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:00:07. > :00:08.Tonight at Ten, confidential documents, leaked from a law firm

:00:09. > :00:10.in Panama, reveal how the world's richest,

:00:11. > :00:18.The cache of 11 million documents, some seen by the BBC,

:00:19. > :00:23.suggest clients were helped to launder money and evade tax.

:00:24. > :00:26.One man alleged to have been involved is a close friend

:00:27. > :00:28.of the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

:00:29. > :00:34.We'll have the full details of the secret files.

:00:35. > :00:37.Also on tonight's programme: One potential buyer has been in contact

:00:38. > :00:39.with the Government over the purchase of the Port Talbot

:00:40. > :00:44.The Government orders an investigation into the UK

:00:45. > :00:46.Anti-Doping Agency, after claims a doctor supplied performance

:00:47. > :00:52.enhancing drugs to British sports stars.

:00:53. > :00:55.I must also warn you, that I am no public speaker.

:00:56. > :00:58.Almost all of my life I have spent trying to avoid publicity

:00:59. > :01:02.Never before seen footage of British double agent Kim Philby

:01:03. > :01:15.That's one. And another. And another!

:01:16. > :01:18.And the sixes that sank England - they lose to the West Indies

:01:19. > :01:42.The leak of 11 million confidential documents from a Panamanian law

:01:43. > :01:47.firm, has revealed the extent to which the world's rich

:01:48. > :01:50.and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth.

:01:51. > :01:52.The documents, seen by the BBC, show how clients were helped

:01:53. > :01:56.to launder money, dodge sanctions, and evade tax.

:01:57. > :01:59.One of those mentioned is a close friend of the Russian

:02:00. > :02:01.President Vladimir Putin, alleged to be involved

:02:02. > :02:07.The law firm at the centre of the revelations, Mowsack Fonseca,

:02:08. > :02:10.says it's operated beyond reproach for 40 years, and has never been

:02:11. > :02:17.Here's our special correspondent Richard Bilton.

:02:18. > :02:22.Panama's carnival attracts visitors from around the world.

:02:23. > :02:27.But, away from the lights, this place is a thriving tax haven.

:02:28. > :02:32.Investors come to Panama for secrecy.

:02:33. > :02:34.You can go to Panama and you can get a foundation,

:02:35. > :02:38.or a trust or a company, and you can use those complicated,

:02:39. > :02:41.slightly strange structures to hide and disguise your ownership

:02:42. > :02:53.An enormous leak of files from this company, Mowsack Fonseca,

:02:54. > :02:59.From outside, Mowsack Fonseca looks like a perfectly respectable

:03:00. > :03:02.company, but this is a business which has helped people from around

:03:03. > :03:10.The documents were leaked to the German newspaper

:03:11. > :03:12.Suddeutsche Zeitung and shared with the International Consortium

:03:13. > :03:21.Panorama has been analysing the documents.

:03:22. > :03:26.We found links to 72 current or former heads of state.

:03:27. > :03:32.Like the Icelandic Prime Minister, Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson,

:03:33. > :03:37.who had a secret stake in an offshore company.

:03:38. > :03:40.The company held his wife's interests in Iceland's banks,

:03:41. > :03:47.Nobody knew that when her husband was dealing with the Icelandic banks

:03:48. > :03:50.after their collapse - including the British

:03:51. > :03:55.demands for compensation, which he turned down.

:03:56. > :04:08.He walked out when questioned by an Icelandic reporter.

:04:09. > :04:11.Mr Gunnlaugsson is today facing calls for his resignation.

:04:12. > :04:14.He says he has not broken any rules and his wife did not benefit

:04:15. > :04:23.Mowsack Fonseca say the services they provide are commonly used

:04:24. > :04:26.worldwide and they are responsible members of the global financial

:04:27. > :04:35.But some of the deals in the files are extraordinary.

:04:36. > :04:38.We believe we have found a billion-dollar laundering

:04:39. > :04:47.This man, cellist Sergei Roldugin - close friend of President Putin -

:04:48. > :04:50.was officially the owner of two secretive companies which benefited

:04:51. > :04:59.For example, an offshore company borrows $6 million.

:05:00. > :05:07.Three months later, the loan is written off for just $1.

:05:08. > :05:14.Why would anyone want to give all this cash to a cellist?

:05:15. > :05:16.There is nothing I've seen which would make me do anything

:05:17. > :05:19.other than say stop, we need to investigate very closely

:05:20. > :05:23.To you, does it look like money-laundering?

:05:24. > :05:27.Yes, it does look like money-laundering to me, for sure.

:05:28. > :05:30.Mr Roldugin hasn't answered our questions.

:05:31. > :05:35.Mowsack Fonseca say they have a strong compliance record.

:05:36. > :05:39.Through the leak, the world can now see more clearly how the wealthy can

:05:40. > :05:54.And you can see more on Panorama: Tax Havens of the Rich

:05:55. > :05:58.and Powerful Exposed, tomorrow night at 7.30pm on BBC One.

:05:59. > :06:01.The Government says it's ready to offer incentives to secure

:06:02. > :06:03.a buyer for the Port Talbot steelworks to safeguard

:06:04. > :06:08.The Business Secretary Sajid Javid says the plant's costs and pensions,

:06:09. > :06:14.It's emerged today that one potential buyer has been in contact

:06:15. > :06:19.Here's our political correspondent Carole Walker.

:06:20. > :06:21.What is the Government prepared to do to save

:06:22. > :06:25.The formal bidding process for the Port Talbot plant will open

:06:26. > :06:28.this week, and the Business Secretary said the Government

:06:29. > :06:33.is prepared to put in money to help clinch a deal.

:06:34. > :06:36.Frankly, I don't want to live in a country where we have to import

:06:37. > :06:41.That is why we have been clear we will do everything we can to keep

:06:42. > :06:44.steel-making at Port Talbot and to help those workers.

:06:45. > :06:47.I want to find a buyer for the whole of the business.

:06:48. > :06:50.Of course, there will be help that needs to be provided.

:06:51. > :06:53.Because we have been working on this for weeks, I have thought carefully

:06:54. > :06:55.about the kind of help we can provide.

:06:56. > :06:58.I understand the Government has had preliminary talks with a potential

:06:59. > :07:02.buyer for Tata's UK business, but a sale might require Government

:07:03. > :07:07.investment to modernise Port Talbot, to make it more profitable.

:07:08. > :07:10.The Business Secretary said other key issues are the plant,

:07:11. > :07:13.what type of steel is made, pensions - though funds have been

:07:14. > :07:18.set aside for future liabilities - and power.

:07:19. > :07:21.The steel industry wants more relief from energy taxes.

:07:22. > :07:24.Ministers have said they do not believe nationalisation is a viable

:07:25. > :07:30.But the opposition says it should remain an option.

:07:31. > :07:33.If we haven't got that leeway in the timescale, as a fall back,

:07:34. > :07:38.yes, nationalise in the short-term to stabilise the situation,

:07:39. > :07:41.prepare the sector then for putting it back out to another buyer.

:07:42. > :07:44.That will give us the stability we need in the sector.

:07:45. > :07:47.If the Government allows our steel sector to close now,

:07:48. > :07:50.Port Talbot to close, it could cost us between 1

:07:51. > :07:53.and 1.5 billion to keep people on the dole and have economies

:07:54. > :07:59.Ministers say they will encourage councils and all other public bodies

:08:00. > :08:01.to buy British Steel for future building projects,

:08:02. > :08:07.but many in the steel industry say the Government has to do more.

:08:08. > :08:09.The size of the crisis that we find ourselves in,

:08:10. > :08:12.or the severity of it, means that we need direct financial

:08:13. > :08:18.Now that might be only in the short-term, but without it,

:08:19. > :08:22.then we have a very uncertain future.

:08:23. > :08:25.The formal bidding process for Port Talbot will open this week,

:08:26. > :08:31.but time is tight if a buyer is to be found to save the business.

:08:32. > :08:33.I understand the steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta has made initial

:08:34. > :08:38.No substntial discussions yet though.

:08:39. > :08:44.This will be a complex process, but the pressure is on,

:08:45. > :08:47.because Tata has said it wants to find a buyer within weeks,

:08:48. > :08:50.and the jobs of thousands of British Steel workers are hanging

:08:51. > :08:54.Carole Walker, BBC News, Westminster.

:08:55. > :08:57.The Government has ordered an independent inquiry into the UK's

:08:58. > :09:00.anti-doping agency after it was accused of failing to act over

:09:01. > :09:03.claims a doctor prescribed performance enhancing drugs

:09:04. > :09:06.to sports stars, including Premier League footballers.

:09:07. > :09:10.Three clubs today described the claims as false.

:09:11. > :09:13.The doctor concerned, Mark Bonar, has denied any wrongdoing.

:09:14. > :09:22.The truth of the matter is, drugs are in sport.

:09:23. > :09:25.Dr Mark Bonar, caught claiming to have helped scores of sports

:09:26. > :09:32.Secretly filmed by the Sunday Times last year, the London-based medic

:09:33. > :09:34.prescribes banned performance-enhancing drugs

:09:35. > :09:42.If somebody came into me and said why are you giving BLEEP

:09:43. > :09:49.testosterone, I would say, look, his testosterone level is 15.

:09:50. > :09:52.The normal range is 4-30 and he has symptoms of testosterone

:09:53. > :10:00.His levels were sub-optimal, and I've just topped him up.

:10:01. > :10:03.The reason is to increase his performance.

:10:04. > :10:09.Bonar says he's worked with 150 elite sports people,

:10:10. > :10:12.including boxers, tennis players, an England cricketer, cyclists

:10:13. > :10:20.If you're a footballer in your 30s, how are you going to keep up

:10:21. > :10:25.There is no suggestion that any of the three Premier League clubs

:10:26. > :10:28.implicated were aware of any of any alleged wrongdoing.

:10:29. > :10:35.They say the claims are false, and without foundation.

:10:36. > :10:38.Leicester City is one of those clubs, and today, fans

:10:39. > :10:40.at the match against Southampton gave their reaction.

:10:41. > :10:45.You wouldn't want to be paying to see a sport which

:10:46. > :10:49.As things stand, they said they have not found anything,

:10:50. > :10:50.there's nothing to suggest otherwise.

:10:51. > :10:53.So I think we've just got to continue and enjoy what we see

:10:54. > :10:57.The newspaper investigation stems from evidence passed to the UK

:10:58. > :11:02.Anti-Doping Agency two years ago by a whistle-blower athlete.

:11:03. > :11:05.It says it failed to act at the time because Bonar was not

:11:06. > :11:08.governed by any one sport, but decided not to pass the case

:11:09. > :11:14.The Culture, Media and Sport Secretary John Whittingdale said

:11:15. > :11:17.he was shocked and deeply concerned by these allegations and has asked

:11:18. > :11:20.for an urgent independent investigation.

:11:21. > :11:25.He added doping could be made a criminal offence for athletes.

:11:26. > :11:28.I think I welcome the fact that there's going to be an investigation

:11:29. > :11:30.into UK Anti-doping and the way it operates.

:11:31. > :11:35.If that then leads to more robust procedures being put in place,

:11:36. > :11:41.more funding being put in place, and hopefully at some stage

:11:42. > :11:42.even leading towards the criminalisation of steroid use

:11:43. > :11:45.in sports, then all of that is positive.

:11:46. > :11:47.Bonar's conduct is currently the subject of an investigation

:11:48. > :11:51.by the GMC into the treatment of a patient not related to sport.

:11:52. > :11:53.Today, his clinic terminated its agreement with him,

:11:54. > :11:56.after it was revealed he does not currently have a UK licence

:11:57. > :12:02.Tonight, Bonar said the newspaper allegations were false and very

:12:03. > :12:04.misleading and he has never had a relationship with any

:12:05. > :12:07.Premier League football club or player.

:12:08. > :12:10.These are unsubstantiated allegations.

:12:11. > :12:12.Investigators will treat them with caution until they are presented

:12:13. > :12:16.But they do raise questions about those tasked with protecting

:12:17. > :12:21.clean sport and the fear will be that, amid a doping crisis,

:12:22. > :12:25.this could just be evidence that the range of sports afflicted

:12:26. > :12:33.The suspicion currently hanging over the integrity of sport shows little

:12:34. > :12:45.One of two women jailed for drug smuggling in Peru three years ago

:12:46. > :12:47.has spoken for the first time about what she called her

:12:48. > :12:50.Michaella McCollum, who's from County Tyrone,

:12:51. > :12:56.was arrested at Lima Airport with cocaine in her luggage.

:12:57. > :13:01.She was released on parole on Thursday.

:13:02. > :13:07.Initially protesting their innocence after their arrest in 2013,

:13:08. > :13:11.20-year-old Michaella McCollum - with dark hair - and Melissa Reid

:13:12. > :13:19.later admitted trying to smuggle drugs out of Peru.

:13:20. > :13:21.They were jailed for six years and eight months,

:13:22. > :13:23.but new legislation has led to McCollum's early release.

:13:24. > :13:25.Now a very different looking 23-year-old,

:13:26. > :13:29.she has given her first TV interview since leaving prison.

:13:30. > :13:31.Feels like a dream, feels like it's not real.

:13:32. > :13:34.Feels like I'm going to wake up any moment and be back in a nightmare.

:13:35. > :13:45.A lot of times, I didn't know how to say no to somebody.

:13:46. > :13:47.I kind of just followed along with it.

:13:48. > :13:51.I guess part of me kind of wanted to be something that I'm not.

:13:52. > :13:53.Seen here, shortly after they were sentenced,

:13:54. > :13:55.McCollum and Reid were found with 11 kilograms of cocaine,

:13:56. > :13:58.stuffed into food packets in their luggage.

:13:59. > :14:00.The drugs were worth more than ?1 million.

:14:01. > :14:02.McCollum says she now realises the damage her actions

:14:03. > :14:08.Obviously I regret the harm that I've done, so much suffering

:14:09. > :14:20.Obviously in the time here, I thought, if the drugs had have got

:14:21. > :14:26.I probably would have had a lot of blood my hands.

:14:27. > :14:28.The amount of families that would have ruined,

:14:29. > :14:29.I did that, I caused destruction to society.

:14:30. > :14:32.It's simply that I made a decision in a moment of madness.

:14:33. > :14:39.I want to demonstrate that I'm a good person.

:14:40. > :14:41.It's understood McCollum won't be free to leave Peru

:14:42. > :14:43.for some time, under the conditions of her parole.

:14:44. > :14:46.Melissa Reid, who has been seeking to serve what is left

:14:47. > :14:49.of her sentence closer to home in Scotland, remains in jail.

:14:50. > :14:53.Let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories now.

:14:54. > :14:55.Brussels Airport has partially reopened, after the terror attack

:14:56. > :15:01.There were just three flights today, instead of the usual 500,

:15:02. > :15:04.with full capacity not returning until the summer.

:15:05. > :15:07.16 people were killed when suicide bombers linked to the so-called

:15:08. > :15:14.Greece is preparing to return hundreds of migrants to Turkey

:15:15. > :15:24.The operation will start tomorrow morning on the Island of Lesbos,

:15:25. > :15:29.which has served as a gateway for hundreds of thousands

:15:30. > :15:30.of refugees and migrants into Europe.

:15:31. > :15:32.In return, EU countries will resettle refugees

:15:33. > :15:35.Eight people have been taken to hospital after two passenger

:15:36. > :15:38.It happened at low speed but witnesses describe

:15:39. > :15:41.hearing a loud bang, and people standing up to get off

:15:42. > :15:47.Kim Philby was one of the most notorious British spies

:15:48. > :15:52.He rose up the ranks of MI6, while all the while passing secrets

:15:53. > :15:57.He's never been seen talking about his 30 years

:15:58. > :16:02.BBC News has unearthed fascinating footage of Philby addressing

:16:03. > :16:04.officers of the East German intelligence service,

:16:05. > :16:14.Our security correspondent Gordon Corera has this exclusive report.

:16:15. > :16:29.I must also warn you that I am no public speaker.

:16:30. > :16:32.Almost all my life I have spent trying to avoid publicity

:16:33. > :16:38.The BBC unearthed this hour-long video.

:16:39. > :16:43.It is 1981 and Philby is addressing the Stasi,

:16:44. > :16:49.Never intended for the public, this recording has lain hidden

:16:50. > :16:54.Well, now, on looking back on my career in the enemy camp,

:16:55. > :16:56.this 30 year career in the enemy camp.

:16:57. > :17:00.Philby offers a masterclass in betrayal - from his recruitment

:17:01. > :17:03.by Soviet spies after Cambridge, to his joining Britain's secret

:17:04. > :17:10.Every evening I left the office with a big briefcase,

:17:11. > :17:15.full of reports which I had written myself, full of files taken out

:17:16. > :17:19.of the actual documents, out of the archives.

:17:20. > :17:27.I would hand them to my contact in the evening, next morning

:17:28. > :17:29.I would get the file back, the contents having been

:17:30. > :17:32.photographed, and take them back early in the morning and put

:17:33. > :17:35.That I did regularly, year in, year out.

:17:36. > :17:38.Mr Harold Philby, on the right, holds a press conference to deny

:17:39. > :17:40.charges he was involved in the disappearance

:17:41. > :17:44.Until now, this was the only known video of Philby speaking.

:17:45. > :17:50.It is 1955, and he was denying reports he was a Communist.

:17:51. > :17:52.The last time I spoke to a Communist, knowingly him to be

:17:53. > :18:03.Eight years later, he fled to Moscow.

:18:04. > :18:05.Philby is buried in Kuntsevo Cemetery, on the outskirts

:18:06. > :18:07.of the Russian capital, along with other heroes

:18:08. > :18:17.Philby died in 1988, 25 years after he came to the Soviet

:18:18. > :18:20.Union, a country he regarded as home.

:18:21. > :18:26.He was the spy who came into the cold.

:18:27. > :18:29.We travelled an hour out of Moscow, to track down a former KGB officer

:18:30. > :18:36.He led operations against Britain, and was assigned to look

:18:37. > :18:48.after Philby in Moscow, becoming his close friend.

:18:49. > :18:51.He decided that Philby should be used to train the young KGB recruits

:18:52. > :19:00.This was a way of giving some purpose to a man who felt underused.

:19:01. > :19:03.In his heart of hearts, he missed Britain greatly,

:19:04. > :19:08.because he was British, he was English, 100%.

:19:09. > :19:12.You think he reregretted what he did?

:19:13. > :19:19.No, I don't think that he regretted it, but he missed Britain.

:19:20. > :19:22.He may have been regarded as a hero in the Communist world,

:19:23. > :19:26.but Philby admits in his Stasi speech he betrayed a joint CIA-MI6

:19:27. > :19:27.operation in Albania, which led to hundreds

:19:28. > :19:35.He also talks about the other Cambridge spies he recruited and how

:19:36. > :19:38.he outwitted MI6 when he escaped, and he finishes with one piece

:19:39. > :19:47.They interrogated me in order to break my nerve and

:19:48. > :19:54.My advice to you is to tell all your agents that they

:19:55. > :20:01.That advice served Philby well during his career, this secret

:20:02. > :20:05.account of his betrayal emerging only decades after his death.

:20:06. > :20:11.Gordon Corera, BBC News, Moscow.

:20:12. > :20:13.And you can hear more on this tomorrow night,

:20:14. > :20:22.West Indies are the T20 cricket World Champions for a second time,

:20:23. > :20:25.after beating England in a sensational final.

:20:26. > :20:28.The trophy looked to be heading England's way before an explosive

:20:29. > :20:31.last over turned the match on its head.

:20:32. > :20:33.The West Indies won the women's competition too, beating Australia.

:20:34. > :20:40.Our correspondent Joe Wilson reports from Kolkata.

:20:41. > :20:43.You can carry one team in your heart, and wear another

:20:44. > :20:47.In truth, most people here had bought tickets for the big occasion

:20:48. > :20:52.But now that we're here, you might as well cheer.

:20:53. > :20:55.And England have made a big impression, all the way to 40 overs

:20:56. > :21:05.That's the way the early chapters ran.

:21:06. > :21:07.His 50 helped England to a total of 155.

:21:08. > :21:13.When West Indies batted, England experimented.

:21:14. > :21:21.Root landed two wickets, both held by Ben Stokes.

:21:22. > :21:27.Marlon Samuels stood firm, building an innings of 85,

:21:28. > :21:29.which just about kept West Indies in the game.

:21:30. > :21:32.But with one over to come, England were in control.

:21:33. > :21:37.Now what is surely the most staggering hitting in the most

:21:38. > :21:41.extraordinary of circumstances that cricket has witnessed.

:21:42. > :21:44.Carlos Brathwaite hit the first four balls of Ben Stokes'

:21:45. > :21:56.Well, it was after midnight local time when England's players finally

:21:57. > :22:01.They will know in their hearts that during this tournament they really

:22:02. > :22:05.rescued their international credibility, but in sport,

:22:06. > :22:10.credibility will always finish second to trophies.

:22:11. > :22:13.West Indies women won the World T20 for the first time earlier

:22:14. > :22:18.The men celebrated only after throwing criticism

:22:19. > :22:24.Reminding us this is a tournament they almost boycotted.

:22:25. > :22:34.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.

:22:35. > :22:37.Do stay with us on BBC One, it's time for the news