0:00:08 > 0:00:11Tonight at Ten.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13More pressure on Oxfam as the Charity Commission launches
0:00:13 > 0:00:17a statutory inquiry into claims of sexual misconduct.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19The claims relate to some relief workers in Haiti in 2011
0:00:19 > 0:00:26amid concerns that Oxfam did not fully disclose all that it knew.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29There were a lot of rumours on the ground about management
0:00:29 > 0:00:36and leaders exploiting the locals - sexually and in other ways.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Oxfam's deputy chief executive has resigned,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41saying she's ashamed of what happened, as the charity
0:00:41 > 0:00:45insisted things had changed since 2011.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49We apologise to the British public and to the Haitian public.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Secondly, we've made major steps to improve since 2011.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56We'll have the latest on the move by the Charity Commission
0:00:56 > 0:00:58and what it could mean for Oxfam.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Also tonight.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Three Britons killed in a helicopter crash
0:01:01 > 0:01:06in the Grand Canyon have been named.
0:01:06 > 0:01:14Another three Britons and the pilot are being treated for injuries.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Despite a visit by the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach, still no
0:01:20 > 0:01:22agreement in Belfast on restoring the devolved government
0:01:22 > 0:01:23at Stormont.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26A special report on the people, including thousands of children,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28fleeing the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30It's a perilous journey from the Congolese border to the
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Ugandan side.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Some of these people are using vessels that are not very
0:01:34 > 0:01:36safe and in some cases the lake is rough.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39And, Team GB's Aimee Fuller feels the force of the weather
0:01:39 > 0:01:42at the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47could Chelsea end their two-game losing streak
0:01:47 > 0:01:55in the Premier League with a win against bottom club West Brom?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Good evening.
0:02:13 > 0:02:21Within the past few hours, the Charity Commission has launched
0:02:21 > 0:02:23a statutory inquiry into Oxfam, citing concerns that the charity
0:02:23 > 0:02:27might not have fully and frankly disclosed,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30all the details about some of its workers in Haiti in 2011.
0:02:30 > 0:02:36Earlier today, Oxfam's deputy chief executive resigned
0:02:36 > 0:02:38following allegations of sexual misconduct
0:02:38 > 0:02:39involving some of its staff.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Penny Lawrence said she took full responsibility,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43and said she was ashamed this had happened on her watch.
0:02:43 > 0:02:50Our special correspondent Lucy Manning reports.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51Haiti's red light district.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55Prostitution is illegal here, but that didn't stop
0:02:55 > 0:02:59some of Oxfam's aid workers.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02The charity now admitting it knew - knew about concerns about its team
0:03:02 > 0:03:05and prostitutes, not just in Haiti, but also in Chad,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08and that nothing was done.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Widza Bryant worked in human resources in Haiti for Oxfam
0:03:10 > 0:03:12from 2009 for three years.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16She says she flagged concerns and was ignored.
0:03:16 > 0:03:24There was a lot of rumours on the ground about management
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and leaders exploiting the locals, sexually and in other ways, to get
0:03:30 > 0:03:35jobs, and to have good standing.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38So these were ongoing rumours that would come to me through the drivers
0:03:38 > 0:03:44and other employees.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47So, on many occasions, I would share those rumours with my boss.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54The blame now stretching almost to the top of Oxfam.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55The charity's deputy chief executive, Penny
0:03:55 > 0:03:59Lawrence, now resigning.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01She was programme director when the prostitution allegations
0:04:01 > 0:04:05were made and ignored.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08She said, "I am ashamed this happened on my watch and I take
0:04:08 > 0:04:11full responsibility."
0:04:11 > 0:04:13The actions of senior Oxfam employee Roland van Hauwermeiren in Chad
0:04:13 > 0:04:17and Haiti never properly dealt with.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20At that time, the use of prostitutes was not explicitly contrary
0:04:20 > 0:04:25to Oxfam's code of conduct.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Bringing Oxfam into disrepute, in any way abusing people who may
0:04:30 > 0:04:37have been beneficiaries, of course, was.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40So there was an exploration of how should the organisation respond?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43But we didn't act on it and, more significantly, we allowed him -
0:04:43 > 0:04:45because there weren't formal complaints - we allowed him
0:04:45 > 0:04:48to move onto another post, and that was our failing.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50So will there need to be more resignations?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52I still feel we have not done enough.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56If it is felt by those who employ me that I am not doing
0:04:56 > 0:04:58that forcefully enough, or well enough, they will have my
0:04:58 > 0:05:00resignation straightaway.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Oxfam's bosses were called in to meet ministers this
0:05:04 > 0:05:06morning with question marks about the £32 million the charity
0:05:06 > 0:05:09receives from the Government.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14Ministers here at the Department for International Development know
0:05:14 > 0:05:17British charities do good work overseas, but with Oxfam only
0:05:17 > 0:05:20telling half the story about what happened with its staff
0:05:20 > 0:05:25in Haiti, it has now put pressure on the entire charity sector.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Oxfam says it investigated 87 allegations of sexual abuse
0:05:27 > 0:05:32or exploitation last year.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Save the Children says it looked into 31 cases of sexual misconduct,
0:05:35 > 0:05:37where half the people were fired.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39And Christian Aid said it had two cases -
0:05:39 > 0:05:43one was reported to the Charity Commission.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I don't think anybody can say in good faith,
0:05:46 > 0:05:51operating in an environment like ours, that we can eliminate all
0:05:51 > 0:05:58risk as a matter of 100% certainty.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03What we can do is put in our 100% best effort to keep these people out
0:06:03 > 0:06:04of our organisation.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06The Charity Commission says it receives reports about 1,000
0:06:06 > 0:06:11incidents involving safeguarding from charities every year.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14But a culture of cover-up not the image charities want.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19Lucy Manning, BBC News.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Let's get some reaction in Haiti today and talk to our correspondent
0:06:22 > 0:06:28Will Grant who is in Port-au-Prince. Wahab Keith Hill been saying in
0:06:28 > 0:06:33response to Oxfam's difficulties? I've been speaking to some senior
0:06:33 > 0:06:36government sources in Haiti and they say they are going to watch an
0:06:36 > 0:06:41investigation into the allegations of abuse at Oxfam. They say they
0:06:41 > 0:06:45fear it could be the tip of the iceberg and they want to widen that
0:06:45 > 0:06:49investigation into other aid agencies operating in the country.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Of course, it's important to remember the context when it comes
0:06:52 > 0:06:55to Haiti, this is one of the poorest countries in the world, the poorest
0:06:55 > 0:07:01country in the Americas, and as such is very reliant on foreign aid. If
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Oxfam would leave altogether it would have an impact on a lot of the
0:07:04 > 0:07:11poorer small communities where Oxfam operates. That said, a lot of the
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Haitians I been speaking to have expressed real anger at what they
0:07:14 > 0:07:17see as impunity by international aid agencies for the way they have
0:07:17 > 0:07:22behaved here and it is clearly going to take a long time for Oxfam to
0:07:22 > 0:07:26recover its reputation in Haiti. Many thanks for the latest, Will
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Grant in Haiti with some of the latest thoughts.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Our special correspondent Lucy Manning is here.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36As I was saying earlier, more pressure on Oxfam tonight.The
0:07:36 > 0:07:38problems are mounting for Oxfam, the Charity Commission that regulate
0:07:38 > 0:07:42charities announced it is going to investigate Oxfam to see whether
0:07:42 > 0:07:45they did hand over all of the information about these allegations
0:07:45 > 0:07:50about the use of prostitutes in Haiti in 2011. The European
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Commission which funds Oxfam to the tune of around £30 million a year
0:07:54 > 0:07:58said that could stop if standards are not met, and a difficult meeting
0:07:58 > 0:08:01between the charities and the Secretary of State Penny Mordaunt on
0:08:01 > 0:08:08Oxfam apologising unreservedly, saying it felt disgraced and shame
0:08:08 > 0:08:11about what happened. She has given it the rest of this week to sort out
0:08:11 > 0:08:17how it will deal with any further allegations. And scrutiny now for
0:08:17 > 0:08:20all charities because she's written to them all, all of those working
0:08:20 > 0:08:24overseas, saying they need to make sure that any allegations of sexual
0:08:24 > 0:08:28abuse have been passed to the relevant authorities. No doubt about
0:08:28 > 0:08:34this, this is a real shock wave for the charity sector.Lucy Manning,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36thank you, our special correspondent.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37Relatives and friends have been paying tribute
0:08:37 > 0:08:40to three British tourists, who were killed in a helicopter
0:08:40 > 0:08:42crash in the Grand Canyon at the weekend.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Becky Dobson and brothers Stuart and Jason Hill,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46all originally from Worthing in West Sussex, died on Saturday.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Four survivors of the crash had to wait several hours to be
0:08:49 > 0:08:52rescued, as our correspondent James Cook reports.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56It's just before sunset in the Grand Canyon
0:08:56 > 0:08:59and a helicopter is ablaze.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02On board were three British couples and a local pilot.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07Two men in white shirts approach one of the
0:09:07 > 0:09:09survivors, seen on the bottom right of the picture.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Three of the tourists died at the scene.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14They were Stuart Hill, a Mercedes salesman in Brighton who was
0:09:14 > 0:09:18celebrating his 30th birthday.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21And his girlfriend, Becky Dobson, a receptionist from Worthing in
0:09:21 > 0:09:22West Sussex.
0:09:22 > 0:09:29She was 27.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Stuart's brother Jason Hill, a lawyer near Milton
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Keynes, also died.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33He was 32 years old.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35His girlfriend survived.
0:09:35 > 0:09:42Also on board were newlyweds seen here on the left at their wedding
0:09:42 > 0:09:47with Becky and Stuart. The friends had been saving up for their holiday
0:09:47 > 0:09:52for a year, all three who died had attended Worthing College.As
0:09:52 > 0:09:54excellent night of the college they have gone on with their passions to
0:09:54 > 0:09:59enjoy their young lives, going through their careers as they have
0:09:59 > 0:10:04wanted and to get to the stage in their life and die so young is just
0:10:04 > 0:10:07devastating.In the minutes after the crash passengers and crew from
0:10:07 > 0:10:11other helicopters in the area rushed to help. They included a nurse,
0:10:11 > 0:10:17Katie Kineally.When we finally got some medical equipment down there I
0:10:17 > 0:10:21started helping putting in IV lines and another crew came with pain
0:10:21 > 0:10:24medication so I started administering that, gave them fluids
0:10:24 > 0:10:28to help prevent them going to shock, kept a really close eye and did what
0:10:28 > 0:10:32I could do.The helicopter took off from Boulder city in Nevada
0:10:32 > 0:10:35travelling through the Grand Canyon and crashed in the remote
0:10:35 > 0:10:40quartermaster Canyon in Arizona at 5:20pm. A dust storm at rescue teams
0:10:40 > 0:10:45had to walk to the scene. It was 2am, nearly nine hours later before
0:10:45 > 0:10:49the survivors were flown to hospital.We were not able to
0:10:49 > 0:10:55extract everybody from the crash site until 2am this morning. High
0:10:55 > 0:10:59winds, brownout dust conditions, rugged terrain, and as you know,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02when you fly in treacherous conditions like this you have to
0:11:02 > 0:11:07have special training and special people.The Grand Canyon is
0:11:07 > 0:11:10attractive because it is untamed, drawing visitors from all over the
0:11:10 > 0:11:18world. The tour company Papillion Airways flies around 600,000 people
0:11:18 > 0:11:23a year, this crash involving a Euro copter EC 130 is the firm's second
0:11:23 > 0:11:27fiddle accident here. The three British survivors and pilot are
0:11:27 > 0:11:30being treated at this hospital in Las Vegas, all four said to be in
0:11:30 > 0:11:37critical condition. Investigators are at the hospital and I just spoke
0:11:37 > 0:11:42to them. They have made contact with all four survivors and they are
0:11:42 > 0:11:45preparing to take statements. As for the families, they have been being
0:11:45 > 0:11:48done at paying tribute, the father of Becky Dobson said his daughter
0:11:48 > 0:11:52was full of life and always happy, and the father of Stuart and Jason
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Hill said his sons loved one another and were very close and took some
0:11:55 > 0:12:00small comfort from knowing that they died together. James, many thanks
0:12:00 > 0:12:06for the latest in Las Vegas, James Cook, our correspondent.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08In South Africa, leaders of the ruling party, the ANC,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11have been meeting to decide the fate of President Jacob Zuma.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13He's been resisting calls to stand down
0:12:13 > 0:12:14amid allegations of corruption.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17But over the weekend the party's new leader, Cyril Ramaphosa,
0:12:17 > 0:12:25said the question of his position would be finalised today.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Our Africa editor Fergal Keane is in Pretoria.
0:12:27 > 0:12:35Has it been finalised?There is a sense of high political drama
0:12:35 > 0:12:39tonight here, reliable sources at that meeting are saying that
0:12:39 > 0:12:44President Zuma has been given 48 hours to resign. Just about an hour
0:12:44 > 0:12:48ago, the ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa left here in a convoy and
0:12:48 > 0:12:52apparently went to the residence of President Zuma to deliver that
0:12:52 > 0:12:56message. Within the last few minutes he has returned, possibly with a
0:12:56 > 0:13:02response. Now, if President Zuma agrees to resign there should be a
0:13:02 > 0:13:06relatively calm, smooth transition. But if he says no, the ANC is faced
0:13:06 > 0:13:10with the possibility of either having to move a motion of
0:13:10 > 0:13:14no-confidence against him in parliament, or impeach him. That
0:13:14 > 0:13:19would risk splitting apart Africa's oldest liberation movement and into
0:13:19 > 0:13:24this country a new element of instability. We are waiting here. It
0:13:24 > 0:13:27could go on for more hours. They have already been talking for ten
0:13:27 > 0:13:32hours but there is a sense that momentous decisions are on the way.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Many thanks for the update in Pretoria, Fergal Keane, our Africa
0:13:35 > 0:13:37editor.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40A brief look at some of the day's other other news stories.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42London City Airport remains closed, after an unexploded bomb
0:13:42 > 0:13:45from the Second World War was found in the River Thames,
0:13:45 > 0:13:46not far from the runway.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48It was discovered in the early hours of Sunday morning
0:13:48 > 0:13:50forcing the evacuation of the neighbouring area.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Work to dispose of the device should be completed by tomorrow.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Barclays Bank has been fined by the Serious Fraud Office
0:13:55 > 0:13:58in relation to a £2.2 billion loan, provided to the state
0:13:58 > 0:14:00of Qatar in 2008.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02The bank has been accused of unlawful financial assistance,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06which is banned in the UK.
0:14:06 > 0:14:13Its parent company Barclays was charged with the same
0:14:13 > 0:14:17A government report suggests politicians and industry leaders
0:14:17 > 0:14:21have exaggerated the potential of fracking for gas in the UK.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23The industry said a fracking boom would see 4,000
0:14:23 > 0:14:25wells drilled by 2032.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27But a newly-released document predicts fewer than 200 wells
0:14:27 > 0:14:32will be constructed in the next seven years.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37British tourists will be able to resume package
0:14:37 > 0:14:40holidays to Tunisia from tomorrow for the first time
0:14:40 > 0:14:42since a terror attack claimed the lives of 38 people
0:14:42 > 0:14:46at a beach resort in 2015.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48The first fully booked flights from Manchester and Birmingham
0:14:48 > 0:14:50will be operated by Thomas Cook.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has just
0:14:51 > 0:14:57returned from Tunisia, with this exclusive report.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Tunis by night, and a National Guard unit prepares to raid
0:15:00 > 0:15:08a suspected terrorist hideout.
0:15:09 > 0:15:16Since two devastating attacks in 2015, this country has found
0:15:16 > 0:15:19-- vowed to stamp out terrorism and make Tunisia safe for tourists.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Well, they've just gone into a house here.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24We can hear some shouts.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29We're in a tiny little backstreet, and they're looking for members
0:15:29 > 0:15:33of an Isis cell that has been in Libya, they suspect, so the whole
0:15:33 > 0:15:36street is flooded with these armed National Guard soldiers.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Three years ago, on this beach near Sousse, an Isis gunman
0:15:41 > 0:15:46shot dead 38 people, 30 of them British.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Now, Tunisia is getting training from Royal Navy instructors
0:15:49 > 0:15:53in maritime security, while Met Police detectives have
0:15:53 > 0:15:54been training up hotel staff.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57At four key airports, British aviation experts have
0:15:57 > 0:16:00installed new screening equipment.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03So I asked Britain's ambassador, how safe is it now?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Well, no country is 100% safe, as we saw with the tragic attacks
0:16:06 > 0:16:10in London and Manchester last year.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12But it is safer here than it was in 2015,
0:16:12 > 0:16:17because the Tunisians' capability has improved.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21In the resort town of Hammamet, where Thomas Cook is taking
0:16:21 > 0:16:25the first returning British tourists, I asked the hotel manager
0:16:25 > 0:16:27what precautions he's taking.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31We have around 60 cameras all around the hotel.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36The exterior cameras are all monitored 24 hours
0:16:36 > 0:16:39by persons behind the screens.
0:16:39 > 0:16:45But Tunisia sits in a dangerous neighbourhood.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50Across this border, Libya is in chaos, and Isis has bases.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54The Manchester bomber trained in Libya, and so did the Sousse gunman.
0:16:54 > 0:17:01Back in the capital Tunis, the night raid yields results.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Suspects are arrested and will now face trial.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Tunisia has made huge progress against terrorism,
0:17:08 > 0:17:10but if its tourist industry is to recover fully,
0:17:10 > 0:17:12it will need to stay vigilant.
0:17:12 > 0:17:20Frank Gardner, BBC News, Tunisia.
0:17:22 > 0:17:29The Prime Minister says there is the basis of an agreement to restore
0:17:29 > 0:17:33power-sharing in Northern Ireland soon. She and the Taoiseach held
0:17:33 > 0:17:37talks at Stormont in an attempt to end the deadlock over key issues
0:17:37 > 0:17:43including the status of the Irish language. Our island correspondent
0:17:43 > 0:17:48has the latest. The Prime Minister began her visit to Belfast at a
0:17:48 > 0:17:52place that was recently the seed of an unexpected victory. Hundreds of
0:17:52 > 0:17:57jobs had been under threat at the aircraft manufacturer Bombardier.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01They are safe now after winning a trade dispute against Boeing in the
0:18:01 > 0:18:08US. Theresa May came to Northern Ireland looking for another win.
0:18:08 > 0:18:14Talks to restore Stormont are at a critical stage.I have urged the
0:18:14 > 0:18:19parties to make the final push to see if we can get an executive up
0:18:19 > 0:18:23and running. I believe there is the basis of an agreement and it should
0:18:23 > 0:18:29be possible to see an executive in Northern Ireland very soon.She was
0:18:29 > 0:18:35joined by the Taoiseach, who shares her optimism.The differences that
0:18:35 > 0:18:39exist between DUP and Sinn Fein are not insurmountable and we are
0:18:39 > 0:18:44hopeful they will come to agreement this week.The main sticking point
0:18:44 > 0:18:49has been whether there should be a new law to protect and promote the
0:18:49 > 0:18:55Irish language. For speakers, Irish is about identity and culture and
0:18:55 > 0:19:00history and they believe it needs legal recognition.It needs equality
0:19:00 > 0:19:07and to be on the same level of the languages in Scotland and Wales. It
0:19:07 > 0:19:13needs to be on an equal footing.In unionist areas there is suspicion
0:19:13 > 0:19:19and even hostility towards the idea. Here on the Shankill Road in west
0:19:19 > 0:19:23Belfast, people are strongly opposed.This is a British country,
0:19:23 > 0:19:31not an Irish country.I think it is terrible. The Irish language has
0:19:31 > 0:19:35been a sensitive and symbolic issue in this long political crisis but
0:19:35 > 0:19:41there are other differences between the parties, notably Sinn Fein want
0:19:41 > 0:19:46to legalise same-sex marriage and the DUP do not. There are
0:19:46 > 0:19:52disagreements over how the unsolved killings from the troubles should be
0:19:52 > 0:19:57investigated. The Irish border is a significant matter in the Brexit
0:19:57 > 0:20:01negotiations, which is one reason parties say they want devolution
0:20:01 > 0:20:08back.It is about finding an accommodation that recognises the
0:20:08 > 0:20:12need to respect all languages and cultures in Northern Ireland.The
0:20:12 > 0:20:17issues have been difficult but they were never beyond resolution. What
0:20:17 > 0:20:25we want is to finalise a deal. Theresa May left with the Stormont
0:20:25 > 0:20:31situation still unresolved but the mood improved. Events in the next
0:20:31 > 0:20:34few days will determine whether power-sharing returns.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36The United Nations says it is gravely concerned
0:20:36 > 0:20:40about the escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
0:20:40 > 0:20:43with thousands fleeing the northeast of the country, because of
0:20:43 > 0:20:46the continuing conflict between ethnic groups.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51The humanitarian situation across the country has drastically
0:20:51 > 0:20:56worsened over the past year - in total, some five million people
0:20:56 > 0:20:57have been displaced.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Fighting has flared up across three provinces,
0:20:59 > 0:21:01the latest in Ituri, where more than 20,000 people have
0:21:01 > 0:21:03fled into neighbouring Uganda since Friday.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Our deputy Africa editor Anne Soy sent this special report, which does
0:21:06 > 0:21:08contain some distressing images.
0:21:08 > 0:21:13This shore has become a safe haven.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Thousands of Congolese cross Lake Albert every day,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19forced to run from ethnic violence.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22They carry what they can.
0:21:22 > 0:21:28More than half of those fleeing are children.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30It is a perilous journey from the Congolese border
0:21:30 > 0:21:32to the Ugandan side.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Some of these people are using vessels that are not
0:21:34 > 0:21:39very safe, and in some cases, the lake is rough.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42We have heard reports of vessels like this one capsizing.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46But desperate refugees have little choice.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48They either risk being attacked and killed at home
0:21:48 > 0:21:50or dying in the water.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55People on this canoe almost made it.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57It sank just before it reached the shore.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02Four of those on board drowned.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05The body of this three year old was later washed up on shore.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Only his father survived.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09TRANSLATION:I was travelling with my brother, my son
0:22:09 > 0:22:16and two of people.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19I swam to the shore after heavy winds overturned our canoe.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23The pain of losing an only child.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27His mother came on a different boat.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31She was waiting to receive him here, alive.
0:22:31 > 0:22:3747-year-old Emile Nguzuma says his family hid in the bush
0:22:37 > 0:22:40when their village was attacked.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44When they came out, he found four of his children had been butchered.
0:22:44 > 0:22:45Fearing further attacks, he took the remaining
0:22:45 > 0:22:48eight children and fled.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51TRANSLATION:We could not bury them.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53The enemy doesn't like us burying our dead.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56They chop them up.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58You cannot even recognise them.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59I am sad.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03My heart is troubled.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07I don't know what we did to wrong them.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Many here have harrowing stories.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18This man tells me 16 members of his extended family were killed.
0:23:18 > 0:23:26The death toll from the clashes across the border is still unknown.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31This is the largest refugee flight from DRC's Ituri area since the last
0:23:31 > 0:23:35ethnic massacre nearly 20 years ago.
0:23:35 > 0:23:42More than 60,000 people were killed then.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Conflict has kept these residents of one of the eastern region poor,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47and the current flare-up has now given them a deeper
0:23:47 > 0:23:49into destitution.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Aid organisations are scrambling to deal with the influx.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52What are the tags for?
0:23:52 > 0:23:55To make sure that we have accurate numbers in relation to how many
0:23:55 > 0:23:56people come through.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Because we move people so quickly, we don't want to lose them,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01and this way we also don't want people joining on.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Right.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05From the testimonies we have had, there are many more Congolese
0:24:05 > 0:24:08gathered on the other side of the border, so it is expected
0:24:08 > 0:24:10in the coming days, refugees will continue to arrive
0:24:10 > 0:24:15here in large numbers.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Here they hope for a new beginning.
0:24:17 > 0:24:24For some, like this mother of three, this is now their new home.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Her country of birth robbed her of her husband.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31She has vowed never to go back.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34The minister in charge of persuading more couples
0:24:34 > 0:24:37to share their parental leave has revealed he's not allowed
0:24:37 > 0:24:39to take part in the scheme.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41The business minister Andrew Griffiths,
0:24:41 > 0:24:46who is due to become a father in April, said that as an office
0:24:46 > 0:24:48holder rather than an employee, he was not eligible.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50His comments were made as the government launched
0:24:50 > 0:24:53a new publicity drive to encourage a higher take-up
0:24:53 > 0:24:55of shared parental leave, which currently stands
0:24:55 > 0:24:56at an estimated 2%, as our correspondent
0:24:56 > 0:25:04Elaine Dunkley reports.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12Charlotte and David take it in terms to read James a bedtime story. All
0:25:12 > 0:25:16childcare is split 50-50 and so was parental leave, with both deciding
0:25:16 > 0:25:26to take six months off work.I think both of us felt it would be nice to
0:25:26 > 0:25:30post have the opportunity to bond with the baby in the first year. But
0:25:30 > 0:25:35also for both of us to have the chance to go back to work. So that
0:25:35 > 0:25:44neither of us had to really choose as much, make such a stark choice.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48There is a strong thought that mums stay at home and look after the
0:25:48 > 0:25:59kids. I think we felt strongly that was not what we wanted.285,000
0:25:59 > 0:26:03couples are eligible to take shared parental leave every year and it
0:26:03 > 0:26:08allows them to share 50 weeks of leave and off that 50 they can be
0:26:08 > 0:26:12paid for 37 weeks, but the government estimates the take-up
0:26:12 > 0:26:17could be as low as 2%. Andrew Griffiths the Business Minister in
0:26:17 > 0:26:21charge of the policy is due to be a father in April but admitted he will
0:26:21 > 0:26:28not be able to take advantage of the scheme.Ministers are not allowed to
0:26:28 > 0:26:32take shared parental leave. I am now I think going to be... It is because
0:26:32 > 0:26:39I am an office holder, not an employee you're not allowed?Bat is
0:26:39 > 0:26:45right.How can you say it without laughing? For most, a ministerial
0:26:45 > 0:26:52role is not the issue. Cultural and financial reasons play a part. It is
0:26:52 > 0:26:58paid out £141 a week, roughly half the national living wage so for many
0:26:58 > 0:27:02families it is hard to think that the mother will lose her wage for a
0:27:02 > 0:27:06number of weeks and months but particularly for the couples where
0:27:06 > 0:27:11he is the higher wage earner it becomes difficult to budget at that
0:27:11 > 0:27:18level.Sharing parental leave is a personal and professional decision.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22I was there for his important milestones, crawling, walking, not
0:27:22 > 0:27:27just hearing about him walking and talking, I was the one he was
0:27:27 > 0:27:32walking towards with his first steps.The government plans to spend
0:27:32 > 0:27:361.5 million to publicise the scheme but it is the financial cost to
0:27:36 > 0:27:39families that is the biggest obstacle.
0:27:39 > 0:27:47The singer Vic Damone has died at the age of 89.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Best known for the hits You're Breaking My Heart
0:27:50 > 0:27:54and On the Street Where You Live, he was part of the golden age
0:27:54 > 0:27:56of singers who came to fame after the Second World War,
0:27:56 > 0:28:04including Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Dean Martin.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07High winds have disrupted the Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang,
0:28:07 > 0:28:11where the final of the women's giant slalom had to be postponed
0:28:11 > 0:28:13and conditions in the women's slopestyle final were described
0:28:13 > 0:28:16as 'absolutely brutal'.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20The Team GB snowboarder Aimee Fuller was one of those whose
0:28:20 > 0:28:22performance was affected - she crashed on her final jump
0:28:22 > 0:28:23and finished in 17th position.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24From Pyeongchang, our sports correspondent
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Andy Swiss reports.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Just getting to the start was a struggle.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Howling winds for the women's snowboarders and soon
0:28:35 > 0:28:37a blizzard of controversy.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Instead of postponing, they went ahead, with calamitous results.
0:28:41 > 0:28:46COMMENTATOR:Oh, goodness me.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Quite how no one was injured, especially Slovakia's Klaudia
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Medlova, almost defied belief,
0:28:51 > 0:28:53as one after another, their hopes crash landed.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56All of the 25 riders fell at some point, including
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Britain's Aimee Fuller.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03The wind forced her to pull out of a jump on her first run,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05which meant on the second it was all or nothing,
0:29:05 > 0:29:09and, agonisingly, it was the latter.
0:29:09 > 0:29:15Fuller finished 17th, but, more importantly, intact.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17The conditions, she said, were simply brutal.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21It felt like I had a sailboat under my board.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23The wind just ripped me sideways.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26There was not a chance I was going to land.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29So, yeah, devastated.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33Amidst the chaos, America's Jamie Anderson kept her balance
0:29:33 > 0:29:34and her Olympic title.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Organisers felt it had been safe to start the final, but was it?
0:29:37 > 0:29:40The coaches and judges, they all have a chat together
0:29:40 > 0:29:43and they make a decision at the top of the slope.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45And I wonder what went on in that conversation, why somebody didn't
0:29:45 > 0:29:50say, let's postpone this.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54These biting winds have already blown the schedule off course.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Today's women's giant slalom had to be postponed,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00and with more high winds forecast tomorrow, there could
0:30:00 > 0:30:03be more disruption.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05For now, though, there will be relief no one was badly hurt,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08on a day when extreme sport certainly lived up to its name.
0:30:08 > 0:30:16Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Early morning here and organisers will keep their fingers crossed for
0:30:21 > 0:30:27the weather. The wind is howling already but the good news for
0:30:27 > 0:30:31spectators is temperatures are forecast to rise. Could this be the
0:30:31 > 0:30:36day Team GB win their first medal? Speed skater Elise Christie going
0:30:36 > 0:30:42for gold in the 500 metres. Elise Christie is a triple world champion
0:30:42 > 0:30:47and probably Britain's best hope of a medal at these games. She is
0:30:47 > 0:30:51competing in three events and the 500 metres probably her least
0:30:51 > 0:31:00favoured but she looked impressive in qualifying
0:31:00 > 0:31:02in qualifying where she set an Olympic record. Four years ago in
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Sochi she was disqualified for all three events and she received death
0:31:04 > 0:31:08threats and thought about quitting but she is back with a real chance
0:31:08 > 0:31:12of a gold medal. Team GB are targeting their best ever Winter
0:31:12 > 0:31:18Olympics performance between four and ten medals. They have had a
0:31:18 > 0:31:22disappointment so far, particularly in snowboarding, but they will be
0:31:22 > 0:31:26hopeful Elise Christie can finally get them off the mark. Looking
0:31:26 > 0:31:34forward to it. Thank you, Andy. Newsnight is on BBC Two. Tonight is
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