A day off to one of its fighter jets was downed. Iran marks thirty nine years since the Islamic Revolution president has sound rouhani calls for a year of unity. And another display of harmony in seoul south koreas president strikes a cautious note about his invitation to visit the north. But we begin with the latest on the story weve been following out of russia all seventy one people on board a passenger plane that crashed near moscow off to takeoff have died. The short haul plane took off from one of the russian capitals busiest airports on sunday it was just a few minutes into its johnny from. To the city of or squint it went missing from the right the plane is thought to have crashed near the village of our good nova which is near the capital moscow witnesses say they saw a burning aircraft fall from the sky b. To shop reports the antonov airliner with sixty five passengers and six crew onboard came down five minutes after takeoff in bad weather conditions wreckage was scattered a
Conversation about the front pages tomorrow in the paper review. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The government has warned it will cut funding to oxfam if it cannot fully explain its handling of reports of Sexual Misconduct by aid workers in haiti. The International Development secretary, penny mordant, accused the charity of a failure of moral leadership, and of having lied to her department. Oxfam, which received £32 million from the government in the last financial year, has announced new measures, for the prevention and handling of Sexual Misconduct cases. Our correspondent, angus crawford, has the details. First haiti, now chad, one of the poorest countries on earth. New allegations that oxfam workers paid local women for sex. The charity says its shocked and dismayed, but cant confirm the reports. The head of the mission there at the time, roland van hauwermeiren, was the same man who, five years later in haiti, resigned after admitting using prostitutes. Four others were
Time my ash waiter welcome to the program. A russian passenger plane has crashed outside moscow killing all seventy one people on board the solder told Airlines Regional jet disappeared from radar and screens shortly after taking off from a moscow airport the cause of the crash remains unclear but russian president Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to set up a special commission to investigate. The Saratov Airlines jet was carrying sixty five person just in six crew the aircraft came down on snow covered ground just outside moscow Emergency Services rushed to the scene but the authorities later confirmed there were no survivors. The plane crashed just a few minutes after takeoff from moscows dhamma good of our airport the flight was heading for the city of all six some fifteen hundred kilometers to the southeast near russias border with kazakstan most of the passengers are thought to have lived in the region People Living near the crash site spoke of a massive impact the exp
Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london. We begin the programme with an update on the shocking Measles Outbreak in indonesia which has killed at least 72 people many of them children. The indonesia government says the outbreak in the remote province of papua, is now under control. But hundreds of other children are malnourished. As Rebecca Henschke reports from papua, the Health Crisis has put the spotlight on a region closed off to journalists for decades, and revealed serious government failings. A warning, you may find some of the images disturbing. Just two months old, yulitas life has already been brutally hard. Her mother died in childbirth, the father rejected her. Translation her father did not want her. In a cloud of grief, he wanted to hit her and bury her with her mother. We said we would take care of her, but we are struggling to keep her alive. They had to make a two dayjourney on a speed boat up the river to get medical help. This is the only hospital here in
As pressure continues to grow on president jacob zuma. The party wants him to stand down following allegations of corruption. The ancs leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, said a final decision on president zumas future will be decided on monday afternoon. For the last week, the two men have been holding talks on the transition of power. Sarah corker reports. At an event marking 100 years since the birth of Nelson Mandela there was the clearest signal yet that the end of the troubled presidency ofjacob zuma is near. Addressing the crowds, the president in waiting promised a resolution on zumas future. We are currently engaged in discussions around the transition to a new administration and specifically, to resolve the issues of the position of the president of the republic of south africa. Applause. For the last week, they have been negotiating the president s exit strategy. But with a country in limbo, the Ancs National executive committee is holding a special meeting later where it is thought th