Wildfires raging out of control in Southern California not far from los angeles at least 90000 pollute the evacuated as high winds and dry weather create whats being called the most dangerous fire conditions this year. And a welcome to the show we begin with a widening backlash against french president and. Anger in the muslim world is growing over a controversial comments he made about islam following the rule murder of a french teacher since then massive anti france rallies have been taken place across the muslim majority countries with protesters calling for a white caught a french goods. Retard. That of their anger is clear. Here in pakistan protesters in karachi and islamabad accuse the french president of attacking islam. For asking the behavior of the french government is actually an insult of billions of muslims across the world its open terrorism an attack against the muslim world may slump on life. We should boycott french products muslims should boycott their petrol stations which is one of their main products we shouldnt use that fuel at all. Or unsafe. In the bangladeshi capital dhaka there were 10 seems as protesters renewed calls for a boycott of french products. By demonstrations also took place in gaza and in tel aviv all in response to microns defense of satirical cartoons including some of the prophet muhammad. His comments follow the brutal murder of a French School teacher who taught a lesson on freedom of speach. Leaders in several muslim countries including saudi arabia and iran have condemned france turkey too weighed in with president out of the one saying mcallen needs mental checks over his attitude to islam but the french president is sticking to his stance saying we wont give in ever. His interior minister echoed his opinion. She too thought its our sovereign right to define what freedom of expression is is whats public order if you get whats freedom of worship what is and isnt acceptable except the acceptable. Words that one served to calm the growing wave of anger sweeping the muslim world frances warning its citizens in several muslim majority countries to take extra security precautions. Earlier we spoke to religious Affairs Analysts and asked him whether this is really just about different values or is politics also play a role heres his take. I think micro has given a great opportunity to a different set of leaders that have found themselves in difficult situations head home so or go on with the economy has had sort of an ongoing confrontation with friends recently and a group territorial waters saudi arabia is seen thats one of the actors approaching. Warming up to the israelis so that its also causing discomfort in the region and you know finding finding now what sort of the french taking this position is quite convenient at the very same time i think that the french west and its a question that really does have to do with values and even the fact that ferdie is sort of fairly standard. Muslim understanding so islamic understanding of blasphemy is that it should be met with violence the question that you know francis us king is where there is that kind of peace land that interpretation of islam hes actually compatible with French Republican values that have to look to you with tolerating those things that we find in fact offensive and this is a question that will be i think really quite difficult to answer not just politically but culturally. Then lets now take a look at some other stories making news around the world the Opposition Leader of the tons of man island bar has been released hours after being arrested while voting early in the president ial election they have special polling day as wednesday Security Forces have shot at least 9 people and election related clashes. Opposition lawmakers and poland have disrupted proceedings and parliament and protest at new draconian anti abortion laws members wave placards backing womens right to choose prochoice activists have also taken to the streets to oppose a court ruling amounting to a near total ban on abortion. Hundreds of people protesting the italian governments new colonial virus restrictions faced off with police in the capital rome it was one of several protests in italy against the tougher curbs on public life the country along nearly 22000 new cases of the virus on choose day and over 200 deaths. Here in germany millions are bracing for stricter rules aimed at slowing the spread of covert 19 as infections in the country continue to soar and a Virtual Meeting with state leaders later today chancellor Angela Merkel is reportedly planning to call for a one month shutdown of hospitality and leisure runners and further restrictions on public and private gatherings meanwhile ordinary germans are preparing for life under a socalled lockdown light back much toss it in. District this is one of 10 busy streets in the copper told where people dont have to wear a face mask germany has seen record numbers of coronavirus cases has been particularly hard hit now all 12 districts here. Pressure is growing here in germany for politicians to introduce new stricter measures against the. Coronavirus especially as numbers continue to grow this is something that is being debated on a daily basis here in germany both on the streets but also in the german press the latest topic to be discussed is a possibility of introducing a socalled knock down bite under this proposal which is reportedly favored by chancellor merkel schools on daycare would remain open except in the worst hit areas restaurants and bars would have to shut and large events would be banned so far most bars and restaurants have to close only between 11 pm and 6 am for many new measures are necessary even if they mean fewer freedoms but others are more skeptical we all have to give ourselves a push now and see that it goes in the right direction. Yet the numbers are always going up so you have to do your part to make them go down again. For this instance and i hope that we will be spared but unfortunately we cant rule the salt completely although im not sure if it would really help to contain the pandemic and the reality is weve been here before most people i assume that there will be new measures theres nothing you can do about it and we have to get the infection under control in this newsroom with the new restrictions are expected on wednesday after chancellor merkel meets with germanys 16 regional leaders. Now some people who contract corona virus can end up suffering whats being called long cove it lungs after becoming infected these patients still suffer from shortness of breath extreme fatigue and a range of other debilitating symptoms its not known for sure how many coronavirus cases end up with long code red but it can affect people of all ages is it 129 year old woman who is still struggling with major health problems. For a valid reason a short walk around the neighborhood is a challenge in itself she has to have a rest every now and again. Its 7 months since the 29 year old contract at the corona virus but she still constantly exhausted. Her to. The most tiring thing ive done today i can feel my heart pounding and i have to breathe more deeply than most its crazy just walking round the block is a big deal like a Champions League game since league one of the never got tested at the time because there were limited facilities but a medical examination later confirmed that she had been infected by the corona virus she has never doubted that for a 2nd. And its as if my health had fallen off the cliff i just felt completely exhausted imagine having really bad humor and then double that i have never felt so ill. After being seriously ill for 2 weeks valerie was back to normal fit and full of energy during the summer she even cycled from copenhagen to berlin but a month later she started feeling worse again. And feels like a different time i cant ride a bike anymore i cant even go shopping on my own cotton meth manoli used to live and work in copenhagen now she has moved back in with her parents in berlin and is being treated by several different doctors shes been given a diagnosis of post coded fatigue syndrome but by him. I mean i need to have a lie down in the afternoon and i often fall asleep during the day as well as even the thought of getting on the train to go and meet someone having a talk and getting the train back its just too much. Melody cant work and isnt sickly she chats online to other people whove gone through the same experience they all want to know how much longer it will go on the World Health Organization says that even for young people like mother the covert 900 symptoms can linger or recur for months after an initial recovery she finds a support group a big help. And its like a comforting routine for me in the evening talking to others in the same position to. Did this for me i dont feel so alone and i tried to take an optimistic view. One of the its getting a little better each day and her hope is that people will continue to take over 1000 seriously. Wildfires are burning out of control in Southern California not far from l a ferris winds have been both driving the flames and making it difficult for many aircraft to fight them the blazes are threatening developed areas in Orange County with some 90000 people having actually had it already at least 2 firefighters have been seriously injure the Weather Service describes fire conditions as the most dangerous this year. For more on this lets bring in l. A. Based journalist jason come. To separate fires raging and Orange County do we have any information about how this plays a start it. Well the action in any one of them may have been spared to bear charging interest. Edison and which is a Parent Company that is nation of whiners county senate mall santa was county. Dependent of water and power and that and. Ensure that the wind had been really erratic you know candy when guys are going to 19 fans as an errand and in the canyons winds are gusting around 60 which is really fueling the flames. Were talking about the conditions they seem to rule really difficult firefighters make any progress at all. And today theyre adding in a bit of in play when gas when that is and will so theyre able to use water dropping. And planes that added a net when the wind stairs to get that windsor man 50 miles an hour only days after named dan and they have to go in and and when many in the toussaint founders they were injured battling those fires were actually part of and crews going in there running towards the flames not away from their families whens are expected to blow over much of Southern California possible sparking more wildfires are people who are here are bracing themselves are just hoping at long had that saying we are ready said frank grande and everybody who is in a fair danger to be at the ready right now which means. Your medication is packed you can pack youve got the kids ready to go. Over you can think and to keep them busy and just be ready to care better. Max than youre doing here you can just get in your car and evacuated at a moments notice. Or help a lot while the rest of sorry jason composition and los angeles thank you very much thank you. The Champions League football now and defending champions byron munich found themselves in a tight match playing at last our local a teams tuesday the home team managed to outplay byron too much of the game and the score tied at one goal of kings in the 2nd house and in the 79th minute also a chemist scored from just outside of the penalty area and the state with a 21. Thats it for me coming up next the documentary wheeling and dealing about the 1000000000 euro tax scandal known as cole x. Dont forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website thats a w. Dot com on the call for early for me and the entire news team and for turning it. Into your money known here as we dont need you in her last years german chancellor when we bring you back or as youve never part have surprised you so what is possible who is mad cool really what moves. Along the way maurice and critics might join us for michaels last thoughts. Should in the medium to several media reports mention a total of at least 55000000000. 00 euros. The highest of the century. Tax tricks cost authorities billions. The government is covering up its own failures. It may be the biggest tax scandal in german history for years a cascade of revenue flowed unhindered from stay. Coughers x. Its just perfect to have come x. Is the perfect crime of this for no and it didnt happen with a pistol and disc a must but with a pinstripe suit and a tie i have. Banks and investors took advantage of the law you notional filthy there was never a loophole it was simply theft. The players big banks and super rich investors come to hold them guiltily i was able to help clarify a very complex issue of the thumb. What did the politicians know. Its cute when trauma acts are the state feel blatantly false. Fallout from the scandal kept coming. Since i couldnt have imagined what would happen or what we dont cover. In the end the main victim was the taxpayer but how did the finance sectors conjuring trick work was there a legal loophole or was it fraud pure and simple and who foots the bill for the billions most. September 2901. 00 of germanys biggest tax fraud trials was beginning the 1st criminal case resulting from the comics affair to british bankers went before the Regional Court in the city up on the central question were the comics deals criminal or was there a legal tax loophole. The fact that the trial took place at all is thanks in part to investigative journalist all of. His reporting brought the scandal to light in 2013 he was working for news magazine show down in humber. He took an anonymous phone call and what he heard brought him to what may well be the biggest story of his life. It has a direct source code for. I hate editorial meetings and so i was probably the only available reporter at standing that say because everyone was in the meeting and the receptionist put a call through to me and the caller told me about come x. And he was cassini a piece i have to admit id never heard of comics before but when the person mentioned the names of several german investors my ears pricked up because one of the investors was casten mushed maya. As well as entrepreneur. There was Meat Industry boss and shall go soccer Club Chairman clemons tanyas and drugstore king evan mierda these mega rich germans are said to have poured millions into what were attractive investments with high returns all 3 say they didnt know they were involved in suspected come x. Transactions they later took action against the bank that allegedly invested their money in the dubious deal. Journalist all of us were and had tasted blood even at this early stage the story was incredible in switzerland he met with informants from the secretive banking world who passed on confidential documents to him the explosive leaks suggested that banks and investors had cheated the german tax authorities out of millions. A research basically showed that this wasnt tax evasion like someone hiding their money in panama or another offshore country to avoid paying taxes and this was essentially finances and somebody putting their head into the german state coffers just when i finally understood that because i suddenly got a sense of the dimension of the whole story on infinite dimon soon to become. Prime began invest. Gating major german consumer banks as well as employ enjoy european private banks he was entering a complex moral the system behind comics was deliberately designed to be opaque to outsiders especially tax authorities. In order to engage in a comic steal 1st you need some Company Stock on the stock market each shareholder gets an annual payment if the company has made a profit this distribution of profits is called a dividend. A share purchased before the socalled x. Date is referred to as come dividend that is it comes with a slice of the annual profit traded on or after that date the share is x. Dividend with no slice of the profit. Dividends are subject to Capital Gains tax and its this tax thats central to the comebacks trick. Put simply the process works like this. Lets say person a buys a share in a large car company at the end of the fiscal year that company pays out a dividend to a person and. This slice of the companys profit is subject to Capital Gains tax which the state automatically withholds. Person a receives a certificate from their bank and under certain conditions can use it to reclaim the tax from the government. Thats the way things normally work on the stock market but how to come x. Transactions work out the Frankfurt Stock Exchange business journalist valerie holler regularly reports on complex Financial Issues heres her explanation. As i in fact go back put simply comex shares were pushed back and forth between different investors so quickly the tax authorities no longer knew who actually owns them as a result. The Capital Gains tax was refunded several times even though it was only paid once so the stage we funded more in taxes than it had collected and the investors. Paid in the 1st place i think. Paying tax on their income filing their tax return but then getting several tax rebates thats the principle behind comics to make sure nobody caught wind of their scheme the alleged perpetrators used skillfully arranged networks how exactly back to the stock market again. Importantly trade involve several traders but only one share right now person has it. Then along comes person b. They buy a share of the same company very shortly before the x. Date the cutoff date for dividends but person b. Doesnt buy the share from the company itself but from person c. Person c. Doesnt even own the shares at this point this is called a short sale and its completely legal now comes the day of the dividend payout person gets their profit minus the Capital Gains tax and a certificate with which they can get their money back from the state up to this point everything. But heres the trick. In the whole confusion there was only one. Person to person c. And person c. Pass to deliver the share to person b. Because that sales already happened. Person finally gets their share. And mistakenly they also get a cer