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BBC News with Daniel *.
One of the world’s greatest footballers, Diego Maradona, has died aged 60. The Argentine super star is understood to have suffered a heart attack at his home. Maradona had long struggled with substance abuse and ill health but said playing football always gave him great joy and like touching the sky with your hands. Argentina has declared 3 days of mourning. One of Maradona’s former clubs, Naples, said his death was a devastating blow. Brazil’s football legend, Pele, said he thought sure that one day they would both kick a ball together up in the sky.

The U.S. president-elect Joe Biden has called on the Americans to re-double their efforts against coronavirus. Speaking on the eve of Thanksgiving, he urged people to remember that there was a war with the virus not with each other.
Figures from the Johns Hopkins University in the United States show that more than 60 million cases of coronavirus have been detected worldwide. At least 1,415,000 people have died.
Iranian television has announced the release of a British Australian academic, *, who spent two years in detention on spying charges. It said she was freed at a swap for three Iranians jailed abroad.
A World Health Organization expert has said he wants to return to Wuhan in China to reinvestigate initial cases of Covid-19. Peter * said he also wanted to try to find other cases not detected at the time.