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six officials from the football world body are arrested in switzerland over u.s. corruption charges. ♪ ♪ you are watching al jazerra live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, the e.u. is set to unveil its new plan to deal with the growing mediterranean migrant crisis. over a thousand people have died in a severe heat wave in india. plus. >> reporter: i am carli angela where conductor and pianist is unveiling his reinvention of the
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piano. ♪ ♪ but first getting breaking news out of iraq, that's where three suspected isil suicide bombers have killed at least 55 people. the attack took place northeast of fallujah. crossing over to imran kahn who is joining us from baghdad to tell us more about how this attack took place. imran, and the significance of this town? >> reporter: well, it is important because it's one of the gateways in to baghdad. and they are fortifying that town in, this attack took place 15-kilometers outside of the town an army convoy travel to go back up the iraqi forces. and that's when the car bombs and the suicide bombs look place we can don't know specifically whether it was suicide bombs and car bombs we dough no that car bombs were used and isil have
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used this tactic to devastating effect before car bombs are proving to be is a aiyegbeni very dig problem for the iraqi security forces. don't forget when isil took over the town of ramadi they used six car bombs to split the security forces and that's how they were able to enter. lots of people are asking questions, the iraqi security forces are used to the isil tactic of using car bombs but can't seem to defend against them. that's big blow to the iraqi secure toy forces, 55 people dead in a major convoy supplying ramadi city is a very big blow for the iraqi security forces. >> so to put this sort of in some sort of context imran in what's happening in ramadi, how is that operation going to try to & take it back from isil? >> reporter: what is happening the iraqi security forces are handing over the lead in many ways the shia militias are taking the lead in the operation and what they are doing is going
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to towns and villages on the outskirts of ramadi, they are putcutting off major supply lines forrize ill forces and shelling those towns those tactics have already begun, one they have control of the towns around ramadi then they will go to rah mad it seven this is likely to take quite a long time. in 20005 the operation against fallujah i a much weaker organization took almost a year before fallujah was finally rid of al qaeda and iraq fors this operation will take quite a long time. the iraqi security forces are very confidence despite the fact that they lost ramadi very easily and withdrew. >> imran, thank you very much. for that update. reporting from baghdad. while swiss police have raided a luxury hotel to arrest six high-ranking footballs of football's world governing body, u.s. officials want the fifa officials extradited to face
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questions. and fifa was meet to go reelectric seth blood fore a fifth time. why is this happening now. the u.s. has been investigating fifa kickbacks since the early 1990s for soccer tournaments held in the united states and latin america the officials are suspected of taking or giving bribes totaling $100 million. once they are extradited to the u.s. they are expected to face charges of racketeering, money laundering as well as wire fraud. al jazerra sports precenter raul is joining us here in the studio studio. to tell us how big these allegations are. >> as the hours go on, doreen it's getting bigger and bigger. the fifa vice president the president of concacaf the
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governing body that looks after football in north america and the caribbean. the govern governing body for south america. it's important to stress that the president who is running for reelection on friday he's not thought to be involved. fifa have been quick to say that. but some of the names that are coming out hugely surprising, jeffrey webb, who is the fifa vice president and currents head of concacaf, he's regarded as a fifa reformer he called for the garcia report that looked in to the qatar and russia world cups for that to be published publically and for runs to be dealt w to see a figure like him being arrested today a huge surprise. >> how will this have any affect if any on friday's presidential vote? >> all of these -- most of the people involved are members of fifa's executive committee so would be involved in that vote. the vote as you say takes place on friday.
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but the 209 fifa members who are going to be voting in that, so i am assuming the vote will go ahead and despite everything that's going on, i think that he will probably win the vote. he's running against prince ali of jar dan in that jordan, we are expecting a press conference at 9:00 gmt. >> what do we expect to see there? all eye on his switzerland. >> it will be at fifa house and they will probably confirm the names. people arrested. organization that his will be looking after. and i think that they'll also confirm that the vote will go ahead. fifa, i am sure will want to give the semblance of some kind of normality and stability in all the chaos going on at the moment. it's a fast-moving story and who knows how this will affect the minds of the voters on friday. if you are asking me i think seth bladder will win the fifth term when he lexes take place on
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friday. >> thank you. we will undoubtedly speak to you throughout the day. thank you very much. the european union is set to unveil its plan to deal with the growing migrant crisis. a leaked document says the proposal includes moving 40,000 migrants to other countries. record numbers of migrants are making the dangerous journey across the mediterranean to try to find a new life in europe. the italian government is saying that it will house some migrants in abandoned buildings but some italians say the buildings should be used to help italy's homeless. hoda hamid has more from rome. >> reporter: they keep on arriving in the italy on a daily basis, migrants who dream of a new life in europe. for themselves. and their families back home. to reach this points they have put their lives at risk. his journey took him from eritrea to sudan to libya where he was detained for several
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months. >> translator: it was dangerous. my parents sold everything for me to be freed and come here. they transferred the money and then i was taken to a beach and we left. it was a zodiac, it was raining. water was coming in from everywhere. we were about to drowned. we were saved by the germans, i was so happy to see them. >> reporter: his rescue was part of operation triton, a joined even u. surveillance mission initiated at the end of last year aimed at patrolling the mediterranean sea. but for most migrants italy is yet another transit point on their way to northern europe where they think there are more job opportunities. now, many here in this italy fear that under the current atmosphere, across europe, and with the tightening of the borders, holding centers like this one could just become permanent homes. italy has so far borne the bankrupt of the i can flux of
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migrants authorities have had to relocate them across the country whenever there is an empty building. police recently confiscate third degree home from the may mafia and will soon end its doors not newcomers. an abandoned school is also being refurbished in a leafy neighborhood on the outskirts of rome. people living here fear the sudden arrival of a large number of migrants. >> translator: this area is isolated few public services no shops pharmacies, telephones, there is nothing. these are people still in the process of being identified. we don't know who they are. it is something huh scares us. this is a private area, it could become a ghetto. >> reporter: a group of homeless people have also set up shop in front of the school. they say italians in need should come first. >> translator: there is nothing for us. nothing. we can't ask for anything.
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we have nothing left. and then, we see these situations the migrants get house, they get help and then what? i have nothing against them, but we are the ones becoming foreigners in our own country. >> reporter: and while those who made it this far are relieved to have fled war-torn libya many here in italy and other european countries, worry about the future identity of their hometowns. hoda hamid, al jazerra rome. forensic experts are exhuming the bodies of dozen of suspected trafficking victims from mass graves in malaysia. police predict more bodies will be found as they dome through a cluster of camps hid meant jungle rob mcbride has more in malaysia. >> reporter: on the malaysian side of the border with thailand the grim task continues today of investigating potential grave sites and exhuming whatever human remains might be found there. what's thought to have been one of the main trafficking sites it was a camp that journalists were
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taken to yesterday it's thought to potentially up to 40 graves might be there. but the authorities have identified 28 camps along a 50-kilometer stretch of border, where they say they might find ultimately well over 100 graves, well over 100 bodies. then comes forensic examination to his determine how these people died. was it storm action, disease or indeed was murder involved with one police chief saying over the weekend that this could turn in to a mass murder investigation. also in the media today in malaysia, we are seeing incredulity that the authorities could not have known about this. but also assurances from the home ministry that there will be an investigation and indeed that there probably was some sort of collusion evening at a local level between the traffickers and law enforcement agency with his the promise from the malaysian government that those found responsibilities i believe will indeed be held to count. in yemen saudi-lead
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coalitions have targeted taiz. targeting military sites and forces loyal to the ousted president saleh. israeli air strikes have attacked the gaza strip in response they say to rocket fire in to is rome. palestinians respected 13 strikes including near. [ inaudible ] there were no reports of injuries, israel says the strikes followed rocket fire from gaza. which struck the port city of ashdod. the united nations recognized prime minister of libya says he's escaped an assassination attempt. he was on his way to the airport when gunmen attacked his car. earlier he was forced to a abandon a parliamentary session after protesters set fire to a car outside. it's unclear exactly what the protesters were demanding, this is the latest destruction for libya's elected parliament struggling to stamp its
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authority over an increasingly fragment the country. in afghanistan, four taliban gunmen have been killed during an attack on i gait house for foreign workers. security forces battled with gunmen for hours in the diplomatic quarter of ca. but 14 people died in a similar attack on a guest house for weeks ago. on envoys are in seoul talking about north korea's a nuclear weapons program. three countries say they will consult china and russia in the hopes of revival six-party peace talks with the north. it recently claimed to have tested a new type of missile from a submarine. pyongyang is being urged to give up its nuclear weapons program in turn for diplomatic benefits. there is much more coming on up al jazerra including safety standards under the radar in china. after a fire kills 38 people in a home for the elderly. and britain's newly reelected conservative government is about to layout its plans for the next five
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hello again, the top stories on al jazerra, three suspected isil suicide bombers have attacked an army convoy killing at least 55 people in iraq. the attack took place northeast of fallujah. swiss police have arrested six high-ranking officials of football's world governing body suspicion of corruption, one of those is jeffrey webb, the head of the confederation for north and central america and the caribbean. they are being held pending
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extradition to the united states. the united nations recognized prime minister of libya says he's he is scared escaped an assassination attempt. he was on the the way to the airport when gunmen attacked his car. more now on iraq. trying to recapture anbar province from isil is in to its second day. the fall den 10 days as was em bare asking of the u.s. wants them to do more. rosalind jordan explains. >> reporter: 10-1. the pentagon says that's by how much iraqi army troops out numbered isil forces before ramadi the provincial capital fell on may 15th. making u.s. defense secretary ashton carter's recent criticism of the iraqi military all the more damaging. what apparently happened is the
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iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. they were not out numbered. in fact, they vastly out numbered the opposing force. and yet they failed to fight and withdrew from the site. that says to me, and i think to most of us, that we have an issue with the will of the iraqis to fight isil and defends themselves. carter's assessment caused an uproar in baghdad forcing the u.s. vice president joe booed en to call prime minister a al-abadi on monday to assure him the u.s. still stood with eye reich on their fight against isil but once again on monday they were putting pressure on the iraqi government. >> the setback that they experienced in ramadi was at least in part attributable to a breakdown in some military command and planning. >> reporter: u.s. officials have also expressed caution over the introduction of shia militias in main will go sunni anbar province even the name useed by militias for the upcoming battle
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for ramadi refers to a his onto are cal figure rereceived by shia islam it's a name that could offend sunni tribes who might otherwise join the pro-government forces . >> we would urge all iraqis in the fight against ice toll avoid any action that would height end sectarian tensions. >> reporter: meantime human rights groupings are worried about the people of ramadi. not everyone is going to be able to head to baghdad and relative safety. and there is concern too that shia militias are said to have committed abuses in other liberated areas of the country. >> we have zeina the lost destruction of homes of other infrastructure in some cases mass displays. and unwilling tons allow people to return, looting, a lot of criminal behavior, a lot of aggressive behavior some attacks against civilians and we have recorded a number of disappearances as well. >> reporter: the pentagon is sending 2,000 anti-tank missile to his iraqi forces in the next two weeks and promises to step up training but u.s. officials
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say the iraqi mill military must work harder if it wants to defeat isil. in india severe heat wave has killed more than a thousand people. most of the deaths have been reported in the southern states. a red alert has been issued in these states, temperatures have climb today nearly 50 degrees celsius in some areas but there is relief insight as forecasters say the monsoon rains might hit india in the next few days. a science editor of new delhi television that's a private news channel he says people are being asked to stay inning floors some provinces. >> it's only people who work work outdoors people who do construction work, laborers, a daily wage earners on the streets who could get heat strokes, what the local governments have done people who work on government schemes have been asked to ache break between 11:00 a.m. in the morning to
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about 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. according to the figures available from the governments in south i understand yakker the total figures right now stand at about 1100. but these are figures which can be questioned, are questionable figures, because nobody really records whether the person died because of overheating heat stroke or some other reason. so these are people who have been expose exposed to heat and have come in to hospitals and have reported heat stroke, so the figure could be higher and the next few days the heat is still going to remain so the figure could certainly rise. >> mexico's president -- excuse me enrique own peña knee y has been surveying the damage caused by monday's tornado that ripped through near the border with texas. at least 14 people killed and dozens injured when severe winds pulled roofs from buildings and catapulted cars across streets. a rescue operation is still underway and the death toll
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could rise. a constitutional court will now decide whether his dismissal can be enforces. u.s. em bars i has pledged support for the president and calmed a parliament for put the stability of the country first. and a fire which swept through a home for the elderly in central china killing 38 people is raising concerns overlapping safety standards adrian brown reports from china where the cause of the disaster is being investigated. >> reporter: as the authorities investigate the cause of the fire the care home is now a crime scene. 12 staff are being investigated. you can just make out the statue of mayor chan mao in the courtyard and the banner behind with the words with our love make old people safe. but they weren't safe. most of the dead were very frail
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and needed assistance to move. a relative of one of the dead told us she was waiting for compensation before being dragged away by a family member. fees in the privately run home were around $200 a month. i don't understand the reach of many waiting outside. including a 61-year-old on a pension of $10 a month. >> translator: of course i worry. but you can't expect the minist party to solve all of your problems. >> reporter: this investigation will focus on safety and why it failed here. but there is another looming problem, the shortage of care homes for a rapidly aging population. traditionally in china aging parents were always looked after by their children. but changing lifestyles and the consequences of china's one-child policy are changing that. increasing that only child is unable or unwilling to care for their parents. china's confronting a rich country's problem.
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but on a huge scale. the government says 450 million chinese people will be over 65 by 2050. with supply unable to meet demand the government is turn to go the private sector. but away from the big cities, such homes are often poorly regulated and in this case, plain unsafe. adrian brown, al jazerra in china. britain's queen elizabeth will layout the agenda of the newly reelected conservative government in a speech marking the opening of parliament and the plan includes more spending cuts and proposal to his take back more powers from the european union lawrence lee has more. >> reporter: five more years of david cameron. and an amazing opportunity for the conservative party to impose its will on the population of the u.k. entirely unopposed. after all around the cabinet table now are only conservative allies the first time that's
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happened since 1997. the conservatives have made it clear that they will portray themselves as a party that speaks for the working classes. >> i think it is absolutely vital that in every decision that we take, every policy we pursue every program we start it is about giving everyone in our country the best chance of living a fulfilling and good life. >> reporter: the conservative government is certainly bad news for these people, so-called extremist preachers will find it harder to speak on the streets without being arrested. there will be more powers, too for the spy agencies. the government now is free to try to pursue objectives it simply hasn't been able to so far, cuts to benefits, even u. migrants that can't find a job in six months have to return home. trying to abolish the human rights act in showing that the u.k. doesn't have to accept people lost in the mediterranean. these things might come across as right wing and certainly they are in part an attempt to diffuse a threat from the far
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right u.k. independence party but the government knows many labor voters feel much the same way about many of these issues and so david cameron is trying to present himself as a man for the whole country. or perhaps the whole england at least if not scotland the with the liberal democrats and labor parties in total disarray the only political force in business minister offering an opposition to what the conservatives have on offer is the scottish party. on big issues like whether the u.k. will leave europe in a ref referendum the snp's voice say crucial one. >> there are a substantial number of very strong technical arguments, jobs, investment, about the long-term future. all of those will have to be deployed in that debate now. first of all, we are going to oppose an eu referendum, secondly we have been campaigning on the state of staying, we will be deploying each and every one of those arguments. >> reporter: and what of the publicist mood? this happened three days after
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the vote at the gates of downing street. another big demonstration is scheduled to demonstrate against the queen's speech. there could easy be quite a lot more of it. lawrence lee, al jazerra london. well u.s. president barack obama's plan to shield nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation has been dealt another blow. a federal appeals court has backed a temporary hold imposed by a lower court, 26 states have challenged obama's executive order. the white house says it's essential to fix a broken immigration system. so we all know what a piano sounds like, but how about something a little different? the pianist and the conductor daniel has unveiled a new type piano to take to the stake worldwide. charlie angela reports from london. ♪
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♪ >> reporter: they are the keys that look like they have for hundreds of years the sound they produce is slightly different. pianist and compose erden el has played on stein way pianos all his life. but this is the first one with his name on it. it's inspired by the piano used by the 19th century hungarian composer franz list. he tried it, and wanted to combine its sound with the power of the modern piano. from the outside it looks like a modern concert grand piano. the inside are where the differences lie. you can see how the strings run in straight lines rather than angle and that is what creates the different sound the much warmer sound closer to what posers would composers would have heard about him 200 years ago daniel is considered the world's greatest all-around musician and as a conduct tour he's tried to build bridges through miss i can. with his orchestra of palestinian and israeli musicians and he's repeatedly
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condemned israel's occupation of gaza and the west bank. even when describing his new instrument he likens his role as pianist to solving a political problem. >> it's as if each note is there for itself. and you the pianist have to give them a feeling of solidarity of home general at this. but i feel very inspired by that that. i am rapturously happy with it. >> reporter: but listening to him talk to the statement's building chris maine it, sounds like there is still some tweak to go do. >> if the up up goes that way would it make a difference. >> it would make a difference. >> i think -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: so far this is one of only two in the world a rare reinvention that will be kept under wraps until he runs his fingers over it later this week in london.
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charlie angela. al jazerra london. much more on that story as well as the day's other top stories on our website there you will find it on your screen, you can find all of the stories at aljazerra.com. >> this week on "talk to al jazeera": international piano superstar lang lang. >> the art, you know, it's about, you know... the distance and in and out, big picture, precision. >> billions of people around the world have seen him perform. at the beijing olympics... the world cup in rio... even jaming at the grammys. >> as a musician we will collaborate with great musicians. >> lang lang grew up in an industrial city in northern china.