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[00:00:13] Live from London. This is BBC
[00:00:15] News. I'm Mark Lowen. Ukraine accuses
[00:00:23] accuses Russia of ongoing deadly deadly attacks. Despite the so-called
[00:00:26] so-called energy ceasefire announced announced by President Trump. Two
[00:00:30] Two missile strikes on the international international airport in Riyadh within
[00:00:34] within two days as Yemen's Houthis Houthis escalate their attacks on
[00:00:37] on Saudi Arabia. A BBC investigation
[00:00:40] investigation finds the world's biggest biggest accountancy firm helped in
[00:00:43] in falsifying documents to hide the the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's
[00:00:47] Abramovich's wealth and evade tax.
[00:00:50] tax. I'm Sally Bundock coming up up in business, energy chiefs pull
[00:00:54] pull out of a major gathering in
[00:00:56] in Riyadh as the Houthi attacks intensify.
[00:01:01] intensify. Big night planned. And And Robert Pattinson tells the BBC
[00:01:05] BBC why he took on the role of a a journalist who helps expose child
[00:01:09] child predators in his new film Primetime.
[00:01:21] Primetime. Hello and a very warm warm welcome to BBC News. I'm Mark Mark Logan. We're beginning this
[00:01:25] this hour in Ukraine because Kyiv Kyiv says Russia has continued carrying
[00:01:28] carrying out deadly attacks despite despite a so-called energy ceasefire
[00:01:32] ceasefire proposed by President Trump. Trump. Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia
[00:01:35] Russia hit power plants and civilian civilian areas following the announcement.
[00:01:39] announcement. This footage shows shows damage from an industrial site
[00:01:41] site near Kyiv. Yesterday, President President Trump posted this, claiming
[00:01:45] claiming the two sides had agreed agreed to stop attacks on energy
[00:01:48] energy facilities effective immediately. immediately. But the Kremlin has
[00:01:50] has yet to comment. Mr Zelensky said
[00:01:53] said the announcement was news to to him, but that Ukraine would support
[00:01:56] support a ceasefire if Russia sticks sticks to the terms. Relations between
[00:02:00] between Mr Zelensky and Mr Trump Trump have deteriorated again as
[00:02:04] as the US President tries to get get the cost of oil and diesel down
[00:02:07] down before the US mid-term elections. elections. Dan Johnson reports from
[00:02:10] from Kyiv. On the edge of Kharkiv
[00:02:15] Kharkiv last night. A reminder Russia
[00:02:18] Russia has not stopped attacking
[00:02:22] attacking Ukraine. This woman was
[00:02:25] was filming after the sirens. Asking
[00:02:26] Asking where would be hit. She was
[00:02:30] was lucky to survive a strike on on a shop that killed three people
[00:02:33] people and injured more than 20.
[00:02:37] 20. This just hours after Donald
[00:02:39] Donald Trump announced his partial
[00:02:42] partial truce on Truth Social, he he wrote effective immediately, there
[00:02:46] there is an energy ceasefire in the the war between Russia and Ukraine.
[00:02:50] Ukraine. Both parties have agreed
[00:02:52] agreed do not break it. Ukraine's
[00:02:56] Ukraine's been targeting Russian Russian oil refineries in response
[00:02:59] response to attacks on its own power power grid. Ukraine said it was ready
[00:03:03] ready to cease if Russia did the the same. But Donald Trump's announcement
[00:03:07] announcement appeared to come as
[00:03:07] as a surprise to President Zelensky.
[00:03:12] Zelensky. Ukraine is ready to refrain
[00:03:14] refrain from striking Russia's energy energy infrastructure, and we expect
[00:03:17] expect Russia to show the same readiness readiness and honour. The agreement
[00:03:21] agreement reached with the President President of the United States. He
[00:03:25] He better damn well stop. It was
[00:03:27] was a tense weekend of fractured fractured US Ukraine relations. I
[00:03:31] I suggest they get a new leader who
[00:03:34] who can make a deal. The row started
[00:03:37] started when Donald Trump lifted lifted export restrictions on Russian
[00:03:40] Russian diesel. Many believe to ease
[00:03:42] ease fuel prices driven up by the
[00:03:45] the war in Iran. In Kyiv, the streets
[00:03:49] streets have fallen dark and quiet
[00:03:52] quiet as its power network has been
[00:03:54] been pounded. Many people here are are without light, heat or water
[00:03:57] water because electricity is needed needed to pump it. Ukrainians were
[00:04:01] were braced for a very difficult difficult few months ahead into the
[00:04:04] the winter. So there's a lot riding riding on this cease fire. But even
[00:04:07] even if it holds, the war is not
[00:04:10] not over. That was hammered home
[00:04:15] home with more drones heading for
[00:04:16] for the capital. And within two hours
[00:04:21] hours this was Kharkiv's main power power station, leaving Ukrainians
[00:04:25] Ukrainians questioning what impact impact this cease fire will have.
[00:04:29] have. Dan Johnson, BBC News in Kyiv.
[00:04:31] Kyiv. And Dan has this very latest
[00:04:33] latest update from Kyiv. Yeah. There
[00:04:36] There were further attacks on the the energy network across Ukraine
[00:04:39] Ukraine and on other targets too. too. So the early signs for this
[00:04:42] this cease fire are not good. Ukrainians Ukrainians were doubtful. They seem
[00:04:45] seem to have been taken by surprise surprise by Donald Trump's announcement.
[00:04:48] announcement. They will have hoped hoped that this can have an effect
[00:04:51] effect because they're feeling the the impact of power cuts already
[00:04:54] already and were braced for a very very difficult winter if Russia continued
[00:04:58] continued hitting the energy network. network. So in the best scenario.
[00:05:02] scenario. Donald Trump has announced announced something here, perhaps perhaps prematurely, but may be able
[00:05:06] able to will it into existence to to sort of way. He's done diplomacy
[00:05:09] diplomacy in the past. If it doesn't doesn't work, it'll be embarrassing embarrassing for Donald Trump. And
[00:05:13] And presumably he'll need to find find someone to blame. And the Ukrainians
[00:05:16] Ukrainians fear that it'll be them them who get that blame. Now, whether
[00:05:20] whether this can actually come into into existence, be a reality and
[00:05:23] and have an impact is all down to to the Russians and what they decide
[00:05:26] decide to do. They've made no comment comment on this deal at all, and
[00:05:28] and we have very little detail. The The fact that they attacked at least
[00:05:32] least two more power stations in in the early hours of this cease
[00:05:35] cease fire. It's not a good sign, sign, but after that it's been a a reasonably quiet night, although
[00:05:39] although there have been further further Russian attacks on other
[00:05:41] other targets. Even if this does does work out, it doesn't mean the
[00:05:45] the war is over. Russia presumably presumably will continue firing drones
[00:05:48] drones and missiles at other targets targets and will have more of them
[00:05:51] them to use at whatever it chooses chooses to aim at next. Dan, you
[00:05:54] you talk about President Trump blaming blaming Ukraine. He did plenty of
[00:05:58] of that in the last 48 hours, hitting hitting out at Ukraine's president,
[00:06:02] president, talking about time for
[00:06:03] for a new leader because of Zelensky's
[00:06:06] Zelensky's condemnation of that diesel diesel deal with Russia. Just give
[00:06:08] give us a sense of the reaction in
[00:06:10] in Ukraine to Donald Trump's latest
[00:06:13] latest outburst. Yeah, it was a pretty
[00:06:17] pretty ugly weekend of tit-for-tat tit-for-tat back and forth between
[00:06:21] between the two presidents Zelensky Zelensky calling Donald Trump weak
[00:06:23] weak for the deal that he did with
[00:06:25] with Vladimir Putin to lift the restrictions restrictions on Russian diesel. President
[00:06:29] President Trump then calling for for elections for President Zelensky
[00:06:32] Zelensky to go for Ukraine to have have a new leader. It sounds like like behind the scenes there was
[00:06:36] was pressure being applied on the the Ukrainians to go along with this
[00:06:39] this deal even before they'd properly properly signed up to it. There were
[00:06:42] were threats, apparently, that America America would stop their access to
[00:06:46] to intelligence and weapons if they they didn't cease their attacks on
[00:06:49] on Russia's oil refineries and energy
[00:06:52] energy infrastructure. Whenever Donald Donald Trump has that sort of row
[00:06:55] row and slaps down President Zelensky, Zelensky, it tends to unite Ukrainians
[00:06:59] Ukrainians behind him. And we've we've seen that again. They were
[00:07:02] were all aware of how difficult the the winter could be. So I think the
[00:07:05] the Ukrainians have taken a sensible sensible position that this is what
[00:07:08] what they'd been calling for. It's It's what they wanted. And there's
[00:07:11] there's a small chance that it may may work out. But that is all in
[00:07:14] in the hands of Vladimir Putin and and the Russians to see what they
[00:07:17] they do next in terms of which targets targets they now focus on. Dan Johnson
[00:07:21] Johnson in Kyiv. Well, Kaja Kallas Kallas is the European Union's high
[00:07:25] high representative for foreign affairs affairs and security. She gave a
[00:07:28] a cautious response to the so-called
[00:07:30] so-called energy ceasefire. We welcome
[00:07:34] welcome the energy ceasefire when when it holds. We haven't yet seen
[00:07:37] seen that. That also Russia will
[00:07:40] will stick to it, of course. Personally, Personally, I would also welcome
[00:07:44] welcome that the ceasefire would would include people not being killed,
[00:07:47] killed, not only energy but also
[00:07:49] also energy is extremely important
[00:07:52] important because the winter is going
[00:07:54] going to be cold and so it's important
[00:07:56] important that it doesn't only apply
[00:07:59] apply to the refineries where, you you know, Ukraine has one and Russia
[00:08:02] Russia has plenty. So it's definitely
[00:08:04] definitely in the benefit of the
[00:08:07] the Russians. Kaja Kallas EU foreign foreign policy chief there to the
[00:08:11] the Middle East. Now Yemen's Houthi Houthi rebels have renewed their
[00:08:14] their warnings against using airports airports in Saudi Arabia. It comes
[00:08:17] comes after two deadly strikes on on Riyadh's main international airport
[00:08:20] airport in as many days. Saudi officials officials say one person was killed
[00:08:24] killed and 11 wounded in an attack attack on King Khalid International
[00:08:27] International Airport on Sunday, Sunday, the day before 13 people people were killed and more than
[00:08:31] than 300 injured in a missile strike. strike. That was the deadliest attack
[00:08:34] attack on Saudi soil in more than
[00:08:36] than a decade. Well, we've had these
[00:08:39] these CCTV pictures in of the moment moment of Saturday's attack. We're
[00:08:41] We're choosing not to show you some some of these as they're too distressing.
[00:08:45] distressing. But in this footage footage from Saudi state TV, all
[00:08:48] all the passengers seen waiting for for their flights do manage to get
[00:08:51] get up and escape after the bright bright orange flash of the missile
[00:08:55] missile tearing through the building, building, the Iran-backed Houthis Houthis say they're targeting Saudi
[00:08:59] Saudi Arabia over its support for for government forces in Yemen's
[00:09:02] Yemen's civil war. In a post on X,
[00:09:04] X, the British Embassy in Saudi Arabia Arabia advises British citizens against
[00:09:08] against all but essential travel travel to Jeddah, Dammam and all
[00:09:12] all airports in the kingdom except except for Medina. Here's our world
[00:09:15] world news correspondent Joe Inwood.
[00:09:18] Inwood. Saturday morning, one of of Saudi Arabia's busiest airports.
[00:09:21] airports. Hundreds of people from from all over the world waiting for
[00:09:24] for their flight. Then this a missile
[00:09:28] missile hitting a crowded terminal, terminal, killing more than a dozen
[00:09:31] dozen people, wounding over 300.
[00:09:34] 300. The emergency services were were said to be overwhelmed. Late
[00:09:38] Late last night, a group called the the Houthis claimed responsibility
[00:09:41] responsibility not just for Saturday's Saturday's attack but for this one.
[00:09:44] one. Last Thursday at the same airport,
[00:09:47] airport, another one yesterday, as as well as one at a state run gas
[00:09:51] gas plant with the help of Almighty Almighty God, the armed forces carried
[00:09:55] carried out for qualitative operations operations over the past 24 hours
[00:09:58] hours using a number of ballistic ballistic and winged missiles as
[00:10:02] as well as drones. The first operation operation targeted King Khalid Airport
[00:10:04] Airport in Riyadh. The second operation
[00:10:07] operation targeted an Aramco gas
[00:10:09] gas plant. The Houthis are a group group that control large parts of
[00:10:13] of Yemen just to the south of Saudi
[00:10:15] Saudi Arabia. For more than a decade, decade, there's been a brutal civil
[00:10:18] civil war there. The Houthis on one
[00:10:21] one side, the internationally recognised recognised government, which is backed
[00:10:24] backed by Saudi Arabia, on the other, other, for the last couple of years
[00:10:28] years there's been an uneasy truce. truce. But that's been shattered.
[00:10:31] shattered. The Houthis made lightning lightning advances down the coast
[00:10:35] coast last month, allowing them to to threaten Saudi shipping in the
[00:10:38] the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia responded
[00:10:41] responded with air strikes. The Houthis Houthis have been firing back. As
[00:10:45] As we've seen this weekend, President
[00:10:47] President Trump is an ally of the the Saudis. He condemned the attack
[00:10:50] attack on Riyadh airport but did did not say he would get involved.
[00:10:54] involved. I think it's terrible, terrible, terrible. The Saudis able
[00:10:58] able to defend themselves. Us well well they're able to defend. The
[00:11:01] The Saudis are good fighters. But But I think the attack was a terrible
[00:11:05] terrible thing. This attack was the the most severe on Saudi soil in
[00:11:09] in over a decade. Some of those killed killed are now being identified.
[00:11:13] identified. One of them, Buthaina Buthaina Awada, was a mother of four
[00:11:16] four from Syria. She was a victim victim of a conflict that she had
[00:11:19] had no part in. But that seems to
[00:11:22] to be escalating dangerously. Joe
[00:11:25] Joe Inwood, BBC News. Our Middle Middle East correspondent Yolande
[00:11:27] Yolande Knell gave us this update
[00:11:30] update from Jerusalem. It's a very very serious escalation, Mark. I
[00:11:34] I mean, this is the deadliest single single attack that there's been on
[00:11:36] on any Gulf Arab country since the
[00:11:39] the US and Israel started their attacks
[00:11:41] attacks on Iran, triggering the Iran Iran war at the very end of February.
[00:11:45] February. It's the deadliest attack attack there's been on Saudi Arabia
[00:11:48] Arabia in more than a decade. And
[00:11:50] And it's really worrying other Gulf Gulf Arab countries as well. With
[00:11:54] With the United Arab Emirates presidential presidential adviser commenting on
[00:11:58] on that earlier, the big question
[00:12:00] question now is about whether other other allies of Saudi Arabia are
[00:12:04] are ready to get more involved. It It has asked countries the UK, France,
[00:12:08] France, Egypt, Pakistan to help out
[00:12:10] out with its air defences because because although it does have advanced
[00:12:14] advanced air defence systems, you you know, there are questions being being raised about how it did not
[00:12:17] not manage to intercept these attacks
[00:12:20] attacks on its airports hitting terminal terminal three and four over the
[00:12:23] the past couple of days, stopping
[00:12:25] stopping flights going in and out
[00:12:27] out of Riyadh. Well, of course, President President Trump get more involved.
[00:12:31] involved. He's indicated that he he is weighing up his options, but
[00:12:33] but there's been nothing new from from the White House in the past
[00:12:36] past day on this. And Yolande, you you mentioned the most serious attacks
[00:12:40] attacks in the Gulf since the Iraq Iraq War began. It is relatively
[00:12:44] relatively quiet at the moment inside inside Iran. But this, I suppose,
[00:12:47] suppose, is is a continuation of
[00:12:48] of the Iran war, albeit by proxy
[00:12:51] proxy with Iran arming and backing
[00:12:53] backing the Houthis. And of course, course, Saudis being the key ally
[00:12:57] ally of the Americans in the region.
[00:12:59] region. Yes. I mean, this is a war
[00:13:02] war that predates the one with Iran
[00:13:05] Iran goes back to 2015, but then
[00:13:08] then really, you know, when there there was in 2022 a ceasefire that
[00:13:11] that was brokered that pretty much
[00:13:14] much froze the front lines. But that that ceasefire could not stand up
[00:13:18] up under the pressure this summer
[00:13:19] summer as the regional war with Iran Iran was really escalating, the Houthis
[00:13:23] Houthis starting to get more involved. involved. Then, of course, last month,
[00:13:25] month, what we saw is those major
[00:13:27] major territorial gains of theirs, theirs, particularly along the Red
[00:13:31] Red Sea coast. And then this month,
[00:13:34] month, the Saudi backed, internationally internationally recognised government
[00:13:37] government has really launched its its counter-offensive against that. that. So there have been these fierce
[00:13:41] fierce battles that have been going
[00:13:44] going on inside Yemen alongside the the attacks that the Houthis have
[00:13:47] have been launching on the Saudis. Saudis. Now, what is important here here is that although the Houthis
[00:13:51] Houthis are considered to be a proxy
[00:13:54] proxy of Iran, they do have, of course,
[00:13:57] course, their own agenda. And we
[00:13:59] we have had experts commenting clearly clearly that while Iran, of course,
[00:14:02] course, has considerable influence, influence, it has been arming the the Houthis. It does not call the
[00:14:06] the shots here. Yolande Knell in in Jerusalem. Let's bring in Doctor
[00:14:10] Doctor Elisabeth Kendall, president president of Girton College at the
[00:14:14] the University of Cambridge and a a Yemen and Middle East expert. Hello,
[00:14:16] Hello, Liz. Good to see you. The
[00:14:19] The Houthis were long underestimated, underestimated, sort of dismissed dismissed as a sort of ragtag army
[00:14:23] army in flip flops. How have they
[00:14:26] they managed to build themselves themselves up in the last couple
[00:14:29] couple of years, to the point that that they can strike Riyadh airport
[00:14:32] airport with such deadly
[00:14:36] efficiency? The Houthis have benefited benefited over the last four years
[00:14:39] years from a truce that they had had reached with Saudi Arabia that
[00:14:43] that was backing the internationally internationally recognised government government of Yemen. They've taken
[00:14:47] taken that opportunity to increase
[00:14:50] increase the supply of weaponry and and also the sophistication and accuracy
[00:14:53] accuracy of what they have. So they're they're a very different group now
[00:14:57] now from the group that launched launched into this civil war back
[00:15:00] back in 2014, and indeed from the the group that was first at war in
[00:15:04] in Yemen way back in 2004. They now
[00:15:08] now have significant forces at their their disposal because they control
[00:15:11] control territory in which around
[00:15:14] around about 28 to 30 million people people live and they've got stockpiles
[00:15:17] stockpiles and they're hardened fighters fighters with lots of experience.
[00:15:21] experience. And of course they have have zeal and they genuinely believe
[00:15:24] believe that God is on their side. side. So they have a lot going for
[00:15:27] for them. We've just had a line from
[00:15:28] from the Saudi energy minister, Prince Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, that
[00:15:32] that has come in to us here, saying saying the events of recent weeks
[00:15:35] weeks were serious and the kingdom's kingdom's response must be equally
[00:15:38] equally serious. What do you expect
[00:15:41] expect in terms of the response now now from Saudi Arabia, but also a
[00:15:45] a potential regional involvement involvement of other powers, potentially
[00:15:48] potentially even actually an involvement
[00:15:50] involvement of Donald Trump? Yes.
[00:15:53] Yes. This is a step change for Saudi Saudi Arabia. It has not faced this
[00:15:57] this level of attack before, even
[00:15:59] even though the Houthis had previously previously launched over a thousand
[00:16:02] thousand drones and missiles at Saudi Saudi Arabia between 2015 and 2022,
[00:16:06] 2022, they were much less costly costly for Saudi than these recent
[00:16:09] recent attacks. So it will need to
[00:16:11] to take serious action. So far in
[00:16:14] in its conflict in Yemen, Saudi Arabia
[00:16:17] Arabia has had two methods of operation.
[00:16:20] operation. One has been containment containment and concessions, and
[00:16:23] and that has been what it's been been practising over the past four four years. And prior to that, it
[00:16:26] it was much more kinetic action. action. Now, however, it will need
[00:16:30] need to refocus again on the kinetic kinetic action on direct military
[00:16:33] military action, and it will need need to mobilise allies in a much
[00:16:36] much more major way. I think that
[00:16:39] that it will be hoping that recently recently signed agreements like the
[00:16:42] the Mecca pact with Pakistan and
[00:16:44] and Turkey will come into their own, own, although it's not clear that
[00:16:48] that those allies will want to get
[00:16:50] get involved on the ground in Yemen, Yemen, they may stick to defensive
[00:16:54] defensive agreements and support
[00:16:57] support agreements with Saudi Arabia, Arabia, inside Saudi Arabia. And
[00:17:00] And as for the last part of your your question about America and Donald
[00:17:03] Donald Trump's involvement, well,
[00:17:04] well, of course, Trump has refused
[00:17:07] refused several requests by the Saudi Saudi de facto leader, Mohammed bin
[00:17:11] bin Salman to get involved in a direct direct way and to help with air campaigns.
[00:17:15] campaigns. And that has been for for three reasons. Number one, it
[00:17:18] it doesn't want another war in the the Middle East so close to the mid-terms.
[00:17:22] mid-terms. Number two, its munitions munitions are running low. And number
[00:17:26] number three, it has bad experience experience of this because it launched
[00:17:29] launched into an air campaign against against the Houthis last year for
[00:17:31] for around seven weeks. And it didn't
[00:17:33] didn't win. So even though and US
[00:17:37] US citizen has been killed inside inside Saudi Arabia in the latest
[00:17:40] latest rounds of Houthi attacks, attacks, I think it's unlikely that
[00:17:43] that Donald Trump will want to enter
[00:17:45] enter a broader campaign, although although he may launch limited strikes.
[00:17:49] strikes. I think that's about as as far as he would go. You mentioned mentioned Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed
[00:17:53] Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto facto leader. He has tried to, of
[00:17:55] of course, build up Saudi Arabia's Arabia's reputation as a sort of
[00:17:59] of business hub, major international international player in a number
[00:18:02] number of domains. How is all of of this going to affect that reputation, reputation, particularly at a time
[00:18:06] time when Saudi Arabia is hosting
[00:18:09] hosting various business fora. Badly? Badly? It's going to affect Saudis
[00:18:13] Saudis reputation badly because this this is a time when Saudi is already
[00:18:16] already suffering economically from
[00:18:19] from a lot of pressure on its oil oil exports, its major source of
[00:18:22] of revenue. If you couple that with
[00:18:25] with its look ahead to vision 2030
[00:18:28] 2030 and economic diversification
[00:18:30] diversification via Red Sea tourism
[00:18:32] tourism via attracting foreign investment,
[00:18:36] investment, via expanding commerce commerce and business, all of that
[00:18:39] that relies on having reliable logistics
[00:18:42] logistics hubs like airports. So So if those are now under threat,
[00:18:46] threat, that is a very significant significant blow because it dents
[00:18:49] dents Saudi Arabia not just economically, economically, not just in terms of
[00:18:53] of its infrastructure, not just in in terms of danger to civilians,
[00:18:57] civilians, but reputationally in in a major way. In addition to that,
[00:19:00] that, there's also now proof of concept concept because if the Houthis can
[00:19:03] can be that accurate in targeting targeting airports, what's to say
[00:19:08] say that they couldn't in future
[00:19:10] future target hotels or power plants plants or desalination facilities?
[00:19:13] facilities? This is an existential existential threat. Doctor Elisabeth
[00:19:17] Elisabeth Kendall, president of Girton Girton College, Cambridge, and a a Yemen expert. Thanks very much
[00:19:20] much indeed. You're welcome. Back Back in a moment or two.
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[00:21:09] forced to sell his beloved Chelsea
[00:21:12] Chelsea and now revelations from from inside his financial empire.
[00:21:16] empire. If you want to understand understand Roman Abramovich, follow
[00:21:20] follow the money. This is Cyprus,
[00:21:22] Cyprus, home to a web of companies
[00:21:24] companies that were holding his wealth
[00:21:28] wealth working with the Bureau of
[00:21:30] of Investigative Journalism. Panorama Panorama has been investigating a
[00:21:33] a data leak which shows the lengths
[00:21:36] lengths some of his Cypriot advisers advisers went to hide his billions.
[00:21:40] billions. They falsified and backdated backdated hundreds of documents.
[00:21:44] documents. It is trying to cover
[00:21:46] cover up something. And what we appear
[00:21:49] appear to have here is a fiddle factory
[00:21:51] factory in a fiddle factory you fiddle
[00:21:53] fiddle the transactions, you backdate
[00:21:56] backdate them and that is what appears appears to have been happening here
[00:21:59] here regularly. In 2003, one of Roman
[00:22:03] Roman Abramovich's Cypriot companies
[00:22:05] companies called Kravin Investments, Investments, had almost $2 billion
[00:22:09] billion of his money in the bank.
[00:22:11] bank. Deloitte confirms certain changes changes will have to be made to the
[00:22:15] the accounts. That's Deloitte apparently
[00:22:19] apparently advising on falsifying falsifying financial records by backdating
[00:22:22] backdating them. The evidence suggests
[00:22:24] suggests it allowed Mr Abramovich
[00:22:26] Abramovich to evade millions in tax.
[00:22:30] tax. It's a straightforward and blatant
[00:22:37] blatant move to protect from legitimate
[00:22:41] legitimate taxation assets which which should otherwise have been
[00:22:44] been subject to tax. So it's tax tax evasion? Yeah. Straightforward.
[00:22:47] Straightforward. And how serious serious is that? Well, again, if
[00:22:50] if it happened in England and it it was in the millions His Majesty's
[00:22:54] Majesty's Revenue and Customs would
[00:22:55] would be thinking about a prosecution.
[00:22:59] prosecution. Roman Abramovich's lawyers
[00:23:00] lawyers say he denies he evaded tax
[00:23:03] tax or concealed his fortune. They
[00:23:06] They say he was not involved in the the day to day operation of the companies
[00:23:10] companies and Panorama has provided provided no evidence that he knew
[00:23:13] knew of authorised or directed the
[00:23:17] the falsification or backdating of
[00:23:19] of any documents. Deloitte Cyprus
[00:23:21] Cyprus says it's unable to comment comment because the documents are
[00:23:24] are more than 20 years old and no
[00:23:27] no longer accessible. Richard Bilton, Bilton, BBC News. And if you're here
[00:23:31] here in the UK you can watch Panorama, Panorama, Roman Abramovich how he
[00:23:34] he hid his fortune on iPlayer now
[00:23:36] now or on BBC One tonight at 8 pm.
[00:23:40] pm. Now the actor Robert Pattinson Pattinson was in London last night night at the premiere of his new
[00:23:44] new film Primetime. The movie dramatises dramatises the production of the
[00:23:47] the American reality TV series To
[00:23:49] To Catch a Predator, which aired
[00:23:52] aired between 2004 and 2007. Pattinson Pattinson stars as its host Chris
[00:23:56] Chris Hansen, an NBC journalist who who worked with the vigilante group
[00:23:59] group to expose child predators in in sting operations. The movie is
[00:24:03] is getting rave reviews, with many many critics saying he's going to
[00:24:05] to get an Oscar nomination. Let's
[00:24:07] Let's take a look. Are you sure your
[00:24:14] your parents aren't home? I'm sure.
[00:24:18] sure. Big night planned. Well, who who are you? Why don't you. Have
[00:24:22] Have a seat right there? I'm Chris
[00:24:26] Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC, and and we're doing a story on adults
[00:24:30] adults who try to meet teens online.
[00:24:33] online. You see how this looks right?
[00:24:36] right? Our culture correspondent correspondent Noor Nanji caught up up with Robert Pattinson on the red
[00:24:40] red carpet and asked him why he took took on the role of Chris Hansen.
[00:24:44] Hansen. I mean, it's both the most
[00:24:47] most terrifying thing that can happen happen to you whether you're if you're you're a parent or even if you're
[00:24:51] you're not. It's like the it's like
[00:24:54] like the most unimaginable sin possible.
[00:24:57] possible. And it's a kind of a it's
[00:25:00] it's like an unknown entity, which which is kind of it's been going
[00:25:03] going on since mediaeval times thinking thinking that there's a kind of spirit
[00:25:07] spirit almost that can come in this this case through the internet and
[00:25:10] and attack vulnerable children. And
[00:25:13] And the show was the kind of a microcosm
[00:25:16] microcosm of saying like, oh, we we can do something about it and and we can do something about it
[00:25:20] it really, really, really quickly. quickly. And in some ways that's
[00:25:24] that's correct. But it also makes makes for incredibly powerful TV.
[00:25:27] TV. And that's when it kind of gets gets a slightly dicey territory. territory. Do you think attitudes
[00:25:31] attitudes towards entertainment have
[00:25:33] have changed now? I think on mainstream
[00:25:37] mainstream TV, but then it's just just been replaced. I mean, that's that's kind of why I was interested
[00:25:41] interested in this show because I I could see the beginning of a new new wave of predator catching in
[00:25:45] in pretty much the same format that that it was in the early 2000, and
[00:25:48] and it was really taking off on Tik Tik Tok. And I was just interested
[00:25:52] interested as to why that was happening.
[00:25:55] happening. And whether it was a algorithmically
[00:25:58] algorithmically based interest or or what. I mean, what was causing
[00:26:01] causing it? And it got bigger and and bigger and bigger. And now it's
[00:26:05] it's one of the most it's a massive massive thing on social media. So
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