In philadelphia, his last stop to his fived hiefiveday visit United States. What lies beneath. How theyre trying to find out about the true st. S of the worlds oceans. Saudi arabia says the death toll from thursdays stampede at the hajj has risen to 769, 934 people were injured. The countrys Health Minister announced the new toll within the last two hours. Officials are still trying to identify all the nationalities of those who were killed. Saudi arabias king has ordered a review of how the hajj is organized. Some pilgrims have blamed the stampede on road closures and poor management. The countrys most senior religious scholar says the sam be bead was beyond human control. Lets go to our correspondent in mecca. Omar, tell us more about this latest update from the Health Minister. What exactly did he say . Reporter he did mention the numbers of the dead you just read out, but he also said there are a large number of bodies that were given to were buried, and the identification process
Handed. Reporter 398 days behind bars in egypt, the family of jailed al jazeera journalist peter greste called again for his release. Plus. Im charlie in New Hampshire finding out why milk is now cheaper than bottled water in uk and what it means for dairy farms like this. Egypts president sisi is cutting short his trip from ethopia to deal with a string of deadly attacks in egypts see that peninsula and says the attacks killed 26 people and most of them soldiers but some reports put that figure at more than 40 a group that pledges to the Islamic State say they carried out the bomb ings and the group that calls itself the sinai province is retaliating on the crack down of supporters of the former president mohamed morsi. A car bomb targeted a military base, a Police Headquarters and a housing complex for army and Police Officers. The town of rafa on the gaza border also hit. A Security Officer is said to have been killed by a roadside bomb in the city to the south. Earlier we spoke to
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Atter for fifth term. Reporter the football world is rocked by corruption scandal. He urged blatter to resign. I have a feeling that the fbi is doing what fifa should have done before. I am disgusted. Reporter they have often been embroiled in corruption allegations. On wednesday, things took a drastic turn. Several officials were arrested, accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes. This, just as they are set to elect a new leader. Sepp blatter is seeking a fifth term. He says he is not to blame. Sepp people hold me responsible for the Global Football community. I cannot monitor everyone all of the time. Reporter he says the president ial vote will go ahead as scheduled on friday. In all, 209 Member Associations are eligible to vote. The african and asian confederations have expressed their loyalty. The head of uefa thinks it is time for someone new. During the election, of the large majority of the european nations people are fed up, they no longer want the president but who
Suicide attacks kill 55 soldiers. Yemen houthis say an attack has killed 56 commandos. And hello there are calls for the head of worlds Football Organization to resign. Seven were arrested in switzerland on wednesday morning and are expected to be extradited to the u. S. Jack warner and jeffrey webb. The suspects are accused of paying or receiving bribes worth 100 million. Dating back to the 1990s. Separately switzerland has begun its own investigation into Money Laundering specifically to the awards to russia and qatar. Youre asking with no warning and after the initial shock there will be little spice. Corruption allegations have been swirling around fifa for years. They were expected to up hold the rules that keep soccer honest and protect the integrity of the game. Instead, they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to enrich themselves. Following an threeyear investigation, but the alleged crimes stretch back to two decades. This really is the world cup of fraud. The u. S. De