Volkswagen appointing a new ceo. There will be no speedy end to the crisis. And the last british resident at Guantanamo Bay is now to be sent home. Hes been detained since 2002 but never been charged. In sport, argentina have claimed their first win at this years rugby world cup. The south americans running in seven tries against georgia in a convincing 549 victory. Well, sepp blatter is facing criminal proceedings in switzerland. The head of footballs world governing body is being questioned by swiss officials four months publicly announcing that he would step down as fifa president after allegations of corruption in the organization. More from our Sports Correspondent lee wellings. Reporter the net of the criminal investigation has been closing around fifa headquarters. The question has been when the investigation would reach the president. The answer came on the day sepp blatter chaired an executive Committee Meeting. Behind closed doors he was interrogated by swiss officers and dat
Mass in philadelphia, the final stop on his u. S. Tour. In sports twotime rugby World Champion south africa are finally up and running at this years tournament after that stunning loss to japan. The spring box scored six times to win 466. European unions high representative for Foreign Affairs has told al jazeera that russia intends to step up its involvement in syria because it fears the imminent collapse of the assad regime. The comments came after reports russia has been building up a forwardoperating base in the syrian port city. 500 Russian Troops are said to have been deployed there. Russia insists its more interested in finding a diplomatic solution to the four and a half years of war which have seen 250,000 people according to the u. N. Over 11. 5 million displaced by the conflict, nearly 4 Million People have fled to neighboring countries and indeed to further afield. The pentagon as a sidebar to some extent admitted that u. S. Trained fighters in syria have handed over ammuni
Our ANZAC Centenary Tribute commemorates 100 years since the landing at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. Leighton Smith tells the tale of the build up to the w