compensation. the victims were awarded payouts between 1,000 and 10,000 euros each. but many said the penalties for those involved in the scheme were too lenient. courtney bembridge, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: houthi copa america tournament is falling prey to a growing number of covid infections. how the. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act which, for 110 years, forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home.
we have three of the tournament sponsors who have decided to pull out of the tournament and they have not terminated sponsorship agreements but they said they do not want their brand shown at the tournament because of the press and reaction that has been generated. some pictures now of migrating tibetan antelopes that follow this route every year. they take the route to give birth after meeting in november or december and then leave with their offspring in summer. the migration this year began in late april and protection stations have been set up along the route and measures such as temporary traffic controls have been put in place to ensure they reach their breeding spots
are they still determined to stick it out? that seems to be the plan of action. before the tournament took place, before it began the brazilian squad were talking about potentially boycotting, suggesting that there was no point in playing at this point in time but brazil is continuously with the pandemic. but they decided to play, under protest, and it remains to be seen whether there will be a ground swell from players to potentially turn on the tournament but at this point it looks like getting it over with and then move on to the many many world cup qualifiers that they still have to play. it is quite a mess. there is a point, isn t there, where the likes of sponsors and broadcasters will think that this does not do us any favours. we saw that with the indian premier league with the cricket in india when the figures on covid was so bad. is there any indication of a loss of enthusiasm to carry on?
i think, a very self destructive way. a separate bbc investigation published yesterday found several shortcomings in that rehiring process, but no malice. it is bizarre, however, that a man about whom there were so many public controversies should be rehired and then promoted two years later. amol rajan, bbc news. the brazilian ministry of health has reported another 11 people directly involved in the copa america football touranment have tested positive for covid 19. despite all games being played behind closed doors, a total of 52 players, officials and support staff have now tested positive since the compeition began on sunday. venezuela alone was forced to draft in 15 emergency players before the tournament s opening game after an outbreak in their camp losing the game 3 0 to brazil. earlier i spoke to sao paulo based journalist euan marshall about the challenges the tournamernt faces.