this is bbc news — with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. my name's mike embley. diego maradona, world cup champion and for many the greatest footballer in history, dies at the age of 60. this is the scene live in buenos aires, as the people of argentina pay tribute to one of their most beloved sons. president trump pardons michael flynn — his first national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. and — the duchess of sussex talks of the ‘unbearable grief‘ she felt when she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year.

tributes have poured in for the footballer, diego maradona, who's died of a heart attack at the age of 60. the argentine president, alberto fernandez, declared three days of national mourning, saying maradona had ta ken his country "to the top of the world". maradona led argentina to victory in the world cup in 1986, a campaign that included the so—called ‘hand of god' goal. here's our sports editor dan roan. uniquely talented, deeply troubled and at times, simply untouchable. diego maradona played football that defied belief. to his left. he won't need any of them. 0h! you have to say that's magnificent! argentina against england in the 1986 world cup quarter—final, in what was later voted "the goal of the century". and yetjust four minutes earlier, maradona had

become one of sport's most notorious cheats. commentator: maradona! the two extremes of a footballing force of nature. replays showed he had scored with his arm, or the ‘hand of god', as he infamously described it. but maradona had no regrets. translation: i couldn't reach it and shilton was already there, so i couldn't head it so i did like that. i believe it's a craftiness. it's not cheating. tonight, one of the men who failed to stop maradona that day recalled an iconic performance. as much as he cheated then, the second goal was pure genius from one of the greatest footballers who ever walked the planet. maradona's spellbinding skills propelled argentina to the trophy — the pinnacle of a remarkable journey that began in the slums outside buenos aires. at his first world cup in 1982 came signs of his flawed genius, making an

impact for the right and wrong reasons. after a world record transfer to barcelona came more magic, but chaos and controversy were never far away — the skill often overshadowed by scandal. at unfashionable napoli, maradona guided the underdogs to their first league title. but gradually the dream started to sour, a tearful runner—up at the 1990 world cup and the next tournament, this celebration hinted at the demons within. he failed a doping test and was sent home in disgrace. without football his addictions grew, battling both drugs and alcohol, his weight ballooned. he was rushed to hospital after an overdose. while recovering in cuba he befriended then president fidel castro. maradona went on to coach the national side, but it is as a player he will always be remembered. this evening, as thousands of fans gathered outside one of his former clubs, boca juniors, and argentina declared three days of mourning, tributes from the world of football poured in. pele, the other icon with who, he will forever be

compared, said: " i've lost a friend and the world "has lost a legend. "one day i hope we can play together in the sky." argentina's superstar lionel messi meanwhile wrote: "he has left us but he has not gone, because diego is eternal." tonight across europe, a minute's silence was held at every champions league match for a man that was short in stature but became a sporting giant. all too human off the field, his place among the pantheon of footballing legends is secure. commentator: brilliant run by maradona! fantastic goal! unbelievable! arguably the greatest ever, his brilliance beyond dispute. we can now speak to tim vickery, who is an expert in south american football. he's in brazil. good to talk to you, gone too soon, of course, but what a life and a life that touched so many. and there were many times when it seemed like he wouldn't get to the age of 60. he had a

big health scare in 2004 and i think after that it was coaching that kept him disciplined, and the lockdown in argentina, from mid—march stopped him coaching, took away the discipline of going to work every day, and i think that is probably a contributing factor in the fact that we have lost him at the age of 60. you would have seen almost certainly gary lineker, talking about him earlier, who played with him and of course against him saying, he never met a player who had such an affection for a football, it was like a body pa rt football, it was like a body part and as if the players trying to stop him even there. he was extraordinarily talented. it wasn't just the ball tied to have left, the ball tied to have left, the ball seemed to be an absolute pa rt ball seemed to be an absolute part of him, he could juggle it of every part of his body, but he wasn't a trickster. he could do all of the tricks, but he didn't do them 60 yards from goaljust to please the crowd,

he was a little strategist. 0f the field, he didn't calculate anything, he did what he wanted to do, all of what he wanted and only what he wanted. 0n the field, he was a great strategist who put his extraordinary ability at the service of the collective. it's amazing, really deep, the love that those who played with maradona have for him, because they think they all realise that he was one of those people who, he is a giver. he wanted the team to win and he helped a lot of his teammates pickup up wing bonuses and cups. and we shouldn't forget that at the time he was doing those amazing things, those pictures were rough and the game was even rougher, you really could play the man, then. good point, yes stopping the pitch in mexico city where he scored that goal against england was a ploughed field, it was all but impossible, i'm told by people who were there, and the rough

play, maradona played at a time when football went through a strong physical evolution, without corresponding entries and protection from the referees. so he took the field many times not knowing if he would end up the game in the dressing room or in hospital. the physical buffeting he took was extraordinary. it's all very well to level accusations of being a cheat at him but i don't ever remember a player being as cheated against as maradona, which i'm sure can almost inevitably make you cynical. also in terms of his drug problems, iwonder cynical. also in terms of his drug problems, i wonder how much a contributing factor to that was the cortisone, his body was being pumped with cortisone, which is really a way of deceiving the body that everything is all right, patch him upfor game everything is all right, patch him up for game after game after game, and the pain from his activities on the football field could well have been something which deepens the excesses of his drug intake later in life. lovely to talk

to you, thank you so much. donald trump has pardoned his former national security adviser, michael flynn. general flynn served just three weeks in office at the start of the trump administration before pleading guilty to lying to the fbi during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. the president wrote on social media, "it is my great honor to announce that general michael t flynn has been granted a full pardon. congratulations to general flynn and his wonderful family, i know you will now have a truly fantastic thanksgiving!" well earlier, former white house senior adviser, 0marosa manigault newman, spoke to the bbc about flynn's pardon. i worked with michael flynn during my year in the white house and it's no surprise his loyalty to donald trump has certainly paid off, and expect to see more of these types of pardons for trump loyalists, no matter how grievous their crimes were. but really, donald trump is laying the groundwork for what we expect to be a very dramatic end.

donald trump, the tv show host — he likes to have a dramatic finale. and what more of one that will top the fact that donald trump will proactively protect himself from any potential crimes at the federal level by pardoning himself. we can now speak to republican strategist seth weathers. good to talk to you. i think we can take it as read that you welcome this, of course, it doesn't take away the crime, it doesn't take away the crime, it doesn't take away the crime, it doesn't take away the guilty plea, just says he is not going to be punished. when you say the crime or the guilty plea, they did make that attempt that they did make that attempt that they wanted to retract his original statement of guilt and that matter and investigators that matter and investigators that were actually involved in that were actually involved in that encounter with him, they themselves said they did not believe flynn lied, nor did they believe that lynn believed he lied, so the reality was, it was an entrapment case, which is why the department of justice threw it out. well.

there's all sorts of arguments to have against that. you know this is very controversial stopping there must be more pardons to come in with the drum certainly wouldn't be the first president to do that, who do you expect to be pardoned?” think that will be interesting, i think there is a potential of carl rittenhouse, the kid that was protecting himself in self defence, shooting writers that we re defence, shooting writers that were assaulting him. that is to be decided, of course, let's leave that one on the record. that's my personal opinion, you have your personal opinion, we all have our opinions, but i've also seen video and think kid was being attacked. let's wait for the court of law on that but very interested to hear your opinion, who else? it might be joe exotic, your opinion, who else? it might bejoe exotic, we will see. that will be the more interesting one, but nonetheless, i do think there are going to be quite a few

more pardons to come and i think that it will range from people with low level drug issues that they have heard about or arrests, i should say 01’ about or arrests, i should say or convictions, all up to some political things as well. of course, the real interest would be if mrtrump course, the real interest would be if mr trump tries to pardon himself. he could do that in relation to federal crimes, couldn't he? he can't do it for state crimes? 0k, couldn't he? he can't do it for state crimes? ok, the whole concept of this, and whoever your previous guest was does not know what they are talking about. you can't pardon yourself for something you haven't been charged with. your previous guest was just talking out... 0bviously previous guest was just talking out... obviously has no idea what they were talking about stopping you cannot pardon yourself for something you have not been charged or convicted of, so the reality is, it's just more nonsense the liberals are coming up with to try to create drama and controversy here in the us. (crosstalk) is here in the us. (crosstalk) is he going to pardon himself or having the greatest economy we

have had? you are quite right of course, a pardon does imply a crime. you are quite right of course, a pardon does imply a crimem implies you have been convicted with the crime. something that we should come back and talk to you shortly before the inauguration. surely you would ee, inauguration. surely you would agree, too, that this leaves a rather bad taste, doesn't it? pardoning michael flynn? rather bad taste, doesn't it? pardoning michael flynn7m there are any number of more pardons, surely it does? why? every president in history has pardon people. clinton pardoned tons of people including mark rich who was on the lamb living internationally, so i think the president pardoning people, i'm m, president pardoning people, i'm in, the president has been huge on criminaljustice reform, as you know, and has made huge effo rts you know, and has made huge efforts and gotten a lot of people out ofjail and pardon people out ofjail and pardon people that were in jail for low—level crimes and had been there for a very long time, so

i don't think, president trump pardoning people is shocking and every other previous president doing the same thing is not does not make sense to me. the issue is who you pardon. seth, we should talk about this again when we have more information copy thank you very much indeed. a british—australian academic, kylie moore—gilbert, has expressed relief and thanks at her release from two years detention in iran for espionage. ms moore—gilbert, who always denied wrongdoing, was freed in exchange for three unnamed iranians imprisoned abroad. the austraian government praised diplomatic engagement with their iranian counterparts. mark lobel reports. the first pictures of kylie moore—gilbert, an australian academic on her way to freedom. releasing her face mask academic on her way to freedom. releasing herface mask in front of the australian and exeter to run —— ambassador to iran after two years in prison stopping state tv also reveals three arrivals, seemingly in exchange for the british

australians released, being heralded by iran's deputy foreign minister. the melbourne university lecturer‘s exit comes university lecturer‘s exit co m es after university lecturer‘s exit comes after she was tried in secret on charges of spying, which she denies. she was held ina which she denies. she was held in a notorious prison in the desert and let it be known, she had rejected an offer from desert and let it be known, she had rejected an offerfrom iran to become a spy. in a statement, dr moore—gilbert thanked australian officials and said: her treatment would not have been great. we know that iran is one of the countries that, its human rights are down pretty low on their list of things that they are actually good at and the prison conditions would not have been good that kylie had been living through, especially in the

section with the revolutionary guard, where she had been detained, because we know that ill—treatment and torture is quite prolific there. the british government has yet to secure the release of a charity worker who was detained on spying charges in 2016 and has a lwa ys spying charges in 2016 and has always maintained her innocence. her husband, richard ratcliffe says this latest release shows deals are being done, but didn't know what it meant for his wife's situation. iranians state media insists they had exchanged eight zionists by but dr moore—gilbert supporters say they are over the moon, an amazing friend and colleague is on her way home. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: caught on camera — the new technology that can detect whether you're driving and using your mobile phone.

president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world. the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 1960s. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, with

the cuban missile crisis. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: one of the most famous footballers of the past fifty years and one of the sport's all—time greats, diego maradona, has died. president trump pardons michael flynn, his first national security adviser, who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russia. president—electjoe biden has called for an end to what he called the grim season of division which he said would give way to light and unity. the president—elect urged americans to recommit to the fight against coronavirus and on the eve of thanksgiving called on them to forgo high—risk holiday traditions as cases of the virus continue to surge. who's professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at vanderbilt university school of medicine. thank you very much indeed for

your time. i thank you very much indeed for yourtime. iam thank you very much indeed for your time. i am sure you are a very busy man. i suppose i should ask you first of all how you are spending thanksgiving and christmas? very quietly, is the answer! we are not having the answer! we are not having the whole family around the table, we are having a small intimate group of three, who will share the family cocoon at thanksgiving and we may see some of the rest of the family for about an hour, wearing masks, social distancing and only for about an hour. we are being very careful. so you are setting a good example. 0ne being very careful. so you are setting a good example. one of the chances do you think of many people doing the same? there are millions already on the move for thanksgiving, perhaps not as many as previous yea rs perhaps not as many as previous years but an awful lot of people. a lot of people but many are being careful so we have divided ourselves into two groups, the careful and be carefree. and we are concerned that two, three weeks down the

road, we will have more cases, a surge upon a surge that is there already, creating more illness, more hospitalisation and stress on our hospital system and the people who work within it. see do anticipate thanksgiving and christmas being super spreader events? yes, i'm afraid so. the people who are carefree now are car free in the daily lives, —— carefree, they are the ones you may not have the symptoms that have the virus, bring it to the thanksgiving table and the christmas tree and then spread it among the intimate with whom they share this wonderful occasion, inside for prolonged periods of time. lots of hugging and kissing, the virus loves that. must be so frustrating for people in your position, even with cases and deaths urging, hospitalisations more seriously on the rise, so many people still do not accept what is going on. we hearfrom

medics saying they have people seriously ill in hospital, operating them and the nursing staff saying it cannot be covid that has got me, it does not exist. it is really remarkable. of course our response to covid have had a great political veneer, right? and that has really been strongly embedded in peoples minds when they get information contrary to that, the psychologist tellers, all of us, you, me, everyone, will double down on our original belief. it is very hard to change peoples peoples minds and attitudes may have to change before behaviour changes. that is there any chances of putting the brakes on this pandemic before there isa on this pandemic before there is a vaccine? i think a little bit. the vaccine will not be available to everybody immediately, we cannot vaccinate $30 million in the us in1.5 weeks! —

vaccinate $30 million in the us in 1.5 weeks! — 30 million people and i hope the notion that we are all working together, we are —— wearing the imposition of the mouth, social distancing, that those things will begin to penetrate, i hope, as a get into the new year. doctor william schaffner, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to our. thank you. the duchess of sussex has described the ‘almost unbearable grief‘ she experienced writing in the new york times she said that talking about losing a baby was still something of a taboo and led to what she called ‘unwarranted shame‘. 0ur correspondent sarah campbell reports on meghan‘s decision to speak out. wait, listen, did you hear that? i heard duck sounds. quack, quack, quack! archie‘s first birthday in may. two months later, his mother, the duchess of sussex, suffered a miscarriage, revealing today in a newspaper editorial the impact on her and her husband, prince harry. she described how, after changing archie‘s nappy, she felt a sharp cramp...

"and yet," she added... her words have resonated with those all too familiar with pregnancy loss. if i had seen this essay when i had my first pregnancy loss, i would‘ve felt a lot less isolated and a lot less alone. because although i knew that the loss of pregnancy was common, no—one really talked to me about it, and no—one actually really knew what to say to understand what i was going through. meghan joins a number of high—profile women who have opened up about the loss of a child. chrissy teigen was widely praised for sharing intimate pictures in the aftermath of a stillbirth. michelle 0bama wrote of her miscarriage in her autobiography. and zara tindall, prince harry‘s cousin, revealed she‘d suffered two miscarriages before the birth of her second child. it‘s estimated that up

to one in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage. all couples will cope in their own way. but experts agree it‘s important those that want to talk about it feel that they can. there is a lot of pressure that is put on women to be able to conceive, and conceive successfully, and when we don‘t talk about it, u nfortu nately, we can hold a lot of that shame and stigma within us, within ourfamilies and sometimes within our communities and particular cultures. the sussexes stepped back from royal duties earlier this year but as this article illustrates, meghan hasn‘t stepped back from public life. sarah campbell, bbc news. they‘ve become a vital tool for millions of us around the world — mobile phones are not only a way to communicate, they‘re often a source of information and entertainment. but, in the hands of a driver, they can be a potentially fatal distraction. now, the authorities in the netherlands are trying to do something about it, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains.

caught on camera, drivers breaking the law. each one of them, behind the will of a car and using a mobile phone. —— wheel of a car. the pictures taken by cameras, a new technology that could save lives. the camera takes images of every vehicle that passes. if the driver is holding a phone or interacting with their phone, it is sent through to the police to review. a final manual check by an authorised officer before i finally sent out. similar schemes have been piloted in other countries across europe, like this one in the south of england but while they can detect whether a mobile phone is being used, they could not work out who was using it. the driver of the passenger. a very different story for the team in the netherlands. it does not detect the face of the driver, it only sees the steering wheel, the hands, eventually the mobile device and of course the license plate of the car because that is what

license plate of the car beca‘ phones is what license plate of the car beca‘ phones and hat license plate of the car beca‘ phones and concentrate on their phones and concentrate on their phones and concentrate on the road. tim allman, bbc news. the former president of the world bank, james wolfensohn, has died in new york at the age of 86. he ran the bank for 10 years from 1995 and was instrumental in bringing tens of billions of dollars in debt relief to 27 of the world‘s poorest countries. before we go, the scene in buenos aires. this is the scene at the 0belisco monument as argentinians gathered to pay tribute to the football legend diego maradona, who died at 60 from a heart attack. the president of the country has declared three days of national mourning, his funeral will be held at the palace. more news

on the bbc website and the twitter feed. thank you for watching. hello. we have plenty of fine weather in the forecast for the next few days thanks, to a building ridge of high pressure, but that high pressure will bring with it an increased chance of frosty nights. chilly days as well under the ridge of high pressure and an increasing chance of seeing fog developing by night and lingering into the next day. today, not so bad though. we will have a weather front pushing cloud counties first thing and some rain for kent. 0n the whole, the majority of sunshine from the get—go but with the sunshine, a chilly start, and temperatures

will not recover to the heights we‘ve seen previously this week. looking at typically highs of 7—9, the odd spot heading to 10 or11. you may notice this front coming to the north—west and the two fronts trying to squeeze the high through thursday and friday but through the centre of the high we have the greatest risk of seeing fog as we move into the small hours of friday and to the chilly spots as well getting down below zero and cut across the south—eastern finals west and temperatures staying above zero. through friday daytime, those fronts, as you can see, just capping either end of the uk and through the core of the uk, some areas will get some decent sunshine but some of the fog is going to really struggle to clear. not much breeze working and sunshine not particularly strong this time of year, so the fog does mean the temperatures are sticking to three degrees but even at best, on friday looking at six or seven.

as for the weekend, fairly similar temperatures and a similar looking picture overall. chilly nights to come. the high looks different for saturday and sunday, extending across us from the continent, and chance on sunday that we will see a weather front trying to push into the north—west. the effect overall is still the same — a lot of fine weather, light winds, chances of fog forming at night that lingers during the day, and lifts up to low cloud and sunshine, as a result, may be at a premium as we head on into the weekend.

this is bbc news — the headlines: argentina has been plunged into mourning by the death of arguably its most famous son — the football legend diego maradona. people have poured out onto the streets to express their grief at the loss of the star whose sublime performances secured victory in the 1986 world cup. president trump has granted a full pardon to his former 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 during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. president—electjoe biden has used a televised address on the eve of thanksgiving to urge americans to recommit to the fight against coronavirus. mr biden said a grim season of division would give way to light and unity. americans, he said, were at war with coronavirus and not each other.