Its being hailed as a historic agreement, that could see global governments make billions more in tax revenue. The deal made by the G7 Group of leading economies could shake up the Tax System for multinational companies, like big tech giants. It could include a global minimum corporate Tax Rate of 15 to avoid countries undercutting each other. Tech companies google and facebook have welcomed the move. Our Economics Editor Faisal Islam reports. Multinational companies, especially the big tech giants, have become more powerful than some governments, especially in their ability to pay minimal tax bills. Today, the Finance Ministers of the seven leading economies, the g7, hit back with an historic deal brokered by the chancellor rishi sunak. Im delighted to announce that today after years of discussion, G7 Finance ministers have reached a historic agreement to reform the global Tax System, to make It Fit for the global digital age but crucially to make sure it is fair, so that the right co
as tensions in ukraine continue, we have a special report from the eastern region that for years has suffered loss of life on the front line with russia. emergency workers in morocco are hopeful of reaching a 5 year old boy who s been trapped for four days in a deep well. and two years after the global tv hit game of thrones aired its final episode we ll tell you where you can visit a new £40 million attraction housing sets, costumes and props from the epic drama. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. china and russia have announced a new partnership, hailed by president putin as an unprecedented pact of cooperation. china says it ll back russia s foreign policy aims, and says it supports russian demand that nato halt its expansion. xijinping and vladimir putin held talks hours before the official opening of the winter olympics in beijing, with the low key ceremony held amid concerns about covid and a diplomatic boycott over human rights abuses. fro
a reminder of the past, and a promise for the future. tim allman, bbc news. in northern morocco, efforts are continuing to rescue a five year old boy who fell into a well. rayan has been stuck in a 32 meter deep water well since tuesday. aru na iyengar reports. bulldozers work flat out in tamrout, in the northern tourist province of chefchaouen. they re racing to dig a hole alongside a shaft of a 32 metre well. waiting at the bottom is five year old rayan. he fell in on tuesday evening. he was playing whilst his father was repairing the well. translation: the closer we get, the hole gets more narrow, - and hard to pass through, which makes it very hard to save the child through volunteers. this is why we had to come up with another technique, which is digging. rescuers have been able to send oxygen and water to rayan through pipes. it s a tricky, painstaking manoeuvre. it s a long way down, and the diameter of the well is less than 45 centimetres. rayan s plight has touched t
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