this is bbc news. i'm vishala sri—pathma. our top stories: the ukjoins a growing list of countries imposing new covid restrictions on people arriving from china. barbara walters, the american journalist who led the way for women to present major network tv news programmes, has died aged 93. the controversial online influencer andrew tate is remanded in custody in romania as part of an investigation into allegations of human trafficking and rape. six years of tax returns which donald trump refused to make public have been released in the us, showing he paid nothing during his last year in the white house. 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 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. 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 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. 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 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. donald trump's tax returns, covering a six—year period, have been released in the us. he'd 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's the statement mr trump released earlier. 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 $750in taxes. in 2018, the tax payment was just under $1 million. but that fell sharply in 2019 to 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. 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, whose fortune declined $a5.6 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. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: brazil lights up in honour of pele on the first of three days of national 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. a 33—year—old man from liverpool- is being interviewed by police on suspicion - of attempted murder.

i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. big ben bongs this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the uk hasjoined a growing list of countries in imposing new covid restrictions on travellers from china. some news breaking in the past hour — the veteran american journalist barbara walters has died at the age of 93. born in boston, massachusetts, she was the first female co—presenter of a major network tv news programme in the united states. in a career that spanned five

decades, walters won 12 emmy awards, 11 of those while working at abc news. tributes are already being paid to barbara walters on social media. the great basketball player kareem abduljabbar tweeted: the actress lynda carter, who was interviewed by barbara several times, said: and robin roberts, the presenter of one of the biggest us breakfast tv shows, good morning america, tweeted:

genie wolf is an entertainmentjournalist who knew barbara walters for many years she joins us now from los angeles. thank you forjoining us. clearly very sad news. barbara was well into her 90s, but a huge shock forjournalism across the world and in the of course. we all looked up to her, we all want to be some form of barbara walters, and yet we have to know that she trad a much harder road than the rest of us. she was smooth — she smoothed the road for women as interviewers, asjournalists. we all wanted to be her but we have to remember how hard they made it for her when she became anchor of the evening news. i was working for good morning, america, and i used to record in this recording studio in abc and there was a big picture of her and harry beeson. the day they took off the air i walked

into that recording studio and i saw the pictures off the wall and i thought, "there is the showbiz lesson." the male anchors did not like accepting her as a co— anchor. this was #metoo but in a professional way. they were not subtle about their criticism. what makes really was a trailblazer and that phrase is used a lot, in those tweets and tributes, we can see that she really sort of did pave the way at a time when females went on tv as much. is there a standout interview for you in her career? no, everyone is different. everyone remembers the monica maeland ski interview because it was over seven million viewers, the biggest interview at the time, in the middle of that scandal. they remember anwar sadat, they rememberjimmy carter, every

president including barack obama and including donald trump. you know, you have to remember, when you get to the point where people were imitating you on saturday night live, barbara continued to have a little speech defect, so on saturday night live they called a barbara wah wah. she was tough, unrelenting but she had a good sense of humour about us. she never backed off. people sat third two things they always would say that barbara would say, what tree would you want to be? she got made fun of that so she would stop so but then she would also make people cry but the main thing we have to remember is that she made powerful people accountable, she would ask the question over and over again. never had to be, ladylike, had to be smooth, had to be very

knowledgeable, and i remember when i interviewed her, the first time i had cards in my hand i said, good, i need my cards in my hand as well! she was a force to be reckoned with and thank you for sharing your memories. and thank you for sharing your memories-_ and thank you for sharing your memories. , ., ., ~' memories. there is no-one like ou, memories. there is no-one like you. thank— memories. there is no-one like you. thank yom _ genie wolf. 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 hasjust 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.

oh, 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 obe, 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? 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.

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. 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. 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 read more about the life of pele on the website or on the bbc news at one. in the

meantime, you can reach me on twitter or instagram. 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 11! 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 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. 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.