Hundreds of outlets are still closed because of a problem with its chicken supply. In the christie goes you reach the first corner. In the christie goes you reach the first corner. And more heartbreak for Elise Christie as hopes of winning a medal at the Winter Olympics are over. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the crisis at oxfam following allegations of Sexual Misconduct by some of its staff in haiti. The charity has revealed that thousands of people have stopped giving money in the past fortnight. Senior executives have been questioned by mps about the scandal and the head of oxfam gb Mark Goldring apologised wholeheartedly for remarks he made last week when he appeared to downplay what had happened. He also revealed that 26 more Sexual Misconduct allegations have been received by the charity as our correspondent matt cole reports. We should warn you there is flash photography from the top of matts report. If there was any doubt that the senior oxfam leaders were going to face a tough time, it was dispelled by the very first question. In your interview with the guardian published on saturday, you appear to be downplaying the scandal, using the parallel with the murder of babies in their cots, which many people regarded as grossly inappropriate, can i give you the opportunity to apologise . Certainly, chairman, i do apologise. Over and over, perhaps a dozen times in the hearing, the apologies kept coming. Please allow me to begin by saying how sorry i am about what has happened. On behalf of the council of oxfam, we are ashamed of what has happened in haiti. In 2011, oxfam sacked three staff and allowed four others to quit their roles in haiti, so why was it not reported to the authorities . Oxfam leaders made a report that there was no existing press interest, it was not public, that serious misconduct had happened, they did not describe that in explicit terms, they did not describe the Sexual Misconduct and the use of prostitutes. We know now that was not enough. Later came a tough question, why was one of the sacked men later rehired by oxfam . These men were predators. I quite agree, i am not excusing it. That is why we have now set up a database of accredited referees of oxfam. When was that started . When did you start that . Only because you were found out. Oxfam now promises transparency, which brought an admission that new claims have come to light. Across oxfam great britain, we have had about 26 stories, reports, come to us, which were either new reports come out as a result of the stories, or earlier stories where people said, i did not necessarily report this at the time. The committee announced it will now investigate the whole sector amidst concerns oxfam is not the only charity affected by abuse. It feels a little bit like a potential ratners moment for you, but isnt the truth that this is a cross sector issue and if it had not been oxfam, it could have been a different organisation . If any good can come out of the horror of both haiti and the last couple of weeks, it is a more intensive commitment across the whole sector. Oxfam says it now has better safeguarding measures in place, but this was a bruising encounter, and will by no means have completed the organisations difficult task of restoring its reputation. There has been a statement on this in the past couple of minutes by the International Development secretary. Responding to these to the kind of evidence we heard in the parliamentary session earlier today. Let us listen for a moment to what the secretary of state had to say. An organisation failing to report evidence of wrongdoing which cars it undermines trust and sends a message that Sexual Exploitation and abuse is tolerated. We cannot prevent Sexual Exploitation and abuse if we do not demonstrate zero tolerance. We must be able to trust organisations not only to do all they can to prevent harm but the report and follow up incidents of wrongdoing when the cards. In this duty oxfam failed, under the watch of Barbara Stocking and penny lawrence. They did not provide full information to the Charity Commission and their donors. They did not provide any report the prosecuting authorities. In my view they misled quite possibly distler brett lee. Even as the investigation could not rule out the allegation that some of the women involved were actually children. Quite possibly deliberately misled. They did not report this to the police in haiti. I believe their motivation appears to be the protection of their organisations reputation, they put that before and those they were there to help and protect in a com plete there to help and protect in a complete betrayal of trust. Betrayal also of the british people and all those oxfam staff and volunteers who do hit those oxfam staff and volunteers who do hit put the people serve first. I very strongly worded statement at the commons by Penny Mordaunt, the International Development secretary, pointing the finger firmly development secretary, pointing the fingerfirmly at development secretary, pointing the finger firmly at oxfam, penny stalking and Barbara Stocking and penny lawrence, having misled people in the aftermath of the reports of Sexual Misconduct, possibly deliberately. Let us go to westminster. The conservative mp Pauline Latham was one of those questioning the head of oxfam and other senior officials and is in our westminster studio. Are you surprised by the strength of the secretary of state language learner . Not surprise, i am very pleased. It is about time someone spoke out strongly against what has been going on. She said it over the last week and to be fair, priti patel before her tried but often people did not want to speak out as stridently but Penny Mordaunt is getting to grips with the problem 110w. Getting to grips with the problem now. Where does that leave the current leadership of oxfam . In my view, i would suggest that the leadership really are no longerfit for purpose and have not been for some time. We, as the committee, did not call for his head but i do not believe he should remain. He could believe he should remain. He could be staying there until they think they are sorted it out and someone else could take it on but he is not sorting it out. He could not give concrete exa m ples sorting it out. He could not give concrete examples of what they were going to do to get it right in oxfam. They have pudsey fitted around it, they said sorry lots of times which is great but it does not change things. You are failing to mr goldring . Yes, i am talking about the head of oxfam. What is your impression of the evidence, he apologised whole heartedly for giving the impression he was downplaying the seriousness of what happened . I was not convinced by his lots of story. It is welcome he should say sorry but i did not feel he had anything in place to make sure things would get battered better for oxfam and for the people who had been abused by members of his staff. Oxfam, the issue is the pro people who have been sexually exploited by members of oxfam so it is no good saying, he brought in a few prostitutes to give them money but actually these girls and women we re but actually these girls and women were victims. They were not really prostitutes, they were victims of the terrible situation following the earthquake, wanting aid and the thought that was only they could get it. That is the big question, as you point out, this is about helping people in distress. Are you concerned that when people stop giving money, as they have done, actually the people who will suffer are those people who need the help . They are the people who need their help the most so i would suggest if they do not feel confident in one organisation, they should send the help they want to send out to another organisation in which they have more confidence. I was interested to hear what the head of oxfa m interested to hear what the head of oxfam said when he said it has been terrible in 2011 with haiti and in the last two weeks. He did not mention what has happened in between. He is on the upset about it because they have been found out. Would you personally give money to oxfa m would you personally give money to oxfam now . No. What would it take for you to give money to oxfam ain . For you to give money to oxfam again . New leadership and i would have to be convinced they are doing the right thing by the women and girls they are supposed to be protecting. That is what we give money forfrom dfid protecting. That is what we give money for from dfid and that is what the British Public wants, they want the British Public wants, they want the women and children who are vulnerable to be looked after and to be able to trust people who supposedly go out to help them and at the moment i dont see any help being given in the right way. Oxfam has some wonderful work over the yea rs, has some wonderful work over the years, you concerned the oxfam name has been tarnished in an irreparable weight . I hope not irreparable but they are going to have to work hard to gain that reputation again. They have done fantastic work, they were the leading brand of aid but they have let everyone down, the people they were supposed to help the most, they were supposed to help the most, the British Public and the public in other countries because it was not just british people who were the perpetrators, this was around the world. Also they have let themselves down by not having the right safeguarding procedures in place. Penny is correct, they have to get themselves sorted out as well as the other agencies who are in this as well. If it is true, and oxfam seem to have misled regulators in the aftermath of allegations possibly deliberately, what could that lead to . Certainly the people who were misleading. It should not be misleading, it should be open and transparent. Now the crisis has happened, we need everyone to be transparent about what happened and when it happens. And by whom. You have welcomed the words of the secretary of state, what actions would you like to take . We need to have an International Register of people working in the edict agency who have been found guilty or have left organisations before anything came to light but before the investigation was completed and moved on to another charity. Aid agencies. So that they never get a job in International Development work or anywhere else where they deal with the vet vulnerable people. Also those people who have been allowed to leave under the cloud but no one has talked about it. There should be a second register in my view about that. It needs to be worldwide, people need to work with un agencies and to have this worldwide list of people that should not be employed when anyone vulnerable is in danger. Good to talk to you, thank you for coming in. A conservative member of the select committee which questioned the leadership of oxfam today. The United Nations has demanded an immediate end to the targeting of civilians in syria as Syrian Government forces intensify their bombardment of Eastern Ghouta, the enclave held by rebels near damascus. Activists say more than 100 people have been killed in the last 2a hours. The upsurge in violence is part of a wider escalation of the civil war as president Bashar Al Assad pushes to end the 7 year conflict. You may find some images in this report from tom burridge disturbing. Fear and chaos after an air strike and there is no warning when the next missile will hit. Explosions. Shouting. And this, the desperate scramble, the aftermath of trauma that the bombs bring. Children trapped in the nightmare that is Eastern Ghouta, activists who support the rebels say the bombardment is as intense as it has ever been. You can hear the shouting of women and children through their homes. The missiles and mortars dropping on us like rain. There is nowhere to hide from this nightmare. Surrounded by syrias army, Eastern Ghouta has been under siege for five years. Its the last rebel held enclave and president assad seems intent on taking it back. Many other images of children in this hospital are too distressing to show. The United Nations has demanded an end to the targeting of civilians. Something syria denies. Life goes on, in nearby damascus. Where the Syrian Government is firmly in control. This man says he just wants an end to the situation in any way possible. He says shelling day and night means people are too scared to send their children to school. But in Eastern Ghouta lives often hang in the balance. After declaring victory over the so called Islamic State the Syrian Regime with help from russia and iran, is focused on rebel forces. And the west, once an enthusiastic backer of some rebel groups, seems unwilling or unable to respond. Tom burridge, bbc news. The Un Special Envoy for syria Staffan De Mistura has warned that ghouta faces an even worse fate than aleppo. You remember that not long time ago we had a city called aleppo. Aleppo went through something very similar to what were seeing the moment. It was a sudden escalation, they were shelling from one side to another but very heavy shelling inside aleppo and in between the situation for the civilians, they were suffering. I fear were going to have, apart from the fact that aleppo had by far more history, but ghouta has got by far more people. We are looking in front of us at an increasing tragedy. Bottom line, if we have learned something from aleppo, time to actually avoid all this going on in this type of form of tit for tat in an increasingly incremental militarisation of the conflict in ghouta where civilians are suffering. We got that statement a short time ago. Bbc arabics Mahmoud Ali Hamad is here. Explain to viewers what is the nature of the intensification of this attack . It is clear the russians have made their mind up, they want to repeat this scenario they want to repeat this scenario they inflicted on aleppo one year ago which caused displacement of a lot of people. Most of them are still living in camps. With minimum access to food, hygiene and medical help. Now we have 400,000 people having the same thing. We knew it is the russians because they are providing the cover, assad himself does not have a regular army as such, he relies on militias, some are from lebanon, iraq and afghanistan. We can it is clear attention by the russians, especially by the russian Prime Minister comments, that what happened in aleppo is applicable and we are going to pursue them. This is not a threat like in the past when they wanted those army groups to go for negotiations. Now it seems the russians have made up their minds and the lack of the International Community and the silly award fatigue has allowed this to happen as fast as we are watching. Sir ian award fatigue. There has been a casualty every hour. It is quite a tragedy unfolding slowly in ghouta. We are looking at the disaster unfolding now and what will happen to those people. Imagine, those people are not willing to hand themselves over to the Syrian Government because there is not such a thing. Each part has its own chain of command so even if they go out, they do not know whose hands they will end up in and that is part of the human tragedy thats ghouta is experiencing right now. This is totally devastating, injured children being carried into cars and va ns children being carried into cars and vans which have been badly damaged. As we look at these images, can i ask you about notjust as we look at these images, can i ask you about not just the as we look at these images, can i ask you about notjust the military strategy but the political aims, assads is clear but for the russians . At the end of this, what will they get . Pilot in the region. If it was not for the russians, even the iranians, three years into the water cannot see that. Power in the region. It was only their brute force of the russians which they have applied in their own civil wars. For the russians, they know this is a puppet they can rely on. Thank you very much for explaining a little of the conflict. This is bbc news at five the headlines the brexit secretary david davis has told Business Leaders in vienna that the uk doesnt want to undermine its neighbours after it leaves the eu. The brexit secretary david davis has sought to allay fears among eu Member States that britain will focus on deregulation after it leaves the eu. Delivering a speech to Business Leaders in austria he rejected claims that brexit would lead to an anglo saxon race to the bottom. He also insisted britain did not want to undermine europe and repeated his belief that the right brexit deal could be achieved. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Is this really some peoples vision of life outside the eu, a world deregulated to the point of lawlessness, vehicles that almost certainly would not meet eu emissions and Safety Standards the spectre was raised by david davis, but then he went to reassure Business Leaders that this meant nothing to him, in a speech in vienna. We will continue the track record of meeting high standards after we leave the european union. Now, i know that for one reason or another, there are some people who sought to question if these are really our intentions, they fear that brexit could lead to an anglo saxon race