Outbreaks of looting have spread across Argentina as mobs take advantage of strikes by police demanding pay raises to match inflation.

More than 50 people have died as flooding from days of torrential rains swamped Argentina’s low-lying capital and province of Buenos Aires.

Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona has been awarded the illustrious diploma of honour “Domingo Faustino Sarmiento” by the country’s national government.