been discovered in the rubble. the other two victims were believed to be working in the polish supermarket at the time of the blast. from there sima kotecha reports. mary ragoobar and her two teenage sons, sean and shane. on sunday night, they're believed to have been inside their home when the explosion happened. their flat and the polish shop below it were completely destroyed. police say they're missing, along with shane's girlfriend, 18—year—old leah beth reek, and 22—year—old viktorija ijevleva, who was working in the supermarket downstairs. today, the emergency services came to this conclusion. sadly, we've now come to a point where we acknowledge that we will not be finding anybody that's still alive. we've had search dogs here from the outset that would identify live casualties. we've got specialist listening equipment, we've got specialist cameras that we b

worker who conducted focus groups with these women, and she spoke to our diplomatic correspondent james landaleithholding the aid that had been delivered and then using these women for sex. so, this was a range of women, women of different ages in the group. some had experienced it themselves. some were very distraught. i remember one woman crying in the room. she was very upset. you know, women and girls need to be protected when they are trying to receive food. meanwhile, a five—hour pause in the syrian government's assault on eastern ghouta has begun. the enclave has faced an intense air and ground attack by pro—government forces for more than a week. russia's president, vladimir putin, has ordered the humanitarian pause so that civilians can flee and humanitarian aid can be delivered. the international committee of the red cross says aid organisations are ready to go in as soon as possible. the us cable tv giant comcast has made a £22.1 billion takeover bid for sky, challenging the existing offer from 21st century fox. rupert murdoch's 21st century fox had already agreed and £18.5 billion d

james landale reports.se in need such as these victims of conflict in nigeria in the late 1960s. but the hard—won reputation has been put at risk by the behaviour of some staff in haiti in 2011. an internal report published today, shows one was dismissed and redesigned using prostitutes on oxfam premises. —— three resigned. two more were dismissed for bullying and intimidation — one of whom also downloaded pornography. and another man was sacked for failing to protect staff. what some mps want now is for offenders like these to be placed on a public register. i don't think these reports should be secret, and now that it is out in the open we can do something significant about it, and that is what i will be asking them to do — to have a central register so that we lead the world, and so that we know anyone we give money to, any charity has got the right procedures in place and that the children and women are absolutely safe. the report also says three of the men physically threatened witnesses during the inv

our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. this very seriously, and penny mordaunt has very explicitly said, look, if the system is not tightened up look, if the system is not tightened up then they will withdraw funding. there is a huge reputational issue here at stake. notjust for oxfam but also for the british government. clearly oxfam has a massive brand issue now, and they will have to deal with that and cope with what it means to trust worldwide and funding, all of those things but i think the british would also has an issue. that is what this whole issue has done, it has reunited the debate about britain's aid budget. the uk government spends about £13 billion a year on foreign aid. some people thatis a year on foreign aid. some people that is a good thing, a demonstration of global engagement comes off power, britain that is best. to others, a waste of money, going to the wrong priorities, money better spent at home. now, when the british government defends that position of spending that money, the way it has done it i

james landale, bbc news. misconduct. in the united states.appened on a sightseeing trip in the grand canyon. stuart hill. three other british nationals and the pilot were injured. hike, 20 minute hike, to get to the scene. they were right on... first responders were on the scene within the first 30 minutes. within the first 30 minutes. attribute that quick response to what help save lives. -- helped. out why a passenger plane crashed, killing all 71 people on board. off yesterday afternoon. mention the possibility of terrorism. northern ireland's main parties. and sinn fein may be close to a deal to restore devolved government. who's in westminster. this has gone on for so many months. what is the latest? 13 months. imploded among a public spending scandal. scandal. succession of talks making any progress in the months since then. progress in the months since then. including same—sex marriage and enshrining language. talks have gone nowhere. nowhere. there is hope they could be on the verge of a breakthrough. on the verge of a breakthrough. i

here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale.rations have become an industry that's spread into 80 countries. for more than half a century, oxfam'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 failing to protect staff. a source who was aware of the investigation and in haiti at the time told the bbc that drivers were forced to deliver prostitutes to oxfam villas. we have protected his identity. they were having parties over there that were described as orgies, with a smorgasbord of women, girls, wearing 0xfam t—shirts, and it would go on all night. we were told they were under age. the security gua