with the united kingdom and after exit our top dishes from 2022 brought to you on all platforms. by d w. ah ah. this is detail the news live from berlin us lawmakers released donald trump's tax returns. the documents gave details of the former president's financial affairs. he fought for years to keep them secret. are washington correspondent, assassins damaging the information could be also on the program with vladimir putin

seats closer, military ties with china, the russian president so overture gets a guarded welcomed asian is officially neutral over the war, and new crimes and china reopens its borders. after nearly 3 years of coven 19 travel restrictions, but other nations are worried by facing rising infection numbers. ah, i'm public validus. welcome to the program. a u. s. house committee has released 6 years of donald trump's tax returns, the former president ford for years to keep them secret. last week the democratic controlled house ways and means committee voted to release trumps tax records from 2015 to 2020. they're likely to provide new revelations about his finances. trump

was the 1st presidential candidate in decades who refused to release his tax records. and this all comes with republicans, a bag to take control of the house of representatives. well the w correspondence to me so much kind of has more from washington, dc to me, great to see you. so this was a legal battle of several years to get the documents released. they finally been released. so what previously unknown information have they revealed so public, we've learned important details about how much the former president did and did not pay in taxes. we learned more about how much he donated over the years. we learned about some of his foreign holdings and also how some of his businesses performed. and for example, we knew already that he didn't pay any federal income tax and the year 2020. that's because his businesses took some big hits because of a pandemic. but what is interesting to see is that the amount of federal income tax

that he paid varied a lot from year to year. so i'm gonna throw some numbers out at you. so for example, he paid just $750.00, a federal income tax in the year 2017, a year later, nearly $1000000.00 and a year after that 133000 dollars. so a big difference there, as you can see, and these documents really reveal that trump used deductions, he took losses in his businesses and that reduced the amount of tax city owed significantly and asked for donations the charitable contributions that i mentioned that also fluctuated quite a bit so he reported donating newly $2000000.20 and then nothing in 2020. and one more point that was really interesting. pablo, it was, it was interesting to see that he held financial accounts in foreign countries, including china, to the 1st year of his presidency. so a lot of people here in washington asking questions about that. yeah, plenty of questions. i'm sure that are going to be asked in the coming days to me. one of the reactions there been to the release tax documents. well,

it won't surprise you public that the reactions have fallen along partisan line. so, democrats have long said that this is important for transparency. and when one of the democrats in the committee that published these returns, said on friday that these documents show that trump had something to hide, that he used questionable deductions and tax avoidance scheme to get out of paying federal income tax republicans. on the other hand of said, this is private business, this does not need to be made public and they are now warning revenge. so they're threatening to make public tax returns of private citizens. the supreme court justices, business leaders, political enemies as they call them. and you mentioned already that republicans will have a majority in the house of representatives starting next week. i do want to mention what trump himself has said. he says that these returns show how successful he's been and that he was able to use tax deductions to create jobs. so to wrap that up, i mean there is no law requiring presidents to publish their tax returns,

but tradition a has called for them to do so. president joe biden released his return, stating back 22 years when he was running for office. for trump. they're breaking with tradition to me, tell us this, could these documents cause an issue for donald trump on his run for president in 2024? it doesn't appear that they will. i mean, observers here seem to get that these documents do not indicate any sort of legal wrongdoing. and present from supporters have stood squarely behind him through state and federal investigations and controversies. so these tax returns are not likely to shake that core group of supporters and for moderate democrats, this is for them proof that the former president has lied once again. so although it's important to have these documents on record, especially as we know that he's running again in 2024, it is not likely to move the needle much if at all public interesting stuff thanks to me did overuse to me so misconduct in washington, dc many fact vladimir putin has cold for

closer military cooperation with china. the russian president was speaking during a video summit with the chinese eater, seizing ping, though beijing has not condemned the worn ukraine. it also hasn't given russia any direct support. moscow's latest airstrikes have left much of ukraine without power . liaison lazoodo a little better with more attacks from russia on ukrainian cities round after round of drawings and cruise missiles. even though ukraine's air defenses are largely holding up falling debris from the intercepted rockets still cools as significant damage, as this woman in keep looks on in her children's bedroom glass everywhere. vladimir putin held talks with his chinese counterpart. the video cole happened to take place on the $100.00 anniversary of the founding of the soviet union. its demise is something putin bitterly regrets. together he and shouting, ping want to stand up to pressure from the waist. and putin, at least once closer,

military cooperation with beijing, with a special place in russian chinese relations, is occupied by military and technical cooperation. this contributes to the security of our countries. we aimed to strength and cooperation between the armed forces of russia and china get in a difficult international situation. we are ready to build up strategic cooperation with russia. provide each other with development opportunities and be global partners for the benefit of our peoples. china's officials dance on putin's war is being quite objective and fair. she told pierson that position isn't changing and that the road to peace would not be smooth. putin cold, she, his dear friend, went and invited him to moscow early next year. you was, or very me or earlier did his folk to vienna chuck a rover,

who runs the austrian institute for european and security policy. and we asked if china was just as keen as russia for closer ties. it seems so, though we don't know exactly the scope and scale of dar military technology cur corporation between these 2 states. a lot hasn't been revealed yet. so we have heard about the intentions about their plans, a lot of military exercises ah, money has been conducted and even during arrest us war against ukraine. a. but these sir domain is obviously the one that's going to be exploited and explored in the years to come. obviously, russia has become completely dependent on china till by past western sanctions. some even describe it as a vessel of china or a junior partner. but china also needs to support russia in this critical

critical phase alpha righteous war. because it has to avoid that a new, a security vacuum could emerge in the north of its borders next to the military tensions, wheat, india along the line of actual control as well as the military escalation in the straight of town. so it's not an altruistic relationship. it's a really based on reale politic national interests, and i anticipate that the military corporation will a further deepen and increase more countries, including france and israel are requiring people arising from china to show negative coven 19 tests. beijing has reopened its borders after nearly 3 years of pandemic travel restrictions. but china, surgeon corona virus infections are making other countries 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 cove at 19 restrictions in early december was a welcome surprise for many years on cairo 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 to ski for a long time or i'm a professional skier, so i can't wait to ski abroad again a while of 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 and 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. well, here's a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. police in the u. s. state of pennsylvania have arrested a suspect in the killing of fort university of idaho students last month. they were found stabbed to death in their beds and were likely asleep when attacked. the 28 year old suspects has been charged with 1st degree murder. it's still unclear if he knew the victim's syrian authority, say a militant rocket attack has killed at least 10 people in the eastern dare elves or

province. the petroleum ministry says the attack target a 3 buses carrying oil industry employees. while some sports news in portuguese superstar christiano, rinaldo has found a new footballing home in riyadh, at saudi arabian side al nasser. the club confirmed on friday that rinaldo had penned a 2 year deal. the 37 year old had been a free agent since leaving manchester united on the eve of the tar world cup. faced with an apparent shortage of offers from european clubs, he's now headed to saudi arabia, where his base salary is reported to be around $75000000.00 us dollars a year. brazil has declared 3 days of national mourning for the football legend pele. the 3 time world cope winner died of cancer on thursday age to 82. his body will lie at his hometown club santo's until his funeral for many in brazil and around the world. pele was much more than just a sportsman. a memory. oh,

pretty leon. gish bailey had picked gun g. wyndham most treasured trophy in foot, but for the 3rd time in 1970. he's remembered as a player who inspired millions and bessie is on it in it. seato he voice yet villain. there's a feeling of sadness for all brazilians. paley will be missed for what he represented to the world and to us who love soccer. oh, the football community. it's also been, it's respect lalellah. he was a legend of our sports, one of the pioneers, when it comes to world class personalities. he was the reference for a whole generation. everybody wanted to be pele. yes, billy. the sports governing body fif lord,

it flags is forever with everyone loves football because of what he did for football because he wanted for getting emotions towards those who know football. i found they ceremony for pelley in india, and he's remembered hearing pakistan in an area known as many breath either there was ever since i can remember, i've heard pallet's name on the streets of karachi. whenever a t one a football tournament, they would challenge pele while lifting the trophy in argentina, the comparison between madonna and billy was a thought of friction between driving fat but a fight for now. if he did, i was still very little, but i recall my father's words. my father saw him play and he was amazed the same

way i talked about marrow donna. and he talked to me about paley in their lively he will always be taking 1st this newspaper in brazil and for millions he will always be the greatest player of orange dine. right, well, that's all for me for now. don't forget, there is plenty more news on our website, t, w dot com and you can follow up on our social media accounts on public release in for that for me and the team here. thanks for watching. take care and i'll see you again at the top of an extra niko is in germany to learn german. hello, benito. why not learn with him online on your mobile and free the chef fee w's e learning course, nico speak.