this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm ben brown. 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 elle edwards in a pub shooting on christmas eve say her family needs answers about her death. we will love and miss her forever,

our ellie mae, the most beautiful and bright star out there, forever 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. she turned swinging london into punk london, but then went on turning it back into mini—crinis and corsetry. you know? so she was always strongly on the ball. 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. tributes have been pouring in from around the world. french star kylian mbappe described pele as "the king of football", adding, "his legacy will never be forgotten." and former president barack 0bama said, "pele was one of the greatest to 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." this report from 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 was just 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, "everything we are is thanks to you. we love you infinitely. rest in peace." 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 dejaneiro. 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 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. fernando duarte is a brazilian journalist and writer. he's been telling us the impact pele's death has had on the country. well, people in brazil at least will agree that he was the greatest ever. there's no doubt amongst brazilians. yeah, it's a sad time. it was coming. i mean, he had been ill fora number of years, even before the cancer was diagnosed. so... there's nothing that prepares you for that. and i'm sure that there would 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 of ayrton senna in 1994. although senna's death was tragic and unexpected, there was much more grief at that time. i mean, he was obviously 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, like, a number of times. i met him across two decades almost. and he was always very, very frank, very, very disarming in terms of there wasn't a battalion of people around him. there wasn't an air of like, "i'm a celebrity." you know, he never talked down at you. that was really interesting. it was felt like one of us in that sense, you know,

like a mere mortal, if you allow me the expression. 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 the first 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's 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's been convicted of today deal with the hiring and maintaining of a helicopter that's been described as having caused a loss to the state. but in the past, she's 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's also, frankly, really hard to get clear and concise information about what's 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 her case in public. increasingly, the prospects of any type of democratic momentum in myanmar do look bleak. and ms suu kyi and many members of her party are among more than 16,600 people who've been arrested by the junta since they seized power. 13,000 remain in prison, according to the assistance association for political prisoners. it's 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 ms suu kyi in its first ever resolution on myanmar since she was ousted in a coup in 2021. how much weight that will carry, if any, frankly, with myanmar�*s military rulers, though, is unclear. earlier, our security correspondent frank gardner said the development was worrying for myanmar. it's very depressing, i think, for the democracy movement in that country, because there was a brief fluttering, a brief flowering of democracy for five years through 2015 until early last year, during her government, at which it appeared that the a9—year—long rule of the generals was over, that myanmar was going to open up to the west and was going to join the rest of the global community. but there was a coup in february 2021. during that coup, she was arrested and all these charges were laid against her. and as you heard there, thousands have been arrested.

and what this basically means is that myanmar is turning in on itself. it's becoming more and more isolated, globally. and there 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 that they feel is a threat to their rule. and if her appeal is not successful, then this is effectively a life sentence. she's 77. she's facing 33 years in jail. so that's it really for her political career, which is pretty depressing for her, for her followers and for the country. frank gardner there, our security correspondent. 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 china, as he continues his war in ukraine. he invited mr xi to make a state visit to moscow in the next few 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 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. meanwhile, the authorities in ukraine say there have been fresh russian attacks overnight, using iranian—made drones.

here's our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega 0fficials officials say they shot down 16 of those are 0fficials say they shot down 16 of those are reigning— officials say they shot down 16 of those are reigning— made drones that russia has been using to attack this country's key infrastructure. these night attacks seem to have become part of the russian strategy, and officials here believe that this could be an attempt to confuse the country was a matte air defence systems because it is more difficult to detect those drones in the dark. across the country, power has been restored to most regions one day after those massive air strikes of yesterday. hugo bachega there in kyiv. 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 gunned down 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 made a 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's 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 get justice for elle and her family. i can confirm that two people arrested in connection with elle's murder have been released from custody. a 30—year—old male from tranmere has been recalled to prison on licence,

and a 19—year—old woman from rockferry has been bailed. there's a 31—year—old male still in custody. we've 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 persons responsible for elle's death and putting them behind bars. the latest on that murder investigation by merseyside police. 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 is a former kickboxer

and one—time star on reality tv. he has a big presence on social media, openly describing himself as a misogynist, for which he's been banned from some websites. but today, he and his brother have been detained in bucharest. the online influencer is accused by the authorities in romania of recruiting, housing and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content. and, according to the authorities, the suspects are alleged to have set up what's 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, ridiculing her campaign to save the environment. i was informing greta that my very extensive car collection, with internal combustion engines which run on dead dinosaurs, have an enormous emission profile.

and she replied by telling me her own e—mail address. charities in the uk trying to stop male violence against women are calling for his videos to be taken down. the national crime agency says it's aware of action being taken by the romanian authorities to arrest four people on allegations of human trafficking. richard galpin, bbc news. tributes have been coming in for the fashion designer dame vivienne westwood, who's died at the age of 81. she rose to prominence in the 1970s as one of the creators of the punk rock scene. the singer boy george said she was "the undisputed queen of british fashion". this report from aruna iyengar contains some flashing images..

chrissie hynde from the pretenders — who worked at westwood and mclaren�*s boutique in the kings road in punk�*s early days — sent her love. model bella hadid said, "she was my inspiration and idol in all things". a grammarschool girl from glossop in derbyshire, when you are looking back at the shock of the whole thing, you will find she was more important that we even thought, because of that whole revolution that took place and really turned swinging london into punk london. in the 1980s, she moved to the paris catwalk and was showing her collections there in october this year. she used traditional fabrics such as tweeds, and designs from the history books. the supermodels of the day wanted to walk for her, even in nine—inch platforms. naomi campbell fell famously in

1983, and they are here. those are probably the shoes that i cherish the most. she was a commercial and critical success. the victoria and albert museum in london created a special show of her work. she made a speciality of wedding dresses, creating a purple she made a speciality of wedding dresses. and when sex and the city's carrie bradshaw needed a wedding dress, she turned to vivienne westwood. iam the i am the canary in the cage. she wasn'tjust passionate about clothing, she used her profile to push causes she supported. i declare war on fracking! but her activism didn't stop herfrom accepting an 0be from the queen in 1992, and becoming a dame in 2006 for services to fashion. she was unconventional, a fighter who saw the humorous side, campaigner, top designer and an inspiration. dame vivienne westwood who has died at the age of 81. i am joined now byjayne pierson,

a fashion designer who worked for westwood during her early career. what made her so unique and so special? i what made her so unique and so secial? ~ , ., , , ., special? i think she was 'ust a trailblazer. i special? i think she was 'ust a trailblazer. she fl special? i think she was 'ust a trailblazer. she was h special? i think she was 'ust a trailblazer. she was so h special? i think she wasjust a . trailblazer. she was so significant in the fashion industry and so anti—establishment. she created these wonderful heritage designs and also, thinking about sustainability, these courses that were so important to her. she wasjust these courses that were so important to her. she was just such a unique person. she will be a very sad time without her. she person. she will be a very sad time without her-— without her. she liked to break the mould, without her. she liked to break the mould. didn't _ without her. she liked to break the mould, didn't she, _ without her. she liked to break the mould, didn't she, all— without her. she liked to break the mould, didn't she, all the - without her. she liked to break the mould, didn't she, all the time? i mould, didn't she, all the time? absolutely. and i can't imagine now someone, anyone, taking overfrom vivienne westwood. and what she meant everyone in the fashion world, she was an absolute legend. and she was a huge mentor to me. i have worked with her on many shows and collections, she was an absolute

living legend, inspirational. i loved how she was a teacher, she was always learning, she was always challenging people and challenging beliefs. and she felt so very passionate about what she did that and she just inspired so passionate about what she did that and shejust inspired so many people. this and she 'ust inspired so many --eole. a and she 'ust inspired so many neale, m and she 'ust inspired so many --eole. a , and she 'ust inspired so many --eole. , , people. as you said, she was very rebellious and _ people. as you said, she was very rebellious and broke _ people. as you said, she was very rebellious and broke the - people. as you said, she was very rebellious and broke the mould, l people. as you said, she was very l rebellious and broke the mould, but just technically, how good was she? you said she talk to you. tell us about how good she was technically when it came to fashion. than about how good she was technically when it came to fashion. an absolute uenius. when it came to fashion. an absolute genius- the — when it came to fashion. an absolute genius- the way _ when it came to fashion. an absolute genius. the way she _ when it came to fashion. an absolute genius. the way she would _ when it came to fashion. an absolute genius. the way she would drape - genius. the way she would drape garments on the stand, the way she would combine pieces, her tailoring was exquisite. she had an absolute wonderful technical ability to handle the fabric and to produce these wonderful draped designs with almost a sense of irony like the drunken blouse and things like this. her collections were so awe—inspiring and attention grabbing. because she was such a

technical wizard, to be honest. find technicalwizard, to be honest. and a rebel with — technicalwizard, to be honest. and a rebel with a _ technical wizard, to be honest. and a rebel with a smile, really, rather than with a snarl, i suppose. exactly. a wonderful sense of irony and charm and very britishness about her. she was so charismatic and so wonderfully eccentric and unique that you couldn't help but love her. she was so down to earth as well, such a kind and sincere person. it is a very sad loss.— is a very sad loss. thank you so much for _ is a very sad loss. thank you so much for your— is a very sad loss. thank you so much for your memories. - is a very sad loss. thank you so much for your memories. janel much for your memories. jane pearson, a fashion designer who worked with dame vivienne westwood in her early career. thank you. some breaking news from the us. bad news for donald trump. the house ways and means committee

have just released former president donald trump's tax returns from 2015 to 2020. let's go straight to our washington correspondent gary 0'donoghue. this isn't that donald trump didn't want to happen. this isn't that donald trump didn't want to happen-— this isn't that donald trump didn't want to happen. fought it tooth and nail write to — want to happen. fought it tooth and nail write to the _ want to happen. fought it tooth and nail write to the supreme _ want to happen. fought it tooth and nail write to the supreme court, - nail write to the supreme court, whichjust nail write to the supreme court, which just about nail write to the supreme court, whichjust about a nail write to the supreme court, which just about a month ago it ruled against him and said that the house committee that was looking into this matter could have access to those tax returns just days before control of congress of the lower house, at any rate, moves over to republicans who would have ended that whole inquiry. we have six years worth of returns, personal returns, a lot of returns, personal returns, a lot of returns to deal with businesses associated with donald trump. it is like one gigabyte of data for people to go through. but we already know some of the headlines, because the house committee has already told us that, confirming for example that in two years, donald trump only paid $750 in federal income tax along with his wife. for a number of years, he pays no income tax

whatsoever. and of course lots of questions about some of his offsets, the money he gave to charity, whether or not his assessment of his assets was correct or not. and of course one of the key facts here is that it has emerged for only one of those years was president trump under some kind of audit by the internal revenue service. of course, that was or is his excuse for not releasing his returns is that he was under permanent audit. that turns out not to be true. find under permanent audit. that turns out not to be true.— out not to be true. and what does all this mean _ out not to be true. and what does all this mean for— out not to be true. and what does all this mean for donald _ out not to be true. and what does all this mean for donald trump i all this mean for donald trump politically, do you think, in terms of his attempt to get back into the white house? i of his attempt to get back into the white house?— of his attempt to get back into the white house? i think, to be honest, the political — white house? i think, to be honest, the political impact _ white house? i think, to be honest, the political impact is _ white house? i think, to be honest, the political impact is pretty - the political impact is pretty small. i think a lot of this has been factored in already. his supporters believe and have believed for several years since this battle began that this was an intrusion of privacy. his opponents believe that he should have complied right back in 2015, like all other serious

presidential candidates have in terms of releasing tax returns, which has been the convention here for about 50 years. so people's views on this are baked in. what will be interesting is what little nuggets start to emerge from the detail of this paperwork, money going here, money going there, this valuation, that valuation. how much can people deduce that donald trump was actually worth at one time, given the wild variations in his own assessment of his net worth, etc? those are the sort of things that i think will emerge over the coming days of people go through these dozens and dozens of documents with a fine tooth comb. he. dozens and dozens of documents with a fine tooth comb.— a fine tooth comb. he, no doubt, will say this _ a fine tooth comb. he, no doubt, will say this is _ a fine tooth comb. he, no doubt, will say this is all— a fine tooth comb. he, no doubt, will say this is all part _ a fine tooth comb. he, no doubt, will say this is all part of - a fine tooth comb. he, no doubt, will say this is all part of a - will say this is all part of a democrat witch of him? the will say this is all part of a democrat witch of him? the word has already been — democrat witch of him? the word has already been used _ democrat witch of him? the word has already been used by _ democrat witch of him? the word has already been used by the _ democrat witch of him? the word has already been used by the president, i already been used by the president, as you can imagine. he has urged republicans to go afterjoe biden�*s financial records in detail as some kind of revenge or reprisal. in fact, joe biden has a ready

published all of his tax returns back to i think 1969, if memory serves me. so there will be a bit of a battle over this, but it will be in some sense grace in the mill for republicans if they take control of the house of representatives. it will give them an impetus to become more personal as they intend to over their investigations as they control those committees that can conduct those committees that can conduct those inquiries intojoe biden himself, perhaps his son and his business dealings. we heard of that is incredibly likely as well. this will be part of a general personalisation that will take place in the next few months in terms of inquiries. in the next few months in terms of inuuiries. ,. , ., ., in the next few months in terms of inuuiries. , ., ., ., in the next few months in terms of inuuiries. , ., ., ,, in the next few months in terms of inuuiries. ., ., ,, ., inquiries. gary, good to talk to ou. inquiries. gary, good to talk to you- thank _ inquiries. gary, good to talk to you- thank you _ inquiries. gary, good to talk to you. thank you very _ inquiries. gary, good to talk to you. thank you very much - inquiries. gary, good to talk to you. thank you very much for. inquiries. gary, good to talk to i you. thank you very much for that update. and finally, not long to go before the new year, and the finishing touches are being put to the celebrations.

they're leaving nothing to chance in times square. this is the team which will lead the festivities, practising throwing confetti. everything seemed to go as hoped, although the centrepiece of the event, the traditional dropping of the ball, wasn't part of this rehearsal. that is it from me, you have been watching bbc news. hello there. it looks like we're closing out 2022 on an unsettled note with low pressure nearby. we will see further cloud, outbreaks of rain throughout the day on new year's eve. some areas really will be quite wet and there is a chance of localised flooding in one or two locations as the ground is so saturated. so this is the weather front which will arrive during new year's eve. this is the low pressure which we had through this morning, which brought heavy rain. that's cleared out. it stays blustery across the uk, a bit of a sting in this low pressure's tail as we move through the overnight period across northern scotland. and quite a difference in temperatures. it is cold in the north, milder in the south, one or two showers around. clear spells, showers through this evening, overnight, but very windy for a time across the north and northeast of scotland, gusts 60, 70 miles an hour there.

further wintriness at times, but across southern areas, those weather fronts arrive in the south, so it'll be cloudy, outbreaks of rain, some of it heavy in places. but there will be some drier moments as well. mild in the south, pretty cold across the north. and we'll continue to see some wintriness as we move through the day tomorrow across northern scotland. further south, more weather fronts arrive, so it will turn much wetter for large parts of england and wales. a few brighter moments, i think, across the north of the uk. but again, quite a temperature difference for new year's eve. cold in the north, much milder in the south, we could be up to 1a or 15 degrees, despite the cloud and the rain. then as we move through new year's eve evening up in towards midnight, it looks like that rain will push northwards, we could see something a bit drier across the southern half of the country around midnight. it stays cold across scotland with clear spells, a few wintry showers. it stays pretty unsettled as we head into new year's day as well. 1january, low pressure near by sitting towards the west of the uk and across ireland.

so it's here where we'll see the strongest of the winds, more cloud, outbreaks of rain or showers, wintry across scotland as the rain collides into the colder air there. for england and wales, some sunshine around, we could see some rain across the extreme southeast, but actually some areas staying dry altogether. and again, it'll be mild in the south, 12, 13 degrees, but another cold —feeling day for the 1st january across much of the north, particularly across scotland. and 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.

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even before 2022 began, this looked an extraordinary year. a sporting calendar still catching up, rebuilt and rescheduled after being ravaged by covid. but as the new year began, the australian open reopened the debate. you shouldn't be allowed to come. it's his choice not to be vaccinated, which is fine. and it's, ithink, the government here has made the choice that, you know, you should be vaccinated. i support the freedom of choice. and novak is the symbol of freedom of choice at this particular moment. we have someone that's come - from overseas, and all of a sudden he's been exempt and can play. and i think it's- an absolute disgrace. and i won't be watching it. january was melbourne and the "will he, won't he" saga of novak djokovic. visas granted and then denied, quarantined and then released, welcomed and then deported. a row in the background — a racket in the foreground, one case in court. other players eventually on court. rafa nadal and ash barty both making their own moves.