this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. donald trump's tax returns while he was president are released by the democrats — showing he paid zero during his last year in the white house. although these tax returns contained relatively little information the radical democrats behaviour is a shame upon the us congress. i'll ask a former republican congressional staffer what — if anything — these revelations could mean for donald trump as he tries to win back the white house. also ahead... the ukjoins a growing list of countries imposing new covid restrictions on arrivals from china. controversial online influencer andrew tate is remanded in custody in romania, as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape.

and brazil lights up in honour of pele on the first of three days of national mourning for the footballing legend. it's been a day of reflection here in brazil and i think this headline sums it up, pele died, if indeed pele can die. because his influence here in brazil will remain for generations to come. 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 newly released documents include tax returns and related documents for donald trump, the donald] trump revocable trust and seven corporate entities, but that represents only a fraction of the more than 400 businesses in which mr trump

has an interest. this is what the tax returns which have been made public show. they cover personal and business federal returns over six years — from 2015 to 2020 in 2015 - the adjusted gross income reports a loss — which experts say is due to losses carried forwards from previous years. he paid just under 642,000 dollars in taxes. in 2016 — when he was campaigning for the white house — and in 2017, the first year of his presidency — he paid just 750 dollars in taxes in both years. in 2018, the tax payment was just under a million dollars. but that fell sharply in 2019 — to a hundred and 33 thousand dollars. and in the last year of his presidency — mr trump paid a net zero in federal taxes. none of this suggests any wrondoing — and us accountancy rules can be very complex. it is a matter of choice for a president if they want to make their tax records

public — althouth mr trump was the first person elected to the white house not to do so for nearly five decades. here's the statement mr trump released a few hours ago. 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. let's now speak to rina shah, a geopolitical risk adviser and a former senior aide to two republican members of congress. she joins us now live from washington dc. thank you very much for coming on the programme. you have seen these tax returns with you make of them? it these tax returns with you make of them? ., , , ., of them? it has been quite a da in of them? it has been quite a day in washington _ of them? it has been quite a day in washington and - of them? it has been quite a day in washington and even | of them? it has been quite a | day in washington and even if you spent all day pouring through the information that was released by this committee of trump�*s tax returns in the records that tell us about his financial situation from 2015

to 2021 we learned quite a bit, but again it is a lot more to pour over" through so it will be a while until we could really draw some better conclusions but there are some standout details. 0ne being that he promised to donate his presidential salary, yet he gave no charitable comp attributions in the year 2020 and another big one that stuck out to me is that he had a bank account in china while he was the occupying the white house. so expect more of these revelations to come out as these records are analysed. really interesting and interested couple of details that you picked out. the headline of course that most people will respond to is the idea that he did not pay any federal taxes in one year and very little the others. what you think that tells us in what do you think the impact will be? i do you think the impact will be? ., , do you think the impact will be? . , . ~' do you think the impact will be? . , ., ~ ., ., be? i have been talking to a number of _ be? i have been talking to a number of republicans - be? i have been talking to a| number of republicans today those who still support president trump today and some

who did not want to see him be the party nominee in 22 a for it despite him already announcing his campaign. so it is a bit of a mixed bag but how much this will really matter? do people really care that he did not pay his taxes in the people that they are about is a republican base. but i'm hearing today in conversations is something that i expected. is that he is a job creator, of course he is going to use loopholes in our tax code to avoid paying too much money is that he can pertain some of his wealth and grow it and said that he can continue creating jobs. that is a large narrative that i think republicans but still support trump continue to press on, that he is a job creator in nvidia and therefore does not need to pay this large chair and took vantage of our system to his benefit to therefore benefit the public somehow. therefore benefit the public somehow— therefore benefit the public somehow. ,, ., ., , therefore benefit the public somehow. ,, ., ., .,~ , ., somehow. should lawmakers do more to actually _ somehow. should lawmakers do more to actually try _ somehow. should lawmakers do

more to actually try and - somehow. should lawmakers do more to actually try and close i more to actually try and close any loopholes, that is a strongly loaded word, methods that people use we interviewed justin a couple of hours ago a congressman who said we need to do a betterjob as lawmakers. president trump when he was running in 2016 famously talked about how our tax code is to come get it here in the us and that he wanted to simplify its that he wanted to simplify its that americans could file their taxes on something the size of a postcard. that never got done, and his term in the white house. it is quite funny that you are coming to this moment that relay, so much ask him, it seems that that really promulgated tax code benefited you and helped you enrich yourself and your family and yourself and your family and your many business interests. i think in general, there is a sense here that this also hits on something that i have seen over the years a growing chorus of younger conservatives,

members of the republican party who are frustrated about freely wealthy americans not paying enough. that is funny because it is a notion that has been held by the left for a long time but again i am hearing it in younger republican circles. that supposed billionaires and those that actually prove that their billionaires on paper should be paying a greater sum and if you look at what these records show, president trump probably should have paid more but again took advantage of what we have on the books here. interesting stuff thank you very much for picking on some of the details they and great to have you on. passengers arriving in england from china will have to provide a negative covid test before they board a flight to the country. china's due to fully reopen its borders next week for the first time in almost three years. but a number of countries, including the united states, india, france, spain and italy have now said passengers arriving from china will need a negative covid test before they travel. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports a flight touching

down this evening at heathrow from qingdao. from thursday, anyone travelling to england from mainland china will have to show a negative covid test to fly. from a week on sunday, a sample of passengers at heathrow will also be tested on arrival. the government says it is a precaution, due to a lack of comprehensive information from the chinese government. the country has seen a surge of coronavirus, which analysts claim is being underreported. the reason there are millions of cases of coronavirus infection happening is because the population there are either unvaccinated or under vaccinated, using chinese vaccines that don't work as well as the mrna vaccines that we've been using in western countries. and the consequence is that there is a really big surge in infections, and what people are concerned about is, among those new infections, there may be new variants of the virus. it is not thought that any new variants of coronavirus are circulating in china.

yesterday, ministers here said that meant they had no plans to introduce testing. some had urged the government to consider it, and are pleased at the change of heart. the approach we have taken on board does make it clear to chinese authorities that, given their lack of transparency on their data, we will have to put in measures. and it does do some improvement on protecting the nhs. so, it is not the full measure, but i think it's pragmatic and a sensible first step. the changes will bring england in line with the united states. france has tonight too said it will bring in mandatory testing. italy, india and japan are among other countries which have already done so. the uk government says it will review the temporary measures if china improves on its transparency and information sharing. the travel restrictions come as a report from 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 says the two hospitals are dealing with up to 15 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. 0ur correspondent robin brant says western governments are often sceptical about chinese figures. they are insisting on the government side and the health advisor side, that it is temporary and precautionary. there will be discussions with the chinese, if they decide to change tack and share more, if, the government will change its position. the concern about new variants, although there are many who believe that the wave we have seen going through the chinese mainland at the moment, we have already seen in this country and other parts of europe. it has been far more

devastating because of the lower vaccination rates and there is no herd immunity in china. this is precautionary, it is temporary. the big problem is that there are many western governments who don't believe china has ever really shed as much information about covid, and questions about the figures. there are questions about economic figures. we always start those conversations by saying there is deep scepticism about official government figures, and that applies here. south korea's military say north korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea to the east of the korean peninsula. japan's coastguard said another missile had fallen earlier on saturday, also into the sea. this latest missile launch comes five days after north korea flew drones into south korea's airspace, for the first time since 2017. the controversial social media figure, andrew tate, has appeared in court in romania as part of an investigation into sex trafficking and rape.

both he and his brother, tristan tate, have now been remanded in custody for 30 days. 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. 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 more disgusting 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? camapigners against hate digital speeech say he is adept at manipulating the way content spreads 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 to 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 liked to 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. 0ur central europe correspondent nick thorpe is in west hungary — he gave us the latest from that court appearance in neighbouring romania. in the court case, rather the hearing, in bucharest criminal court, that hearing lasted nine hours. we heard arguments from the prosecutors to the judges, arguing that the two brothers and their two romanian co—defendants, should be remanded in custody in due course thejudges, just in the last hour or so,

decided they would accept the prosecutors' argument and the two tate brothers have been remanded in custody for 30 days. their lawyer has said they will appeal against that he is planning to lodge an appeal next week. just remind us who this person is. andrew tate has been living in romania off and on for the last five years. in 2017 he bought the house on the northern outskirts of bucharest. he is not so well—known as a celebrity in romania. he is obviously much better known around the world because of his comments on violence and since his detention there has been no comment or no access to him, but through his lawyers, his lawyer told the bbc today that he and his brother deny all the charges. they said, the lawyer said on their behalf, that they were disappointed by the judges�* decision to remand them in custody

and said they had not made any financial gain, which is, of course, one of the main charges against them from the exploitation of the six women who the police say are involved in this case. 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 28—year—old man, bryan christopher kohberger, was taken into custody in pennsylvania. police did not disclose any motive, and described it as a "complex case". here's the county prosecutor, bill thompson. a criminal complaint was filed yesterday here in latah county. charging the defendant, mr kohberger with four counts of first—degree murder

in addition to felony burglary, which involves entering the residence with the intent to commit the crime of murder. 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. katy watson reports. brazil's most famous landmark, paying tribute to brazil's most famous name. at santos, the club where pele 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 classist country, this poor black and talented footballer was a success story from the beginning. a player who stayed true to his brazilian roots but had fans the world over. he transcended 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. truly a great. 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. brazilians are 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. the top flight saudi football club, al—nassr, has announced that it has signed the portuguese striker and national team captain cristiano ronaldo for two seasons. a tweet by the club described the signing as "history in the making", and one that would inspire saudi football. widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, ronaldo has won five ballon d'or awards. the 37 year old's

contract with the english club manchester united was terminated last month after he criticised its management in a television interview. saudi media reports say ronaldo is likely to be paid over 200 million dollars a year. sporting personalities and those involved in the war in ukraine, are among those awarded in the new year's honours list, which was published earlier this evening. lizo mzimba reports. brian may, on top of the palace and now feeling on top of the world — the guitarist and animal welfare campaigner knighted not just for services to music but for his charity work too. i do feel that this is notjust a kind of reward or a gong, this is a kind of licence and a kind of commission to carry on doing what i'm doing. and it gives me a bit more power to my elbow, so i'm very happy about that. a fellow campaigner, virginia mckenna, becomes a dame for her work with wildlife — work that was ignited when she appeared in the film born free. and artist grayson perry says he's surprised

and humbled to be knighted. other well—known figures honoured include anne diamond, whose long standing campaign to help prevent cot death is thought to have saved the lives of thousands of babies. she becomes an 0be, as do actors stephen graham and david harewood and illustrator david sutherland, who's drawn some of the beano's best known characters for 60 years. becoming mbes, countdown star and campaigner rachel riley, for her work on holocaust education, lissie harper — widow of pc andrew harper — for her campaign to bring in automatic life sentences for anyone killing an emergency worker while committing a crime, and comedian, actor and presenter frank skinner for services to the entertainment industry... ..while janet kay, known as the queen of lover's rock, says she's deeply honoured to be made an mbe.

# to play your silly games... # her single silly games was one of the defining l songs of the 1970s. most people being honoured never expected to be in the public eye — people like louenna hood, a nanny who organised supplies and raised tens of thousands of pounds for people fleeing ukraine. she receives a british empire medal. how does it feel to be honoured like this? i mean, it'sjust absolutely amazing. and i think, because we've had a bit of a gap and i'm able to look back and reminisce, it is incredible what you can do in such a short amount of time. i think if i'd planned it, it would never have happened, but we just... we just went with it and, yeah, it was amazing. just one of the many being recognised for making a difference to others. lizo mzimba, bbc news. 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. 0ur 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 were passed away and in the interim who were, again, really dedicated - chaps and we always keep them in mind. i 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 — 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. congratulations to them and we will be back to cover that story if and when it does get up story if and when it does get up into the skies.— up into the skies. that is it for me plenty _ up into the skies. that is it for me plenty more - up into the skies. that is it for me plenty more online| up into the skies. that is it - for me plenty more online and if you are there you can get me

on social media. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ l vaughanjones. this is bbc news bye—bye. hello again. we've got some big weather contrasts around on saturday, which, of course, is new year's eve. now, for england and wales, it's going to be a mild day, but there'll be some heavy rain around. colder air across northern areas, and in scotland, that will bring some snow. so very different air masses across the country at the moment. strong south—westerly winds bringing the mild air across england and wales, but the colder air in scotland will continue to bring some snow showers in here. so, weather—wise, next few hours, risk of some icy stretches in scotland. could see a few centimetres of snow building in over the hills here in places. further southwards, we've got this area of rain around across england and wales. but look at these temperatures as we head into the early morning on new year's eve — 10, 11, 12 celsius.

very, very mild indeed. and through the rest of saturday, it's going to stay mild across england and wales. there will be more rain coming and going. now, the groun�*s saturated across the south of england and wales, and this rain could actually lead to some areas of localised surface water flooding. very mild, 12 to 1a degrees in places through the afternoon. but the colder air in scotland, where there will be some places that struggle to see temperatures much above freezing. now, running closer to those new year celebrations, midnight — hogmanay, of course — we've got this area of rain extending across northern ireland, northern england, showers following to the south, where it stays quite breezy and mild. now, as this rain band starts to move into the colder air in scotland, we might actually start to see it turn to snow. there is quite a bit of uncertainty about this one, but we could see some heavy snow notjust affecting some of the hillier areas, but maybe also getting down to some lower levels. as i say, there is a degree of uncertainty in that kind of forecast, but stay in touch with the weather if you live in scotland and you're worried about those snowy conditions

heading into new year's day. new year's day itself, it stays quite cold in scotland. any snow will slowly begin to fizzle in intensity. further southwards, we've got the mild air with us again. still a few showers around, but those temperatures, 12, 13 celsius. that's still around 5 celsius above the december average. now, beyond that, generally, those south—westerly winds will continue to blow across much of the uk well into the start of the new year. so it's going to be quite cloudy at times with outbreaks of rain. quite breezy but, on the whole, staying on the mild side. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: 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. the uk hasjoined a growing list of countries imposing new covid restrictions on arrivals from china, in response to a surge in infections. england will require a negative pre—departure test from next week. the controversial online influencer andrew tate has been remanded into custody for 30 days in romania, along with his brother. the pair were arrested on thursday as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape. cristiano ronaldo has signed to play for the saudi arabian side al nassr. it's thought his contract is worth $200 million a year, making it the biggest ever signed by a footballer.