we begin in the us where a congressional committee has released the tax returns, covering a six year period, for the former president donald trump. some 2,700 pages of documentation, which mr trump had battled for years to keep secret, stretch from 2015 through 2020, covering mr trump s candidacy and time in the white house. the fight went all the way to the us supreme court this year, and last month the justices refused to block the release of the tax returns to the committee, thereby paving the way for their release. i m joined now by our washington correspondent gary 0 donoghue. this is the end of one long road but there is a huge amount of documentation, this is not a straightforward case of having a look and making a judgment i presume. m0 look and making a “udgment i resume. ., , ., ., ., presume. no it is not although the committee presume. no it is not although the committee has done presume. no it is not although the committee has done some - presume. no it is
we begin in the us where a 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 returns show that in two years covered by the release, he and his wife paid just 15 hundred dollars in federal income taxes. the former president has released a video statement, condemning the release of the documents. 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. joining me now is adam davidson, a contributing writer to the new yorker. he has long covered trump s finances for the magazine. thank you very much indeed for joining us. if i could start by picking up on the point made there by donald trump, a lot of people will neither be able to make head or tail of
the channel migrant crisis. more on those stories in a moment, but first, breaking news, the brazilian footballer widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, pele has died at the age of 82. had been suffering from cancer. during his career, when three world cups, on the player ever to do that and received countless awards and titles. in brazil, hailed as a national hero for his achievements in football, but also his repeated calls to improve the social conditions of the poor. at those reports coming in. we have known of his deteriorating conditions, his family posting pictures from the hospital in sao paulo over the recent days, but that news coming in that pele has died at the age of 82. joe wilson reports on the life of one of the true greats of football. the greatest, its opinion, but to pele lead, others stood on his shoulders. well over 1000 goals, a career of over 20 years. three times a world cup winner. brazilian football synonymous with flair and success was
school in thailand. and jubilation as liveable is picked to host next year s eurovision song contest. hello, welcome to the programme. president zelensky says the world must act now to stop russia s nuclear threat. speaking to the bbc, ukraine s leader warns that russian officials have begun to prepare their society for the possible use of nuclear weapons. it comes as ukraine s army has been making big gains, recapturing large swathes of territory from russia in a major counter offensive. mr zelensky was speaking in kyiv to our world affairs editor, john simpson. yesterday, president zelensky alarmed a lot of people by seeming to say he wanted a pre emptive strike to stop russia using battlefield nuclear weapons. today, he was keen to say he d just been talking about pre emptive sanctions against russia, but he says that russia is preparing people for the use of nuclear weapons. they begin to prepare their society. that is very dangerous. they are not ready to do it, to use