this is oxfam gb.11 million projects in the count, country. the rest of oxfam is in haiti and this isa rest of oxfam is in haiti and this is a two—month investigation. they will investigate what happened and make a decision in a couple of months time. sorry to interrupt, i suppose it is a question about will the aid come to oxfam with suspensions like this? we have falling donors, donations have been falling donors, donations have been falling with save the children, 0xfa m falling with save the children, 0xfam and unicef, all hit by similar themes of scandals. the real shame if the people who suffer at the end are actually the haitians, who have been affected eye natural disasters. -- via. been affected eye natural disasters. —— via. it is very sad but it is about cleaning up the act of all of these. —— by. is really shocking. —— it is. that have a quick look at saudi arabia. when they make a decision, they make it big. $61; billion to be spent on entertainment over ten years. everytime i have sat at

she also says, as chairman of the trustees for oxfam gb, as recent events have shown, sexual abuse isand oxfam is not immune. indeed, those who work in often fragile and u nsta ble who work in often fragile and unstable environments can become targets for abuses. we have made significant improvements since 2011 but we know we have got to be vigilant and to continue to improve if we are to constantly live up to the high standards rightly expected of us. it is not sufficient to be appalled by the behaviour of our former staff, we must and we will learn from it and use it as a spur to improve. that statement from oxfa m to improve. that statement from oxfam on the allegations of the behaviour of their staff in haiti in 2011. now, let's take you back to those reports that a plane has crashed in russia near moscow with 71 on board. it is thought there are no survivors. details are still pretty limited but we do know the plane was a russian operated plane. it crashed shortly after taking off from moscow. and this is a similar claim to the one that has crashed. we are receiving reports from

for international development was not among those donors but in terms of the parent government of oxfam gbyou started to give full information about what has gone on? last week i called on of state and gave her a copy of the full investigation report and a full picture of what had happened and what oxfam did afterwards. we have assured the charity commission who are our primary regulator, no matter where the money comes from, that we will not use words like sexual misconduct, which is what we used in a report to them, we will spell things out and they can make a more informed decisions as to whether they want to follow that through. we see they want to follow that through. we see the charity commission as our prime source of formal accountability because the money may or may not come from dfid but where i add my apology is that dfid is trying to be a global leader in a development and in tackling violence against women than anything we do that undermines that effort of the british government is compromising. that is why are not delving too far back before your time, all we have is what and

senior executives have been questioned by mps about the scandal and the head of oxfam gb — mark goldring for remarks he made last week — when he appeared to downplay what had happened. he also revealed that 26 more sexual misconduct allegations have been received by the charity — as our correspondent matt cole reports. we should warn you there is flash photography from the top of matt's report. if there was any doubt that the senior oxfam leaders were going to face a tough time, it was dispelled by the very first question. in your interview with the guardian published on saturday, you appear to be downplaying the scandal, using the parallel with the murder of babies in their cots, which many people regarded as grossly inappropriate, can i give you the opportunity to apologise? certainly, chairman, i do apologise. over and over, perhaps a dozen times in the hearing, the apologies kept coming. please allow me to begin by saying how sorry i am about what has happened. on behalf of the council of oxfam, we are ashamed of what has happened in haiti. in 2011, oxfam sacked three staff and allow

a former oxfam director responds to allegations that he paid for sex while working in haiti after the earthquake. a tough line on fraud and corruption. and team gbld be about to win its first medal of the 2018 winter olympics. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, alex mcleish has agreed a return to the scotland manager's job. he'll sign a deal until 2020, to replace gordon strachan, who left last october. good evening. president trump has promised action to make america's schools safer, after a teenager killed 17 people in a mass shooting in florida yesterday. nikolas cruz was a former pupil at the school in parkland. he appeared in court as short while ago. president trump described him as "mentally disturbed", and said that tackling mental health would be a priority for his administration. the fbi said it had been warned a year ago about the potential threat posed by cruz, but that there was no evidence he was planning an attack. live to parkland tonight, and our correspondent, aleem maqbool. sadly, we have seen this kind of seen so sadly, we have seen this kind of seen so many sadly, we have seen this kind of seen so many times in the past

oxfam has set up an independent commission to investigate allegations of exploitation by its staff. a medal gbthe a medal- gb in the winter olympics? yes, it has been a little bit in the coming. a bronze in the men's skeleton courtesy of dom parsons. there could be another at least in the women's event with lizzie yarnold and laura deas in contention half way through their competition. details later. we will see you later on. and stav has the weather. a decent weekend ahead? clear skies has the weather. a decent weekend ahead ? clear skies across has the weather. a decent weekend ahead? clear skies across the country today. there are some changes as it later. join me later for details. also coming up this afternoon... building bridges — the team from chester zoo helping the endangered orangutans of borneo move around their habitat. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm ben brown. president trump is expected to visit the scene of the florida high school shooting in the next few days. police say a former pupil who was expelled from the school has now confessed to the massacre, which left

gb snow—boarder aimee fuller has her dreams dashed as vicious cross—winds affect today's winter olympics. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that penny lawrence has resigned as deputy chief executive of oxfam she takes ‘full responsibility‘ for the behaviour of staff in chad and haiti, which the charity had failed to act upon adequately. it follows allegations of sexual misconduct by disaster relief staff following the haiti earthquake in 2010. penny lawrence said she was ‘ashamed' this had happened ‘on her watch.‘ representatives from oxfam have been meeting the international development secretary, penny mordaunt, who's threatened to withdraw the charity's government funding. our correspondent matt cole has the latest. in the worst imaginable circumstances, oxfam staff were meant to be in haiti to help. it's now clear some had a very different agenda. amidst claims of sex parties and prostitutes, oxfam sacked three staff and allowed four others to quit, including their country director, who went on to secure work with another aid organisation. ina in a statement, penny lawrence said... oxfa m oxfam denies trying to cover up the extent of their staffs impropriety, but as details have emerg