In her opening heat in the 500 metre event. England hang on to beat wales at twickenham in a close fought match in the six nations rugby. And at 9. 30 our world looks at how a0 years of war has affected Peoples Mental Health in afghanistan. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. At 9. 10pm viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a round up of the days news with clive myrie. First, haitis ambassador to the uk has told the bbc he believes oxfam did try to cover up details of the use of prostitutes by some of its aid workers in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake. Oxfams chief executive said the charity could have been more open about its investigation, but insisted there was no cover up. Downing street says the government is reviewing its relationship with the charity. The ambassador was speaking to my colleague, rachel schofield. First of all let me express the shock of my government after seeing those allegations throughout the investigation by the times. It is really shocking, it is shamef
Israeli fighter planes launched bombing raids across the border, following the shooting down of one of its jets. Israel says its been targetting iranian positions on syrian territory used to fly drones over israeli airspace. Tom bateman reports from jerusalem. What was left on israeli soil of one of the countrys most advanced fighter jets. It crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti aircraft fire. One 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. Ive been warning for some time about the dangers of irans military entrenchment in syria. Iran seeks to use syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying israel. Israel is wary about the threat across its northern border, with the s
Gods sake, just drive and at 11 16pm in the film review, mark kermode joins jane hill to talk about black panther. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Haitis ambassador to the uk has told the bbc he believes oxfam did try to cover up details of the use of prostitutes by some of its aid workers in the aftermath of the earthquake in 2010. The charitys chief executive admits they could have been more open, but insisted there was no attempt to hide the truth. It was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting millions more. Aid agencies from around the world stepped into the chaos. Oxfam, 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 n60 says it launched an investigation and kept the Charity Commission fully informed, something the commission n
Advanced fighter jets. It crashed after its two pilots ejected, said israel, amid syrian anti aircraft fire. One 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. Ive been warning for some time about the dangers of irans military entrenchment in syria. Iran seeks to use syrian territory to attack israel for its professed goal of destroying israel. Israel is wary about the threat across its northern border, with the syrian regime, backed by iran and its proxies, like these hezbollah fighters, back in control of much territory. Syrias conflict has drawn in her neighbours. There have been dozens of israeli air strikes in syria in recent years. In december, israel hit what it said was a newly built Iranian Military site. As recently
The International Development secretary, penny mordaunt, has described as horrific the behaviour of some of oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. And concerns that this could be a wider issue were echoed by the author, and a former president of a charity, dr elaine storkey. Yes, its a horrible idea that there might be even more revelations that we havent yet seen, and it doesnt surprise me. Aid workers in vulnerable 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 exploitation of women, and did it get worse after the earthquake . Its similar to the exploitation of women across the world, its barbaric and relentless, women are prostituted and abused and so on. Actually, in defence of the organisations, if it werent for the ngos in places like haiti and chad, the issue of the availab