this is bbc news. i'm vishala sri—pathma with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the ukjoins a growing list of countries imposing new covid restrictions on arrivals from china. the controversial online influencer andrew tate is remanded in custody in romania as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape. 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. cristiano ronaldo signs to play for the saudi arabian side al—nassr on a contract thought to be worth more than $200 million a year. king charles oversees his first uk new year's honours list. among those honoured, queen guitarist brian may

and the artist grayson perry. it's been a bad year for billionaires. their fortunes have gone down by more than $1 trillion. we'll look at who's become richer or poorer in 2022 and why. and brazil lights up in honour of pele on the first of three days of national mourning for the footballing legend. hello and welcome to the programme. the world health organization has called on china to share accurate data on coronavirus infections and deaths. it follows a sharp rise in cases, after beijing abandoned its zero—covid policy. on friday, the british government announced that all passengers travelling to england from mainland china will be required to produce a negative covid test before boarding their flight. a number of other countries —

including the united states, india, france, spain and italy — have already announced similar measures. our 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 under—reported. the reason there are millions of cases of coronavirus infection happening is because the population there are either unvaccinated or undervaccinated, 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. doctorjeanne marrazzo is the director of infectious diseases at the university of alabama at birmingham. shejoins us now. dr marrazzo, it is interesting because we don't have a lot of information from toner or data information from toner or data in terms of what is going on with disease and infection rates so do you feel that this is justified then? it isa it is a great question and the different approaches are merging right now, the european cdc is not in favour of the sanctions and you just mentioned several countries that are getting on board. i think a lot of the rationale has to do with the fact that we really do not know what is going on in china. they have been anecdotal reports of extreme icu or intensive

unit loads as well as use of emergency departments. for what we think is a really serious upswing in infections, but in the absence of very good reporting and transparency we just don't know. also, china has not really been submitting very many of its viruses for the genomic sequences that helps us define variance. so, while we say we don't think new variants are emerging from china, we really can't say that with great confidence so the two reasons to do this are to keep disease out and not imported. that is irrelevant. we all have covid in all of these countries right now and these countries right now and the other reason is to avoid importation of a new concerning variance and we really don't know if that is a risk given the lack of data.— know if that is a risk given the lack of data. yes, and it is interesting _ the lack of data. yes, and it is interesting because - the lack of data. yes, and it is interesting because you l is interesting because you mentioned that the lack of transparency. for lots of people and lots of countries and authorities the end of this policy of zero covid in china

caught them by surprise. i mean, was there perhaps a better way of handling that? lots of experts have pointed to that. is lots of experts have pointed to that. , ., ., lots of experts have pointed to that. , . ., , ., that. is a great question. i think that _ that. is a great question. i think that if _ that. is a great question. i think that if you _ that. is a great question. i think that if you look at. think that if you look at what has worked in other countries, sometimes by default, and not even with great strategic implementation, i.e. in the united states, what seems to have mitigated the ongoing devastation of what could be seen with this virus has been a step up in effective vaccination, and i will come back to that because china has a real problem with that for two reasons. their vaccine is really not as effective as their mrna vaccines especially in the elderly to have a very big, vulnerable population to this new wave of infections and people are very nervous and when you have this immunologically naive population, particularly older people who are more likely to get infected and get severe consequences, that you are going to see severe impact. so,

i think that is one of the big issues we are concerned about. the other thing we have access to in many countries includes effective treatment. so, we are now being very liberal in using drugs like paxlovid which really do prevent severe illness, particularly in vulnerable people. but is not the case so i think in my mind, what most people would have liked to see china do is to mmp liked to see china do is to ramp up on a more effective vaccination programme. they could have implemented a booster programme with an mri -- mrna booster programme with an mri —— mrna vaccine and make treatments more available rather than throwing caution to the wind and opening up dramatically.— the wind and opening up dramaticall . �* , t, ., dramatically. and, dr marrazzo, 'ust dramatically. and, dr marrazzo, just briefly. _ dramatically. and, dr marrazzo, just briefly. if — dramatically. and, dr marrazzo, just briefly, if people _ dramatically. and, dr marrazzo, just briefly, if people are - just briefly, if people are worried as they are hearing this news that potential new variants are emerging, what should they do and how should they react?— they react? so, if you have to to to they react? so, if you have to go to china — they react? so, if you have to go to china i _ they react? so, if you have to go to china i would _ they react? so, if you have to go to china i would say - they react? so, if you have to go to china i would say it - they react? so, if you have to go to china i would say it is i go to china i would say it is not of the table. just be sure

your vaccinations are up—to—date and you have the most recent balt, five boosters. use a mask, quite seriously in ridiculous crowded conventions and have paxlovid and have it with you in case you get infected. if you don't have to go and you are going for recreational reasons, personally i would wait until we know more. but i thank you so much. dr marrazzo from the university of alabama, thank you forjoining us. 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's been living for the past five 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. i say that female infidelity is worse than male infidelity and i think the world agrees with me. earlier today tate 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 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, mainly with with teenage boys? many say he is spreading this content online. he has created highly controversial content, 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 enormous global brand. a global brand of huge influence. earlier this year tate did an interview at his romanian home with times journalist 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 to them. 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. tate 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. six years of tax returns, which the former american president donald trump refused to make public, have been released by a us congressional committee. they show that mr trump paid very little in federal income taxes for two of the years covered. the documents relate to donald trump, the donaldj 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 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 was due to losses carried forwards from previous years. he paid just under $61t2,000 in taxes.

in 2016, when mr trump was campaigning for the white house, and again in 2017, the first year of his presidency, he paid just $750 in taxes. in 2018, the tax payment was just under $1 million. but that fell sharply in 2019 to $133,000. and in the last year of his presidency, mr trump paid a net zero in federal taxes. none of this suggests any wrongdoing, 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, although 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. former presidents trump there. as the year draws to an end — spare a thought for the world's 500 richest people — who have lost almost one point four trillion dollars this year. that's according to the bloomberg billionaires�* index, and it suggests the biggest losers included the tech entrepreneurs and russian oligarchs. 0ur reporter emily brown has been looking through the figures. emily, what are the headlines? what does it say? what does it tell us? " ., tell us? $1.4 trillion, it really is _ tell us? $1.4 trillion, it really is a _ tell us? $1.4 trillion, it really is a staggering i tell us? $1.4 trillion, it - really is a staggering amount and we have been taking a look at some of the names on that list, starting with elon musk who has lost his title as the world's richest man and that is after a fall in the values of tesla. this has also impacted after concerns about changes to twitter after he took the social media company in october and this year he has lost $132

billion and he is now worth $138 billion. so, it is still a lot of money, and to put that in some contacts, this is actually about 1000 commercial planes and that is what this money will get you and that means that the richest person is now this man. this is bernardo arnault and he owns louis baton and sephora and he is now both $165 billion. if you think of mark zuckerberg whose name rings a bell, and has been on the list for some time, his fortune plunged as the value of facebook did and he is now 29 of the list. if you cast your mind back to 2018 whenjeff bezos was the founder

of amazon and he was announced as the world's richest man, well, times have changed for him. he is now sixth place as he has lost 85.2 billion dollars. volatile time across the market _ dollars. volatile time across the market for _ dollars. volatile time across the market for all, - particularly those attack companies we have seen and russian oligarchs have taken a hit with the sanctions imposed on them. what has happened to them? were faced with stricter sanctions. abramovich was among them, the former owner of chelsea. he was forced to sell the club when faced with sanctions from the uk government. also, the fortune of bennati timchenko, he is a energy investor, a friend of vladimir putin as well, and he has seen the loss of 48%, with 11.8 billion dollars. so they have taken a hit but also still

very rich. —— gennady timchenko. this person, galton adani, indian billionaire, we should have a picture of him but if not, still had an excellent year, the third richest man, $121 billion, —— gautam adani. he has interest imports and green energy and has seen a rise of $44 million. he has had a great year. not done too badly! thank you, emily. this is bbc news. a reminder of the headlines — the uk hasjoined a growing list of countries in imposing new covid restrictions on travellers from china. donald trump has criticised the release of his tax records from his time as president. they show he paid nothing during his last year in the white house. cristiano ronaldo has signed for the saudi arabian football club al—nassr for two seasons. the portuguese striker left manchester united after strongly criticising its manager, erik ten hag, in a television interview last month. al—nassr has described the signing in a tweet

as "history in the making". saudi media reports say ronaldo is likely to be paid over $200 million a year by the club. jonathan clegg is from the wall streetjournal and also co—author of the book messi versus ronaldo. thank you forjoining us. it's interesting, has this taken by people by surprise, do you think? ~ ., �* ~ think? well, i don't think toda 's think? well, i don't think today's news _ think? well, i don't think today's news has - think? well, i don't think today's news has taken l think? well, | don't think- today's news has taken many people by surprise because this move to al—nassr has been pretty widely telegraphed the last two or three weeks but certainly in the sort of grand scheme of cristiano ronaldo's career, i think this move is a huge surprise and not one that anyone would have seen coming six months ago. back in the summer, it became clear that cristiano ronaldo wanted to

leave manchester united and was looking to find a new team was very much focused back then on finding a club in the champions league where he could sort of bolster the numerous records he has in that competition. but back then, he was obviously in a season where he scored 23 goals for manchester united states all seem to be a force at the top level but this move in many ways marks the sort of end of cristiano ronaldo's career as a top level footballer playing in the most powerful leagues in europe. the most powerful leagues in euro e. , , europe. there is this trend we've seen _ europe. there is this trend we've seen in _ europe. there is this trend we've seen in terms - europe. there is this trend we've seen in terms of- europe. there is this trend we've seen in terms of the j europe. there is this trend - we've seen in terms of the sort of top footballers the claerbout level, i don't really go quietly into the night, do they? they tend to go to these countries where they play low level profile football for a few years. level profile football for a few years— level profile football for a few years. that's right. it's hard for many of _ few years. that's right. it's hard for many of these - few years. that's right. it's| hard for many of these guys few years. that's right. it's - hard for many of these guys to sort of map out what the final chapters of their careers will be. fora

chapters of their careers will be. for a long time, cristiano ronaldo has seemed sort of caught between wanting to play for a club that could challenge for a club that could challenge for the best, challenge for the top trophies and a sort of club that he felt was commensurate with his talent and finding a club that could pay him a salary that he felt commensurate with his salary demands. and in the end, it looks as though the latter of those two concerns has one out. as i say, cristiano ronaldo and his agent spent many, many months trying to find him a team in europe. and, you know, were not able to do so. i team in europe. and, you know, were not able to do so.— were not able to do so. i was watching _ were not able to do so. i was watching an interview the - watching an interview the other day with ronaldo and he was talking about lionel messi and how he thought he probably was the greatest player of all times are quite an admission from him. do you think he is resigned to that fact now and going away quietly? and what do you think will happen to messi now? what will happen to his career and what he will get up

to? ., career and what he will get up to? . . ~' to? yeah, i mean, i think even cristiano _ to? yeah, i mean, i think even cristiano ronaldo _ to? yeah, i mean, i think even cristiano ronaldo probably - cristiano ronaldo probably struggles to mount a very powerful argument about the ronaldo — messi debate after what has happened in the past two weeks which in itself is a really surprising development. as recently as the start of the world cup, i think he could have made a sort of reasonable argument for either one of those players is certainly the greatest of their generation. but i think what has happened over the last few weeks i certainly tilted the balance definitively in messi's direction. as for what messi will do next, you know, i think you left most of his sort of future planning on his career until after the world cup. he has been focused, ever since he left barcelona 18 months ago, very much against his will, almost laid off by barcelona because they were insomuch that they could no longer afford to keep him... they could no longer afford to keep him- - -— they could no longer afford to keep him... yet. very much focused _

keep him... yet. very much focused on _ keep him... yet. very much focused on getting - keep him... yet. very much focused on getting a - keep him... yet. very much focused on getting a club could get him into top shape which is paris saint—germain, he had a mixed season never came back firing on all cylinders and then let argentina to the world cup. then let argentina to the world cu -. �* then let argentina to the world cu i _ �* , ., cup. and he did so well there. jonathan. _ cup. and he did so well there. jonathan. sorry _ cup. and he did so well there. jonathan, sorry to _ cup. and he did so well there. jonathan, sorry to interrupt, l jonathan, sorry to interrupt, we are running out of time but to be interesting to talk to you about that and we will have to see what happens next in the world of ronaldo.— world of ronaldo. thank you, jonathan clegg. _ world of ronaldo. thank you, jonathan clegg. thank - world of ronaldo. thank you, jonathan clegg. thank you i the queen guitarist brian may and members of england's women's football team the lionesses are among those celebrated in the uk's new year's honours list, which has just been made public. 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 notjust 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. 0h, sweetie! 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 lovers 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 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? three days of national mourning have been declared in brazil following the death of the football legend pele. katy watson reports. brazil's most famous landmark, paying tribute to brazil's most famous name. and 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. commentator: pele! and number three! pele made it against the odds. in an often racist and classist country, this poor, black and exceptionally talented footballer was a success story right from the very beginning. a player who stayed true to his brazilian roots but who had fans the world over. he absolutely 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. and 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. who took our country to all corners of the world. we say he's our king.

brazil may not have a monarchy, but in football, we have our king, who sadly left us. translation: i don't think pele has died. l it's edson. pele and his legacy will be eternal. with the football he achieved in his era, imagine what he could've done with today's technology. brazilians, always keen for a photo opportunity. today, of all days, was one to remember. 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." 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. katy watson, bbc news, in sao paulo. you can reach me you can reach me on you can reach me on twitter. a

bit later on. thank you for watching. —— back a bit later on. 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 degrees 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 grounds 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 14 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 at 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 degrees 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: 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. six years of donald trump's tax returns that he had refused to make public have been released in the us. they confirm that the former president paid no tax in 2020. cristiano ronaldo has signed to play for the saudi arabian side al—nassr. it is thought his contract

is worth $200 million a year, making it the biggest ever signed by a footballer.