this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm david eades, the headlines. the bbc understands that britain will introduce covid testing for arrivals from china after a surge in cases there. 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.

hello and welcome. the uk looks set to become the latest country to impose covid screening for travellers coming from china — as cases in the country surge. the chinese government has said it would fully reopen its borders next week for the first time since march 2020. but a number of countries, including the united states, india, spain, italy and in the last few minutes france have said passengers arriving from china will need will need a negative covid test before they travel. lets speak to our political correspondent helen catt. put this in the picture from a british perspective.- put this in the picture from a british perspective. same story? there's been _ british perspective. same story? there's been a _ british perspective. same story? there's been a lot _ british perspective. same story? there's been a lot of _ british perspective. same story? there's been a lot of concern - british perspective. same story? i there's been a lot of concern about the reliability of information coming out of china but the situation there with covid that is

why we are seeing countries, mentioning a few they're announcing that they will bringing testing regimes. some are testing on arrival, some are adopting a approach of requiring a negative test before someone gets on a plane in china. what we are expecting is that the uk government will follow the us eat and adopt that second approach, making sure that people have a negative test before they fly from china. up until yesterday, ministers in the uk government had been saying that they did not have any plans to introduce testing and yet, they were looking at the data and there was nothing in it is suggested that there were any new variants of star max spreading in china that would bring a new risk. —— covid. the change seems to come from a lack of reliable information coming from china. my understanding is that any measures will be

temporary and that it is a precaution, precautionary to improve the surveillance from china.- the surveillance from china. because that is the point. _ the surveillance from china. because that is the point. if— the surveillance from china. because that is the point. if there _ the surveillance from china. because that is the point. if there is - the surveillance from china. because that is the point. if there is no - that is the point. if there is no different variation, then there is no greater risk over here for someone coming over with covid. that makes someone wonder whether this is a political decision rather than a clinical one. a political decision rather than a clinical one-— a political decision rather than a clinical one. ., , , ., clinical one. hopefully we will hear more in the _ clinical one. hopefully we will hear more in the coming _ clinical one. hopefully we will hear more in the coming hours - clinical one. hopefully we will hear more in the coming hours are - clinical one. hopefully we will heari more in the coming hours are from the government on exactly the reasons behind this, but i think at the moment suggestion is not that there has been any change in the medical data, this sense of the information just not being reliable, that they what to improve that. so that this is a way of doing that. thank you very much, helen. 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 2020 he paid nothing 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. i spoke with adam davidson, a writer at the new yorker. i began by asking him why the documents have been released. from the standpoint of thejoint committee on taxation and 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 policy of auditing presidents' 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 period. seems extraordinary. where do you think the interest lies? at a high level, one thing that becomes clear here

and was already fairly clear from the bits that we got, leaked in the new york times over the years, something i think a lot of us who cover trump know, 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 trump's own 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 does not seem 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 iran'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 while president. thease are massive, leaving aside any legality, these are massive questions, strange for at the head of state of any country to get tax credits from dozens of countries around the world. there is no independent cooperation of that suggestion of money laundering

particularly to afghanistan. just so i can clarify, the trump organisation acknowledged that it was almost certainly a money laundering operation for iran. that is cooperated by them. they said that they did not know all of the details but they did know that that was likely to be the case. russia's president putin has said he expects his chinese counterpart xi jinping to make a state visit to moscow early next year. in a joint video summit, he also called for greater military co—operation between the two, at a time when western sanctions over russia's war in ukraine are making it increasingly reliant on beijing. but an official chinese readout of the video call made no mention of any state visit and stressed that china would maintain its "objective and fair" stance on the invasion. here's some of what mr putin had to say. 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. well let's cross live to washington to speak to professor shirley yu, visiting senior fellow at the london school of economics. i went to preference our interview with one or two lines coming out of the state department, which is expressed concern about china's alignment with russia and warned of consequences with china providing military aid regarding ukraine. with this one line from a state department spokesperson saying patient claims to be neutral but it

is behaviour makes clear it is still investing close ties to russia. some direct finger pointing towards china's relationship with russia. absolutely thank you for having me. during _ absolutely thank you for having me. during the _ absolutely thank you for having me. during the conference call xi jinping — during the conference call xi jinping did stress political cooperation alluding to some potential peace deal there which is different_ potential peace deal there which is different from russia's request for military— different from russia's request for military support. the fact that he did not— military support. the fact that he did not even mention ukraine in the call was _ did not even mention ukraine in the call was little i slit his role in the world _ call was little i slit his role in the world and china's strategic interest— the world and china's strategic interest is in a rush itself not in the war— interest is in a rush itself not in the war and _ interest is in a rush itself not in the warand given interest is in a rush itself not in the war and given the situation any military— the war and given the situation any military support from china would be considered _ military support from china would be considered too costly to be practical. do considered too costly to be practical-— considered too costly to be ractical. i. , , considered too costly to be ractical. , , ., practical. do you feel because of what ou practical. do you feel because of what you said — practical. do you feel because of what you said the _ practical. do you feel because of what you said the state - practical. do you feel because of. what you said the state department line is aggressive. when president xi has given little indication that

he is getting warmer towards moscow. i consider that to be a preemptive warning _ i consider that to be a preemptive warning like what you and i have talked _ warning like what you and i have talked about. i do not think it is likely— talked about. i do not think it is likely that china will military intervene in the war itself but china — intervene in the war itself but china does have a lot of strategic interest— china does have a lot of strategic interest at— china does have a lot of strategic interest at stake here. in the greater— interest at stake here. in the greater eurasian situation. the war in ukraine — greater eurasian situation. the war in ukraine really has not safar imposed — in ukraine really has not safar imposed any major economic cost to china, _ imposed any major economic cost to china, they— imposed any major economic cost to china, they have actually profited not only— china, they have actually profited not only from russia at war from the west but _ not only from russia at war from the west but also profiting from russia that is _ west but also profiting from russia that is being weakened. russia has been _ that is being weakened. russia has been diverting much of the world's attention— been diverting much of the world's attention to europe and that has given— attention to europe and that has given china some of very precious breathing — given china some of very precious breathing room to regain economic strength— breathing room to regain economic strength and military power and had there _ strength and military power and had there not— strength and military power and had there not been a war in 2022 we

could _ there not been a war in 2022 we could imagine nearly all of the geopolitical tension would be centred — geopolitical tension would be centred on china. sol geopolitical tension would be centred on china. so i think that will he _ centred on china. so i think that will he a — centred on china. so i think that will be a calculation within xi jinping — will be a calculation within xi jinping that we should continue to fi-ht jinping that we should continue to fight as— jinping that we should continue to fight as a — jinping that we should continue to fight as a proxy against liberal democratic order and testing the limits— democratic order and testing the limits of— democratic order and testing the limits of the west and may be to find the — limits of the west and may be to find the fragility of boston power. these _ find the fragility of boston power. these are — find the fragility of boston power. these are valuable lessons for him to learn _ these are valuable lessons for him to learn and you cannot learn from any textbooks. | to learn and you cannot learn from any textbook-— any textbooks. i want to also... it is a bold statement _ any textbooks. i want to also... it is a bold statement to _ any textbooks. i want to also... it is a bold statement to say, - any textbooks. i want to also... it i is a bold statement to say, throwing out an invitation publicly for a state visit for it than not to happen so what is your best guess on will or will there not be a state visit for president xi jinping? find visit for president xi jinping? and mi . ht visit for president xi jinping? and miaht be visit for president xi jinping? and might be considered a political protocol— might be considered a political protocol issue when it comes to an invitation— protocol issue when it comes to an invitation not being accepted, but i think— invitation not being accepted, but i think we _

invitation not being accepted, but i think we still have three months to lo, think we still have three months to go. china _ think we still have three months to go, china still has the congressional sessions in the first quarter— congressional sessions in the first quarter of— congressional sessions in the first quarter of the year including the economy, — quarter of the year including the economy, a major priority. china is going _ economy, a major priority. china is going to _ economy, a major priority. china is going to a — economy, a major priority. china is going to a major public health crisis — going to a major public health crisis at — going to a major public health crisis at the moment and i think in the coming — crisis at the moment and i think in the coming three months there may be some development in that front. thank— some development in that front. thank you — some development in that front. thank you professor. the controversial social media figure, andrew tate, has appeared in court in romania as part of an investigation into sex trafficking and rape. the 36—year—old was arrested with his brother in romania where he has been living for the past 5 years. their lawyer says they both refused to answer questions from the prosecutor, who has asked that they be detained for another 30 days. andrew tate has a huge online following, but several platforms have banned him for offensive and misogynistic comments. our culture editor katie razzall reports. the social media star you might have never heard of but your teenage children mostly will have.

provocative and condemned for extreme misogyny, andrew tate regularly shows off his supposedly luxurious lifestyle online and seems to relish causing offence. it's been proven that the smartest people in the world are men. that's been proven. female infidelity is worse than male infidelity and i think the world agrees with me. earlier today his brother were arrested at their compound in bucharest, accused by the romanian authorities of recruiting, housing, and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content. the suspects are alleged to have set up and organised crime group. how did andrew tate, who calls himself the most famous man in the planet and has had billions of views on the internet, become so popular with teenage boys?

many say he is adept at manpuliating the spreading this content online. he has created highly controversial content. he has cultivated a group of followers and also haters who work together in reality mathematically to amplify his content, to engage with it, whether it is to hate tweet it or praise it. through that he has built himself and enormous global brand. a global brand of huge influence. earlier this year he did an interview at his romania home with hugo rifkind. he was, man to man, quite good company. my experience would have been different had i been female. i would not have introduced him to my female friends. he does manage to speak to teenage boys in a way that few people do. because teenage boys can think a lot of nasty things and they quite like the validation of somebody older repeating those nasty things back. he did that in a very un—complicated way. ever combative, the former professional kickboxer says he is simply standing up for men. his words, he claims, are often taken out of context. he is banned from most social media platforms but that hasn't stopped his

views are spreading. an influencer whose influence shows no sign of waning. here in the uk... merseyside police have again appealed for anyone with information about the murder of elle 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, elle 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 you met her you instantly fell in love with her. everyone that knew and met elle 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 walking our streets, they don't deserve to be protected — they belong in prison. guns have no place on the the streets of merseyside

and we're 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. us police have made an arrest in connection with the murder of four university students in idaho last month. three young women and one man were stabbed in their beds at their house in the small college town of moscow. us officials say a twenty eight year old man, bryan christopher kohberger, was taken into custody in pennsylvania. the case has gripped the us and has led to wild speculation with investigators receiving thousands of tips. 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 brazil, three days of national mourning have been declared.

pele was known by many as the king of football — the only player to have won the world cup three times — as our south america correspondent katy watson reports. brazil's most famous landmark paying tribute to their most famous name. at santos, they came to mark his passing. the whole nation is in mourning for a man who defined the beautiful game. pele and no 3. pele made it against the odds, in an often racist and classist country, this poor and black player was a success from the beginning. he transcended his sport, the man on the pitch, the man off the pitch, the dignity and grace he seemed to exude, i don't think they make them like that any more.

those qualities were remembered at the museum of football, the space filled with memories of pele. this was the shirt he wore in 1970 when he won his third world cup title. it was packed with brazilians who came to pay their respects. translation: for us _ he is a national symbol who turned into an international symbol and took our country to all corners of the world. we say he is our king, brazil may not have a monarchy but in football we have a king who sadly lost us. i don't think pele has died, it is edson. his legacy will be eternal, the football he achieved in his era.

preparations are under way at his club santos where a public week will be held for monday big crowds are expected, brazilians want to remember their beloved king. 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. 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 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. flooding has caused widespread travel disruption across scotland today. it comes after a met office amber warning for heavy rain in dumfries galloway and the borders. the scottish environment protection agency has issued flood warnings in both central and southern areas.

thanks for watching bbc news. 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, 14—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... britain and france become the latest countries to announce that all travellers arriving from china will need negative covid tests. china is experiencing a huge wave of coronavirus cases — weeks after relaxing its zero—covid policy. 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.