in the mass celebrating palm sunday. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for the media show: geordie grieg: britain s best connected editor. geordie grieg: britain s what does the future hold for britain s newspapers? few people are more qualified to answer that question than my guest on the media show today and it is rare to get an interview with him. geordie grieg are set in the editor s chair at some of the country s biggest titles. the daily mail, the mail on sunday as well as the evening standard, tatler magazine and, since january, here at the independent. geordie grieg, welcome to the media show for the first time. thank you for saying yes and i wondered first of all, how you began injournalism? i think you come from, i think it is fair to say, a well to do background, yourfamily s fair to say, a well to do background, your family s family were royal courtiers for several generations and your twin sister was princess diana s lady in waiting. i went to an incredible
and brazil lights up in honour of pele on the first of three days of national mourning for the footballing legend. 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. a us 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 newly released documents include tax returns and related documents for 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 which have been made public show. they cover personal and business federal returns over six years from 2015 to 2020 in 2015 - the adjusted gross income reports a loss whi
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 c
a warm welcome to bbc news. the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bell chimes this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome the bells ringing in st peter s square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict s body will lie in state from monday in st peter s basilica and that pope francis will lead the funeral on january 5th. the first pope to do so in recorded history. here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first pop