this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm david eades. our top stories. six years of donald trump's tax returns that he'd refused to make public are released in the us. brazil lights up in honour of pele as the first day of national mourning begins for the footballing legend. controversial online influencer andrew tate is detained in romania as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. a coordinated call between russia and china. putin tells president xi he wants more military cooperation. the bbc understands that britain will introduce covid testing on arrivals from china after a surge in cases there.

we begin in the us where a congressional committee has released six years of tax returns for the former president donald trump. mr trump battled for years to keep the documents secret until the supreme court approved their disclosure last month. the returns show that in two years covered by the release, he and his wife paid just 15 hundred dollars in federal income taxes. the former president has released a video statement, condemning the release of the documents. although these tax returns contain relatively little information and not information that almost anybody would understand they are extremely complex, the radical democrats' behaviour is a shame upon the us congress. joining me now is adam davidson, a contributing writer to the new yorker.

he has long covered trump's finances for the magazine. thank you very much indeed for joining us. if i could start by picking up on the point made there by donald trump, a lot of people will neither be able to make head or tail of the sort of documentation. what is the point of making it public? what is the point of making it ublic? ., , ., ., public? from the standpoint of the “oint public? from the standpoint of the joint committee _ public? from the standpoint of the joint committee on _ public? from the standpoint of the joint committee on taxation - public? from the standpoint of the joint committee on taxation in - public? from the standpoint of the joint committee on taxation in the | joint committee on taxation in the house of ways and means committee, the people in our congress who released it. the point they say they are making is that the us has a multi—decade long part of the sea of auditing president's finances and taxes and that was not done in this case. i do not know that they needed to release his tax return to make that point quite so forcefully, obviously there is a political dimension to this. i will say there

is a lot of information in here. people like me, in the various law enforcement agencies looking after him, creditors who are may be thinking of suing him or are, this will be used by lots of for many years to come, rest assured. i think the general public is unlikely to learn a whole lot new from this. it is intriguing and much to say he paid no tax at all in 2020. most of us will go, how is that possible? $1500 over two years in that. seems extraordinary. where do you think the interest lies? at a extraordinary. where do you think the interest lies?— the interest lies? at a high level, one thing that — the interest lies? at a high level, one thing that becomes - the interest lies? at a high level, one thing that becomes clear - the interest lies? at a high level, | one thing that becomes clear here and was already fairly clear from the bits that we can't in the new york times over the years, something i think a lot of us who cover trump no but is not widely known in the

public is that he is a terrible business person. that over the six—year period, it really the only substantive income he makes is still money from his father's estate, who died 20 years ago. that truck's owned businesses that he bought into using his father's money seem to be largely failing entities losing shocking amounts of money. so at the top level the myth that this is a self—made man who makes money on top of money does not seem to bear out at all. unless of course he is lying and saying he has had losses when he had gains. although this is not seem to be the case. that is number one, number two isjust to be the case. that is number one, number two is just how international his business, his economic intrigue was. he had bank accounts all over the world adding tax credits from

azerbaijan for example, some of my reporting showed that during the presidential campaign trump was in a very sketchy deal in azerbaijan that was almost certainly part of a larger money laundering operation involving around's revolutionary guard. he claimed to be gotten completely out of azerbaijan before he became president but we saw that he was getting tax credits from the azerbaijan government. massive, leaving aside any legality these are massive questions, industry for at the head of state of any country to get tax credits from dozens of countries around the world. there is no independent _ countries around the world. there is no independent cooperation - countries around the world. there is no independent cooperation of- countries around the world. there is no independent cooperation of that l no independent cooperation of that suggestion of money laundering particularly to afghanistan. just so i can clarify _ particularly to afghanistan. just so i can clarify the — particularly to afghanistan. just so i can clarify the trump _ particularly to afghanistan. just so | i can clarify the trump organisation acknowledge that it was almost certainly aim under a laundering operation for our iran. that is

cooperated by them. they said that they did not know all of the diesels but they said that was likely to be the case. . ~ but they said that was likely to be the case. ., ~ i. ., the case. thank you for the cooperation and _ the case. thank you for the cooperation and for- the case. thank you for the cooperation and for your i the case. thank you for the - cooperation and for your insight. tributes are continuing to flood in from around the world for the brazilian football legend pele — who has died at the age of 82. in rio dejaneiro, the statue of christ the redeemer has been lit up — as has the maracana stadium. three days of national mourning have been declared in brazil. and in the uk — london's wembley stadium has been illuminated in brazil's national colours — and flags are flying at half mast at the headquarters of football's world governing body, fifa. pele also starred in one of the quirkiest films of the eighties — a world war two story about allied prisoners of war in a german detention camp. he played alongside michael caine, sylvester stallone — and other footballers including fellow world cup winners sir bobby moore, 0ssie ardiles

and also russell 0sman of ipswich and england. and also russell 0sman a little earlier, i asked russell how he came to be involved with escape to victory — and with pele. it all came about out of the blue. back in 1980 we were not doing bad in suffolk and bobby was the manager and someone approached him about needing some footballers to help make a prisoner of war film. and he said it was in the summer and some of the lad are not doing anything, i will grant permission for them to go over into the scenes. so you end up in this extraordinary array of cast of characters including pele. some pictures showing off some skills here.

what was it like? pele was absolutely fantastic, he was just a normal bloke really. very humble and bearing in mind we had three world winners in that squad. but also michael caine, sylvester stallone and for the average ipswich player the way that we were going out there to suddenly start playing football on a regular basis over a five week period. it was notjust for one weekend it was over five weeks with pele

and to everyone in that crowd. it was a real eye—opener. pele was fantastic and likewise michael caine. they were very humble and helped everyone relax and appreciate it. we were out of our comfort zone a little bit. but we felt very welcome and it was great fun. great people. it was a fun film and very enjoyable to watch you got the sense that people were enjoying putting it all together. it was not a one day wonder, you must�*ve sorta felt that you had a chance to get to know him bit. we were there for nearly five or six weeks so on a few occasions we would eat out together, go down to a restaurant on one occasion his manager brought his guitar along and wejoined in briefly for a sing song as he was strumming away. and most of the lads would have a little drop of gin and tonic or scotch here and there. pele liked a little drop of scotch and he was very normal. just a bunch of guys hanging out together and having a

lovely time having a kick about football. involved in the direction of the football with john houston, the director of the film pele cajoled him into letting him be in control of how the football scene should be shot which was a massive help to the director. just looking at the overhead kick which i'm sure pele helped to choreograph. i interviewed him 20 years ago and i was struck this see how upbeat and friendly he was and always seem to have a smile on his lips but if you spent a few weeks with him, that was just him. he had a very upbeat view on life. he was very normal and easy get to get along with. there's a lot of hanging about when you are making a film, so yeah, you would have a bit of banter about all sorts of things and he was very normal in that aspect. it was great fun.

we were there for around five weeks altogether so you got to know him as well as he could. you were not with him every day but we spent a fair bit of time working together on the football pitch on what he wanted you to do and you felt very obliged to make sure that you did the best job that you could do. great to get your recollections of that and also to learn that he enjoyed a bit of banter and a bit scotch at the same time. thank you very much indeed, russell. my pleasure. sad day indeed. here in the uk, merseyside police have again appealed for anyone with information about the murder of ellie edwards to come forward — saying those responsible don't deserve protection or to be walking the streets elle was fatally shot as she celebrated with friends in wallasey. 0fficers don't think she was the intended target. danny savage reports.

at merseyside police headquarters today, eddie edwards father, tim, sat next to the officer leading the hunt for his daughter's killer. for him and his family, life will never be the same again. the officer read out a statement on their behalf. she had this way about her that as soon as he met her, he instantly fell in love with her. everyone that knew and met el knew how special she was. she loved life and had so many amazing plans for the future. my beautiful elle marlene is the love of my life. and she is my world, my best friend. she will always shine and be beautiful and bright. my elle has never gone. elle was having a drink outside this pub in wallasey on christmas eve when she was fatally wounded. someone repeatedly fired a gun at a group of drinkers.

of the four other people injured, three have been released from hospital. one is still undergoing treatment. police still haven't found a dark coloured mercedes used in the attack or the gun. they want anyone with information about where they could be to come forward, along with details about who was involved. these people don't deserve to be walk in our streets. they don't deserve to be protected. they belong in prison. guns have no place on the streets of merseyside and we are dedicated to getting weapons off the streets. silence is never an option. of the three people arrested so far, one man is still being questioned and a woman has been released on bail. a 30—year—old man arrested on boxing day on suspicion of murder has been recalled to prison. danny savage reporting there.

a controversial social media influencer has been appearing in court in romania — after being arrested on suspicion of rape and human trafficking. andrew tate and his brother tristan were detained 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 on allegations of human trafficking. richard galpin, bbc news. let's speak now to imran ahmed, the chief executive and founder

of the centre for countering digital hate. thank you forjoining us i want to steer clear of the detention that andrew tate finds himself in at the moment and focus on his online persona that we see. we were just getting some details of his very public spat with greta thunberg, for example. in a sense there will be those who say, if he wants to espouse certain views that is what social media is for an topping out more omissions he's allowed to say so. �* , , , . , more omissions he's allowed to say so. let's be perfectly accurate, the fuse that you _ so. let's be perfectly accurate, the fuse that you do _ so. let's be perfectly accurate, the fuse that you do splayed _ so. let's be perfectly accurate, the fuse that you do splayed up - so. let's be perfectly accurate, the fuse that you do splayed up him i fuse that you do splayed up him of greta thunberg but he was taken off of platforms in which he was given space unfettered for many years, he was taken off when there was a

campaign unlike my own exposing the fact that he specifically preached the use of violence to control women. this is a man who said repeatedly if a woman disrespects you grab her by the throat, got a bladed weapon, punch threaten her make her appearfor her bladed weapon, punch threaten her make her appear for her life. bladed weapon, punch threaten her make her appearfor her life. views are far out with the norms of society and it is unsurprising that when they were exposed platforms, saying they have been caught essentially, broadcasting this very malignant individual and took action to remove him from their platforms to remove him from their platforms to protect their own brands. is to remove him from their platforms to protect their own brands.- to protect their own brands. is your comlaint to protect their own brands. is your complaint and _ to protect their own brands. is your complaint and what _ to protect their own brands. is your complaint and what is _ to protect their own brands. is your complaint and what is centred - to protect their own brands. is your| complaint and what is centred most is that he is on twitter again. perhaps the point of the direction of your own ir is more at the platform itself then any given individual? i

platform itself then any given individual?— platform itself then any given individual? ~ , ., ., ., , individual? i think the platform has a lot to answer _ individual? i think the platform has a lot to answer for _ individual? i think the platform has a lot to answer for it _ individual? i think the platform has a lot to answer for it but _ individual? i think the platform has a lot to answer for it but what - a lot to answer for it but what upsets me most is that young men in britain will have seen his videos dozens, hundreds of times and will have taken in the words that he spouts and think it is normal. if the platform is showing it dozens of times and it must be this popular at that has a normative effect on young men in the lessons that he is teaching them is terrifying that they cannot have relationships with women unless they are fundamentally subjugating them that they should be treated with violence and disdained and that they are as second—class citizens. i think there are already young women who suffer as a result of the normalisation of these incredibly violent, dangerous, women hating attitudes spread by someone like andrew tate. 0f hating attitudes spread by someone like andrew tate. of course the platforms are standing no better they have standard saying that these things are not a lot on their platform rules that you and i would

follow when using the platform. but they are also a reciprocal right that we should expect others should have to abide by the same rules that we adhere to in their failure to enforce those rules, because frankly they profit from the attention generated by this malignant content the fact that we are even discussing it today, they are thinking it's good because people will be coming to the platform to see the chap everyone is talking about. they have been profiting for a long time into does that they do so. president putin has called for greater military co—operation between russia and china in a video call with the chinese leader, xijinping. due to the pressures western sanctions are putting on russia's economy, moscow is increasingly reliant on beijing. president putin expressed his desire to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries. 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. asia pacific editorfor the bbc world service, michael bristow, gave his analysis of what we've heard from the meeting. well, president xi always, in these occasions, gives vague responses and in this occasion was no different. these were the published remarks when cameras and videos were allowed in to witness the meeting, afterwards they were ushered out and these two

leaders will have had a conversation between themselves which far more interesting things were talked about there, i'm sure. but i think the dynamic between the two leaders is that president putin needs the chinese leader, xijinping, more than the other way around. president putin has invaded ukraine and all kinds of restrictions and sanctions on russia and what he was doing here was appealing to xijinping to give him more support. and china over the last few months has not criticised russia for its invasion of ukraine equally it has not given wholehearted support. crucially, it is not providing military support because if it did that, then it would be in danger of an incuring western sanctions and criticism and that could affect china's relationship with the west which is far more important to beijing at the moment than its relationship, in some ways, with moscow. this is very public and you would

usually expect very careful choreography between two, essentially friendly parties, to one another. do you think that this means there will be a state visit from president xijinping and there will be a leaning some way or another to closer cooperation, ultimately? you talk about state visit there that is an indication of what i was saying a few moments ago. president putin invited xi jinping to moscow over the next few months and called him a dearfriend, using the kind of language which suggests that he is the one really interested in xi jinping coming. i'm sure if this is being mentioned by president putin and talked about with the chinese as well and approved by them and it wouldn't be extraordinary to find xi jinping visiting moscow sometime. it really is president putin driving the relationship at the moment and i would imagine over the coming months

that china under xijinping will maintain its current position not looking to criticise russia, but not looking to encourage it too much at the moment is as a set he does not want to incur the wrath of the west. so i imagine china will maintain its current position. a chinese state—controlled newspaper has said two hospitals in shanghai have seen double the usual number of emergency patients — and most of them have covid. the global times says the two hospitals are dealing with up to fifteen 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. the reports appear to contradict official government figures, which on friday recorded only 5,000 new infections nationwide. and here in the uk,

the government is expected to announce shortly that it will require people coming to the uk from china to test negative for coronavirus before getting on a flight. it's understood that the move is being made by the lack of reliable data in china and will be a temporary measure. 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. she has been sentenced to a further seven years for five more charges taking the total number of years she has been sentenced to 233 for a total of 19 charges. these include

corrections reaching the official secrets acts and flouting covid restrictions. the official charges today deal with the hiring and maintaining up a helicopter that has been described as been having caused a loss to the state in the past she's also been charging picked it up she's also been charging picked it up things of illegally possessing walkie—talkies. human rights groups have called the trial of sham and she herself has denied all of these counts saying the cases are absurd. it is also frankly, really hard to get clearing concise information about what is going on in the ground. because the trial is being held behind closed doors. we understand that her legal team will launch an appeal whether that will be heard and what the outcome may be is still unclear. her lawyers have been barred from discussing the case in public. increasingly the prospects of any type of democratic momentum do look bleak and she herself and her party and many others have been arrested. 13,000

remain in prison according to our source. it is also krishna for hello there. after a very wet morning, skies did brighten up through the afternoon for many of us with some sunshine, a few showers dotted around here and there, it was very mild across the south. but we see a return to the cloudy, wet weather for many of us as we head into new year's eve as well. so the last day of 2022 staying quite unsettled because of low pressure. now, as this area of low pressure from today starts to pull out into the norwegian sea, we could see a real squeeze in the isobars across the northern half of scotland this evening and overnight. so a swathe of gales or severe gales likely across northern scotland, the northern isles —

gusts up to 70mph, and some sleet and snow, which will be drifting in the strong winds. so, snow, wind and ice a problem in the north. further south, we'll see more weather fronts pushing up, bringing more cloud, outbreaks of rain, some of it quite heavy, a risk of localised flooding in places. mild in the south, cold in the north. so into new year's eve then, we have that cold weather across the north, winds easing down somewhat. still some wintryness, though, here. further south, we'll see weather fronts pushing up across much of england and wales. some of the rain will be quite heavy at times through the afternoon, particularly across the south and the southeast. but with it comes very mild air, 111—15 celsius likely across the south versus low single digits across the north, particularly northern scotland. and then as we run up to midnight, new year's eve, looks like that rain in the south will push northwards lying across this sort of area at midnight, chilly with some wintry showers and clear spells in the north. and we could see some clearer skies, some dry weather for a time across the south, one or two showers around. but i think the shower activity will tend to build up as you move into the early hours. again, a milder end to the night across the south, chilly in the north with a risk of ice.

and then for new year's day, low pressure sits across the west of the uk. so, i think this is where we'll see most of the showers. this weather front could bring some rain to the south—east of england throughout the day. you'll have to stay tuned to the forecast for the details. but it looks like it'll 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, fairly fresh south—westerly winds bringing very mild air, again, to england and wales, 10—13 celsius. far north of england, northern ireland, scotland, remaining in that cold air, particularly across the north of scotland. a quieter, colder, dryer period, i think, for monday. but the rest of the first week of january 2023 looks unsettled, but fairly mild in the south.

this is bbc world news. the headlines... brazil has begun the first day of national mourning, 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. brazil has begun the first day of national mourning, following the death of football legend, pele. landmarks across the country have been lit up in his memory. 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

continue co—operation, without giving details.