Spanish footballing legend andres iniesta has announced his retirement from football. The a0 year old revealed his decision at an emotional press conference on tuesday. Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 world cup final as well as being part of the spanish side that won the european championship in 2008 and 2012. He also won 29 trophies at barcelona in a 22 year career before spending time injapan and the uae. Translation: i hope you ll allow me to get motional. I never thought this day would arrive. Truly, i never imagined it. But all these tears we ve shed during the past days it are tears of sadness but are tears of emotion and pride. Well earlier i spoke to spanish football journalist ernest macia who explained why iniesta mightjust be the country s greatest footballer of all time. The fact that with his tiny body he has been able to control the entire midfield of fc barcelona, they made a perfect partner
Been cancelled, ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph, 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the southeastern us; 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean, making the sunshine state the only one to be affected twice. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacuate, calling it a matter of life and death. Our correspondent gordon corera sent this report from tampa in florida. An exodus from tampa. Long lines of traffic snaking out of the city tell you that the warnings are being taken seriously here. Florida is used to hurricanes, but the message has been that this time is different. The city is still
We start in the united states, where hurricane milton has re strengthened to a category five storm, as it barrels straight towards florida. People there are evacuating en masse, ahead of wednesday s projected landfall. The national hurricane center says the storm has doubled in size since tuesday. Local authorities and weather experts say milton will bring you a destructive storm surge, and some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been cancelled. It s expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph or 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the south eastern us; 225 people were killed across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlantic ocean. President biden has postponed a trip to germany to oversee preparations and prepare a federal response. He urged those in milton s path to evacu
Hurricane milton has re strengthened to a category five storm as it barrels straight towards florida. People there are evacuating en masse, ahead of its projected landfall on wednesday night local time. The national hurricane center says the storm has doubled in size since tuesday. You can see this timelapse, here shared by american astronaut matthew dominick, showing how this storm looks from space. Local authorities and weather experts say milton will bring a destructive storm surge, in which some areas will not be survivable. Hundreds of flights have been canceled ahead of its landfall, which is expected to bring strong winds of up to 165 mph or 270 kph. Milton comes just days after hurricane helene tore through the south eastern us; 225 people were killed by the natural disaster across six states. The back to back storms are expected to leave historic levels of damage that could take years to recover from. Unlike helene, milton will only pass through florida on its way to the atlan
The ao year old revealed his decision at an emotional press conference on tuesday. Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 world cup final, as well as being part of the spanish side that won the european championship in 2008 and 2012. He also won 29 trophies at barcelona in a 22 year career, before spending time injapan and the uae. Translation: i hope you ll allow me to get emotional. | i never thought this day would arrive. Truly, i never imagined it. But all these tears we ve shed during the past days aren t tears of sadness but are tears of emotion and pride. Well, earlier i spoke to spanish football journalist ernest macia, who explained why iniesta mightjust be the country s greatest footballer of all time. The fact that with his tiny body he has been able to control the entire midfield of fc barcelona, they made a perfect partner and there s not been a better midfield of course in fc barcelona s history and they