Speed skater Elise Christie sets an olympic record in her opening heat in the 500m event. And a warning about a new scam involving the apple itunes service. Tax Authorities Say elderly and Vulnerable People are becoming victims. And carillion bosses are lost for words, as mps ask why they should be believed. Thats in the week in parliament, in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. 0xfam has rejected claims that it covered up an investigation which found some of those sent to help in haiti in the aftermath of an earthquake there exploited local people for sex. 0xfams chief executive said it did inform the Charity Commission, but admitted more could have been done to spell out the details of what happened. Downing street says the government is reviewing its relationship with the charity in light of what it called the truly shocking reports. Angus crawford reports. It was an earthquake that devastated haiti, killing more than 200,000 people, affecting mil
Afghanistan has been at war for nearly a0 years. A conflict that has claimed over two million civilian lives. They are from 40, 50 years ago, and itjust really shows how long war has been going on in this country. And the cost to the nations Mental Health has been enormous. Its estimated that three quarters of afghan women and more than half the men sufferfrom Mental Health problems. With rare access to the countrys only secure psychiatric unit and one of the largest hospitals, i meet the medical staff trying to deal with the Mental Health emergency. And the patients traumatised by decades of conflict. Herat, in western afghanistan, is the countrys Third Largest city. As war continues in much of the country, the demand for Mental Healthcare is also skyrocketing. This is the psychiatric unit in the citys main hospital. Ive come to meet dr Wahid Noorzad who, at 33, is the man in charge. Azata is m years old and has been brought in by her mother. Like many other young afghans, traumatic e
Welcome to bbc news. The government says oxfam has serious questions to answer over claims the charity covered up the use of prostitutes by some of its staff in haiti, and has condemned what it describes as the appalling abuse of Vulnerable People. Oxfam insists it publicised the action it took against the aid workers involved, some of whom were fired. However, the Times Newspaper is reporting that several went on to work for other charities, who were unaware of their past behaviour. Oxfam denies it provided positive references for any staff who were dismissed. Jessica parker reports. An advert from the charity giant, oxfam. It got nearly £32 million from the Uk Department for International Development in the last financial year, but amid the Sexual Exploitation scandal, the government said last night. The allegations surround the the behaviour of aid workers here in haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010. A Times Newspaper found inappropriate behaviour, including the use
In the past hour, President Trump has blocked the release of a classified memo that rebutted claims that there was anti trump bias in the fbis russia investigation. The white house said the memo, written by democratic congressmen, couldnt be released because it contained classified material. Lets go now to our north america correspondent peter bowes for more. I had some very Smart Questions to ask about with redacted information and why this was going to appear as double standards but apparently the democrats are now saying Something Else . They are saying they will consider some reductions and actually it isnt a huge surprise. I think we have been half expecting that this would happen, certainly over the last few days, the signs we re over the last few days, the signs were that the white house would probably come back and say that out of security considerations, it was not able to release the document which, as you have already said, is essentially a reduction, is essentially a reduct
The story that those journalists were working on a detailed investigation into a mass execution in a village in eastern myanmar. And weve seen their report. Our reporter, James Clayton, is across the story and is with me now. What has just happened tonight . Reuters have tonight decided to publish a story that it claims is in the International Public interest, why they have published now is they have been working on the story for weeks been in touch with those journalists in myanmar, in a prison there, and they say they have their consent to publish this story now. What were they investigating . Well, reuters say that their investigation is the first to obtain evidence from some of the perpetrators of this horrific violence, so they spoke to Police Officers in myanmar and members of a paramilitary group, and spoke to local villagers in inn din, and what they managed to amass was testimony of really quite nasty crimes and they implicate the military, they found pictures or were given pi