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  Germany's news in English Scientists plead for 'hard lockdown' in Germany as fears grow over Covid-19 spike at Christmas A man walking past a closed shop in Cologne on Tuesday. Photo: DPA The Local news@thelocal.de @thelocalgermany 8 December 2020 11:17 CET+01:00 Updated: 8 December 2020 17:18 CET+01:00 Experts are urging German politicians to put the country on lockdown 'until at least January 10th' due to the worsening situation. Members of Germany's National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, which has been advising leaders on how to deal with the crisis, have published an urgent appeal to politicians in view of the alarming situation in the Bundesrepublik. The group of researchers at Leopoldina want to "quickly and drastically reduce the excessive number of new infections through a hard lockdown", they said in their statement  Spiegel reported on Tuesday. Two-stage tough lockdown plan In a two-stage procedure, they said that children should not have

  Ronaldo- Messi lock it out first time Since Ronaldo left Spain Rik Sharma   Dec 08, 2020 Alex Moore / Goal LIONEL MESSI   CRISTIANO RONALDO   JUVENTUS   SERIE A   REAL MADRID   BARCELONA   UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE   PRIMERA DIVISIÓN   FEATURES & OPINIONS   TRANSFERS   BARCELONA V JUVENTUS The Catalans are coming off the back of yet another defeat and are struggling in Europe while Ronaldo's Juventus adventure has yielded two titles It took a lot for Lionel Messi to finally break, but eventually he did, on a sticky night in Lisbon this summer. His perfect partnership with  Barcelona  was snapped, as the team crashed out of the  Champions League  against  Bayern Munich  in a humiliating 8-2 quarter-final defeat. Messi had finally had enough and - like  Real Madrid ’s all-time top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo did two seasons earlier at the same age - the 33-year-old wanted out. Editors' Picks Okereke backs Club Brugge to make history in Champions League Okoye reveals Dida as his id