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national security adviser, michael flynn. general flynn served three weeks in office at the start of the trump administration before pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. on the eve of thanksgiving, the us has recorded more than one million cases of coronavirus in two consecutive weeks. the disease has now killed 260,000 americans. one of the greatest footballers ever, diego maradona, has died aged 60 after reportedly suffering a heart attack. the argentine superstar had struggled with substance abuse and ill health, but said playing football always gave him greatjoy. the uk chancellor, rishi sunak, has warned britain's economic emergency has just begun, as he forecast a huge hit to output in his spending review.
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hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the deputy political editor at the daily mail, john stevens, and the deputy political editor at the guardian, jessica elgot. great to see you back, thank you so much for being with us. let's start with the pages we already have. the metro leads with the news that football legend diego maradona has died from a heart attack at the age of 60. he is described as the greatest player of his generation, and arguably the greatest ever. the sun says england's world cup nemesis and one of the all time greats is now in the "hands of god" — a reference to maradona's famous and controversial goal against england at the 1986 world cup. the telegraph goes with a warning from the chancellor, rishi sunak, that britain's economic emergency " has only just begun".
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it comes as as he put the country on notice of tax rises to pay for the £550 billion cost of coronavirus. the guardian goes with those two stories dominating the papers tonight — a tribute to maradona. the paper also reports that the chancellor has responded to the deepest slump in more than 300 years by pledging a fresh £55 billion to tackle the pandemic. the express says rishi sunak has promised to invest in recovery, in order to help the country bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic. the mail says "this is going to hurt britain" — as the chancellor lays out what the paper calls the terrifying cost of covid. national debt could hit £2.8 trillion, and there could be years of tax hikes ahead. and the times says the impact of the coronavirus crisis on public finances has been laid bare with the chancellor choosing to freeze public sector pay
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and reduce foreign aid. so very much two themes on the paper today. let's get started, and as always, lovely to have you both back. let's start with the times this time, jessica, and again, one of the main papers, one of the many papers leading with maradona, and it's play on words, "in the hands of god" referencing the hand of god, the goalfrom 1986 god" referencing the hand of god, the goal from 1986 on the front page. yes, and that's the main thing that people in this country remember maradona four. 0bviously that people in this country remember maradona four. obviously there was also the goal after that, which was probably one of the best goals
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scored particularly in international football. by maradona again. but gci’oss football. by maradona again. but across the world, not as many people are thinking about that, they're thinking about particularly in naples, his great leadership of that side to syria titles, there is three days of national mourning there. he's had a long, stellar career, and he had a troubled life which i think some of the papers are alluding to, but he's clearly a contender for being one of the best players ever. and so many attributes, when we look at the mirror, this is the back page of the mirror in the sports section, john, and we've had so many different tributes from so many different tributes from so many different people who were superstars in their own right. gary lineker also talking about how maradona is in the hands of god, but this
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particular tribute, "diego is eternal. he leaves but does not leave. " eternal. he leaves but does not leave." that's from lionel messi. the reaction in argentina is said to be very emotional. they are having three days of mourning, maradona's body will lay in state at the mansion. notjust body will lay in state at the mansion. not just a body will lay in state at the mansion. notjust a big reaction here but around the world, particularly in argentina. at that tweet from gary lineker summed it allup tweet from gary lineker summed it all up well, alluding to his difficult private life which came after his career, and gary lineker has tweeted, who of course played in that england match against argentina where there was the hand of god goal. he says, "hopefully he will find some comfort in the hands of god." we talk about the find some comfort in the hands of god.‘ we talk about the emotion- this is a live image we are showing right now from argentina where, as
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you can see, people are on the streets. argentina was hugely hit by coronavirus, and yet people are wanting to be out there because this country, maradona met a whole bunch. —— meanta country, maradona met a whole bunch. —— meant a whole bunch of. country, maradona met a whole bunch. -- meant a whole bunch of. yes, and there are amazing quotes from the argentinian present today. —— president today. he said that maradona had taken the country to the highest in the world, and he talks about the immense happiness that maradona brought to so many people in argentina, saying, "thank you for existing." and it gets across how people will still miss him as this ever present character in world football. there's descriptions and some of the papers tonight of news presenters in argentina who can't hold back the tea rs argentina who can't hold back the tears from announcing his death. so it shows you really want an
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emotional hold he had on people in argentina. but we should also say in naples, as well, in italy, the city where he won those great titles. absolutely, the images from naples we re absolutely, the images from naples were staggering today. john, the former italian club simply tweeted, "ciao, diego," adding that the news was a damaging blow. itjust goes to show how much maradona touched so many people, and also the really, really difficult and humble background that he came from going up background that he came from going up as background that he came from going upasa background that he came from going up as a young child in windows aris. yes, you think the way he's died and the reception that he's gotten, you would think he was a politician. actually he was a sports person, and that shows the level of feeling
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about him. absolutely. light images from argentina as the country pays her respects to their most famous footballer in the world. now let's move on to the daily mail now, and this is rishi sunak there responding to today's announcement, his spending review. the male simply says, "this is going to hurt, britain," talking about the terrifying cost of covid—19. and the figures are such a jolt. yes, he basically suggested that the uk would be in the deepest slump in more than 300 years. and he announced some cuts more than 300 years. and he announced some cuts today, particularly to international made, and a pay freeze for the majority of public sector workers — although those are cuts that will hurt people affected, the reality is there are still extraordinary spending in this
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spending review, £55 billion more to tackle this pandemic. the money saved by those announcements which are deeply controversial will really be very small change compared to the colossal spending he said has to be necessary to combat what he called an economic emergency. the office for budget responsibility, which a nalyses for budget responsibility, which analyses the spending, said there's about an extra £20 billion of spending in each of the different announcements that rishi sunak has had to make. £20 billion in context is basically a huge budget package in normal times, and he's had to do 14 in normal times, and he's had to do 1a of them. in normal times, and he's had to do 14 of them. it's eye watering. the times also noting the announcements the chancellor had to make today. given that were looking at the
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covid—19 costing three years of growth to the economy, is there anything in particular that stands out to you that made you think, "my goodness?" we have the things that have happened, already the 0pi is saying the economy will shrink by 11.396 saying the economy will shrink by 11.3% this year, biggest decline in the economy and 300 years. also the factor looks grim dutch future looks grim, we could reach a peak of 2.7 million people unemployed next year. i think the big reality check and the message rishi sunak wants to get out today is that things are looking tough at the moment, but long after we've sorted out the health crisis and gotten a vaccine sorted, we still will have the economic crisis and how we will pay for all this. so the startling figures has how borrowing has gone up steeply, almost £400 billion worth of
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borrowing this year. it'll take a long time to pay that off. i think the next years will be dominated by, do we have tax hikes? to be have spending cuts? how on earth do we get out of this massive black hole? 0ne get out of this massive black hole? one of the things the chancellor has announced, and the i picks up on this, is the revelation that aid will be cut from 0.7% to 0.5% of the national income next year. and it's met quite a considerable... we've even had a resignation because of it, so there's a lot of strength of feeling about this. but the uk is still paying more than some countries in europe towards it? it's a deeply controversial measure to ditch the 0.7% of gdp aid promised, something that every single living prime minister has intervened to
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stop, including david cameron, who has spoken out very fiercely and critically about it in the commons today when it was announced, really eminent backbenchers, even jeremy hunt, even david davis and andrew mitchell — all really critical. jeremy hunt said that it basically will make the uk look worse in the eyes of the world, "make us poor in the eyes of the world." and andrew mitchell said it could lead directly to the deaths of people. the uk aid budget has its critics, but it's generally seen as a model for elsewhere in the world about how to do targeted aid really well. in this decision... and she said she believed that the approach was fundamentally wrong. however, what the tories at the top of the
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government think and a number of tory mps newly elected, particularly in newly elected tory mps think that ina in newly elected tory mps think that in a crisis like this, it is proper politically to cut this aid budget. it may well have a fight on its hands when it comes to trying to get this measure through the house of commons may be, but also particularly the house of lords. still need to change the law. what is the daily mail's stance on it? they said if we are going to spend these large sums of money, he needs to be spent properly. whereas we've seen to be spent properly. whereas we've seen with the aid budget, some of the money has still gone out to india and china long after the government said it would stop. but it seems that getting rid of the aid target was popular with the public, there is some pulling out this
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evening that says the government supported 66% compared to 18% who opposed it. 92% of tory voters said they like the idea. it says the government will have a problem with getting its law through. if someone in the government promised in their manifesto, they said they were probably committed to the 0.7% target. that's where it will be tricky in the lords. it's difficult but make there's conventions that peers... but this is a government proposal into law which is the exact opposite of what the party promised in their manifesto. tory mps have been standing up today and saying they're not happy, you need 40 of those to overturn a tory majority, but in the lords is where the government will have a real problem. it's definitely not a given as of
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yet, senior tories condemning it. 0 nto yet, senior tories condemning it. 0nto the daily telegraph, and once againa 0nto the daily telegraph, and once again a picture of diego maradona, showing just how complex this man was. but the story i want to focus on is what we are expecting to hear tomorrow regarding the tears in which the country will be put into once we eventually leave the second lockdown period at the beginning of december. so we are expecting tomorrow that the majority of england will be in the two toughest tea rs of england will be in the two toughest tears of covid—19 restrictions. and there's definitely a growing parliamentary rebellion about that, particularly because mps are worried they won't get the chance again to affect how these tears are applied until at least the spring. there will be a vote on it next week as soon as will be a vote on it next week as soon as matt hancock tomorrow announces which areas will be which
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tier. tier 2 is quite tough on hospitality and you can only go to the pub or restaurant for a substantial meal, you can't go and drink there. and in tier 3, those venues have to shut completely and can only serve take away. so that's pretty bad news for the places waited with baited breath about whether they'll be oh, are able to open for christmas. many believe that tier 3 is too harsh, and if it's applied to too many areas like manchester integrator kent where there are still not great figures, if all of those areas are in tier 3 where some mps feel it's unfair, there will be a lot of havoc in parliament over the coming days. but the paper focuses on liverpool in particular, which has had a really difficult time in liverpool, likely to be held up as a success story. it was expected to go into this second
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tier. yes, so liverpoolwas one was expected to go into this second tier. yes, so liverpool was one of the places that were quite quick to agree to go to tier 3. remember andy burnham in manchester resisted it for days and days, but liverpool we nt for days and days, but liverpool went into tier3 for days and days, but liverpool went into tier 3 a lot more willingly. they've been given a lot of testing facilities by the government and able to trial different methods of getting people back to work, etc. liverpool looks to be one of the few areas that seeing less restrictions, and it looks like it'll move down from tier 3to tier2. looks like it'll move down from tier 3 to tier 2. but i think a lot of people tomorrow will be quite disappointed when they find out what's actually going to happen in their areas. the last few days, as we've been talking about the theoretical, will be in tier 2 and tier3, theoretical, will be in tier 2 and tier 3, what will restrictions look like? until they know what's actually happening in their areas. and after four weeks of the lockdown
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across the country in england and it seems that a lot of those still have quite strict restrictions. absolutely. those coronavirus stories are put to the one side, let's look at the metro now. the front page about maradona, but also focusing on the duchess of sussex, which she's written an article for the new york times — it's incredibly raw in what she talks about, and the level of detail in her description of what happened to her. just talk us of what happened to her. just talk us through it. it's such a moving piece by meghan markle. she describes changing her little boy's nappy on the floor of their home in la, where they are now, and she said she felt this pain shot, she clutched her son because she realised what was happening, that she was losing her second baby. it's written very movingly and i think it will have a particularly big impact on this kind of taboo of speaking
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about miscarriage — which still even now, there's been a lot of high—profile women, like chrissie tegan and even prince harry's cousin talking about miscarriages. there's still this idea that you shouldn't mention pregnancy before you go to the 12 week scan, because that's when you are most likely to lose a baby. and that implication, the superstition about telling people about pregnancy seems to convey some sort of shame about at least you'll be able to keep it quiet, keep it private. 0bviously be able to keep it quiet, keep it private. obviously there are some people who prefer to do that, but it does deter people, i think, from people seeking out help from what is a very distressing thing to happen. and although meghan markle has her critics, people asking if she wanted privacy, what she's done here is a very noble thing to do and encouraging people to speak about it more. one thing she touches on is
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what impact it had on the duke of sussex — she speaks in critically movingly about the impact it had on prince harry, as well —— speaks incredibly moving. the impact on the father is often forgotten about, yet it's the father in this tragic situation. yes, the court in the article, she says," she watched her husband's heart broke as he tried to hold up piece of firs together." meghan markle says she wants to get rid of the stigma around the subject, and that it's actually a lot more common than people might think. meghan markle hasn't been universally popular, she's done many things in the past two years which have been controversial, and some people won't have —— will have incredible empathy for her and
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thinking she's brave. she only had the miscarriage injuly, we are only a few months on, and a lot of people have to wait years before they talk about something like this so publicly and openly. meghan markle has been willing to do it so soon after such a terrible event. extremely moving words. let's end in the short time we have with the daily telegraph, the bbc getting it wrong at all as always. jessica, what if we done now? the daily telegraph says older viewers are turning away from the bbc, or at least not being as satisfied with its output. it says that the broadcaster is democrat is concentrating its energies on wooing the young. but it says that satisfaction levels amongst viewers and listeners aged 55 and up are
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waning. so it's difficult, you're trying to woo the younger viewers and keep the older viewers entertain. it's a tricky balance. yes, because we are all extremely young. absolutely, we are turning older viewers off. thank you both very much for sharing your evening. always a pleasure to get your views on the papers and always lovely to see you. we will see you next time, thank you so much. loads as always on our website. if you'd like to be involved in the conversation regarding the papers, the hashtag is bbc papers. thanks for watching. hello, and thanks forjoining us. diego maradona, one of the greatest players of all time, has died at the age of 60 following a heart attack at his home in buenos aires.
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he had successful surgery on a blood clot on his brain earlier this month and was to be treated for alcohol dependency. while plagued by demons off the field, on it, he achieved almost godlike status. he himself described this iconic moment at the 1986 world cup as the "hand of god," when he knocked england out of the tournament while almost single—handedly leading his country to football's greatest prize. he scored 34 goals in 91 appearances for argentina, representing them in four world cups. at club level, he was the only player to have ever broken the world transfer record twice — for barcelona and napoli, winning two serie a titles in italy. his achievements are many, his legacy unparallelled. let's hear now from peter reed, who was playing for england in that world cup quarterfinal against argentina when maradona scored two of his most famous goals. i was just outside the 18—yard box, so i'd seen it. but the explosion from the crowd obviously... we know that the referee's given it,
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and then, just disbelief, i think a few of us tried to run... i think a few of us tried to run at the referee. it was just like he's give it, he won't stop it now — obviously there was no such thing as var. so, i mean, he cheated, didn't he, as much as he cheated then — the second goal was pure genius from one of the greatest footballers who ever walked the planet. he was a brilliant, brilliant player. no right foot, but one of the best left foots you've seen. great physical strength but great awareness, great football brain, and a brilliant athlete. and we know he had his demons. and i... listen, i met him a few times and spoke to him through an interpreter. he was very amiable, loved to laugh. but, you know, his life must‘ve been very difficult.
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he had riches through football, but i don't think he had any privacy — which is always difficult forany human being. earlier, england manger gareth southgate paid tribute to the argentina playmaker, describing him as the "best player in his lifetime". i didn't get to see pele play, but maradona, i did watch when i was a kid, and he was the best in my lifetime. a real genius, so comfortable with the ball. and in argentina, this will be absolutely incredible reaction to this. i'll be amazed if they don't have a couple days of mourning, he's such a legendary figure there. so it's a great shame to lose somebody of that level so young. as you can probably imagine, tributes have been pouring in on social media. the biggest names in the world of football. brazil legend pele leading those distributes.
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he wrote earlier, "what sad news. i was a great friend, and the world lost a legend. there is still much to be said, but for now, may god give strength to the family members. one day, i hope we can play ball together in the sky." argentina and barcelona star lionel messi, saying, "maradona was eternal." he wrote, "a very sad day for all argentines and football. he leaves us, but does not leave because diego is eternal. i keep all the beautiful moments lived with him and i send my condolences to all his family and friends." whilejuventus and portugal forward christiano ronaldo wrote, "today i bid farwell to a friend, and the world bids farewell to an eternal genus. one of the best of all time, an unparalleled magician. he leaves too soon, but leaves a legacy without limits and a void that will never be filled. rest in peace, ace. you will never be forgotten." and there were tributes, of course,
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on the pitch as well for maradona. every champions league match on wednesday was marked with a minute's silence before the game. and there was a big result, though, as atalanta scored twice in four minutes to deliver a rather surprise victory over liverpool, blowing group d wide open. joseph ilitch opening the scoring for the italians on the hour—mark before an unmarked robin goossens volleyed in to make it 2—0. liverpool remained top of the group, they need one win from their final two games. but atalanta right back in the mix now, they're level on point with second—place ajax. and earlier on in greece, manchester city secured their place in the knockout stages of the competition with two games to spare. phil foden there scoring the game, as city beat 0lympiacos 1—0. after the game, city manager pep guardiola joined the many paying tribute to maradona.
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there was a banner in argentina, i think, one year ago, that said, "no matter what you've done with your life, diego, it matters what you've done for our lives." i think it expresses perfectly what this guy gave us. the amount ofjoy and pleasure, and his commitment for the world football. he made world football better. that's all the time we've got for now. all your sport, anywhere you can, of course, find more tributes to the diego maradona on the bbc sport website at bbc.co.uk/sport. from the rest of us at the bbc sportscentre, bye—bye. hello. 0ur weather takes a chillier turn for the next few days. look out for some frosty nights, and by day temperatures may struggle while some of us get lumbered with some quite dense fog. thanks to this ridge of high pressure, we will havejust light winds for thursday, it was a weather front lingers towards the
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far southeast, cloud and rain for kent initially. but many areas seeing something from the get—go and throughout the day. but despite that after a frosty start, temperatures only struggling up to 8—9 c, but despite that after a frosty start, temperatures only struggling up to 8-9 c, with temperatures only struggling up to 8—9 c, with the odd spot into double figures. 0vernight thursday into friday, this front pushes the ridge, we will see a lot of dense fog forming. and here, our chilli is spots as well, temperatures falling below freezing. 0nce spots as well, temperatures falling below freezing. once that fog forms with light winds on friday, we will struggle to shift in many areas. it may lift up into a lot of low cloud, so quite great prospects on friday for many could be chilli.
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