0:00:05 > 0:00:06Tonight at Ten:
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Prosecutors in the United States
0:00:08 > 0:00:14charge 13 Russians with interfering in the 2016 Presidential election.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The indictments claim they spread
0:00:16 > 0:00:20fake news about Mr Trump's rivals, and even organised political rallies
0:00:20 > 0:00:23posing as his supporters.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28The indictment alleges that the Russian
0:00:28 > 0:00:31conspirators want to promote discord in the US and undermine public
0:00:31 > 0:00:35confidence in democracy, we must not allow them to succeed.
0:00:35 > 0:00:42These are the first charges
0:00:42 > 0:00:45from the Department of Justice in the long running investigation
0:00:45 > 0:00:46into alleged election meddling.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Also tonight:
0:00:47 > 0:00:48There'll be no new Oxfam bids
0:00:48 > 0:00:50for government funding until the charity meets higher
0:00:50 > 0:00:52standards, as one former aid worker, says she was sexually
0:00:52 > 0:00:54assaulted by colleagues.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59He literally just pinned me up against the wall,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02he was groping me, grabbing me, kissing me, and I was just
0:01:02 > 0:01:08trying to shove him off.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12The FBI admits it mishandled the warning last month about the Florida
0:01:12 > 0:01:17gunmen after America's latest mass shooting. A special report from
0:01:17 > 0:01:20inside the Democratic Republic of Congo where thousands are fleeing
0:01:20 > 0:01:24renewed violence.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26And Team GB wins it's first medal
0:01:26 > 0:01:27at the Winter Olympics.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28A bronze, in the men's skeleton.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And coming up on Sportsday on BBC News, a spectacular goal inside two
0:01:31 > 0:01:33minutes from Willian sets Chelsea on course
0:01:33 > 0:01:36for the sixth round of the FA Cup against Championship strugglers
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Hull City.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Good evening.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Senior US officials have charged 13 Russians
0:02:02 > 0:02:05with interfering in the American presidential election in 2016.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08They're the first charges from the Department of Justice
0:02:08 > 0:02:10in a long running investigation alleging meddling in
0:02:10 > 0:02:11favour of Donald Trump.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15The indictment accuses the Russians of setting up bogus social media
0:02:15 > 0:02:18profiles to spread fake news about Mr Trump's rivals
0:02:18 > 0:02:20of organising political rallies, and of trying to encourage minority
0:02:20 > 0:02:28groups not to vote.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman called
0:02:30 > 0:02:31the accusations "absurd".
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Our North America Editor Jon Sopel has the story.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36There's probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesn't
0:02:36 > 0:02:44know who won the 2016 presidential election.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46But how it was won and who influenced
0:02:46 > 0:02:48the result is still the
0:02:48 > 0:02:49subject of rancorous dispute.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Today in a dramatic development, charges
0:02:50 > 0:02:53were brought against a number of Russians for their efforts to affect
0:02:53 > 0:02:54the outcome.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56The defendants allegedly conducted what they called
0:02:56 > 0:02:57information warfare against the United States.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01With the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the
0:03:01 > 0:03:05candidates and the political system in general.
0:03:05 > 0:03:06They used stolen or fictitious American identities,
0:03:06 > 0:03:13fraudulent bank accounts and false identification documents.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15The indictment says they had a strategic
0:03:15 > 0:03:18goal to sow discord in the US political system, including the 2016
0:03:18 > 0:03:23US presidential election.
0:03:23 > 0:03:30It says operations included supporting the
0:03:30 > 0:03:32presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J Trump and
0:03:32 > 0:03:33disparaging Hillary Clinton.
0:03:33 > 0:03:41From that famous night of his election
0:03:41 > 0:03:43victory onwards, Donald Trump has always sought to play
0:03:43 > 0:03:44down Russia's role.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Very well have been Russia but I think it could well have
0:03:47 > 0:03:48been other countries.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Both on the effect they had and on whether his campaign
0:03:51 > 0:03:52colluded.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54On those two points the deputy Attorney General had helpful
0:03:54 > 0:03:55words today.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58There is no allegation in this indictment that any American
0:03:58 > 0:04:01is a knowing participant in this illegal activity.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05There is no allegation in the indictment that the charge conduct
0:04:05 > 0:04:10altered the outcome of the 2016 election.And Donald Trump didn't
0:04:10 > 0:04:18wait long to treat his reaction. -- tweet.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31The Russia campaign was allegedly under the direction of Yevgeny
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Prigozhin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin. Tonight he was scornful,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39dismissing the Americans as being very emotional. If they want to see
0:04:39 > 0:04:44the devil, he said, let them. Donald Trump let delete left Washington
0:04:44 > 0:04:47this evening to fly to his home in Florida. You'll be buoyed by the
0:04:47 > 0:04:50indictment saying nothing about collusion, but the Russia
0:04:50 > 0:04:56investigation goes on. And that is a source of theory to the president.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01That's the point, isn't it, we have indictment but does it mean the
0:05:01 > 0:05:05investigation is nearing an end?I don't think it does, Clive, it's a
0:05:05 > 0:05:07very interesting statement the White House put out a short time ago
0:05:07 > 0:05:11adding to the President's tweet in which he is quoted as saying it's
0:05:11 > 0:05:16more important than ever before to come together as Americans, we can't
0:05:16 > 0:05:21allow those seeking to sow confusion, discord and rancour to be
0:05:21 > 0:05:25successful. He takes aim at his political opponents in the United
0:05:25 > 0:05:27States and the Democratic party and some Republicans, saying it's time
0:05:27 > 0:05:31we stopped the land as partisan attacks wild and forced allegations.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36He means against him and the idea there was Russian collusion. In
0:05:36 > 0:05:42other words the president is putting himself beyond reproach and saying,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44my opponents are undermining democracy. Donald Trump at various
0:05:44 > 0:05:49times has considered the possibility of sacking the special Counsel
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Robert Mueller and possibly even firing the deputy Attorney General
0:05:52 > 0:05:59who we saw in that report. I think the impact of today's charges, the
0:05:59 > 0:06:03granular detail of how the Russians intervened in the presidential
0:06:03 > 0:06:06election, the allegations made, I think it makes it more or less
0:06:06 > 0:06:10impossible for the president to move against the Russia investigation.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Will this be over any time soon? I think on the part of the president
0:06:14 > 0:06:19that might be wishful thinking.Many thanks. Jon Sopel live at the White
0:06:19 > 0:06:22House.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Oxfam has agreed not to bid for any new government funding,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26until the Department for International Development
0:06:26 > 0:06:28is satisfied the charity can meet the "high standards" expected.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30It follows the controversy over sexual misconduct allegations
0:06:30 > 0:06:33concerning some of its aid workers.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36The news comes as a woman employed by Oxfam in Haiti,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38after the 2010 earthquake, told the BBC she was physically
0:06:38 > 0:06:46abused and sexually assaulted by a more senior male colleague.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48She also claims she was the victim of another sexual assault
0:06:48 > 0:06:52by an Oxfam worker, after a party in South Sudan a few months later.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the full story.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58His report contains some distressing details.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Haiti in 2010.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03And the chaotic aftermath of an earthquake.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06A country heaving with humanitarian workers, some of them there to help,
0:07:06 > 0:07:14like this young woman working for Oxfam for the first time.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I really studied Oxfam in university in England and learned about them.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25They are the leader, after Unicef, in a lot of humanitarian response.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I always dreamed of working for them.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29But her dream turned sour as a more senior colleague became
0:07:29 > 0:07:31over-friendly and then not so friendly.
0:07:31 > 0:07:39You'll understand why we've protected her identity.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42He literally pinned me against the wall, he was groping me
0:07:42 > 0:07:45and grabbing me, kissing me, and I was just trying
0:07:45 > 0:07:46to shove him off.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49I got him off eventually and he got mad and through his glass at me
0:07:49 > 0:07:56and it shattered on the floor.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58And later on we got in the car to go home.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02He just threw me out of my seat and then pinned me to the ground.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04One of my colleagues, a woman, reached back and tried
0:08:04 > 0:08:06to grab me and pick me out.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I was hitting him, kicking him.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12And then in South Sudan she was assaulted by another Oxfam
0:08:12 > 0:08:13colleague after a New Year party.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17I went to my room and I was starting to undress and go to sleep
0:08:17 > 0:08:19and he just walked in, shoved me on the bed,
0:08:19 > 0:08:20tried to rip my clothes...
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I mean, he did rip some of my clothes off, he got
0:08:23 > 0:08:24naked, forced himself...
0:08:24 > 0:08:27I was shoving him, kicking him and screaming for anyone.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I know that the man next door heard because the next morning he even
0:08:30 > 0:08:32said something like, "Hey, are you all right,
0:08:32 > 0:08:38after what happened last might?".
0:08:38 > 0:08:39But nobody came to help.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42I just pushed him and kicked him and kicked him, and eventually
0:08:42 > 0:08:45he got up and walked outside for a bit and I ran
0:08:45 > 0:08:46to the door and shut it.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49And I stood at the door with all my might, keeping it pushed
0:08:49 > 0:08:54shut as he was pushing from the other end.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55It felt like, for so, so long.
0:08:55 > 0:09:03I was exhausted.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04I don't know, I was just crying.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I didn't know what to do.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07I was screaming for help.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I thought someone would come help me.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11But nobody came.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Tonight the government said that Oxfam would no longer
0:09:13 > 0:09:21bid for public funding.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25At least not until the Department for International Development
0:09:25 > 0:09:26was satisfied the charity had raised its standards.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Oxfam is promising to set up a commission
0:09:28 > 0:09:29to investigate new allegations.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31There will be tougher checks on staff references
0:09:31 > 0:09:33and more money spent on internal safeguarding procedures.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34But...
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Can you guarantee there are no sexual predators
0:09:36 > 0:09:44working for Oxfam today?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47We have cases that we are investigating today,
0:09:47 > 0:09:49and I am determined that we deliver justice in those cases.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Thousands and thousands of Oxfam staff, doing the right thing
0:09:52 > 0:09:55in the most dangerous places in the world.
0:09:55 > 0:10:02Protecting people, saving lives, that work must go on.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14You cannot give that guarantee that there are no sexual predators
0:10:14 > 0:10:15working for your organisation?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18How would I be able to guarantee that there is no one
0:10:18 > 0:10:19who is going to offend?
0:10:19 > 0:10:22What I can guarantee is that we will build a new culture
0:10:22 > 0:10:30that doesn't tolerate bad behaviour.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32But Oxfam's UK chief executive Mark Goldring struck a defiant tone.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Saying some of the criticism against his organisation
0:10:34 > 0:10:36was out of proportion.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39What went on in Haiti has cost Oxfam donations and public trust.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41So it's promising justice and changing its rules.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43But its future depends on changing a culture that seemed
0:10:43 > 0:10:51to tolerate sexual misconduct.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03James Landale, BBC News.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05The FBI has admitted it failed to act on warnings,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07about the teenager charged with the mass shooting
0:11:07 > 0:11:09in Florida on Wednesday, that left 17 people dead.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Nikolas Cruz is accused of the killings at a high
0:11:12 > 0:11:13school in Parkland.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15More funerals have been taking place today, as our North America
0:11:15 > 0:11:19correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22They are coming to mourn a girl shot dead inside her school,
0:11:22 > 0:11:27one of the 17 victims of America's latest mass shooting.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Alyssa Alhadeff had been passionate about playing football and had been
0:11:30 > 0:11:38a popular and talented pupil.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Earlier, thousands had gathered to remember all of those who died,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43in many cases friends that only a few days ago they had
0:11:43 > 0:11:45shared classrooms with.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47They included 14-year-old Jaime Guttenberg, who family members
0:11:47 > 0:11:51say stood up for those who were bullied.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Her father spoke at the vigil.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56I sent her to school yesterday.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02She was supposed to be safe.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Among the others who died, Meadow Pollack, who was heading
0:12:04 > 0:12:08to university next year.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Joaquin Oliver, a basketball player who loved writing poetry.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15And 14-year-old Cara Loughran, who her family says was a great
0:12:15 > 0:12:19student who loved being at the beach.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22All lives that were cut short by Nikolas Cruz,
0:12:22 > 0:12:26who the FBI admitted today it had received a call about to its hotline
0:12:26 > 0:12:29number at the beginning of January.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52And that huge mistake has now allowed gun advocates to divert
0:12:52 > 0:12:54attention from the other big concern, how easily the attacker
0:12:54 > 0:13:00was able to arm themselves.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03This is where Nikolas Cruz bought his weapon.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05All he had to do was produce his driving licence,
0:13:05 > 0:13:08give the most basic of personal details and then answer a question
0:13:08 > 0:13:12to say that he was not mentally ill.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16He was 18 at the time, too young to buy alcohol
0:13:16 > 0:13:20here but old enough to walk out of this shop with an AR-15 rifle.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Young survivors here are insisting on better gun control but feel many
0:13:23 > 0:13:27adults are letting them down.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30The fact that I have to say this is absolutely horrifying but I feel
0:13:30 > 0:13:34I need to because this is the blood of children that is on the floor
0:13:34 > 0:13:35of the school now.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37These are 17 children that are dead.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39The politicians, again, are promising change.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42You call this a talking point, but why would this be any different
0:13:42 > 0:13:44to all the atrocities that have gone before?
0:13:44 > 0:13:48What makes you feel this will be different?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50I have never seen students speak out as boldly as they have.
0:13:50 > 0:13:58Maybe this is the turning point.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Close to the school, students demonstrated to demand
0:14:00 > 0:14:02a solution to stop this type of tragedy happening again.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05In truth, America remains a long way off finding a way
0:14:05 > 0:14:08to end its problems with guns.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23As we heard earlier in the programme, Donald Trump is on his
0:14:23 > 0:14:26way to Florida from Washington. While he is in the state, we think
0:14:26 > 0:14:30he will meet with some of those affected in this attack, and it will
0:14:30 > 0:14:35be interesting to see what kind of reception he received, as someone
0:14:35 > 0:14:39who now says he stands alongside the families of those children who were
0:14:39 > 0:14:43killed, and to this day has been vehemently against any kind of gun
0:14:43 > 0:14:46control measures.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49South Africa's new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has been
0:14:49 > 0:14:51delivering his first state of the nation address,
0:14:51 > 0:14:53a day after being sworn into office.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56He said the country was continuing the "long walk" begun
0:14:56 > 0:14:59by Nelson Mandela, to build a society in which all would be
0:14:59 > 0:15:01equal before the law, and in which all would share
0:15:01 > 0:15:04in the country's wealth and have a better life.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10Our Africa Editor Fergal Keane has more.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12To those who remember the birth of this democracy nearly
0:15:12 > 0:15:18a quarter of a century ago, the day had echoes of past greatness.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19He helped forge the historic compromise that
0:15:19 > 0:15:21delivered this nation.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Now he has risen to lead it.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Across this most diverse of nations they have waited,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30through years of corruption, but with the patience which has
0:15:30 > 0:15:34always forestalled catastrophe here.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38# Give me hope, Cyril Ramaphosa...#
0:15:38 > 0:15:41And tonight he tried to do that, in a speech that blended lofty
0:15:41 > 0:15:44rhetoric with a blunt warning.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49We are determined to build a society defined by decency and integrity,
0:15:49 > 0:15:54that does not tolerate the plunder of public resources,
0:15:54 > 0:16:00nor the theft by corporate criminals of the hard earned savings
0:16:00 > 0:16:05of ordinary people.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Specifics, there weren't many.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Next week's budget and the composition of his new cabinet,
0:16:08 > 0:16:11due in days, will tell a lot.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13He finished with an appeal to basic patriotism.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18This is now the time where we should honour
0:16:18 > 0:16:22the memory of Nelson Mandela, to build a new, better
0:16:22 > 0:16:24South Africa for all our people.
0:16:24 > 0:16:29Now is the time.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Thank you very much.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Even the ANC's strongest opposition critics joined the standing ovation,
0:16:36 > 0:16:43something that would have been unthinkable in the Jacob Zuma years.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46I've just come out of the parliament chamber, and the goodwill
0:16:46 > 0:16:49there was quite extraordinary, even from the opposition.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51And that exists across this country.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56Above all, an overwhelming desire for change.
0:16:56 > 0:17:02Cyril Ramaphosa now has a short time to capitalise on that.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05With such support, President Ramaphosa is now
0:17:05 > 0:17:08in an unprecedented position to take on those who captured
0:17:08 > 0:17:10the state through corruption.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12After the joy will come the battle.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Expect him to be ruthless.
0:17:14 > 0:17:21Fergal Keane, BBC News, Cape Town.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23On 13 February in a report about new software designed to help
0:17:23 > 0:17:25prevent extremist material circulating on the internet,
0:17:25 > 0:17:30we interviewed Dr Shiraz Maher, an academic at King's College London
0:17:30 > 0:17:34specialising in terrorism and radicalisation.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37In our report we wrongly introduced Dr Maher as a "former jihadist".
0:17:37 > 0:17:42Dr Maher has asked us to make clear that he is not a former jihadist.
0:17:42 > 0:17:49We apologise to Dr Maher for this inaccuracy.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, says she's "not frustrated"
0:17:51 > 0:17:53by the Brexit process, but is "curious" to know more
0:17:53 > 0:17:55about the UK's aims, after meeting Theresa May
0:17:55 > 0:17:57in Berlin today.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02The Prime Minister reiterated her desire to maintain the closest
0:18:02 > 0:18:05possible economic ties with Germany and the EU, but said there
0:18:05 > 0:18:08would have to be a "new balance of rights and obligations".
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Our political correspondent Vicki Young reports.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Political survival against the odds.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Something these two leaders know all about.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Both have been weakened by poor election results, but when it
0:18:20 > 0:18:24comes to Brexit negotiations, not much will happen without Angela
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Merkel's approval.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28So Theresa May came here keen to stress what binds
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Germany and Britain together.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32The UK and Germany's shared history, values
0:18:32 > 0:18:35and culture, I think, makes us vital partners and strong
0:18:35 > 0:18:38allies both bilaterally and through Nato, the
0:18:38 > 0:18:40G7 and the G20.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43And we'll continue to work together to strengthen these
0:18:43 > 0:18:47ties for years and decades to come.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49The German Chancellor admitted there had been
0:18:49 > 0:18:50a candid exchange of views.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54TRANSLATION:We basically have not changed our stance on Britain
0:18:54 > 0:18:56leaving the European Union.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00We deplore it.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02So was she frustrated the UK hadn't set out concrete
0:19:02 > 0:19:03proposals?
0:19:03 > 0:19:07TRANSLATION:I'm not frustrated at all, I'm just curious
0:19:07 > 0:19:10how Britain envisages this future partnership.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15In the end, the outcome needs to be a fair
0:19:15 > 0:19:18balance that deviates from the single market and not
0:19:18 > 0:19:19as close a partnership as we've had.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23But I think one can find that.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Tomorrow Mrs May will urge EU leaders not to
0:19:25 > 0:19:28let Brexit get in the way of continued cooperation on security or
0:19:28 > 0:19:31trade.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It isn't just a one-way street.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34I think that's what's important.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Actually, I want a future economic partnership that is good
0:19:38 > 0:19:40for the European Union, it's good for Germany,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43it's good for the other members, remaining members of the
0:19:43 > 0:19:45European Union, and is good for the United Kingdom.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Ahead of this visit Theresa May was being warned that
0:19:48 > 0:19:49time is running out.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52She had to be much clearer about how she saw
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Britain's future relationship with the EU.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Downing Street will have been cheered by the tone struck by
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Angela Merkel as she talked about a fair and balanced approach for both
0:19:59 > 0:20:03sides.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06But no amount of warm words here can disguise the complicated
0:20:06 > 0:20:09issues that still need to be resolved.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13Vicki Young, BBC News, Berlin.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16The United Nations says tens of thousands of children are fleeing
0:20:16 > 0:20:20an upsurge in violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23The central African nation has suffered years of conflict
0:20:23 > 0:20:25and desperate poverty, and the government stands accused
0:20:25 > 0:20:27along with foreign corporations, of plundering its rich natural
0:20:27 > 0:20:31resources, while millions go hungry.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Well, the latest violence has flared up in the eastern province of Ituri,
0:20:35 > 0:20:39where mass hunger has intensified rivalry over land.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Catherine Byaruhanga has travelled there with UN peacekeepers,
0:20:41 > 0:20:47and sent us this report.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Village after village, destroyed by fighting
0:20:48 > 0:20:53between rival communities.
0:20:53 > 0:21:00Gangs of armed young men terrorised this remote province of Ituri.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03We've just arrived in this town, and from what we understand
0:21:03 > 0:21:07from the UN peacekeepers here, this has been a flashpoint
0:21:07 > 0:21:09in the fighting.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12There are several villages that have been destroyed and people have fled,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16leaving many of them empty.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19The dead here have been buried in a hurry.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22We find homes razed to the ground.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25The few who remain are now under UN protection,
0:21:25 > 0:21:30but many of the local Hema people are gone, driven out,
0:21:30 > 0:21:38in a country facing starvation, by ethnic rivalry over land.
0:21:38 > 0:21:45Marie tells me her family lost everything.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Gunmen attacked their home in the morning.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51They ran for their lives.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Jacques tells me he hid in the bushes while his mother
0:21:54 > 0:22:00was hacked to death along with five members of his family.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03TRANSLATION:As all our houses were burned and all our family
0:22:03 > 0:22:06is killed by these people, how can we talk about love
0:22:06 > 0:22:13or cooperation again between us and these people?
0:22:13 > 0:22:15This hospital in the city of Bunia has become an emergency
0:22:15 > 0:22:23shelter for thousands.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Stop, stop!
0:22:26 > 0:22:29It's a battle for survival.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32There is little to go around.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Across this country, nearly 5 million people have fled
0:22:35 > 0:22:38violence and hunger.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41The government is weak and corrupt.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Disease is rife, and the aid agencies are struggling to cope.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49There is no one dealing with the other dimensions
0:22:49 > 0:22:52of the crisis, like providing food to people, providing water.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55We find ourselves to be dealing with all of this.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58That's why really there is an urgent need for other actors to step
0:22:58 > 0:23:02in to scale up the level of the response.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05There's help here for a few, but the suffering we witnessed
0:23:05 > 0:23:10is vast, in a country that's falling to pieces.
0:23:10 > 0:23:18Catherine Byaruhanga, BBC News, Bunia.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20At the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Dom Parsons has
0:23:20 > 0:23:23secured Team GB's first medal of the Games.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24The 30-year-old took bronze in the skeleton,
0:23:24 > 0:23:28after the hot favourite messed up his final run.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30From Pyeongchang, here's Andy Swiss.
0:23:30 > 0:23:37From 100-1 outsider to Olympic medallist.
0:23:37 > 0:23:45In this sport of eventful journeys, Dom Parsons takes some beating.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47His final run was an emotional roller-coaster, beginning
0:23:47 > 0:23:50in bronze position.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51His supporters, including parents, Judith and David,
0:23:51 > 0:23:56were starting to dream.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58To guarantee a medal, all he had to do was beat
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Nikita Tregubov's time.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03But...
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Slower by a mere two hundredths of a second.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Can you believe it?
0:24:08 > 0:24:14Well, it will be an agonising wait now for Dom Parsons,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16in second place but with two more athletes still to go.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Has he done enough for an Olympic medal?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Well, it seemed unlikely.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Next ago, Martins Dukurs, the world champion.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27That was a mistake.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30But against the odds, he faltered and Parsons was gifted
0:24:30 > 0:24:33a glorious reprieve.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38Dom Parsons, unbelievably, has his medal!
0:24:38 > 0:24:42From despair to delight, in the blink of an eye.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45I thought I'd lost it and made a couple too many
0:24:45 > 0:24:46mistakes on that run.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49But Martins made some more mistakes, and he's the last person
0:24:49 > 0:24:52I thought would make those mistakes.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54For his parents, meanwhile, the relief and the pride
0:24:54 > 0:24:57were overwhelming.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Gosh, he has earned it.
0:24:59 > 0:25:05The last 11 years, he's dedicated his life to skeleton.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08And as his mum, how proud are you feeling right now?
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Couldn't be prouder.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15And here's the proof.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18The sweetest of family reunions.
0:25:18 > 0:25:26For Dom Parsons, the perfect ending to a day of emotion and elation.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35Well, it is now Saturday morning here in Pyeongchang, and a bumper
0:25:35 > 0:25:40day for British medal hopes. In the women's skeleton, Lizzy Yarnold is
0:25:40 > 0:25:45third at the halfway stage and her team-mate is fourth. In the ski
0:25:45 > 0:25:51slopestyle, watch out for 19-year-old Izzy Atkin. After
0:25:51 > 0:25:53tumbling on Tuesday, Elise Christie has another chance in the speed
0:25:53 > 0:25:59skating. Team GB will be hoping it could be another super Saturday.
0:25:59 > 0:26:00That's it.
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