it goes it a company in mauritius.. they advise the company to buy them a country mansion, two properties in london and an aston martin. the off—shore company even spent £100,000 a year funding mark and harriet‘s yacht, so they could enjoy racing at regattas around the world, like this one. ? mark and harriet also have a home in cannes. is mr falconer in? no, we rent the house. you rent it, do you know where he is? england, i think. i guess. you're the crew of the boat, aren't you? no, we use the boat, aren't you? no, we use the boat but we don't... it's a private... team. private team. what's mr falconer‘s relationship with the boat? i don't know, why, excuse me? i'm a reporter, but he's sometimes on the boat, isn't he? no, no. i've seen pictures of him on the boat. i don't know. with you, in fa ct. boat. i don't know. with you, in fact. yes, but he's not with us. he's not with you. ok, sir. i've seen he's not with you. ok, sir. i've seen that gentleman in some of the pictures celebrating with mr falconer. i know that

an agreement that allows companies to shift profit to mauritius.ements but they have had enough. as far as we are concerned, there are loopholes we need to close. it was signed in 1995 and over time new development... people find ways of exploiting this? exactly. for regular citizens, patiently queueing to file their tax returns, there is no choice but to pay. but the finance minister told me that tax agreements mean that for many of the multinationals that operate here, paying tax has become a matter of choice. many of them are bad agreements. they should just be torn off and re— negotiated. because it is absolutely untenable that we continue, year in and year out, to give wealth away and see it build up in countries where the investors come from, but where the resource comes from, there is perpetual poverty. a very small return from natural resources. thousands of namibians now have jobs in the fish plants. this one is namibian owned and registered and pays tax here. but the fact that many fishing companies do not means that this town can only af

three actors in the bbc‘s mrs brown's boys are accused of diverting their fees through mauritius — and their income tax. is it a tax dodge, are you a tax dodger? i don't even know who you are. i'm from panorama, are you from mrs brown's boys? and you're a tax dodger. that's not very funny at all is it? and tech giant apple has a pile of cash worth tens of billions of pounds injersey where it pays no tax. we will get the political reaction and ask if anything can be done. also tonight — the mass shooting in a texas church — the killer was a us air force veteran who'd been thrown out of the military. killed by the man who adopted her — 18—month—old elsie suffered numerous injuries. america's top trade official says he's optimistic about a deal with uk after brexit. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: slaven bilic runs out of time, as he is sacked as west ham's manager. david moyes is set to replace him. hello and welcome to the bbc‘s news at six. tonight we bring you revelations from millions of leaked documents — dubbed the paradise papers — which show how the rich and powerful try

three actors in the bbc‘s mrs brown's boys are shown to have diverted their fees through mauritius — so cut their income tax. and tech giant apple has tens of billions of pounds injersey where it pays no tax. officials say the gunman who killed 26 people at a church in rural texas had sent threatening texts to his mother—in law. she wasn't in the church at the time. a british charity worker is killed in nigeria, three weeks after he was kidnapped by militants. three others have been freed. a man is found guilty of murdering his 18 month—old daughter, just two weeks after formally adopting her. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... we'll look at how millions of leaked documents — dubbed the paradise papers — have exposed how the rich and famous avoid taxes. coming up in 100 days, president trump's meeting with japan's prime minister shinzo abe,

and three actors in the bbc‘s mrs brown's boys are accused of diverting their fees through mauritius and cutting their income tax. officials say the gunman sent threatening text messages to his mother—in—law in the days before the attack, which killed 26 people in a rural church. a british charity worker is killed in nigeria, three weeks after he was kidnapped by militants. three others have been freed. a man is found guilty of murdering his 18—month—old daughter, just two weeks after formally adopting her. and party leaders i agree to introduce new procedures for staff in westminster, following a series of allegations of abuse and harassment. good evening and welcome to bbc news. tonight we bring you more revelations from millions of leaked documents — dubbed the paradise papers — which show how the rich and powerful try to avoid paying their taxes. whether it's a multi—national corporation or household names here in britain, they are all accused of using tax havens to dodge paying their fair share to the inland revenue. the papers show how lewis hamilton avoided vat on a private je

where it once farmed sugar, mauritius now farms money. it's an offshore tax haven.nds he created. using the services of the law firm appleby, based in this building in port louis, mr bastos set up quantum global investment management. appleby, as you may have seen in the news, suffered a huge data leak of highly sensitive information, revealed this week. the leak was obtained by the german newspaper suddeutsche zeitung, who shared it with the international consortium of investigative journalists. the bbc has been researching it, along with the guardian newspaper. for the last nine months, we've been putting together information from the leak with publicly available sources, and talking to insiders. as a result, we have managed to piece together much of what's going on inside the management of the sovereign wealth funds money. the first thing to look at is the management fees quantum global was paid for managing the seven mauritius—based funds. between 2% and 2.5% of the $3 billion every year. injust 20 months, the company was paid $92 million. over this time, most o

where it once farmed sugar, mauritius now farms money. it's an offshore tax haven.reated. using the services of the law firm appleby, based in this building in port louis, mr bastos set up quantum global investment management. appleby, as you may have seen in the news, suffered a huge data leak of highly sensitive information, revealed this week. the leak was obtained by the german newspaper suddeutsche zeitung, who shared it with the international consortium of investigative journalists. the bbc has been researching it, along with the guardian newspaper. for the last nine months, we've been putting together information from the leak with publicly available sources, and talking to insiders. as a result, we have managed to piece together much of what's going on inside the management of the sovereign wealth funds money. the first thing to look at is the management fees quantum global was paid for managing the seven mauritius—based funds. between 2% and 2.5% of the $3 billion every year. injust 20 months, the company was paid $92 million. over this time, most of that m

details of how three stars of the bbc show mrs brown's boys have diverted fees into companies in mauritiust money back as loans. the papers show how wealthy individuals, multinationalfirms, celebrities and political leaders have used complex financial structures to protect their funds from higher levels of taxation. in the commons, a treasury minister said the government had a good record on cracking down on tax avoidance. hmrc are already benefiting from the exchange of financial account information to the common reporting standard, an initiative in which the uk has led the world with over 100 jurisdictions signed up. the crown dependencies and overseas territories are among those signed up to this initiative and have been exchanging information with hmrc for over a year. the use of offshore accounts or trusts do not automatically mean dishonesty but this house should be assured that under this government the hmrc will continue to bear down with vigour on any tax avoidance and evasion activities whenever it may be found. unless there is a critically overriding reason for the chancellor to

you get paid in mauritius, don't you? what is that all about? and do you pay the loans back?em back, are you a tax dodger? i don't know who you are. i am from panorama, you are from mrs brown's boys and you are a tax dodger, that's not very funny, is it? more names from the paradise papers, more revelations still to come. richard bilton, bbc news. the labour party has renewed its demand for a public inquiry into tax avoidance, which is legal, and tax evasion — which is not. the prime minister theresa may said in response to the revelations that people should pay the tax that is due. our political correspondent vicki young has the reaction from westminster. once again, the secrets held in offshore tax havens are raising questions closer to home. have governments done enough to make sure everyone pays their share of tax? and wealthy individuals, including the queen, have been dragged into the affair. there is no suggestion she's avoided tax, but today the labour leader was asked whether the queen should apologise for her private estate using offshore trusts. anyone that is putt

can you tell me about your tax, you get paid in mauritius, don't you, what's that about?loans back? i don't think you pay them back, is it a tax dodge. you a tax dodgeer? i don't even know who you are. i'm from panorama. you're from mrs brown's boys, and you're a tax dodger. that's not very funny at all, is it? none of the actors have broken the law. but the chair of the commons public accounts committee is concerned. i do understand why people may go to such lengths to set up complicated tax arrangements to avoid paying tax in real—time. even if they say they are going to pay it at a later date, we need that money now, and what the issue? sometimes these sums of money we're talking about is plenty of money. you know, people can certainly live on that, and even if they were paying tax on it, they would be earning a lot more than most of my constituents. this kind of scheme isn't new. it caught out comedian jimmy carr five years ago, forcing a public apology. and a tongue lashing from the then prime minister. some of these schemes where people are parking huge amounts of m

you get paid in mauritius, don't you? what is that all about? and do you pay the loans back?ack, are you a tax dodger? i don't know who you are. i am from panorama, you are from mrs brown's boys and you are a tax dodger, that's not very funny, is it? more names from the paradise papers, more revelations still to come. richard bilton, bbc news. apple is the world's most valuable company — it has a stash of profits worth hundreds of billions of pounds. yet the leaked documents show how hard the tech giant works to keep its tax bill as low as possible. after ireland banned an arrangement which meant it paid very little tax apple has moved billions tojersey. what it's done is legal. our business editor simonjack reports. a rapturous reception for the latest iphone. it's the most popular and profitable consumer product of all time. it's generated hundreds of billions in profits for apple since it was introduced ten years ago. what these papers show is just how determined apple has been to keep the tax on those profits as low as possible. and how keen some governments, lawyers, and

can you tell me about your tax, you get paid in mauritius, don't you? what's that about?m back, is it a tax dodge. you a tax dodgeer? i don't even know who you are. i'm from panorama. you're from mrs brown's boys, and you're tax dodger. that's not very funny at all, is it? none of the actors have broken the law. but the chair of the commons public accounts committee is concerned. i do stand understand why people may go to such lengths to set up complicated tax arrangements to avoid paying tax in real—time. even if they say they are going to pay it at a later date, we need that money now, and what's the issue? sometimes these sums of money we're talking about is plenty of money. you know, people can certainly live on that, and even if they were paying tax on it, they would be earning a lot more than most of my constituents. this kind of scheme isn't new. it caught out comedian jimmy carr five years ago, forcing a public apology. and a tongue lashing from the then prime minister. some of these schemes where people are parking huge amounts of money offshore, and taking loans

and now barbados, mauritius, swaziland, tonga, fiji, bangladesh, the bahamas, grenada, papua new guinea and the final group of high commissioners from the commonwealth of dominique, st lucia, st vincent & the grenadines —— dominica, belize and antigua & barbuda, st christopher & nevis, brunei christopher bide-visfimnfi namibia, christopher &nevis,firgne+ namibia, cameroon, darussalam, namibia, cameroon, mozambique and rwanda. the last two recent members of the commonwealth who were not actually involved in the fighting in the first and second world wars but they are here because they are members of the commonwealth and have an entitlement to lay their wreaths. they are followed by the ambassador of ireland to great britain adrian o'neill. the irish regiments who serve way back, the irish guards established under queen victoria fought in both world wars. the service chiefs come next, the chief of the defence staff, sir stuart peach, doesn't himself lay a wreath, but for the royal navy sir philipjones, for the army general sir nicholas carter and for the royal air force, sir stephen hillier.

you get paid in mauritius, don't you? what's all that all about? hi there. the sun comes out. showers in northern and western areas. snow over the mountains of scotland above 300 metres. a range of temperatures, from 12 in london to six or seven in northern scotland. 0vernight we have heavy rain pushing into northern ireland, across england and wales for a time. further showers in scotland. pockets of frost in northern scotland in shelter. a couple of icy stretches to watch out for the take us into the first part of saturday. rain around in southern areas. 0ddly becoming confined the west. a miserable start to the weekend. —— probably becoming confined. showers draped around northern and western areas. cold in the north. temperatures around six 01’ the north. temperatures around six or seven degrees. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: farewell to beijing — donald trump leaves china and heads to vietnam — for the opening of the apec summit. yemen faces the worst famine t

you get paid in mauritius, don‘t you? what‘s that about? it, they would be earning more than many of my constituents. this kind of scheme isn‘t new. it caught out comedian jimmy carr five years ago, forcing a public apology. and a tongue lashing from the then prime minister. some of these schemes where people are parking huge amounts of money offshore, and taking loans back to minimise their tax rates, it is not morally acceptable. as for the creator and star of mrs brown‘s boys, brendan o‘carroll, he denies any wrongdoing. in a statement, he said: patrick houlihan and martin and fiona delany have so far made no comment. angus crawford, bbc news. the paradise papers also include revelations that the queen‘s private estate invested offshore, and that president trump‘s commerce secretary, wilbur ross, has business links to russian figures who are currently under us sanctions. but this morning mr ross said there was nothing improper about his investments. andy verity reports. bermuda, where the law firm at the heart of the biggest leak in offs

the identities of taxpayers who moved assets worth tens of millions of pounds into companies in mauritiuscash and investments in order to keep their fortunes out of reach of hmrc. walt disney has seen annual profits fall for the first time since 2009 — amid growing competition from streaming services like netflix. shares though rallied after it announced a deal to make three new star wars movies. the ceo refused to comment on reports it has held talks on a partial takeover of twenty first century fox — but did not rule out making an acquisition, advertising agencies are expected to rake in a record £6bn over the christmas period, according to an industry body forecast. the advertising association says it is being driven by intense competition, especially within the retail sector, and the rise of big—budget campaigns. it believes spending on ads has jumped nearly 40% injust seven years. the figures come as campaigns by major retailers such as john lewis, m&s and asda get under way. let's have a look at the markets before we go. it is heading for one of its worst month as retells don't look

sri lanka was ahead of everyone the, even mauritius in 1950's.e theoretical connection? i realize we have been talking about the link between industrialization doesn't really work unless you have a solid base of literacy. guess, peopley, i think it doesn't really matter. people don't need to be literate to work in a factory and press buttons. why doesn't it work? i was quite happy to accept the data. at every other country, i said, does it still work now? there is not a single country in the world today with literacy below 70% and manufacturing that is over 20% of gdp. factually, it just works. i will leave it to you to find out why. julia: i'm going to think about that one, actually. scarlet: we are going to come back to this. julia: it suggests a level of education that would -- >> it seems we need a bit more education than you think. to be able to do a nine to five job, you're kind of prototypes that way. >> i was reading about nazi germany's controls of parts of europe, and in the less literate parts of eastern europe, it was much less produc

david dale reimer of ohio to be ambassador to the republic of mauritius and the republic of seychelles. eric p. whitaker of illinois to be ambassador to the republic of niger. carla sands of california to be ambassador to the kingdom of denmark. michael t. evanoff to be assistant secretary. manisha singh of florida to be assistant secretary. mr. mcconnell: i ask that we vote en bloc with no intervening action or debate. that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc, that the president be immediately notified of the senate's action, that no further motions be in order and that any statements relating to the nominations be principled in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. question occurs on the nomination en bloc. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the nominations are confirmed en bloc. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of the following nomination -- executive calendar 361. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: