that's the issue can fifa reform? the big question here is blatter--personally i believe blatter is a stomp not the cause of all this. but i think platter is absolutely a product of the organization that he leads. until there is efficient and formal accountability of every similar member of fifa, every similar member of ocean very clear a sill trails and every dollar sent from fifa, how that is spent why they are voting in the way that they are term limits and all the other things suggested by mark pete and rejectand rejectand i'm afraid that fifa is on the path of self destruction. >> thank you. >> now the u.s. national security agency has finally got some of its surveillance powers back over two-day lapse. the senators have passed the freedom act which includes provision of the patriot act. let's get the latest now from kimberly halkett. she's live on capitol hill in washington, d.c. so just how different is this bill from the previous one? >> well, it's not that different when you look at those sweeping powers but

sees fifa. the steps will ensure that the organization cannot be used by those seeking to enrich themselves, at the expense of the game. i have don't know who is getting on the stage yet. outlining the plans they will put in place now. sepp blatter has said he is quitting only four days after he fought a bittle battle to be re-electioned for a fifth term as president of fifa. football's world governing body. winning about 130 -- in fact, 133 of the 209 votes that were available to him. it didn't go to a second rant, it could have gone to a send round. but prince ali of jordan has been standing against him had said that's it, i quit, on this occasion. and then just four days later we key sepp blatter the man who has been in office, since 1998 saying enough is enough. so let's bring in our sports correspondent, lee wellings. this was something that a lot of people have been saying to him for years. enough is enough. you have to go. four days ago he defied everybody and said i want a fifth term. wh

fifa needs a deep restructuring. >> reporter: at the headquarter of fifa, the 79-year-old, whose's been a part of the organization -- who's been a part of the organization for 49 years, said he was leaving for the good of the game. >> translator: the although the members of fever have confirmed the new mandate -- fifa have confirmed this new mandate to me, this mandate does not have the integral support of the football world. and i mean by that the supporters, the players, the clubs, of all those who live, who breathe, and who love football. >> reporter: blatter's critics are more skeptical about his reasons for quitting. with u.s. investigators not ruling out that he's still part of their probe. the president of the european football federation had wanted blatter to step down before the last election and welcomed his resignation saying, "it was a difficult decision, a brave decision, and the right decision." during last week's election, the jordanian president, the rival for presidency -- >> if i was in sepp blatter's position, i would have immediately resigned. probably more so ages a

let's go, fifa. let's go, fifa. thank you. >> reporter: blatter celebrated among adoring delegates from across the world. but fast forward four days, with more accusations swirling, the fist pumping had stopped. and something changed blatter's mind. alongside his resignation, strong word about fifa's future. >> translator: fifa needs a deep restructuring. >> reporter: as this chapter closes the extraordinary news conference ended with this simple message to the futbol world. >> have a nice day. >>> south african officials are scheduled to hold a news conference in a few hours to respond to allegations of bribery related to the 2010 world cup. we are joined live from south africa with more on that. diana, front and center here, is a $10 million payment. a key part of the indictment accusing former fifa vice president, jack warner of taking a bribe in exchange for helping south africa to get the 2010 world cup. what is expected to be said about that bombshell allegation? >> well, so far the sports minist minister's re

under blatter fifa's finances flourished. building up a surplus of over $1 billion and finalling money for global humanitarian projects. >> but his own goals made him infamous. remarks about female footballers needing shorter shorts. if when it happened and if it is in the league, and they have to make this investigation, and then they come to a solution. and what would they say? they bring the two and people and shake hands. >> his remarkable survival instincts and political maneuvering often involve add u-turn. after years of personally resisting it, but it is the corruption that meant around half of the committee were exposed and disgraced that has overshadows the presidency. >> the dream is now a reality. and the african population are not only the south african the whole continent they believe in this cup. >> he helped take the word cup to africa, but there has been and% allegations of wrongdoing. and particularly 2022 to qatar. >> qatar. >> they have been the subject of damaging and unresolved investigations he was re-e

this web has been surrounding fifa since last friday. in another development we are that the international police agency interpol has issued international wanted persons alert for two fifa persons including former vice president jack warner. the so-called red notices came from u.s. authorities who are leading the pro corruption probe into the football body. concacaf president, another out for nicolas leoz, and a member of the fifa executive committee. all of those developments come after that shock news tuesday that the newly elected fifa president sepp blatter what step down. yes, charged so far, but sources close to the case say he is also being investigated into that probe that brought several fifa officials into custody. correspondent: for many in the football world, it is a long overdue -- sepp blatter: even though i have been overwhelmingly reelected, this mandate does not seem to be unanimous in football. correspondent: days after he defiantly won reelection, sepp blatter's decision to leave came as a surprise. >> today he resigne

the next people involved, the next thing that will be done within fifa, must be known by full of fifa people. you cannot make indications behind--decisions behind closed doors. the press will be there the public will be there. that decisions will be known by everyone. i was there in january. i think people didn't take my candidacy very seriously. they thought it was a commercial for me or something. but it wasn't. it was straightforward. i'm a genuine person in the way of everything that i have said. i will ask for it. i will say it. i will do it. >> coming up in this news hour, isil captures more ground, an u.s. general explains how they could be stopped. >>> we'll get a front line view of the mediterranean migrant crisis. and will football go on without sepp blatter? the under 20-matches in new zealand. we'll have more from that later. >>> ukraine's defense minister said that the rebels try to take a town using tanks and up to 1,000 fighters. they were stopped by forces loyal to the government. a cease-fire deal was agreed to in february. separatists are accuseing groups firing at r

fifa will seek to implement fifa driven integrity checks for all executive committee members. such a reform was proposed by the governance committee but was rehave correct bed i the confederations. today, these checks to which these members belong. this must change. confederations actions must be consistent with their speech. why fifa operates with all applicable laws and international accounting standards. if i family members recognize that is many have questions of transparency to address specific calls fifa will seek to publicize the conversation of the president and the executive committee members and will propose term limits for the president and the executive committee members. >> and those boards coming after the announcement by sepp blatter for the last five days the new president of fifa, now the man who says enough is enough. in the face of a massive corruption scandal involving u.s. and swiss crime fighting or authorities with the suggestion from those people that what we have seen so far, with a number of indictments was just the start. so accept is to go, there wi

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fifa needs of profound restructuring. all of the members have given me a new mandate, have reelected me president, this mandate does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of soccer. supporters, clubs, players, those who inspired life and soccer. amy: jerome valcke allegedly made $10 million in bank transactions that are central elements of the bribery scandal. u.s. officials have confirmed blatter is the focus of a criminal investigation, with investigators hopeful those already charged will cooperate. blatter's resignation won't take effect for another four months. we'll have more on this story later in the broadcast. we will speak with an australian soccer official who is a whistleblower. the u.s. says isis has lost over 10,000 fighters since coalition air strikes began in iraq and syria last august. deputy secretary of state antony blinken made the claim after attending a meeting of the entire isil coalition in paris. the group of western and arab states voiced support for iraq's plan to retake territory f

we have never been spokespersons for fifa, and do not intend to speak on behalf of fifa. fifa has to speak for itself. >> we are joined live from cape town. tell us more about the reaction there, because this is an allegation that has been made before. >> yes, it is an allegation that has been made before. the whole question of africa securing that 2010 world cup was a matter of some controversy. you heard that very clearly from the stricken government, an absolute denial that this $10 million was paid as a bribe. there's been no suggestion that the money was not paid. what we are hearing very strongly from government officials is that this was part of a legitimate outreach program to develop soccer or football in the caribbean and the government played an interview back in 2011 in which he talks openly and publicly about the legacy program, the program aimed at injects african assistance do the development of football in the caribbean. from the government point of view no wrongdoing. the door is left open that they paid the money but cannot be held responsible for what w

to fifa president sepp blatter. revelation say his right-hand man, jerome valcke, was behind a $10 million payment central to the investigation. fifa says the transfer was authorized, but denies that jerome valcke or any other senior official made the payment. our correspondent has more. >> the scandal's deepens. jerome valcke has been accused of transferring $10 million to the account of jack warner fifa's vice president. jack warner is accused of taping a huge bribe in exchange for granting south africa the world cup. >> as part of the 2010 world cup, a 10 million dollar project to support the african diaspora in caribbean countries as part of the world cup legacy was approved by the south african government. >> that was a close friend of the fifa president, sepp blatter. he died last year after being a fifa executive for 26 years. just three days before the claims against jerome valcke service -- surfaced, he was calling out individuals rather than pointing the finger at fifa itself. >> the investigation is more

will there be changes in fifa democracy? i think there might be people who are worried about what will happen over the next few months. >> thank you for joining us from rio de janeiro. >>> yemen's exiled president abd rabbuh mansur hadi will meet for peace talks. yemen is one of the world's most impoverished counties before fighting broke out there. now after two months an attacks by houthis airstrikes by the coalition. the humanitarian situation is dire. >> water is expensive and people call it white gold. this is a chance to fill up their containers for free. >> these areas that don't have water wells, all the donations came from facebook. >> this is a way to appeal for the help they need, and it's not just a water shortage. >> we have nothing. nothing for us. we don't have wheat. we don't have flour. we don't have gasoline or wood. nothing is left. >> this is one of the estimated 1.8 million yemeni children who are not going to school because of the wars. 735,000 schools have been forced to shut there is not enough fuel t

we do not intend to speak on behalf of fifa fifa has to speak for itself. we're joined now live from brian in johannesberg. what do you make by the sports minister there? >> reporter: well you know, sometimes you can protest too much and i think for the south african government and the anc there is a lot at stake in this. because they have placed the head of the south african football at the head of the nelson mandela authority. if it's found that he was somehow tarnished in some sort of corruption, that whole scheme falls apart, and they would lose another big municipality. so there is a lot at stake. why would south africa be investing in development in the caribbean, when there's huge problems with football development in south africa itself and a lot to be -- you know, a lot of investments required -- >> yeah it's interesting about that because apparently the south african government are saying there is this program of supporting afghans, but there seems to be very very little information on this program, until very recently which seems very convenient.

from fifa's long-serving president. sepp blatter said that the organization needed profound reconstruction. >> translator: although members of fifa have reelectedded me as president, this mandate does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football. supporter, clubs players those who inspire life in football as much as we do in fifa. this is why i will call an extraordinary congress and dispose of my function. >> reporter: the extraordinary congress to elect a new president is expected to take place between december and march next year. the 79-year-old swiss national was only reelected to the presidency last friday. he spent years building a network of global support especially in africa where football has received growing investment. the recent scandaled has fouled for him to resign, including the head of the english football felt vague who welcomed the news. >> it's a very good day for football. we needed change at fifa. and this is the change we wanted. so we are a bit smug and delighted. >> reporter:

because that happens to be where fifa is. but my first question to you is a surprise or was it always inevitable? once you stood for a fifth term with all this going on, he would have to quit in. >> there was no question that was inevitable. a little bit surprising that it has come after four days but there was never any question of him seeing out his term, it would have been surprised if he saw out 12 months. >> why do you think he did it now? just five days after getting re-elect is it suggests to the wider world, i can do it, i will go when you say or was it because of something big was going to hit him? this three different options friday was always about saving face. it is only about him wanting to have his reputation. as best he could the second piece we saw this morning the statement from fifa declaring that jeronne had nothing to do with the $10 million payment that was made to jack warner back in 2008, and within hours of that they published the letter directly to jerome around the $10 millions paint. so they were su

do we're not folks spokespersons for fifa and we do not intend to speak for fifa. fifa has to speak for itself. >> you can find more on fifa on our website the address www.aljazeera.com. amnesty international is accusing the nigerian military for committing war crimes in its fight against boko haram. more than 7,000 young men and boys died in military detention. but the nigerian military has rejected the report calling it biased and concocted. yvonne ngeg reports. >> this is obtained by dynasty amnesty international. >> they're accused of murders of more than 7,000 men and boys and committing or presiding over beatings, mass torture and starvation. as the report was presented amnesty international said it interviewed more than 400 victims and witnesses and it said that more than 800 official documents were submitted along with 90 pieces of video evidence of crimes committed. sources were not named. amnesty rejects suggestions that many of the dead were boko haram fighters. >> the question of whether these people are, in fact, boko haram suspects is an open one. one

official in fifa. he served on the executive committee and was the executive general for concacaf during that time he was lining his pockets to bribes and kickbacks totaling millions of dollars. here in new york one of the places he was he owned in the can rainan. it was his lifetime, he had a place for himself and a place for his cats. he was caught pled guilty in a statement that was released stay he became a corroborating witness with the united states government and investigators and his testimony and the information that he has provided has led to these other indictments, as you mentioned. >> we're looking at a document here. one thing i didn't find was any reference to other world cups because of course the fbi is now opening an investigation is looking into the bidding process that led to the awarding of world cups in 2018 and 2022. and there is no mention of those here? >> that is correct. one of the reasons that media companies. petitioned the judge to release that information is that they wer

>>> the fifa scandal grows. a top executive admits bribes were paid in choosing the 1998 and 2010 world cups. ♪ ♪ >>> hello and welcome to al jazerra live from doha. i am richelle carey. also on the program pushed by war, forgotten by the world. these iraqis that cannot go home. >>> did yemen's former president cooperate with al qaeda. a fighter turned informant talks to al jazerra. plus. >> reporter: i amount phil lavelle in london where there is a steady stream of pima driving with one goal in mind, how to beat the hackers. find out what threat cyber criminals pose to you and me. ♪ ♪ >>> the fifa scandal continues to unravel giving up new details, chuck blazer a former top executive has admitted that he and others took and arranged bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 world cups the details revealed by the u.s. justice department released a january script of blazer's 2014 court hearing. >> reporter: no nearly two decades chuck blazer was the most senior american official at fifa. now he's the li

(habla en francÉs) >> la fifa necesita una profunda reestructuraciÓn. no todo lo apoyan en el mundo del fÚtbol. fanÁticos, clubes, jugadores... pablo: el sÁbado, blatter era otra persona desafiÓ la justicia estadounidense diciendo que si querÍa arrestarlo sabÍa dÓnde se encontraba. pero esa arrogancia quedÓ tras conocerse que su secretario general realizÓ transacciones bancarias por 10 millones de dÓlares, clave en una investigaciÓn sobre soborno. blatter anunciÓ su partido. el renunciante presidente anunciÓ la realizaciÓn de un congreso extraordinario para elegir a su sucesor, que serÁ entre diciembre de este aÑo y marzo de 2016. el presidente jordano, quien perdiÓ la elecciÓn ante blatter, ya anticipÓ que volver a postularse. >> estoy muy contento de que el cambio finalmente ocurriÓ. necesitamos trabajar para cambiar la imagen de la fifa dijo vÍa telefÓnica apenas conocÍa la noticia de la renuncia de quiebra su contrincante en las urnas. pablo: lo que muchos se preguntan es por quÉ blatter no suspendiÓ su candidatura, ni las e

aunque los miembros de fifa me otorgaron un nuevo mandato, no todos lo apoyan en el mundo del fÚtbol. todos los que inspiran la vida del fÚtbol. periodista: el sÁbado era otra persona, le saquÉ la justicia estadounidense diciendo que si querÍa arrestarlo sabÍa dÓnde se encontraba. esa arrogancia quedÓ atrÁs al conocerse que se realizaron recesiones bancarias por 10 millones de dÓlares que son clave en una investigaciÓn sobre sobornos. horas despuÉs, blatter anunciÓ su partida. el presidente anunciÓ la realizaciÓn de un congreso para elegir a su sucesor. el prÍncipe jordano, hermano del actual rey que perdiÓ la elecciÓn ante blatter anticipo que volverÁ a postularse. >> estoy contento de que el cambio ocurriÓ y necesitamos trabajar en el mundo para cambiar la imagen de fifa, dijo vÍa telefÓnica apenas conociÓ la noticia de quien fuera su contrincante en las urnas. por quÉ sabiendo que la justicia estadounidense acorralado a los presuntos responsables de los actos de corrupciÓn no suspendiÓ su candidatura ni las elecciones del viernes Último? >> decidÍ manten

fifa needs a deep restructuring. >> reporter: at the headquarters of fifa, the 79-year-old, who has been a part of the organization for 40 years, said he was leaving for the good of the game. >> translator: although the members of fifa have confirmed this new mandate to me, this mandate does not have the integral support of the futbol world and i mean by that the support of the players, the clubs, of all those who live, who breathe and who love futbol. >> reporter: blatters' critics are more skeptical of reasons for quitting. with u.s. investigators not ruling out that he is still part of their probe. the president of the european futbol federation, uefa wanted blatter to step down before the next election and welcomed his resignation saying -- during last week's election, the only rival for the fifa presidency. >> if i was in sepp blatter's position. i would have immediately resign. probably more so ages ago because at the end of the day this happened under his watch. today he told cnn's christian amanpour. he will kconsider running again. >> i don't want to be somebody who sort of kick

and we do not intend to speak on what have of fifa. fifa has to speak for itself. >> in other news ukrainian forces and pro russia fighters have fought their first serious battles. ukraine's defense ministers said that they tried to take the town of maryinka with tanks and fighters. it was the most significant escalation of the conflict since a cease-fire deal was agreed to in february. the separatist accuse groups of firing rebel territory around donetsk. they say supplies have been cut off trapping hundreds of miners underground. we have this update now from moscow. >> it can really be described as a worrying violence. ukrainian army accusing separatist launching what it describes as a large-scale assault against government troops. saying separatist fighters used ten tanks and up to a thousand men in that attack. ukrainian army said it was forced to use heavy weaponry to repel the assault. now we've heard here in moscow from the presidential spokesperson who says that russia is monitoring the situation, and is deeply concerned by wha

department of justice has layed on the fifa including senior fifa officials came many the middle of last week. and sepp blatter still went ahead to his re-election on friday. so it seems to be business as usual, but nothing compared to fifa. and that is why it is a genuine surprise four days after the election. a lot of suggestions that he won't be a shoo in, there can be other people it was difficult enough to try and manage this organization, which is. >> it was difficult enough before the last week, but the last week is not only exploded the more serious corruption allegations than we have ever had before. but it's ebbs poeed and created, actually, really deep divisions within fifa. so i think that being able to win an election, and then being able to do the necessary reforms. in a decent way will be keelingly difficult. and they have shown that the world is divided. the world is divided and fifa in some ways reflects the divisions that there are in the world between rich and poor between different territories. and in some ways actually, they unify the organizations quite well. but in

interpol issued red notices 46 former fifa members. that follows sepp blatter's resignation yesterday. mark barton is here with the latest. mark: six names we are familiar with among the 14 who were indicted by u.s. prosecutors last week. two former officials and one big name jack warner, who was the head of the body that oversees north america and central america. the other fifa official is nicolas leoz, a paraguayan national. 3 of the other 4 are marketing executives. the other is an intermediary. the bulk of the investigation centers on soccer officials in the u.s. who allegedly were involved in bribes and kickbacks with marketing companies who then were given rights to tournaments and various other soccer tournaments. that is the center of the u.s. investigation. these names, just remember a red notice is not an arrest warrant. hans: i have never received anything close. i think i am safe. mark: nothing there to it. hans: we are joined by a fifa disciplinary committee member the former ceo of the south african football association.

shook fifa to its core. even though blatter is a popular figure, he lost some of his biggest importers there, and i think the reason he went on with his election as planned as because he knew he was going to win. he knew he had enough the boards to win despite these scandals, so from his point of view, why not go through the election, win it, and then take a look back. i think he realized, my life can get a lot more difficult if i stay. anchor: certainly interesting. anchor 2: there are a lot of dark clouds over fifa. is this a matter of blatter jumping before he was pushed? reporter: he still had enough support to win the election comfortably. there still has to have been something from thesers and sponsors of the fifa world cup. the world cup is what brings in a massive proportion of fifa's revenue, about 90% according to their website for last year, and they could easily have had a buzz in his ear. that is not to say that any company has done such a thing but i think there may have been some kind of press

. -- fifa world cup. reporter: his critics say it was long overdue. >> this has to be seen as the beginning of the process of fundamental reform. it is essential and in the interests of the for itself. it is what the millions of football fans around the world deserve. reporter: his opponents are calling for a quick election to find a new fifa president and he should not be able to choose his successor. host: let's get more background on this project and chase is with us. that report blatter has resigned. is he going to influence the process that unfolds? the choosing of a successor? reporter: that is the question. blatter is going but he is not gone yet. to quote the man himself, he wants said -- once said i forgive but i don't forget. he has lots of enemies within fifa and he was notorious for pushing them to the margins. a lot of people say this isn't good enough. he says he is going. for instance, the head of the german football association said this isn't good enough, he needs to go now and have that

-- bribe fifa. it could have very far-reaching consequences that go beyond foot all. to quote one of the specialists they say they're plenty of people in the middle east that are very proud that qatar is going to have it. if it is taken away from them and give it to the united days this could be very bad faith -- a very bad thing. friends of qatar have a very special relationship when it comes to business ties. given the recent scandal and allegations that qatar is financing jihadist groups, is they are friends are in our vote -- or our foe? an interesting report that reveals an interesting detail. sources close to the investigation say that american authorities uncovered these allegations when they when the were monitoring the guitar jihadist group financing. >> turkey gearing up for its general election. the president is on the campaign trail. >> everyone has been holding one rally a day in the past few weeks. she is lashing out against his critics. the accused prominent news of trying to weaken t

and thoughts now turn inevitably to fifa's future. are we going to see some wrangling to secure a new future?omar: the fact that blatter did not resign, it is basically the 133 members of the fifa group, they did not want one person to be the next president. all of the members and everyone who wanted blatter out, so the plan was all along, when the reelection and then to have someone who is an ally of blatter, and what i have been told by insiders is that the chief of the asian olympic council is being really campaigned internally by blatter to be the next president. anchor: and there is a certain amount of glee and schadenfreude, if you like. do you think his reputation is deserved? omar: it is difficult to say, because blatter has done a lot of good work around the world. he has taken football around the world. he has taken it to south africa and then he was very instrumental in trying to promote it to the middle east for the first time, and going between israel and palestine all great work. there is the media circle and everything,

. >> fifa president stepping down. leaving the sports world but leaving the head of soccer. >> the tsa shake up after explosives and weapons get past screeners. claim of innocence. >> tell me, robert, did you kill officer neagle. >> no, i didn't. >> dna evidence and death row inmate convicted of killing a guard. what our special report reveals. plus making history the riots there spark the gay rights revolution. new york stone wall in takes a step closer to becoming a landmark. >> what a difference four days make. on friday sepp blatter was elected president of fifa sock arrestsoccer's governing body. and today he resigns. erica is here with the story. >> it was just a few days ago when the world heard sepp heard sepp blatter say that the boat is set for fifa. >> i decided to step down for president as i think it's the best option for the organization organization. >> joseph blatter better known as sepp, resigned tuesday as. blatter touted his love for the organization. >> i cherish fifa above all. i wish nothing but t

esta historia de la fifa sigue dando sorpresas. el viernes pasado todos pensabamos que veriamos a blatter al frente de la fifa cuatro aÑos mas. take vo vo hay varias razones por las que la gente comenta que llego la renuncia del presidente el dia de hoy. unos dicen que maÑana se estaran haciendo publicas las declaraciones de chuck blazer el ex vice presidente de la federacion de futbol en estados unidos. otra razon es que aunque no lo crean los patrocinadores estaban presionando economicamente su salida y por ultimo el f-b-i ya hizo publico que si esta invesitgando al mandatario que no deja el puesto inmediatamente pero que segante ya tienenalgo de informacion en su contra. gabriel el proximo congreso ordinadio de la fifas el 13 dmayo. el mismo blatter hoy comento que esperarse a esa fecha seria un retraso inecesario por lo que se esta viendo hacer esta eleccion especial en diciembre de este aÑo o marzo del 2016. blanca ---la policia de martinez busca a 2 sospechosos que ayer robaron un "subway". take vo ---los sujetos amenazaro

we're following fifa president sepp blatter has -- is stepping down just only moments ago, fifa officials made the announcement at a news conference in zurich switzerland. all this coming on the heels of a corruption scandal that erupted last week. let's immediate gloi to our international sports anchor alex thomas joining us from london. a bomb shell right now. he was only re-elected last week. all of a sudden he was getting another term. today this. what happened? >> wolf we were speaking on friday and talking about potentially the most historic week in the history of the planet's most popular sport and now i can safely say this is the most momentous day in the sport of soccer. we've never seen anything like it. i'm flabbergasted and a loss for words which isn't great for a correspondent but sepp blatter at fifa 40 years, this year his 40th anniversary, the third longest serving president in fifa's history, the world governing body for soccer but his fifth term has lasted only four days. he was re-elected at the age of 9 on friday, beating challenger prince ali bin al hussein in a week

he was resigning from the fifa. >> in this was the first day of a new life for fifa, you wouldn't know it. sepp blatter was still at work. there was a mixed youth game on the grounds suggesting the kind of sporting purity his critics say vanished years ago. the question not as clear as the division between those countries that supported him and those who hated him. >> it's a decision that should be made given what was surrounding him. i'm not in blatter's shoes. but it didn't seem to me to be a good idea that this took place. >> who should replace blatter? the campaign group knew fifa now need someone with true global significance perhaps kofi annan should act as a control figure within the new fifa to offer reassurance to everyone. >> there was the implementation creation and independent reform committee. mitt romney took on the role in salt lake city with the ioc and did a great job there. >> the trouble for blatter's opponents is that there is no other obvious world figure in world football to move fifa forward. none of this is going to result quickly. laurence lee al jazeera. >> am

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anchor: our fifa expert. thank you for that. other newsmaking international headlines now -- ukraine's president says his country may be facing what he calls a full-scale invasion by russia. anchor: poroshenko made the remarks in a speech to parliament this morning along the worst upsurge in fighting between government troops and separatist rebels in four months. anchor: the government in kiev says 9000 russian servicemen are currently on ukrainian territory. anchor: moscow which annexed crimea last year denies it is providing military support to the rebels. reporter: the fighting has left a fresh wave of destruction in its wake. this market was hit. both sides have deployed heavy weapons systems to the area, but it is still unclear who fired the barrage. local emergency workers were able to review it. thankfully, no one was injured in the explosion. writing flared up wednesday. fighting between ukrainian forces and pro-russian troops is the heaviest since the minsk to cease-fire accord was adopted. at least 24 people were kille

fifa revelry redacted it. some european countries wants this to be now out in the open before the next fifa president is electriced with a view to rerunning those bids about you i do think for all of this and all the anger it's provoked in russia and qatar. it's worth bearing in mind what chuck blazer said he took bribes not just around the 2010 world cup in south africa, but the 1998 world cup which was held in france in europe, and european countries have a lot less i think to say about that. >> okay. laurence lee live from zurich, thank you. >>> allegations made to al jazerra suggest yemen's ex-president ali abdullah saleh directedded al qaeda. a former al qaeda operative has spoken exclusive i feel to al jazerra. and he says he was playing a double game. clayton swisher reports. >> reporter: this car bomb attack in yemen killed eight spanish tour i tourist. al qaeda fighters claimed responsibility. but this man says there is much more to the story. and it may involved the former yemen president ali abdulla

. >> en medio del peor escÁndalo de corrupciÓn del mÁximo organismo, el presidente de la fifa, joseph blatter renuncia. y el fbi dice tenerlo en la lista negra. >> faltian dÍas para elecciones en mÉxico y grupos amenazan con boicotearlas realizando actos de violencia. >> un joven enfermo no se da por vencido para llegar a estados unidos pero no busca el sueÑo americano sino el tratamiento que le salve la vida. >> una jovencita no regala su corazÓn, sino un riÑÓn a un anciano moribundo. comenzamos. [mÚsica] >> este es su noticiero univisiÓn, ediciÓn nocturna. con ilia calderÓn y enrique acevedo. [mÚsica] >> buenas noches. el presidente de la fifa, joseph blatter, renunciÓ hoy en medio de un escÁndalo por corrupciÓn en el mÁximo organimo del fÚtbol en el mundo y hoy mismo se dio conocer que el fbi lo investiga. el presidente de la uefa habÍa amenazado con que su organizaciÓn tomarÍa decisiones drÁsticas contra la fifa si joseph blatter continuaba. tras la renuncia, comienzan a surgir nombres de quiÉn podrÍa sucederlo. >> el primero de ellos es la estrella de fÚtbo

to fifa moving forward. >> you mentioned kind of these individual players but what about the global players on this stage? russia said it's not war required and qatar defended its position, as well. how will that impact the world bidding which is a subject of the allegations. >> that's not clear either. countries would very much like the bids to be rerun. the swiss police have a separate investigation, questions half a dozen or more people who had to do with that bidding process. england which lost to russia would like it to be run. the united states who lost out to qatar would like it rerun as well. the money spent already runs into the billions of dollars. if it was taken away from them, they would sue fifa. that would be a big problem. >> a swiss investigation interpol investigation lawrence thanks so much. >> taxes and testimony a government watchdog says the recent data breach of the i.r.s. may have actually been avoidable. the inspector general was among those testifying before congress on tuesday all

yvonne: lots of headlines on fifa. zeb: one of the former official indicted with the warmer vice president -- the former vice president of fifa. he is being lambasted on social media to put it lamely, because he cited an onion, you know that as evidence in his defense as he took to buzz feed and youtube to basically assert his defense. he has been indicted. he was arrested in trinidad and ace's extradition to the united states. one of 14 officials in the widening corruption investigation. the allegation is bribery. interesting used youtube and buzz feed as his platform. not exactly the most credible sources for media. let's talk about this story coming up in the bay area. a woman apparently, one person's trash is another's treasure. vintage appleis one computer. it was a prototype built my steve jobs in 1976. she got rid of some stuff in her garage and after she lost her husband couple months ago, and she bought -- brought this to a recycling firm not knowing what it was worth. says it is worth $200,000. they are looki

we have never been spokespersons for fifa and do not intend to speak on behalf of fifa. fifa has to speak for itself. >> ukrainian forces and pro-russian fighters have fought their first serious bat bat -- battles in three months. they tried to take one town but were stopped by forces loyal to the government. the separatists accuse government troops of firing at rebel territory around donetsk and say electricity supplies have been cut off trapping hundreds of minors underground. >> reporter: a spokesperson says that separatists fighters in eastern ukraine at around 4:00 local time mounted a large-scale attack using ten tanks and up to a thousand fighters. now the ukrainian army said it was forced to redeploy some pretty heavy weaponry in order to repel the attack weaponry that both sides are supposed to have pulled back from the front line as part of the agreement signed in february. the representative for the self proclaimed donetsk people's republic told the press that its forces were not behind the attack. denied all responsibility for starting it said that a number o

flo: the fifa scandal continues to rock the media. you can see sepp blatter, and they are categorical about the whole thing -- corrupt. sepp blatter has said that he is going to step down, or really, a surprising move from him since he was just reelected president of fifa. what changed his mind? a lot of papers have been focusing on an article in "the new york times" saying the fbi investigation into fifa corruption has now extended to sepp blatter personally. this week has been peppered with all sorts of shock confessions. whistleblower chuck glaser said he received bribes for votes to host the 2010 world cup. molly: it really does seem that each day does bring a new bit of negative news, but there is some positive hope for fifa. flo: there is, and it is women's soccer. the women's world cup is kicking off in canada. you can see this is a women's magazine, a feminist magazine in france, saying that women are going to make us love soccer again. causette takes a close look at the teams and players for the women's world cup. women's foo

james, so is blatter's resignation what's needed to fix fifa? and can fifa be fixed? >> i suspect there are three reasons why sepp blatter resigned. first of all he wants to recast his legacy to the degree possible. and go down in history as the man who introduced reform within fifa. second of all given that the statutes of fetch fifa work in his favor and he will be in his office another six to eight months he hope that his will buy him time with the u.s. judicial authorities and will give him the time, again to appear as a reformer. the third thing that i think worked -- motivated him is that he realized during last friday's presidential election, that there is a ground swell a substantial ground swell within fifa that wants change. >> so who is his likely successor? >> i think it's too early to tell. of course, prince ali ben houssine the jordanian prince who challenged him last friday has already said in principle that he is interested and willing to, again run for office. but we have six to eight months and there are potentially other candidates michelle platini

pablo: la presiÓn de la prensa internacional se siente en la casa fifa. los nombres de los candidatos se multiplican. ilia: saliÓ a relucir que blazer miembros de la fifa le dijo a un juez que Él y otros votar por sudÁfrica a cambio de sobornos los fiscales continÚan recabando informaciÓn sobre las propiedades incautadas. reportero: los fiscalizan puesto en la mira casas apartamentos suficientes para montar una compaÑÍa de bienes raÍces de lista incluye propiedades en la florida y una mansiÓn en georgia propiedad de webb vicepresidente de la fifa. la casa de casi 1 millÓn de dÓlares tiene 6 habitaciones y ocho baÑos. >> los bienes pueden ser confiscado cuando alguien comete un delito el juez usa la plata para comprar una propiedad y cualquier tipo de cosa, porque esa plata proviene de una actividad ilegal. reportero: hasta ahora los bienes estÁn congelados en la lista tambiÉn hay varias propiedades que pertenecen a rafael esquivel de la federaciÓn de fÚtbol. prefiriÓ invertir en vivienda de clase media es propietaria de cinco casas en la

and corruption. >>> fbi investigators are expanding their fifa probe. they are looking into the process by wi-fi if a selected the world cup host countries for 2018 and 2022 tournaments. rutter's news agency said investigators are looking for wrongdoing in the process. fifa awarded world cup hosting reits to russia for 2018 and to qatar for 2022. fifa executives allegedly demanded money in return for voting for certain countries. swiss authorities have been investigating the allegations and have seized related documents from fifa. >>> the united nations chief is launching an independent inquiry into how the organization handled allegations of child sexual abuse. french peacekeepers in the central african republic are accused of sexually assaulting local children. the u.n. has been criticized for its slow response. in a statement secretary again ban ki-moonmoon -- again general ban ki-moon said he's deeply disturbed by the allegations. the soldiers were stationed in the country to protect citizens amid sectarian violence. moon says he wants to ensure the

coming up next, the future of fifa. what role the united states may play to rebuild the organization. a former vice president of fifa says he is coming clean. he is promising to release an a large of information about corruption. he was one of fifa's executives one of themed by the u.s. last week. he fears for his life now but will no longer keep secrets. >> i have a thirst, compelling comprehensive documents including checks and statements. >> well, the scandal surrounding fifa comes at a time of growing popularity for soccer here in the united states. well i think it is fair to say the u.s. public has been following this very closely it has been dominating the headlines on the radio and even satirical talk shows. in fact, fifa's interest in the american caribbean was based in the bidding right behind my cameraman here, and that was raided by fbi ats on the same day that those arrests took place. and remember, the u.s. had put a bid in for the world cup, so there is a question of lost revenue. at the heart of this is h