11/02/2018 BBC Weekend News

Good afternoon.

The government has threatened to cut

off all state funding and help

for Oxfam and other charities

if they fail to ensure

that vulnerable people

are properly protected.

The International Development

Secretary, Penny Mordaunt,

has described as "horrific"

the behaviour of some of Oxfam's

workers in Haiti, who were accused

of using prostitutes

in the aftermath of

the earthquake there in 2010.

Angus Crawford reports.

First Haiti, no Chad, one of the

poorest countries on earth. New

allegations that a number of Oxfam

workers paid local women for six. --

sex. The head of the mission at the

time, Roland van Hauwermeiren, was

the same man who five years later

and Haiti resigned after admitting

using prostitutes. Four others were

sacked. Oxfam will not confirm the

details but says it is shocked and

dismayed by the report, which

highlights unacceptable behaviour by

a small number of people. As the

scandal grows, the International

Development Secretary, Penny

Mordaunt, has sent a strong warning

to all British charities receiving

public money, they will lose the

cash if they cannot show a robust

approach to safeguarding.

I am very

clear, it does not matter whether

you have got of whistle-blowing

hotline, it does not matter if you

have got good safeguarding practices

in place, it's the moral leadership

at the top of the organisation is

not the, we cannot have you as a

partner.

She said Oxfam did not give

her department to fill facts about

what happened in Haiti. At a meeting

tomorrow, the charity will be given

one last chance or be stripped of

its public funding. Today, more

revelations about the aid agencies,

reports Christian Aid, Save the

Children and the British Red Cross

of all investigated staff over

sexual misconduct allegations, and

some of who know the sector well are

not surprised.

People need to

realise

realise that the vows majority of

aid work in crisis situations is

extraordinary, it saves lives, it

helps people who are vulnerable, but

aid agencies need to do more that

the best people are going into these

areas, they are monitored, and these

people who are very vulnerable, they

have a voice in how this unfolds.

The government is now demanding

every charity receiving taxpayers'

money disclose all past and current

cases of sexual misconduct. A

scandal affecting one charity is now

threatening to engulf the entire

sector. Angus Crawford, BBC News.

The Prime Minister and other members

of her cabinet are to set

out their policy on leaving

the European Union in

a series of speeches.

During the campaign,

dubbed "the road to Brexit"

by Downing Street, they will

describe the kind of future

relationship they want the UK

to have with the EU.

Our political correspondent

Emma Vardy is here with me.

So what can we expect?

Theresa May has been accused of

kicking they can down the road when

it comes to nailing down exactly

what the government wants for

Britain after Brexit. Do we want to

remain close to the EU in some

areas, or do we want to break away

and do our own thing in others? The

EU will be setting out its

negotiating position in a matter of

weeks so we cannot put it off any

longer. The senior members of the

Brexit Cabinet will be going to

Chequers to try to resolve their

differences.

On Wednesday the Foreign Secretary

will kick off a series of speeches.

We are told Boris Johnson has the

impossible task of trying to unite

levers and Remainers with his

speech. Then the road to Brexit will

culminate with a speech from Theresa

May in the next few weeks. There is

one big hurdle, getting the other 27

EU countries to agree.

Thank you very much. Emma Vardy, our

political correspondent.

More than a third of child deaths

and serious injuries caused

by neglect in England are linked

to parents who drink

too much, according

to a new Parliamentary report.

It also found that nearly

all councils have cut their budgets

for alcohol support services.

Our health correspondent

Adina Campbell has more.

Dad of six Josh Connelly knows

first-hand about the damage alcohol

can have on a family.

His father was an alcoholic,

and died when he was nine.

I remember one particular incident,

he smashed all the windows through,

by the door, and he was waving

a knife through one of the windows,

and the police coming up

and taking him away.

At the same time I was trying

to deal with it all,

you're also trying to keep it

secret, so it is about

just suppressing it,

and then you naturally get

unhealthy coping mechanisms.

The impact of parents abusing

alcohol in England are outlined

in a new Parliamentary report.

It found more than a third of child

deaths and serious injuries

through neglect were linked

to parents drinking alcohol.

While nearly two-thirds of all care

applications involved misuse

of alcohol or drugs.

And children with alcohol dependent

parents had feelings

of stigma, shame and guilt.

The report also used data

from a Freedom Of Information

investigation, which found almost

all councils in England

are cutting back their budgets

for this kind of care.

The government says work is under

way on a new children

of alcoholics strategy,

in addition to new higher duties

to target cheap alcohol.

Josh has turned his life around,

but he believes there are many

children who will end up

suffering in silence.

Adina Campbell, BBC News.

A man from Walsall has been

charged with killing his

eight-year-old daughter.

Mylee Billingham was found stabbed

at her father's house in January.

William Billingham has also been

charged with making threats to kill.

A helicopter has crashed in the

Grand Canyon, killing three people.

At least four others were hurt. It

was thought to be carrying

holiday-makers. The cause of the

crash is not yet known.

The Foreign Secretary,

Boris Johnson, has met

the leader of Myanmar,

Aung San Suu Kyi, for talks.

Nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslim

refugees have crossed the border

into neighbouring Bangladesh

after a crackdown by

the military.

This report from Reeta Chakrabarti

contains flash photography.

There were smiles this morning

as Boris Johnson shook hands

with Aung San Suu Kyi

in the capital, Naypyidaw,

but the plight of the Rohingya

people will be a difficult topic.

The Burmese leader has suffered

a spectacular fall from grace

in international public opinion

after failing to defend

the rights of the Rohingya.

Boris Johnson met some

of the refugees on a tour of one

of the camps in Bangladesh

yesterday, and said that

international diplomacy needed

to focus on a safe and dignified

return home for them.

It's about finding a political

solution, finding an answer

in Myanmar, from Burma,

creating the conditions for a safe,

dignified return for these people.

That's what they want.

They do want to go back,

but they don't feel safe.

But he admitted that right now that

seemed a distant prospect.

Later today, Mr Johnson will be

taken by the Myanmar military

on a tour of Rakhine state

from where the refugees have fled,

alleging arson, looting, rape,

and murder by soldiers

and Buddhist mobs.

Reeta Chakrabati, BBC News,

Naypyidaw, in Myanmar.

Great Britain has narrowly missed

out on a first medal

of the Winter Olympics.

On another day of freezing

temperatures in Pyeongchang,

cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave

was in the silver medal position

with just over a lap to go.

He eventually finished in seventh,

Britain's best ever Olympic result

in cross-country skiing.

Andy Swiss reports from South Korea.

The Winter Olympics

at their most wintry.

Minus 16 and bone chilling winds,

but Andrew Musgrave

was about to warm the spirits.

And they are under way...

Cross-country skiing

is not one of Britain's

traditional Olympic strengths.

Their previous best,

Musgrave's 29th in Sochi,

where he said he skied

like a tranquilliser badger.

Not here.

With barely a lap to go,

there he was, remarkably in silver

medal position.

Could he hang on?

Well, not quite.

As Norway's Simen Hegstad

Kruger raced to gold,

Musgrave faded to seventh.

But with his best events

still to come, some feat.

Well, what a result

that was for Andrew Musgrave.

He could not quite get

that first medal for

Britain, but even so,

the performance of his life.

With a lap and a half to go,

I was feeling good, pretty

confident, I thought

I would

be able to get a medal.

I actually could not

quite keep up that pace.

The last lap was pretty tough.

But on a day when some events

were postponed due to high

winds, one man soared.

At the age of just 17,

America's Red Gerard spinning

to snowboarding gold,

a teenage triumph

to light up these Games.

Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.

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Bye for now.