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Kamis, 01 Juli 2021

World’s leading economies agree global minimum corporate tax rate - Financial Times

The world’s leading economies have signed up to a plan to force multinational companies to pay a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 per cent following intense negotiations in Paris at the OECD.

The historic agreement among 130 countries will ensure the largest companies, including Big Tech, pay at least $100bn a year more in taxes, with more of that money going to the countries where they do most of their business.

The OECD said the rules should be put in place next year and implemented in 2023.

Only nine of the 139 countries involved in the talks refused to sign up, including Ireland, Estonia and Hungary. All of the G20 leading nations backed the plan following lobbying by the US.

Mathias Cormann, the new OECD secretary-general, hailed the agreement, saying it would ensure, “large multinational companies pay their fair share of tax everywhere”.

But after multiple carve-outs were agreed to ensure that countries could still use low taxes to encourage investment, he stressed that the rules were not designed to impose the same corporate tax regime everywhere.

“This package does not eliminate tax competition . . . but it does set multilaterally agreed limitations on it,” he said. “It also accommodates the various interests across the negotiating table, including those of small economies and developing jurisdictions.”

US president Joe Biden said: “With a global minimum tax in place, multinational corporations will no longer be able to pit countries against one another in a bid to push tax rates down and protect their profits at the expense of public revenue.”

But in a sign of potentially difficult battles ahead in Congress, Kevin Brady, the top Republican on the House of Representatives’ ways and means committee, said the deal was “a dangerous economic surrender that sends US jobs overseas”.

Olaf Scholz, the German finance minister, hailed the deal, calling it a “colossal step forward towards more tax justice”, while Rishi Sunak, the UK chancellor, stressed that it would ensure “multinational tech giants pay the right tax in the right countries”.

The carve-outs and exemptions were not enough to satisfy the eight countries that objected to the framework, including Ireland, Estonia and Hungary, which are OECD members.

The other holdouts were Barbados, Kenya, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and St Vincent & the Grenadines. Peru abstained because it does not have a government to make decisions.

Such was the political pressure exerted that some tax havens and investment hubs signed up, including Switzerland and the Bahamas. They are expected to lose significant revenues when the rules come into force.

The deal consists of both elements of the agreement forged by the G7 leading economies last month, but with substantially greater detail added and special rules for certain sectors and companies.

In a successful bid to sign up China, India and some eastern European nations, the OECD has proposed a carve-out from the global minimum tax plan, based on “substance”, so the rules do not apply to incentives on corporate tax investment in tangible assets such as manufacturing factories and machinery.

The global shipping industry has also benefited from an exemption because it is almost impossible to determine where entities are located.

The element of the deal seeking to force the largest multinationals to pay more tax where they operate rather than where they are located will apply initially only to the biggest companies with turnover exceeding €20bn. However, that threshold will fall to €10bn after seven years.

These companies will have to allocate for taxation 20—30 per cent of their profits in excess of a 10 per cent margin to the countries where they operate based on their sales. This will ensure that the tech giants, luxury goods groups and pharmaceutical companies will pay more tax in the countries where they do business.

The agreed OECD statement said that companies in regulated financial services, mining and the oil and gas sectors would be excluded from these provisions.

In return for agreeing to allow some of the tax that the US collects from Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook to be taxed by other countries, the other signatories to the OECD deal have committed to abolishing their digital service taxes. Special rules will ensure Amazon is included in the new OECD framework even though the company’s profit margin falls below the threshold.

Additional reporting by Aime Williams in Washington and Guy Chazan in Berlin

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China's Communist Party warns the West of 'bloodshed' - Sky News

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Jasmine Hartin claims she was abandoned by Andrew Ashcroft's family over fears about 'bad press' - Daily Mail

'I can't believe how I've been treated': Socialite Jasmine Hartin, 32, claims she has been abandoned by Andrew Ashcroft's family over fears about 'bad press' and that she wasn't allowed to speak to her children

Jasmine Hartin claimed the Ashcrofts were told to keep their 'distance' from her
The former partner of Andrew Ashcroft said she was 'shocked' by her treatment
Hartin, 32, was released from jail after a family friend posted her $30,000 bail
The mother claimed she wasn't allowed to speak to her children while in prison
She is awaiting trial for the shooting of Supt Henry Jemmott in May with his pistol

By Kate Dennett For Mailonline

Published: 13:48 BST, 1 July 2021 | Updated: 16:14 BST, 1 July 2021

The Canadian socialite who shot dead a police chief on a beach in Belize has accused her partner and his family of abandoning her.

Jasmine Hartin claims no-one from the family of her former partner Andrew Ashcroft visited her while she was on bail over the shooting because they had been told they couldn't have 'bad press associated with their reputation'.

The mother-of-two, 32, was released from jail on bail yesterday as she awaits trial for shooting Superintendent Henry Jemmott, a father-of-five, with his own service pistol in May, which she says was an accident.

Speaking to 7 News Belize's Cherisse Halsall, Hartin said the Ashcroft family was told to 'distance' themselves from her, adding that she wasn't allowed to speak to her infant twins while she was in Belize Central Prison.

She said although she has had a 'complicated' seven-year relationship with Ashcroft - the son of Lord Ashcroft - with many 'ups and downs', she has been 'shocked' about the Ashcroft family's treatment of her since her arrest.

She added: 'Even with all of that though, I can't believe how I've been treated.'

Jasmine Hartin (pictured) claimed she did not have any familial visitors in jail after the family of her former partner Andrew, the son of Lord Ashcroft, were told they couldn't have 'bad press'

It is unclear whether the family accept the claims. They have been approached and asked to provide a comment.

In the new interview following her release on bail on Wednesday, Hartin said: 'From what I've been told by the family, they were instructed to distance themselves from me immediately.

'That they couldn't have bad press associated with their reputation, so therefore, I wasn't - I didn't have any family come to visit me in jail, I didn't have any family call me.

'Instead a couple of friends came to see me, but never once was I allowed to speak to the children during that time.'

Hartin said that her brother tried to call her from Canada while her mother was 'worried sick' while she was in jail, but claimed that Ashcroft told them that she had visitors every single day - which she said was 'exaggerated'.

Hartin, 32, said the Ashcroft family were told to 'distance' themselves from her, claiming that she wasn't allowed to speak to her young twins while she was in Belize Central Prison

Hartin said although she has had a 'complicated' seven-year relationship with Andrew Ashcroft (pictured), she is still 'shocked' about her treatment from Ashcroft family since her arrest

Her full interview with the local news channel will air on 7 News Belize's evening television programme on Thursday.

Her comments came after a family friend, who is believed to have secured her release from prison by posting bail for her, claimed Hartin had been 'thrown to the wolves'.

Wendy Auxillou told MailOnline that Hartin has been denied access to her children and locked out of her home.

Auxillou said she posted Hartin's $30,000 bail by supplying the title to a property she owns as collateral, according to The Times.

Auxillou, who works as a lawyer, added Hartin is 'being psychologically and emotionally abused'.

Hartin is awaiting trial for shooting Supt Jemmott with his own service pistol last month.

Jemmott, a highly-rated officer tipped as a future leader of his country's police force, was struck behind his right ear by a 9mm round from his own Glock 17 service pistol.

According to a criminal complaint he had been 'socializing' and drinking alone with Hartin on a secluded hotel pier in Ambergris Caye, a tropical island haven for millionaire expats.

A security guard heard a 'loud bang' at 12.45am and police arrived to find Canadian national Hartin 'covered in red substance as that of blood' and Jemmott, 42, floating dead on his back 30ft from the shore.

An expended shell casing was still lodged inside the gun which was found on the Mata Rocks hotel pier along with a magazine, live bullets and a pool of blood.

After spending the weekend behind bars, Hartin gave a statement saying the off-duty officer was showing her how to handle his firearm as the pair drank and hung out.

Before her release yesterday, Hartin had previously been out on bail but was re-arrested and charged with assaulting a hotel worker last week.

Her bail had originally been covered by the manager of the resort where she had lived with Ashcroft but he withdrew it following her re-arrest.

When previously out on bail, Hartin was turned away by security when she tried to access her family apartment at the Grand Colony resort to see her young twins.

According to The Times, Auxillou said: 'In the beginning, people viewed her as some type of rich entitled kid, basically.

The former partner of Lord Ashcroft's son Andrew is awaiting trial for shooting Superintendent Henry Jemmott (pictured), a father-of-five, with his own service pistol last month

'After what transpired with her being locked out of her house and kept away from her kids and all that, she's now being viewed with a bit of sympathy.'

It has not been specified whether Auxillou is part of her legal team, which is being led by high-profile attorney Richard 'Dickie' Bradley as Hartin awaits trial over the shooting of Superintendent Henry Jemmott, which she claims was an accident.

Authorities at the Central Prison received confirmation of Hartin meeting requirements for bail and she was released as of 3pm yesterday, according to Breaking Belize News.

Her conditions for bail reportedly include daily reports to the police station, a daily curfew, not leaving the jurisdiction, not interfering with witnesses, and maintaining good behaviour.

Hartin's legal team is being led by high-profile attorney Richard 'Dickie' Bradley, after an apparent split with Godfrey Smith - the former attorney general of Belize who was hired on her behalf in the hours after Jemmot's shooting.

It comes after Hartin's mother Candace Castiglione claimed that her daughter's treatment amounted 'persecution from the Ashcroft family'.

Hartin pleaded not guilty last week when she appeared in court in San Pedro accused of assaulting the hotel worker during a clash with her former partner.

The mother-of-two (pictured) was released from prison yesterday after her family friend, lawyer Wendy Auxillou, posted her $30,000 bail

The court heard she had attempted to push Sandra Grisham, the general manager of the Alaia, however, Hartin representing herself, pleaded not guilty and denied attacking anyone.

Frank Habet, a manager of a resort, then withdrew her bail funds saying he was worried he would lose his 60,000 Belizean dollars ($30,000/£22,000) if Hartin did not show up for trial.

He said he decided to pull the plug after the accused mother was turned back by security on Tuesday when she tried to access her family apartment at the Grand Colony resort to see her young twins.

Habet said: 'Miss Hartin appeared at Grand Colony resort behaving in a disorderly and abusive manner and creating great disturbance at the hotel in the presence of guests.

'I now think Miss Hartin is quite capable of not showing up for trial and I therefore wish to immediately withdraw my cash deposit.'

Videos showed Hartin, 32, chasing her partner Andrew Ashcroft into the neighboring Alaia Belize hotel, which the couple ran together before the Jemmott shooting.

Hartin took the videos on her own cell phone and could be heard repeatedly asking Ashcroft why he allegedly wouldn't give her access to Ellie and Charlie, four.

Auxillou, who works as a lawyer, also claims Hartin (pictured) is 'being psychologically and emotionally abused'

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, she reiterated her version of events, saying the gun went off unexpectedly in her hands as she tried to re-insert a clip and hand it back.

'Henry was my friend. It was an accident, I didn't flee the scene. The first thing I did was call the police myself,' she said.

'There's literally not a day that goes by when I don't cry and my frigging chest doesn't hurt and ache for his kids, for his family, for him.'

Hartin (pictured) re-told her version of events that led to Jemmott's death, saying the gun went off unexpectedly in her hands as she tried to re-insert a clip and hand it to him

She also revealed for the first time that the reason she was practicing with the gun was because an unnamed man had tried to rape her at a party six days earlier.

Three days after Jemmott's death Hartin was charged with manslaughter by negligence after prosecutors opted against murder or full-fledged manslaughter on the strength of her witness statement insisting it was an accident.

The offense carries a maximum prison sentence of nine months or a fine of around 10,000 Belizean dollars ($5,000 in US money).

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Emmanuel Macron shamed by top French court - president hit by 'case of century' - Daily Express

Macron says France is the 'most attractive country' in Europe

France's top administrative court found President Macron's government ineffective in its fight against climate change. The court ordered the French leader to take "all necessary measures to curb the curve of greenhouse gas emissions".

In a stern ultimatum that could cause Mr Macron some headaches just a month before the next Presidential elections, the court told the French leader he must comply with the ruling before March 31, 2022.

If the French government fails to comply, then France may face hefty fines.

This ruling comes after the city of Grande-Synthe in northern France, along with environmental NGOs, filed a complaint in 2018 over insufficient climate action.

Green MEP and former mayor of Grande-Synthe, Damien Careme, said the ruling was "historic".

He told Politico: "For the first time in France, the judiciary forces the state to act for climate."

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Emmanuel Macron was told he's not doing enough against climate change by top French court (Image: GETTY•PA)

Mr Careme said similar legal actions should be encouraged in other EU countries.

Germany and the Netherlands have also been urged to take more radical decisions to combat climate change by their respective courts.

The French MEP added: "At a time when the European Commission is about to propose a revision of the legislation related to climate action in its fit for 2030 package, this ruling should give the Commission pause to think on how it must come out with proposals that are fit for the challenges ahead."

In February, President Macron received a damning attack from over 100 NGOs over his proposed climate change laws.

In an open letter to the French President, 110 NGOs, including Greenpeace, ActionAid and WWF, said Mr Macron "lacked ambition" with his legislation aimed at tackling climate change.

In the letter, the environmentalists attacked the French leader for "depriving our country of a tremendous potential to exit from climate, health, economic and social crises".

The NGOs argued the package of laws failed to address all points raised by the assembly.

They wrote: "You have initiated an innovative approach through the Citizen's Climate Convention aiming to involve citizens in the evolution of the law to keep our climate commitments in a spirit of social justice.

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Emmanuel Macron was told to comply with anti-climate change targets by March 2022 (Image: GETTY)

"While the citizens' proposals were to be transcribed into law, it is clear that the account is not there. The impact study accompanying the bill drawn from the Citizen's Convention thus recognises that the proposed measures will not, as they stand, meet the objectives of reducing emissions by 40 percent by 2030. And this, whereas this target is in itself insufficient given the new objective of -55 percent adopted last December at the European level.

"As for the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE) and the National Council for Ecological Transition (CNTE), recently consulted for an opinion on the bill, their opinions converge. They are indeed both worried about the inadequacy of the measures taken to achieve our objectives of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but also about the weakness of the mechanisms to reduce social inequalities.

"The EESC thus indicates that 'the numerous measures of the bill, which are generally relevant, often remain limited, deferred or subject to conditions such that their implementation in the short term is uncertain'.

"This bill largely gives way to incitement and simple encouragement to change practices where government intervention is required.

"However, the expected benefits of the measures proposed by the 150 citizens are numerous: fewer people living in energy sieves, reduced air pollution, healthier food that is accessible to all, a mobility offer that emits less and more. inclusive, more jobs in key sectors of ecological transition, etc."

The French President was also found guilty of inaction in the fight against climate change by a French court in February.

France's government is at fault for not doing enough to combat climate change, a French court said on February 3, in what environmental campaigners called a landmark ruling that could ramp up pressure on other countries to act on global warming.

The ruling has been dubbed "the case of the century".

It was brought by four NGOs who accused the French state of not living up to its own commitments - including a multi-year plan to cut carbon emissions - or to the 2015 Paris Climate accord.

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Top Trump Organization executive surrenders to New York authorities - Financial Times

Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, has surrendered to New York authorities ahead of criminal charges expected to be announced later on Thursday against him and the former president’s company.

The anticipated charges mark a decisive turn in a nearly three-year investigation of Donald Trump’s business by Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan district attorney, in tandem with New York attorney-general Letitia James.

They concern fringe benefits paid to Weisselberg and other top executives for things such as private school tuition, car leases and apartment rent, according to people briefed on the matter. Lawyers involved in the case were waiting for the charges to be unsealed later in the day to see the precise details of the case.

The Trump Organization issued a blistering statement, accusing prosecutors of using Weisselberg, “a loving and devoted husband, father and grandfather”, as “a pawn in a scorched earth attempt to harm the former president”.

“This is not justice; this is politics,” it added.

Lawyers for Weisselberg, 73, said he “intends to plead not guilty and he will fight these charges in court.” He reportedly entered the court complex through a back entrance early on Thursday morning. The Manhattan DA and the attorney-general did not comment.

Trump is not expected to be charged, nor are his three adult children who have served as senior executives at the Trump Organization: Donald Jr, Ivanka and Eric. Trump has repeatedly derided the investigation as a witch-hunt perpetrated by his political foes. Both Vance and James are Democrats.

The former president’s lawyers had tried in recent days to persuade prosecutors to stand down. As it became clear Vance and James were moving towards charges, a lawyer for Trump, Ronald Fischetti, promised a vigorous defence.

“In my more than 50 years of practice, never before have I seen the district attorney’s office target a company over employee compensation or fringe benefits,” Fischetti said last week.

In recent months, Weisselberg has become a focus of prosecutors, who hoped to convince the man who once described himself as Trump’s “eyes and ears” to aid their investigation into a private business that features hundreds of byzantine partnerships.

The former president’s business was already struggling, with revenue falling at some of its hotels and golf courses due to the coronavirus pandemic. Some partners such as the Professional Golfers’ Association have cut ties in protest at his role in the January insurrection at the US Capitol.

The Trump Organization has about $900m in debts coming due over the next four years, about a third of which are personally guaranteed by Donald Trump.

Vance, who leaves office at the end of this year, will have to hand any case on to a successor. His current probe has been overshadowed by criticism for dropping a previous investigation of the Trump Organization, in 2012, which stemmed from condominium-buyer complaints that Donald Jr and Ivanka had misled them. The parties later settled.

Vance launched the current investigation in 2018 in response to reports that Trump’s former fixer, Michael Cohen, had made hush-money payments to two women who claimed to have had extramarital affairs with the-then presidential candidate. Cohen later told Congress he arranged with Weisselberg to be reimbursed by the Trump Organization through monthly payments listed as legal fees.

The investigation expanded to consider possible bank and insurance fraud, according to court filings. Under examination is whether the Trump Organization inflated the value of certain properties to secure bank loans and insurance while minimising them for tax purposes, according to people briefed on the matter.

The investigation had been hampered by Trump’s refusal to hand over tax records. Vance prevailed in a legal fight that went to the Supreme Court and ultimately took possession of the documents in February.

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Jasmine Hartin claims she was abandoned by Andrew Ashcroft's family over fears about 'bad press' - Daily Mail

'I can't believe how I've been treated': Socialite Jasmine Hartin, 32, claims she has been abandoned by Andrew Ashcroft's family over fears about 'bad press' and that she wasn't allowed to speak to her children

Jasmine Hartin claimed the Ashcrofts were told to keep their 'distance' from her
The former partner of Andrew Ashcroft said she was 'shocked' by her treatment
Hartin, 32, was released from jail after a family friend posted her $30,000 bail
The mother claimed she wasn't allowed to speak to her children while in prison
She is awaiting trial for the shooting of Supt Henry Jemmott in May with his pistol

By Kate Dennett For Mailonline

Published: 13:48 BST, 1 July 2021 | Updated: 15:55 BST, 1 July 2021

The Canadian socialite who shot dead a police chief on a beach in Belize has claimed that the Ashcroft family was told to 'distance' themselves from her and didn't visit her in prison.

Jasmine Hartin claimed she did not have any familial visitors in jail after the family of her former partner Andrew, the son of Lord Ashcroft, were told they couldn't have 'bad press associated with their reputation'.

The mother-of-two, 32, was released from jail on bail yesterday as she awaits trial for ' shooting Superintendent Henry Jemmott, a father-of-five, with his own service pistol in May, which she says was an accident.

Speaking to 7 News Belize's Cherisse Halsall, she said the Ashcroft family were told to 'distance' themselves from her, claiming that she wasn't allowed to speak to her infant twins while she was in Belize Central Prison.

It is unclear whether the family accept the claims. They have been approached and asked to provide a comment.

Jasmine Hartin (pictured) claimed she did not have any familial visitors in jail after the family of her former partner Andrew, the son of Lord Ashcroft, were told they couldn't have 'bad press'

In the new interview following her release on bail, she explained: 'From what I've been told by the family, they were instructed to distance themselves from me immediately.

'That they couldn't have bad press associated with their reputation, so therefore, I wasn't - I didn't have any family come to visit me in jail, I didn't have any family call me.

'Instead a couple of friends came to see me, but never once was I allowed to speak to the children during that time.'

Hartin said that her brother tried to call her from Canada while her mother was 'worried sick' while she was in jail, but claimed that Andrew told them that she had visitors every single day - which she said was 'exaggerated'.

She said although she has had a 'complicated' seven-year relationship with Andrew with many 'ups and downs', she has been 'shocked' about the Ashcroft family's treatment of her since her arrest.

She added: 'Even with all of that though, I can't believe how I've been treated.'

Hartin, 32, said the Ashcroft family were told to 'distance' themselves from her, claiming that she wasn't allowed to speak to her young twins while she was in Belize Central Prison

Hartin said although she has had a 'complicated' seven-year relationship with Andrew (pictured), she is still 'shocked' about her treatment from Ashcroft family since her arrest

Her full interview with the local news channel will air on 7 News Belize's evening television programme on Thursday.

MailOnline has contacted Lord Ashcroft's office for comment.

Her shocking comments came after her family friend, who is believed to have secured her release from prison, claimed she had been 'thrown to the wolves'.

Wendy Auxillou, who is understood to be Hartin's family friend, claimed to MailOnline that she has been denied access to her children and been locked out of her home.

Auxillou said she posted Hartin's $30,000 bail by supplying the title to a property she owns as collateral, according to The Times.

Auxillou, who works as a lawyer, condemned Hartin's apparent treatment and claimed that she is 'being psychologically and emotionally abused'.

Before her release yesterday, Hartin had previously been out on bail but was re-arrested and charged with assaulting a hotel worker last week.

She was then sent back to Central Belize Prison after the manager of the resort where she had lived with Andrew decided he was no longer willing to cover her bail money following the incident.

While previously out on bail, Hartin was turned away by security when she tried to access her family apartment at the Grand Colony resort to see her young twins.

According to The Times, Auxillou said: 'In the beginning, people viewed her as some type of rich entitled kid, basically.

The former partner of Lord Ashcroft's son Andrew is awaiting trial for shooting Superintendent Henry Jemmott (pictured), a father-of-five, with his own service pistol last month

'After what transpired with her being locked out of her house and kept away from her kids and all that, she's now being viewed with a bit of sympathy.'

Authorities at the Central Prison received confirmation of Hartin meeting requirements for bail and she was released as of 3pm yesterday, according to Breaking Belize News.

Her conditions for bail reportedly include daily reports to the police station, a daily curfew, not leaving the jurisdiction, not interfering with witnesses, and maintaining good behaviour.

It comes after Hartin's mother Candace Castiglione claimed that her daughter's treatment amounted 'persecution from the Ashcroft family'.

Hartin had previously been out on bail as she awaited trial over the shooting of Henry Jemmott, which she says was an accident, but was then sent back to prison.

She was charged with assaulting a hotel worker during a clash with her former partner and appeared in court in San Pedro to plead not guilty to assault, but was remanded in prison.

The mother-of-two (pictured) was released from prison yesterday after her family friend, lawyer Wendy Auxillou, posted her $30,000 bail

The court heard she had attempted to push Sandra Grisham, the general manager of the Alaia, however, Hartin representing herself, pleaded not guilty and denied attacking anyone.

Frank Habet, a manager of a resort, then withdrew her bail funds saying he was worried he would lose his 60,000 Belizean dollars ($30,000) if Jasmine Hartin did not show up for trial.

He said he decided to pull the plug after the accused mother was turned back by security on Tuesday when she tried to access her family apartment at the Grand Colony resort to see her young twins.

Frank Habet said: 'Miss Hartin appeared at Grand Colony resort behaving in a disorderly and abusive manner and creating great disturbance at the hotel in the presence of guests.

'I now think Miss Hartin is quite capable of not showing up for trial and I therefore wish to immediately withdraw my cash deposit.'

Videos showed Hartin, 32, chasing her partner Andrew Ashcroft into the neighboring Alaia Belize hotel, which the couple ran together before the Jemmott shooting.

Hartin took the videos on her own cell phone and could be heard repeatedly asking Ashcroft why he allegedly wouldn't give her access to Ellie and Charlie, four.

The incident prompted Habet, the general manager of Grand Colony - another Ashcroft-operated property – to demand back his $30,000 cash deposit and cancel a further surety of $30,000.

Auxillou, who works as a lawyer, also condemned Hartin's (pictured) apparent treatment and claimed that she is 'being psychologically and emotionally abused'

'Ms Hartin appeared at Grand Colony Resort behaving in a disorderly and abusive manner and creating great disturbance at the hotel in the presence of guests,' Habet wrote.

'I now think Ms Hartin is quite capable of not showing up for trial and I wish to immediately withdraw my cash deposit and revoke the surety form I signed as I simply cannot afford the financial loss should this occur.'

Hartin had been released on bail of $1,000 Belizeans dollars before being transferred by boat to the Supreme Court in Belize City - where she then learned about Habet's sudden u-turn.

Hartin is currently awaiting trial for shooting Superintendent Henry Jemmott, a father-of-five, with his own service pistol last month.

Jemmott, a highly-rated officer tipped as a future leader of his country's police force, was struck behind his right ear by a 9mm round from his own Glock 17 service pistol.

According to a criminal complaint he had been 'socializing' and drinking alone with Hartin on a secluded hotel pier in Ambergris Caye, a tropical island haven for millionaire expats.

A security guard heard a 'loud bang' at 12:45am and police arrived to find Canadian national Hartin 'covered in red substance as that of blood' and Jemmott, 42, floating dead on his back 30ft from the shore.

An expended shell casing was still lodged inside the gun which was found on the Mata Rocks hotel pier along with a magazine, live bullets and a pool of blood.

Last week, Hartin (pictured) re-told her version of events that led to Jemmott's death, saying the gun went off unexpectedly in her hands as she tried to re-insert a clip and hand it to him

After spending the weekend behind bars, Hartin gave a statement saying the off-duty officer was showing her how to handle his firearm as the pair drank and hung out.

In her exclusive interview on Thursday with DailyMail.com, she reiterated her version of events, saying the gun went off unexpectedly in her hands as she tried to re-insert a clip and hand it back.

'Henry was my friend. It was an accident, I didn't flee the scene. The first thing I did was call the police myself,' she said.

'There's literally not a day that goes by when I don't cry and my frigging chest doesn't hurt and ache for his kids, for his family, for him.'

She also revealed for the first time that the reason she was practicing with the gun was because an unnamed man had tried to rape her at a party six days earlier.

The offense carries a maximum prison sentence of nine months or a fine of around 10,000 Belizean dollars ($5,000 in US money).

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China's Xi Jinping issues 'bloodshed' warning to foreign powers at Communist Party centenary event - Sky News

It was a long wait for the Party's party.

The thousands of people awarded a ticket to Tiananmen Square had left their quarantine hotels at 3am for an 8am start, passing through security check after security check.

To pass the time, they sang old red songs - Socialism is Good and other such classics - and practised vigorous flag waving. It's all in the wrist.

But cometh hour, cometh the man. Xi Jinping took to the rostrum. All the other leaders on stage were wearing Western business suits.

Xi alone was wearing a grey Mao suit.

A racket of helicopters approached from the east, in formation to spell out '100'. China's newest stealth jets roared after them.

And then the artillery gave a 100-gun salute, the echoes thumping around the corners of Tiananmen in turn.

It was an impressive but fairly modest display by the standards of China's vast military.

The real star was Xi, the president of China but - much more importantly - the general secretary of the Communist Party. He gave a long speech.

Some of it was celebration, some of it justification for a regime that allows no opposition: "Only socialism can save China, and only socialism with Chinese characteristics can develop China," Xi said.

The ideology can be a bit dry but the Party knows which red meat to throw these days, leaning on nationalism as much as Marxism to gee up enthusiasm

So this line prompted the biggest cheer of the day: "The Chinese people will absolutely not allow any foreign force to bully, oppress or enslave us and anyone who attempts to do so will face broken heads and bloodshed in front of the iron Great Wall of the 1.4 billion Chinese people."

The crowd loved it. And playing those nationalist credentials will be crucial to the Party's future success.

But the ceremony was a display of the CCP's remarkable survival. Thousands of people filling Tiananmen Square in neat rows, playing their part.

One hundred years ago it was a handful of subversives meeting in secret in Shanghai. They were chased into the mountains and hid out in caves for years.

Then triumph in a bloody civil war, and the beginning of uninterrupted one-party rule.

That rule has had its catastrophes. The Great Leap Forward led to a famine which killed tens of millions. The terror of the Cultural Revolution followed.

And in 1989, in the same square used today for the pageantry of the Party, the Tiananmen student demonstrators asked for greater freedom - and were met with bullets in the surrounding streets.

The square still remembers them, even if the Party cares not to.

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