warning last month about the florida gunmen after america's latest mass shooting. a special report from inside the democratic republic of congo where thousands are fleeing renewed violence. and team gb wins it's first medal at the winter olympics. a bronze, in the men's skeleton. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, a spectacular goal inside two minutes from willian sets chelsea on course for the sixth round of the fa cup against championship strugglers hull city. good evening. senior us officials have charged 13 russians with interfering in the american presidential election in 2016. they're the first charges from the department ofjustice in a long running investigation alleging meddling in favour of donald trump. the indictment accuses the russians of setting up bogus social media profiles to spread fake news about mr trump's rivals of organising political rallies, and of trying to encourage minority groups not to vote. a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman called the accusations "absurd". our north america editorjon sopel has the story. there's probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesn't know who won the 2016 presidential election. but how it was won and who influenced the result is still the subject of rancorous dispute. today in a dramatic development, charges were brought against a number of russians for their efforts to affect the outcome. the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states. with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. they used stolen or fictitious american identities, fraudulent bank accounts and false identification documents. the indictment says they had a strategic goal to sow discord in the us political system, including the 2016 us presidential election. it says operations included supporting the presidential campaign of then—candidate donald] trump and disparaging hillary clinton. from that famous night of his election victory onwards, donald trump has always sought to play down russia's role. very well have been russia but i think it could well have been other countries. both on the effect they had and on whether his campaign colluded. 0n those two points the deputy attorney general had helpful words today. there is no allegation in this indictment that any american is a knowing participant in this illegal activity. there is no allegation in the indictment that the charge conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election. and donald trump didn't wait long to treat his reaction. —— tweet. the russia campaign was allegedly under the direction of yevgeny prigozhin, a close ally of vladimir putin. tonight he was scornful, dismissing the americans as being very emotional. if they want to see the devil, he said, let them. donald trump let delete left washington this evening to fly to his home in florida. you'll be buoyed by the indictment saying nothing about collusion, but the russia investigation goes on. and that is a source of theory to the president. that's the point, isn't it, we have indictment but does it mean the investigation is nearing an end?” don't think it does, clive, it's a very interesting statement the white house put out a short time ago adding to the president's tweet in which he is quoted as saying it's more important than ever before to come together as americans, we can't allow those seeking to sow confusion, discord and rancour to be successful. he takes aim at his political opponents in the united states and the democratic party and some republicans, saying it's time we stopped the land as partisan attacks wild and forced allegations. he means against him and the idea there was russian collusion. in other words the president is putting himself beyond reproach and saying, my opponents are undermining democracy. donald trump at various times has considered the possibility of sacking the special counsel robert mueller and possibly even firing the deputy attorney general who we saw in that report. i think the impact of today's charges, the granular detail of how the russians intervened in the presidential election, the allegations made, i think it makes it more or less impossible for the president to move against the russia investigation. will this be over any time soon? i think on the part of the president that might be wishful thinking. many thanks. jon sopel live at the white house. oxfam has agreed not to bid for any new government funding, until the department for international development is satisfied the charity can meet the "high standards" expected. it follows the controversy over sexual misconduct allegations concerning some of its aid workers. the news comes as a woman employed by 0xfam in haiti, after the 2010 earthquake, told the bbc she was physically abused and sexually assaulted by a more senior male colleague. she also claims she was the victim of another sexual assault by an 0xfam worker, after a party in south sudan a few months later. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale has the full story. his report contains some distressing details. haiti in 2010. and the chaotic aftermath of an earthquake. a country heaving with humanitarian workers, some of them there to help, like this young woman working for 0xfam for the first time. i really studied 0xfam in university in england and learned about them. they are the leader, after unicef, in a lot of humanitarian response. i always dreamed of working for them. but her dream turned sour as a more senior colleague became over—friendly and then not so friendly. you'll understand why we've protected her identity. he literally pinned me against the wall, he was groping me and grabbing me, kissing me, and i was just trying to shove him off. i got him off eventually and he got mad and through his glass at me and it shattered on the floor. and later on we got in the car to go home. he just threw me out of my seat and then pinned me to the ground. one of my colleagues, a woman, reached back and tried to grab me and pick me out. iwas hitting him, kicking him. and then in south sudan she was assaulted by another 0xfam colleague after a new year party. i went to my room and i was starting to undress and go to sleep and hejust walked in, shoved me on the bed, tried to rip my clothes... i mean, he did rip some of my clothes off, he got naked, forced himself... iwas shoving him, kicking him and screaming for anyone. i know that the man next door heard because the next morning he even said something like, "hey, are you all right, after what happened last might?". but nobody came to help. ijust pushed him and kicked him and kicked him, and eventually he got up and walked outside fora bitand i ran to the door and shut it. and i stood at the door with all my might, keeping it pushed shut as he was pushing from the other end. it felt like, for so, so long. i was exhausted. i don't know, i was just crying. i didn't know what to do. i was screaming for help. i thought someone would come help me. but nobody came. tonight the government said that 0xfam would no longer bid for public funding. at least not until the department for international development was satisfied the charity had raised its standards. 0xfam is promising to set up a commission to investigate new allegations. there will be tougher checks on staff references and more money spent on internal safeguarding procedures. but... can you guarantee there are no sexual predators working for 0xfam today? we have cases that we are investigating today, and i am determined that we deliver justice in those cases. thousands and thousands of oxfam staff, doing the right thing in the most dangerous places in the world. protecting people, saving lives, that work must go on. you cannot give that guarantee that there are no sexual predators working for your organisation? how would i be able to guarantee that there is no one who is going to offend? what i can guarantee is that we will build a new culture that doesn't tolerate bad behaviour. but 0xfam's uk chief executive mark goldring struck a defiant tone. saying some of the criticism against his organisation was out of proportion. what went on in haiti has cost 0xfam donations and public trust. so it's promising justice and changing its rules. but its future depends on changing a culture that seemed to tolerate sexual misconduct. james landale, bbc news. the fbi has admitted it failed to act on warnings, about the teenager charged with the mass shooting in florida on wednesday, that left 17 people dead. nikolas cruz is accused of the killings at a high school in parkland. more funerals have been taking place today, as our north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. they are coming to mourn a girl shot dead inside her school, one of the 17 victims of america's latest mass shooting. alyssa alhadeff had been passionate about playing football and had been a popular and talented pupil. earlier, thousands had gathered to remember all of those who died, in many cases friends that only a few days ago they had shared classrooms with. they included 14—year—old jaime guttenberg, who family members say stood up for those who were bullied. her father spoke at the vigil. i sent her to school yesterday. she was supposed to be safe. among the others who died, meadow pollack, who was heading to university next year. joaquin 0liver, a basketball player who loved writing poetry. and 14—year—old cara loughran, who her family says was a great student who loved being at the beach. all lives that were cut short by nikolas cruz, who the fbi admitted today it had received a call about to its hotline number at the beginning ofjanuary. and that huge mistake has now allowed gun advocates to divert attention from the other big concern, how easily the attacker was able to arm themselves. this is where nikolas cruz bought his weapon. all he had to do was produce his driving licence, give the most basic of personal details and then answer a question to say that he was not mentally ill. he was 18 at the time, too young to buy alcohol here but old enough to walk out of this shop with an ar—15 rifle. young survivors here are insisting on better gun control but feel many adults are letting them down. the fact that i have to say this is absolutely horrifying but i feel i need to because this is the blood of children that is on the floor of the school now. these are 17 children that are dead. the politicians, again, are promising change. you call this a talking point, but why would this be any different to all the atrocities that have gone before? what makes you feel this will be different? i have never seen students speak out as boldly as they have. maybe this is the turning point. close to the school, students demonstrated to demand a solution to stop this type of tragedy happening again. in truth, america remains a long way off finding a way to end its problems with guns. as we heard earlier in the programme, donald trump is on his way to florida from washington. while he is in the state, we think he will meet with some of those affected in this attack, and it will be interesting to see what kind of reception he received, as someone who now says he stands alongside the families of those children who were killed, and to this day has been vehemently against any kind of gun control measures. south africa's new president, cyril ramaphosa, has been delivering his first state of the nation address, a day after being sworn into office. he said the country was continuing the "long walk" begun by nelson mandela, to build a society in which all would be equal before the law, and in which all would share in the country's wealth and have a better life. 0ur africa editor fergal keane has more. to those who remember the birth of this democracy nearly a quarter of a century ago, the day had echoes of past greatness. he helped forge the historic compromise that delivered this nation. now he has risen to lead it. across this most diverse of nations they have waited, through years of corruption, but with the patience which has always forestalled catastrophe here. # give me hope, cyril ramaphosa...# and tonight he tried to do that, in a speech that blended lofty rhetoric with a blunt warning. we are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity, that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources, nor the theft by corporate criminals of the hard earned savings of ordinary people. specifics, there weren't many. next week's budget and the composition of his new cabinet, due in days, will tell a lot. he finished with an appeal to basic patriotism. this is now the time where we should honour the memory of nelson mandela, to build a new, better south africa for all our people. now is the time. thank you very much. even the anc‘s strongest opposition critics joined the standing ovation, something that would have been unthinkable in the jacob zuma years. i've just come out of the parliament chamber, and the goodwill there was quite extraordinary, even from the opposition. and that exists across this country. above all, an overwhelming desire for change. cyril ramaphosa now has a short time to capitalise on that. with such support, president ramaphosa is now in an unprecedented position to take on those who captured the state through corruption. after the joy will come the battle. expect him to be ruthless. fergal keane, bbc news, cape town. on 13 february in a report about new software designed to help prevent extremist material circulating on the internet, we interviewed dr shiraz maher, an academic at king's college london specialising in terrorism and radicalisation. in our report we wrongly introduced dr maher as a "formerjihadist". dr maher has asked us to make clear that he is not a formerjihadist. we apologise to dr maher for this inaccuracy. germany's chancellor, angela merkel, says she's "not frustrated" by the brexit process, but is "curious" to know more about the uk's aims, after meeting theresa may in berlin today. the prime minister reiterated her desire to maintain the closest possible economic ties with germany and the eu, but said there would have to be a "new balance of rights and obligations". 0ur political correspondent vicki young reports. political survival against the odds. something these two leaders know all about. both have been weakened by poor election results, but when it comes to brexit negotiations, not much will happen without angela merkel‘s approval. so theresa may came here keen to stress what binds germany and britain together. the uk and germany's shared history, values and culture, i think, makes us vital partners and strong allies both bilaterally and through nato, the g7 and the g20. and we'll continue to work together to strengthen these ties for years and decades to come. the german chancellor admitted there had been a candid exchange of views. translation: we basically have not changed our stance on britain leaving the european union. we deplore it. so was she frustrated the uk hadn't set out concrete proposals? translation: i'm not frustrated at all, i'm just curious how britain envisages this future partnership. in the end, the outcome needs to be a fair balance that deviates from the single market and not as close a partnership as we've had. but i think one can find that. tomorrow mrs may will urge eu leaders not to let brexit get in the way of continued cooperation on security or trade. it isn't just a one—way street. i think that's what's important. actually, i want a future economic partnership that is good for the european union, it's good for germany, it's good for the other members, remaining members of the european union, and is good for the united kingdom. ahead of this visit theresa may was being warned that time is running out. she had to be much clearer about how she saw britain's future relationship with the eu. downing street will have been cheered by the tone struck by angela merkel as she talked about a fair and balanced approach for both sides. but no amount of warm words here can disguise the complicated issues that still need to be resolved. vicki young, bbc news, berlin. the united nations says tens of thousands of children are fleeing an upsurge in violence in the democratic republic of congo. the central african nation has suffered years of conflict and desperate poverty, and the government stands accused along with foreign corporations, of plundering its rich natural resources, while millions go hungry. well, the latest violence has flared up in the eastern province of ituri, where mass hunger has intensified rivalry over land. catherine byaruhanga has travelled there with un peacekeepers, and sent us this report. village after village, destroyed by fighting between rival communities. gangs of armed young men terrorised this remote province of ituri. we've just arrived in this town, and from what we understand from the un peacekeepers here, this has been a flashpoint in the fighting. there are several villages that have been destroyed and people have fled, leaving many of them empty. the dead here have been buried in a hurry. we find homes razed to the ground. the few who remain are now under un protection, but many of the local hema people are gone, driven out, in a country facing starvation, by ethnic rivalry over land. marie tells me her family lost everything. gunmen attacked their home in the morning. they ran for their lives. jacques tells me he hid in the bushes while his mother was hacked to death along with five members of his family. translation: as all our houses were burned and all ourfamily is killed by these people, how can we talk about love or cooperation again between us and these people? this hospital in the city of bunia has become an emergency shelter for thousands. stop, stop! it's a battle for survival. there is little to go around. across this country, nearly 5 million people have fled violence and hunger. the government is weak and corrupt. disease is rife, and the aid agencies are struggling to cope. there is no one dealing with the other dimensions of the crisis, like providing food to people, providing water. we find ourselves to be dealing with all of this. that's why really there is an urgent need for other actors to step in to scale up the level of the response. there's help here for a few, but the suffering we witnessed is vast, in a country that's falling to pieces. catherine byaru hanga, bbc news, bunia. at the winter olympics in south korea, dom parsons has secured team gb's first medal of the games. the 30—year—old took bronze in the skeleton, after the hot favourite messed up his final run. from pyeongchang, here's andy swiss. from 100—1 outsider to olympic medallist. in this sport of eventfuljourneys, dom parsons takes some beating. his final run was an emotional roller—coaster, beginning in bronze position. his supporters, including parents, judith and david, were starting to dream. to guarantee a medal, all he had to do was beat nikita tregubov‘s time. but... slower by a mere two hundredths of a second. can you believe it? well, it will be an agonising wait now for dom parsons, in second place but with two more athletes still to go. has he done enough for an olympic medal? well, it seemed unlikely. next ago, martins dukurs, the world champion. that was a mistake. but against the odds, he faltered and parsons was gifted a glorious reprieve. dom parsons, unbelievably, has his medal! from despair to delight, in the blink of an eye. i thought i'd lost it and made a couple too many mistakes on that run. but martins made some more mistakes, and he's the last person i thought would make those mistakes. for his parents, meanwhile, the relief and the pride were overwhelming. gosh, he has earned it. the last 11 years, he's dedicated his life to skeleton. and as his mum, how proud are you feeling right now? couldn't be prouder. and here's the proof. the sweetest of family reunions. for dom parsons, the perfect ending to a day of emotion and elation. well, it is now saturday morning here in pyeongchang, and a bumper day for british medal hopes. in the women's skeleton, lizzy yarnold is third at the halfway stage and her team—mate is fourth. in the ski slopestyle, watch out for 19—year—old izzy atkin. after tumbling on tuesday, elise christie has another chance in the speed skating. team gb will be hoping it could be another super saturday. that's it. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm damian johnson with the main stories. chelsea sweep championship strugglers hull city aside to book their place in the sixth round of the fa cup. roger federer becomes the oldest swinger in town regaining the world number one spot at the age of 36. and britain's dom parsons claims britain's first medal of the winter olympics in the skeleton and the first by a male competitor for seventy years. chelsea have eased into the sixth round of the fa cup with a comfortable a—nil victory over championship strugglers hull city. there was no upset in tonight's other game either as leicester beat another championship side sheffield united. adam wild rounds up the action. even in this competition famed for its upsets, few expected one at sta mford its upsets, few expected one at stamford bridge. the fa cup a distraction for hull city. their destruction lies elsewhere. william putting chelsea ahead in the opening moments will stop the only surprise about the second was that it did not come sooner. pedro this time, challenged untroubled. all cities simply concerned with keeping the score respectable. —— hull city. a few travelling fans could stay smiling, despite olivier giroud adding more misery. 4—0 by mid—time. chelsea are unstoppable. even when city were offered something to ease their troubles, in the form of a penalty, this really was not their night. another premier league side facing championship opposition were leicester. if their tie with sheffield united was less predictable, the winning goal—scorer perhaps was not. sheffield united we re perhaps was not. sheffield united were never out of this. only a quite brilliant save from kasper schmeichel kept leicester ahead. but it was enough on a good night for the premier league sides. four senior west bromwich albion players jonny evans, gareth barry, jake livermore and boaz myhill have apologised after breaking a curfew and allegedly stealing a taxi from outside a fast—food restaurant in barcelona. the team are bottom of the premier league and were on a mid season training break in spain. the players have releassed a joint statement apologising for the incident. catalonia police interviewed but didn't arrest the four men in the early hours of thursday morning. the club say the players will be "subject to the full rigours of internal disciplinary procedures." it was not what we wanted. i have gone there to try to get ourselves up gone there to try to get ourselves up and ready for this running, this is not ideal. they break a curfew, that's unacceptable. i feel a is not ideal. they break a curfew, that's unacceptable. ifeel a bit let down by that. we have still got the training end. my focus now is on the training end. my focus now is on the game. roger federer has become the oldest player to become the world number one — 1a years after first topping the rankings. he beat robin haase by two sets to one at the rotterdam open. it was actually a double fault from haase that handed match point to the 36—year—old federer. but a very popular quarter final victory and federer was presented with a special award to mark the occasion. when you are older, you feel like you have to put the work in so this one means the most for me throughout my career, getting to number one and enjoying it here at 36. it's a dream come true, i can't believe it. i would like to thank my wife, my kids, everybody. saracens have beaten sale to go top of rugby union's english premiership, at least until exeter play wasps on sunday. it was a low—scoring contest, saracens the winners by 13 points to 3... the only try of the match came in the first half, scored by liam williams. it's saracens' fifth premiership win in a row. elsewhere newcastle beat bath 29—12.

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