In global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Today were asking as the uk celebrates 250 years since the first circus opened near waterloo in london, are circuses still relevant and entertaining, or outdated and outmoded. Would you still go and see one . Tell us what you think, just use bbcthebriefing. Momentous changes appear to be taking place in south africa. Its being reported that the ruling anc party has formally requested president jacob zuma to step down. It follows marathon talks by Senior Party Officials that continued into the early hours of the morning. If mr zuma old still doesnt go, hell face a vote of confidence in parliament that hes expected to lose. Jon ironmonger has the latest. Cyril ramaphosa left a 13 hour meeting of the partys executive committee under the weight of a momentous decision to re m ove president jacob zuma as the head of state. Earlier on monday night, the anc leader visited the president in person, telling him to step
Attack on a beach. And scientists rush to antartica to catch a glimpse of a giant iceberg before it melts. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The deputy chief executive of oxfam has resigned following allegations the charity tried to cover up the full details of a sex scandal in haiti involving its aid workers. Senior figures in the organisation have been meeting the International Development secretary, offering assurances over the future handling of Sexual Misconduct allegations. The charity has been asked to produce all its evidence relating to what happened during the humanitarian relief effort after the haitian earthquake in 2010. Our special correspondent lucy manning has the details. Haitis red light district. Prostitution is illegal here, but that didnt stop some of oxfams staff. The charity now admitting it knew knew about concerns about its team and prostitutes, not just in haiti, but also in chad and that nothing was done. Widza bryant worked in Human Resources in haiti fo
Almost impossible to land. The defending champion Jamie Anderson played it as safe as she could and won with a score that would have only been good enough for bronze in sochi. I tried to kind of weight and take a moment before i dropped in and it seemed like the flags werent moving too much but as soon as i dropped in i was like, oh, no, too much but as soon as i dropped in iwas like, oh, no, there too much but as soon as i dropped in i was like, oh, no, there is some wind. When we all signed up for snowboarding, it wasnt always bluebird perfect sunny days like we get in california so my attitude with contests and even with training oi with contests and even with training or shredding on any given day is like, learning to adapt with the weather and just doing your best in any given conditions. The womens giant slalom was postponed and will now take place on thursday. None of the snowboarders suffered major injury, but the International Olympic committee and International Ski federation
Sounds a bit like home yes, more of that income, a combination of heavy snow and strong winds overnight. We will also be looking further afield where gita, a cyclone, is currently hitting tonga. Thanks. Also coming up. Thats cool scientists release the first video of a giant iceberg thats broken off the Antarctic Ice shelf its four times the size of london and weighs i trillion tonnes. Well be talking to a member of the British Antarctic survey. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. As though dealing with a sex scandal on its own wasnt bad enough now oxfam is facing claims of a cover up claims it denies. Senior officials from the charity are in emergency talks with the International Development secretary, to try to prevent government funding being cut, following the scandal involving some of its aid workers and prostitutes. Its claimed the charity failed to give full details of what happened in the wake of the devastating earthquake in haiti in 2010. All this as many do
Three events and she received Death Threats and thought about quitting but she is back with a real chance of a gold medal. Team gb are targeting their best ever Winter Olympics performance between four and ten medals. They have had a disappointment so far, particularly in snowboarding, but they will be hopeful Elise Christie can finally get them off the mark. Looking forward to it. Thank you, andy. Newsnight is on bbc two. Tonight is stop and search the best way to deal with knife crime . We hearfrom young men on their experience with the police and from the authorities. Join me now on bbc two. Good. Hello and welcome to sportsday im hugh ferris. The headlines tonight. Eden hazard helps take chelsea back into the premier league top four. And the pressure off manager Antonio Conte, as they beat west brom 3 0. Swept away in the slopestyle. Britains aimee fuller is just one snowboarder to crash in vicious cross winds at the Winter Olympics. And coming up. Two years since the crash that co