0:00:06 > 0:00:10Tonight at ten: Jacob Zuma steps down as president of South Africa,
0:00:10 > 0:00:14after persistent allegations of fraud and corruption.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18He addressed the nation a short while ago, saying he wanted
0:00:18 > 0:00:21above all to prevent any violent protests, and to maintain
0:00:21 > 0:00:23the unity of the ruling ANC.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27I have therefore come to the decision to resign
0:00:27 > 0:00:33as President of the Republic with immediate effect.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37He's been head of state for nine years, but he's been under mounting
0:00:37 > 0:00:42pressure in the past year, over allegations of wrongdoing.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44We'll have the latest from South Africa,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46where a new president, Cyril Ramophosa, will be formally
0:00:46 > 0:00:48sworn in within 24 hours.
0:00:48 > 0:00:56Also tonight...
0:00:58 > 0:01:01In Florida, at least one person had died and dozens injured,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03in a gun attack at a high school.
0:01:03 > 0:01:0520 months after the referendum, Boris Johnson tries to reach out
0:01:05 > 0:01:08to those still opposed to Brexit, and says it's cause for hope
0:01:08 > 0:01:09not fear.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13It's not some great V-sign from the cliffs of Dover, it is the
0:01:13 > 0:01:18expression of a legitimate and natural desire of self-government by
0:01:18 > 0:01:22the people, for the people and of the people.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Following the kidnap, rape and murder of a 20 year-old woman,
0:01:25 > 0:01:29her uncle is sent prison for at least 40 years.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31In Northern Ireland, the DUP says there's no prospect
0:01:31 > 0:01:34of a return to devolved government, after the failure
0:01:34 > 0:01:37of the latest talks.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40And, at the Winter Olympics, Team GB's use of technology
0:01:40 > 0:01:46in the skeleton competition, has finally been approved.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News: Liverpool lay a marker
0:01:49 > 0:01:52in the Champions League with an impressive start
0:01:52 > 0:01:59to their last 16 tie against Porto in Portugal.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Good evening.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Jacob Zuma has resigned as president of South Africa,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26with immediate effect.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29He made the announcement in a televised address
0:02:29 > 0:02:31a short while ago, bringing to an end his turbulent
0:02:31 > 0:02:349 years in power.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Mr Zuma, who's faced persistent allegations of corruption,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41said he disagreed with the way the ruling party, the ANC,
0:02:41 > 0:02:42had demanded his resignation.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44He'll be formally succeeded by Cyril Ramaphosa, the new leader
0:02:44 > 0:02:46of the ANC, tomorrow.
0:02:46 > 0:02:54Our Africa editor Fergal Keane has the latest.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59A former prisoner on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela, Jacob Zuma was
0:02:59 > 0:03:04once head of ANC intelligence. A backroom operator with a gift for
0:03:04 > 0:03:08manoeuvring party enemies. He could also present an affable and
0:03:08 > 0:03:11apparently open face. I first interviewed him nearly two decades
0:03:11 > 0:03:15ago when, as deputy president, he was encouraging South Africans to
0:03:15 > 0:03:22use condoms to prevent the spread of aids. Do you use a condom?Yes, I
0:03:22 > 0:03:30do.But questions about his character soon at
0:03:31 > 0:03:33character soon at surface to. He was accused of raping the HIV-positive
0:03:33 > 0:03:36daughter of a friend. He did not wear a condom. A populist, a crowd
0:03:36 > 0:03:40pleaser, he appealed to the ANC grassroots, and with their backing,
0:03:40 > 0:03:47became party leader in 2009. Even though he already faced serious
0:03:47 > 0:03:51corruption charges. I interviewed him again just as he was about to
0:03:51 > 0:04:03become state president. A lot of people think you are a crock.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05people think you are a crock.Is that so? I want to see those people,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08they must tell me!Are you a crook? Me? I don't know. I must learn what
0:04:08 > 0:04:16a crook is.It was his relationship with this family, the Guptas, Indian
0:04:16 > 0:04:23immigrants which forced the ANC party to act. The Guptas are accused
0:04:23 > 0:04:26of using the president to acquire state assets worth millions of
0:04:26 > 0:04:31pounds. So powerful, they are alleged, they could hire and fire
0:04:31 > 0:04:35cabinet ministers. Today they also felt the pressure. This was a police
0:04:35 > 0:04:39raid on their compound in Johannesburg. Seemingly untouchable
0:04:39 > 0:04:43until now, criminal charges may be imminent. If ever you wanted proof
0:04:43 > 0:04:47of the changed political temperature, this was it. The police
0:04:47 > 0:04:55seem at last to have found their courage. This may be giving police
0:04:55 > 0:04:59the address of another Gupta property. People are angry. But it
0:04:59 > 0:05:04is the fear of losing the support of the black majority which has
0:05:04 > 0:05:09prompted the ANC to act. Near Pretoria, this man is an unemployed
0:05:09 > 0:05:13driver who once thought Jacob Zuma was the answer for South Africa's
0:05:13 > 0:05:20problems. No more.When Jacob Zuma came to power I thought we would get
0:05:20 > 0:05:33jobs and better conditions, but now, now we are in trouble.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38now we are in trouble.Thank you.
0:05:38 > 0:05:43As I was saying, Jacob Zuma, former president now, made that
0:05:43 > 0:05:46announcement in that televised address to the South African nation
0:05:46 > 0:05:50in the past couple of hours. He spoke for about half an hour and it
0:05:50 > 0:05:53seemed for quite a long time he would not resign until the last
0:05:53 > 0:05:58section of the address itself and this is what he had to say.
0:05:58 > 0:06:06No life should be lost in my name. And also, the ANC should never be
0:06:06 > 0:06:18divided in my name. I have therefore come to the decision to resign as
0:06:18 > 0:06:22president of the Republic with immediate effect.The statement
0:06:22 > 0:06:28there at the end of the address by Jacob Zuma. Let's go to Pretoria and
0:06:28 > 0:06:33talk to our Africa editor Fergal Keane. Let's talk about the end of
0:06:33 > 0:06:35this very turbulent presidency and what is now lying ahead for South
0:06:35 > 0:06:42Africa?Well, what a dramatic night. We were standing out here, looking
0:06:42 > 0:06:45at the sun going down over Pretoria when we were summoned suddenly
0:06:45 > 0:06:51inside. I was sitting yards away from Jacob Zuma. For a long period
0:06:51 > 0:06:55he went through very defensive language we heard earlier in the day
0:06:55 > 0:06:59saying essentially, I am the victim. Then suddenly that moment of
0:06:59 > 0:07:03resignation. I could see him closely. There was a certain sort of
0:07:03 > 0:07:07melancholy at the end. He stood and waved at us and said we will meet
0:07:07 > 0:07:17again and
0:07:21 > 0:07:24moved on. But he will not be meeting the press again, unless it is on the
0:07:24 > 0:07:26steps of the courthouse. He is facing multiple corruption charges.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Today, the big work begins for Cyril Ramaphosa, the man who will take
0:07:28 > 0:07:31over this country. He said he will tackle the corruption which was
0:07:31 > 0:07:33endemic under Jacob Zuma. Corruption has caused so much poverty and
0:07:33 > 0:07:37instability. He knows he has to act quickly here.Many thanks. Fergal
0:07:37 > 0:07:43Keane with the latest in Pretoria after the resignation of Jacob Zuma.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Well, another story developing tonight which is a shooting. Reports
0:07:47 > 0:07:51from Florida in the last half hour says the shooting at a high school
0:07:51 > 0:07:59has left a number of people dead and dozens injured. Our North America
0:07:59 > 0:08:01editor Jon Sopel is in Washington. He is monitoring events for us. What
0:08:01 > 0:08:07is the latest you have?Let me start with a statistic. This is the 19th
0:08:07 > 0:08:13school shooting so far in 2018, we are in the middle of February. The
0:08:13 > 0:08:17president is monitoring by far the worst shooting and yet again the
0:08:17 > 0:08:21terrified pictures of children running for their lives as an active
0:08:21 > 0:08:24shooter is on school premises, and running as fast as they can to try
0:08:24 > 0:08:31to get to safety. We understand the shooter himself is in custody. He is
0:08:31 > 0:08:36believed to be an 18-year-old former student of this school. He is now
0:08:36 > 0:08:42under arrest. The authorities are saying a number of fatalities and a
0:08:42 > 0:08:48number of people have been injured. Donald Trump has treated in the last
0:08:48 > 0:08:55hour or so: Mike Prez and condolences of the victims of the
0:08:55 > 0:08:59terrible Florida shooting. No child, parent or teacher should feel unsafe
0:08:59 > 0:09:11in a school. -- my prayers and condolences to the
0:09:11 > 0:09:15family of the victims. Is he going to change security? It
0:09:15 > 0:09:21is hard to see how he will and it is hard to see that the president will
0:09:21 > 0:09:25come out and say he supports greater gun control.Thank you for that
0:09:25 > 0:09:29update, Jon Sopel at the White House.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Boris Johnson has urged his fellow Brexiters not to "gloat"
0:09:31 > 0:09:34about the UK's departure from the EU, and he's appealed
0:09:34 > 0:09:36for people to unite behind the vision of an "outward-looking,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39confident" UK outside the European Union.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Mr Johnson also insisted the referendum result
0:09:41 > 0:09:43could not be reversed, and he questioned the economic
0:09:43 > 0:09:45benefits of staying in the single market and customs union,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47which the government is committed to leave.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50His speech was the first of a series of speeches by ministers,
0:09:50 > 0:09:52ahead of key talks with EU negotiators next month,
0:09:52 > 0:09:58as our political correspondent Vicki Young reports.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00We're on the road to Brexit.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03But Cabinet ministers are still arguing about which route to take.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Do we stay close to the European Union and all its rules, or take off
0:10:07 > 0:10:09in a completely different direction?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Many are anxious about the journey ahead.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Including Liberal Democrats, who laid on this less-than-friendly
0:10:15 > 0:10:20welcome for the Foreign Secretary.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23He is trying to reach out to soothe concerns and convince them
0:10:23 > 0:10:25that Brexit is grounds for much more hope than fear.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28It is not good enough for us now to say to Remainers,
0:10:28 > 0:10:30"you lost, get over it."
0:10:30 > 0:10:34Because we must accept the vast majority are actuated
0:10:34 > 0:10:36by entirely noble sentiments.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Brexit is not about shutting Britain off, he said,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41it is about going global.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I absolutely refuse to accept the suggestion that it is some
0:10:43 > 0:10:48un-British spasm of bad manners.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52It is not some great V sign from the cliffs of Dover.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55It is the expression of a legitimate and natural desire
0:10:55 > 0:11:00for self-government of the people, by the people, for the people.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02At times, this speech felt like a return to the heat
0:11:02 > 0:11:04of the referendum debate.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07And Mr Johnson certainly has not changed his mind about the need
0:11:07 > 0:11:09to diverge from EU rules.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12The British people should not have new EU laws affecting their everyday
0:11:12 > 0:11:16lives imposed from abroad when they have no power to elect
0:11:16 > 0:11:19or remove those who make those laws.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21That would be intolerable, it would be undemocratic,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24and it would make it all but impossible for us to do
0:11:24 > 0:11:30serious free trade deals.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33He did say he was happy for Britain to remain subject
0:11:33 > 0:11:35to EU law during a transmission or implementation period.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38That could start after March 2019 and last around two years.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40As the face of the Leave campaign, some question whether Boris Johnson
0:11:40 > 0:11:46is the right person to try to heal the divisions of Brexit.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49But he acknowledges today that that positive case for leaving
0:11:49 > 0:11:54the EU still needs to be made and says that he has to try to make it.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56But what about the obstacles that could lie ahead?
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Conservative MPs still disagree.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Boris is really good at the broad brush strokes.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04But I think what is really needed now are the details.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07You know, we're just over 14 months away from the UK
0:12:07 > 0:12:09leaving the European Union.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12And details on things like customs and borders,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15how the really difficult of the Irish border
0:12:15 > 0:12:17is going to be delivered, how EU citizens will be able
0:12:17 > 0:12:20to stay here, the position that they will be in -
0:12:20 > 0:12:23all that is needed now.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26We now have accept the fact we have had the referendum, we not having a
0:12:26 > 0:12:30second one, we are not being part of the single market or the customs
0:12:30 > 0:12:32union, we are taking back control, and that's what this speech
0:12:32 > 0:12:34was all about.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36More flesh on the bones is what critics want.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Downing Street insists they will get that in the coming days
0:12:39 > 0:12:41when the spotlight turns to Theresa May and what is billed
0:12:41 > 0:12:43as a significant speech on security.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Vicki Young, BBC News, Westminster.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50Boris Johnson's doubts about the economic benefits
0:12:50 > 0:12:52of staying in the single market were being expressed, as figures
0:12:52 > 0:12:55showed the economy of the Eurozone enjoyed its strongest period
0:12:55 > 0:12:59of growth since 2007, expanding by 2.5% last year.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01The UK's economy is estimated to have grown by 1.8%
0:13:01 > 0:13:04over the same period.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Our economics editor Kamal Ahmed is here to look at how the UK
0:13:07 > 0:13:14economy compares to that of the wider EU.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Boris Johnson spoke of a Britain no longer lashed to the EU,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19our biggest trading partner.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23It is a partner that has suffered economically.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25If we go back to before the financial crisis, EU growth
0:13:25 > 0:13:33was pretty good, peaking at over 3%.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Then the financial crisis hit the world economy, and EU growth
0:13:36 > 0:13:41plunged, like much of the rest of the world, into recession.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Then the EU was hit by a second crisis -
0:13:43 > 0:13:47the eurozone crisis - and a second recession.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51But - last year, a significant change.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Economic reform and global growth led to this rapid pick up, growth
0:13:56 > 0:13:58that was epitomised by this man, Emmanuel Macron, the president of
0:13:58 > 0:14:06France and poster child of an economically confident EU.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10These figures are really good, overall, and if we have a look
0:14:10 > 0:14:14in particular at the French figures, here we have, well, very good news.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18We have a sign of improvement, both on the domestic side
0:14:18 > 0:14:21and on the external side.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25First, on the external side, for sure French growth is benefiting
0:14:25 > 0:14:29from the firming in world growth, and, in particular,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33it is strongly benefiting from the improvement,
0:14:33 > 0:14:37the strengthening, of Eurozone growth.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Now, over the last ten years, the picture for Britain
0:14:40 > 0:14:42has been different.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45We suffered the same drop in fortunes during the financial
0:14:45 > 0:14:50crisis, but from 2012 onwards, we were top of the economic league,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54as the rest of the EU struggled.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Now, with Brexit uncertainty, growth has slowed, just
0:14:57 > 0:15:03as it is speeding up across the Channel.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Had it not been for the strength in European and global growth,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09the economy would have performed much worse than this.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13I mean, in our view, the growth would have been probably
0:15:13 > 0:15:15around 0.5 percentage points less without the strength
0:15:15 > 0:15:19in European and global growth.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Nearly 50% of our exports go to the EU, so a strong rest
0:15:24 > 0:15:28of Europe matters to the UK.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30As the government plans the UK's exit from the EU,
0:15:30 > 0:15:32the economic relationship between Britain and the rest
0:15:32 > 0:15:40of Europe will be a vital part of those Brexit negotiations.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48In Northern Ireland, the Democractic Unionist Party says there's no
0:15:48 > 0:15:51prospect of a deal to restore Northern Ireland's devolved
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Government, despite the intensive negotiations of recent days.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57The DUP leader Arlene Foster said that one of the main stumbling
0:15:57 > 0:16:00blocks was Sinn Fein's desire for an Irish Language Act.
0:16:00 > 0:16:07Our Ireland correspondent Chris Page has the latest from Stormont.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10A breakthrough seemed likely when Theresa May visited Northern Ireland
0:16:10 > 0:16:14on Monday. She and the Irish Prime Minister said they were hopeful of a
0:16:14 > 0:16:19deal between the parties at Stormont. Now, the prospect.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Renewed power-sharing is disappearing. Unionists accused
0:16:21 > 0:16:26Republicans of asking for too much. We have, as I've said before, run
0:16:26 > 0:16:32out of road in respect of this process. We're not going to be able
0:16:32 > 0:16:36to get Executive up and running because there is not a fair and
0:16:36 > 0:16:39balanced package available.Sinn Fein say the DUP are to blame for
0:16:39 > 0:16:42the collapse of the talks.There was a lot of expectation over the course
0:16:42 > 0:16:45of the last number of days were people were either briefed or were
0:16:45 > 0:16:49discussing the fact that there potentially was a deal on the table.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I'm saying confidently that we had an accommodation with the DUP and
0:16:52 > 0:16:58the DUP leadership have failed to close on that accommodation.The
0:16:58 > 0:17:01most difficult disagreement to resolve has been over the Irish
0:17:01 > 0:17:06language. Nationalists want a new law to protect and promote it.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Unionists want a wider piece of legislation including cultural
0:17:09 > 0:17:15elements which are more important to them. Valentine's Day brought a
0:17:15 > 0:17:18demonstration at Stormont about another sticking point in the talks,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22Sinn Fein want to legalise same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland. The
0:17:22 > 0:17:27DUP don't. There have been no ministers in place here for more
0:17:27 > 0:17:31than a year now. That means civil servants have been running Northern
0:17:31 > 0:17:36Ireland, but they don't have the power to make any major decisions.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40The Westminster government acknowledges the uncertainty is
0:17:40 > 0:17:44affecting public services and can can't continue.We need to consider
0:17:44 > 0:17:48practical steps. In the continued absence of an Executive other
0:17:48 > 0:17:53challenging decisions will have to be taken by the UK Government.The
0:17:53 > 0:17:56DUP have said ministers should be appointed in London to take on
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Stormont's powers. A fix for the broken politics of this part of the
0:18:00 > 0:18:12UK feels a lot further away tonight. Chris Page, BBC News, Belfast.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15A man has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 40 years,
0:18:15 > 0:18:18after being found guilty at the Old Bailey of kidnapping,
0:18:18 > 0:18:20raping and murdering his niece and the attempted murder
0:18:20 > 0:18:21of a second woman.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23The court had heard that Mujahid Arshid of Kingston,
0:18:23 > 0:18:25in south-west London, had developed an obsession with this
0:18:25 > 0:18:2820 year-old niece Celine Dookhran and the surviving victim,
0:18:28 > 0:18:34who cannot be identified.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Our home affairs correspondent, June Kelly, reports.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Celine Dookhran was 20 years old, she worked in a bank
0:18:39 > 0:18:40and had a boyfriend.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43She also had a jealous uncle, who was a savage sexual predator,
0:18:43 > 0:18:50he kidnapped Celine and then raped and murdered her.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Mujahid Arshid also raped and tried to kill another young woman.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55As a rape survivor, his second victim can't be identified.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Celine Dookhran's mother and stepfather were in court
0:18:57 > 0:19:01to see a man who'd married into their family found guilty.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03A police officer read a statement on their behalf.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06We are pleased with the verdict and the sentence, but we would
0:19:06 > 0:19:13like our final words to be about our wonderful Celine.
0:19:13 > 0:19:18We love you, we miss you and we thank you for being
0:19:18 > 0:19:23an amazing, brilliant, funny, intelligent and caring
0:19:23 > 0:19:24daughter, sister and cousin and friend.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Arshid's blue pick-up truck was caught on CCTV,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29he was transporting a freezer, which was part of his plot.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Two-days later he was back in his truck and the
0:19:31 > 0:19:34kidnapping was under way.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38He had bundled his two victims, bound and gagged, into the open boot
0:19:38 > 0:19:40and covered them with a tarpaulin.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45He checked it before he set off.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Arshid was a builder and he brought his captives
0:19:48 > 0:19:52to a then empty house he was working on in Kingston,
0:19:52 > 0:19:53in south-west London.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Once inside, one after another, he forced the women
0:19:55 > 0:19:59upstairs and raped them.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01He killed his neice Celine by cutting her throat with a knife
0:20:01 > 0:20:04and stuffing her mouth with a sock.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06He then locked her body in the freezer he'd
0:20:06 > 0:20:09installed two-days earlier.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13When it came to the second victim, he slashed her throat
0:20:13 > 0:20:16and wrists and told her, "You've got ten minutes to live."
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Astonishingly, she survived.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22Then, desperate to try to find a way out, she convinced
0:20:22 > 0:20:30Arshid that from here they could run away together.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34Arshid later went on the run and headed for the port of Folkestone.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37He checked into a hotel, and this is where he was arrested.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39It's emerged that down the years opportunities were missed to stop
0:20:39 > 0:20:40Mujahid Arshid's sexual offending.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43It was in 2008 that he first abused his surviving victim,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45this went on for a year.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47In 2011, she finally told some of her family,
0:20:47 > 0:20:51but her story wasn't accepted.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55In 2013, Arshid was caught in an online sting inviting
0:20:55 > 0:20:59an undercover police officer to drug and rape her.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01The following year he was interviewed by detectives,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04prosecutors decided they couldn't bring a case because the police
0:21:04 > 0:21:08hadn't found key evidence.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Arshid's controlling behaviour culminating
0:21:10 > 0:21:13in the killing of Celine Dookhran.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Today her mother said her daughter had fallen victim to "pure evil."
0:21:15 > 0:21:23June Kelly, BBC News.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Oxfam's director in Asia has told the BBC she is aware of past
0:21:26 > 0:21:29cases of misconduct, involving some of the charity's
0:21:29 > 0:21:32workers in the Philippines, Bangladesh and Nepal.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36During the day, senior Oxfam officials met
0:21:36 > 0:21:38the Charity Commission, which is investigating
0:21:38 > 0:21:42the organisation's handling of abuse claims against former staff
0:21:42 > 0:21:44in Haiti, back in 2011.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Our correspondent, Angus Crawford, has the latest.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49A scandal made in the poverty of Haiti's shanty towns,
0:21:49 > 0:21:54where a small number of aid workers became exploiters.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58It continues to send shockwaves through the entire sector.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02And today, new revelations from Oxfam about other
0:22:02 > 0:22:04under reported cases involving its workers.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05There were cases in the Philippines.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08There were also cases in Bangladesh.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12There were whistleblowers coming forward in Bangladesh,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14as far as I know.
0:22:14 > 0:22:19There was also a case I think in Nepal.
0:22:19 > 0:22:26Abusers exploit the chaos and confusion of natural
0:22:26 > 0:22:28disasters, like here in 2013, during Typhoon Haiyan,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31in the Philippines.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Lan Mercado says even if they are caught and disciplined,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37charities aren't warning each other about unsuitable staff.
0:22:37 > 0:22:43Not yet, but that's a practice that we need to start because...
0:22:43 > 0:22:48You know, the funny thing about cases like this
0:22:48 > 0:22:52is we always see them as reputational risks, no.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55But the way to manage reputational risks is not to keep silent.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00But in disaster zones, speed is key.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04Charities scale up their efforts within hours, employing
0:23:04 > 0:23:07thousands of new staff, operating in what can
0:23:07 > 0:23:12be a lawless vacuum.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18When the first crisis passes, sometimes within days or weeks,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20many move on to a new emergency, and possibly a new employer.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23So a problem for the whole sector, but one the International
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Development Secretary wants tackling now.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32Unless you create a culture that prioritizes the safety of vulnerable
0:23:32 > 0:23:35people and ensures victims and whistleblowers can come
0:23:35 > 0:23:40forward without fear, we will not work with you.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44And unless you report every serious incident and allegation,
0:23:44 > 0:23:45no matter how damaging to your reputation,
0:23:45 > 0:23:49we cannot be your partners.
0:23:49 > 0:23:57She's looking at the possibility of setting up a worldwide register
0:23:57 > 0:24:00of aid workers and tomorrow meets officers from the National Crime
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Agency, which says it's closely monitoring events.
0:24:04 > 0:24:10This British charity today dismissed a member of staff accused of sexual
0:24:10 > 0:24:13misconduct while at Oxfam in Haiti in 2011, something he failed to tell
0:24:13 > 0:24:17them when he applied for the job.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21And tonight, Oxfam has revealed that last year it sacked its country
0:24:21 > 0:24:24director in Haiti for mismanagement and inappropriate behaviour.
0:24:24 > 0:24:32Angus Crawford, BBC News.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37There is a "pervasive lack of trust" among people with disabilities
0:24:37 > 0:24:40about the way that their welfare claims are assessed, according
0:24:40 > 0:24:41to a parliamentary committee.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46A new report says assessment work by private contractors is often
0:24:46 > 0:24:47riddled with errors and that claimants don't trust
0:24:47 > 0:24:54assessors to record evidence of their health accurately.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55The Government says the system works well
0:24:55 > 0:24:56for the majority of claimants.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Our disability correspondent, Nikki Fox, reports.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Anastasia is having a good day, but most of the time she's
0:25:01 > 0:25:03in constant pain and struggles to leave the house.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06The 24-year-old has multiple sclerosis and used
0:25:06 > 0:25:11to work full-time.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Now she relies on disability benefits, but applying for those
0:25:13 > 0:25:14benefits has taken its toll.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17I don't know how other people can cope with it.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Why do I feel so crushed and not believed?
0:25:21 > 0:25:25When she was assessed at home by a healthcare professional
0:25:25 > 0:25:28from a private company, Anastasia told her assessor
0:25:28 > 0:25:31she could only walk 20 meters.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34But when the report came back, it said she could walk further.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36As a result, she lost part of her benefits.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39She didn't give me a physical assessment, I was sat
0:25:39 > 0:25:40down the entire time.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45I was very, very cross about that.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48The committee heard evidence to suggest that Anastasia's
0:25:48 > 0:25:52experience is far from a one-off.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55One of the assessors wrote down things which didn't even happen.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58The lady who was assessing me was very unprofessional.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02I looked at it and I just cried, basically.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04They received an unprecedented number of responses detailing
0:26:04 > 0:26:06failings in the system.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Their report says, "the Government's low bar for what is considered
0:26:08 > 0:26:12acceptable leaves room for assessments to be riddled
0:26:12 > 0:26:15with obvious errors and omissions."
0:26:15 > 0:26:18It also says assessors risk being viewed as "at best,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21lacking in competence and, at worst, actively deceitful."
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Some parents were asked when exactly their children had
0:26:24 > 0:26:27caught Down's Syndrome.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Another claimant said, "apparently, I walk my dog daily,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33which is baffling, because I can barely walk and I don't have a dog."
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Since 2013, more than 200,000 people have appealed the outcome
0:26:36 > 0:26:39of their assessment.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42The committee hopes that its recommendations will reduce
0:26:42 > 0:26:45the need for so many to have to appeal.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49We've asked the Government to record all these key assessments,
0:26:49 > 0:26:52so there can't be a dispute of - I said that.
0:26:52 > 0:26:53No, you didn't.
0:26:53 > 0:26:54Yes, you did.
0:26:54 > 0:26:55There's a record there.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57The Government says it's exploring options to promote greater
0:26:57 > 0:27:01transparency and the majority of claimants are happy
0:27:01 > 0:27:07with their overall experience.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09But with current contracts up for review and targets
0:27:09 > 0:27:16being consistently missed ,it's uncertain who will carry out these
0:27:16 > 0:27:18will carry out these assessments in the future.
0:27:18 > 0:27:19Nikki Fox, BBC News.
0:27:19 > 0:27:26Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, has died.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27The 65-year-old, a former mine worker, had been
0:27:27 > 0:27:28suffering from cancer.
0:27:28 > 0:27:36Mr Tsvangirai's career was marked by a long political struggle
0:27:37 > 0:27:39against the former President, Robert Mugabe, and he was beaten
0:27:39 > 0:27:47and imprisonned many times.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00The Movement for Democratic Change - that he set up in 2000 -
0:28:00 > 0:28:03said tonight that they had lost an 'icon and fighter for democracy'.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Liverpool are one step closer to the Champions League
0:28:05 > 0:28:07quarter-finals after beating Porto 5-0 in Portugal in
0:28:07 > 0:28:08their last 16 match.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick and that means Jurgen Klopp's side
0:28:11 > 0:28:14will take a comfortable lead back to Anfield for the second leg.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16In tonight's other tie, current holders Real Madrid beat
0:28:16 > 0:28:17Paris St Germain 3-1.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19At the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Team GB's use
0:28:19 > 0:28:22of technology has been approved, averting a dispute about
0:28:22 > 0:28:24the legality of the kit used in the skeleton competition.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Some opponents have complained that the technology used in Team
0:28:26 > 0:28:34GB's skinsuits gives them an unfair advantage.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36Our sports correspondent, Andy Swiss, reports
0:28:36 > 0:28:38now from Pyeongchang.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39Sliding into controversy.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40The skeleton is Britain's winter sports speciality.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42COMMENTATOR:Lizzie Yarnold is the Olympic champion!
0:28:42 > 0:28:44But now the team's speed is under scrutiny.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47After being no more than solid this season, here in Pyeongchang they're
0:28:47 > 0:28:51suddenly looking spectacular.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54Setting the pace in final training, so why the improvement?
0:28:54 > 0:29:00Well, they're wearing brand-new skinsuits specially
0:29:00 > 0:29:01designed for the Games.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04And in the sport of the finest margins, they've found an edge.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Well of course we push the boundaries, it's
0:29:06 > 0:29:08the Winter Olympic Games.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11No one sleeps, every nation will be getting the best kit that they can,
0:29:11 > 0:29:15and we're exactly the same.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20But the skinsuit, developed by scientists in Northampton
0:29:20 > 0:29:23and which has special drag-resistant ridges, has raised eyebrows.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26The rules stipulate no aerodynamic elements
0:29:26 > 0:29:28can be attached to kit, and some are questioning
0:29:28 > 0:29:29its legality.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32I was notified this morning about the speedsuits.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34So, yeah, that's interesting.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36I'm just curious to know if that is legal.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38Do you think there's a question there?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40I do, yeah.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43A frosty reception, then, but tonight the controversial
0:29:43 > 0:29:47skinsuit was cleared by the authorities.
0:29:47 > 0:29:52Well, when Britain's sliders hurtle round this track
0:29:52 > 0:29:54over the next few days, they'll be hoping their new kit
0:29:54 > 0:29:57could make that vital difference.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59And British sport knows all about making the most
0:29:59 > 0:30:02of cutting-edge clothing.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Skinsuit technology has been a key to British track cycling success
0:30:05 > 0:30:08over the last decade, and skeleton has also led the way.
0:30:08 > 0:30:14COMMENTATOR:Oh, yes! Amy Williams is the queen of speed!
0:30:14 > 0:30:17In 2010 there were questions about Amy Williams' helmet
0:30:17 > 0:30:21before she won gold.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24For me, in Vancouver, we sent them off to the jury months beforehand.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26They got checked and okayed by the jury.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29So we knew 100% they were legal.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31So I have no worries whatsoever.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35I would just say, people just don't want you winning, do they?
0:30:35 > 0:30:40And winning is what Britain's done now two Games running.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44A hat-trick here, it seems, would be a triumph
0:30:44 > 0:30:48of technology as well as talent.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Newsnight is coming up on BBC Two. Here's Evan.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Tonight, we'll ask the DUP what next for Northern Ireland after those
0:30:57 > 0:30:58power-sharing talks collapse.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00And, new trouble for Oxfam as another big name ambassador
0:31:00 > 0:31:02halts his association with the charity.
0:31:02 > 0:31:08Join me now on BBC Two.
0:31:08 > 0:31:09That's Newsnight with Evan.
0:31:09 > 0:31:31Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.