ah ah, this monday 4th of october from moscow air day to league then reveals the off shore dealings of the world's rich and powerful, including former british premier, tony blair and current check prime minister andre babich with the united states, named as a leading tax haven new in the last hour or 2, denmark's energy agency giving the green lights of part of russia's gnawed stream to gas pipeline. as europe grapples with soaring fuel prices, i say the situation is stabilizing. no one's going to pretend he is completely back to normal to which it was, but it is, it's getting it that way and, and fuel had eggs of another kind elsewhere, official trying to down play in the u. k. the own going fuel crisis. they've now

deployed the military forces across the country and bid to try to ease the ongoing emergency, especially in the southeast, as many petrol stations remain dry, with cues of angry drivers and leagues documents apparently confirm systematic u. k. meddling here in russia, with large sums being channeled through the british embassy in moscow. ah . oh, his pin 7 in the evening. moscow time. hello, welcome to the program. is kevin, i with your doubts international this i with 30 minutes of our latest for you. and as you heard, 1st opening a pandora's box, a new expose a on tax havens has revealed just how some of the was rich and famous. try to hide their wealth. among the names mentioned, there are the former british prime minister, tony blair,

an incumbent check prime minister andre babich, the league details how politicians, businessman and celebrities evade taxes using secretive offshore companies. the pandora pay for single out the u. s. 2 is a leading tax haven dental court. a shared more with colleen bray. people definitely were anticipating something as big as what happened in 2016 when the pat, when the panama papers were released. but actually this one hasn't made as much noise. the guardian sure had a click body picture of vladimir putin's face right at the front of its article, even though in the pandora papers vladimir putin was not even named. so that's a bit a bit interesting. but the investigation primarily deals with more or less obscure people. i mean, we have some examples being the king of jordan. so offshore properties, personal properties, the purchase of several theatres, by the general director of russia's channel one he was said to have been a silent partner in this operation. but he's already commented publicly that he

hasn't concealed anything about his business dealings in connection to this. one higher profile mentioned though, the ukranian president vladimir zalinski in 2019, he was elected and most enlarged park on his platform of promising to rid the country of corruption. and ukraine is notoriously, has a problem with corruption. and according to this investigation, he actually transferred 25 percent of his stake in a foreign at an offshore company to his personal friend who is now the top presidential advisor. so, so far he hasn't commented on that seems a little bit shady, but no confirmations. usually when we think of tax havens right, i mean, you think of maybe a financial center like hong kong or some sort of obscure caribbean island. but the pandora papers actually paint a very different picture there, showing that they, they actually revealed that south dakota has become the new hot spot for tens of millions of dollars that used to be in offshore accounts in the caribbean and europe. and this is despite of jo biden's promise to no combat corruption. earlier

this year to day i'm issued a national security study memorandum of the fight against corruption to establish competent corruption as a core us national security interest. the united states will lead by example. and in partnership with allies, civil society ended the pro with sex as to far this courage of corruption good. in fact, delaware, wherein mister biden hales from i've got some pretty good tax breaks, the company's them, they. so if his big platform is to deal with tax evasion, as many leaders do, where the americans on that list, well, it's a good question. they're basically not there. i mean, we hear report after report, obviously about like a lot of american businessman and bigger corporal corporate owners evade avoiding taxes. and yet this report for some reason only mentions a couple of very obscure american billionaires that i personally never heard of. and so, yeah, the, the big question is, you know, where are all the big american names? i mean, what about the richest man in the world? jeff bezos, his company,

amazon paid 0 dollars and 0 cents and federal income tax. not just in 2020, but also in 20182017 eula must capades also 0 dollars and 0 cents and federal income tax. in 2018 donald trump paid $750.00 back in 2017. so it seems a bit fishy, that there, there might be nothing important our of value to mention about these offshore assets. now we also did hear from whistleblower, edward snowden. he let out a tweet about the report on this leak. so let's take alice, the humorous side of this very serious story is that even after 2 apocalyptic offshore finance law firm leaks, those industries are still compiling vast databases of ruin and still secure them with a posted note mark, do not leak hats off to the source this is just the beginning of these sir reports and these leaks about these pandora papers. more of them are promised for the coming weeks, so we're gonna have to keep an eye out for them. yeah, we certainly will keep an eye on it. now the investigation also named somebody to

ledges, to be a full mcleana and love of let him have putin and the mother of one of his children . fiddler a criminal case he said alleged to be the owner of a monaco, apartment boulevard, off shore company. although the relationship with the russian presidents never been confirmed. meantime, a friend of president also appearing in the papers, but not mister potent himself. now as we heard, the papers also reveal that the us state of south dakota has emerged as a major destination for wealthy people to avoid tax. although experts we spoke to said in fact, then all that surprised the very thing that the united states criticized switzerland in the past whore, it is now doing the famous numbered accounts. look, the real lesson here is if you allow the distribution of wealth and income to be as only equal as it now is in the world to day, you create the incentive. and the means for those that the top to continue to

accumulate from one generation to another. there is an amazing tax evasion taking place around the world. and there's also a lot of unaccounted, unaccountable capital sloshing around the world. and, you know, using various off shore havens and, and governments tolerate this and, and banks make a lot of money off this. and the us, by the way, it is itself a major tax haven. it's a incorporation laws are among the easiest in the world. so the u. s. is actually our. busy prime participant, and this kind of a really crazy, monstrous, no tax avoidance. no. next, let me tell you about the developing store. this are denmark's energy agencies cleared power, the north stream to a gas pipeline for russia to germany for operation. so the,

a part green light though is a euro corresponding we're not quite there yet, but this is a step along the way to this gas pipeline eventually being up and running. what has happened is the danish energy agency has given its rubber stamp to the 1st string of the node stream to gas pipeline ad. that means that it has undergone air pre commissioning. it's also the hardest number of tests carried out on it, and it's passed those tests in the eyes of the, the danish energy agency. there's still some way to go yet bow before the pipeline will be open running to its fullest extent. the 2 strings were tied together in the summer of last this year. it was of course, much delay due to sanctions and everything that came with that at all of the political wranglings they are now in the past. it would seem as we're into this stage of going through the compliance and certificated for the infrastructure project. and ultimately, once the 2 strings have been given the approval,

they will be able to see gas flow through them. what's going to happen now with this 1st string that's been approved by the danishes, that they'll fill it up with gas very slowly and gradually to essentially make sure that it takes all of those boxes as well, that it can carry the load that it's supposed to the 2nd string of nord stream to well that is currently undergoing its air pre commissioning. you would imagine that once that's gotten de gone, that then it also goes through the ad this to vacation stages that the 1st strings been going through. eventually, when all of this is connected up, it will as start the working light for this pipeline stretches over 1200 kilometers from russia into germany on a, on the, at the baltic sea coast there. and it could pump as much as 55000000000 cubic meters of gas into germany every year. that's enough to heat $27000000.00 european homes every year. gas, of course, in high demand across europe at the moment and coming with high prices. lot of

people looking to nod stream to, to wealth fill the gap when it comes to that guy. and hopefully, hopefully see some of those bills go down. what you have falling on for paper saying that the whole of europe is on the brink of an energy crisis at the moment. gas prices continue to hit record high, surging to over $1200.00 per 1000 cubic meters. and with winter looming, there are concerns over how the blogs gonna manage the crunch. sharla do ben's keys covering that side of it. there is a lot of finger pointing going on as the block faces this unprecedented energy crisis. that winter crunch is looming and according to some, this is a problem that has been years in the making. let's have a look at some of the main issues across europe at the moment. and we'll start here in france, where there has been a price increase this month of 12.6 percent in gas tariffs that follows several months of other rises. the prime minister shall cast excess. it will not be a freeze and they will not be any more increases. but of course,

that doesn't mitigate the months of increases that people have already seen on their household bills. then in spain, where the price is they have tripled in the last year. i mean, we know that the spanish government is made emergency measures to try and mitigate the worst impact from the poor. but small business unions are just saying, this is an impossible situation. coming after the cobit crisis. businesses just cannot take any more. and then in italy, prices a sector, so like 40 percent, the italian government is announced a package of $3000000000.00 euros to try and aid that. and then in germany we also heard last week that one, the power plant had to completely shut up shop. and it's not the 1st time at all to do the same a number of times in september. why? well, because it couldn't get enough coal. this crisis when it comes to natural gas, has pushed more people towards buying coal,

depleting those stocks as well. so it seems like this is a double whammy. so what's behind this looming catastrophe? well that you cannot agree on that, but some member states see that this is a problem that he was cause itself because it's pushed too fast too quickly to move to greener energy and at the same time as moved away from fossil fuels and essentially would done is last, the entire book exposed energy price is currently soaring across the u and putting unprecedented pressure on both energy companies and all our citizens when designing energy and climate policy is we have to ensure their social acceptability. otherwise we risk their failure. well, the ease flatly deny is this. it would checks and it says actually this crisis shows that the problem is there is too much dependence in the e you own of fossil fuels. and the reality is that the only way to mitigate crises like this in the future is to move harder and faster towards green energy instead

of being paralyzed, those slowing things down because of the price hike. now, in the energy sector, we should speed things up in the transition to renewable energy. so the affordable renewable energy becomes available for everyone. was the e u, a scratching its head over what to do. it's also looking potentially for a scapegoat. and some have suggested that russia is to blame for this crisis, saying that it is holding back on natural gas reserves. russia says that's not the case. in fact, russia says it's willing to step up to the hour of need of it to you repeat neighbors. and increase the supplies of gas to meet those needs, those demands. but what needs to happen for that to take place is the certification of the nord stream to pipe. this is a pipe that was completed last month and would see natural gas be able to be delivered directly to germany. but before that can happen, that certification needs to take place. that is something that you find out. i mean,

this is our light. he to discuss this week as they meet to discuss this entire crisis. but the idea that you finance ministers are discussing bread and butter subjects like energy bills and how people are going to pay them really gives you a sense of how this crisis is. and as they scratching their heads, looking for a solution, there are tens of millions of households who are concerned about what this winter is going to bring. the difficult choices that they will have to make in order to either heat their homes or feed their families. all the while it is wondering how it will keep the light so on. yeah, with covert to the worry but to well as spoke to brussels base churn is luke reweigh. he told me he expects. price is at least to be back to normal soon. and the nurse trained to could we play a key role in that there is no lack of gas in the world. and a good example of it is the fact that the price of gas is not increased by one euro

cent in the united states over the last few months. while in europe, it has increased by more than a 100 percent over one year, which is of course, a lot. so now is the time to support the b, the customers, the consumers, the and consumers to avoid a price hike. now in the winter, but by sprain, this will be finished. everybody knows that the easiest is of course, to get the gas from russia, from an all stream to. and again, there is gas, everywhere in russia is not stopping this gas from being the liver thing is that we need to finalize all stream to and it's a matter of months at most across the channel as a crisis in the balance still in the u. k. a with petrol stations, they're still running dry and angry drivers for me. huge q specially the southeast of england. from today. britain's government that is deploying military personnel around the country to help ease the fuel crisis. our correspondence shudders dashti

reports from london day 10. now of the petrol crisis situation and the united kingdom is still seeing many cars backed up outside of petrol stations, people waiting hours to fill up that tanks and even the public transportation is being diverted away to avoid all of this gridlock. things have gotten so bad now the minute tree has now been deployed and drafted in to try and get the fuel to the petrol station. i think it's also really bold that we can actually call in the military at a time like this fold. i think for support to give that confidence and have a misha that's there as a precaution, because as i say, the situation is stabilizing. no one's going to pretend his completely back to normal. i wish it was, but it's getting it that way. so the government says that this shortage is easing the problem is get from invest that the prime minister also reiterating start to javits comments. just that the all the being deployed is simply

a precautionary measures. now, around $200.00 military personnel, a guessing involved in this operation that trying to focus on nuns and on the southeast region, they argue that these are the west effect it for myself. personally, i'm a little bit worried because in my journey on the way to work this morning, my call was flashing red at me, meaning i need to get to a petrol station. as soon as. 6 possible, but of course, i'm not the only wanna tool, millions of people are now affected. in fact, it's such a hot topic that discussing the petro situation is as common as discussing the weather here in the united kingdom, which goes to show just how many people affected, particularly those people working at the petrol pump stations. if you're going to fuel a creek to cross woman one day you're, you're fluffy, nearby tight, you return does not you normally do. next, they run

a few 2nd with each other. i just doesn't get sold because nobody comes in will. the last 10 days have also be defined by a bit of a blame game on the one hand, gentleness of being attacked, saying that the media is really reporting on a big headlines and then on the individual level as well. people pointing the finger of blame. a directly, those people panic, buying all of this patchwork. but can jonas be blamed for simply reports in the news? no. can the public really be blamed for simply buying depleting? results is neither seems remotely irrational, especially the crux of all of this is the very fact that a 100 a 1000 lori drivers, how now has now had a mass exodus leaving the united kingdom. there are many reasons for that, particularly things like breakfast with these laurie, dr. a staying in the e u countries that they are from. so this seems to be a direct result of numerous things, particularly, like breck said,

and it doesn't seem that it's going to be a quick fix for the united kingdom. we'll stick across the story you without international for moscow and thank you for it to kevin. oh, and he is coming up, the british embassy here in moscow's declining the comment tonight on a league saying the u. k. pay large sums of money to groups here in russia. but the question is, why more after the break? ah, now it shows the wrong one. i just don't know. i mean, you have to figure out this thing because the applicant and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves will to part, we choose to look for common ground.

oh, driven by drink shaped bankers and those with airs sinks we dare to ask a ah, so that the british embassy moscow's declining to come in tonight, i'm finding that the u. k. has been massively funding anti government sentiment

here in russia of the criminal demanded britain explained leak documents, apparently confirming london funneled money through the embassy here we have reached out to the british foreign office and home offices, as well as the country's embassy here in moscow. so far, no one responded, he goes down off, breaks down the story, bit more. couple of documents have been made public including the general outline of activities of the yuki embassy here in moscow, dated years 2019 to 2020. in total, the whole data dump consists of more than a $150.00 pages, and on those pages are well details as to how the u. k. embassy and london by proxy have been trying to sway the public opinion here in russia on some key topics. how they supported certain groups, like for example, the l g b t community. and they also give the list of people who executed the tasks, who well received funding for it. and even the some journalist and media outlets

who also received funding from london. here's how the russian foreign ministry commented on the revelations, the scale of funding and project activities. even a cursory glance is simply shocking. for an agent come on. they are children, independent journalists, and activists. for instance, the embassy here has been trying to groom a whole network of what they call independent journalists, while independent. yet still, they were reimbursed for their work by the u. k. taxpayers, pounds. also there's a list of media outlets. were also at least in part funded by london. and some of them are already with a tag of a foreign agent here in russia might seem like it's not a big deal. but imagine a similar headline, but with the roles won't swapped. that it was the russian embassy engage in similar activities, but in the u. k. now, the embassy here we reached out for a common to them, but they have refused to do so, saying that they simply do not comment on the documents. also, we have reached out to the u. k. foreign office and home office,

but we are still to hear back from them. next we'll, we'll continue to battle corona virus in sweden. we're nobel prizes or of course, awarded some a surprise. maybe this year's award for physiology or medicine, wasn't cove 19 affiliated despite all the work and research has gone into that over the last a year. so instead, the royal swedish academy of science is named to us bay scientists, as witness for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch, import stuff still, but may be bit off topic. the ju oh, described the mechanics of have humans perceive hot and cold and pressure through nerve impulses. more than 300 people have been named as candidates for prizes in various categories, with wards. continuing until october, the 11th, but congratulations to them anyway of course. and finally, one of the grimmest episodes of the evacuation from afghanistan was when that young football horrifically oh, from

a plane will trying to flee. he was seen as one of the country's brightest sporting talents before that. and that was special tournaments been held in his memory. ah and worry was one of many african he's trying to flee the country as the plane gained altitude, he fell to his death. ah, by the zaki, was more than a brother to me retrained together for the last 4 years. god bless him. no one can feel his place in the team and in our house. hey law, this kid i'm wearing belonged to zaki, but it's mine now. he was a better football or than me. we even called him messy. the entire afghan nation loved him. he was our hero. ah,

i was zaki was one of our best players, wonderful buddy. and a strong forward on his team. today they're playing with outsider, and we can feel the difference with my son's like he was a national player very talented boyden, but i never came here before this my 1st time and he's not with us today. i missed him so much and memory of jackie and worry and that's her update so far, this edition reporting from moscow. my name's kevin o, in from a and the team. thanks for watching. ah, imagine picking up a future textbook on the early years of the 21st century. what are the chapters

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when you get the call. thank you so much. give me a glowered miss fort bethany. she said basil makes dreams come true. the every one who falls in love with people threatening like what? ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, hello and welcome to crosstalk, where all things are considered i'm peter labelle. one would think the humiliating withdrawal from afghanistan would be the start of

a washington wine down of the forever wars. is this really the case? also, you tubes war on creators, and it's not only about so called cobit misinformation. ah there's got these issues and more i'm joined by my guess, patrick hennington in plymouth. he's the editor and boundary 21st century wire dot com. and in budapest we have george annually. he is a pod, castor at the gaggle, which can be found on youtube and locals. are a gentleman, cross stock rules and effect. that means you can jump in any time you want, and i always appreciate it. okay, let's start off with patrick. one of the interesting things is the dust settles with the a humiliating evacuation of the capitol, our airport by us forces after 20 years. there, there's been an assessment. i mean, is the beginning of something, is this an aberration? is in some kind of high 8 is because it's very unclear even to some there are those

that are saying that the u. s. a could possibly even have a deal already with the taliban and leaving all about equipment behind. i'm not going to make any judgment at this point whatsoever, but it's very interesting to me. is this one off thing, or is it something a part of a trend? what are your thoughts? go ahead, patrick. i think this is, this is just the beginning. this is the beginning, but in reality, the started all this trajectory is or of eventual waning us influence in the middle east and central asia. i think this trajectory began a long time ago because america's greatest advantage throughout history is also its greatest liability. it's shown more than any other world power that it's willing to sacrifice blood and treasure for its national interest, or what is perceived to be national interests. but that is all.