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Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | $ 27,231,000,000
Tangible Benefits [Member] |  |
Deferred tax liability (asset) | ifrs-full_DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset | (16,000,000)
Other Related Temporary Differences [Member] |  |
Deferred tax liability (asset) | ifrs-full_DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset | 199,000,000
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets Related Temporary Differences [Member] |  |
Deferred tax liability (asset) | ifrs-full_DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset | 1,763,000,000
Property, Plant And Equipment and Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Related Temporary Differences [Member] |  |
Deferred tax liability (asset) | ifrs-full_DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset | 1,642,000,000
Post Employment Benefit Plans Related Temporary Differences [Member] |  |
Deferred tax liability (asset) | ifrs-full_DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset | (415,000,000)
Increase (decrease) due to changes in accounting policy required by IFRSs [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | (20,000,000)
Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | 2,304,000,000
Dividends Payable [Member] |  |
Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | 691,000,000
Dividends Payable [Member] | Increase (decrease) due to changes in accounting policy required by IFRSs [member] |  |
Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | 0
Other Liabilities1 [Member] |  |
Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | 0
Other Liabilities1 [Member] | Increase (decrease) due to changes in accounting policy required by IFRSs [member] |  |
Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | 0
Short-term and long-term borrowings [Member] |  |
Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | 26,709,000,000
Short-term and long-term borrowings [Member] | Increase (decrease) due to changes in accounting policy required by IFRSs [member] |  |
Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | 2,304,000,000
Assets held to hedge liabilities arising from financing activities [member] |  |
Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | (169,000,000)
Assets held to hedge liabilities arising from financing activities [member] | Increase (decrease) due to changes in accounting policy required by IFRSs [member] |  |
Liabilities arising from financing activities | ifrs-full_LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivities | 0
Non-controlling interests [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | 325,000,000
Non-controlling interests [member] | Increase (decrease) due to changes in accounting policy required by IFRSs [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | (1,000,000)
Accumulated other comprehensive income [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | 90,000,000
Equity attributable to owners of parent [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | 20,344,000,000
Equity attributable to owners of parent [member] | Increase (decrease) due to changes in accounting policy required by IFRSs [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | (19,000,000)
Retained earnings [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | (4,956,000,000)
Retained earnings [member] | Increase (decrease) due to changes in accounting policy required by IFRSs [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | (19,000,000)
Share premium [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | 1,170,000,000
Ordinary shares [member] | Issued capital [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | 20,036,000,000
Preference shares [member] | Issued capital [member] |  |
Equity | ifrs-full_Equity | $ 4,004,000,000

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- Definition The amount of deferred tax liabilities or assets. [Refer: Deferred tax liabilities; Deferred tax assets] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 12 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 81 -Subparagraph g -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=12&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_81_g_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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