i'm a change and environmental conservation is taking shape around the world and how we can all make a difference. knowledge grows through sharing and download it now for free. b. ah ah, this is the building use live from berlin. us lawmakers released donald trump's tax returns. the documents give details of the former president's financial affairs. he fought for years to keep them secret. are washington correspondent assesses how damaging the information could be. also on the program,

vladimir putin seeks closer military ties with china. the russian presidents overture gets a guarded welcome. beijing is officially neutral over the war, a new crime, and surviving the winter. the cold months can be brutal for the homeless in delhi. we follow one charity organization, throwing a lifeline to people on this. ah, i'm pablo foias. thanks for joining us. 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, bank to take control of the house of representatives. well, dw correspondence to me, so much condo in washington. d. c. told me earlier about the new information revealed in the documents. 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 in 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 $133000.00. 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 reduce the amount of taxes he owed significantly and asked for donations. the charitable contributions that i mentioned that also fluctuated quite a bit. so he reported donating nearly $2000000.00 in 2017 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, through 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 reaction to fall in the long 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 trumpets something to hide, that he used questionable deductions and tax avoidance schemes 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 is sad. 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 returns, dating back 22 years when he was running for office, but 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 $22004.00. it doesn't appear that they well, i mean, observers here seem to gauge that these documents do not indicate any sort of legal wrongdoing and person. trump 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 if 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, dw is to me so much condo in washington dc. many facts, sodomy, person has called for closer military cooperation with china. the russian president was speaking during a video so much with the chinese leadership thing. though beijing has not condemn the worn ukraine. it also hasn't given russia any direct support. moscow's latest

air strikes have left to much of ukraine without power. but if you're in missouri, a little better with a more attacks from russia on ukrainian cities round off to round of drawings and cruise missiles, even though ukraine's here defenses are largely holding up falling debris from the intercepted rockets still calls as significant damage. as this woman and keith 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 then over 3 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 were a special place in russian chinese relations is occupied by military and technical cooperation. this contributes to the security of our countries. we aim to strengthen 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 a global partners for the benefit of our peoples. china's official stance on putin's war is being quite objective and fair. she told person that position isn't changing and that the road to peace would not be smooth. putin, cold, she, his dear friend, when and invited him to moscow early next year. you was or very me or earlier result of elena jack. moreover, 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 a rush, us war against ukraine, a butter 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 described 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 is a straight to for a 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. let's take a look at some more stories making headlines around the world. france and the u. k . have joined a growing list of countries imposing coven 19 tests on travelers from china. beijing has just reopened borders after nearly 3 years of restrictions. despite surging corona virus cases, the world health organization is urging china to share more covert data with the international community. police in the u. s. state of pennsylvania have arrested a suspect in the killing of for university of idaho. as students last month they were found stabbed to death in their beds and were likely asleep when attacked. the 28 year old suspect has been charged with 1st degree murder. it's still unclear if he knew the victims i'm going brazilian president shar both sonata has

made a final emotional address to supporters on social media. the far right leader defended his legacy and called on followers to oppose. leftist president elect, louise ignacio lulu the silver afterwards bolts. fernando flew to the u. s. he's expected to break tradition and not attend the integration syrian authority, say, a militant rocket attack has killed at least 10 people in the eastern dare l. 2 or province. the petroleum ministry says the attack targeted 3 buses carrying oil industry employees, u. s. television journalist barbara walters has died. she was 93 in a career spanning 5 decades. she was the 1st female anchor on an evening news broadcast graded on one of the most prominent interviewers on us television. walters was also known for creating the women's talk show the view on the a, b c network life for awhile to the indian capital daily where winters can be

a battle for survival, for the thousands who live on the streets during the colder months. the local government opens extra shelters for the homeless and charity organizations also ramp up efforts to help people in need detail to use many or a chattering reports. it's early morning on a frigid day in daily, and scores of people had lined up for a cup of hot tea and breakfast. for most of them, it may be the only decent wheel they'll have to do. this is just one of the locations where the chat a, d, v g carnita. our elder brother's home, as it is called an english, is tribute ford, who migrant workers and the homeless brothers coma gte and dream gte sing ran the organization. a large group of warranty with joined them every morning during winter they also had the destitute in other ways, apart from giving out foot in the gorge through the mulberry finder derby. believe

hm. they don't have you know warm with nodding. she'll read vehicle it or warm building or do you or did loading from people and distribute good them are going good blankets through them. and jewels estimate the number of homeless in deli, at a 150000. the hard winter season becomes a big challenge for them. the state government also has its own set of measures every year for people without a roof over their head. the deli government had launch. it's winter action plan under which it has set up a centralized control room and hope line numbers to identify the locations of homeless people. and it has that abreast your teams to ship these people from the streets do shall, to homes, like the one you see behind me where they are provided food and blankets are good. the efforts seem to have beat off families you thing says until a few years ago, many used to die off the cold on the streets. no more people are able to survive.

the punishing whether sean's organisation also provides free health care every morning in the old city area. there are many homeless di, what it is, give us each to those who are injured and adopted awful. it's free consultations and medication in the improvement. but it was you see a lot of people with a little bit of a very high levels of that. a lot of people are coming reba breathlessness to live linux. so they're given by the doctor. did you do drugs for the estimate looking for work every day and living on the streets is a challenge for many poor people in the capital. but organizations like gotta make life a bit easier for some of them. so it will be back here again tomorrow morning, waiting for a cup of tea to sports news. now, 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 panned a 2 year deal. the 37 year old had been a free agents since leaving manchester and i did on the eve of the guitar 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. will tributes continue to pour in from around the world for football legend to play who died on thursday after a long struggle with cancer. he was 80 to brazil is currently marking 3 days of national mourning for the man they revered as the king of football, the striker $13.00 world cups for his home nation, the only player in history to do so. his body will lie at his home town club santos until its final send off. next week. the city is preparing a massive 24 hour attribute for its local hero. before the funeral on tuesday.

where's reminder of the tough story were falling for us? lawmakers have released 6 years of donald trump's tax returns after a long legal battle to keep them private. they show he paid only $750.00 in his 1st year as us president and no taxes at all in 2020. all right, well that's all for me add. don't forget you can stay up to date and all the latest news on our website, dw dot com and you can also follow us on our social media accounts. i'm pablo, phoning me as for me and a team here in berlin take care. and i'll see if we thought to understand that globalization works.