this is bbc news, i'm vishala sri—pathma. the headlines: 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. it has been a bad year for billionaires. their fortunes have gone down by more than $1 trillion. we'll look at who has 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.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. 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's a really big surge in infections. and what people are concerned about is that 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've 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. dr genie marrazzo is the director of infectious diseases at the university of alabama at birmingham. i asked her if the new

measures were justified. it's a great question, and part of the reason to ask it is the different approaches that are emerging 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 don't know what is going on in china. there have been anecdotal reports of extreme icu or intensive care 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 variants. 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 import it. that's irrelevant. we all have covid in all of these countries right now. and the other reason is to avoid importation of a new and concerning variant, and we really don't know if that is a risk given the lack of data. yes, and it is interesting because you mentioned there about the lack of transparency. for lots of people and lots of countries and authorities, the end of this policy of zero covid in china sort of caught them by surprise. i mean, was there perhaps a better way of handling that? lots of experts have pointed to that. yeah, it's a great question. i think that if you look at what has worked in other with great strategic implementation, ie 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'll come back to that because china has a real problem with that for two reasons. sinovac, which is their vaccine, is really not as effective as their mrna vaccines, especially in the elderly. so you've got a very big, vulnerable population to this new wave of infections. and people are very nervous that 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. let's get some of the day's other news: south korea's military say north korea has fired three short—range ballistic missiles towards the sea to the east this latest volley comes just days after the north flew drones into south korea's airspace. pyongyang has launched more missiles this year than ever before. police in the us state of idaho have arrested a 28—year—old man in connection with the murder of four university students last month.

they say the suspect is a criminology graduate studying at washington state university. he was arrested in pennsylvania. a mass has been held in rome for the former pope benedict xvi. the vatican says the condition of the former pontiff, who is 95, is stable, and he took part in a mass in his room. more than 30 other flood warnings are in force throughout scotland, with the wet weather causing motorway closures and disruption to rail travel. a severe flood warning, meaning there is a risk to life, has been issued on the river nith in dumfries following torrential rain. 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 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 most likely will have. provocative and condemned for extreme misogyny, andrew tate regularly shows off his supposedly luxurious lifestyle online, and seems to relish causing offence. well, 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 that 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. so how did 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? campaigners against digital hate speech say he is adept at spreading hate content online. he has created highly controversial content, cultivated a group of followers, but 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 certainly 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. and he did that in a very, 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. tate is banned from most social media platforms, but that hasn't stopped his views spreading — an influencer whose influence shows no sign of waning. donald trump's tax returns covering a six—year period have been released in the us. he had battled for years to keep the documents secret, claiming their publication would affect investigations into him. they show that, for two of the years covered, mrtrump paidjust $1,500 in federal income tax. here is the statement mr trump released earlier. 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 bruce fein, who is a constitutional lawyer and a former associate deputy attorney general under president ronald reagan. thank you forjoining us. firstly, your reaction to the release of these documents and what's in it?— what's in it? first of all, mr trump's — what's in it? first of all, mr trump's statement - what's in it? first of all, mr trump's statement is - what's in it? first of all, mr - trump's statement is facetious. every president except himself has had their tax returns publicised. it's been voluntary, not compelled, under a century old statute. and i was in washington when president richard nixon's tax returns were released. he had to pay hundreds of thousands of extra dollars and had been audited, actually, by thejoint committee on internal revenue rather than the irs in order to ensure neutrality. we don't know for certain, because the documentation that should support the entries and the tax

have not been completely evaluated. part of that is because, although there are 400 some entities that poured revenues and losses into the tax returns, there was only one irs agent assigned to investigate. and moreover, it was two years late in starting, which also looks suspicious. moreover, two things: we had one of two entities that was convicted of fraud with regard to the books only a few weeks ago. so if we look at the circumstantial evidence, and the pattern and practice of mr trump to be deceptive with regard to finances, it looks like when there is greater examination — and as we speak now, the irs is looking at the tax returns with greater intensity — i think it will either be petty larceny or grand larceny. but there is

clearly going to be wrongdoing shown, in myjudgement. find clearly going to be wrongdoing shown, in myjudgement. shown, in my 'udgement. and he is sort of shown, in myjudgement. and he is sort of obviously _ shown, in myjudgement. and he is sort of obviously entitled - is sort of obviously entitled to not submit these returns, and he has done so after some resistance. and actually, a lot of the sort of lines that are coming out, they have sort of alluded to previously by various reports at this sort of idea that he hadn't paid huge amounts of tax through various years in the years that were covered. do you think that this will sway the republican base? because lots of people do like mr trump. because lots of people do like mrtrump. he has because lots of people do like mr trump. he has a strong support base. will this impact them? i support base. will this impact them? ~ . , them? i think that the trump suworters — them? i think that the trump suworters who _ them? i think that the trump supporters who have - them? i think that the trump l supporters who have so-called supporters who have so—called drank the kool—aid, this may well reinvigorate their support, because they will believe the lie that this disclosure is somehow unique, that other presidents have been able and have concealed their

tax returns — even though anybody who studies the issue for a very brief period knows that's not true. 0ther presidents, including mr biden, their tax returns are in the public domain. i think the fact that with inflation and the financial stringency is becoming greater in the united states, as they are in great britain, with inflation surges and some of the dislocations caused by the war in ukraine, the fact that somebody whose wealth according to himself runs into the billions of dollars is paying zero income tax, $750, far less than they are will cause some, i don't know exactly what magnitude, will peel away from trump. and he will look like it is a fraud to suggest that he is aligning himself with the common us citizen. �* , , , ., citizen. and 'ust briefly, what does this citizen. and just briefly, what does this actually _ citizen. and just briefly, what does this actually mean - citizen. and just briefly, what does this actually mean in - does this actually mean in practice, do you think, now that these documents are being

released? will anything come of it? ~ , ., , it? well, my own view is that -- _ it? well, my own view is that- -- i _ it? well, my own view is that... i believe - it? well, my own view is that... i believe that - it? well, my own view is that... i believe that the j it? well, my own view is - that... i believe that the irs will assign more agents. they will be more focus on the tax returns and scrutinising whether the supporting documents justify the entries — that mr trump will end up having to pay substantially more than what he did. i don't think, right now... it may be criminal. the other point i would like to make is that the senate remains in democratic hands. so what is likely also happen is that the senate finance committee will kick up from the house ways and means committee and continue to hold hearings. everybody is fascinated about the tax returns of the superrich, and mr trump falls into that category. i mr trump falls into that category-— mr trump falls into that cateuo . . , , , category. i am sure this is something _ category. i am sure this is something we _ category. i am sure this is something we will- category. i am sure this is something we will be - category. i am sure this is i something we will be talking about for quite some time. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news. still to come:

brazil lights up in honour of pele, the first of three days of mourning for the footballing legend. the most ambitious financial and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're gonna use money we picked up in belgium today and then, we'll be in france, and again, it'll be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. crowd yelling. george harrison, i the former beatle, is recovering in hospital. after being stabbed at his oxfordshire home. by police on suspicionj of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. big ben bongs

this is bbc news. the latest 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. as the year draws to an end, spare a thought for the world's 500 richest people who have lost almost $1.4 trillion this year — that's according to the bloomberg billionaires�* index — and it suggests the biggest losers included the tech entrepreneurs and russian oligarchs. our reporter emily brown has

been looking through the figures. emily, what are the headlines? $1.4 trillion is clearly a staggering amount. we've been taking a look at some of the names on the list. starting with elon musk, who has lost his title as the world's richest man. and this is after the values in shares of his company tesla fell, and also impacted by some concerns about changes to twitter after, of course, he took over the social media company back in october. and it means that this year, he has lost hundred and $32 billion. ,, . . . has lost hundred and $32 billion. ,, ., . ., ., billion. small change to him, probably- _ billion. small change to him, probably- is _ billion. small change to him, probably. is now _ billion. small change to him, probably. is now worth - billion. small change to him, probably. is now worth $138| probably. is now worth $138 billion so _ probably. is now worth $138 billion so still— probably. is now worth $138 billion so still a _ probably. is now worth $138 billion so still a lot - probably. is now worth $138 billion so still a lot of - probably. is now worth $138| billion so still a lot of money and to put it into context, it buy you about 1000 boeing commercial planes, which is pretty impressive. and it means that this guy is now the

richest person in the world. bernard arnault. he is a french businessman and he is the luxury brand owner of louis vuitton and sephora and he is now worth $165 billion. moving on to mark zuckerberg, his fortune declined $45.6 billion. it means that he is now ranked in 20 fifth place on the billionaires index. if you cast your mind back to 2018, you will remember that amazon founderjeff bezos was announced as the world's richest man. unfortunately, he is now ranked in sixth. he is now worth $107 billion. taking a bit of a hammering, - now worth $107 billion. taking a bit of a hammering, these . a bit of a hammering, these tech entrepreneurs. what about russians? the oligarchs have taken a hit in terms of sanctions, haven't they? yes, russian oligarchs _ sanctions, haven't they? yes, russian oligarchs were - sanctions, haven't they? yes, russian oligarchs were faced l with strict sanctions from western nations over the war in ukraine. looking at abramovich

firstly, he is of course the former owner of football club chelsea. he was forced to sell the club, this is after he was faced with uk government sanctions. also the fortune of gennady timchenko, a billionaire energy investor and also close friend of vladimir putin. he is now worth $11.8 billion. ~ �* , putin. he is now worth $11.8 billion. ~ ~ , putin. he is now worth $11.8 billion. ~ , ., billion. well, 0k. any sort of winners out _ billion. well, 0k. any sort of winners out of _ billion. well, 0k. any sort of winners out of this? - billion. well, 0k. any sort of winners out of this? there i billion. well, 0k. any sort of. winners out of this? there have been some- _ winners out of this? there have been some. gautam _ winners out of this? there have been some. gautam adani - winners out of this? there have been some. gautam adani is i winners out of this? there havej been some. gautam adani is an indian billionaire, he is now the third richest man in the world. he is the chairman of the adani group which has interests in ports and power generation and green energy. it's been a pretty good year for him, seeing a rise of over $44 billion. for him, seeing a rise of over w. billion.— $44 billion. great, good luck to him! 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. earlier, i spoke tojonathan clegg, co—author of the book messi versus ronaldo. i began by asking him whether he was shocked by this transfer. well, i don't think today's news has taken many people by surprise just because this move to al—nassr has been sort of 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've seen coming, you know, 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 but he 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. and, you know, but back then,

he was off a season where he'd scored 23 goals for manchester united, so still seemed 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. there is this trend that we've seen in terms of these sort of top footballers that play at that level, they don't really go quietly into the night, do they? they do tend to sort of — tend to go to these countries where they're happy to pay them lots of money and play sort of low—level profile football for a few years. yeah, that's right. i think, you know, it's hard for many of these guys to sort of map out what the final chapters of their careers will be. you know, for a long time, cristiano ronaldo has seemed sort of caught between wanting to play 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, you know, salary demands and, you know, in the end, it looks as though the latter of those two concerns has won out. as i say, cristiano ronaldo and his agentjorge mendes spent many, many months trying to find him a team in europe and, you know, weren't able to do so. three days of national mourning have been declared in brazil following the death of the football legend pele, who's died at the age of 82. he was 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. 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 anymore. 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 read more about pele on our website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcvishalasp. i'm also on instagram. we will

be back a little bit later on. thanks for watching. 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. 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

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,