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their in information about invents their in that baptist church. now, it is time to big up with the weather prospects. thank you. yes. it is turning very cold out there now under clear skies, away from the far west. and as a away from the far west. and as a away from the far west because we have a weather system moving into northern ireland and into western parts of scotland, bringing in more cloud. you can see where this blue hue is. that is generally across much of scotland and eastern england. the temperatures he will dip to freezing. larger urban towns and cities will get down as far as even — six. cycle such a monday morning. but wright was some sunshine. this can and fold. —— mist and fog. this rain will move in to parts of north was in britain. it remains cold in eastern areas under the sunny skies.
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monday night, or that cloud, wind and rain slowly moves this was, bringing milder rare and cloud further ease. so it will be a much milder night tomorrow night we will see tonight. so they rain will tap up see tonight. so they rain will tap up to bea see tonight. so they rain will tap up to be a bit heavy. going into tuesday, the will continue and cold conditions will move in across the west. —— so the rain will pep up to bea west. —— so the rain will pep up to be a bit heavy. hello. this is bbc news with julian worricker. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment — first the headlines at 10:30: at least 20 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a baptist church in texas. a huge new leak of financial documents — known as the paradise papers — has revealed how the powerful and wealthy secretly invest vast amounts of money in offshore tax havens.
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the bbc panorama programme has discovered that millions of pounds of the queen's private money is invested in offshore funds based in the cayman islands and bermuda by her private estate, the duchy of lancaster. cabinet minister damian green describes claims that police found pornography on his computer in 2008 as "political smears". it has an impressive cast but is kenneth ‘s remake of an agatha christie classic is a success? will find out in film review. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ruth lea, arbuthnot banking group economic adviser. and ben chu, economics editor at the independent. welcome to both of you.
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the telegraph has a warning from the home secretary, that there could be a "clearing out" of mps and ministers over the westminster sexual harassment scandal. the metro reports on the mass shooting in texas in which at least 20 people are reported to have been killed. 25 people are reported to have been killed. it also pictures the queen, amid the paradise papers leak into offshore funds. the guardian also reports on the paradise papers, which it calls the world's second biggest data leak. that story also makes the front page of the times. the paper also carries a story about gp consultations via smartphones. the mirror also pictures the queen and reports on strictly‘s shock exit as singer aston merrygold became the latest contestant to dance off of the show. and the express reports on icy weather conditions set to hit the uk with the country set to suffer polar winds and snow. take us to the guardian and the
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paradise papers. the latest big tranche of information about people using tax havens. the big picture story is the queen who indirectly has about 10 million invested in these tax havens. it is important to put this in a bit of context. she has about 500 million in assets managed by duchy of lancaster, her personal wealth. about 2% is in these private equity tax havens. it is not surprising. very often private equity —based offshore. if you are looking at a comparatively wealthy person to the queen comedy
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would expect this kind of allocation. this does not say that duchy of lancaster is right to have done it but the fact is, for a portfolio that size it is not unusual. the issue is, should they have been more cognisant about how this would have looked. duchy of lancaster will have questions to answer. again, as i stress, we should get it in a bit of context.” sense agreement from you.” should get it in a bit of context.” sense agreement from you. i do. it is not the queen, it is the duchy of lancaster who invests. they may have been more cognisant about the pr issue. but what is interesting about this story, these paradise papers,
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we have been here before. the panama papers last year which picked up on david cameron's father. and it brings the whole morality of tax haven. zero tax, highly secret. in themselves, they are not necessarily doing anything illegal. this is about tax avoidance, the use the jargon term. but there is always the implication of something shady about this tax havens. monaco, a shiny place for shady people. the question is, who to be the first mover about doing something like this. i suspect it will not be the british overseas territories because there is too much to lose. that is the problem.
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u nless much to lose. that is the problem. unless everybody moves, there is a lwa ys unless everybody moves, there is always somewhere to put your money. that's right but we should not use that as an excuse not to act. 0ne that's right but we should not use that as an excuse not to act. one of the problems with the story, we have these leaks. the problems with the story, we have these lea ks. it the problems with the story, we have these leaks. it is almost groundhog day. what is the next stage? what policies do we need to see adopted? we came... behind the scenes there was some decent work they came out after the panama papers. we need transparency about the ownership of trusts. fans are often offshore so it is not necessarily a huge issue. bet with me for a moment i need to ta ke bet with me for a moment i need to take us to texas. this is the press conference after the shooting. we mourn their loss but we support
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theirfamily mourn their loss but we support their family members. we appreciate their family members. we appreciate the first responders and what they have done to help respond to this challenge. they are continuing in their efforts as they put all the pieces of a very complex puzzle together, to try to provide the community all the answers they need and deserve. unfortunately, iam community all the answers they need and deserve. unfortunately, i am sad to tell you, to confirm at least at this moment in time, there are 26 lives that have been lost. we do not know if that number will rise or not but we know it is too many. this will be long suffering morning for those in pain. we ask god's comfort, for god's guidance and for god's
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healing, for all those who are suffering. as governor, i ask for every mum and dad, at home tonight, that you put your arm around your kid, you give your kid a big hug and let them know how much you love them, knowing that support each other. tell your friend and your neighbour that you support them and that you will work with them. i am very proud of the way that we have so very proud of the way that we have so many people working together to respond to this. already, talking to the emergency team in texas, it has been reported that the emergency medical task force from san antonio was deployed to help respond to the magnitude of this tragedy. san antonio area hospitals and trauma
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centres have called a naked with regards to patient movement and patient care. the red cross has set up patient care. the red cross has set upfamily patient care. the red cross has set up family assistance centres to help all families affected by this. one thing that is very important for everybody is affected by this, whether you are a family member 0ra non— family and member is that you reach out to counselling research is made readily available in abundance. now, we have so many people who have helped respond and co—ordinate already. i express my gratitude to the president, who called from overseas. my gratitude to senators who i have spoken to as well as members of the texas legislature. when you look at the robust response
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from just the immediate area, i want to express my gratitude to the share of wilson county, the district attorney from this area. and to dps regional director. each of those three will be speaking shortly. to the man of stockdale, to the department of homeland security, to the atf and the fbi, the sheriff office, the various county office and police departments. and i have no doubt that there are other law enforcement and agencies that have responded to this. no we appreciate the profound way in which everybody
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has come together. ijust turned things over to sheriffjoe tackit in whose jurisdiction the crime occurred and in whose jurisdiction we are here now. thank you governor. thank you for your kind words. we all in here know what happened today and it is something we all say does not happen in small communities but we found out today it does. we need your support. media, do not blow it out that it should never have happened because it does happen and we are sincerely feel sorry for all the people involved. we do not know names of any of the victims at this time because we are still working
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the crime scene. as we get names, we will be family members and let them know what we have. at this time we have no names of the victims. thank you. the district or tony, audrey lewis. thank you al, we may you have lots of questions but understand that these, our number one priority and golf is to be victims and their families. we want you to respect that as well. we want to notify families before the media and get notified. it is critical that if we have bad news to bear they need to hear it before it is announced in the media. we have lots of law enforcement working well together both federal and local state agencies and we highly commend the professionalism that is occurring. it was we need to make sure the
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crime scene is handled properly, it takes time and, unfortunately, that leaves a lot of victims families wanting ans is which we do not have at the moment. we will provide that information as soon as we can say they have the information they need. we appreciate the work of all law enforcement. we do not feel the reason it continuing threat and i think the media has done a pretty good job to make sure that has been pronounced to the public. we are working diligently both to inform the family and preserve the crime scene so the family and preserve the crime scene so it can be investigated properly. the dps regional director is next. everybody here wants facts and information. but if you want to know
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