that was andy verity.rector of the centre for financial crime and security studies at rusi and briefed on the broad outlines of the fincen story. he was an investment banker atjp morgan for 20 years rebecca jones has been speaking to him. the suspicious activity report regime is the fundamental pillar on which anti—money laundering efforts are meant to be founded and it was created 25 years ago, and in many ways we are still using the same system as we had 25 years ago. the problem is that you and i can transfer money at the tap of a app, but the system was created when it took four or five days to transfer money around the world, so there was time for banks to study whose money is going where. nowadays, that is very challenging. what constitutes suspicious activity? there are a whole range of reasons. if you go home this evening and you send £9,000 to three different friends, that might be suspicious. why did you do three £9,000 transactions in half an hour? maybe it is money coming to you from a company

our economics correspondent andy verity, many thanks. alex forsyth is in westminster now. the chancellor calls it a radical intervention. does it go far enough? rito, the chancellor has been under growing pressure to come up with something to replace the furlough scheme which is due to end next month and i think it's worth saying that this wasn't a direct reaction to the extra restrictions we saw put into place earlier this week, but i think is the government has given this sense that this virus is going to be around for a while and that's obviously going to have an impact on the economy has new restrictive measures are put in place, then that pressure did grow a bit on the chancellor to come up with something to mitigate it, so this is his answer. the sense the government wa nts to answer. the sense the government wants to try and support businesses that might be struggling through the next few months, to keep people on the books where it can, also with extending the time it has to repay back loans and of course maintaining that vat cut

andy verity reports.'s most closely guarded secrets. in one example, a payment of $8 million, flagged as suspicious, was sent to a russian businessman living in britain, vladimir chernukhin, in 2016. it initially came from this man, suleyman kerimov, a billionaire ally of president putin. in 2018, he was sanctioned by the us who were targeting those they said played a key role in advancing russia's malign activities. mr chernukhin's wife, lubov chernukhin, has become famous for donating large sums to the conservative party in exchange for tennis matches with david cameron and borisjohnson and paying £135,000 for a night out with theresa may. in total, she has donated £1.7 million, most of it since her husband received the $8 million from kerimov. the chernukhins, pleasant people though they may be, are not fit and proper people to make donations to a british political party and it looks and feels and is really troubling if you see that people are paying money into the conservative party coffers and gettin

moscow's legendary bush choice theater reopened in grand style with a production of jews at the verities don carlos starring among others russian austrian diva and on a trip it was unfortunately abruptly canceled when one of the soloist tested positive for the coronavirus so much for that but the company's ballet went ahead with its season premiere. back on stage after a forced break of almost 5 months this is this love lunch out of 1st performance since the corona locked down together with. over. 40 dancers from moscow's legendary bolshoi russia's number one theatre and ballet. the 2 soloists are overwhelmed to be back on stage. and i suppose. with all it's them for us it's a huge thrill to get out of our apartments again and just be creative. just let it out which we have a jam packed schedule of performances so all the dancers even the carter ballet are rehearsing several pieces a day. for the one act ballet for characters in search of a plot the bolshoi decided to forgo the opulence set this in an effort to have a sphere of people as possible involved in the production. with over 100

andy verity reports.s of reports of suspicious activity filed by banks to alert us authorities were leaked to buzzfeed news and passed to the international consortium of investigativejournalists and bbc panorama. they reveal some of the international banking system's most closely guarded secrets. in one example, a payment of $8 million flagged as suspicious was sent to a russian businessman and former minister living in britain, vladimir chernukhin, in 2016. it initially came from this man, suleiman kerimov, a billionaire ally of president putin. in 2018 he was sanctioned by the us who were targeting those they said played a key role in advancing russia's malign activities. mr chernukhin's wife, lubov chernukhin, has become famous for donating large sums to the conservative party in exchange for tennis matches with david cameron and boris johnson. and paying £135,000 for a night out with theresa may. in total, she's donated £1.7 million. most of it since her husband received the $8 million from kerimov. t

conditions that can influence the severity of coded 19 outcomes but does viral load also affect some verity. when i began looking into this i quickly realized that there is still no clear answer to this question partly because the amount of virus in a patient's body changes from day to day as the disease progresses we know from other diseases that that high viral loads are linked to infectiousness but do they also affect disease severity in tobit 19 well the information coming out of the studies this kind of conflict in a recent fairly large scale one for example found a clear link between mortality and high viral load in hospitalized patients and even suggested it could be used as a tool for stratifying patient risk but other studies that have measured viral loads in for example children who had very mild forms of the disease found they were generally carrying even more virus than adults who develop severe forms of the disease and then there are the studies showing that that asymptomatic or precentor matic adults can also have very heavy viral loads so so after hours of reading this is how

measures the regime is willing to use now it gets protesters but no sign from the protest is the veritie willing to go back to being quiet for you and. our correspondent nick conley covering the very latest there in minsk thank you. the european commission has unveiled its plan to overhaul the e.u.'s migration and asylum system appealing to member states to show solidarity with one another european countries have long disagreed about the best way to manage migration under the new proposals countries like hungary and poland who refuse to accept migrants would instead offer money equipment or personnel to help patrol borders the european commission president was enough on the line said the continent must rise to the challenge on migration this package reflex of fair and reasonable balance between responsibility and solidarity among member states we all share the benefits we all share the burden. this package also reflects a very pragmatic and realistic approach we know that we have to build trust among member states and citizens confidence that we can manage this as a union. alexander phen

a year on we meet philip canes again he's now union secretary at the trade union verity we ask what's changed at the d.o.j. . it was hard it's worse today than it was before we now have twice as many contract workers as permanent staff. do you mean if a deal and teddy are really pushing to use contract work to oust their own employees. the reduction of permanent staff is in full swing in many industries. what employers call flexible is ation means insecurity and lower pay for employees. it's not just about the meat industry contracts are a problem there used to be entrepreneurial risk the entrepreneur had the money but they also had the risk if there was no work to do that's fallen completely by the wayside today they say they need people to be on call when there is work but they should just disappear when it's done just so long as they don't have to pay anyone to stand around. the german institute for economic research is. also critical of the fact that companies often exploit contract work and other such employment arrangements. see that option but. it can't be the goal of german ec

a year on we meet philip keynes again he's now union secretary at the trade union verity we ask what's changed at the d.o.j. . as. it's worse today than it was before we now have twice as many contract workers as permanent staff. do you mean a good deal in teddie are really pushing to use contract work to oust their own employees. the reduction of permanent staff is in full swing in many industries. what employers call flexible ization means insecurity and lower pay for employees. that's right definitive it's not just about the meat industry contracts are a problem. used to be entrepreneurial risk the entrepreneur had the money but they also had the risk if there was no work to do that's fallen completely by the wayside today they say they need people to be on call when there is work but they should just disappear when it's done just so long as they don't have to pay anyone to stand around. the german institute for economic research is. also critical of the fact that companies often exploit contract work and other such employment arrangements. see that option but just politics. it can'

a year on we meet philip keynes again he's now union secretary at the trade union verity we ask what's changed at the d.o.j. . as. it's worse today than it was before we now have twice as many contract workers as permanent staff. do you mean. in teddie are really pushing to use contract work to oust their own employees. the reduction of permanent staff is in full swing in many industries. what employers call flexible ization means insecurity and lower pay for employees. it's not just about the meat industry contracts are a problem. used to be entrepreneurial risk the entrepreneur had the money but they also had the risk if there was no work to do that's fallen completely by the wayside today they say they need people to be on call when there is work but they should just disappear when it's done just so long as they don't have to pay anyone to stand around. the german institute for economic research is. also critical of the fact that companies often exploit contract work and other such employment arrangements. see that option but. it can't be the goal of german economic policy to partic

recovered just over half the output lost because of anti—virus measures. 0ur economics correspondent andy verityonce prohibited activity, drinking and eating in pubs and restaurants, was finally allowed again. just as banning drinking and eating out shrunk this part of the economy from april untiljune, lifting the ban helped activity recover, jumping by 140% injuly. construction companies and sites like this were running at and sites like this were running at a quarter of normal capacity in the spring, but now staff are back from furlough ina spring, but now staff are back from furlough in a sector where activity soared by 18%. i think local businesses really appreciate seeing the construction industry at the forefront of the recovery, of the bounce back. it is palpable, the city is coming back to life, led by the construction industry. in construction, as in the rest of the economy, extraordinary growth in july is nowhere near enough to make up july is nowhere near enough to make upfor july is nowhere near enough to make up for the extraordinary shrinkage from april to june. the up for the extr

our economics correspondent, andy verity, explained how british banks were implicated by the leaked documents speaking to my colleague rebecca jones. july 2012, a senate committee published a devastating report about hsbc, saying it was being used as a conduit for drug kingpins and rogue nations. and specifically, that spectacular failures of oversight had led to launderers to launder drug money, notjust any drug traffickers, this was a cartel made famous in the netflix series el chapo. so a really serious problem. theyjust got off prosecution for that and we only found out four years later, in 2016, that george osborne, the then chancellor, had intervened on their behalf, seeking to help them avoid criminal prosecution. saying that if they were prosecuted it might present threats to financial stability. instead they had a five year probation period where they had to keep their nose clean, and yet, we found out only from this week that this stuff was going on in that period. am i right there is a lot more to this than just one bank? oh, yes, hsbc is by no means the only bank singled out here.

economy, the combined figure forjune and july, was more than 300,000. 0ur economics correspondent andy verityst some of the well—known companies who announced redundancies injune and companies who announced redundancies in june and july. the job companies who announced redundancies injune and july. the job cuts hitting the headlines were a tiny fraction ofjobs hitting the headlines were a tiny fraction of jobs lost hitting the headlines were a tiny fraction ofjobs lost and official unemployment numbers haven't yet ca ptu red unemployment numbers haven't yet captured the impact of the pandemic. instead the more up—to—date picture emerges from forms that are filed with the insolvency service if they plan to make more than 20 redundant, saying how many jobs plan to make more than 20 redundant, saying how manyjobs they want to cut. the bbc freedom of information request discovered that injury in 1888 employers plan to cutjobs. in july a further 1784 gave notice of plans to cut nearly 150,000 jobs. many more people will have been made redundant from smaller companies, pushing the overall number of

of questions about the chancellor's announcements yesterday, and our economics correspondent andy verityem. andy... we have had a question from phil who asks how does this affect those in the entertainment industry? really interesting question. the entertainment industry has had a helluva time in a particular nightclubs, anyone in the events industry has had a really difficult time for the last six months. at least they have had, for example, the furlough scheme but that is going away. the question is whether they can access this new scheme. the a nswer they can access this new scheme. the answer from the government is, well, if you are viable. what does that mean? it is up to the employer to decide. if you are firm and entertainment industry, you have got to work out whether you can make enough income to cover more than half of your employees normal hours because you have to pay 55% even if they only do one third of their normal hours. the question is, can you get more than half of your normal revenues because if you can't, then this job support scheme isn't really going to help you. th

a year on we meet philip keynes again he's now union secretary at the trade union verity we ask what's changed at the. this is hard it's worse today than it was before we now have twice as many contract workers of permanent staff. in teddy who are really pushing to use contract work to oust their own employees. the reduction of permanent staff is in full swing in many industries. what employers call flexible is ation means insecurity and lower pay for employees. it's not just about the meat industry contracts are a problem there used to be entrepreneurial risk the entrepreneur had the money but they also had the risk if there was no work to do that's fallen completely by the wayside today they say they need people to be on call when there is work but they should just disappear when it's done just so long as they don't have to pay anyone to stand around. the german institute for economic research is. also critical of the fact that companies often exploit contract work and other such employment arrangements. see that option but just politics it can't be the goal of german economic policy

conditions that can influence the severity of coded 19 outcomes but does viral load also affect some verity. when i began looking into this i quickly realized that there is still no clear answer to this question partly because the amount of virus in a patient's body changes from day to day as the disease progresses we know from other diseases that that high viral loads are linked to infectiousness but do they also affect disease severity in covert 19 well the information coming out of the studies this kind of conflict in a recent fairly large scale one for example found a clear link between mortality and high viral load in hospitalized patients and even suggested it could be used as a tool for stratifying patient risk but other studies that have measured viral loads in for example children who had very mild forms of the disease found they were generally carrying even more virus than adults who develop severe forms of the disease and then there are the studies showing that that asymptomatic or precint a matic adults can also have very heavy viral loads so so after hours of reading this is ho

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let's speak to our economics correspondent andy verity.bout hsbc there — but they had already been in trouble, hadn't they? when this was happening, they were sort of on probation. in 2012, july 2012, a senate committee punt published a devastating report about hsbc, saying it was being used as a conduit for drug kingpins and rogue nations. specifically, the spectacular failures of oversight had led the bank to permit drug traffickers to launder $881 million of drug money, notjust any drug traffickers either, this was a drug cartel made famous in the netflix series l chapel. a really serious problem. they just series l chapel. a really serious problem. theyjust got a prop prosecution for that. in 2016, george osborne, the then chancellor had intervened on their behalf, seeking to help them avoid criminal prosecution, saying that if they we re prosecution, saying that if they were prosecuted, it might present threats to financial stability. as a result, they had a deferred prosecution instead. a five year probation period where they had to

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after moscow's legendary boys' choice theater reopened in grand style with a production of tj's that verity's don carlos starring among others russian austrian diva and on a trip it was unfortunately abruptly canceled when one of the soloists tested positive for the coronavirus so much for that but the company's ballet went ahead with its season premiere. back on stage after a forced break of almost 5 months this is this love lunch ourselves 1st performance since the corona locked down together with. over. 40 dancers from moscow's legendary bolshoi russia's number one theatre and ballet. the 2 soloists are overwhelmed to be back on stage. and i suppose. little it's for us it's a huge thrill to get out of our apartments again and just be creative if that that of the united will just let it out which we have a jam packed schedule of performances so all the dancers even the carter ballet are rehearsing several pieces a day. for the one act ballet for characters in search of a plot the bolshoi decided to forgo the opulence set this in an effort to have a few people as possible involved in the pro

and verity, bbc news.l in hospital after he was shot while walking to school. the 15—year—old was on his way to kesgrave high school near ipswich, in suffolk, when the attack took place yesterday morning. police have arrested a 15—year—old boy on suspicion of attempted murder. you are watching bbc news. negotiation teams from the uk and european union will meet in london today to resume talks for a post—brexit trade deal. it comes after the prime minister, borisjohnson, pledged to walk away from the table if no agreement is reached by october 15th. the uk‘s chief negotiator, lord frost, has said there is "still time" to agree a deal. let‘s speak now to the conservative mp and former business secretary, andrea leadsom. thank you forjoining us. so, lord frost, the chief negotiator for the uk, said ahead of the talks today we need to see more realism from the eu about our status as an independent country. we have repeatedly made clear key elements of our position, derived from the fundamentals of being a sove

here‘s our economics correspondent, andy verity.tion companies on sites like this one in birmingham‘s business district were running at a quarter of normal capacity in the spring, but now its staff are back from furlough. i think the local businesses really appreciate seeing the construction industry at the forefront of the recovery and the bounce back. it's palpable, the city is going back to life and it is being led by the construction industry. but in construction, as with the rest of the economy, extraordinary growth injuly is still nowhere near enough to make up for the extraordinary shrinkage of activity. the economy is bouncing strongly, but the line on this chart shows it is fairly recovered half of the output it lost. it is really going to take the balance of this year and left before we can recover the ground that is lost. so 2020, we are still going to have an economy that could be one tenth smaller, 10% smaller, than what we had in 2019. and that has implications forjob prospects and the wealth and opportunity for the ma

andy verity, bbc news.rant newsomejoints grant newsome joints me grant newsomejoints me and is an expert in the field. welcome to the programme. if i can get your reaction to these linked documents and what they show us. documents and what they show us. i wasn't surprised and i don't think anyone who follows theissues don't think anyone who follows the issues are surprised by anything they revealed. this has been a long—standing problem in the financial industry around the world, including london, the us, so this is nothing new. you really have some structural of them is that need to be addressed before there is any real progress made on this. in terms of london being a hub for money laundering, your views and thoughts on that and what this means going forward going for london? it's been a long time since london has a reputation for anything goes, anyone is welcome as long as they have money. you remember when the immolation airliner was shot down over ukraine, there was a quote from a banker in the city, t

andy verity reports.ted leak, thousands of reports of suspicious act beauty filed by banks to alert us authorities —— suspicious activity. were passed to the international consortium of infected —— investigative journalist and international consortium of infected —— investigativejournalist and bbc panorama. they reveal the bank's closely guarded secrets. payment of $8 million flagged as suspicious was sent to a russian businessman former minister living in britain, in 2016. it initially came from this man. a billionaire ally of president putin. in 2018 he was a change and by the us who were targeting those they said played a key role in advancing russia's malign activities. the man's wife had become famous for donating large sums to the conservative party in exchange for tennis matches with david cameron and boris johnson. tennis matches with david cameron and borisjohnson. and paying £135,000 for a night out with theresa may. in total, she has donated £1.7 million. most of it since her husband received t

they verity compound said they're prepared to vote but there are still many that have not.g not not made up their mind jet. i would hope that all of those would be ones that would be responsive to their constituents. i really don't understand why they‘ re constituents. i really don't understand why they're so concerned i'm letting the next president make this decision. trust the voters of this decision. trust the voters of this country. let them make the decision as to who the rightful person is to make this appointment. we have never in modern times taking up we have never in modern times taking upa we have never in modern times taking up a nomination this close to an election. the right decision is to defer the action. senator we are really grateful for your time. thank you for coming on the program. my pleasure, good talking to you. this supreme court vacancy is the second—closest to an election ever — the only one that occurred closer was when chiefjustice taney who died 27 days before the 1864 presidential election. the then president — abraham lincoln — delayed his no

lighter cameras, more light sensitive film stock and easier recording of synchronous sound made cinema verity possible filmmakers bob juul ricky legate upper left and da pennybakerfollows bob dylan. below him, consulting with al meisel and his brother david. in the lower left, fred wiseman contemplates the next edition of his lengthy can examinations of contemporary life. 1973, american viewers were transfixed by cinema very take captured of the loud family. 12 part series started as a sociological examination of the modern american family and took on the trappings of a real-life soap opera, again suggesting things to come. cinema verite brought a new attitude about what a documentary could and should be. hold out attitude and nonfiction metaphors who were supposed to be good of you are challenged by films like woodstock directed by michael widely. mixed entertainment with close-up looks at the counterculture and action. making a documentary required equipment that could be expensive. the cost of film processing and editing added a financial challenge. that began to change with relatively ine

andy verity, bbc news.s more. time beginning to run out and an extraordinary admission today from the northern ireland secretary that the northern ireland secretary that the government knew bill amending the government knew bill amending the eu withdrawal agreement does break international law although he said only in a specific and limited way? that's right, ben. it's not something you hear everyday in the house of commons, a government minister saying they are prepared to break the law. this shadows the eighth round of trade talks between the uk and eu with no agreement insight and the prime minister setting a deadline of men october to get a trade deal through and certainly the atmosphere i don't think we'll have been helped by the comments in the house of commons today. there has been speculation over the last couple of days that a government bill to be published tomorrow is called the internal market bill about trade between the four nations of the uk once the transition period comes to an end on decem

i think the thing we are all struggling with his verities the these homegrown terrorists of every flavor and type but just in the number of cases or arrests, how many of them are white supremacists if it isn't the exact number, is at the same as other types of domestic terrorism, is it higher, just give us a level of approximate numbers >> what i can tell you is within the domestic terrorism bucket it is the biggest within the larger group and within the racially motivated. they are the largest chunk of the racially motivated domestic service. >> i would also add to that that eventually motivated extremists over recent years have been responsible for the most lethal activity in the u.s.. now this year, the lethal attacks, domestic terrorism lethal attacks we have had all fit in the category of antigovernment, anti-authority which comes at a briefing from anarchists violent extremists to militia types. we don't really think in terms of left and right. >> i understand. >> that's not the way we look at the world. >> i understand. i will be submitting questions for the record commensurate wi

businesses were planning to axe during the same period last year. 0ur economics correspondent andy verityrk benefits have jumped in the pandemic but because many were not seeking work are available for it and lockdown they we re available for it and lockdown they were not counted as unemployed and a more up—to—date emerges from forms that employers have two file with insolvency services if they plan to make more than 20 people redundant saying how many jobs make more than 20 people redundant saying how manyjobs they want to cut. the freedom of information request discovered that injune 1888 request discovered that injune1888 employers plan to cut 156,000 jobs. and then in july, employers plan to cut 156,000 jobs. and then injuly, a further 178a employers gave notice of plans to cut nearly 150,000 jobs. because many more will have been made redundant from smaller companies, the overall number of job redundant from smaller companies, the overall number ofjob cuts is likely to have been substantially higher and with the furlough scheme drawing to a close in less than two months, further redu

verity says it is never too early and she keeps her decorations up early and she keeps her decorationsd a 3.5fold ten days early and they reported a 3.5 fold increase ten days early and they reported a 3.5fold increase into ten days early and they reported a 3.5 fold increase into christmas traffic online. the implication is that we are desperate for something to look forward to and we are preparing early. are you ready for the christmas rush? . preparing early. are you ready for the christmas rush?! it is a way away. not at all. but now that you've mentioned it... i don't do my shopping until november six. christmas should start in december instead because, december one, because it should not have it in summer. because it should not have it in summer. we don't see our families as much as we could have this year so it would be nice. i think it would be sad for many people because they have lost so many loved ones. get—togethers. .. have lost so many loved ones. get—togethers... this ongoing situation all the time and you don't know how things will escalate all decreases. shopping won't

echoes too of the pressure cooker structure of spike lee's do the right thing and the even—handed veritycters in simple black—and—white strokes, les miserables has slipped stealthily from astute observation to urgent action. reminding us all the time of hugo's maxim that there is no such thing as bad plants or bad men, only bad cultivators. les miserables is cinemas now and i urge you to seek it out. it's snowing. winter is coming! we have a real connection. a rare and intense attachment. i've never experienced anything like it. i am thinking of ending things. huh? charlie kaufman is the screenwriting genius who won a bafta for being john markovich, and another for adaptation, and a third for an eternal sunshine in a spotless mind which he also nabbed an oscar. he has fared less well as a director, with 2008 synecdoche, new york polarising critics and bombing at the box office, earning less than a quarter of its $20 million budget. we will never know if kaufman's critically fated latest proves more popular, since it's released direct netflix, their audience figures are a closely—guarded