The loud silence as thousands of rohingya migrants bance ann song su chicago. Welcome to Al Jazeera America im barbara serra. And im antonio mora. The world cup of fraud. 14 former and current members of the Federation International of football, the charges of racket eager conspiracy and corruption dating to the early 90s. These individuals through these organizations engaged in bribery to decide who would televise games, where the games would be held and who would run the organization overseeing organized soccer worldwide. They did this over and over. Year after year, tournament after tournament. As part of the investigation the fbi raided the miami headquarters of konica con concacaf. At the same time, brazils president wants a comprehensive investigation of wrongdoing in soccer and european soccers governing body wants fridays fifa president ial elections postponed. Allen fisher reports. The arrest came with no warning and after the initial surprise there will be little. They were e
Shipped to south korea. Plus. Im florence lee in myanmar, where the government plan to cancel temporary i. D. Cards threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of people in limbo hello, sepp blatter is avoiding appearing in public following massive corruption allegations at f. I. F. A. , and pressure on him to resign. A spokesman for the president of the governing body blamed touche u lens for turbulence for not attending an f. I. F. A. Conference in zurich. Five other f. I. F. A. Officials were arrested on wednesday for what the u. S. Deppartment of justice described as the world cup of fraud. And investigations will begin into how the 2018 and 2022 world cups were awarded. A statement says u. E. F. A. Is about to decide whether to boycott elections on friday. Viva and adidas sponsors are voicing concerns. Cocacola says it has tarnished the reputation of the world cup. F. I. F. A. s officer complains why the president is not showing up at the conference in munich. President blatter apolo
Plus. Reporter i am Florence Looi in western myanmar where the governments plan to cancel temporary i. D. Cards threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of people in limbo. The president of footballs governing god I Sepp Blatter is expect today to deliver a speech in hour following a dramatic 24 hours for fifa. Seven top officials were arrested in zurich, among 14 indicted by the u. S. Accused of corruption. Criminal proceedings have also been opened relating to the awarding of the world cup tournaments to russia and qatar in 2018 and 2022. Well blatter who has not been named in either investigation has said such misconduct has no plays in football. The european body uefa will meet later on thursday to decide whether to boycott the fifa president ial vote which is widely expected to grant sepp blatter a fifth term. Key sponsors have expressed serious concern over the scandal. Cocacola saying the investigation has quote tarnished the reputation of the world cup. Crossing over to lawrenc
War. A coalition of rebel groups has openly split with the western backed foreign opposition. In a joint statement, 13 arm saidle rebel factions they reject the authority of the turkeybased national coalition, which is backed by countries including the u. S. And saudi arabia. The new front has dubbed itself the Islamic Alliance and claims to represent three quarters of the armed rebels fighting the assad regime. The alliances lead signatory is ront, deemed a terrorist organization by the u. S. The news comes amidst reports members of the Un Security Council have come to an agreement on a draft measure for ridding syria of chemical weapons. The u. S. And russia, along with the councils three other permanent members, have been negotiating over resolution since washington and moscow struck a pulmonary deal earlier this month. Anonymous western diplomats say the core of the u. N. Measure has been reached, but russia has denied the claim. You and inspectors are now back in syria, resuming t
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acknowledge that nato has serious splits in its unity. Rose gottemoeller welcome to conflicts and we thank you great to be here your boss c. N. N. Stoltenberg reminded the world recently that nato his mission was to provide credible to terence and defense the fact is that terence is no l