Offshore trust that he secretly control . Does that mean you could avoid millions of tax through that trust . Why dont you just talk to me . It would be great to hear your view. Over the next half an hour, this bbc news special programme will report on the first revelations of the Paradise Papers and the issues they raise about the secretive world of offshore finance and tax avoidance. Hello and welcome to this bbc news special programme. And the breaking news is that in the last few moments, the first results have been released following an investigation of one of the biggest ever leaks of offshore secrets, 13 million documents, mostly from an offshore law firm called appleby; they are known as the Paradise Papers and they reveal the tax affairs of rich and powerful people around the world. Theyve been obtained by the german newspaper su Deutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium of investigativejournalists including in the uk, the guardian and the bbcs Panorama Pro
Do you have tens of millions in an offshore trust that you secretly control . Does that mean you can avoid millions in tax through that trust . Why dont you talk to me, it would be great to hear your view . Over the next half an hour, this bbc news special programme will report on the first revelations of the Paradise Papers and the issues they raise about the secretive world of offshore finance and tax avoidance. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Reporting on one of the biggest ever leaks of offshore secrets, 13 million documents, mostly from an offshore law firm called appleby; they are known as the Paradise Papers and they reveal the tax affairs of rich and powerful people around the world. Theyve been obtained by the german newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium of investigativejournalists including in the uk, the guardian and the bbcs Panorama Programme. They show how the duchy of lancaster, which is the queens private estate, invested aroun
Files, we can see exactly where some of that money was going. They reveal millions of pounds of secret offshore investments. Its £10 million in tax havens perfectly legal, and no suggestion that the duchyis legal, and no suggestion that the duchy is avoiding tax. But should the monarchs tax really be offshore, a place of lax regulation, low tax and secrecy . If the money has been invested in a tax haven, i would have thought it would be extremely embarrassing for the queen and the royal family. Extremely embarrassing for the queen and the royalfamily. We extremely embarrassing for the queen and the royal family. We expect Higher Standards of the queen in terms of where the investments are located. Half of the 10 million was invested in the Cayman Islands come ata invested in the Cayman Islands come at a tax haven where the queen is head of state. Now, we cant see where all the money went, but the documents show the duchy invested in medical and technology companies, and two british hi
Claims that pornography was found on a computer in his Commons Office nearly a decade ago. Government chief whip chris pincher has referred himself to the police, over claims in a sunday newspaper of behaving inappropriately. Multiple casualties are reported following a shooting at a Baptist Church in texas. Catalonias sacked leader and four former ministers turn themselves in to Belgian Police a judge must decide whether to execute european arrest warrants issued by spain. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Before we bring you news of the financial documents, lets turn our attention to events in texas, bringing you up to date on reports ofa bringing you up to date on reports of a shooting taking place at a Baptist Church. Details of the shooting are sketchy but police say that several people have been shot bya gunman that several people have been shot by a gunman in a church in the town of Sutherland Springs and in the last few moments, more details, as we show you live pictures of the sc
To world news today. We start with the breaking news, that police in texas are saying that 27 people have been shot dead in a church in the town of Sutherland Springs. These are live pictures at the scene. Sutherland springs is a small rural town about 50 kilometres south east of the city of san antonio. This is the church where the shooting happened around midday local time. Police emerging from the building. A heavy Police Presence over the last hour. It looks slightly less so but we understand eyewitnesses say that about 20 shots we re eyewitnesses say that about 20 shots were fired in quick succession during the Morning Service at the First Baptist church in Sutherland Springs. Us media say that the gunman walked in and began shooting. The local sheriffs officers say that the gunman had been taken down by the gunman had been taken down by the police. Its being reported by local officials that 27 people have been killed and 25 injured but that hasnt been confirmed yet. There is stil