In global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Today were asking as the uk celebrates 250 years since the first circus opened near waterloo in london, are circuses still relevant and entertaining, or outdated and outmoded. Would you still go and see one . Tell us what you think, just use bbcthebriefing. Momentous changes appear to be taking place in south africa. Its being reported that the ruling anc party has formally requested president jacob zuma to step down. It follows marathon talks by Senior Party Officials that continued into the early hours of the morning. If mr zuma old still doesnt go, hell face a vote of confidence in parliament that hes expected to lose. Jon ironmonger has the latest. Cyril ramaphosa left a 13 hour meeting of the partys executive committee under the weight of a momentous decision to re m ove president jacob zuma as the head of state. Earlier on monday night, the anc leader visited the president in person, telling him to step
Indicating weather heavy snow is likely to be falling. That will cause some problems out and about as we look at the rush hour for tuesday. The snow coming down very heavily. With 5 10 centimetres of snow expected over higher parts of scotland, down further south if you centimetres could cause problems on the roads. Similarfor parts of Northern Ireland and the cumbrian fells. Further south, a bit more of a mixture. Youre more likely to see a mixture. Youre more likely to see a spell of link rain across southern counties of england. The rain grinds toa counties of england. The rain grinds to a halt late in the afternoon. Cold and dank in the east of england. Elsewhere some sunshine but feeling cold. As that front clears out of the way, clearing skies could allow a frost and risk of icy stretches. Further west on wednesday weve got the same kind of scenario. Strong winds followed by another weather front. The snow mainly targeting the high ground of Northern England and scotland. The rai
Attack on a beach. And scientists rush to antartica to catch a glimpse of a giant iceberg before it melts. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The deputy chief executive of oxfam has resigned following allegations the charity tried to cover up the full details of a sex scandal in haiti involving its aid workers. Senior figures in the organisation have been meeting the International Development secretary, offering assurances over the future handling of Sexual Misconduct allegations. The charity has been asked to produce all its evidence relating to what happened during the humanitarian relief effort after the haitian earthquake in 2010. Our special correspondent lucy manning has the details. Haitis red light district. Prostitution is illegal here, but that didnt stop some of oxfams staff. The charity now admitting it knew knew about concerns about its team and prostitutes, not just in haiti, but also in chad and that nothing was done. Widza bryant worked in Human Resources in haiti fo
Of a delegation attending the Opening Ceremony. The visit by kim yojong marks the first time a member of the kim dynasty has visited the south since the korean war. Its been on display at the National History museum is as 1905, but now dippy b dipperjokers is starting a three year of the uk. Dippy dippy b dipperjokers is starting a three year of the uk. Dippy the dipperjokers. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Two british extremists, believed to be members of one of the so called Islamic State groups most notorious cells, have been captured by Syrian Kurdish fighters in syria according to us officials. They are accused of being part of a unit which executed 27 western hostages and tortured many more. Andy moore reports. Alexanda kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh the two britons captured by Kurdish Forces last month and questioned by the americans. Together with aine davis and mohammed emwazi, they formed the kidnap gang that became known as the beatles, because they were usually m
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