0:00:04 > 0:00:07A warm welcome to BBC World News Today.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08I'm Celia Hatton.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Our top stories...
0:00:11 > 0:00:13A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people has crashed
0:00:13 > 0:00:15shortly after taking off from a Moscow airport.
0:00:15 > 0:00:21Officials say there are no survivors.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23The leader of South Africa's ruling ANC party Cyril
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Ramaphosa says he'll ask President Jacob Zuma to step
0:00:25 > 0:00:27down on Monday.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Oxfam and other global charities under threat in the wake
0:00:30 > 0:00:36of a widening sex scandal.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Also in the programme...we'll update you on the action on day two
0:00:39 > 0:00:40of competition at the winter Olympics...the Netherlands
0:00:40 > 0:00:50celebrates its second gold medal.
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Hello and welcome to World News Today.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01A Russian airliner has crashed near Moscow,
0:01:01 > 0:01:03killing all 71 people on board.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07The plane, operated by Saratov Airlines,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10was travelling to the city of Orsk in the Ural mountains when it came
0:01:10 > 0:01:13down near the village of Argunovo shortly after first taking off.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Sarah Rainsford reports.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20The remains of flight 703 are scattered in the snow in fields
0:01:20 > 0:01:25just outside Moscow,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28the fragments of a plane that plunged to the ground
0:01:28 > 0:01:29minutes after take-off.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Everyone on board has been killed.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37The aircraft was an Antonov 148 operated by the regional
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Saratov Airlines.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40It says the plane itself, shown here, was just eight years
0:01:40 > 0:01:46old and the pilot was experienced.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50The flight took off from Moscow, heading for Orsk in southern
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Russia.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55It disappeared from radars moments later.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57There was no emergency call from the crew.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58In Orsk tonight, there is despair.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Relatives of the 71 passengers and crew have been gathering
0:02:01 > 0:02:03but they have been told there's no hope of any survivors.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08Medics have been sent to help calm and comfort them.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11At the crash site outside Moscow, the debris is
0:02:11 > 0:02:14spread over a wide area.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16It was mid-afternoon and people in nearby villages say they saw
0:02:17 > 0:02:20the plane fall from the sky.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23This man says it came down in pieces.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Others have described seeing a flash or an explosion first.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Police have now cordoned off the area as teams are sent
0:02:30 > 0:02:33in to search for bodies.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35One flight recorder has been found, but there are no clues yet
0:02:35 > 0:02:38as to what caused this disaster.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41The freezing conditions are just one of many factors that
0:02:41 > 0:02:43investigators are looking at as they continue their work
0:02:43 > 0:02:47here through the night.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Sarah Rainsford, BBC News, in central Russia.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Sergei Goryashko from BBC Russian is near the crash site -
0:02:53 > 0:02:56he's sent this update.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01There are a lot of lorries and a lot of cars of rescue services
0:03:01 > 0:03:05which are trying to reach the place where the plane came down.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10It's very difficult to do that now for them, because there is a lot
0:03:10 > 0:03:13of snow on the roads and the road to the place where the plane
0:03:13 > 0:03:23crashed down is blocked.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25will try to find the bodies of the people who died
0:03:25 > 0:03:32in this really awful airline crash.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35It is a mess here right now, but we are trying to figure out
0:03:35 > 0:03:44what is actually happening.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46As some people told us, all rescue services from the Moscow
0:03:47 > 0:03:49region are now here.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52There are a lot of workers and a special squad who will try
0:03:52 > 0:04:00to find the bodies and try to figure out what happened with the plane.
0:04:00 > 0:04:07The leader of South Africa's ruling ANC party, Cyril Ramaphosa,
0:04:07 > 0:04:09says the future of the country's president, Jacob Zuma,
0:04:09 > 0:04:10will be finalised tomorrow.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Speaking in Cape Town at an event marking the centenary
0:04:12 > 0:04:15of the birth of Nelson Mandela, Mr Ramaphosa made it clear that
0:04:15 > 0:04:17if the president didn't resign, he'd be asked to step
0:04:18 > 0:04:19down on Monday.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Mr Zuma's eight years in office have been marred by numerous
0:04:21 > 0:04:25corruption allegations.
0:04:25 > 0:04:32We are currently engaged, comrades, in discussions around the transition
0:04:32 > 0:04:39to a new administration and specifically to resolve
0:04:39 > 0:04:42the issues and the position of the President of the Republic
0:04:42 > 0:04:48of South Africa.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Pumza Fihlani is in Cape Town. She gave us her analysis.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54He addressed the crowd for about an hour.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57Towards the end of that speech here at Grand Parade,
0:04:57 > 0:05:01he addressed the Jacob Zuma question, promising that there
0:05:01 > 0:05:04will be a resolution to this tomorrow.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05This is when the national executive committee
0:05:05 > 0:05:07of the African National Congress meets, tomorrow afternoon.
0:05:07 > 0:05:17He has promised that there will be an end to this.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19He says South Africans deserve closure, and there
0:05:19 > 0:05:20certainly has been anxiety
0:05:20 > 0:05:22here in South Africa about what is happening
0:05:22 > 0:05:23with President Jacob Zuma.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26If that speech is any indication to go by,
0:05:26 > 0:05:30he's planning on playing tough on corruption and making sure
0:05:30 > 0:05:32that those who have been linked or alleged to be
0:05:32 > 0:05:35involved in corrupt dealings will be brought to justice.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news...
0:05:38 > 0:05:40The sister of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un,
0:05:40 > 0:05:43has left South Korea after a three day trip that some say was
0:05:43 > 0:05:44a propaganda victory for Pyongyang.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Kim Yo-jong flew home on a private jet after attending a concert
0:05:47 > 0:05:50with the South Korean President, Moon Jae-in.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53On Saturday, she passed on a message from her brother inviting Mr Moon
0:05:53 > 0:06:00to Pyongyang for a summit.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Reports from Syria say at least a dozen people have been killed
0:06:03 > 0:06:04in renewed attacks on a besieged, rebel-held enclave
0:06:04 > 0:06:06on the outskirts of Damascus.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Activists in the Eastern Ghouta region said there were air
0:06:08 > 0:06:12strikes on two towns.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Syrian state media said government forces had responded to rebel mortar
0:06:15 > 0:06:25fire that had landed in the centre of the capital.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29The British government says it will hold talks
0:06:29 > 0:06:32with the charity Oxfam on Monday - after more allegations emerged
0:06:32 > 0:06:34about its staff working overseas.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Several Oxfam employees either left their jobs or were sacked
0:06:37 > 0:06:40after claims they hired prostitutes in Haiti - and other claims
0:06:40 > 0:06:42regarding a programme in Chad are being investigated.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Angus Crawford reports.
0:06:45 > 0:06:51First Haiti, now Chad, one of the poorest countries on earth.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53New allegations that a number of Oxfam workers paid
0:06:54 > 0:06:57local women for sex.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00The head of the mission at the time, Roland van Hauwermeiren,
0:07:00 > 0:07:02was the same man who five years later resigned after
0:07:02 > 0:07:06admitting using prostitutes.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Four others were sacked.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Oxfam will not confirm the details, but says it is shocked
0:07:13 > 0:07:15and dismayed by the report, which highlights unacceptable
0:07:15 > 0:07:18behaviour by a small number of people.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21As the scandal grows, the International Development
0:07:21 > 0:07:26Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, has sent a strong warning
0:07:26 > 0:07:29to all British charities receiving public money -
0:07:29 > 0:07:32they will lose the cash if they cannot show a robust
0:07:32 > 0:07:34approach to safeguarding.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I am very clear, it does not matter whether you have a whistle-blowing
0:07:37 > 0:07:40hotline, it does not matter if you have got good
0:07:40 > 0:07:42safeguarding practices in place, if the moral leadership at the top
0:07:42 > 0:07:49of the organisation is not there, we cannot have you as a partner.
0:07:49 > 0:07:56She said Oxfam did not give her department to full facts
0:07:57 > 0:07:59about what happened in Haiti.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02At a meeting tomorrow, the charity will be given one last
0:08:02 > 0:08:08chance, or be stripped of its public funding.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Today, more revelations about other aid agencies -
0:08:10 > 0:08:13reports that Christian Aid, Save the Children and the British
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Red Cross have all investigated staff over sexual misconduct
0:08:17 > 0:08:21allegations.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Some who know the sector well are not surprised.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26People need to realise that the vast majority of aid work in crisis
0:08:26 > 0:08:28situations is extraordinary.
0:08:28 > 0:08:34It saves lives, it helps people who are vulnerable,
0:08:34 > 0:08:37but aid agencies need to do more so that the best people
0:08:37 > 0:08:40are going into these areas,
0:08:40 > 0:08:41they are monitored, and that these people
0:08:41 > 0:08:43who are very vulnerable, they have
0:08:43 > 0:08:46a voice in how this unfolds.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48The Government is now demanding that every charity receiving taxpayers'
0:08:48 > 0:08:54money disclose all past and current cases of sexual misconduct.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56A scandal affecting one charity is now threatening
0:08:56 > 0:08:57to engulf the entire sector.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Angus Crawford, BBC News.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04With me is Katie Harrison, a former aid worker and charity
0:09:04 > 0:09:14communications director who has spent time in parts of Africa.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18You haven't worked for Oxfam, but in your experience, where do you think
0:09:18 > 0:09:23things might have gone so badly wrong for Oxfam in this case?Is
0:09:23 > 0:09:28difficult to assess that because I haven't been there and I don't know.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32But any organisation needs leadership at every level. We see
0:09:32 > 0:09:36sexual expedition across every sector. We see it in church, in
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Hollywood and in corporate companies, and it always comes the
0:09:38 > 0:09:42leadership at the top and on the front line. Every person in a
0:09:42 > 0:09:45position of responsibility needs to know what is expected of them and
0:09:45 > 0:09:48what they are leading their teams to deliver and especially in the way
0:09:48 > 0:09:52they treat people with dignity and they respect women and children.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Cross-cultural management is important, because there will be
0:09:55 > 0:09:58people in teams who are from different parts of the world were
0:09:58 > 0:10:01different things are acceptable, and then they are all planted in a
0:10:01 > 0:10:05separate part of the world again, so you have lots of cultures working
0:10:05 > 0:10:09together in a volatile situation where lots of things could go wrong.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12You have worked on the front line a number of times and I understand you
0:10:12 > 0:10:18have seen sex workers interact with NGO workers?It's not unusual to see
0:10:18 > 0:10:21hotel lobbies, particularly in places where aid workers and aid
0:10:21 > 0:10:25officials are staying, to see women approach men, particularly as they
0:10:25 > 0:10:29go to the lift as they go to bed for the night, which is desperately sad
0:10:29 > 0:10:33because it tells us that those women know that they can get business in
0:10:33 > 0:10:36places like that. There is a precedent for it. Those women are
0:10:36 > 0:10:39desperate and they know that some men will buy sex. I have never seen
0:10:39 > 0:10:52one of my colleagues do that, but perhaps they wouldn't do it in front
0:10:52 > 0:10:55of me, who knows? The point is that it is very rare for it to happen
0:10:55 > 0:10:57because people are trained and they know they shouldn't do that, but
0:10:57 > 0:11:00some people must do it otherwise women would not be touting for
0:11:00 > 0:11:02business there.The point is that there is a imbalance of power. There
0:11:02 > 0:11:05is a wealthy aid worker coming in for a short period of time.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Desperate women have had their whole lives uprooted in a tragedy, and
0:11:09 > 0:11:13yes, they are looking for a way out and away to meet the needs of their
0:11:13 > 0:11:17children and the people they are looking after. They do know that
0:11:17 > 0:11:24these men are trained not to do that. So this is very common in
0:11:24 > 0:11:28every NGO's training and orientation briefing. You are specifically told
0:11:28 > 0:11:37not to have sex with people who have experienced the tragedy, not to
0:11:37 > 0:11:42marry children. You are told that specifically. These people will have
0:11:42 > 0:11:52been trained and they will
0:11:56 > 0:11:59know that this is not what they are supposed to be doing. So it is
0:11:59 > 0:12:01massive misconduct.What effect do you think this will have on UK
0:12:01 > 0:12:03charity donations and beyond?It's sad because millions of people in
0:12:03 > 0:12:05the UK give so generously. They make personal sacrifices because they
0:12:05 > 0:12:08feel as though they are part of something bigger than themselves.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Even with a £20 a month, they are contributing to making the world a
0:12:10 > 0:12:13better place. They will feel slapped in the phase. This is a travesty,
0:12:13 > 0:12:18because most aid workers do not do this and it is such a desperate
0:12:18 > 0:12:21shame that some people behaving badly will tar us all with the same
0:12:21 > 0:12:22brush.Thank you for joining us.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Stay with us on BBC World News.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Still to come...
0:12:27 > 0:12:29It's bed rest, but all in the name of science -
0:12:29 > 0:12:39how researchers are testing the effects of zero-gravity.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55This is BBC World News Today.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57The latest headlines: A Russian passenger plane has crashed
0:13:57 > 0:13:58just outside Moscow.
0:13:58 > 0:14:06Officials say all 71 on board were killed.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10The new leader of the African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa,
0:14:10 > 0:14:14says the party will ask President Jacob Zuma to step down.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, has held talks
0:14:17 > 0:14:19with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, focusing
0:14:19 > 0:14:21on the Rohingya refugee crisis.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave Myanmar,
0:14:24 > 0:14:28seeking shelter in neighbouring Bangladesh, following a military
0:14:28 > 0:14:30crackdown, and violence from pro-government militias.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Our correspondent Reeta Chakrabarti is travelling
0:14:32 > 0:14:36with the Foreign Secretary.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Among the burnt out remains of a Rohingya home, Boris Johnson
0:14:39 > 0:14:41took in the chilling sight, the charred remains
0:14:41 > 0:14:48of a former life.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51He found the site himself, although his visit to this region
0:14:51 > 0:14:55was heavily controlled by the Myanmar authorities.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Can you work out where the house was?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59He travelled from village to village by helicopter.
0:14:59 > 0:15:09From the air, you could see whole areas razed to the ground.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14It's where the Myanmar military and Buddhist mobs are accused
0:15:14 > 0:15:16of pogroms against the Muslim Rohingya.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18These pictures of burning villages in the area were filmed
0:15:18 > 0:15:19by the BBC last year.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21You genuinely have no idea who did it?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Some Rohingya are still here and were brought out by the Myanmar
0:15:24 > 0:15:25authorities to speak to Boris Johnson.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28All denied any knowledge of who had destroyed their village.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33This habitation has clearly been burnt out and deserted.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36One of the Rohingya villagers that I spoke to a little earlier
0:15:36 > 0:15:38told me in English, "I hope you understand,
0:15:38 > 0:15:40we are in a very bad situation and unhappy".
0:15:40 > 0:15:44He didn't dare tell me who had burnt his village.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47One government minister accompanying us told me it was what he called
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Rohingya terrorists who turned on their own people and set
0:15:50 > 0:15:51fire to their homes.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56What do you think happened here?
0:15:56 > 0:15:57A terrorist attack against them.
0:15:57 > 0:16:06Definitely that.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Earlier in the capital, a meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10who has attracted international condemnation for not speaking
0:16:10 > 0:16:11up for the Rohingya.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12What came of their talks?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I don't think it has come through to her, the full extent,
0:16:15 > 0:16:18the horror of what has happened.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20It's absolutely devastating and I think what is needed
0:16:20 > 0:16:24now is some leadership,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26some calm, but some leadership, working with the UN agencies to get
0:16:26 > 0:16:31these people back home.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34But this is what awaits any Rohingya who do come back,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36a settlement with high fences and barbed wire.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38The Myanmar government calls this a reception centre.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40To date, no one has returned to live here.
0:16:40 > 0:16:49Reeta Chakrabarti, BBC News, Myanmar.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Asma Jahangir has died at the age of 66.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57She braved death threats and beatings to become one
0:16:57 > 0:16:59of Asia's most respected human rights advocates.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Ms Jahangir served on the UN team that conducted an enquiry into human
0:17:02 > 0:17:06rights violations in Sri Lanka.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Earlier, I spoke to Pakistan's Ambassador to the US,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Mr Hussain Haqqani, who had known Asma for 25 years.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14I began by asking how she felt speaking up
0:17:14 > 0:17:22about the Pakistani military?
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Well, she had an illustrious father who had opposed the first martial
0:17:25 > 0:17:28law in Pakistan in 1958, one of the few who did.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30And she basically said that when the military
0:17:30 > 0:17:31takes over a country, all civilian norms
0:17:32 > 0:17:33fall by the wayside.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36She also did not like the idea of a highly militarised Pakistan,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39because she thought that that essentially compromised the human
0:17:39 > 0:17:42rights of everybody by giving the military the ability to ride
0:17:42 > 0:17:46roughshod over the people.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48And she did not like the idea of permanent animosity with any
0:17:49 > 0:17:53of Pakistan's neighbours.
0:17:53 > 0:18:02So she stood firmly against the dictatorship
0:18:02 > 0:18:06of General Yahya Khan, whom she challenged as a very young
0:18:06 > 0:18:08woman in a civilian court and then against General Zia ul-Haq.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10And when Zia ul-Haq started discriminating against women
0:18:10 > 0:18:12in the name of religion, she gathered Pakistan's
0:18:12 > 0:18:13women to resist it.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18Again, the idea was, let us at least make it clear
0:18:18 > 0:18:21that there is resistance to dictatorship, whether it's
0:18:21 > 0:18:26in the name of religion or in the name of nationalism.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28And now, when Pakistan has a civilian government,
0:18:28 > 0:18:37she wanted civilian supremacy, not rules by colonels and brigadiers
0:18:37 > 0:18:39who operate in the shadows as part of the deep state.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44Remarkable.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48You knew Ms Jahangir for 25 years.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Is there one snapshot you can give to us, one example that
0:18:52 > 0:18:53summarises her passion for her work?
0:18:53 > 0:18:59Well, I, after resigning as Pakistan's ambassador to the US,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02was wrongly implicated in an affair in which I was falsely accused
0:19:02 > 0:19:06by the Pakistani intelligence service of having communicated
0:19:06 > 0:19:12with the Americans and trying to forestall a coup.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Lawyers were afraid that the deep state would not abide
0:19:14 > 0:19:24by their taking up my case.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27And Ms Jahangir volunteered to take up that case and fought for me.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Time for a look at the sport.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32To South Korea, where Red Gerard was the star on day two of
0:19:32 > 0:19:36the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39The teenage snowboarder won gold in the slopestyle on a day
0:19:39 > 0:19:42when seven gold medals were at stake - Nick Marshall McCormack
0:19:42 > 0:19:48rounds up the action.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52It's a mark of Red Gerard's styled at the age of 17 he was regarded as
0:19:52 > 0:19:56one of the favourites going into this event at Pyeongchang. On the
0:19:56 > 0:19:59slopes, it's hard to believe the youth that lies under the clothes,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02but when the moment of glory had passed and he was at the centre of
0:20:02 > 0:20:08the world's media, the youth was what struck.It was crazy. It was
0:20:08 > 0:20:15really wild to me that I got first place. It was jaw-dropping.Hard to
0:20:15 > 0:20:21believe?Yeah, I am still having a hard time believing it.Maybe Gerard
0:20:21 > 0:20:24will age when he has to overcome obstacles like the one Sim and
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Kruger did in the 30 kilometres skiathlon. Crashing early and
0:20:29 > 0:20:33looking down and out. But the Norwegian is made of sterner stuff
0:20:33 > 0:20:39and he regrouped one of the Winter Games' great comebacks and to lead
0:20:39 > 0:20:44home a Norwegian 123. Sven Kramer secured a one to three of a
0:20:44 > 0:20:48different kind. His victory in the 5000 metre speed skating completes
0:20:48 > 0:20:53his domination of this Olympic event since 2010. Plus this time was an
0:20:53 > 0:20:59Olympic record.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00In the English Premier League, Manchester United
0:21:00 > 0:21:03are now 16 points behind leaders and rivals Manchester City after
0:21:03 > 0:21:06a 1-0 defeat at Newcastle on Sunday.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Matt Richie's first goal of the season in the second half
0:21:10 > 0:21:13gave Rafael Benitez's team the win, and lifted them out of the bottom
0:21:13 > 0:21:15three and up to 13th in the table.
0:21:15 > 0:21:23United boss Jose Mourinho has still never won at St James's Park.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27My verdict is that we could be here than ours and we wouldn't score a
0:21:27 > 0:21:36goal. But I also want to say it is fair to say that Newcastle played
0:21:36 > 0:21:41and defended with their lives a clean sheet. They were trying to get
0:21:41 > 0:21:48a point and a point for us would result in their relegation fight.
0:21:48 > 0:21:57They got us in a defensive mistake and they scored, and at that moment
0:21:57 > 0:22:00they just thought, we are going to give our lives and defend with
0:22:00 > 0:22:00everything.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Better luck for Liverpool, who moved back into third position
0:22:02 > 0:22:04thanks to two first half goals at Southampton.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Mo Salah has now scored 22 league goals this season and he got
0:22:07 > 0:22:09the second after setting up Roberto Firmino for
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Liverpool's first.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Jurgen Klopp's team missed a number of chances in the second half
0:22:15 > 0:22:17to extend their lead, while Southampton rarely threatened,
0:22:17 > 0:22:24and drop into the Premier League relegation zone.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Huddersield Town hadn't won in 2018, going into the game
0:22:26 > 0:22:29against 10th placed Bournemouth, but two goals in each half helped
0:22:29 > 0:22:32them to a 4-1 home win.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34David Wagner's team had lost their previous five matches,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37and are now out of the bottom three.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39To Rugby Union's Six Nations, where Scotland put defeat by Wales
0:22:39 > 0:22:42last week behind them to overcome France 32-26 at Murrayfield
0:22:42 > 0:22:46and revive their campaign.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49France were 10-0 and then 20-14 up before Scotland took the lead late
0:22:49 > 0:22:53into the second half.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Greig Laidlaw kicked six penalties, and Scotland will face reigning
0:22:55 > 0:23:01champions England at Murrayfield on Saturday 24th February.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06And that's all the sport for now.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Here's a science experiment you might want to sign up for:
0:23:09 > 0:23:12A group of volunteers have been spending three days in bed.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14It's hoped their experience will will shed light on how
0:23:14 > 0:23:24weightlessness affects the human body.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31This is the nearest I'll ever be to being in space.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36It's life, but not as we know it.
0:23:36 > 0:23:43These are two of ten volunteers spending three days in a bed
0:23:43 > 0:23:45that is tipped by minus six degrees,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47the head lower than the body to simulate
0:23:47 > 0:23:48the effects of zero gravity.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Pillownauts is the term used for healthy participants that
0:23:50 > 0:23:52undertake bed rest studies and they immitate being
0:23:52 > 0:23:53astronauts, but lying in bed.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55On earth, our bodies are continually working
0:23:55 > 0:23:58against gravity but in space, weightlessness creates problems.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02They have muscle wasting and develop osteoporosis.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04They also come back to earth prediabetic
0:24:04 > 0:24:06and that is because they are being
0:24:06 > 0:24:08so inactive in space, they are not contracting
0:24:08 > 0:24:09their muscles.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10The trial is running alongside a project
0:24:10 > 0:24:13by the European Space Agency.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Blood tests and muscle biopsies monitor how the body is coping,
0:24:15 > 0:24:20but how are the pillownauts themselves getting on?
0:24:20 > 0:24:24You're slightly upside down, so it's not like literally hanging upside
0:24:24 > 0:24:26down, but there's a weird distribution of
0:24:26 > 0:24:28sensation in your body.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31After a while I just got used to it and then you didn't really
0:24:31 > 0:24:32have any discomfort.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It just feels like you're lying in bed.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I watched an entire Netflix series yesterday.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39That got me through the day.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Today, I've got more freedom with my arms, so I'll
0:24:42 > 0:24:44be writing my thesis.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Mars and Earth are neighbours, but it is estimated it
0:24:46 > 0:24:49could still take nine months for us to get there.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51With scientists wanting humans on Mars by the 2030s,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53they are working to make sure our bodies can
0:24:53 > 0:24:54withstand the journey.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56All the money's being funnelled into these long-term bed rest
0:24:56 > 0:24:59projects at the moment because we're rapidly trying to develop the best
0:24:59 > 0:25:02interventions we can to make sure if we get an astronaut to Mars,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05that they can undertake their duties.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08After three days in bed, there will be three
0:25:08 > 0:25:12days of rehab to observe the return-to-earth effect.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16A small step in the world of space exploration, but all part
0:25:16 > 0:25:19of the giant leap towards manned missions to Mars.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24Hannah Meredith, BBC News, Nottingham.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Before we go, if you have ever wondered why combat sports have
0:25:28 > 0:25:33weight categories, take a look at this footage from Japan. It's a
0:25:33 > 0:25:37charity fundraising event featuring some of the biggest stars of sumo
0:25:37 > 0:25:40wrestling and their young fans. Keep in mind that the average sumo
0:25:40 > 0:25:46wrestler weighs about 150 kilograms, over 300 lbs. The little boy is
0:25:46 > 0:25:52trying to get him out of the ring and finally succeeds!
0:25:52 > 0:25:56You can get in touch with me and some of the team on Twitter. Bye-bye
0:25:56 > 0:26:01for now.