We begin though with the latest revelations about wealthy individuals. Multi. Duration. Xing money to avoid paying. Millions of leaked documents stop the Paradise Papers and said light on the extent of global tax havens today the technology from apple defended its tax. Practices arguing it had not broken any laws now that the European Union is trying to come up with ways to crackdown on tax avoidance but theyll yet to agree on the best way to proceed with more on that im. Joined by george tenet hes from the Tax Justice Network in the United Kingdom thanks for being with us on france24 tonight. And let. Others do. Starts out with the corporations you know the apples in the nike in all these huge funds to. Have managed to shift their profits of sorts so that they pay only a fraction of the usual tax rates are in european Member States dont year argued. At for system of unitary taxation at presumably that would require cooperation from every single country on s. Naram actually its a system that has already been adopted in the United States to measure how the. Corporation tax is divided between individual states since there. Is a measured up to buy canada it is something that i countries continue to rely unilaterally. And simply what it is is saying instead of each country trying to. Tax the local subsidiary a of each multinational and then not the most national shifting profits out of the country by making all these deals and trades and. Other companies owns in tax savings and saw on the kind of things weve been seeing in the. Paradise papers the you know Tax Authority like franz would just say. And we can look you global profits and in a ten percent of your Economic Activity a sales is based in from some after we got attacks ten percent of your global profits. But i mean even and and countries within the European Union cannot agree on how to proceed with this you got high tax countries like hearing for on site countries that believe. Companies an individual should be paying more tax any book countryside the netherlands and island using called corporation should should pay less tax in which and for. Creating jobs and so forth if hed kind of bring in these and. You know treat tax systems a global tax systems you not. Undermining National Sovereignty to a certain extent. Modern no one is arguing that there should be some sort of that Multinational Companies on Multinational Companies and they operate in many different places in the world. And they move money around the world but they controlled by a single entity a single headquarters at the top. And funds tax multinationals in a slightly different way kind of accepting that reality now if you have that then it would be free to every country to choose their own tax rate within that. And ends in a violent wanted to have a lower tax rate they could they could be free to do it with a problem with plays like island now is. Theyre trying to take profits from places like franz. Part of that having be nine denial and and shift them to irish shows. And which is hurting the french government is hurting the British Government other countries and at to marginal benefit for countries like island. At some closing lately poses is the way forward and and i want to talk a bit about that the coverage of the paradise papis and data which is really been dominating headlines around the world for the last two days. And you take issue out we the journalists talking about how no noise have been broken you say they should be more emphasis on the on the ethics hit. Well i just think its too early this made right kind of claim united this is fourteen million documents. And Companies Like apple be they operate the beer you kw occasionally. Its possible that illegal things might happen now and if you look at the Panama Papers and that was released and then subsequently there was investigation started by various different authorities around the worl. Thousand five hundred individuals have been investigated by tax authorities. And over a hundred and ten Million Dollars been retreat so i just think in the first wee. Its a bit. Its misleading for some people its not everyone. To say no route nothing illegal has taken place in tax avoidance is perfectly meat on song. We just denied us so far. On the a tens china get people and companies to pay more tax cut of. Going against at human nature because there will always be very clever Financial Advisors who will find one way or another. To make sure the companies and and wealth individuals pay. The minimum of taxes because that is often old. Kind of the. The reason for making money to hold onto it. Worried that and they might be human nature for to try and play the system but that doesnt mean we should give up in trying to make the system as tight as possible. We would argue for the and any other form of activity we wouldnt say that you know murder has been around. Since the beginning of time so we should stop pursuing murder as. And and what we should do is make sure that the policies are in place to make you better that. Prevent these kinds of activities in countries invest and Law Enforcement and tax enforcement. To make sure that people who do try and engage in these practices. Office you then stopped. George tenet thank you very much indeed. Thanks very much for having me. Now ten people have been arrested set in france and in switzerland on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack French Police carried out raids in the suburb east of paris and in several cities and. Southeast there are unconfirmed reports of a plot to attack the french city of niece the arrest comes just weeks. Ter from sporting tough new Anti Terrorism laws erin oaken kay has the story. And this residential building in Southern France the operation started early in the morning. A special forces unit of the French Police carried out an Anti Terrorist witness by this president. Usually viva sees if i woke up at around six this morning we heard a lot. Doubts. Saw police dressed in black. With their faces covered coming into the building. Counter terrorists took place simultaneously in the suburbs outside of paris an example loss and in montel. In total nine people between the ages of eighteen and sixty five including two brothers were arrested in france and one person in switzerland. The soul of a click collect enough close enough face going up in a jeep along with our french colleagues we led what we call a gi t. A joint investigation team. Meaning we worked together with french authorities and a coordinated operation that combined the needs of french at the orgies soon and those of swiss penal procedures. Soon only labors are. The paucity of pain not easy us use those arrested allegedly conducted suspicious activities on the encrypted telegram application. Investigators say they discussed unspecified violent acts targeting france. Now hes previously threatened fire and fury but u. S. President donald trump adopted a much softer tone towards north korea. As he visited south korea this tuesday just two hundred kilometers from pyongyang trump held private meetings with the south Korean Leader mean jay in and the had a message for kim job would. Come to the table and make a deal unity has the story. Watering down his usual rhetoric u. S. President trump meat says south korean counterpart just hours away from catalan. The u. S. Leader said he hoped that he never has to use the military option. Against north korea. I really believe that it makes sense for. North korea. To come to the table in to make a deal. Thats good for the people of north korea. And the people of the world. I do see Certain Movement yes but lets see what happens. Since and election south korean president when jane has committed a diplomatic approach when dealing with tom lange. And a for each foreman berated by trump the perfect coming down strong against north Koreas Nuclear threa. Meanwhile in seoul hundreds of anti and fluery trump demonstrators took to the streets. Yeah we didnt. By some but i dont know at. Were here to welcome President Trumps visit. We hope north korea issues will be sold and of south Korea Us Alliance would be strengthened through his visits all. Our gear would even i knew that on. On a balloon on monk. Would you rule. Calls him more natural to. Christians us by weapons he and threatened salmon the trade agreements. We call welcome to type president talk country politically and that is what will close his visit to south korea the whole. And. A pal on upon down and i still. Self. Treaty president announced tuesday that south korea would fight large amounts of u. S. Weapon be cutting in and to limit the military arsenals flick t. Asian all. Trump had felt such a several helper gc u. S. Trade deficit th seoul. This decision come that he reiterated his disapproval of the career u. S. Free trade agreements. During the lavish. Visits. A fine balance the Trumps Administration has he discussed security and trade with them and i. The seven years. Well tomorrow marks a year since it Donald Trumps shock election victory when the one time rank out side was catapulted into the white house so that now at some of the promises trump made on the campaign trail. And how many of them is managed to deliver on. Anya fifth election in ten months since his inauguration we take a look at fortune hedges donald trump motivated. When he was on the campaign trail. Starting with job. I am going to be a. The greatest jobs president. That god ever created remember that. This october us Unemployment Rate is at a seventeen year. Funding four point one percent its been a win for donald trump. But he cant take all the credit. The downward trend started under former president Barack Obamas first term in office. Another pledged if time of the war. I will build a great great wall. On our southern border and i will have mexico pay for that wall. Mark my word. Trump administration proudly displayed prototypes of the southern rule. But with no funding from congress to know what from mexico. Its an unkept promise. Another setback for the republican president getting rid of the aca or obamacare. The plan will be repeal. And replace obamacare so much crime a major disappointment for donald trump as the plan is on hol. Despite having a republican majority in both the house and Senate Healthcare reform remains a difficult task. For an easier when for President Trump has been putting out deal of. Were going to cancel the paris climate agreement. And promised trump has called the United States out of the paris climate deal. Despite born allies crying foul donald trump is pushing is pro cold agenda. Convince itll be better for busines. Yeah ousted catalan president Carles Puigdemont has been rallying in brussels and says he will never give up on his dream of an independent catalonia. Some two hundred mans from. Cities across the region cheered him on. Simone could face thirty years in jail. What rebellion if belgium agrees to extradite him to spain to get has more . A show of support for their former leader. Send two hundred mayors from catalonia have travelled to brussels. To press their case for independence and ask for help from the e. U. Get real button thing hed go we want europe to understand that the only thing we mayors asked for and the name of all the people who have voted. And are in favor of independence is respect. We want to be respected as a people and for the you to help us and we believe in the u. Igunza sure the in a cooker yemen mens. Companies have you. Then main objective. Asking europe to get involved. And to be aware of what is happening in catalonia. And for europe to intervene. Secondly to ask insist and demand the Immediate Release of catalan political prisoner has the monopoly. If members of the Catalan Association of entrepreneurs also travel to brussels. But they had quite a different message for the european parliament. The Political Tension created by irresponsible politician like puigdemont. Is creating some that of the we already have on the table which is two thousand companies out of catalonia. The only two banks we had in catalonia out in mullet and alexander why didnt trust their separatism datum trust nationalism abe them trash exclusion. A recent poll shows that Catalan Independence is now the number to worry for spaniards. Behind unemployment and ahead of corruption. That evening you deadly have been struggling to breed of pollution in the indian capital reaches dangerous new levels authorities were. Forced to close schools and counsel the citys marathon one minister it says the city has become. A giant gas chamber our correspondent stray banditti has its rewards. You can smell the pollution in the air in deadly today. Around this time every year. The pollution levels in deadly reached catastrophic levels of its like smoking two packs of cigarettes a day thats how bad things are here. And was still people dont seem to be very aware of how terrible the situation is. If you look around me youll see not a lot of people are wearing masks. And people dont seem to be. Because of the way. But that doesnt pollution affect. If you want to. And go home. Then they were never going. But w. Because of the dust so you dont even the films weve sergeant la gives a couple. The end to point five levels of the dangerous. Fine particulate matter levels are thirty times what the w. H. O. Considers safe. The Indian Medical Association is calling the situation in delhi. Public Health Emergency a most at risk other children and the elderly. In the matt best way to protect yourself from the situation is to be able to stay at home. But for a lot of people thats not possible. Does and i have to be out on the street. If i do you are lets polite our. Yard really eat. As you can see behind me right now deadly is covered by a thick blanket of smoke. Now these conditions are expected to persist for at least a few more weeks. The indian capital has earned the dubious distinction of being the most polluted city in the world. And its going to stay that way unless the government the authorities take some comprehensive action to solve this proble. Three about as you that breaking the smoking in new delhi now it is one hundred years since russias bolshevik revolution began november seventh. Was once a day of grand minute she parades but ever since the fall of the soviet union it has been a. Tricky time for the kremlin palace say president ratification is unwilling to encourage any ideas. This light has. Hundred years ago. The will to power. Buildings. All of the bullshit. Regional come. Couples. Sport hundred years never. People in the streets insid. Scully communists of all stripes those who read. Which. Well represented in to my in the Russian Parliament right now. Also those on the more radical that those of us the left front. Who was still cooling for a revolution similar to that which . Hundred years ago. Its because the real problem for the government. Date this commemoration. And thats because of Vladimir Putin and the kremlin dont really want to draw attention to a moment which was essentially could attac. Hopefully all of the government. And thats our school. Time is also a difficult moment because you can say home is still have a large. Supports. Many of still lifestyle to cool the soviet union and many here would like to see. Turn. Like we were able to plan our lives. Now every day theres something you. It is no social justice. And no one understands whos in control state and our allies with money now not the. That that it the bullet the so thats the last. Yeah back then the state was for the people. Stay with for the workers. Incredible fan. Care was taken care of the working people. At that time many people receive the things they couldnt even have dreamed of before gto either and russia at your overseas. Reached that id shinzo yugoslav thats the. Well as his Business News of going now i came eighties with us in this you gotta kites im laura and that we to start with more half full of from the Paradise Papers said of course after the night karen. Or to say over the tax bills on again the ascension is really shifting from the individuals were named in those papers up to companies some french ones of course featured there. Among them death so aviation friend aviation giant accused of helping customers dodge millions of euros in sales tax. Dosso has addressed the allegations directly in a statement this tuesday it confirmed that it had indeed set up several entities on the isle of man. To help quote meat the financing needs of its clients. But insisted that it had a respected all of its tax obligations. Data from the leaks just the death so customers should paid some twenty seven Million Euros in vat sales tax the french state. Which they avoided by going to Shell Companies big tech coy in trouble in europe for dodging taxes. Los year margaret fist daga issued of record thirteen billion year a bill against apple. Accusing it of receiving illegal tax breaks in islands. Now the European Competition commissioner is taking aim again. Same Tech Companies are killing innovation when you grow yeah you shouldnt deny others. The chance to challenge you. And and you should never yourself say no one will challenge me so i dont be to innovate anymore. Competition is one of the most important drivers of innovation because you have to stay in the race you have to think of something new. A and if you dont well of course y should leave the market. The stock a singled out apple facebook and google for abusing their market dominance. In june the eu ordered the Search Engine company to pay a fine of two point four billion years. On the other side of the atlantic Tech Companies have come on the less scrutiny. We do have a legal. It really is. First. The market that keating hoffman and then we can look at the kondo. Associated with that. So its its a little bit o. The abuse of. How are . American politics. Needs have. Its europes approach. Accusing it of anti american bias. But the stock has defended the decision to intervene. Saint was sometimes necessary to protect democracy. Retail sales across the eurozone grew at their fastest pace in two years in september. East to six office a demand for clothing furniture and Electrical Equipment and boosted activity. Up point seven percent from august and three point seven percent higher than a year earlier. Retail figures offer insight into the state of the economy. Is latest report backs up the European Central banks assessment that the single currency bloc is now emerging from its prolonged period of stagnation. Meanwhile unofficial data show sales slowing in the uk. Prompting a Retail Advisory board but to express concern about the busy Holiday Shopping perio. The chicken on days trading action now the major european indices closed in the red. Losses between about half and two thirds of one percentage point a the ibex thirty five in madrid down more sharply. The Retail Sector dropped about one percent while shares in the danish shipping died mauler mart marske. Lost seven percent weaker than expected profits and outloo. Wallstreet also trending down the down s. And p. Five hundred are on track to snap a five day winning streak. Overall though u. S. Stocks are up some twenty percent since donald trump was elected one year ago. As that one Year Anniversary approaches on wednesday the white house is looking for its first major legislative achievement. As it pushes ahead on tax reform. Republican lawmakers are trying to write the bill theyre still hoping to pass it through the house of representatives by the thanksgiving break in three weeks time. But everything resistance from democrats who argued puzzles about tax cuts for the rich. The Business World has welcomed plans to reduce the Corporate Tax level from thirty five to twenty percent. But there have been concerns about a new proposed twenty percent tax on cross border payments. Between affiliates of the same company. That would particularly way on foreign multinationals with operations in the u. S. Like carmakers. As the president continues his asian tour his treasury secretary leading efforts on capitol hill. To push the bill through. This is about making america competitive again we have one of the highest tax rates in the world. We tax on worldwide income this is about making our American Companies competitive in bringing jobs back to the United States. Its also about putting more money in the pockets of average americans with the middle income tax cut. Isnt pushing the tax reform bill there. Meanwhile here in france the government has back tracked on its pledge to drastically reduce dependence on Nuclear Power by the year twenty twenty five. Environment minister nicholas who said that target was no longer realistic. And he said he would work on a new timetable. France currently gets about three quarters of its electricity from its fifty eight nuclear plants. Michael administration had vowed to reduce that to less than half in under a decade. Who said he still wants to phase out Nuclear Power but that the twenty twenty five target was now out of reach . Mostly shockingly twenty first year twenty thirty five deadline is a deadline will have to work on will oversee maintained fifty percent target except now will be making it possible and feasible is a. Theyre meanwhile did insist that his priority is to reduce dependence on traditional fuel sources. His plan includes banning sale of gasoline and diesel cars by the year twenty forty up much more optimistic about that goal laura that he was about this Nuclear Pledge which is also one of the. Good real flagship reforms that he planned to bring and now put now that he. His has just. Alright cant and i lot of people will be disappointed by. Thanks very much indeed to kate media that the business was taking a short break here on from the full much more still to come to go it 11 07 17 11 07 17 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] amy from pacifica, this is democracy now there are many ways he could have taking care of the motherinlaw without coming with 50 loaded magazines and an Assault Rifle to a church. I think he came here with the purpose and a mission. Amy the 26yearold white man named Devin Patrick kelley who killed 26 people sunday as they attended church in sutherland springs, texas, had a history of domestic violence. He was courtmartialed on charges he