but everyone has the right everyone has the right. this is g.w. news live from berlin tonight, the world of football in mourning the football legend, diego maradona, as don, the soccer superstar who led argentina to victory in the 1986 world cup suffered a fatal heart attack. we'll look back at his life and legacy on and off the pitch. also coming up tonight, the coronavirus crisis in germany,

deadlier than ever. on tuesday, the daily death toll hit a record high. the answer may be tougher restrictions than a nationwide lock till once intended to save christmas, now necessary to save locks, and ethiopia civilians flee the northern region as a deadline for local forces to surrender expires the government's message to the outside world. we will handle this crisis our way off to our viewers joining us on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. he is considered one of the greatest football players ever to have graced the pitch. and he is with us. no more. diego maradona died on wednesday of an apparent heart attack. he was 60, was revealed around the world,

his defining moments when he captained argentina to world cup victory against west germany in 1800. yes, our daughter had been in poor health, but his death has stunned football fans around the globe. the moment which divided the football world. a goal only diego maradona could conjure up, or dayshift spectacular, controversial. with his left fist on a produced one of football's most iconic scenes at the 1986 world cup, he single handedly knocked england out of the tournament with his hand of god. and then went on to late argentina to victory in the final against west germany. a villain to some a hero to others, particularly among his passionate compadres. prior to that page, at the age of 26, maradona had already lived an intense life. born in 1960, he grew up with his 7 siblings in via fiorito, a poor neighborhood in the southern suburbs of bonna cyrus. he grafted his way to

professional football, making his debut for argentina's juniors at the age of just 16, following a spell with back a genius maradona arrived at barcelona in 1982. then he began to conquer and captivate europe with his magical left was 2 years later he landed in naples where he achieved god like status. after leading knuckly to the club's 1st, ever syria title and the us, the cup and marathon as legend was then cemented with argentina's world cup win in mexico. in 1906, alcohol and cocaine would later tank. his footballing korea donna hung up his boots at his beloved bach, a genius in 1997. retirements, all marriage on a full on tough times a day city drug addiction, trouble with the law and increasing stays in hospital. in 2000,

he was on the verge of death. but after a successful detox, which included a long stay in fidel castro's cuba maradona returned to the public spotlight. this time in politics where he supported the latin american left at every opportunity. in 2008, smerdon a made a spectacular return to the football pitch. this time as coach of the argentine national team, he took charge in the dug out for 2 years, which ended in the face against germany at the 2010 world cup quarterfinals in south africa. from there he continued battling health issues and taking on coaching roles, he passed through the united arab emirates and mexico before i return to argentina, plata, so many football supporters. marat donna is the best player of all time to his adoring fans. he was a key into a god in his death, his legend will live on a terminally ill one across nel street to sports journalist says you're rosenthal, he joins us from when his arias says you,

good evening to you. this is obviously very sad news. what more can you tell us about his passing? good evening for all of you also. good night. i think that now of course i don't think i could live in germany. yes. see 3 of you very, very sad, very sad day from now on. i think that you told it recently with the legend. what about the water though? now from now on, it would be a legend says euro cinderella's jordan eastern engineer and whatever. i want to remember him inside the tree is inside making inroads, making breathing and driving it all. try to forget about his personal life. i don't, i don't care really. i don't because of course, not agree with all kinds of, of what you said it in a couple of intro about dr. cole and whatever. i think people might

remember the alarm on the modern us, one of the most important of the most important sort of football player. so gratian the stakes are very productive. when i want to say that, i prefer to remember there were months of on a bonus, a separate area, no or vote on what he'd seen in there. one being the, you know, virile. not everybody knows all around the world are, seems they also came from a very low, very low class that are jihadi. that is the boy. you know, that is the following. that is very hard for a guy came from a very low class, for instance, to have a lot of running or whatever he wants. but there's a reason if i just started as a reporter here, we want to take a look at some of the 1st reactions that we have been getting from fans in

argentina to take a look. you know, it will get if i can't believe it. it's incredible. you think that all the bad things can happen, but then you see that they can't, you know, it turns out we're all mortals. i'm just saying it, but i feel a bit like it's a bad dream in the field against my film that it's a joke. i want to believe that it's a joke. you know, good if they were going to be called the 1st thing. my 12 year old son said to me as a mom marriage donna died. i couldn't believe it. i didn't especially love him, but i did feel bad for them out of me. maybe they are made out to be totally shocked, hurt and to be frank. that's why this doesn't want to come out. i think it was a great guy who didn't have very good relations around him who was taken advantage of a lot. get over it took them with a lady. let me ask you, could you tell us what did madonna or what does he mean to the people in argentina?

you know, country like europe is not the same education. we are very young countries that we can make a go of, you know, what i mean? you know, you know exactly what i want to tell you who view among them, what i don't, i was not a god. one of the best player in food will be able to . ready ready strike gold and i think people must remember the arrow, the best player or what he did for the national the cause of the doing of the especially for non-police. you know, i also covered crime in april. 'd and it was amazing, i remember that was amazing. i walk on the street and peace might

should, because i was with her not in the insurer walking, not bogus, please stop the car and see what happens. somebody want to go? no, no, no, no, no. they say government in the audience sample much and you know, of course they are, you know, national emergency officials. yes. so i used to call them all the same idea for a moment only for a moment here. rosenthal's sports journalist joining us tonight when it's our, it's sincere, we appreciate you sharing your memories and your thoughts with us tonight. thank you. let's talk about this larger than life mythical figure that was diego maradona. and to do that i'm joined from good leads towards tom. get away times. now would you

describe the sublime footballer who had an illustrious career? yes, absolutely. i mean, very arguably, the best player ever to have played the most popular game in the world is a titanic figure in the world of football. and of course, in the world of sport, i mean he won trophies on many different continents. he won, probably the biggest sporting competition exists in the wode, the football world cup, in 1906 for a country, argentina, which is crazy about football as we've been hearing. and yet there are many players that will achieve more, i think, in the game of football than diego maradona just in terms of numbers of trophies, but very, very few who will ever be remembered in the same way that he will be. because he's just regarded by very many people as the most gifted player ever to have had the guy he was challenged. he was also battling his personal demons, especially later in life was a yes, that's true. it was in naples where diego maradona developed a habit for

alcohol and cocaine abuse that don't him for hours career that led to him being banned from playing the game by fifo on several occasions. you know, maradona developed associations with the camorra, the local mafia in naples during his time there. but, you know, we're talking about a figure who embodies of an astronomical rise from obscurity and poverty, by virtue of his talent for playing the game for which so many people are so passionate. and then i think suffered naturally to the kind of immense limelight that's attached to the adoration and the claim that he received in public life. i think that's also what series year was trying to get into that. the extremes in his life were hard for most of his to imagine talk to us about what is known as the mara dunham, manage to have a magic a marathon. i think it's, you know, for football fans who see merit on a play. even for those who've had to see maradona play just in terms of videos in

the road, use euclid's. it's something that, you know, i think everybody can conjure images of maradona flicking the ball around of maradona, keeping the buso closely his feet as he dodges tackles and flies down the wing of maradona producing finishes that cheeky and so unbelievable that nobody else would have ever come to the idea of trying some of the things that maradona made look so effortless. yeah, and as i say, sublime talent, dizzy does he deserve the title, the greatest footballer of all time? that's kind of an open question and the several other contenders. maradona was voted the fist player of the century, alongside brazilian legend pele. whether or not he's the greatest of all time, that's an open question and people will have their own opinions on that. but if you ask anybody who the graceful of all time is, his would definitely be one of the very 1st names that come to mind. and that's a legacy that very, very few would have a claim. diego, bardon,

the dead at the age of 60. tom, as always, thank you. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the tributes that are pouring in on social media sadness from the 3 clubs, maradona played for because juniors tweeting eternal thinks eternal diego over it. is this the napoli, the club posting, always in our hearts, shall diego. and finally f.c. barcelona. the club posting on twitter, saying q 4 everything. diego, the legendary sprinter, usain bolt, posted these pictures of the pair doing the famous lightning bolt move. he tweeted, rest in peace to the legend. well, it is considered to be a question not of if, but rather when and how much german chancellor angela merkel and regional leaders are expected to announce changes to the nationwide partial lockdown in place since

the beginning of november. there's tighter restrictions are expected to be eased during the christmas holiday and then reimposed as 2020 becomes 2021. although the number of new coronavirus cases in germany is no longer increasing exponentially, the number of daily deaths from cove at 19 is now at a record high. and for more now we want to bring in our chief political editor mikhail eclipse north. she's on the story for us in berlin, waiting like everyone mccaleb. we thought the german chancellor was going to come out hours ago to announce these changes, but we're still waiting. what does that tell us? well, 7 hours now, it's increasingly feeling like one of those e.u. summit. and it's true, they all know the 16 state premiers and i'm going to machall, they have to come up with something. after all $1010.00 days ago, the greed to disagree on where to take the corona,

partial lockdown until christmas, and whether to ease up. they promised to the bigger plan for the next couple of weeks for now and they'll have to deliver whatever happens. we understand that they're locked down in the nitty gritty of schooling if the issues of who pays for what, but also on how much germans will be allowed to enjoy the christmas season. and what that means for christmas shopping. we've learned that there's talk of having new measures in place for larger shops, 25 square meters for every customer in larger shops, so that christmas shopping doesn't simply take place on line. and that also there's a new red line being debated of 200 infections 410-0000 people within the space of 7 days before that figure was 50. and that, of course, raises a lot of questions over where that new red line will be and how much the individual

states are feeling the pressure of a looming looming, new exponential growth in covered 19. and that's, that's what people are afraid of me remind us of why these restrictions these tighter restrictions, why they are needed now. well that one is a couple weeks ago when suddenly infections were 23000 a day plus. and this after angela merkel done the math and said that she expects some 900200 by christmas. and that shows you how suddenly the infections can start galloping away. and that has been somewhat contained, we're down 218600 something today, but 410 deaths. and that's a clear indicator that not just the emergency rooms filling up here and more and more covered $900.00 patients. but also there are more deaths that indicates that there's a stress limit being reached. also within the german health system and christmas or

not, the state premier sitting around the table will have to ensure that he doesn't go past that point of very difficult return to some bought some kind of control over the infections. here. as you were saying, the chancellor, she wanted it tighter restrictions weeks ago. now when we talk about germany losing its grip on this pandemic, how do we describe it? how did it have been? do we blame when it depends on who you are. those who disagree about acquisitive don't feel that the current mess is adequate. some call for even stricter measures, but about a quarter of doubtful about that. and there's a very smooth minority that's also taken that protests to the streets here. and, but overall, we're told from the beginning that simply there would be

a new master plan and that seems to have worked that kind of transparency with the public. at the same time, there are some states who find it hard to sell than others. to explain to people why there's now a priority also when it comes to schools, but also keeping salt open and every individual state premier from that 16 states seems to have different priorities that. and that's what's proving so difficult this evening. all right. there on the story for us here in berlin tonight, mikhail as always, thank you. let's have a look now. at other developments in the coronavirus pandemic, france is relaxing its restrictions following a drop in new infections. not a single shops. movie theaters and museums will gradually reopen, but large gatherings will remain banned. australia's most populous state new south wales has eased social distancing measures and allowed companies to bring employees

back to work. and in the us, a restaurant dining ban comes into effect today in los angeles. the 3 week order comes as the state of california faces a record number of new infections. if the prime minister has asked the international community not to interfere in the conflict in his countries to agree region, the central government gave the region's leaders an ultimatum. surrender by tonight or face an assault on their city. over the last 3 weeks, hundreds of people have been killed in a government offensive. communications remain almost completely cut off to the gray, which is home to about 6000000 people. many have been forced to flee to refugee piece baby boy is just 2 weeks old. the newborn doesn't even have a name yet, but he's already been through much more than he should have. and i gave birth in

the hope that is it with no one to help me. it's martha says, she says people brought here in the baby to a refugee camp and that she's been waiting for help for 2 weeks. many people here have similar stories and there are new arrivals every day. more than 40000, people have fled the fighting in the ethiopian region of teague right across the border into see don, people have commented, all sorts of conditions with absolutely nothing. no money, no more clothes, no food, no contact with people. never enough. everyone here off guard to help, so it's a painful 1st few, few days and weeks. it's hard to get a true sense of what's happening on the ground in some reports speak of thousands of people dead. but this is difficult to verify because of an internet blackout restricted media access and blocked telephone lines. ethiopian government troops are said to have surrounded the provincial capital, mckayla, and i threatening a major offensive if the leaders of the tea gripe people's liberation front do not

surrender. ethiopia's prime minister who won the nobel peace prize last year, doesn't appear to be pushing for a peaceful solution and he's demanded the international community. stay out of the conflict. heidi agree, since rhetoric on both sides regarding the fight for me, kenny is dangerously provocative and it risks placing already vulnerable and frightened civilians in great danger. over the border in sudan, those who made it out of a just trying to get by the young mother who recently gave birth hopes her child point be forced to grow up in a refugee camp for the latest. some joined by journalist sam, you will get a cheer. he is in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa? samuel? the deadline that the ethiopian government gave as leaders, that ultimatum has expired. that deadline has expired. do we know what is happening now on the ground in light?

my, all of my colleagues, we've been waiting for any kinds of time, no instrument. we've been reading this social media because the government, the ethiopian government, seems to use social media to distribute information, misinformation, or fight for what the, the must misinformation. there hasn't been any updates, so at this moment we really don't know if the violence 2 are actually getting to my colleague or if they're just waiting by this summer's mccully, which is that replacing of 1000 at the count. those done it so the population must have grown by this year. you mention mckellar. we know that that is the capital of the region. do we have any idea tonight how these civilians in that city, how they are doing? we had no information. they human rights watch and an e-mail

a few hours ago saying everyone who is involved in this conflict should watch out and protect peaceful civilians. but you know, we focus on the time getting to the sudan. what are telling us to name iconix that conflict is really affecting thousands of people, more than 40000 oficial numbers. so, i mean, you can only guess where this conference is headed. you say that your neighbors in sudan, the, you know, they've been talking about this problem. ethiopians government has told the international community, basically to butt out. they said this is a domestic problem. we know that's not true. there are warnings that this conflict could destabilize all of east africa. it might as well, but the prime minister insists he's been using his twitter account to say the kind of stapes he has taken for the country to come to this conclusion. including

sending, offering some kind of mediation in the past, even sending. and it was the last at the m p. n to try to breach that breach that got he saying this is that and he wants to fight the t.p.n. enough. the heart of it, which is macaulay, and if they can cut your them and bring them to justice as he sat, would be the kinds of conclusion he's looking at. but he's not intervening in any kind of mediation. he said he's only meeting with the african leadership, i think, and indeed, rest of us a courtesy quote, there won't be any mediation and signal do we know what is happening to the 10s of thousands of people who have become refugees. the people who have fled to neighboring sudan reminding all of us that need for a united nations that cuts sub some of the it's importance. we're watching this

from a distance and being very touched. thousands of people are at the mercy of, for a u.n. organizations and their partners. they're getting the most basic needs accomplished . and partners in the u.n. continue stuck into international tours to help them because there are too many of them commie. and the question we've been asking is, how do you prepare this kind of conference and stand thousands of people showing up at your your border? they're being overwhelmed. they're asking for help. journalists, samuel, get a chair in the ethiopian capital, addis ababa with the latest tonight on the situation there in iraq. samuel, thank you. thank you. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. argentine football legend diego has died at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack in his home and underwent surgery for a blood clot on his brain. earlier this month is widely regarded by football fans

as one of the greatest players of all regional leaders meeting tonight are expected to extend the coronavirus lockdown measures into december and possibly the new year restrictions are likely to be loosened. for the christmas holiday gatherings, new measures are set to be announced in the next hour. but you can always get it from google play or from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications. any breaking news . and if you're part of a news story, you can also use the city does photos and videos of what's happening. it's been more than a year since a blaze tore through notre dame cathedral in restorers. have completed a vital step in the process to revive the iconic site. and when the fire broke out in april 29th, seen, the building was already under repair existing scaffolding. it was deformed by the heat and officials feared,

taking it off could cause the building to collapse. but further tragedy, it's been avoided as restore, successfully have removed $200.00 tons of scaffolding. the next phase of the restoration involves protecting the damaged spire from the rain authorities. a pledge to reopen the cathedral to the public by the year 2024. that is some good news tonight. you're watching t w news. after a short break, i'll be back to take you through the days to go around. we'll be right back.

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roles is known. he's known for the cancer story for almost a month, a partial lockdown has been in effect for all of germany. the restrictions they've helped to slow down the rate of new corona virus infections, but not enough. on tuesday, the number of coded 1000 deaths in one day hit a record high here in germany, and that may be enough to justify a tougher lock down. for weeks, the government justified the restrictions this way. we're doing it to save christmas. tonight, the government's message may be,

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