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
Of japan, and then Lunar Eclipse is perfect while sitting in the snowcovered hot springs with monkeys, how about that. Were done. We need a photo of that. I know well, i dont know him personally, but we tweet each other a lot and i trust him. Thats pretty good. What did you do . Well, you know i was in japan and snow monkeys. Robin says, hey steve watching the super moon with my grand daughters. Remember that, robin. Thats good stuff. Theyll remember that for the rest of their lives. We get fog on the san mateo coast. Calendar says the end of january, but that looks like june or july. The inland fog theres a little bit of that to the valley and some can creep back in, but were looking for another mostly sunny days and temperatures warming up. The okay breeze coming off east bay hills. 30s and 40s on your temps and around the bay, 40s and 50s el cerrito. A lot of 47s in oakland. 50 in San Francisco. Upper 40s and 50s and we are going into a stretch of very dry weather through probably t
Of bullets in rapid succession. He said he would also support a modest tightening of background checks for gun purchasers. Survivors of last weeks School Shooting in florida have marched on washington to call for tougher laws. And at the Winter Olympics, team gbs Womens Curling Team have beaten the reigning champions canada to reach the semi finals. It means the Canadian Women have failed to win a medal for the first time in olympic history. Good morning. Its wednesday 21st february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The met police has lost an appeal at the Supreme Court against two victims of black cab rapist john worboys who won compensation for its failings. The women were raped by worboys in 2003 and 2007 and said their treatment by police, who failed to believe their reports, caused them mental harm. The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the polices appeal. Our Home Affairs Correspondent june kelly is at the Supreme Court. What did the lawyers for the two women ar
60s across the area issue of the temperatures look like with 55 for now daily citys 63 radon concord few inland spots and the 50s and yak 55 degrees and also with apache fog little good result of a cloud cover and those temperatures are going to warm up with some sunshine. At the lunch hour at noon plan on lower 80s in land and then this afternoon temperatures will continue to heat up around 90 degrees by 5 00 with temperatures still on the warm side of the upper 80s for the bay upper 70s across the coast in the mid upper 60s and then we shall you but i have the High Temperatures across the in line spots and and 3 00 p. M. Upper 80s around 90 degrees Pleasanton Livermore 90 by 3 00 p. M. These to reporter mitschers will slowly warm up and then we do it again tomorrow and what were dealing with this morning temperatures on the milder side new gray skies right now and then off to the east were looking at san mateo more low clouds with a little bit of sunshine so there is a that Sunshine
What i want to do now is turn this over. As you know were the American Veteran center is presenting the Andrew Goodpasture award and i want to turn this over to the president of the American Veterans center. Jim . [applause] thank you very much, tom. Peter. And officers of the army and navy club, thank you for being our partners for this evenings lecture. Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of my colleagues at the American Study Center i welcome you to the Army Navy Club for the presentation of the eight annual andrew j. Goodpasture award named after a Great American and presented to another Great American Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters United States army retired. Id like to say we are honored by the presence of general goodpastures granddaughter and her husband, matt. Would you please stand. [applause] great to have representation as we have always had from the goodpasture family here. I would also like to thank the Bradley Foundation for underwriting the goodpasture award. Diane, would