Olympics in pyeonchang. Finishing 7th place in the mens skiathlon the best performance by a briton in an olympic Cross Country event. Meanwhile in the arena north korean cheerleaders mesmerise the crowds with incredible synchronisation. In halfan in half an hour, Rebecca Jones meets Award Winning irish author roddy doyle. They will be talking books. A good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. 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 oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. The chair of trustees at the charity says oxfam prides itself on being a Transparent Organisation working hard to improve the lives of the poor and has apologised unreservedly, saying i share the anger and shame that
Click looks ahead into the future of passenger travel. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. A good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. 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 oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. The chair of trustees at the charity says oxfam prides itself on being a Transparent Organisation working hard to improve the lives of the poor and has apologised unreservedly, saying i share the anger and shame that behaviour like that highlighted in haiti in 2011 happened in our organisation. It is clear that such behaviour is completely outside our values and should never be tolerated. Angus crawford has this report. First haiti, now chad, one of the poorest countr
Mesmerise the crowds with incredible synchronisation. And in half an hour politics europe asks whether the uk will get the trade they want from europe post brexit. 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 oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010. The chair of trustees at the charity says 0xfam prides itself on being a Transparent Organisation working hard to improve the lives of the poor and has apologised unreservedly saying i share the anger and shame that behaviour like that highlighted in haiti in 2011 happened in our organisation. It is clear that such behaviour is completely outside our values and should never be tolerated. Angus crawford has this report. First ha
Said it wont be done in a matter of weeks which probably left a bad taste in his mouth because he didnt want the mission at all. Before leaving for his twoweek vacation here, mr. Obama called the leaders of the uk, germany and france about joining the humantarian effort and in a brief a session on the south lawn he, they said he should have left troops in iraq. He said it would have undermined nel residual force he might have left. If they had done all those things and we had had troops there, the country wouldnt be Holding Together either. The only difference would be wed have a bunch of troops on the ground that would be vulnerable. And however many troops we had, we would have to now be reinforcing, id have to be protecting them and wed have a much bigger job. The president said his focus now is protecting the u. S. Consulate in erbil and creating a corridor to get the refugees off sinjar mountain. Wendell, i understand, yet there are republican critics saying that the president bea
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