ahead with a new law aimed at restricting judges powers. the number of migrant crossings in the central mediterranean is up sharply according to the eu s border agency. we have the latest from italy. lets head to the bbc sport centre. thank you very much indeed. we know the identity of the first semifinalist at wimbledon, and it is marketer wondrous over, the unseeded czech player who has made the last four beating jessica pegula, the fourth seeded american in the last few moments. this is what transpired on court number one, withjessica pegula reaching the quarterfinals of wimbledon for the very first time, losing to wondrous over. this is the other match taking place, with a iga swiatek in trouble, the poland number one seed playing against elina svitolina, a former semifinalist at this competition, one that iga swiatek is not reach the quarterfinals of the poor, they are on serve though at the second set, having won the first set svitolina by seven games. they are on se
in romania as part of a human trafficking and rape investigation. and the fashion world pays tribute to vivienne westwood. the british designer who was a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s has died aged 81. if in doubt, dress up. don t ever dress down, you will be so disappointed. dress down, you will be so disappointed. dress down, you will be so disa ointed. ., , ., disappointed. and the trade body for ni . htclubs, disappointed. and the trade body for nightclubs. bars disappointed. and the trade body for nightclubs, bars and disappointed. and the trade body for nightclubs, bars and restaurants - disappointed. and the trade body for nightclubs, bars and restaurants has| nightclubs, bars and restaurants has warned the rising cost of living and recent rail strikes is going to cost a huge amount of hospitalityjobs in the new year. we will here live in the new year. we will here live in the next half hour, stay us. stay with us. tributes are b
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
shooting on christmas eve say her family needs answers about her death. and more than 20 years in the making, how a group of retired aviation enthusiasts built a first world war plane from scratch. we begin in the us, where a congressional committee has released former president trump s tax returns, covering a six year period. donald trump had battled for years to keep the documents secret, taking the case to the supreme court, which last month approved their disclosure to the democrat controlled house of representatives. i m joined now by our washington correspondent gary o donoghue. just correspondent gary o donoghue. tell us more abol release, just tell us more about this release, because this is something, as we say, that donald trump had fought against for a long time. yeah, he had been fighting against this particular mover by this congressional committee since 2019. but of course, it goes back much further, right from 2015 when he announced his candidacy, he refused to
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