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 lights up in honour of pele as the first day of national mourning begins for the footballing legend. donald trump's tax returns are released, ending a six—year battle to gain more insights into his finances. myanmar sentences its deposed leader aung san suu kyi to another seven years in prison, taking her totaljail time to 33 years. romanian prosecutors seek to detain the controversial influencer andrew tate for another 30 days as part of their investigation into rape and sex trafficking.

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 m—bappe described pele as "the king of football", adding... 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... 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. 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. he felt like one of us in that sense, you know, like a mere mortal, if you allow me the expression. in the us, the house ways and means committee havejust released donald trump's tax returns from 2015 to 2020. the former president had battled for years to keep the documents secret. the files show trump paid no income tax in 2020, his final full year in office. 0ur washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue, told me what this means for donald trump. fought it tooth and nail, right up to the supreme court, which just about a month ago 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 could have ended that whole inquiry. we have six years worth of returns, personal returns, a lot of returns that deal with businesses associated with donald trump. there 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 of those six, donald trump only paid $750 in federal income tax along with his wife. for a number of years, he paid 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 that for only one of those years

was president trump under some kind of audit by the internal revenue service. of course, that was always his excuse for not releasing his returns — is that he was under permanent audit. that turns out not to be true. and what does all this mean for donald trump politically, do you think, in terms of his attempt to get back into the white house? i think, to be honest, 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 any 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 as people go through these dozens and dozens of documents with a fine tooth comb. he, no doubt, will say this is all part of a democrat witch hunt of him? the word has 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 in fact, joe biden has already 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 grist to the mill for republicansas but it will be in some sense grist to the mill for republicans as 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 inquiries intojoe biden himself, perhaps his son and his business dealings. we know 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. gary 0'donoghue reporting there from washington. 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 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. president putin there. a chinese state—controlled newspaper says two hospitals in shanghai have seen double the usual number of emergency patients, and most of them have covid. the global times say the two hospitals are dealing with up to 1,500 hundred emergencies every day. another news outlet suggests a third shanghai hospital has so many patients that it's having to treat them outside the building. these reports appear to contradict chinese government figures, which on friday recorded only 5,000 new infections across the whole of the country.

meanwhile, spain and israel have 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. 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. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner explains why this development is 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. 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, who was 26, 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. elle 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 rock ferry 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. 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, who's british—american, 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 hit out, 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 and by the romanian authorities to arrest four people on allegations of human trafficking. richard galpin, bbc news. now with all the sports news, here's sarah mulkerrins.

time for the sport now with ben croucher. tributes continue to flood in for the legendary brazilian footballer pele who has died in sao paulo at the age of 82. the english premier league announced teams would wear black armbands and hold a minute's applause to honour him. in australia — where tennis' united cup is taking place players from the brazil and italy teams paid tribute to arguably the greatest player of all time. pele remains the only man to win the world cup three times, but transcended football and sport itself, becoming a global icon. natalie gedra is a brazilian footballjournalist whos been telling us what pele meant to people of that country. he represents brazilian football, brazilian football would not exist as it is, the beautiful game, the skills, the creativity, the improvisation, it might not exist and it would not be seen as it is without

pele. he made it happen and it only exists because of him. he was the best ambassador we could have ever asked for our football and he was a great ambassador for brazil. football and he was a great ambassadorfor brazil. he football and he was a great ambassador for brazil. he took the name of brazil all over the world in a dimension that we could never, ever imagine as a third world country, 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, one of the first things you hear is pele. he unites everyone around brazil. he such a strong reference. he is the iconic image and personification of a brazilian. 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 on he wins everyone over with his talent, with his genius and with his

creativity and charisma, and he just swipes all of the world. it's remarkable how much he can represent brazilian people. in other news, india wicketkeeper rishabh pant is in a stable condition in hospital after being injured in a car crash in the northern state of uttarakhand. police say pant "dozed off" and lost control of his car, before it flipped over and caught fire. he suffered injuries to his knee, back, ankle and wrist although an mri scan has reportedly come back as normal. 0n the field, there was a frustrating end for new zealand as they pushed for victory in their first test against pakistan in karachi. a surprising declaration from pakistan captain babar azam on the final afternoon left new zealand's chasing 138 in the final hour to win. they gave it a good go until bad light stopped play. the second and final test starts on monday. and 11 players have been suspended by the nba following a brawl during the detroit pistons' victory over orlando magic.

magic centre moritz wagner has received a two—game ban for pushing pistons guard killian hayes off court during the second quarter on thursday. hayes has been banned for three matches for retaliating. pistons guard hamidou diallo was given a one—game ban along with eight magic players — their suspensions staggered to ensure magic can still field a team. lots more on the website and we'll have more for you from the bbc sport centre in the next hour. tributes coming in for pele. 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. they're already saying the world is a less interesting

place without the colour, swagger and attitude of the designer vivienne westwood. chrissie hynde from the pretenders, who worked at westwood and mclaren�*s boutique in the kings road, sent her love. model bella hadid said, "she was my inspiration and idol in all things." a grammarschool girl from glossop in derbyshire, vivienne westwood shocked and inspired transforming british fashion. her empire started here, a shop on london's kings road. when you're looking back at the shock of the whole thing, you're going to find she's far more important than we even thought. you know, because of that whole revolution that took place and really turned swinging london into punk london. in the 1980s, she moved to the paris catwalks 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 1993. and they are here. those are probably the shoes, the item that i cherish the most. she was a commercial and critical success. the victoria and albert museum created a special show of her work. 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. 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. if you want more news, you canjoin me on twitter. i'm @benbrownbbc 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 nearby 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.

this is bbc world news, the headlines: brazil has begun the first day of national mourning, following the death of pele — widely regarded as the world's best footballer. landmarks across the country have been lit up in his memory. donald trump's tax returns from 2015 to 2020 have been released in the us. the former president had battled for years to keep the documents secret. they show he paid no income tax in his finalfull year in office. myanmar�*s deposed leader aung san suu kyi has been given another 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