welcome to bbc news. i'm vishala sri—pathma. our top stories: 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'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.

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. 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. doctorjeanne 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 countries, sometimes by default and not even 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 bring you some breaking news now — the american journalist barbara walters has died. she was 93. born in boston, massachusetts, she was the first female co—presenter of a major network tv news programme in the us. her career spanned more than five decades and she interviewed almost every major world figure. barbara walters that died at the age of 92.

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 documents relate to 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 made public show. they cover personal and business federal returns over six years from 2015 to 2020. in 2015, the adjusted gross income reported a loss, which experts say was due to losses carried forward from previous years. he paid just under $610,000 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. bruce fein is a constitutional lawyer and a former associate deputy attorney—general under president ronald reagan. he gave me his reaction to the release of the documents. 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, 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. and he 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 have sort of been alluded to previously by various reports of 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. he has a strong support base. will this impact them? i think that for the trump 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 stringencies 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 have — 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. and just briefly, mr fein, what does this actually mean in practice, do you think, now that these documents are being released ? will anything come of it? well, my own view is that — i believe that the irs will assign more agents. there will be more focus on the tax returns and scrutinising whether the supporting documents justify the entries, but 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 to also happen is that the senate finance committee will pick up from the house ways and means committee and continue to hold hearings. everybody is fascinated about the tax returns of the super—rich, and mr trump falls into that category. 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 of the peninsula. 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's 95, is stable, and he took part in a mass in his room. heavy rain in scotland has caused widespread flooding and brought travel disruption. the river nith has burst its banks in the town of dumfries. a number of roads as well as rail services have been affected, including trains between edinburgh and glasgow. 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 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. and i say that female infidelity is more disgusting 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 an organised crime group. hello, hello. so how did tate, who calls himself the most famous man in the planet and has

had billions of views on social media, become so popular, mainly with with teenage boys? campaigners against digital hate speech say he is adept at spreading hate content online. and what he's done is he's 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's to hate tweet it or praise it and through that, he has built himself an enormous global brand. a global brand of huge influence. and earlier this year, tate did an interview at his romanian home with thejournalist hugo —— at his romanian home with the 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. katie razzall, bbc news. as the year draws to an end, spare a thought for the world's 500 richest people who have lost almost $1.1; trillion this year — that's according to the bloomberg billionaires�* index — and it suggests the biggest losers included the tech entrepreneurs and russian oligarchs. earlier, i had a chat with our reporter emily brown. what did this index tell us of all these rich people? well, $1.1; trillion is clearly a staggering amount. we've 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 this is after the values in shares of his company tesla fell, and this was 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 $132 billion. small change to him, probably. he's now worth $138 billion, so it's still a lot of money and to put that into context, it buys you about 1000 boeing commercial planes, which is pretty impressive. and it means that this guy is now the richest person in the world. this is bernard arnault. he is a french businessman and he is 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 25th place

on the billionaires�* index. and if you cast your mind back to 2018, you�*ll remember that amazon founderjeff bezos was announced as the world�*s richest man. well, unfortunately, he�*s now ranked in sixth place. he�*s now worth $107 billion. they�*ve all taken 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, that�*s right. russian oligarchs were faced with strict sanctions from western nations over the war in ukraine. looking at abramovich first of — who is, of course, the former owner of football club chelsea. he was forced to sell the club, and this is after he was faced with uk government sanctions. and also, the fortune of gennady timchenko, this is a billionaire energy investor and also close friend of vladimir putin.

he is now worth $11.8 billion. wow, 0k. any sort of winners out of this? yes, there have been some winners. gautam adani, who is an indian billionaire, is now the third richest man in the world. he�*s the chairman of the adani group, which has interests in ports and in power generation and green energy. and it�*s been a pretty good yearfor him — he�*s seen a rise of over $41; billion. the outgoing president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, has left the country bound for the united states. in a tearful speech, mr bolsonaro said he had "lost a battle but not the war" and would be back soon. his left wing rival, president—elect luiz inacio lula da silva, is due to take office on sunday. bolsonaro did not say where he was going but plain tracking data suggest he is heading for florida. ~ ., .,

—— plane—tracking. 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 the life of pele on our website or on the bbc news up. that�*s it for us for now. —— news

you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @bbcvishalasp. 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. 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 ground�*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 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 they confirm that the former president paid no tax in 2020. the american journalist barbara walters has died aged 93. during a career which spanned more than five decades, she became the first female

co—presenter of a major network tv news programme in the us.