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Watch: How did Roman Abramovich’s advisors help hide his wealth?Working with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC Panorama reveals how the Russian billionaire hid his wealth with the help of Deloitte.2 hrs agoEurope
Yvette MannonRancher Yvette Mannon was already dealing with a destructive wildfire and rising fuel costs before the US announced new foreign beef importsNebraska rancher Yvette Mannon was already having a rough year.In April, a wildfire destroyed 1,600 grazing acres and 13 miles (21 km) of fence along the ranch she bought in 2002. The ranch is nestled in a corner of Nebraska that’s home to rolling green hills under sweeping Midwestern skies, the landscape dotted with grain silos and feedlots alongside fields and fields of bovines.Mannon’s 300 cattle survived the blaze – but the fencing needed to be replaced, and…
Could Alberta’s vote on independence be Canada’s Brexit moment? WATCH: The BBC’s Nadine Yousif meets the separatists who want to quit the country – and the Canadians calling for unity in the face of threats from US President Trump.20 hrs agoUS & Canada
Watch: The documents that were falsified to allow Roman Abramovich to evade taxThe world’s biggest accountancy firm helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich’s wealth and evade tax, BBC Panorama has found.Accounts signed off by Deloitte in Cyprus meant assets such as superyachts, mansions and private jets worth $672m (£508m) vanished from Abramovich’s company accounts.Deloitte also appears to have advised on a scheme to evade a huge tax bill on the oligarch’s wealth through the falsification of documents.Barrister Andrew Mitchell KC, an expert in financial services law, said Panorama’s evidence showed the scheme was “straightforward” tax evasion and “it…
LIVEFresh Nepal flash flood washes away houses and bridges with five missingIt comes as Nepal reels from a devastating flood in August that killed 1,400 people and left 5,000 others missing.
Getty ImagesFile photo of gold prospectors in northern SudanAt least 72 civilians who had been prospecting for gold in a border region of Sudan have been killed in air strikes, a regional rights group says.Emergency Lawyers, based in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, said jets targeted the so-called artisanal miners at a popular gold mining sites in Sudan’s River Nile state on Saturday.Neither the Egyptian government nor the de facto Sudanese authorities have so far commented. Cairo has previously faced accusations of deadly strikes on gold prospectors as part of a crackdown on illicit activity along its southern border.”The deliberate targeting…
Watch: Endangered orangutans released back into the wild after Borneo firesThe critically endangered apes were rescued from intense wildfires that destroyed their habitat in August and September.2 hrs agoAsia
Buildings swept away as flash floods hit central NepalA flash flood at the Budhi Gandaki River has swept away several buildings and bridges, two months after catastrophic floods hit the country.15 hrs agoAsia
EPA/ShutterstockGlobal fuel prices have soared since the US-Israel war with Iran began at the end of FebruaryUS President Donald Trump is facing a growing backlash over plans to import diesel from Russia as the Iran war continues to impact global energy prices.Trump on Friday announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately “to the American and global marketplace” followed by several other shipments. That is despite signing legislation to authorise fresh US sanctions and tariffs on nations that import Russian oil and gas just weeks ago.The move has been criticised by some Republican…
Watch: Endangered orangutans released back into the wild after after Borneo firesEight orangutans have been released back into the wild in Borneo after they were taken into captivity when their habitat was threatened by wildfires over the summer.Three mothers, their three daughters and two adult males were freed in a reserve in the west of the island on Friday, International Animal Rescue Indonesia (Yiari) and the forestry ministry said.Indonesian authorities rescued 46 orangutans from fires in August and September. Wildfires in the region are usual for the country’s dry season but intensified this year.The apes are critically endangered. Around 104,000…