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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News 20171105

At least 20 people have been killed and Dozens Injured in a shooting in texas, according to the authorities there. A gunman opened fire at a church in Sutherland Springs, near san antonio. Hes believed to have been killed. 0ur north america correspondent james cook has the latest. Mid morning on a sunday, and like millions of americans, the people of Sutherland Springs were at worship. In the First Baptist church, the serenity was shattered when a man opened fire at a service normally attended by around 50 people. The Church Pastors 14 year old daughter is reportedly among the dead. 0ne witness described how she took shelter when the shooting began. Im about 50 yards away. Theres a row of houses. We went running outside when we heard the shots, and we looked at each other and said, im not going to be outside for bullets to fly, because we had ricochets. So we went back into the store, where we had a couple customers. And then the owner decided to go ahead and close the store. A short time after the shooting, the local sheriff said the gunmen was down, reportedly after a search or pursuit. As the news spread, the United States embraced the familiar ritual, with public figures focusing on the need for prayer. Donald trump, on a tour of asia, tweeted, may god be with the people of Sutherland Springs, texas. The fbi and Law Enforcement are on the scene. This latest mass shooting comes a month after a gunmen opened fire in las vegas, killing 58 people, and two years after a white supremacist shot dead nine in a church in south carolina. Now the Tiny Community of Sutherland Springs adds its name to the roll call of mass shootings. Earlier, a local reporter sue calberg, gave this update from the scene. We know that the row multiple people dead and that the gunmen is also deceased. They have established a perimeter at the First Baptist church in Sutherland Springs and they are beginning the long hard you as task of beginning to investigate as task of beginning to investigate a horrible scene. The pastor said that when they were in church, that is when they got the word that their friends had been attacked. There was a deputy, nurses and otherFirst Responders. The church down the street immediately stopped what they we re street immediately stopped what they were doing and friends and neighbours ran to assist and found a scene of real carnage. That is when the ambulances started coming. From many communities in the wilson cou nty many communities in the Wilson County and other counties because the need is so great. The pastor said the big them is and families are gathering here. Bit them is. Everybody in this Small Community is going to know the names of every Single Person who was killed. There are said to be numerous small children among the dead. The Texas Church Shooting comes just days after the Las Vegas Mass Shooting and new york truck attack. 0ur correspondent nick bryant is in new york and he says the latest attack is not likely to change the gun debate in the United States. These killings are happening with terrible regularity. A multiple shooting is when four or more a killed. In october, 28th. There was one almost every day. And the month began with the las vegas shooting. The National Conversation about las vegas lasted about a week and thereafter people unconnected with thereafter people unconnected with the killing really stopped talking about it. Tonight, a familiar response. Democrats calling for tighter gun rules and the republicans praying for the victims and their families. The terror attack behind me in new york, almost immediately afterwards, donald trump called from tighter immigration laws but no mention tonight about tighter gun laws. Will this alter the gun debate in america . Almost certainly not, these mass gun shooting is never do. We are waiting for a press conference in stockdale, close to Sutherland Springs where the shooting happened. There has been a slight delay, maybe at technical problem with the sound equipment. Police will give updates on events. As soon as the press Conference Begins we will head over and bring it to you. A huge leak of secret offshore investments has revealed the tax affairs of rich and powerful people around the world. The details are contained in millions of documents from a law firm which specialises in offshore arrangements for individuals and companies, in tax havens worldwide. Theyve been dubbed the Paradise Papers they were obtained by the german newspaper Sudeutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium of investigative journalists including the bbcs Panorama Programme. Among the names revealed is the duchy of lancaster which manages the queens private estate and which invested 10 Million Pounds offshore. Bbc panoramas Richard Bilton reports. It is an island paradise but there is a lot more to bermuda than just beaches and the sun. It is a tax haven, secrecy and 0 tax rates. One of the worlds biggest offshore companies, appleby, is based here. Seven million documents have been leaked. For months, we had to carry out secret research. Thats the head office. We have to be very careful at this stage of the investigation. Appleby dont know that we have their data. But now we can report what goes on here. The leak is known as the Paradise Papers. It contains some of the biggest names in britain. Like the queens private estate. The queens investments are handled by the duchy of lancaster. Now, because of the files, we can see where some of the money was going. £10 million was invested in tax havens, with 7. 5 million in one fund in the Cayman Islands. It is perfectly legal and there is no suggestion tax was being avoided but should the monarchs cash be going offshore . If the money has been invested in a tax haven, i would have thought it would be extremely embarrassing for the queen and the royal family. We expect Higher Standards of the queen in terms of where the investments are located. The duchy told us the Paradise Papers also expose a new link between president trumps government and the russians. You know who that is, right . Its wilbur ross, president trumps commerce secretary. This is in gennady timchenko, the sanctioned friend of president putin. We have found that these two men have a business link. Wilbur ross said that he cut ties with companies that could compromise his new role in the Us Government. Your service has resulted in your divesting yourself of literally hundreds of millions of dollars. You did it to avoid any conflict of interest, correct . That is correct. We dont think that is correct. We have discovered mr ross has a stake in a shipping Company Called navigator holdings. One of its major clients is sibur, a Russian Energy company. Gennady timchenko is a shareholder who was sanctioned by the Us Government in 2014. You dont want to get known as somebody who plays footsy or walks up to the line with sanctioned individuals. If you know anything about the russians its that under the current system, its easy to get dirty. Dont go there, man, dont go there. Mr ross told us that none of the funds he managed ever owned a majority of navigators shares and he never met timchenko. There are revelations closer to home. I, michael, Lord Ashcroft, do swear by almighty god. Lord ashcroft was the tory deputy chairman and gave millions to the party but what we found in the files could leave him facing a tax bill of tens of millions. A series of payments totalling around 200 million were made to him from a trust in bermuda. To avoid tax on those payments, the trust, called punta gorda, must act independently, if Lord Ashcroft avoided the rules, he could face a big bill from the taxman. E mails seen by us suggest a rising sense of frustration from the trustees that Lord Ashcroft was not playing by the rules. It looks like Lord Ashcroft was controlling the trust and expecting trustees to rubber stamp his decisions. Im Richard Bilton, i work for panorama. He didnt answer written questions, so i caught up with him at the tory conference. Did you have tens of millions in an offshore trust that you secretly controlled . Did that mean you could avoid millions in tax . Why dont you talk to me, it would be great to hear your view. It was the punta gorda trust. His lawyers made said that i had started shouting something at him by which time Lord Ashcroft had walked away and heard nothing of what i said. Weve done about a mile and a half, we could have been sponsored. Despite the questions, Lord Ashcroft wouldnt give us his side. Im not going to follow you in there, sir. About the leak, appleby said it does not specialise in tax, that these are commercial and sensitive documents relating to appleby and its clients. These are the first names from the Paradise Papers but there are more to come from this extraordinary leak. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell says the revelations are embarassing for the queen. The palace is being tightlipped, i think that would be characterisation. Like contrasts a republican Pressure Group has been quick to say there should be Greater Transparency about the queen abbas finances. This has been embarrassing for her. An area of investment activity many people regard as doubt will and many people would feel this particular investor should have never been taken into by her Financial Advisers not least because of reputation has been based on a lwa ys of reputation has been based on always setting the best of examples. It is important to say that the reason no question of tax avoidance in this instance. The duchy of lancaster is exempt from uk tax. The queen pays voluntarily takes on her income which last year amounted to £90 million. But it is unquestionably embarrassing for her. As revealed in the Paradise Papers, the operation of tax havens around the world is complex and shrouded in secrecy. They offer low tax rates and methods of regulation which are attractive to wealthy individuals and companies. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed takes a closer look now at the system and the part the uk plays in it. For centuries, britain has been a centre for global finance, focused here on the city of london. And thats seen by many as good for our economy and the development of global trade. To support that, we allowed companies to set up in the uk and not be taxed here. 0ur imperial past is also important. Across the world, the what are called crown dependencies, or 0verseas territories, places like jersey and guernsey and the isle of man, which have an arms length relationship with us, and have based their economy on low tax offers to companies and individuals to hold some of their wealth there. Others are more far flung places like gibraltar, as well as bermuda, the British Virgin islands, the Cayman Islands, and turks and caicos. Such places insist they are good for growth if they allow firms and individuals to avoid being taxed multiple times by different countries. There have been a lot of new rules on transparency as well, but they are criticised for being too secret, too weak on regulation, and too open to corruption. Critics say the laws have also failed to keep up with global companies, which can move vast amounts of money around the world at a touch of a computer key. We are not the only ones whove used tax competition and light touch regulation to lure companies to our shores. Other countries that have been criticised include switzerland, singapore and america, which has low tax systems in many of its states. There is also an important distinction to remember when speaking about tax havens. Tax evasion is illegal, while tax avoidance is using legal structures to reduce tax levels. How much could tax avoidance be worth to National Exchequers like the treasury . Well, globally, anything between £75 billion and £180 billion. Many now believe that avoidance has become so controversial there needs to be a complete change to global tax laws so that taxes are paid in the country where the firm or the individual is based. That would mean the total tax take would go up, which some might disagree with, but public controversy would probably die down. Kamal ahmed there on tax havens. Theres more analysis and detail from the Paradise Papers on the bbc news website, if you search bbc. Co. Uk paradisepapers. And therell be fresh revelations tomorrow night on bbc panorama, on bbc one at 9pm. The coming of belgium from the broadcaster vrts, saying a belgian judge is releasing Carles Puigedemont and fall of his ministers under certain conditions. That is the wording that is being used. He and those for ministers surrendered to police in brussels earlier today. That is after they fled to belgium when the Spanish Government took direct control of catalonia and warrants for their arrest came on friday. They were charged with rebellion and sedition, but now this belgian judge charged with rebellion and sedition, but now this belgianjudge is releasing the five men under certain conditions. Reuters is reporting that. No information about what will happen to them or what those conditions are, or indeed where they will go as a result of that. We will keep our eyes on that for you. The headlines on bbc news at least 20 people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at a Baptist Church in texas. A huge new leak of financial documents, known as the Paradise Papers, has revealed how the powerful and wealthy secretly invest vast amounts of money in offshore tax havens. The bbc Panorama Programme has discovered that millions of pounds of the queens private money is invested in offshore funds based in the Cayman Islands and bermuda by her private estate, the duchy of lancaster. Sport, now. For a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres james pierce. Good evening. Manchester city manager Pep Guardiola praised what he described as his sides amazing run of results, after they beat arsenal 3 1 to lead the premier league by eight points. City have now won nine League Matches in a row thats a club record for a single season. And there you are, opening the scoring, kevin de bruyne. They rested all the big name players and we suffered together in bad moment, fighting together. So i am very pleased again for the victory and the way we played. A Sergio Aguero penalty made it 20. Arsenal pulled one back but gabrieljesus rounded off the victory for the hosts. Citys lead at the top of the premier league is now eight points because second place mancheser united lost 1 0 at chelsea. Alvaro morata scored his first goal since september to seal all three points for the defending champions. It was moratas eighth goal for the club as the blues recorded a third consecutive league win. They are now only a point behind united. Everton are out of the relegation zone after coming from two goals down to beat watford. Leighton baines late penalty put them 3 2 up. There were 12 minutes of injury time and watford had a penalty of their own and a chance to equalise, but Tom Cleverley missed it. It was a first win in charge for evertons caretaker manager david unsworth. Tottenham are still third after beating Crystal Palace at wembley but they rode their luck against the bottom club. Roy hodgsons side created a number of chances and Wilfried Zaha had the best of them after rounding spurs stand in keeper. Son heung min was the matchwinner with one of tottenhams very few shots on target. A very different tottenham performance to the one in midweek against real madrid, but an important three points. There were nine more ties in the fa cup first round today. No major shocks today but woking from the National League have taken League One Bury to a replay. It wasnt looking good for the surrey side after they went a goal down inside the first minute. But this header from Jamie Philpot means they will be in the hat for the second round. 1 1 the score. Elsewhere, National League guiesley held Accrington Stanley to a goalless draw. Ki

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