♪ >> welcome to "live from paris" -- world news and analysis from france 24. these are the headlines. football jimmy is the diego member donna has died. three days of national mourning have been declared in argentina. the footballer will lie in state at the presidential palace. he postmortal examination is to be held. we will go live to our correspondent in buenos aires for the latest. fans have taken to the streets

by the thousands to pay their respects. we will be goi to rome, italy, for more from there very shortly. women around the world are marking a day for awareness of violence against women, noting how the lockdown has forced many women in closer quarters with their abusers. thank you very much for being with us. diego maradona has died at the age of 60. the argentinian footballer was revered around the world for his immense talent.

three days of morning have been declared in his native argentina. he had been in hospital earlier this month to undergo brain surgery. his debt has touched millions of people. reaction and analysis has yet to come -- his death has touched millions of people. his successor making this statement -- diego is eternal. let's listen to some reactions from the streets of argentina's capital. >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language]

>> [speaking foreign language] >> the president of argentina has reacted via social media, writing, "you took us to the top of the world. you made us immensely happy. you were the greatest of all. thanks for happiness, diego. we will miss you." tell us more about the reaction where you are.

>> national mourning. on the pavement of the roads as that convoy past, there were lockdown loss to go outside tong cheer on diego maradona's body as he goes back to the morgue. an ordinary argentinian, like many others, expressing shared emergence -- shared emotions. diego maradona was the greatest and most humble of players. he never played for money, and he played for the joy of the game. people here still cannot quite believe this has happened. he was only 60 years old. arntina' greatest son,

arguably the greatest footballer to have ever walked the planet, dead at 60 years old from what is believed to have been a massive, sudden, and fatal heart attack. >> it is as though he has been a legend since childhood in many ways. why do you think people took maradona to heart in the way they did? big star, public figure, but nonetheless, people in argentina and around the world figuring in some way that he sees part of them. >> he was very much a man of the people. a brilliant footballer, a genius on the pitch, no doubt about that, but he was also a larger-than-life character. i remember one such instance when he was in addiction treatment at a clinic in fidel castro's cuba. diego maradona was a very

politicized figure. he was a fan of the castro's. they were filming on the caribbean sea. diego maradona was fishing from a large boat that had its top off -- he had his top off and was showing off his large torso. he had a tattoo of che guevara. the argentine revolutionary. diego, quick as you like turned to the argentinian people and said, yes, you know what, it's the only place you will see the two greatest argentinians in history in the same place at the same time. he was a larger-than-life character, both for his footballing skills and massive personality. he touched the lives of many argentinians who are mourning

him right now. >> three days of national mourning declared. his body to lie in state at the presidential palace. >> yes, that's right. we have details coming through, both surrounding the details of his death but also plans of the argentinian government to's -- to celebrate his life. authority's have made known that maradona's time of death was around 12:00 p.m. midday earlier today. auoritiesonfirmed that there were no signs of violence in connection with his death. no signs of a traumatic death and that he died of natural causes. it is confirmed that an autopsy will take place to establish the exact cause of death, but it is thought he suffered a massive, sudden, and fatal heart attack. ambulances were called after this happened, obviously, and they arrived in five minutes,

but medical staff were unable to resuscitate diego maradona. as well as three days of morning, they will hold a visual for diego maradona and make the pridential palace available for this. this is very much symbolic of who maradona was for argentinians. he was known as the immortal figure. he was arguably the greatest argentine in argentin's history, and this is a nation very much in morning today. >> thank you very much indeed for bringing us a sense of what is happening there where diego maradona was earlier pronounced dead at the age of 60. a postmortem investigation, autopsy, is scheduled to take place to determine exactly what happened, but it is believed he died of natural causes, a heart attack.

it is just a question of speculation if there was a link between those issues, but nonetheless, natural causes is the first conclusion as to why the late footballer has died. his career, of course, began in argentina and led to barcelona before arriving in naples. it was here that his star status became almost a cult. ♪ you can see thousands of people coming out to pay tribute as football fans only know how, making noise and chanting the name of the person they revere. in this case, of course, diego maradona who still has

court-like status among not just fans, but the whole city in natalie from when he played there in the 1980's. -- the whole city in napoli. let's go to room. maradona's death seemingly mourned by footballers everywhere, but perhaps in naples the most. was the reaction where you are? -- what is the reaction where you are? >> i think it is one across the country of shock and sorrow, but really being felt in the city of naples, because he played in the city's club, napoli. he won the title twice, in 1987 as well as 1990. you have the mayor saying that the city is in morning, and he

has called for the city's sao paulo stadium to be renamed in diego maradona's honor. he was named an honorary citizen of the city. very much a beloved figure. as you saw in this image is, people coming together to remember him, to remember his talent. there's the spanish quarter in the historic part of the city. you see crowds of people gathered in front of a massive mural of maradona. his photos, his jerseys, even projections of his famous goals that he has played. also interesting to note that the mayor tweeting that he was not just argentinian, he was

also the politician -- he was also napolitan. pope francis, of course, is argentinian. he said that he remembered having met him a few times, so pope francis himself, known to be passionate about football, so he weighed in about the death of maradona. >> it is a remarkable impact maradona has made on italy. all the more impressive when one considers the impact that maradona made in many ways off the pitch in italy and where there were many controversies and scandals. >> exactly. you had the city parting for five days. hundreds of thousands of people

on the street. it was a massive impact. he took this club from the south of the country -- the poor south of the country, having beaten those clubs up in the north. he saw the fortunes there but also saw a lot of suffering. it was in naples where he began his drug problem, if you like, and he was also known to have had contacts with gangs. on top of that, there were controversies around tax issues, alleged tax evasion for many years. he could not return to italy because of concerns he would be arrested. eventually, these contentious issues were settled and he did return to italy. on top of that, he is said to have had a child with a woman

from naples, something he denied for many years. eventually, he did reconcile with this child. it is interesting to note in the 1990's, so much was the affection and adoration that many children in naples were named after him. >> i'm sure they will not be the last. thank you very much indeed. we are joined by our sports editor for more on the situation. can you start by reminding us of the basic facts of the story so far? >> absolutely. diego maradona, 60 years old, with what we believe is a heart attack. one of the greatest football players ever in the history of football. he survived another heart attack , it must be said, a near fatal

one in 2005. a lot of people said it was a miracle he survived that one, so we do know that his health was very poor in recent years. he had been in hospital earlier this month to remove a brain clot. again, an idea of his health. you talked about the controversy surrounding him, particularly his addiction to class a drugs and alcohol precipitating, without a doubt, i think, his conditions today. >> messi, his successor in many ways, has won it a record six times. can you explain why maradona never won the gold? >> unfortunately, at the time of the panel, a lot of questions are raised.

there are plenty of question marks as to why that did not happen. what we can say, what we know for sure is that he is a player that enlightened a generation, a player that many people looked up as a god. we have heard that word. he was known as the golden boy in argentina. he is one of the only players in the history of football to have carried his team in 1986. >> indeed a remarkable player but -- by anybody's judgment. i'm sure we could argue that. thank you for bringing that. let's bring in another guest to talk about the life and times of diego maradona. thank you very much for joining

us. maradona's death, your reaction, r. >> it's a big shock. i've never seen in live him play football, but i can say he is probably the best player. sorry. >> no, i think what you are getting at is his influence, his massive influee in how he conducted himself and also his political leanings, too.

>> we cannot restrict maradona to footbal i can say that i am argentinian born, so it is unbelievable to lose maradona in a year like 20/20. -- a year like 2020. [indiscernible]

he was considered like that, like a god, and it's a very, very big shock in argentina. >> we are going to have to leave it there because the quality of the sound coming from you sadly is not doing justice to the words that you want to give us. we are really getting the sense that you are in shock at diego maradona's death, a sense that this was someone treated in your view as a football god, and in your view and that of many others, the best footballer of all time. that is something many will argue about, but what i will add to that as i have seen many football matches and many footballers, and very few come anywhere near the standard, the

quality, the ability of diego maradona who has died at the age of 60. we will have more reaction. for now, let's move onto world news and news of great importance. women around the world have been marking international day of elimination of violence against women. the pandemic has left many trapped with their abusers and exposed to greater danger. all types of violence against women and girls since the beginning of covid-19 has intensified. some shelters are seeing a fivefold rise in calls. here to talk on this, the deputy executive director of the united nations women's group. thank you very much for being with us. the situation as the united nations has outlined is indeed serious, but the problems have been there all the time.

what needs to change? clearly, the attitude of men. the attitude of authorities, too. >> yes, thank you for having me. as you said, we have known about this problem for a long time, and it spiked during covid-19. what is lacking now is actually implementation of more systemized measures with funding. that is what is lacking. today, we hear a lot of good political support and rhetoric. we also have legislation in place in many countries that was not there five years ago. that's good news, but the implementation is lacking, and it's time to step up now. this problem just has to go away. >> that aspect needs to change, but what about the social

scenario. if a boy ceases father hitting his mother, that is something he learns from an early age can happen. >> absolutely. you are totally true. we have to prevent the violence. to do that, we have to have sexuality and relationship education in school which speaks about the respect of gender equality. we have knowledge on how to do that. we also have to have go to places for men who know themselves that they have violent or dangerous behavior towards women. you are right at pointing at the children because the violence against women is obviously bad enough, but so many children grow up in families where children are directly or indirectly witnessing e violence, and it has to stop because the indications for families and people's lives is

just too and norma's. let's just say, men themselves are responsible, but it is government's responsible to stop impunity, which is widespread, and also to prevent the violence. >> education to stop it being passed generation to generation. how about support for women who want to complain and get out of these situations? i imane getting a place of shelter if you are a woman fleeing domestic violence is not easy. >> sure. we have seen that during the pandemic. a lot of governments and countries have stepped up, which is good news. they produce helpline, shelters, without the violent partner knowing and seeing it. also, some countries produced emergency laws. the united nations secretary asked for action, and countries

did respond, but the measures were not funded enough. we have to change this long-term. >> thank you very much for joining us, for telling us about this key issue. violence against women, to mystic violence, whatever you want to call it, it has to stop now. the french government started to collect its controversial tax on tech giants. >> millions of euros at stake here. the french finance ministry has confirmed it has been sending bills to companies like google, apple, facebook, and amazon, a levy on earnings from companies whose revenue exceeds 750 million euros. that tax was officially passed last year in france, but its collection was suspended while talks on a new global tax agreement or ongoing.

those negotiaons at the oecd have largely broken down since the trump administration withdrew its participation. the u.s. threatened to impose tariffs on more than one billion euros of french products because of that tax. it is not yet clear how the biden administration will deal with that dispute. the british government is predicting the coronavirus pandemic will push the economy into its deepest recession in three centuries. revised forecasts predict an 11% decline in gdp this year and a rise in unemployment to as much as 7.5 percent next year. to deal with the economic impact, the government is increasing borrowing to its highest level in peacetime, more than 444 billion euros borrowed this year. that gloomy forecast came as the governme outlined its spending plans to cope with the pandemic and with brexit. overseas aid is to be scaled

back and pay rises put on hold with support increased for schools and businesses and households. >> our health emergency is not yet over and our economic emergency has only just begun, so our immediate priority is to protect people's lives and livelihoods. a further scheme, support for the self-employed, loans, grants, tax cuts, as well as extra funding for schools, councils, nhs charities, culture, and sport. >> the number of americans seeking unemployment benefits has risen for the second week in a row. figures released a day earlier than usual because of the thanksgiving holiday tomorrow, showed a slight uptick in new applications. the number of coronavirus infections in the u.s. continues to rise. more cities are imposing restrictions. that has led to a spike in

layoffs. meanwhile, minutes from the federal reserve meeting in november shows the u.s. is open to increasing its rate of monthly bond purchases if the economy needs an additional boost. the dow jones dropping below that symbolic rush holt of 30,000, which it passed for the first time ever yesterday. wall street is still on track -- that symbolic threshold of 30,000, which it passed for the first time ever yesterday. the head of the airline industry says more airline carriers could go bankrupt because of the plunge in travel this year. the organization, which represents 290 airlines globally, says the sector has seen losses of almost 100 billion euros in 2020. >> we have already seen some

bankruptcy. we are all in a very very difficult financial situation, first of all, and we could have some additional bankruptcies, and probably, there's strong new plans. we are seeing a very, very difficult situation. unprecedented. quickset interview is on air at 4:45 -- >> that interview is

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