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>> hello and welcome to the "journal dw i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i in berlin. jonast rld'smoy y y y y in secret accounts. >> u.s. forces in n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n teps up nuclear >> turkish media fights fororortototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototo c c neo-nazi triala group o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o of f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f tetem of
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hidden tax havens. more than 100,000 of the world's mega rich were found to have executives, and many more. >> the cayman islands may be best known for its beaches and weather, but there's another reason some of the world's wealthiest keep coming back -- people here pay no taxes. with the help of international banks, trillions of dollars have been funneled into tax havens like this'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''ing inheirleague records reveal the identities of more than 130,000 people with secret accounts in places like the caymans and the british virgin islands. the documents expose a complex system of fraud and anyon who puts
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their money into a tax haven is probably trying to hide something. why else would you spend a lot of money setting up an account unless you have something to investigative team that sifted through the millions of past 15 months. the laundry list of suspected tax evaders includes a deceased german playboy a p p, a provincial governor phihi dictator. the amount of money tucked away in offshore accounts is believed to be astronomical. according to estimates by the tax justice network, it could be as high as 25 trillion euros enough to buy every individual in the european union a brand- new, top-of-the-line mercedes.
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politicians are already reacting to the news. the greek government has announced it will investigate hundreds of offshore accounts. in germany the finance ministry has requested access to the files>> earlier, i spoke with the "guardian's" executive with the report, d asasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasasaselus shocking informationonononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononon to comeme of thinvestigation. >> the formrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmrmatatatatatatatation, i thinkn, tnk i i ie are so many politicians from such an extraordinary array of countries around the world who have put their secret money into british tax havens, british secrecy jurisdictions. britain, it seems, is the home of millions if not trillions of dollars of dirty money. >> what with the implications be theyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyey can now no longer be
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ore accounts will be kept. it about secrecy. if they cannot guarantee secrecy, there thihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihihis could be the most comprehensive project of its kind. how did it come about? >> through a massive leak, much bigger than that of wilks which caused such a sensation. that involved about 2 gigabytes of data from the u.s. government.................................................................................nalls of offshore corp. companies. it was all collected on a single hard drive, which fell into the hands of a journalist who runs the icij in washington, which is a network of journalists who work together. we played a big role in working
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with him on this. >> we are talking about more than 130,000 people. when will those names be released? >> it is very complicated to under the names. it is not like a treasure chest where you open it in the names fall out. the network journalists is continuing to work on this names, and we released new ones today. just today we found out that the prime minister of georgette is a name we are releasing -- the prime minister of georgia. there will no doubt be m m m mhahanks r joining possible next steps i inne joined by firsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrsrst of allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a s soplele involved are notey? >> fully say at the
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moment. normally, there's also a part of this illegal hidden from the tax authorities, so i assume as she is illegal but the exact aunt loopholes be closed if at all? >> in one country they can unilaterally try to fight tax evasion, for example, by having strong investigations level, they can try to cooperate with tax authorities, exchange information, and then see if there isisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisisis any in oneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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even trillions of eurosor accounts at the moment. what is happening with that money? whose money is it? >> it is the cases of middle-class people but the bulk of this is from the really rich people and also companies which are multinational and also huge, so it is not a normal company doing this. they use these kind of structures to hide their money. >> will the money actually remain there or will it be confiscated? if so, by whom? >> i of the tax authorities realize that there is wealth which should be revealed >> how will such a repor implications that follow islands
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-- will it go bust now? >> it will not go bust, but will just be a n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n normamaouout, thehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe still have almost n only for forererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererereigners but for the locals. they will be forced to behave as a normal state and tax their citizens and companies so thatyo much fofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofofoforrrrrrrr joining niususorth korea iss utensioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioioionsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnsnshreats against the u.s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . against the rival. >> washington has condemned the threat but is planning to install a missile defense system in guam, a steppingstone to north korea. >> after weeks of escalation, there is no sign of p'yongyang backing down from. >> it is unusually quiet on the border crossing between south korean and the north korean
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industrial zone. for a second day south koreans have been told they may leave but they cannot come back. many say the atmosphere on the other side has changed. >> things looked bleak there. i saw on northme when i crossed the border. the workers look worried. >> north korea is now threatening to shut down the economic zone entirely of. state television says the military has been authorized to carry out a nuclear strike. experts, though, say the country is years away from developing a warhead that could be carried by a missile. the south korean defense ministry says p'yongyang has already moved in medium-range missile to its coast but without a nuclear warhead. and despite the threats coming out of north korea, there e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e have sce troop movememovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovovov
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situion seriously. >> some of the actions they have taken over the last few weeks present a real and clearceainly, o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o of our allies also thehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe threats that the north koreans have leveled directly at the united states. >> the u.s. has withdrawn its f- 22 fighters from south korea but it is keeping them in the region. it also says the missile defense system it is planning to deploy in long will strengthen security in the area. >> the current tensions with north korea have been generations and decades a united, sovereign country for morororororororororororororororororororororororein the 1900's, japan ruled the country as a colonial power.
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following world war ii, the japanese were out and a new unlike many communist rulers kim il songggggggg n come to in a revolution. the soviet union was instrumental in bringingngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngng himmoscow and beijing were key allies of p'yongyang. the u.s. and united nations lent support to seoul. six decades have passed since the war peninsula. the autocratic kim died in 1994, and power seamlessly transitionedhe next generationononononononononononononononononononononononononononononon, his father, l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l fheheheor defense spending shot through the roof as millions of ordinary
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koreans went hungry. many died of starvation. kim jong il wanteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteted d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d cos behind north korea's nuclear program and the country's first nuclear tests. the armed forces part kekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekekely because his familwawawa a key military posititititihis entually became a general. her husband t government viviser and a. kim m jong died in 2011, but the next family me fmbmbmeer w w in n n n thththththththththththe e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e his oldest son, kim jong un. >> the bank of japan has announced radical measures to spur economic growth. >> it has promised to double its government bond holdings over the next two years. the steps are aimed at infnfnflalation..
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the news sent the nikkei stock index soaring. elsewhere, the bank of england left its main lending rate unchanged. the european central bank in frankfurt also left its rate unchanged. the price isthe hope is the low rates will encourage businesses to invest in new economic activity. >> ok, so, a lot of action there from world's central banks. let's go to the frankfurt stock exchange. there seems to have been a bit of a dramatic situation there for the dax butututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututututhehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe fac that interest rates remain unchanged in great britain and also in the euro area has not been such a big surprise but the words of mario druggie sounded rather tind moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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pessimistic than people expected. before he said that the economic recovery of the eurozone will take a longer time than expected, and this was something that really dragged the market's down, although there are no measures that have been announced because of cyprus and also the ecb diriririririririrector did el if there are i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i in this all neay unchanged at the moment. euro stoxx 50 not change. prices bottomed out after wall street started in positive territory. also the euro is recovering and stayssssssssssssssssssssss >> we will be back after a short wi t t t t t t tneo-na childldobe under way s s shohohohohohohohohohohohohohohohortlylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylylyly.>>
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we also have some champions league soccer action for you. do not go away. >> stay with us.
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>> welcome surroundingngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngngng it upcoming the e e emunich continues to grow. the only survivor of a right- wing gang accused of killing niniial. most of the victims were turkish. media wereee case. the court said all the spots were filled, but the turkish government is demanding that munich officials rethink their policies. a newspaper in turkey is suing for access to the court room. accepepepey have been shut out to germany's highest court. eight of the victims were of turkish origin.
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that is why t t t t heturkish government believes they have the d d d d d does not look good. first, because it excluded the that isour readers expect us to be present and to report the story. >> but the court says it allocated the 50 seats reserved for the press fairly, on a first-come, first-served basis. for the trial of the main defendant, the court says the turkish media applied too late. turkey's ambassador called for >> thisd with a little more sensitivity. after all eight turkish residents of germany were murdered, and it is completely natural that the turkish press is interested and want to follow
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thisis sry >> it is still unclear if on c but whateverhehehehehehe judges decide, some politicians fear t the e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e cacacacacacacacacacacacacacacacacacacacacacacase i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i ior more, we are joined by our correspondent at our parliamentary studios in berlin. for the court, it seems like a clear case of first-come, first- served but is there more to it than that? of the bavarian high court keeps repeating that this is a completely normal trial, as he calls it. g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g g guauauauauauauauaranteein ggg the e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e problem is he -- itteteni he w w w have a little special attention, and that is not possible. there is parallel to the trial a parliamentary investigation into the failures of the police and security services over 10 years to link these murders to
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recognize a political motive and there are even allegations of a police cover-up. >> are there any t munich e it or for ititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititit to be forced to do so by the german constitutional court. as i say, this is not just a run-of-the-mill murder case. this is a very specific one in which the german security services and police have been accused of serious errors and perhaps even worse. soand i think it now is definitely up to the t t t t >> thanks for joining us. it has been two years since tunisian overthrew their government, and the country has been experiencing growing pains ever since. >> the fledgling democracy has
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been plagued by unrest, political turmoil economic woes not to mention social upheaval. islamist groups hold the majority in parliament and rerererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererererereivivivivivivistsook the of herself with politicalitteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteteten across her chest. it has touched off a major debate. >> this is the picture causing the controversy. oman posted pictures of herself online last month. the message written across her chest says, "my body belongs to me and is not the source of anyone's honor." her naked chest use as a poster to promote women's rights. the picture has gone by law on the internet and sparked a tunisiareactitititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititititions there are mixed. >> i do not consider this kind of protest appropriate. got entrusted her with that
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body. she must protect it. her opinion, there are other ways to do so. >> some people write an article. others take to facebook. she chose this method of making her voice heard. she use her body to express her opinion. i do not know what her life is like. maybe she had no other choice, so she decided to do it in this way. what is the big deal? >> in recent months, a tunisian has seen an increase in the number of assaults against women. human rights activists are concerned, and women's groups havepo. >> personally, i probably would not have done it this way but i do understand this kind of radical protest. she wanted to shock the public to draw attention to the increasing violence m i>> this radical
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islamists could not disagree more. speaking on national television this month, he defended his calalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalaleded our request for an interview. but not>> in this case, stoning is not the answer. the current teaches us that god will punish the unchaste teaches. as humans, we cannot simply interfere with god's will and issue fatwas as with her face board. in the meantime, more than 100,000 people have voiced their support on line. they have signed a petition demanding that the tunisian government protect her life and liberty.
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>> we will have all the latest champions league action for you in a moment. >> first, a look at some other stories making news around the world. >> thousands of. the incident led to clashes between palestinians and israeli soldiers which have continued for a second day. >> u.s. presideacacac ued c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c congress to tighten legislation on gun control. he made the call while on a visit to colorado. the state passed tougher gun laws on wednesday after a spate of mass shootings. president francois hasraising the ehis visit to the former french colony has been overshadowed by a tax fraud scandal in n n n n n n n n n n franan was the second nightt td onnigh
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against the league's big surprise. >> it was built to be a tough match, and it ended in stalemate. >> dortmund could have and should have achieved more than a drop out of this game. the ball in front of their goal twice in the first 20 minutes but could not get it through. they had opportunities as well, the best one just before halftime. in the second half, dortmund stayed on the offensive to no avail. the at 0-0. >> it is a kind of half time now in this court of final. we know more about our opponent and our opponent knows more about us. we played in the stadium in what i thought was a played the foundation, nothing more, nothing less.
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>> the return takes place next tuesday, when dortmund will have more than 60,000 fans to cheer them on as they try to book their place in the semifinals. >> in the second match of the evening they lived up to the favorites. >> spaniards trounced them 3-0. his means they are well- placed to move into the semifinals next week. p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p p pedor dark about a quarter of our ununununununununununununununununununun actually been confirmed. >> until -- maybe. aeam of researchers said they have detected signals that could be caused by dark matter. it is not much to go and yet but it is biggest challenges in physics. >> astrophysicists sometimes referred to dark matter as the
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sculpture of the without this mysterious and elusive material. course,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e,e, but you cannot see dark matter and no one has so far proven its existence. for the l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l lononas emplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplplployed detector to track down dark matter. scientists now appear to have the first physical trace. an international team that includes a nobel laureate has found a larunsi particles on the iss. they could come from dark matter. >> we have to examine if the positrons could have come from somewhere else. that will still take some time. in a year or two, we will know mo. years is nothing compared to what this might mean for science as a whole.
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researchers in geneva are continuing their work, and the ss f lab deep beneath the earth's surface where cosmic rays no longer interfere. they say that if that actually succeed in identifying dark matter, it w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w will conononononononononononononononononononononononononononononontinent but one that was there all along. >> i hope will live to >> that is a all for now. >>
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