Paris. Anchor train loads of refugees began arriving in austria. Many of them heading on to germany to accept asylum seekers. Merkel says if it fails on migration, it fails on civil ights. We have more. Reporter confused after hundreds of migrants are on trains. Many of them spent days waiting n refugee camps. Police stopped them from leaving if they didnt have the correct documents. It appears to have been relaxed. Completely new situation. Maybe German Government or others can handle this and let the people go. Reporter those who sought asylum in hungary would not be able to enter austria. Transit countries in the east are struggling to cope. Hungary has seen 50,000 new arrivals in the last month. Speaking in berlin, the german chancellor urged other nations to accept more migrants. If we are unable to agree on a distribution of refugees within europe, then some people will question us and we dont want that. Reporter germany takes in more refugees than any other e. U. Country. 300,00
Im florence lee in myanmar, where the governments plan to cancel i. D. Cards threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of people in limbo footballs governing body is facing a crisis as the president sepp blatter stands for election. 9 officials and five sports exist have been charged with racketeering and Money Laundering. U. S. Officials refuse to comments on whether blatter is being vetted. He is facing being investigated. He is facing calls to step down. High profile sponsors is wanting f. I. F. A. To clean up. There was a statement alan fisher reports. Reporter the arrest came with no warning. After the initial shock, therell be little surprise. Corruption issues have been swimming around f. I. F. A. For years. They were expected to uphold the law and keep f. I. F. A. Honest. Instead, they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interest and enrich themselves. The arrest follows a 3year investigation, but the alleged crime stretches back two decades. This is the wo
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
Plus im Florence Looi in western myanmar where the gos plan to cancel temporary id cards threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of people in limbo. And britain prime ministers embarks on a whistle stop tour of england to sell his ideas on changing the e. U. Hello, fifa boss sepp blatter is refusing to resign despite the growing crisis. He has told the opening of Fifas Congress that he intends to restore trust in world football. The head of uefa says he asked blatter to step down because of the Corruption Scandal swirling around the game. Blatter has held an emergency meeting of football chiefs a day after seven fifa officials were arrested on u. S. Corruption charges. A vote on friday will decide if blatter gets a fifth turn at fifas president. Something uefa wants to stop. The majority of its members are expected to back blatters only rival. But the russian president has defended blatter. Criticizing the u. S. For medaling in fifa affairs. Lawrence lee has this report from zurich. R
Between other Huge Companies other bangs that have been in trouble, the banking crisis, the wall street crisis, when Something Like this happens you often do expect the leader of the company to take the hit even if there are no criminal charges involved, even if they dont end up arresting you you do expect the leader to absorb the bulk of Something Like. We are not see that go here so far. Does that speak to the culture of fifa . If fifa was losing money then the shareholders would be unhappy. At the moment, fifa is extremely profitable. When blatter took over fifa, it wasnt an organization designed to make money. It was bankrupt in the late 1990 said oral 2000. There are now massive global sponsor ship deals and t. V. Rights deals. Billions and billions of dollars. At the moment, those contracts are secure and as a consequence the Member Associations still get their grants from fifa to develop their football programs and infrastructure. If that money was to stop, if the sponsors were