this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm ben brown. our top stories... former president donald trump's tax returns have been released, ending a bitter six—year long battle to gain further insights into his finances. brazil lights up in honour of pele as the first day of national mourning begins for the footballing legend. myanmar sentences its former democratically elected leader aung san suu kyi to another seven years in prison, taking her total jail time to 33 years. romanian prosecutors seek to detain influencer andrew tate for another 30 days as part of their investigation into rape and sex trafficking. british police investigating the killing of elle edwards in a pub

shooting on christmas eve say her family needs answers about her death. and more than 20 years in the making, how a group of retired aviation enthusiasts built a first world war plane from scratch. we begin in the us, where a congressional committee has released former president trump's tax returns, covering a six—year period. donald trump had battled for years to keep the documents secret, taking the case to the supreme court, which last month approved their disclosure to the democrat—controlled house of representatives. i'm joined now by our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue.

just correspondent gary o'donoghue. tell us more abol release, just tell us more about this release, because this is something, as we say, that donald trump had fought against for a long time. yeah, he had been fighting against this particular mover by this congressional committee since 2019. but of course, it goes back much further, right from 2015 when he announced his candidacy, he refused to releases tax returns, which have been the convention for presidential candidates for nigh on 50 years. and that battle finally ended one month ago in the supreme court when they ordered those tax returns to be handed over to the democrat —controlled committee in congress. and really it is a showing of some of the things we already knew, which is he pays very little in federal income tax, in fact for the first three years, he paid just over $1 million in income tax for him and his wife. for two of the year is covered here, he paid just $1500 in income tax, would you believe? the

last year of his presidency, a zero in income tax, claiming all sorts of losses. that is the key in terms of the numbers, but also we are learning that really all of these excuses that he had about not releasing his tax returns because he was being audited by the internal revenue service, the tax collection agency here, that was not true. really only for one year they were looking at his finances, that was 2019, that is four years after he declared his candidacy. find 2019, that is four years after he declared his candidacy. and what is the bi aer declared his candidacy. and what is the bigger picture _ declared his candidacy. and what is the bigger picture here, _ the bigger picture here, politically? what does this mean for donald trump? his people didn't do very well in the us mid—term elections. what does all of this mean for his attempt to get back to the white house? i mean for his attempt to get back to the white house?— mean for his attempt to get back to the white house? i think in terms of his own supporters, _ the white house? i think in terms of his own supporters, they _ the white house? i think in terms of his own supporters, they will - the white house? i think in terms of his own supporters, they will not. his own supporters, they will not care about this. his opponents have already made up their minds about donald trump's finances and the way he does business and how he handles things like that. so i don't think it will move the needle in that

sense. it will depend on what kind of nuggets emerge from this gigabyte of nuggets emerge from this gigabyte of data that they have released. there will be questions raised about there about offsets, about offsets and how rich or not donald trump is, and how rich or not donald trump is, and that will become clear in the coming days. in terms of his own future, he has already declared his candidacy for the 2024 election for the republican nomination. it will be able to raise a lot of money from republican donors. he spent some of his own money last time, not a great deal. so i don't think this will have a great impact. he says, and republicans say, that this opens the door in terms of political actions or acts towards opponents in terms of their finances, that they are threatening, if you like, to do the same forjoe biden and his finances andindeed same forjoe biden and his finances and indeed to his son hunter biden and indeed to his son hunter biden and his finances, he republicans have had in their sites for a long,

long time. don't forget, republicans take control of the house of representatives next tuesday with the new congress. that means they control the committees, that means they control the things of that committees can investigate. gary, many thanrs- _ committees can investigate. gary, many thanks. gary _ committees can investigate. gary, many thanks. gary o'donoghue i committees can investigate. gary, many thanks. gary o'donoghue with many thanks. gary 0'donoghue with that data from washington. 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.

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. football fans around the world have been expressing their feelings, following the death of pele. let's just have a listen

to some of their thoughts, starting in abuja, nigeria. you are surely the god of football itself. you are like a world leader. as a child, he gives you hope, and we started playing football without boots. he took brazil to the world cup and some other things. he became an asset, a brazil asset. someone who couldn't play for any foreign clubs. another great sacrifice. so there is so much about the man, so much you can learn from the man. he never stopped representing his country and his people. wow, campeao, the king. pele the king. when you played on the street... you were always pele, you know? for me, i will always carry pele in my heart, for how he inspired generations. and long live the king.

i was a young boy, i was probably nine or ten. santos came, and i can't remember whether it was a competitive game or whether it was a friendly game. i have this idea that it was the inter fairs cup. he came to hillsborough to play sheffield wednesday. i saw him score! it was a wonderful experience. and obviously a great player. possibly the best player we've ever seen. 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 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. the reports appear to contradict official government figures, which on friday recorded only 5,000 new infections nationwide. meanwhile, italy has now begun testing passengers arriving from china at rome's fiumicino airport. it's the first country to order covid antigen tests for all arrivals from china. spain and israel have become the latest countries to introduce restrictions on passengers arriving from china. both will require a negative covid test or proof that travellers have been fully vaccinated. 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. vladimir putin in that video conference with the chinese leader. 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. karishma vaswani reporting there. 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. 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 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 there from merseyside

police. now with all the sports news. more reaction to the news of the death of pele. the world of sport continues to mourn the loss of one of the greatest footballers of all time after brazilian legend pele died at the age of 82 following a battle with cancer. in australia, where tennis' united cup is taking place, players from the brazil and italy paid tribute to one of the greatest players of all time. pele remains the only man to win the world cup on three occasions, but transcended football and sport itself, becoming a global icon. former england international dennis tueart effectively replaced pele at new york cosmos when pele retired in the late �*70s. there was one phase where clive, who was at the cosmos, was trying to get in to sign for the cosmos

when he retired from santos. and he said, "if you come tojuventus, you could win a championship, if you come to america, you could win a country." pele went over there years ago and how much the reaction in the us had been, i thought, "this was a good opportunity." i was only 28 and still in england, but i fancied a bit of a pioneerjob and went overthere, in 1978, to finalise my forms, i am sitting doing the forms and watching a video of the previous year to see what players i'm going to be playing with. and i looked at the front and said, "that fellow, that fellow," and i thought there was one player missing from 1977, it was pele and i'm going to be playing in 1978, so i am replacing pele, no pressure there! he was a fantastic human being, i played with him one time in an exhibition game at the former cosmos against the current cosmos, and i played pele. cosmos, and i played with pele. he would walk in today and you would think he was your dad. he was such a gentle human being, always gracious, always respectful.

no ego. 0n the pitch, he had an ego, because that was his platform. and the best comment i have seen of all the pundits was from neymar, who said he'd turned football into an art and entertainment, and that has made so many more fans. plenty more tributes on the bbc sport website. in other news, indian cricketer rishabh pant is in a stable condition in hospital following a car crash in uttarakhand in the north of the country. police say pant "dozed off" and lost control of his car, before it flipped 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, new zealand were left to settle for a draw after bad light ended their unlikely run—chase against pakistan in the first test in karachi. a surprising declaration from pakistan captain babar azam on the final afternoon left new zealand chasing 138 in 15 overs to win. they were up with the rate, but the conditions curtailed the action on day five. the result means pakistan have failed to win any of their test

matches at home this year. the second and final decisive test starts on monday. and eleven 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. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much indeed. we will see you later. 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 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 on allegations of human trafficking. richard galpin, bbc news. it's taken more than 20 years, but now the dream of a group of retired aviation enthusiasts in scotland to build a world war i plane from scratch is closer than ever to taking flight. there are currently only two airworthy sopwith strutters in the world.

if the team are successful, this will be the third. lorna gordon has been to take a look. these magnificent men and theirflying machine. for more than 20 years, these volunteers have spent much of their spare time in a cold hangar building a world war i plane. tighten that up again. they have dedicated thousands of hours to painstakingly constructing the sopwith strutter, and now they are finally fitting the propeller. for engineers used to working on more modern aircraft, this was an entirely new challenge. it's completely different, the wood and canvas, which i knew nothing about. do you guys have a laugh? 0h, every day we insult each other and get into each other. that's it, it's all part of it. if you could switch - on the power, please. as the plane was being built, friendships were too. there seems to be a great group of guys here as well. oh, yeah, definitely. i mean, unfortunately, - some of them were passed away in the interim who were, again, really dedicated chaps - and we always keep them in mind.

this is not a museum piece, they want to fly it eventually, which means wheeling it out into the winter sunshine for a crucial test of its new propeller and engine. that's good. this is massive because the manpower to build something like this is enormous. it's a modern engine, but the rest of it is built exactly to the drawings, using the same tools, the same principles. clear. checks done, the engine has started. the aim — to reach full powerfor the first time. if they do, they'll go ahead and fit the wings. there are only two airworthy sopwith strutters in the world. the team are hoping this will be the third. very excited. you know, so many people put so many hours into it.

we've waited many years to hear that lovely noise. purring beautifully. just a beautiful sound. these aviation enthusiasts have already started building a second aircraft and are hoping to attract a younger generation to their work. first, though, this long labour of love will finally take to the air. they're hoping that will happen within the next few months. applause yes! lorna gordon, bbc news, east lothian. it will be great when they put the wings on it. and finally, not long to go before the new year, and the finishing touches are being put to the celebrations, including in new york.

yes, 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. 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 we could see a real squeeze on the isobars across the northern half of scotland this evening and overnight. a swathe of gales or severe gales likely across northern scotland, the northern isles, gusts up to 70 mph in sleet and snow which will be drifting in the strong winds. snow, wind and icy problem in the north. further south, we will see more weather fronts pushing up further south, we will see more weatherfronts pushing up and bringing more cloud, outbreaks of

rain, some of it quite heavy. the risk of localised flooding in places. mild in the south, coal in the north. new year's eve, we have the north. new year's eve, we have the cold weather in the north, winds easing down somewhat, winter and it's still here. in the south, weather fronts pushing up it's still here. in the south, weatherfronts pushing up to england and wales in the rain will be heavy at times in the afternoon, particularly in the south and the south—east. with it comes mild air, 14 or 15 degrees likely across the south versus low single digits across the north, particularly northern scotland. as we run up to midnight, it looks like the rain in the south will push northwards, lying across this sort of area at midnight. chilly with wintry showers and clear spells in the north, and we could see clearer spells in dry weather for a time across the south. 0ne weather for a time across the south. one or two showers around, but i think the show activity will tend to build up as we move into the early hours. again, a mild end to the night across the south. chilly in the north with the risk of ice. for a new year's day, low—pressure sits across the west of the uk, so i think this is where we will see most

of the showers. this weather front might bring rain to the south east of england. stay tuned to the forecast for details. i think it will be fairly unsettled across the north and west of the uk, probably the best slice of sunshine will be in this sort of area, quite breezy and a fairly fresh south—westerly winds bringing mild air again to england and wales. 10—13. far north of england, southern scotland and northern ireland, in the mild air, particularly northern scotland. a drier period for monday, but the rest of the first week of january, 20 - 23 rest of the first week of january, 20 — 23 looks fairly unsettled but mild in the south.

this is bbc world news, the headlines: former president donald trump's tax returns have been released, ending a bitter six—year long battle to gain further insights into his finances. brazil lights up in honour of pele as the first day of national mourning begins for the footballing legend. myanmar sentences its former democratically—elected leader, aung san suu kyi, to another seven years in prison, taking her total jail time to 33 years. romanian prosecutors seek to detain influencer, andrew tate, for another thirty days as part of their investigation into rape and sex trafficking. british police investigating the killing of elle edwards in a pub shooting on christmas eve, say her family needs answers about her death.