France and. Im mackinnon thanks for joining us. And italian rescue ship with 46. 00 migrants on board has docked in a silly despite being banned from doing so about an hour ago the alex arrived in lumper to say the ship is operated by an italian and mediterranea its crew declined an offer to sail on to mull to say the long journey would have been dangerous for the people on board italys interior minister. Has tried to close a tally in force to the charity ship. Now do you correspondent i mean as sick as steve sent us those pictures hes in lampedusa and joins us now i mean joining us to tell us what the current state of play is right now we understand that this italian a rescue boat has docked in lampedusa. Thats right theres quite a commotion of the port here right now its a surprise docking from the al aqsa ship from the n. G. O. The italian n. G. O. S meditate on a they were out at sea for over an entire day over 24 hours nearly 2 days actually in the hot sun its just a sailboat as y
Government hits back with airstrikes. Mohammed to crush boko haram as hes sworn in as nigerias president. And the u. S. Formerly removes cuba from its state sponsors of terrorism list. Hello there a warm welcome to this hour. Seth blat, r has beener has been voted in as president of fifa. He received 133 short of the 140 votes. Now fifa is in its worstever crisis targeted by u. S. And swiss authorities in separate corruption investigations. Well, in his acceptance speech seth blatter spoke to the dammed reputation. Im not perfect. Nobody is perfect. But well do a good job together im sure. I thank you so much for the confidence together we go, lets go fifa. Lets go fifa. Thank you, thank you so much. Thank you. [applause] earlier his defeated challenger thanked supporters as he we drew from the race. Its been a wonderful journey in terms of knowing you working with you seeing the challenges you have. I want to thank you in particular those of you brave enough to support me. But having
Just tomorrow one of the favorite space. Their coach on the eve of the tournament pataky has been let go because he agreed to join vale madrid after the world cup reports say the spain coach did not inform the federation that he was leaving there for paid the price just two days before his countrys first game against portugal on friday news is that the twenty ten world cup with us reeling. After a decades long name dispute macedonia has reached a historic accord with its neighbor greased macedonian is also the name of a greek province the country will now be known as the republic of North Macedonia decision opens the door for the former yugoslav republic to join the e. U. And nato but not everyone is happy about the name change. Two embattled neighbors extending their hands in peace greece and macedonia have ended a twenty seven year rout over a name. Theyve agreed to change their constitutional name for all uses theyve agreed to rename their country the republic of North Macedonia cha
Football was introduced to the country by U.S. soldiers after World War II, but interests soared when the N.F.L. played its first regular-season game there last year.