Those balloons hitting the sky for the macys thanksgiving day parade and security is pretty tight for one of the biggest events on this holiday. Some nice gloves you got there. Mickey mouses finest. Good morning, happy thanksgiving, everyone. Lets start with washington. The growing scandals rocking d. C. Both sides of the aisle from Sexual Harassment to lewd images. Joe barton is apologizing after someone posted a nude selfie of him online and the Washington Post is reporting details of a secret sex life and the congressman says he could be the victim of a crime. In the meantime, michigan congressman john conyers says he will not be stepping down. His lawyers citing allegations against president trump. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is in d. C. For us on this holiday. Every day this week another scandal out of there. Reporter youre right andnew apologies now tied to these Sexual Harassment claims as more accusers continue to come forward. New Sexual Harassment claims are consuming capitol hill.
Bombs federation of course is based in scotland and check out the Scottish Government that we produced a few years ago as the full body of work in it no one from bradford for scotland and far beyond people be making their own celebrations of scotlands National Poet and when next we will now examine sure well make our own contribution to celebrating their mortal memory of robert burns. Under mitchell was the International Development set to stay for the first two years of the Coalition Government thats the one elected in twenty ten in that period he set the administrations course and finally achieving a United Nations target on International Development that was the one for set back in one nine hundred seventy. Today he states the case for maintaining that level of contribution lets hear from under. The conservative Coalition Government elected in twenty turn was the first government to implement britains promise to the poorest people in the world that we would spend no point seven perc
Here on the streets of britain and as you look at the problems that are coming down the runway migration. Climate change terrorism protectionism the International Development budget spent by britain really tackles all those things at the heart of those problems thats why i strongly support it and why i think its one of the best Public Expenditure we in britain support well welcome under mitchell you were the international who during the budget towards this target of zero point seven percent which was achieved in twenty fifteen for the first time but its not under a fierce time people say the daily mail the newspapers say that look because of the in large budget some of the spending years mr active put your answer to that well it is a large budget and we have to justify every penny and the way it is spent to the British Public we have to be clear that every pound of hard earned tax payers money that is spent. International development is actually delivering a hundred pants on the ground
The warning from the first minister. And a woman from shotton in flintshire goes on trial accused of murdering her baby son. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Senior officials from oxfam are in emergency talks today with the International Development secretary, to try to prevent government funding being cut, following the scandal involving some of its aid workers and prostitutes. Its claimed the charity failed to give the government full details of what happened, in the wake of the devastating earthquake in haiti in 2010. Oxfam denies theres been a cover up. Matt cole reports. In the worst imaginable circumstances, oxfam staff were meant to be in haiti to help. Its now clear son had a very different agenda. Amidst claims of sex parties and prostitutes, oxfam sacked four staff and allowed three others to quit including their country director who went on to secure work with another aid organisation. Oxfam denies it has covered up what happened but now it has emerged the
Sounds a bit like home yes, more of that income, a combination of heavy snow and strong winds overnight. We will also be looking further afield where gita, a cyclone, is currently hitting tonga. Thanks. Also coming up. Thats cool scientists release the first video of a giant iceberg thats broken off the Antarctic Ice shelf its four times the size of london and weighs i trillion tonnes. Well be talking to a member of the British Antarctic survey. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. As though dealing with a sex scandal on its own wasnt bad enough now oxfam is facing claims of a cover up claims it denies. Senior officials from the charity are in emergency talks with the International Development secretary, to try to prevent government funding being cut, following the scandal involving some of its aid workers and prostitutes. Its claimed the charity failed to give full details of what happened in the wake of the devastating earthquake in haiti in 2010. All this as many do