a very warm welcome to bbc news. i am mark lobel. our top stories. the secret wealth of dozens of world leaders from the king ofjordan to the president of russia exposed in one of the biggest ever leaks of financial documents dubbed the pandora papers. bbc panorama in a year—long investigation involving more than 650 journalists with access to 12 million documents, sparking allegations of corruption, money—laundering and global tax avoidance. us says it is very concerned about the rising tensions between and taiwan, with chinese militaryjets flying into taiwan's defence zone over the last three days.

the investigation into the abuse in french catholic church have revealed that thousands of paedophiles have been working as priests over the past 70 years. and these are like pictures from la palma on spain �*s canary islands were volcanic activity is intensifying. hello to you. we begin with a massive legal financial documents which is exposed the secret wealth of business dealings of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. around 35 current and former leaders in more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies. they have been dubbed pandora papers. the files include revelations about the financial dealings of the king ofjordan, the former

british prime minister tony blair, the russian president vladimir putin and the czech prime minister. the examination of the files has been organised by the international consortium investigative journalists. in the uk, the investigation has been led by bbc tamarama and the guardian. richard bilton reports. it is one of the world's most glamorous addresses. this is david beckham's place on the right. home to the stars. that is simon cowell�*s place right there. but even the guides don't know who owns one imposing villa on malibu's cliffs. who lives here on this house on the left, just here now? who lives here? i have no idea. extremely impressive. the secret owner has bought the properties on either side too. we know his identity because of a huge leak of offhsore documents.

they were obtained by the international consortium of investigativejournalists and shared with more than 600 reporters, including the guardian in the uk. the documents showed the malibu property was held through a company called nabisco holdings, but the real owner is abdullah al—hussein, the king ofjordan. king abdullah's country is not rich. jordan is getting over five years £650 million of uk aid. but we found the king owned properties in washington and london as well, 15 in total — he spent £70 million. it's just very, very difficult for the average jordanian to achieve sort of home and family and a good job. to have it really thrown injordanians�* faces that he has just been funnelling money abroad all this time — that would look really bad.

the king ofjordan�*s lawyers said there is nothing improper about his ownership of properties and the source of funds is personal wealth, which he also uses to fund projects forjordan�*s citizens. closer to home, the files show a property deal involving a former uk prime minister — this is not about hiding wealth offshore, but tony blair did benefit from a loophole. 0ffshore trusts get tax relief while homeowners pay vat on insurance premiums. we will create a tax system that is fair, which is related to ability to pay. on his way to power, tony blair promised tax reform but he and his wife saved money when they bought this place in central london in 2017 — it cost them £6.5 million. stamp duty on a property like this would be more than £300,000, that is what you or i would pay if we bought this property

direct from someone else, but the blairs did not pay it. that is because the property was owned by an offshore company, and the blairs bought that company rather than the property itself, no rules were broken, no stamp duty to pay. that does not look great and so, even if what the blairs did was perfectly legal and legitimate in the business world, it feels instinctively really unfair because they got access to an advantage that the rest of us don't have. cherie blair told the bbc they did not request to structure the transaction this way and that after purchase they had brought the property under uk tax and regulatory rules. a spokesman added the couple will be liable for capital gains tax on resale. richard bilton, bbc news.

here are some of the other revelations in the pandora papers. investigation found azerbaijan's resident and his associate are secretly involved in 17 property deals in the uk worth more than $541 million. the files also found the president of cyprus�*s and legal firm appeared to have provided they owners for a rich russian client although this is strongly disputed. documents also show the czech prime minister was facing an election next week failed to declare an offshore investment company used to purchase two villas for $60 million in the south of france. andrej babis has responded to the pandora papers allegations on social media. he said on twitter he had never done anything illegal or wrong, calling the claim is an effort to try to denigrate him and influence the czech parliamentary elections. for more on the background to the pandora papers leak, here is the investigative journalist

fergus shiel. 600 journalists have been working on it to try make sense and what it shows is the offshore world to prepare inequality. what it shows is that the offshore world continues to propel inequality, continues to shield the powerful and the criminal and it shows that despite government efforts to rein it in it grows and it grows. there are more than 300 politicians and high—level officials from 91 countries. more than 100 billionaires and there are a rich a rich and colourful cast of celebrities, football players and also people that we know are either fugitives accused

accused criminals or convicted criminals including murderers, fraudsters, not minor fraudsters, globalfraudsters. there are vat scammers, card scammers, you name it, they are in there. and you can read more about today's expose on the bbc news app today's expose on the bbc news app on the bbc website and over the coming days we will also be bringing in more revelations from the pandora papers including the financial dealings of three major donors to the uk governing conservative party. now to another issue of global alarm. the united states it is very concerned about provocative military action by china near taiwan following flights by chinese military jets into time in his defence zones over the past three days, raising tensions between the island and beijing. 0ne king watcher of these events is ian bremer, the president of the risk consultancy erasure group,

he's in new york. thank you for joining us on bbc news. it might start with the significance of this, how provocative do you think this is meant to be? it’s provocative do you think this is meant to be?— provocative do you think this is meant to be? it's meant to net is meant to be? it's meant to get headlines, _ is meant to be? it's meant to get headlines, it's _ is meant to be? it's meant to get headlines, it's meant - is meant to be? it's meant to get headlines, it's meant to l get headlines, it's meant to have us talk about it, and we are, but let's be clear that while the number of incursions into this air defence identification zone is unprecedented in the last three days, 93 separate incursions, it is also something that happens all the time, it is not an incursion into taiwanese airspace and both the americans and the chinese well know the redlines on taiwan that could lead to real confrontation and neither at this point have come close to actually breaching. if it's unprecedented, i guess it is a bold move. no—one want to ask about the timing. china because it sees taiwan as a breakaway province. you think that longer this goes on, possibly they are moving hearts and minds to taiwan and also it

shows the chinese more confident about its military endeavours now?— confident about its military endeavours now? china certainly is more confident _ endeavours now? china certainly is more confident about - is more confident about standing upfor is more confident about standing up for their principles and want the americans to treat them with respect. i think that's not happening. 0f respect. i think that's not happening. of course the americans are doing a lot more in asia through a national security lens. we know about a recent summit that the quad happen, the united states, japan, australia and india at the head of state level, the white house, the chinese government told all of those governments don't you dare have that meeting. they did anyway. aukus, of course, the us submarine deal that upset french, and the chinese a lot more. both sides are doing things that are unprecedented in its backyard but still the status quo on taiwan is the most significant and deepest piece of policy between these countries that don't trust each

other, that have existed for decades now, i do want to be clear that we are not actually close to a real crisis on taiwan, even though both sides want to give attention to it. the economy has recently turned to a shockingly possible. but the us role in afghanistan, some said it let the afghans in the lodge recently, their support for rocksolid down presumably from the recent actions, you would would agree with that? i actions, you would would agree with that? ., actions, you would would agree with that?— with that? i would agree with that. ithink— with that? i would agree with that. i think afghanistan - with that? i would agree with that. i think afghanistan is i that. i think afghanistan is much more akin to us behaviour in places like ukraine or syria orformer in places like ukraine or syria or former soviet georgia, places the americans had some commitment to but didn't really care about from a national security perspective. it is very clear from all of the actions taken by both the trump and biden administrations that taiwan is very different and, believe me, senior leaders and beijing understand the difference.—

beijing understand the difference. . �* ., difference. ian bremer, thanks so much for— difference. ian bremer, thanks so much for talking _ difference. ian bremer, thanks so much for talking to - difference. ian bremer, thanks so much for talking to us. - let's get some of the days of the news now. north korea said it would restore severed into korean hotline starting on monday. state media casey reported the hot lines in order early august in protest ofjoint south korean us military exercises. just days after reopening them for the first time a year. japan's parliament is holding an extraordinary session later in which kushida is expected to be that confirmed the new promised. he won the election last week and is widely seen as an establishment candidate. he replaces outgoing prime minister suga but must call a general election before the end of november. a week after germany's inconclusive general election, outgoing chancellor angela merkel has urged politicians to resolve their differences and said while political leaders had diverging views, above all, they still had things in common

but listened to each other in the conservative cdu party narrowly trailed the centre—left sdp, both hoping to each of in a coalition with the smaller greens and free democrats. negotiations are likely to take weeks, giving angela merkel the caretaker position in the meantime. let's turn to afghanistan now. reports from kabul say taliban fighters have launched attacks on suspected islamic state militant hideouts hours after a blast at a mosque killed eight people. some residents said they heard an explosion followed by heavy gunfire. 0urseh gunfire. 0ur self acer editor has the leashes latest on the blast. so far, with this blast outside a mosque, and couple. one of the bi est mosque, and couple. one of the biggest in _ mosque, and couple. one of the biggest in the — mosque, and couple. one of the biggest in the eastern _ mosque, and couple. one of the biggest in the eastern part - mosque, and couple. one of the biggest in the eastern part of. biggest in the eastern part of the city. a day earlier, the taliban had announced it would be a memorial service for the late mother of the taliban spokesperson and the deputy

ministerfor spokesperson and the deputy minister for information and what is striking is that it came only yesterday, for information that announcement, and today there was a bomb attack on this gathering in which many taliban members would have been there. and several people have been injured in the casualties are likely to rise according to taliban officials. this is happening almost six weeks after the taliban seized power in one of the biggest points they were arguing was that they would bring a law and order situation under control and they said they would bring down the number of crimes. but there have been attacks on taliban fighters in the eastern part of afghanistan but this is the first major attack and also a reminder of the taliban of challenges they face and also the risks that the armed groups can cause to taliban rule as there. stay with us and bbc news,

still to come: tributes to one affrontsmost recognisable figures, the football thinker and politician bernard tapie has died at the age of 78. this was a celebration by people who were relishing in theirfreedom. they believe everything's going to be different from now on. they think the country will be respected in the world once more as it used to be before slobodan milosevic took power. the dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet has won this year's nobel peace prize. as the parade was reaching its climax, two grenades exploded and a group of soldiersjumped from a military truck taking part in the parade and ran towards the president, firing kalashnikov automatic rifles. after 437 years, the skeleton ribs of henry viii's _ tragic warship emerged. but even as divers work - to buoy her up, the mary rose went through another. heart—stopping drama.

i want to be the people's governor. i want to represent everybody. i believe in the people of california. the latest headlines. the secret wealth and business dealings of hundreds of world leaders, politicians and billionaires has been exposed in one of the biggest leaks of financial documents dubbed the pandora papers. the united states as it is very concerned about the rising tensions between china and taiwan with chinese militaryjets flying into taiwan's air defence zone over the last three days. in france, an independent commission investigating sexual abuse within the roman catholic church is found that thousands

of paedophiles had been working as priests over the last 70 years. final report will be released on tuesday and one victim said it would have the effect of a bomb. the enquiry was set up in 2018 either church in response to a number of scandals. we're joined church in response to a number of scandals. we'rejoined now by matt carroll, professor of journalism at northeastern university. when he worked at the globe in 2002 he help to expose the files in the church there, a story made into an academy award—winning film called spotlight. thank you for joining us. how are you? these were crimes going back to the 1950s of powerful paedophiles often protected by their communities and investigators had to go through the grim task of interviewing undoubtedly very brave victims. from your experience, how difficult is it to carry out an investigation into these types of claims? it is hard. the biggest problem, a tough problem is talking to the victims themselves who have

gone through such a traumatic experience and you have to be so sensitive in dealing with them. forsome so sensitive in dealing with them. for some of them it is just brutal to talk about and others are ok but you must realise that for some of them their lives have been destroyed, others managed to carry on to some extent but it has obviously been a hugely traumatic experience for all victims. �* ., ., , , victims. and for many people. does the _ victims. and for many people. does the scale _ victims. and for many people. does the scale of _ victims. and for many people. does the scale of this - victims. and for many people. does the scale of this abuse, | does the scale of this abuse, thousands of paedophiles in the french catholic church surprise you? i french catholic church surprise ou? , . ., ._ french catholic church surprise ou? , ., you? i wish i could say i am surprised — you? i wish i could say i am surprised with _ you? i wish i could say i am surprised with since - you? i wish i could say i am surprised with since our - you? i wish i could say i am i surprised with since our story came out in 2000 and do there has been a constant stream of revelations every year and i wish i could say that everything that came out 20 or hundred and 20 years ago and the problem was gone but i am not shocked. it is a scandal thatjust keeps breaking. that just keeps breaking. indeed thatjust keeps breaking. indeed and particularly on your patch. we will find out more details on tuesday about this but we understand there are 22

cases were criminal action would still be launched. do you have faith in the justice system to catch up for lost time? it system to catch up for lost time? , , ., ., system to catch up for lost time? , ., ., ~' ., time? it is so hard and i know in the united _ time? it is so hard and i know in the united states _ time? it is so hard and i know in the united states the - in the united states the statute of limitations has run out on so many cases. it is rare that they are able to prosecute. normally these are young children who are abused and some of them do not come to realise that they were abused until much later. i was reading a story on your own site there about nuns were abused and one of the women was 40 years old before she realised it was abuse. by that point the statute of limitations has already expired really hard, memories of something that happened 20 or 30 years ago, some people have died, those are difficult cases to prosecute.— are difficult cases to rosecute. ,, ., , �* prosecute. sexual abuse wasn't criminalised. _ prosecute. sexual abuse wasn't criminalised. pope _ prosecute. sexual abuse wasn't criminalised. pope francis - prosecute. sexual abuse wasn't criminalised. pope francis has. criminalised. pope francis has change that now. do you think more needs to be done to create a safer environment from everything you have seen or is that enough?— everything you have seen or is that enough? the more they can do the better—

that enough? the more they can do the better off _ that enough? the more they can do the better off everyone - that enough? the more they can do the better off everyone will . do the better off everyone will be and i hope the church keeps pushing to make changes. it has been a long long and tough road and itjust seems like it has been so difficult to get people in rome to really focus on this is a huge worldwide problem and i don't know, i am not there and not recording this anymore but itjust and not recording this anymore but it just seems and not recording this anymore but itjust seems like they are not yet painful attention to this. . ., not yet painful attention to this. ., ~ , ., not yet painful attention to this. . ~' ~ this. thank you. we will get the full revelations - this. thank you. we will get l the full revelations published on tuesday. thank you for sharing your thoughts. the spanish prime minister says the government will provide $230 million in reconstruction aid to la palma because of the ongoing volcanic explosion there. a new earthquakes have been recorded and earthquake activity remains intense. it is now thought that those eruptions could continue for another two months. danjohnson another two months. dan johnson is another two months. danjohnson is in la palma with this

update. the how can life return to a landscape disfigured like this? the lava still churning up this hillside and burning through more of these homes. so at its source, i asked the main volcano expert here how long it will take to recover? the lava flows will keep the heat inside for years. it is going to depend on the thickness of the lava flow. at times, the scorched earth resembles a battlefield. and it sounds like one, too. how is it to live near to this? iam afraid. very, very much. at night it always makes loud noises and i am afraid to sleep here. will you stay? no. and we found gert, retired here from germany in the last house before the exclusion zone. if you don't have to live here, it is marvellous. but the noise, it will come

in the night, maybe it comes nearer, i don't know. do you feel safe? at the moment, yes. the volcano is still really active, more lava is flowing and more ash. look at the effect it is having on the nearest homes, look at the amount of volcanic dust that is at the bottom of the swimming pool. a big effort for people here to keep their homes safe and clean. on this site, you get a real perspective on the trail of lava, all that black, steaming mound flowing down the hillside. that is where all those homes have been destroyed. the satellite picture shows clearly how it has sliced through the island. the most important thing is that this eruption cannot generate loss of human lives. it is impossible. impossible? impossible, if we behave. but it is the behaviour of nature's

most volatile forces that dictates when this incredible show comes to an end and how much more is lost in the process. dan johnson, bbc news. let me show you some live pictures now of the volcanic eruption. this pictures now of the volcanic (www-— pictures now of the volcanic erution. a , eruption. as you can see the volcano is — eruption. as you can see the volcano is still _ eruption. as you can see the volcano is still spewing - eruption. as you can see the volcano is still spewing out l volcano is still spewing out lava. it began to erupt on september 19, and has destroyed more than 900 buildings so far. 6000 people have been evacuated from homes on the island. a population there of around 83,000. it is now the 15th day in a row that we see pictures like this. it reached the atlantic ocean at one point and continues and will continue, we suspect now, for several more weeks. 0fficials officials in california say a large oil slick has begun to wash is sure in orange county, south—east of los angeles. teachers have been closed as dead fish and birds wash up on

the sand. the us coastguard has hired contractors to start cleaning up the spill. a breach in a pipeline leaked to nearly half a million litres of oil which spread over an area of 33 square kilometres. now one of france's most recognisable figures, the is this man full club owner and businessman bernard tapis has passed away. he battle —— passed away. he battle —— passed away. he battle —— passed away peacefully after battling stomach cancer. there have been many tributes mormon reports. to describe benard as colourful would seem to be something of an understatement. he was a man who experienced both the highest of highs and then the lowest of lows. this was probably the sweetest moment as owner of olympic marseille bringing the european cup home in 1993. the first french team to ever win the

competition. but only a few years later he was sent to prison for his part in a match fixing scandal. 0utside his home in marseille people left flowers and scarves in tribute to some one still loved and admired despite it all. translation: he admired despite it all. tuna/mom- admired despite it all. translation: , ., ., ., translation: he is a great man who ut translation: he is a great man who put his _ translation: he is a great man who put his mark _ translation: he is a great man who put his mark on _ translation: he is a great man who put his mark on history - translation: he is a great man who put his mark on history and. who put his mark on history and he impacted french life. he was a great frenchman. translation mac i came here for the death of bernard tapie. the supporters of marseille he is a great man but also a great man for france. he great man but also a great man for france-— for france. he has given us much happiness. _ for france. he has given us much happiness. lonard i for france. he has given us i much happiness. lonard tapie the working—class suburbs of paris. his career was eclectic, to say the least. at one point or another he was a singer, an actor, a race car driver, a politician and, most of all, a businessman. the french president emmanuel macron said that bernard tapie's ambition

and enthusiasm were a source of inspiration for generations of french people. bernard tapie who has died at the age of 78. that is all from us, goodbye. hello. we're eyeing up another area of low pressure, another spell of wind and rain heading into parts of the uk overnight monday into tuesday. until then, it is showers, not quite as windy for monday. it will still be breezy out there, especially in wales and england. so, on this brisk flow of air coming in from the west, the showers mostly across western areas developing low pressure, though, to the southwest will bring that rain — later in the day — that next area of low pressure. starting numbers for monday, showers, some heavy, just running through southeast england and east anglia early on before they're clearing away. then many eastern areas will be largely dry for the rest of the day, just the odd hit and miss shower. a scattering of showers to the west, any where you catch a shower could be heavy, could be some hail mixed in and perhaps the rumble of thunder. and as for temperatures, we're topping out at around 13—17 celsius, some decent

spells of sunshine around. rain gathering, though, to the southwest, that next area of low pressure pushing the rain into southwest england and wales. some of this will be heavy on monday evening. then it feeds across the rest of england, and then going into tuesday, it's a question ofjust how far north that rain is going to get. quite a chilly night, though, in scotland and northern ireland, where it stays clear with lighter winds on tuesday morning. so, something to play for in the detail of where this band of rain is going to come to a halt on tuesday, maybe affecting parts of northern england, but also toward southern and eastern scotland, so we will keep you updated on that. there will be showers elsewhere though much of northwest scotland and northern ireland will avoid the rain from this weather system, it will be a cool day on tuesday and near that rain, there's a chance of gales as well. the area of low pressure will slowly move away into the north sea as we go on into wednesday

with high pressure building in behind. still breezy across eastern areas with early showers or some spells of rain slowly easing. lighter winds elsewhere with some sunshine around, clouding up again towards northern ireland and parts of scotland later in the day as outbreaks of rain move in on wednesday. now, later in the week, there's a change of weather pattern, if you like, low pressure. this is ex—hurricane sam in the northwest. a trailing weather front, though, will be sitting across parts of scotland and northern ireland thursday into friday with a chance of rain, whereas elsewhere, high pressure is building in. now, all parts will turn milder, but drierfor wales and england, quite a bit of cloud, though, and some mist and fog around.

the secret wealth of dozens of world leaders, from the king ofjordan to the president of russia, exposed in one of the biggest ever leaks of financial documents dubbed the pandora papers. bbc panorama in a year—long investigation involving more than 650 journalists with access to 12 million documents, sparking allegations of corruption, money—laundering and global tax avoidance. the us says it's very concerned about the rising tensions between and taiwan, with chinese militaryjets flying into taiwan's air defence zone over the last three days. reports from kabul say taliban fighters have launched attacks on suspected islamic state militant hideouts hours after a blast outside a mosque killed eight people.