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BBC OS: 2024/01/08 17:06 GMT: Franz Beckenbauer has died

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Franz Beckenbauer has died

2024/01/08 17:06 GMT

2024/01/08 17:06 GMT: Franz Beckenbauer has died

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The legendary German footballer and manager Franz Beckenbauer has died aged 78

The legendary German footballer and manager Franz Beckenbauer has died aged 78.

Franz Beckenbauer, one of Germany's greatest football players, who captained the national team to World Cup victory in 1974 has died at the age of 78. We hear from a German football fan who met Franz Beckenbauer.

Israel has killed a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon as fears grow of a wider Middle East conflict. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, is holding talks with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia on the latest leg of his diplomatic mission to the Middle East. We speak to our correspondent and hear from an MSF project co-ordinator who has just returned from Gaza. 

German farmers have blocked city centres and motorways with tractors in protest at plans to slash agricultural subsidies. We hear more from our correspondent in Germany. 

One of the guests who attended a now-infamous Christmas party in Russia has been summoned to a military conscription office. We get more from BBC Monitoring. 

We talk about a rescue operation in Slovenia, where a group of five people have been trapped in a cave since Saturday. 

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany final in Munich: Germany 2 - 1 Netherlands - Captain Franz Beckenbauer raising the trophy at the award ceremony. Credit: Sepp Maier, Paul Breitner/Getty Images)

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