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The British tabloid leads with the same headline as its German counterpart the election of Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy.
However, the expression has a particular nuance in the United Kingdom, highlighted by the photo of footballer Diego Maradona. In a 1986 World Cup match against England, the Argentian captain used his hand to knock the ball into the goal out of the sight of the referee. He later said the goal was the result of “the hand of God”.
Four years after the Falklands war, controversy over the goal and England’s elimination from the competition reignited tensions between the UK and Argentina, which still persist today.
A conversation with investigative reporters Stefano Valentino and Giorgio Michalopoulos, who have dissected the dark underbelly of green finance for Voxeurop and won several awards for their work.
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