tributes are being paid to the brazilian football legend pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, who has died at the age of 82. during his two decades on the pitch, pele scored a world record of more than 1,200 goals in around 1,300 appearances and became the only player to win the world cup three times. tributes have been pouring in from around the world. french star kylian m bappe described pele as the king of football , adding. and former president barack 0bama said, pele was one of the greatest to ever to play the beautiful game. and as one of the most recognizable athletes in the world, he understood the power of sports to bring people together. this report from simonjones. a sporting icon who made football beautiful. described by the brazilian football confederation as the greatest sportsperson of all time. he burst onto the international stage at the world cup in 1958, when he was just 17. he scored six goals in four matches. he d win the world cup
between russia and china in a video call with xijinping. the chinese leader said the two countries should continue co operation, without giving details. the bbc understand all travellers arriving in the uk from china will have to do pre departure covid tests. it s the latest country to impose new restrictions as china experiences a huge wave of coronavirus cases. hello. welcome along to sportsday on bbc news. i m ben croucher. coming up. the world remembers pele one of the greatest footballers to have ever lived who has died at the age of 82. a sad day for football. elsewhere, in the premier league tonight, will klopp pile more pressure on rodgers, as liverpool host leicester. and news from the darts and of dart as harriet helps great britain to united cup victory over australia. thanks forjoining us. it s been nearly 2a hours since we learned of the death of one of the greatest footballers of all time. tributes have been flooding in so over the next 10 minutes or so
hello and welcome. the uk looks set to become the latest country to impose covid screening for travellers coming from china as cases in the country surge. the chinese government has said it would fully reopen its borders next week for the first time since march 2020. but a number of countries, including the united states, india, spain, italy and in the last few minutes france have said passengers arriving from china will need will need a negative covid test before they travel. lets speak to our political correspondent helen catt. put this in the picture from a british perspective.- put this in the picture from a british perspective. same story? there s been british perspective. same story? there s been a british perspective. same story? there s been a lot british perspective. same story? there s been a lot of british perspective. same story? there s been a lot of concern - british perspective. same story? i there s been a lot of concern about the reliability of info
more military cooperation. and more than 20 years in the making how a group of retired aviation enthusiasts built a first world war plane from scratch hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world hello and welcome. the uk looks set to become the latest country to impose covid screening for travellers coming from china as cases in the country surge. the chinese government has said it would fully reopen its borders next week for the first time since march 2020. but a number of countries, including the united states, india, spain and italy have said passengers arriving from china will need will need a negative covid test before they travel. our political correspondent helen catt explained why these measures are being taken by the uk as well as by other countries around the world. well, there s been a lot of concern about the reliability of the information that s coming out of china, about the situation there with covid. and that s wh
between the two leaders. and brazil lights up in honour of pele on the first of three days of national mourning for the footballing legend. for you watching in the uk, on pbs in the us and around the globe, welcome to bbc news. 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 returns show that in 2020 he paid nothing 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. i spoke with lloyd doggett, a democratic party congressman and a member of the ways and means committee. he have his reaction to the revelations in trump s