our former british premier, tony black and in come and check prime minister andre babich. the lead details, how politicians, business leaders and celebrities avoid taxes using secretive offshore companies. the pandora papers single out the u. s. as a leading tax haven, i spoke to don't know, quarter to who went over the 1st release is for us on whether there is sensational is expected. 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

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they have both vowed that they will not work with andre babich. if they stay true to their words, there is virtually no way that andre rubbish can stay on as primary as they can hold on to power or via the together coalition, which brings together conservative and christian. democratic parties is now in talks with what's known as pierced down the pirates party. and the stan coalition, which is a lot of independent candidates and mez more progressive. they are now in talks to see if they can try to form the next governments. but andrade babich says that if he's asked by the president, he will try to, to come up with the next administration. and previously, in fact, the president did say that the winning single party, that is the unknown party of andre rubbish, should get the 1st go at trying to form a government. however unlikely that seems right now, given the parliamentary arithmetic, we shouldn't expect any break through that. i think in the next few days, these could be protracted negotiations that im, thanks very much not a bother in london for

and powerful, including former british premier, tony blair, and sitting cheque prime minister andre babich with the united states, named as a leading tax haven by say the situation is stabilizing, no one's going to pretend his completely back to normal to which it was, but he is, is getting it that way. a while officials in the u. k, than to play the ongoing fuel crisis. they're, they've now deployed military force it's day across the country and a bid to ease the emergency. as many petrol stations remain, try especially in the southeast, with cues of angry drivers waiting for supplies, leak documents, apparently confirmed systematic. u. k. meddling in russia with large sums being channelled through the british embassy in moscow. and next, coming up, a warning you may find these pictures, disturbing. the family and friends of a young afghan footballer who had rhythmically fell from a plane while trying to flee his country, voice, their grievances, remembering one of the grimmest episode to the troop withdrawal. the entire afghan nation loved him. he was our hero. no one can feel his place

check prime minister andre babich, who was currently running for reelection, quote, move $22000000.00 through offshore companies to buy a lavish estate on the french riviera in 2009 while keeping his ownership secret baptist insist that he did nothing wrong and that his political opponents are attempting to smear him. the ish, for instance, here mister bardo says that i with laundry money madonica, let me say this, this is important. the money was sent out of a check bank. the money was given and it was my money, and it returned back to the czech republic, a bill if the papers also reveal azerbaijan, ruling family traded around $540000000.00 worth of u. k. property in recent years. in fact, more than 300 current and former politicians appear in the pandora papers. those journalists say, among them 14 sitting heads of state, including the dominican republic, president kenya's, president, the check republics prime minister and ukraine's president. former heads of state are also named including former u. k prime minister, tony blair and his wife, who saved around $422000.00 by using an o

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. and marks energy agency gives the green light to part of russia's north string to gas pipeline. as europe grapples with soaring fuel prices, i say the situation is stabilizing. no one's going to pretend this is completely back to normal. wish it was, but it is, is it's getting it that way. or british officials down play their own ongoing fuel crisis. they've now deployed military forces across the country. as petrol stations remain dried you to panic, buying with cues of angry drivers, waiting to philip and league documents apparently confirmed a systematic u. k. meddling in russia with large sums being channelled through the british embassy in moscow. ah. hello. good to have you with us. just turn tenant evening on monday, here in moscow. my name is colleen bray with the world news this our something we're going to come to in a bit more detail a little bit later on in its program. you probably aware of it now. the 3 of the world's

he was taken there shortly after he met prime minister andre babich, who was narrowly defeated by the centre vied alliance on saturday. despite the loss, the president offered by the sh, a chance to form a government 1st them and cast this ballot at his residence due to ill health. and the number is in london with more on the president's health. the director of the hospital has said that he is being treated for complications related to an undisclosed chronic condition. the director says, we know the diagnosis precisely which allows us to target treatments without official saying that he hasn't got authorization to actually disclose what the president's diagnosis is. and he hasn't said how serious his condition is right now . or of course m mulash them m o spent 8 days in the hospital. last month and at the towing or his or aides. his entourage suggested it was simply that he was dehydrated and exhausted, but many people doubted that behind that is the common knowledge that he suffers from diabetes. and he has been recently using a wheelchair because of problems related to diabetes wit

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and he also gave 25 percent share in an offshore firm to one of his friends are prime minister andre babich of the czech republic, who is actually up for reelection later this week. it seems he used a very convoluted or offshore scheme to help with the purchase of a multi 1000000000 dollar property in the south of france. will that hurt his re election? chances? well, have to wait and see that sir elections coming up later this week. a lot to wait and see thanks so much re chance i speak now to will fits given in washington is a senior reporter for the international consortium of investigative journalists. the group behind the release of these documents. good to have you with us. let's start with the bottom line here. what do these revelations tell us about the continuing ability of the rich and powerful to avoid tax on their property in wealth, even after you know, years after the revelations of the panama papers? i and thanks for having me. i think, i think that's right. i think the pandora papers in our investigation shows that despite repeated promises by politicians around the world, t

if you look at andre babich, the prime minister of the czech republic, he is standing for election thisstructure to buy them, didn't tell parliament, now the people of the czech republic know that i can make their mind up. if you look at the path of those leaks, things have changed. 0ffshore companies need to know their customers, and some overseas companies are trying to draw up registries. but there are still areas that offshore companies use. they evolve. 0ffshore companies owning property here in the uk, what you see in the leak is the way that offshore helps the very wealthy hide their wealth. offshore helps the very wealthy hide their wealth-— their wealth. richard, thank you very much- _ and panorama is on bbc1 tonight at 7.30. you can read more about today's expose on the bbc news app or website at bbc.co.uk/news. the uk's coronavirus travel rules have been simplified from today. the red list is to remain, but the amber and green lists are now merged into a single "rest of world" category. in addition, people coming back from countries which aren't on the red list who can prove