experience outstanding shopping and dining office. enjoy alice services. be our guest at frankfurt. i bought cd managed by from bought. ah ah, ah ah, this is d w. news coming to live from berlin. us all makers released donald trump's tax returns the documents give details of the former president's financial affairs . they fought for years to keep them secret, are watching to correspond, assesses how damaging the information could be. also coming up the world pays

tribute to the king of football. brazil declared 3 days of national mourning for its beloved superstar, a lake and china reopens its borders. after nearly 3 years of covered 19 travel restrictions, but other nations are keeping a wary eye on beijing's rising infection numbers. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. a u. s. house committee has released to 6 years of donald trump's tax returns, the former president paul for years to keep them secret. the democrat controlled house ways and means committee voted earlier to release trumps tax records from 2015 to $20.00. 20. they are likely to buy new revelations about his finances. trump was the 1st presidential candidate in decades who refused to release tax

records. republican service to take control of the house of representatives, dw correspondence stefan simons has more from washington. so steph, on what to these documents, tell us about donald trump. well, they tell us that he was pretty smart, a firm role, a counting himself poor, but telling the public that he is very rich. what do i mean by this? for example, in 2015 trump or carried forward a tax loss of $105000000.00 in $21673000000.00 in 201745 $1000000.00 and $21823000000.00. so this is all losses. he claimed he had in his tax returns so he can pay less texas and he was re carver and paying less taxes. for example, in 2017, he paid. guess what?

750 dollars, 750 dollars. tell this the average guy who has a tax rate of about 15 percent doesn't matter how much he earns those 60 percent. he pays and he is the president in 2017 average of about 4 percent of a tax rate here in 201-8198 paid $1100000.00 and shocker 202000 dollars paid in tax returns. so that's what it tells us so far there thousands of documents to go through. still i and i'm not the only one doing this. there's droves of people accountants, experts, journalists going through this now and we'll see what else they bring to light. how will all this affect trumps prospects of running for press it against epa? osgood crested its 1000000 dollar question and i have for the trouble of giving you a really easy or straight answer to this. this can harm him. of course,

if you remember, he has 4 investigations pending to federal, to state investigations, into his dealings the most important or most famous one. probably the marlo investigations of him taking classified documents to mar law. we're storing them than and obstructing justice. at least that's what he's accused of from that, see what those investigations will harbor and bring, but it can help in his public image. no, not really. however, having said this, he has a clientele, a clientele who is believer, those are true believers, they will follow him no matter what they will vote for him, no matter what. and they don't care about his trick. tax returns in any investigation than to the former president stone. thank you so much, sir. correspond stefan simons. there in washington. brazil has declared 3 days of national mourning for the football legend. paley,

the striker, the only player to win 3 world cups as died of cancer, aged $82.00. his coffin will lie at the stadium of his home town club santos before he's barry bailey rose to prominence as a teenager and achieved international fame. when he scored twice against sweden, in the 1958 world cup final won the competition again in 1962 and 970 or many in brazil and around the world. he was much more than a sportsman, sal paolo's, albert einstein, hospital where football legend paley passed away. his fans gathered outside to bid farewell and mourn the loss of the man brazilians called the king for samuel management, i came to pay my respects. my good bye, come on. in fact, the king never dies. for me. he did not die. i came to pay my respects somehow managing these people also came out to her bonnet caldera stadium home to pay lace

former football club santos, rio statue of christ. the redeemer was lit up in his honor and tributes were laid outside mira canal stadium. i mean, both of these are the, for me, soccer is in morning. we had our defeat, brazil lost the world cars, and we have the news of the death of our king and what to do. but life goes on. a very sad vitamin but pele was history. a legend thought on landon helen number 10 o is the football great, also inspired athletes in other sports orgy ice cream. but he had a great impact on athletes in general. every while wanted to be the palais in that sport, it became a jo, brazil is now beginning 3 days of morning for a footballer who transcended the game sketch

up once. well, the story is making headlines to day. russian president vladimir putin says he wants closer military cooperation with china. booting appeared on video with the chinese leadership in thing. beijing has not condemn the war in ukraine, but has also not provided russia with direct support. president brought him, his lensky says, most of ukraine is without power. after russia lost one of his most destructive air attacks of the war, the strikes damaged residential buildings and the infrastructure. nationwide, 3 people were killed and 6 wounded. explosion at a restaurant in western turkey has killed at least 7 people, including 3 children. the local governor says a gas canister blew up turkey's justice minister tweeted that a person who allegedly caused the blast was detained. and a military court in myanmar has sentenced also through chief to 7 more years in prison. the ousted civilian leader was convicted of corruption in the latest case

against her since last year's qu, said she is facing a total of 33 years in prison. now, china is reopening its quarters after nearly 3 years of cobra. 19 travel restrictions looser rules have led to a spike and travel to and from china. at the same time, surging corona virus infections her are making some other nations nervous. a moment to remember for these passengers in china, nationwide travel has opened up again in the world's most populous nation, beijing's decision to loose in its covert 19 restrictions in early december was a welcome surprise for many new young how they should indeed open up. and i'm supportive of this. everything including travel is getting more convenient and i'm going back to my home town now. finally, i can go home. it's great. you know it's hit i am really looking forward to

traveling internationally again because i haven't gone abroad dusky for a long time. oh, i'm a professional skier, so i can't wait to ski abroad again. oh boy, i love the rules surrounding international travel will be relaxed on january 8th ahead of the lunar new year. china's busiest travel season. but a surgeon cove at 19 cases has prompted other countries to already impose restrictions on arrivals from china. the us, japan and south korea are among those now requiring a negative test. italy in spain have also introduced restrictions despite the use health agency saying such measures are unnecessary. chinese state media called the testing requirements discriminatory with china, 0 covey policy winding down an infection. numbers going up, traveling like it's 2019, could be

a long way off. it's been nearly 2 years now since britain completed its withdrawal from the european union. u. k to day is still struggling with the follow promised economic gains have failed to materialize. britain has missed out on much of the recovery and global trade since and amec and a loss of u workers has worsened labor shortages and healthcare hospitality in agriculture. businesses are also facing higher costs and more red tape. ah, even the arrival of the milk trucks makes the cheese make her feel a little wistful rex. it related losses force simon sparrow to sell a majority stake in his company. i feel betrayed and rarely, rarely quite let down by a government that promised butch and delivered nothing. his small business used to deliver english chatter via mail order to private customers in the u. but thanks to

breaks it, every single piece of cheese now requires a certificate from the veterinary office. that was prohibitively expensive. there's no way anybody got to pay another $190.00 pounds. plus all the paperwork that evolve nearby in the northern english town of crew. few ever imagined that breaks it would be so problematic, even in the breaks or heartlands like here in the north of england, people are reversing the opinion. polls show that a majority now believe that rec, said, was a bad idea. however, this does not mean that their decision to leave the you will be reversed at least not any time soon. ron jones and ports rugs from belgium. he's also facing a lot more red tape because of brakes. it. it was never a good idea. it was never a good idea, but it was to will to people who cannot back up at one thing. but for more and more studies show that post breaks a trade barriers are harming the british economy. and thank you for an echo

e you workers has caused labor shortages. i don't think it to swear to swell as we thought it would. but we just want to be ourselves again. really said dylan to sound stop cool, man. you know, in the nurses there, you know, we've got, we are so down now in florida it's been an unmitigated disaster. absolute disaster. so in the meantime, simon's barrel is managing to sell cheese at a profit in the u, again by the european harbor. the new majority, shareholder, the cheese maker, would have never dreamed that breaks it would have caused him so many sleepless nights. british fashion designer vivian westward has died at the age of 81. she gave the punk movement its trademark look in 19 seventies. a pipe decade career saw west would become a multi millionaire, but she never abandoned the rebellious politics that defined her fashion.

oh, a lifetime of rebellion, vivian westwood made fashion about much more than just clothes. for more than 5 decades, the british design a use her creations as a platform for political activism. she champion coals is from wiki leaks to what westwood described as a war for the very existence of the human race. tackling climate change in 1974 along with co conspirator malcolm mclaren who also managed punk band, the sex pistols. westwood opened the iconic sex clothing store on london's kings road from here, westwood. showcase her designs, helping set the style of punk and new wave

in the early 19 eighties, westwood went from punk provocateur to being britain's best loved fashion designer . she famously plundered history for inspiration. many of her ideas were immediately picked up by the main stream, unconventional and outspoken westwood twice earned british designer of the year and was awarded the older of the british empire by the queen. her designs and activism combined to spot cultural change. i think my fashion gives you it incredible choice in an age of conformity and it makes you look great and it helps you to express your individuality. the school teacher turned god mother of hung leaves behind a life long legacy of rebellion. you're watching d. w. there is just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. this our u. s. while makers have released 6 years of the former president,

donald trump's tax turns the fault for years to keep his financial fairs secret. trump was the 1st presidential candidate in decades to refuse to release his tax records. and football legend pele has died of cancer at the age of $82.00. he helped brazil when 3 world cups and is seen as one of footballs, greatest players, bailey, enchanted fans, and dazzled is of it. don't forget, you can get all the latest news and information any time you want on our website at dw dot com. i'm terry martin. thanks for watching. mm hm. we've got to understand.