or area there they're waiting for a chance that will probably never come. shattered dreams starts june 18th on d, w. i. i use this is dw news life from berlin. the world's richest men pay little to nothing in taxes. that is, according to our report on the secret financial files of billionaires, if i'm just phases, ilan, mosque and others spend years avoiding tax. we look at how the over rich reporting there. well, also coming up, russia attempts to silence its opposition movement election of only the anti

corruption group goes on trial and moscow accused of being extreme kremlin critics put a jail and be banned from elections. and the u. s. vice president visits mexico when a mission to reduce migration. pamela harris says, hope not forced to keep people from leaving their home. the point there is no quick fix to poverty and violence. ah, i'm to me. so misconduct is good to have you with us. we start with revelations that several of the richest americans paid 0 income tax in recent years. the investigative journalism unit pro public says it a scene tax return or showing that amazon chairman jeff bezos made 0 payments in 272011. while tesla ceo, ilan must paid nothing in 2018 other to allegedly made no income tax contributions

at some point in recent years include former new york city mayor michael bloomberg and billionaire finance here george soros for public has not yet said how it obtained this confidential tax data and rob was from d. w. business is following this story. first i rob. what more do we know about the data that they're public obtained here? will probably public, it says it's managed to get hold of a vast trove of data from the internal revenue service in the united states, otherwise known as, as the i r s. and in there is data on thousands of people. tax returns many of the wealthiest americans covering 15 years. and from that, they're not even able to see how much these people have been earning, how much tax they've been able to spend, they've, they've been paying even, but also how much they've made in gambling winnings. for example, all sorts of other information, like how much they've gained from investments using this data. they've been able to work out how much income tax these people have been paying, and an effective rate,

which they've been paying income tax. so the average american household pays income tax 14 percent, but the top $25.00, most wealthy americans a paying a race according to pro public, are effectively of 3.4 percent. and the website which carries out journalism on a non profit basis says that this dispel is the mess that the wealthiest americans show to the biggest burden when it comes to taxes. it does the question, how is that, that some of the wealthiest americans are paying little to no income tax? well, it's all legal and it's all down to how these people make them money. so they don't get a monthly paycheck, like most people do and, and from the income tax is deducted, they make that money by that assets accruing value gaining for example, stock prices or real estate that they have a accruing more value. and those things are only taxed when they're so so it means

that you can go a whole year without having to pay any income tax. i mean, take, for example, jeff pays off in the year where he paid no tax in 2007, one or 2 years. he made effectively almost $4000000000.00 because accruing assets and the price of amazon doubled during that year. but he made the clerical income of less than $40000000.00. i know that still quite a lot of money, but he was able to offset all of that with losses from elsewhere. and it and so paid no income tax. and so what did the billionaires in question have to say about this reporting? well, those have responded to the likes of michael bloomberg and warren buffett have said we paid the amount of tax that we owed, which is now you know, it's true. george soros has also responded. he said that he paid no income tax for 3 years in a row because his investments actually lost during those years. just based off is

one of the big headlines from this hasn't responded with anything to their so he's keeping quiet. l a must sets to reply to the 1st request with just a question mark and then not reply to any follow up. so a lot of scrutiny on the richest men in the world, a lot more to look into there as well, rob watts from d, w business. thank you very much. now supporters of jailed russian opposition, politician alexis of only have gone on trial in moscow. there being accused of extremism, the court case is the toughest attempt yet to dismantle all these nationwide network of support. prosecutors acute his anti corruption foundation of trying to destabilize russia, if found guilty, members could face prison sentences and before vented from running its timbers parliamentary elections. and let's go right to moscow for the latest. we can speak to our correspondent, emily show gwen. good morning, emily, tell us what's at stake here for

a lesson of only supporters and his organization. well, this extremist label essentially will make the work of 3 of his organizations impossible. and it will also put almost a black mark, potentially on his supporters. the people who are involved with this organization, with 3 of his organizations or have been involved, could face jail time. and we also don't know exactly actually how this extremism label will be used. it could even mean that anyone who kind of posts or posted in the past, symbols of nevada, these organizations could face fines or even up to 15 days in jail. and it could even mean that, you know, if you posted something in support of alex viney or posted one of his organizations, anti corruption investigations. and that could potentially be enough to get you in

trouble. so it really puts a black mark on his whole organization. $37.00 offices that were across the country have already been disbanded and closed, and one of the vine. these allies said that this is the most clearest, the clearest sign that the authorities wanted dismantle nevaeh and these organizations. for you. we seen the crew, the kremlin steadily cracking down on russian opposition. is this all about the elections coming up in september? absolutely. assume we've seen this in the run up to the elections. and for example, this extremism label. now will also make it impossible for anyone involved with nobody's organization, potentially to run in the duma elections if the court decides that those 3 organizations are extremists. and we've also seen in recent weeks and months, a crackdown on other opposition politicians as well. including for example,

too rather prominent opposition figures who were planning to run in the upcoming duma elections under the provide of the former coordinator of the n g o. the organization opened russia and also to meet he could call good course of fairly prominent opposition. politician here, he's actually had to leave the country after having been arrested. he went to ukraine and we've seen a massive crackdown on critical voices just overall, you know, on, on critical journalists on other activists. people have been arrested, police searches have been been been carried out. so it really seems that the authorities kind of want to crack down and stamp out all critical voices, all dissent ahead of those elections to prevent problems with, with getting a majority for the ruling united, russia party d, w 's. emily show when reporting for us there from moscow. thank you. let's get

a quick wind up. some other headlines now. at least 17 people have died after a bus collided with a van carrying migrant workers on a highway in northern india. the workers were heading to the city of amid about to resume their factory. jobs after lockdown restrictions were listed, and salvador has become the 1st country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender. congress in the central american country approved a law to adopt the crypto currency. the president hopes bitcoin will make it cheaper for salvadorans abroad to send money home. us vice president, come la harris has wrapped up her 1st foreign trip and since taking office with a visit to mexico, she met with president and manuel lopez. so, but i thought to discuss how to reduce illegal border crossings. earlier, harris warned people from latin america not to attempt to enter the us the daughter of immigrants making a case against migration. well, good afternoon everyone. us vice president camella harris concluded have 3 day

latin america trip with the now familiar messes. i cannot say it enough, most people don't want to leave home. and when they do, it is usually for one of 2 reasons. either they are fleeing harm or to stay home means that they cannot satisfy the basic needs to sustain and take care of their families. leo border crossing, sir, rising one small after the trumpet, ministration, shut the door, migrants during the pandemic. they increased further after the bite in whitehouse. scrap some of the drums hotline migration policies by and is now looking for new ways to stem migration. 27 year old france you left on board us because via draughts made it impossible for him to grow crops. and he couldn't support his family coming then i walked in what

a mile and also work to parts of mexico. i made it to the united states. i crossed through my own efforts. i didn't have anyone to receive me that i didn't have anyone to pay to take me in or anything i'm on my own. the father of 2 is now on his way back home, off to failing to find work in the u. s. during his trip, harris pledged money to improve the lives of people like fans you in their home countries system do we have? but with desperation, driving migration, it will take more than promise is to convince latin america's poor. not to make the dangerous journey north. here in germany, many schools have finally returned to their regular schedules. after closing for the pandemic, students must be regularly tested for covert 19 a process that usually involves an uncomfortable nasal swab. but in one region,

children can instead use something called the lollipop method. the w visited one classroom to see if it makes testing any easier data provides. are you ready in 30 seconds? go and it's been loaded. so the 32nd, the children at this elementary school in cologne, supplementary cups which was the swabs then go to a lab where they are tested for coffee. this you method aims to make testing easier for young children to nadine and it's quite good. it's definitely better than i know they shouldn't in outcomes pack. i find this quite handy because afterwards i feel safe about whether or not i have corona me over half of but the taste is disgusting. i always try to think of lollipops afterwards. tases still doesn't

leave my mouth from a camp, takes the cotton swabs to the lab, logistical challenge because another 500 schools, i'm bringing their tests here in the lab. the swabs are tested using what's known as the pudding method. this means all cotton swab from one class evaluated together in one test. this is because the only test is expensive. the state pays around 50 euros per month. if you take 20 swap are presenting 20 students and divide them by 50 heroes, then you get a good price. additionally, it's, we would have to add the costs for the just and the materials use on that i think what absolutely competitive with the rapid pace. if the pool is positive,

individual retesting is required. generally, the left doesn't deliver the results until the next morning, but that would still be early enough to break a potential chain of infection that on the click sod. as a sort of the meter from us, we are multiplying the genetic material of this virus by effect of 30 trillion the doors. this means that you can recognize the virus activity when it is very low fee . and not only when someone is highly infectious and already spreading that virus load among animate mentioned sometime. here at the elementary school, several infections have been detected and an early stage husing lolly test. although covet cases are currently declining in germany. all the kids will continue using the test, at least until the summer holidays. know people with disabilities often face difficulties accessing the world's most spectacular archaeological monuments,

like the acropolis in athens. but greece's government is working to improve that. it's already installed a concrete walkway that enables wheelchair users to easily reach the site, and now it is a veil plan to improve the experience for visitors with visual impairments include signs and braille, and bold and scaled model of the monuments. it's all part of a restoration project at the ancient treasure. thank you for watching w news. ah, the so many posted heard out in the world climate conference stores. this is much less the way from just one week. how much less can really get but we still have time to go. i'm doing all.