this is bbc news with the headlines.... the uk and francejoin a growing list of countries imposing new restrictions on arrivals from china, in response to a surge in covid infections. donald trump's tax returns — finally released after he lost a six—year battle to keep them secret — confirm that the former president paid no tax in 2020. 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 remanded in custody in romania, as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. and a video summit between russia and china, vladimir putin telling president xi he wants

more military cooperation. and more than 20 years in the making — how a group of retired aviation enthusiasts built a first world war plane — from scratch hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world 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 and italy have said passengers arriving from china will need will need a negative covid test before they travel. our political correspondent helen catt explained why these

measures are being taken by the uk as well as by other countries around the world. well, there's been a lot of concern about the reliability of the information that's coming out of china, about the situation there with covid. and that's why we've seen countries and you've mentioned a few just there, announced that they would bring in testing regimes. and some of them are different. some of them are testing on arrival and quarantining positive cases. some of them are adopting this approach of requiring a negative test before someone even gets on the plane in china. so what we're expecting is that the uk government is going to follow the us�*s lead 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 didn't have any plans to introduce testing and the explanation for that was that they were looking at the data and there was nothing in it that suggested that there were any new variants of coronavirus spreading in china and that, they said, would have been the real

health risk to this. so the change of heart seems to have come from the lack of reliable information in china about coronavirus and this decision to align with the us on this. and my understanding is that any measures will be temporary and that is a precaution. it's precautionary to try and improve the covid surveillance from china. let's speak to news correspondent and the bbc�*s former china correspondent, robin brant you spent nearly seven years in shanghai. a lot of the focus is on shanghai, hospitals, the extent of the real problem there. i guess that is the biggest reasoning all these decisions to start imposing test conditions. decisions to start imposing test conditions-_ decisions to start imposing test conditions. , ., , conditions. the uk government is sa in: it conditions. the uk government is saying it is _ conditions. the uk government is saying it is precautionary - conditions. the uk government is saying it is precautionary and - saying it is precautionary and temporary. we will get the more detailed explanation this evening,

but at the moment we do know these tests are coming, and you will be required if you are leaving the mainland to come here, to do a test before you're allowed to get on the plane. you have to prove you do not have covid. what has or has been at the heart of how china has dealt with the virus, in terms of its outbreak and spread across the world, is how reliable is the data, the numbers, are the official statistics coming out of china. i have spoken about economic numbers, and that always starts with the scepticism about official data. there are there is scepticism about china's official numbers. they say they are sharing relative information with international organisations about the virus, but there is much doubt about the extent to which they are giving all the information they can. look to some of the reporting. when we had that lockdown in shanghai at the beginning of this year, a handful of people were dying, a few thousand had the virus. we were reporting on cases in care homes and hospitals, a

lot of people dying with covid, but not of covid. all this comes back to the criteria on the way china measures covert cases and the people that die of the virus, and the numbers continue to be low in terms of this outbreak, and washington, dc, the government in london, just don't believe them. so dc, the government in london, 'ust don't believe themi don't believe them. so that uncertainty. _ don't believe them. so that uncertainty, lack _ don't believe them. so that uncertainty, lack of - don't believe them. so that - uncertainty, lack of transparency, we have just got a line from reuters confirming saying that from the 5th of january, confirming saying that from the 5th ofjanuary, people confirming saying that from the 5th of january, people flying from mainland china to england will be asked to take a predeparture test. i don't know if that will put people off or not. how easy is it to adhere to the rules? it off or not. how easy is it to adhere to the rules?— to the rules? it is easy to get hold of test. whether _ to the rules? it is easy to get hold of test. whether those _ to the rules? it is easy to get hold of test. whether those tests - to the rules? it is easy to get hold of test. whether those tests that l to the rules? it is easy to get holdj of test. whether those tests that i had to do on a daly basis comply with what the uk government requires, we will have to wait and see. is it going to put people off? almost certainly no. this country has been shut down from the rest of the world and for the wealthier people who want to get out, they will do almost anything they can to

get on a plane and come here. of course they are going to have to prove they don't have covid, but there is a desperation to be free from the strictures of the covert restrictions that china has been placed under, for what is almost three years now. the 5th of january, thatis three years now. the 5th of january, that is before china is due to lift restrictions on generally the eighth. 50 restrictions on generally the eiuhth. , . . ., eighth. so timing is crucial there. thank yon _ a us 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. earlier 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 part of the sea 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, 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. 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. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson has sent this report from sao paulo. brazil's most famous landmark, paying tribute to brazil's most famous name. at santos, the club where perley played for so many years, brazilians came to mark his passing. the whole nation is in mourning for a man who defined the beautiful game. pele made it against the odds, in an often racist and classis country, his poor black and talented footballer was a success story from the beginning. he stayed true to his brazilian roots but had fans the world over. he transcended his sort. fans the world over. he transcended his sport- the _ fans the world over. he transcended his sport. the man _ fans the world over. he transcended his sport. the man on _ fans the world over. he transcended his sport. the man on the _ fans the world over. he transcended his sport. the man on the pitch, - fans the world over. he transcended his sport. the man on the pitch, thej

his sport. the man on the pitch, the man off the pitch, the dignity and grace that he seemed to exude for the people around him. i don't think they make them like that any more. those qualities were remembered at sao paulo's museum of football today, the exhibition 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 of all ages who came to pay their respects. translation: for us he is a national symbol who turned into an international symbol. he 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 our king, who sadly left us. i don't think pele has died. pele and his legacy will be eternal. the football he achieved in his era, imagine what he could have done with today's technology.— today's technology. brazilians are alwa s today's technology. brazilians are always keen _ today's technology. brazilians are

always keen for _ today's technology. brazilians are always keen for a _ today's technology. brazilians are always keen for a photo - today's technology. brazilians are i always keen for a photo opportunity. today of all days was one to remember. it has been a day of reflection here in brazil. i think this headline sums it up. pele died, if indeed pele can die. his influence will remain for generations to come. preparations are under way at his club in santos, where a public wake will be held from monday. big crowds are expected. brazilians want to remember their beloved king. 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. officers 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 now with all the sports news.

the premier league has come together on friday night to remember the brazilian great pele — who died on thursday at the age of 82. ahead of all fixtures across the weekend, a minute's applause will be held with players and officials wearing black armbands in memory of one of the greatest footballers of all time. friday's matches at anfield in liverpool and west ham's london stadium both paid tribute to pele, as did matches in spain's la liga. he was always a humble person, without arrogance. he was, with maradona, one of the best players in the world. , , . ., ., , maradona, one of the best players in the world. ,, . ., ., the world. huge respect for him as a -la er, the world. huge respect for him as a player. and — the world. huge respect for him as a player. and as _ the world. huge respect for him as a player. and as a _ the world. huge respect for him as a player, and as a person, _ the world. huge respect for him as a player, and as a person, as - the world. huge respect for him as a player, and as a person, as all- the world. huge respect for him as a player, and as a person, as all the l player, and as a person, as all the responses — player, and as a person, as all the responses since yesterday have shown — responses since yesterday have shown. he was a great man as well as a great _ shown. he was a great man as well as a great player, an incredible icon. it is a great player, an incredible icon. it is a _ a great player, an incredible icon. it is a sad — a great player, an incredible icon. it is a sad day for football. we

marketers he deserves calling the best even — marketers he deserves calling the best ever. some of the others go on a different_ best ever. some of the others go on a different direction. what best ever. some of the others go on a different direction.— a different direction. what he has done for football, _ a different direction. what he has done for football, is _ a different direction. what he has done for football, is there - a different direction. what he has done for football, is there and - done for football, is there and always will remain. as for the football — two premier league west ham versus brentford kicked off half an hour ago... ivan toney poking the visitors ahead at the london stadium. at anfield — liverpool are chasing a fourth straight league win dating back to before the world cup. they're taking on leicester. less than 20 minutes gone there — kieran dewsbury hall putting leicester in front. in spain's primera division, real madrid can go top — for 2h hours at least. they're away at real valladolid knowing a win will put them ahead of barcelona — who play on saturday.

earlier, getafe beat mallorca 2—0, other games, cadiz1 almiera 1. struggling sevilla came from behind to earn a point at celta vigo. in other news, india wicketkeeper rishabh pant remains in hospital after being involved in a car crash in uttara—khand in the north of the country. pant suffered multiples injuries to his back, knee, ankle, wrist and face after his car flipped and caught fire. police say he'd "dozed off". he's said to be in a stable condition with reports the cricketer returned a normal mri scan on his brain and back. on the field, pakistan and new zealand shared a tense draw in the first test in karachi, after an unusual declaration by pakistan skipper babar azam. he decided to set new zealand 138 to win in the final hour — despite seemingly having little chance of the 10 wickets needed to win. new zealand were up with the run rate before bad light brought a premature end to proceedings. the second and final decisive test starts on monday. you're up to date. more from us a little later on.

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 i 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. 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. both andrew and his brother tristan tate have now been remanded in custody for 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 he and 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 to have set up an 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 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 an 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 uncomplicated 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 spreading. an influencer whose influence shows no sign of waning. it's taken them more than 20 years to build — now a group of volunteers in east lothian are hoping they'll

soon be able to see the world war one plane they have built from scratch take to the air. it's a biplane called a sopwith strutter and at the moment there are only two in the world that are currently airworthy. our scotland correspondent 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 passed away and in the interim who were, j 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 worl — 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, i 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. and just a reminder of that news we bought you a short time ago

that the uk said on friday that passengers arriving to england from china from 5th january will need to show a negative covid—19 pre—departure test, taken no more than two days prior to departure, according to a statement. it isa it is a precautionary measure due to a lack of comprehensive shared information from china. there is no data to suggest a previously unknown harmful variant circulating. these new measures would help to detect them if they did arise. $1150 new measures would help to detect them if they did arise.— them if they did arise. also an interesting — them if they did arise. also an interesting line _ them if they did arise. also an interesting line from - them if they did arise. also an interesting line from the - them if they did arise. also an l interesting line from the health security agency, which says that there will be surveillance from january the 8th, which will see a sample of passengers arriving in england from mainland china, tested for covert at the point of their arrival. temporary measures they may

be, but the ukjoining a number of other countries in tightening up conditions on chinese entry into the country. that is 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 wintriness, 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, drier 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 the uk and france havejoined a growing list of countries imposing new restrictions on arrivals from china, in response to a surge in covid infections. six years of donald trump's tax returns that he'd refused to make public have been released in the us. they confirm that the former president paid no tax in 2020. controversial online influencer andrew tate is remanded in custody in romania, as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation.