this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm shaun ley. good to have your company. our top stories... brazil declares three days of national mourning, following the death of pele — widely regarded as the best footballer to have ever played the game. he won three world cups for brazil — a unique feat — and scored over 1,000 goals during his career. a military court in myanmar sentences aung san suu kyi to a further seven years in prison, taking her totaljail time to 33 years. british police investigating the killing of 19—year—old elle edwards in a pub shooting on christmas eve say her family needs answers

about people carrying illegal weapons on the streets. we will love and miss her further. 0ur elle, the most beautiful and bright star out there, forever and always. and the fashion world pays tribute to vivienne westwood. the rebellious british designer has died aged 81. her death was announced on thursday night. if in doubt, dress up. don't ever dress down, you will be so disappointed. tributes are being paid to the brazilian football legend pele — widely regarded as the greatest player of all time — who has died at the age of 82. during his two decades on the pitch, pele scored a world record of more than 1,200 goals in around 1,300 appearances — and became

the only player to win the world cup three times. we were hoping to show you the tributes on a big screen, but we have still got them here for you. french star kylian mbappe described pele as... "the king of football", adding... "his legacy will never be forgotten". in fact, you see that working quite frequently in the tributes. the current president has tweeted, but this one is perhaps quite interesting because you have an american politician describing him as... and former president barack 0bama said... "pele was one of the greatest ever to play the beautiful game. "and as one of the most recognizable athletes in the world, he understood the power of sports to bring people together." it will be interesting to see what impact his death has on the three days of mourning that has been announced in brazil, a country that has been polarised by its politics

in recent years. with more on those tributes and a reflection on his career, here is our correspondence to simonjones. a sporting icon who made football beautiful. described by the brazilian football confederation as the greatest sportsperson of all time. he burst onto the international stage at the world cup in 1958, when he wasjust 17. he scored six goals in four matches. he'd win the world cup three times, the only player ever to achieve this. in mexico in 1970, his skill, electrifying speed and deadly accuracy were all on display. in a career that spanned two decades, he scored more than 1,000 goals. fans have been gathering outside the stadium in sao paulo that became synonymous with pele. and at the hospital where he died, for some it's proving too much to bear. translation: pele was part of our life. | seems like we're losing a family member.

who didn't dream of being pele? translation: pele's death | transcends the mere question of being a fan or not. in fact, for the past 40 years, he's really been a worldwide icon. a message posted on pele's twitter account read... his daughter, celine nascimento wrote... the brazilian star neymar said... and england's world cup winner, sir geoff hurst, said... last night, wembley�*s arch was lit in the colours of brazil, the colours of pele, a tribute to an icon mirrored in rio de janeiro.

we feel a void. we feel sad. but actually, we never lose him. we never lost him. he's forever. with us. he's forever with everyone. off the pitch pele campaigned to improve conditions for the most deprived in society. looking back at his long career, he said he had no regrets. if i have to to do every single game again since i was born until now, i i would do everything l again and i thank god. pele's great achievements were marked at this year's world cup in qatar as concern for his health grew. the brazilian government has now declared three days of national mourning to pay tribute to a national idol. simon jones, bbc news. let's talk now to

fernando duarte, brazilian journalist and writer. thank you so much for speaking to us today. fora thank you so much for speaking to us today. for a brazilian, this must be really be loss of one of the most familiar and most loved voices in a country which has been, let's face it, pretty polarised in recent years. this is probably one thing people can agree on, but it was one of the greatest ever?— of the greatest ever? well, people in brazil at least _ of the greatest ever? well, people in brazil at least will _ of the greatest ever? well, people in brazil at least will agree - of the greatest ever? well, people in brazil at least will agree that. in brazil at least will agree that he was the greatest ever. there is no doubt amongst brazilians here. yes, it is a sad time. it was coming. he had been ill for a number of years, even before the cancer was diagnosed, so... there is nothing that prepares you for that and i am sure there will be a lot of grief coming in the next few days, but also a lot of gratitude. i think brazilians will also pay tribute to their best ambassador ever, our best ambassador ever. i was reading

details about the funeral. it probably will be something almost as big as the one in 1994. now, although senna's death was more sudden and unexpected, there was much more grief at that time. yes. much more grief at that time. yes, obviously a — much more grief at that time. yes, obviously a much _ much more grief at that time. yes, obviously a much younger - much more grief at that time. yes, obviously a much younger man and of course in a sense your people have been prepared for it, not least by pele and his family themselves, because they have been quite open about his illness and that his condition was deteriorating. thinking of the happier times, what do you think you brought? we have heard people say he was the first real football superstar, but he seemed to wear that very likely. yes, i mean, he was obviously very aware of his importance and aware of the impact he was having in football and society as a whole. but he never showed that. in terms of, he never was arrogant or assertive about that. i interviewed him a number of times, i met him across two decades

almost and he was always very, very frank, there are disarming, in terms of that wasn't a battalion of people surrounding him, there wasn't an air of, yes, iam surrounding him, there wasn't an air of, yes, i am a celebrity, you know? he never talked down at you. that was really interesting, he felt like one of us in absence, like a mere mortal, if you will allow me the expression. mortal, if you will allow me the expression-_ mortal, if you will allow me the exression. , ., ., , ., expression. yes, fernando duarte, we will allow you — expression. yes, fernando duarte, we will allow you the _ expression. yes, fernando duarte, we will allow you the expression - expression. yes, fernando duarte, we will allow you the expression on - expression. yes, fernando duarte, we will allow you the expression on a - will allow you the expression on a time like this. a much loved son of brazil lost, it will be fascinating to see those scenes when it comes to the funeral. could be an event i guess that overshadows even the inauguration of the new president, so it is a difficult unsettling time for many brazilians. thank you so much for being with us on bbc news to talk about pele. let's turn to myanmar. a court in military—ruled myanmar has found the deposed leader aung san suu kyi guilty in all five counts of corruption in proceedings that have been condemned in the west as a sham.

the 77—year—old was arrested when the military seized power on 1st of february last year in a coup that ended a decade of tentative democracy and plunged the country into chaos. she is being held injail with no access to lawyers other than on trial days. karishma vaswani has more. aung san suu kyi has been sentenced to a further seven years in prison for five more charges, taking the total number of years she has been sentenced to to 33, for a total of 19 charges. now, these include corruption, breaching the official secrets act and flouting covid restrictions. the specific charges she has been convicted of today deal with the hiring and maintaining of a helicopter that has been described as having caused a loss to the state, but in the past she has also been charged and convicted of things like illegally possessing walkie—talkies. now, human rights groups have called the trial a sham and ms suu kyi herself has denied all of these counts, saying the cases are absurd. it is also frankly really hard to get clear and

concise information about what is going on on the ground in myanmar because the trial is being held behind closed doors. now, we understand that her legal team will lodge an appeal, but whether that will be heard and what the outcome might be is still unclear. her lawyers have been barred from discussing the case in public. increasingly, the prospects of any type of democratic momentum in myanmar do look bleak and miss suu kyi and many members of her party are among more than 16,600 people who have been arrested by the junta since they seized power. 13,000 remain in prison, according to the assistance association for political prisoners. it is also estimated that more than 2,600 people have been killed in the military�*s crackdown on dissent so far. international condemnation, though, is growing. last week the un security council called on the military government to release miss suu kyi in its first ever resolution on myanmar since she was ousted in the coup of 2021. how much weight that will carry, if any, frankly, with myanmar�*s military

rulers, though, is unclear. joining me now is our security correspondent, frank gardner. the picture in myanmar is grim, to say the least. this reinforces, i suppose, the determination of the regime that took power by force nearly two years ago now to silence for a very long time, if not for good, somebody who was a symbol of democratic myanmar? yes. good, somebody who was a symbol of democratic myanmar?— democratic myanmar? yes, it is very depressing. — democratic myanmar? yes, it is very depressing. i — democratic myanmar? yes, it is very depressing, i think, _ democratic myanmar? yes, it is very depressing, i think, for— democratic myanmar? yes, it is very depressing, i think, for the - depressing, i think, for the democracy movement in that country because there was a brief fluttering, a brief flowering of democracy for five years, from 2015 until early last year, during her government, at which it appeared that the 49 year long rule of the generals was over, that myanmar was going to open up to the west, that it was going to join the rest of the

global community, but there was a coup in debris 2021, during that coup in debris 2021, during that coup she was arrested and all these charges were laid against her and as you heard their thousands have been arrested. what this basically means is that myanmar is turning in on itself, it is becoming more and more isolated globally and they will be a call for an increase in sanctions. amnesty international, for example, have called these charges and these verdicts unfair, politically motivated and totally lacking in transparency. i don't think the generals really care. they simply want to silence somebody they feel is a threat to their rule. if her appeal is not successful, this is effectively a life sentence. she is 77, she is facing 33 years injail, so that is it, really, for her political career, which is pretty depressing for her, for her followers and for the country. find followers and for the country. and she is a figure _ followers and for the country. and she is a figure who was once

regarded as a kind of symbol of the anti—dictatorship campaign. then she became rather tarnished with the new regime, which still had the military, to a certain extent, playing a role in public life and the criticism of her for not speaking out against the treatment of the rohingya muslims, so many of whom were forced to flee the country. she is essentially a kind of bernese nationalists, isn't she, just as her father was? of bernese nationalists, isn't she, just as herfather was? so do of bernese nationalists, isn't she, just as her father was? so do you think the west misunderstood her? i'm not sure that it has. she was held up as an absolute paragon of virtue for all those years that she was under house arrest, she could do no wrong, but then, as you say, she seriously tarnished image defending burma's, sorry, my and more's military against the charges of which there were multiple pieces of evidence of massed atrocities against the rohingya muslims. three quarters of a million of them were

driven out of their country after arson, rape, looting and murder, and she denied all this, and that really, i think, she denied all this, and that really, ithink, lost she denied all this, and that really, i think, lost a lot of support, notjust in the west, but around the world.— support, notjust in the west, but around the world. frank gardner, of security correspondent, _ around the world. frank gardner, of security correspondent, thank - around the world. frank gardner, of security correspondent, thank you l security correspondent, thank you very much for that update on the fate of aung san suu kyi. president putin has called for greater military co—operation between russia and china in a video call with the chinese leader, xijinping. mr putin appears determined to strengthen relations with beijing, as he continues his war in ukraine. he invited mr xi to make a state visit to moscow in the coming months. in response, the chinese leader said the two countries should continue co—operation, without giving details. let's hear some of what president putin said. translation: in the context of growing i geopolitical tensions, the importance of the russian—chinese strategic partnership as a stabilising factor is growing. we have the same view of the causes, progress and logic of the

transformation of the global geopolitical landscape that is now under way. despite the unfavourable external environment, illegitimate restrictions and direct blackmail by some western countries, russia and china managed to ensure record high growth rates of mutual trade turnover. staying with china... beijing has dismissed criticism that information it's releasing about the spread of covid in china is inaccurate. 0fficially, there was only one recorded death on friday across the country, but experts say there may be as many as 9,000 deaths daily. spain — and now also israel — have just become the latest countries to introduce restrictions on passengers arriving from china. both will require a negative test for covid or proof chinese travellers have been fully vaccinated. spain's decision is out of step with the official eu line. indeed, so is that of italy and the united states,

meanwhile, has imposed restrictions of its own on visitors from the chinese mainland. here in the uk, police have urged anyone to come forward with information about the fatal shooting of a woman on christmas eve, outside a pub near liverpool. elle edwards was in the town of wallasey. elle edwards was killed in the town of wallasey. a 30—year—old man, who was arrested on suspicion of murder, has been recalled to prison. another man is still being held. a 19—year—old woman has been released on bail. ms edwards' family have described her as the most beautiful and bright star. earlier, detective superintendent sue coombs from merseyside police read out a family statement, with elle's dad sitting beside her. elle's family are understandably devastated by her shocking and needless death. they need answers and now it is more important than ever that people come forward

and tell us what they know. while i understand how worrying incidents such as this are, i want to reassure people that my investigation team is working round the clock to getjustice for elle and her family. i can confirm that two people arrested in connection with elle marlene's murder have been released from custody. a 30—year—old male from tranmere has been recalled as prisoner on licence and a 19—year—old woman from rock ferry has been bailed. there is a 31—year—old male still in custody. we have already spoken to a large number of witnesses and reviewed a vast amount of cctv footage and we are pursuing a number of lines of inquiry still. we are committed to finding the person responsible for elle's death and putting

them behind bars. the officer leading the investigation for merseyside police there. a 30—year—old man from tranmere, in the wirral, who was arrested a controversial social media influencer has been arrested in romania — on suspicion of rape and human trafficking. andrew tate and his brother tristan were arrested in the capital bucharest. andrew tate is a former british—american kickboxer who rose to fame when he was removed from the british reality tv show big brother over a video that appeared to show him attacking a woman. richard galpin reports. andrew tate... 0penly describes herself as a misogynist social media, for which he has been banned on some social media websites. but today he and his brother have been detained in bucharest. the online influence is accused by authorities influence is accused by authorities in romania of recruiting, housing

and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content. according to the authorities, the suspects are alleged to have set up what has been described as an organised crime group. it was when greta thunberg criticised andrew tate, saying he needed to get a life, that he responded by ridiculing her campaign to save the environment. i ridiculing her campaign to save the environment.— ridiculing her campaign to save the environment. i was informing greta thunber: environment. i was informing greta thunberg that _ environment. i was informing greta thunberg that my _ environment. i was informing greta thunberg that my very _ environment. i was informing greta thunberg that my very extensive i environment. i was informing greta | thunberg that my very extensive car collection with the turbo combustion engines that run on dead dinosaurs have an enormous mission profile. and she replied by telling me her own e—mail address. and she replied by telling me her own e-mail address.— and she replied by telling me her own e-mail address. charities in the ukt in own e-mail address. charities in the uk trying to — own e-mail address. charities in the uk trying to stop — own e-mail address. charities in the uk trying to stop male _ own e-mail address. charities in the uk trying to stop male violence - uk trying to stop male violence against women are calling for his videos to be taken down. the national crime agency says it is aware of action being taken by the romanian authorities to arrest for people on allegations of human trafficking. richard galpin, bbc news.

now with all the sports news — here's sarah mulkerrins. thank you very much. tennis was not united cup is taking place and players from the brazil and italy teams have been paying tribute to arguably the greatest player of all—time. pele won the world cup three times as a player, but transcended football and sport, becoming a global superstar and earlier i spoke to a brazilian journalist and asked her what pele meant to country. first journalist and asked her what pele meant to country.— meant to country. first as a footballer, _ meant to country. first as a footballer, he _ meant to country. first as a footballer, he represents i meant to country. first as a - footballer, he represents brazilian football. brazilian football would not exist as it is, as it is known, the beautiful game, the skills, the

creativity, the improvisation, the talent, it wouldn't exist and it wouldn't be seen as it is without pele. he made it happen. it only exists because of him. so he was the best ambassador that we could have ever asked for our football and he a was great ambassador for brazil, he took brazil's name all over the world in a dimension that we could never, ever imagine as a third world country, as a country with so many problems and all over the world as a brazilian if you go somewhere and you introduce yourself as a brazilian, when the first things you hear is, oh, pele! it is like he unites everyone around brazil, he is such a strong reference. and he is the iconic image and personification of a resilience. because his life story, as a black man who comes from a very simple background, a humble family, from a small town and then

he goes and he wins everyone over with his talent, with his genius and with his talent, with his genius and with his talent, with his genius and with his creativity and charisma and he just swipes all over the world. it is just remarkable how much she can represent brazilian people. brazilian journalist natalie there. finally, the first test between pakistan and new zealand in karachi has ended in a draw. pakistan eventually declared their second innings on 311—8, setting the tourists a target of 138 from just 15 overs. new zealand made an explosive tourists a target of 138 from just 15 overs. new zealand made an explosive start, tourists a target of 138 from just 15 overs. new zealand made an explosive start, reaching tourists a target of 138 from just 15 overs. new zealand made an explosive start, reaching 61—1 tourists a target of 138 from just 15 overs. new zealand made an explosive start, reaching 61—1 in the eighth over before bad light ended play on the soapy drama ended there. the second and final test also in karachi starts on the 2nd of january. that is your sport from me for the moment. thank you very much, there are more parents there,

we were talking about pele at the top of the bulletin and sarah was also talking about those tributes as well. another great left us yesterday. with the celebrated english designer vivienne westwood passing away at the age of 81. 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 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. everybody wants to know what that's for. it is just a loincloth, it's just a gesture. 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's 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 the 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 wasn'tjust 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 0be from the queen. that didn't 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'll 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. vivienne westwood, whose death was announced on thursday at the age of 81. hello there, it looks like we're closing at 2022 on an unsettled note with low—pressure nearby, further cloud and outbreaks of rain throughout the day on new year's eve, some areas really wet and a chance of localised flooding in one or two occasions where the ground is saturated. there is the weather front arriving during new year's eve, this is the low pressure we had through this morning which brought heavy rain, that has cleared out, but stays blustery across the uk and a sting in this low—pressure's tale through the overnight period across northern scotland. quite a difference in overnight temperatures, cold in the north, malmo in the south, one or two showers around. clear spells this

evening and overnight, but very windy, especially around the north—east of scotland, 60—70 mph there, though the winter in at such times, but further weather fronts arriving in the south, outbreaks of rain, some of that heavy, but drier moments as well. the milder in the south, pretty cold towards the north and we will continue to see wintry nurse as we move through the day on northern scotland. it will turn much better through large parts of england and wales, a few brighter moments across the north of the uk, but again a temperature difference for new year's eve, cold in the north, much milder in the south, could be up to 14 or 15 degrees, despite the cloud or rain. then as we move through the new year's evening up until midnight, looks like the rain will push north, could see something a bit drier across the southern half of the country around midnight, saying cold across scotland with a few wintry showers. stays pretty unsettled as we head into new year's day, low—pressure

city nearby, sitting towards the west of the uk and ireland, so it is here we will see the strongest of the winds, more cloud, outbreaks of showers, wintry across scotland as the rain clouds into the colder air. for england and wales, some sunshine around, could see rain across the extreme south—east, but actually some areas staying dry altogether and again it will be miles in the south, 12—13 and another cold feeling day for the 1st of january across much of the north, particularly scotland. it stays pretty unsettled for the first week of january 2023, there will be some quiet, brighter moments, but low pressure will bring further spells of wet and windy weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines: brazil has begun the first day of national mourning, following the death of pele — widely regarded as the best footballer to have ever played the game. landmarks across the country have been lit up in his memory. a court in myanmar has sentenced the deposed leader aung san suu kyi to a further seven years in prison for alleged corruption. it takes her total jail time to 33 years. the west has condemned the proceedings as a sham. president putin has called for greater military co—operation between russia and china in a video call with xijinping.

the chinese leader said the two countries should