this is bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm martine croxall. the headlines... one of the greatest footballers of all time, pele, has died in brazil at the age of 82. he won three world cups for brazil — a unique feat — and scored over a thousand goals during his career. crowds have gathered to pay tribute outside the hospital in sao paolo where pele passed away, surrounded by his family. we'll look at the legacy of the man who gave the world the beautiful game — and did more than anyone to shape modern football. also ahead... ukrainian officials say a fresh barrage of russian missile strikes has inflicited "significant damage" to the national power grid. and — the british fashion designer vivienne westwood — a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s — has died in london.

we begin with news of the death of pele — widely regarded as the greatest male footballer ever to play what he described as �*the beautiful game'. he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family, at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first, and so far only, player to win three world cups — and scored over a thousand goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil — after the government declared him a national treasure, and blocked moves overseas — but was also a key part in the short—lived north american soccer league — playing for the new york cosmos. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser, a campaigner and a politician.

joe wilson reports on the life of a true sporting great. the greatest, it's opinion, but pele led, others stand on his shoulders. well over 1,000 goals, a career of over 20 years, three times a world cup winner. brazilian football, synonymous with flair and success, was built on pele. in 1958, pele took part in his first world cup tournament, aged just 17. he scored six goals in four matches, playing himself to the point of exhaustion. when brazil beat sweden in the final, one opponent said when he watched pele, he felt like applauding. injury limited his role in the 1962 world cup. in 1966, well, opposing teams knew they had to stop pele one way or another. four years later, in 1970 in mexico, pele was part of a brazilian team widely regarded as the best set of players ever. they won the world cup

with a freedom of expression and fluency never seen before. it was pele�*s last world cup. without him, brazil waited another 2a years before winning the trophy again. pele remained in demand. after all, he was one of the most famous names and faces in the world. he spent 18 years with one club, santos, averaging nearly a goal a game. by 1975, he was in the united states, the ultimate acquisition for a new league hungry for glamour. the league didn't last, but pele still thrilled new york. after football, he took on ambassadorial roles, commercial opportunities and naturally collected recognition. and pele expressed no regrets. if i have to to do every single game again since i was born until now, i would do everything again. and i thank god. the popularity of football, the very idea of what makes it entertaining, began more than any other man with pele.

joe wilson reporting there. the legendary brazilian footballer pele, who's died at the age of 82. the government of brazil has declared three days of national mourning. crowds have gathered outside the hospital in sao paolo, where pele spent his last hours. 0ver over the last few days one of his daughters has been putting pictures of him with his family gathered round his bed in hospital in the last few days. from there — here's our correspondent katy watson. this is a moment that so many people knew was going to happen at the same time, dreaded course happening. and now you can see the world's media as well as fans who come to pay their respects, have gathered outside the hospital where he died. even the hospital put

out a statement saying that they shared in the pain and the suffering that came with the loss of their beloved king of football, i thinkjust shows how important he was for so many millions of people. whether you watched him play as a young footballer or you were a younger brazilian who was told about his phenomenal skills, he united this country. and i think that's so important in a country that has been torn apart by partisan politics these last few years. he didn't get involved in politics at time. at times he was criticised for not getting involved, but at the same time that meant that he remained a universal icon for so many millions here. the president elect, lula da silva, who takes over from sunday, he said there was no number ten shirt like him. he really was the king here in brazil. and, of course, this country is now in mourning. world leaders have also paid tribute. former us president barack 0bama tweeted:

"pele was one of the greatest to ever play the beautiful game. and as one of the most recognisable athletes in the world, he understood the power of sports to bring people together. our thoughts are with his family and everyone who loved and admired him." and president—elect of brazil lula da silva posted: "i had the privilege that younger brazilians didn't have: i saw pele play, live. play, no. i saw pele give a show. because when he got the ball he always did something special, which often ended up in a goal. few brazilians took the name of our country as far as he did." former england footballer and now sports broadcaster gary lineker has been sharing his thoughts on pele�*s legacy. well, pele is, of course, regarded as a legend, but he actually is a legend, certainly in football terms. he won three world cups and was a majorfigure in doing those. one of the greatest players of all time, won his first world cup in 1958 when he was just 17 years old and scored a hat—trick in the semifinal and then two

in the final, including one where he flicks it over his head, over a defender and volleys it into the back of the net. so he followed that up with success in �*62 and then again in �*70, the only player to win three world cups. so i think it's very easy to explain why he's a legend. he's unquestionably one of the greatest football players that's ever lived. and you have to be a certain age, of course. and i'm one of those people that were lucky enough to see him. my first world cup, i remember, was 1970, that brilliant brazilian side that he was the star of. and he had a profound effect on my love of football. now, we don't really have the access to see the amount of footage that we do in the modern game. even with maradona, we saw quite a lot more than you would do with pele, because obviously not so many matches were filmed. so we didn't see quite so much. and i caught him at the end of his career, but he was still outstanding. but he could do everything. he was...

for me, the three greats in my lifetime, there's pele, maradona and messi. it's difficult to separate them because they play in totally different eras, but all three of them do things that other players, other mere mortals of footballers, can't do. and i think that's what really lifts them above all the others. well, pele is hugely significant in not only the development of football, but also in football itself and the enjoyment of football, which is the most important thing. it's an entertainment business. and he was one of the great entertainers through his pure skill, talent and ability. and he was also a proven goal—scorer. in that sense, he was slightly different, perhaps to someone like maradona and even messi, who were more creative, possibly. but pele was an out and out goal scorer, and he's played a huge part in football. the name pele isjust synonymous with football.

let's get some more reaction from brazil now. tim vickery is a south american football expert, based in rio dejaneiro — and he explained to me how brazil had been bracing itself for this news. there's an element of being prepared for this moment, but when it comes, it hits people very hard because there's almost no one in brazil who's old enough to remember a world before there was pele. he's so synonymous with the country for winning. for winning in style and for winning in style with a smile on his face. he's the greatest diplomat that brazil has ever produced, the greatest pr machine i think that brazil has ever produced. and to put this in a uk context, it's a little bit like maybe losing winston churchill, lord nelson, paul mccartney, lewis hamilton and bobby charlton all in one. so even though it hasn't come as a surprise, it's still a shock. even in a country where the population,

so much of the population is extremely young. how much of an inspiration did he remain on and off the field? i mean, in terms of inspiring people to play football, but also knowing who he was as that sort of national hero? yeah, he's... what do you think of when you think of brazil? you might think of the amazon rainforest. you may think of samba and carnival. you will certainly think of football. and that's because of pele. this is a nine... remember, pele is born 52 years after brazil abolished slavery and he becomes the undisputed global king of the game. that's an extraordinary story. it's an unbelievable story. and it's one that should never be taken lightly. as a nine—year—old child, he watches his father crying as he listens to the radio. as brazil lose the final of the 1950 world cup to uruguay and pele decides to avenge this. and he says it tells his father he's going to avenge this. and just 20 years later, brazil have won the

world cup three times. pele has helped them win the world cup three times, and especially after mexico �*70. mexico �*70 is the first world cup, which is broadcast live to to much of the planet. that habit that we have of downing tools for a month every four years and watching the world cup. now, we've just been doing this with the action in qatar. all of that starts really with pele. it's pele who transforms this event into the most gripping sports event that there is. does more than anyone else to turn the world cup into the spectacle that it is today. and i think it's there's something fitting, there's something appropriate about the fact that his last lucid days on earth coincided with the world cup in qatar. perhaps pele�*s crowning glory was his third world cup win — in 1970 — the first time the tournament was broadcast live around the world. andrew downie is an author who has written about that

world cup — and i asked him what that third victory meant for pele. it's his third world cup, third world cup winners medal. he won as a 17—year—old in 1958 and then again in 1962. but that world cup, which was the first to be broadcast live around the world and in colour, that really put him on the map. it really cemented his place as the greatest player of all time. and you can claim to have met him. i have met a couple of times and it's funny because for somebody who was so well known, who was such a legendary figure, he was the most humble guy. and i have met two occasions to be real closely, and i remember the first time he actually said my name. i was interviewing him and he said my name and i remember my heart stopping for a second. then i'm thinking, hell, he knows my name. and it was really

a remarkable moment for me. and he would often do this. he would remember people's names. he would put his arm around people when they were taking photos with them, which is also a real amazing thing to have the greatest footballer of all time with this legendary guy actually touching you and showing this intimacy with you, that that was the kind of a guy that he was. he was very down to earth. how do you think he remained so when he had the world at his feet? i mean, that's a great question. i mean, i'm not100% sure. i mean, he was always he came from a very humble background. his mother and father were very were quite poor. he, pele, grew up quite poor. and they always drummed into him, you know, that he had to set an example to people.

and there's lots of people... he's criticised today for not taking more of a stance against racism, for not taking more of a position against brazil's military dictatorship. and but his defence was always, listen, i was brought to not to fight people, but to set an example. and what i've tried to do is to set an example of of how to be a good person and how to how to reach the top without standing on too many people without doing the wrong thing. and that was always his defence. much more on our website. including a look at how the footballing world is paying tribute to pele. just log on to bbc.com/news — or go via the bbc app. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. a fresh barrage of russian missile—strikes causes "significant damage" to ukraine's national power grid — we have a special report. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today,

and then we'll be in france and again it'll be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no. fantastic. welcome back to bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky says most regions in his

country are without power — following a barrage of russian missile attacks. among the cities which were targeted — kyiv, kharkiv, 0desa and lviv in the west. ukraine's military says — 69 missiles were launched from air and sea, with air defences intercepting 5a of them. it comes as the head of ukraine's military intelligence, has told the bbc, that russia is running out of missiles. hugo bachega reports from kyiv. 0n the outskirts of kyiv, tears and anger. tatiana lives far from the front lines, but this morning war has come to her. her house was hit when russia launched another barrage of air strikes. she shows us the renovation work they had just done. translation: my granddaughter was in this bedroom _ and you can see what happened. it's a very difficult feeling when you're just waiting for the next attack to happen.

tatiana's husband was in the next room when the ceiling fell around him. translation: i went deaf a while. - everything started to crumble around me. iran outside and found my daughter screaming. we still don't know what happened. this crater was likely the point of impact and the power of the blast destroyed these cars and all the houses here, with personal belongings everywhere. three people were injured. no one was killed. russia's missiles and drones have brought scenes like this to places across this country. but kyiv�*s mayor says the attacks won't break people's determination to resist. the russians want to bring depression. especially right now, christmas time, new year. the russians want to bring us to a black time. ukrainian people are very angry

and they told better we stay without electricity and as a result heating, but we never give up. and from ukraine's spy chief, a warning — these attacks are unlikely to stop. translation: they will try to continue them. i can they do this for long? no, because they do not have many missiles left. their defence industry is incapable of producing enough missiles to sustain the same scale of strikes. this is another reason they're trying to get missiles from other countries. the strikes again have disrupted the lives of millions of ukrainians. they've emerged from underground shelters, but wonder when and where the next attack will hit. hugo bachega, bbc news, kyiv. turning now to the news of another death — this time from the world

of fashion — with the celebrated english designer vivienne westwood passing away at the age of 81. she came to prominence making clothes for the punk rock movement in the late 1970s — before taking her work into the mainstream. a spokesman said she died peacefully surrounded by herfamily in clapham in south london. sarah campbell looks back at her life. # i am an antichrist. # i am an anarchist. # don't know what i want but i know how to get it. i # i want to destroy...# she gave birth to punk, | conquered the catwalk and built a globalfashion empire. a grammarschool girl from glossop in derbyshire, vivienne westwood was a would—be revolutionary who both shocked and inspired, transforming british fashion. the trousers all come with a little loincloth on the back. her empire started here, a shop on london's kings road. she, along with her creative

partner malcolm mclaren, dressed the sex pistols and made bondage gear and swastika trousers fashion must—haves. i think it is very sane for young people to be angry. and that is what we were doing, and i wanted this look of an urban guerrilla, and that is what we were after. in the �*80s, she moved from london to the paris catwalks, initially with mclaren, and then on her own. the fashionistas loved her. you have to go where you have to go. you have to do what you have to do, and i certainly don't want to be underground. i want to be at a place the most focused that i can find. she used traditional fabrics such as harris tweed and designs from the history books. the supermodels of the day wanted to show for her, even when asked to walk in nine—inch platforms. this fall only added to naomi campbell's fame.

laughter. the general public found some of her designs somewhat baffling. ms westwood was bemused by this reaction from this television audience in the late �*80s. if they don't stop laughing, i shall tell the next person not to come on. oh, dear. you're not to laugh! so many of her ideas ended up on the high street, it was she who would have the last laugh. and she was notjust passionate about clothing, she regularly used her profile to push causes she supported. this tank would end up outside david cameron's house. i declare war on fracking! ever the rebel, she chose not to wear any knickers while receiving her obe from the queen. that did not stop her being made a dame in 2006. when sex and the city's iconic character carrie bradshaw needed a wedding dress, she turned to vivienne westwood. my maxim — if in doubt, dress up. don't ever dress down, you will be so disappointed. her influence as a designer spanned five decades. she was both a commercial and critical success,

managing to rise up the ranks of the establishment without abandoning her antiestablishment credentials. the british fashion designer dame vivienne westwood, who's died at the age of 81. let's get some of the day's other news. benjamin netanyahu is once again prime minister of israel — after his new coalition government was sworn into power on thursday. it will be the most religious and hard—line administration in the country's history — containing ultra—nationalist and ultra—orthodox parties. mr netanyahu has been criticised for his choice of allies — but has promised to pursue peace and to protect civil rights. the colombian navy says it has intercepted two drug—carrying submarines, operated by cartels — and seized cocaine worth more than a hundred and 50 million dollars. more than four and a half tonnes of the drug was

recovered, and seven people were detained. members of the serbian community in kosovo have begun to dismantle the barricades which were set up to block the main border crossing with serbia. the protest began nearly three weeks ago, after a former police officer was arrested in kosovo. several countries around the world are imposing covid tests on people arriving from china — after a surge in cases across the country. it comes after the government in beijing eased its �*zero—covid' approach — which had seen millions of people forced to isolate during outbreaks. health officials in the european union have been meeting to discuss how to respond from an expected influx of visitors from china in the coming weeks. here's our medical editor, fergus walsh. the sudden lifting of china's zero—covid policy after nearly three years has allowed the virus to let rip across an under—immunised population with little natural immunity.

that's worried neighbouring countries, including japan, south korea and india, who've imposed covid checks on arrivals from china. the us has followed suit, saying a lack of "adequate and transparent" data from china was partly behind its decision to require a negative covid test. italy is the only european country to impose checks, including a post—arrival pcr test, which will allow genomic surveillance of potential new covid threats. the outbreak in china is being driven by several omicron sub—variants — including bf.7 — which has already been circulating in the uk. the latest covid estimates for the uk earlier this month were that around one in 45 people had the virus. that probably means a million people a week are getting infected, so there is plenty of covid about. but most of the uk population is very well protected from severe illness

via a combination of vaccines and repeated natural infection, meaning covid, while still a potential danger here, is no longer the threat it once was. let's take a moment to look at the winter storm which has struck north america. as you can see, it has turned the canadian town of fort erie — into an ice town — with these houses fully encased in ice. no fatalities were reported in these homes but more than 65 people have died in the past few days as a result of the storm. the freeze has also created these spectacular views of niagara falls, on the border between canada and the us. chunks of snow and ice have washed over the waterfall — although the niagara river is continuing to flow, despite the frozen areas. you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @martinebbc always good to hear from you and your views on how we are covering the main source of the day you're watching bbc news. hello there. after a day of sunshine and blustery showers on thursday, the winds are still going to be quite strong on friday. and we've got more rain heading our way as well. and that could be bringing some flooding issues in one or two places. have a look at the satellite picture from earlier on. you can see all that cloud that's been pushing in from the atlantic, thickening up, and these weather fronts, areas of low pressure, strengthening the winds and bringing rain into many western and northern parts of the uk. it's notjust rain around though, because in northern scotland, it's cold enough in the hills to find some more snow falling, could be as much as 20 centimetres, perhaps. some heavier rain briefly across northern ireland, but it could be even wetter across southern parts of scotland, a couple of inches or more of rain, and here in the south of the country, we've got this amber rain warning from the met

office. given how wet it's been recently, more rain is likely to bring some flooding and travel disruption. we've got rain notjust in scotland and northern ireland, but pushing eastwards quickly across england and wales on those stronger winds. you can see how most of that wet weather moves away for the afternoon, brightening up from the west with some sunshine, showers coming into northern ireland and southern scotland and turning drier across northern parts of the country, perhaps later as well. here, it's going to be quite chilly, 4 degrees in stornoway, 13 celsius, though, in london, another mild day for england and wales and mild again on saturday. but there is more rain at times and that rain could be a bit steadier and heavier in the south for a while. maybe some patchy rain across southern scotland and northern ireland. some sunshine further north, but a few wintry showers in the far north of the country. and again, those temperatures contrast, cold in northern scotland, very mild in east anglia in the south east, 15 degrees here. we've got more rain though to come if you are going to be out celebrating the new year, with low pressure and a number of weather fronts. and the details keep changing as we head into new year's day,

we've now got some wetter weather pushing further north across northern ireland and northwards into scotland. and again, it's going to be cold enough for some sleet and snow over the hills. for england and wales, there may be some sunshine at times, but rain is never too far away, and it could be on the heavy side. another mild day, though, across more southern parts of england and wales — temperatures 12 celsius. so fairly mild for many parts of the country over the new year. but there will be more wet weather around may turn a bit drier for the start of next week, but it may turn a little bit chillier as well.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the brazilian government has declared three days of national mourning following the death —at the age of 82 — of the footballer pele. he is widely considred to be the greatest player of all time, and remains the only player to have won the world cup three times. ukrainian officials say a fresh barrage of russian missile strikes has inflicited "significant damage" to the national power grid. authorities say dozens of missiles were fired from the air and the sea during a five—hour onslaught. at least three people were injured by explosions in the capital kyiv. the british fashion designer, dame vivienne westwood, has died at the age of 81. she made a name for herself in the 1970s — as one of the creative forces behind the sex pistols and