the warning from the first minister. and a woman from shotton in flintshire goes on trial accused of murdering her baby son. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. senior officials from oxfam are in emergency talks today with the international development secretary, to try to prevent government funding being cut, following the scandal involving some of its aid workers and prostitutes. it s claimed the charity failed to give the government full details of what happened, in the wake of the devastating earthquake in haiti in 2010. oxfam denies there s been a cover up. matt cole reports. in the worst imaginable circumstances, oxfam staff were meant to be in haiti to help. it s now clear son had a very different agenda. amidst claims of sex parties and prostitutes, oxfam sacked four staff and allowed three others to quit including their country director who went on to secure work with another aid organisation. oxfam denies it has covered up what happened but now it has
royal wedding. icy winds tore through the mountains at the pyeongchang olympics wreaking havoc at the snowboard final. alpine skiing had to be postponed for a second day. good morning. it s monday 12th february. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. senior officials at oxfam will today try to convince the international development secretary that they should keep their millions of pounds a year in government funding. it follows revelations that aid workers used prostitutes in haiti in 2011 after an earthquake. the charity s been accused of concealing the full findings of an investigation, which led to four people being sacked and three others resigning. oxfam denies claims of a cover up. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. the allegations of sexual misconduct by oxfam aid workers in haiti in 2011 have threatened notjust the charity s reputation, but also the £32 million it gets each year from the government. the international development secreta
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. that s cool scientists release the first video of a giant iceberg that s broken off the antarctic ice shelf it s four times the size of london and weighs i trillion tonnes. we ll be talking to a member of the british antarctic survey. hello everyone this is afternoon live i m simon mccoy. as though dealing with a sex scandal on its own wasn t 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. it s claimed the charity failed to give full details of what happened in the wake of the devastating earthquake in hai
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. haiti s red light district. prostitution is illegal here, but that didn t stop some of oxfam s 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 reso
anc party are meeting to decide the future of president jacob zuma. this is where it s happening in pretoria and it s likely they re asking him to step down. mr zuma faces a number of corruption charges and anc president cyril ramaphosa says the issue is causing disunity and discord . the leaders have been locked in talks for hours now, but as south african radio host points out, these are tricky waters to navigate. milton nkosi has this update from pretoria on where things stand now. iamjust standing i am just standing outside the hotel where the national league executive committee is to meet to decide president zuma s fate. all we know is they are deliberating on what decision to take on president zuma s future. we know that yesterday the president of the anc cyril ramaposa said that the matter will be finalised today. we are waiting and we know that inside the meeting there are many anc leaders who have called for president zuma to be recalled from his position. there