football's governing body is drill ing from a double blow. a criminal investigation has been opened into the next two world cups. >> the world cup 2018 and 2022 will be played in russia and qatar. ♪ >> you are watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up: the iraqi army continues its offensive to retake anbar proventions. an isil suicide attack kills 55 people. over a thousand people have died

in a severe heat wave in india and: the royal sector. daniel banboi is conducting the reinvention of the piano. >> hello. high-ranking officials of tulle's world governing body have been arrested after two investigations were launched. here is what we know so far. a search warrant has been executed at the miami headquarters of the confederation of north central, american and association football. earlier a raid and several fifa officials arrested. 14 could be indicted in the u.s. to face corruption offices. the swiss office says it has opened a an investigation fifa

will not consider a revote over the world cup in 2018 and 2022. >> no. as i said i cannot confirm the names. i cannot confirm how many people have been arrested and i can say what the president said in the past world press conference. it will be played in russia and qatar. here is richard parr with what has happened so far. >> swiss please at the united states department of justice arresting officials from football's world governing body. they are suspected of bribery totalling more than $100 million and face extradition to the u.s. the case is linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s

with major tournaments in the states and latin america. >> for us for fifa this is good. this is good what happens it confirms we are on the right track. it hurts. it's not easy. it's the only way to go. >> the arrested men include jeffrey west the head of north america's tulle company. his predecessor, former fifa jack warner nicolo and the chief of brazilian football jose maria march inwho oversaw last year's cup in brazil. >> blatter is looking to win a fourth turn. fifa say blatta is not involved in the arizona. >> of course he is the head of fifa. he is not involved in any. how can you -- can you say, okay. he has to whatsoever step down.

he is the president. he is the president. and in two days, election. if the 209 members reelect him, then he is the president for the next four years. >> there have been many con controversies over his 17-year reign including allegations of corruption. the united states was one of the unsuccessful bids for the 2022 event which qatar is due to host. despite arizona, the expected re-election of blatta and the vote will still go ahead. richard parr arizona. >> al jazeera sports presenter is joining us in the doha studio to tell us whether we will see many more revelations in the coming hours. >> i think we may. let me just take you back to the exact -- the main figures of today, the guys who were arrested at that hotel in zurich in the early hours swiss time.

to 14 fifa officials were named in the indictment but the arrests included jeffrey webb the fifa vice president and executive committee member. as you can see, they arrests go to the very hearts of the fifa organization. blatta not thought to be involved. >> how significant that jeffrey web is on that list and what's

being said about the upcoming election on friday many people thought he was one of the men that could clean up fifa. he has been very forthright in the fight against racism. there was a report last year looking at the qatar and russia world cup bids for 2022 and 2018 respectively. he was one of the people who called for the whole report to be published. many people thought he wasould clean up fifa, a new member of the executive committee. it's a huge surprise to see him as well as the people we have seen arrested him. there was some rumors going around that he was lobbying for the vote to be postponed. as we saw in richard parr's package, the director of communications of fifa clearly said that the vote goes ahead. you know nothing has -- you know the vote has nothing to do

with what's gone on today. blatta is not happy about the association but relaxed. the 209 people, fifa members, minus the people who have been arrested today will vote on the fifa presidency and it looks like sepp blatter will be re-elected for a 5th term beating prince ali of jordan. >> 5 iraqi soldiers have been killedfy fighters of the islamic state in the levan, suspected stackers attackedattacked at a time when iraqi army has launched a major operation in the west against isil after the key city of ramadi fell to the armed group. imran imran khan has. >> an assault on isil fighters. there has been sporadic fighting since the operation began on tuesday as both sides prepare to battle for ramadi.

the iraqi security forces are trying to take control of roads into towns and villages held by isil. they are also using shelling to target isil fighters and cut off their main supply lines. once the towns and villages are secured, the push to ramadi will begin. >> our aim is to meet armed forces from other fronts. operations have exclusively shelling and advanced toward isih hideouts. >> iraqi strategist says the tactics against isil are failing because they can't prevent suicide car bombings. >> the iraqi security forces lack the intelligence and recon sans to prevent attacks before they happen and, also the vehicles that isil used are heavily armored. the weapons they use can sometimes be ineffective. >> reporter: despite that the operation goes on. this is the major supply line to anbar province for iraqi's

security forces. it's used by both military and civilian contractors. military operations in anbar could come to a standstill if isil managed to closed the highways. it's a very apt title, the last line of defense before the capitol, itself. after here, you get the headquarters of the 24th brigade in charge of reinforcements and logistics. keeping the road open between here and anbar province and keeping the military supplied is crucial. >> equally crucial is how to deal with the car bombs isil is using. adapt to go new threats is an important part of warfare. it appears that's something the ramie iraqi security forces have yet to perform. >> a fire swept through the home folt for the elderly killing 38 people is raising concerns over lax safety standards. adrienne brown reports 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 chairman mao in the courtyard with the banner behind "with our love make old people safe. but they weren't. most 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, beyond the reach of many waiting outside including a 61-year-old ol a pension of $10 a month. of course i worry, but you can't expect the communist party to solve all of your problems. >> 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 change that. increasingly that only child is unable or unwilling to care for their parents. china's confronting a rich country's problem 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 turning to the private sector. but away from the big cities such homes are often poorly regulated and, in this case plain unsafe. adrienne brown, al jazeera, in central china. >> in india, a severe heat wave has killed more than a thousand people. most of the deaths have been reported in the southern states of andapardash and tadadano.

a red alert has been issued. temperatures have cleaned to nearly 50 degrees celsius. forecasters i say the monsoon rains might hit india in thefection few days. a professor of medicine at the well cornell hospital in qatar. he talks to me about the reasons behind fatal sun stroke. >> this is actually a normal phenomenon. it's when the body is not able to cool down adequately when the temperatures rise particularly when you have high humidity. and so it's not particular to india. it's anywhere. in the in the u.s., it can occur, as well. and so the major manifestations are that the patient -- the person will become dehydrated and dollied develop al stroke. stroke immediately people think

of as something where you have a blocked vessel and damage to the brain and in the sense or in terms of heat stroke this is essentially when body temperatures rise above 40 degrees. the consequence of that is that the normal systems, enzyme systems in all cells, particularly the cells of the most active organs which is the brain, the heart, the lungs, the kidneys, start to fail. >> here is what's coming up on al jazeera. >> i am harry fawcett reporting on what was a bustling market town in the nepali border where an earthquake has blocked off a vital economic artery. [beeping]

ooo come on everybody, i think this is my grandson. [lip syncing] ♪little girl you look so lonesome oh my goodness. ♪i see you are feeling blue ♪come on over to my place ♪hey girl ♪we're having a party happy birthday, grandma! ♪we'll be swinging ♪dancing and singing ♪baby come on over tonight is there such a thing as a sure thing in business? some say buy gold. others say buy soybeans. i say, buy comcast business internet. unlike internet

providers that slow down when traffic picks up, you get speed you can rely on. it's a safe bet. like a gold-plated soybean. reliably fast internet starts at $69.95 a month. comcast business. built for business.

the top stories on al jazeera the swiss federal office of justice said it has opened a criminal case in connection with the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 football world cups. earlier, swiss police raided a luxury hotel to arrest seven high-ranking officials of football's world governing body. 3 suspected isil suicide bombers have killed at least 55 solids in iraqi. the attack was targeted near a town northeast of fallujah in anbar province. in india, a severe heat wave killed more than a thousand people. most deaths have been reported in the southern states. temperatures have climbed to nearly 50 degrees celsius in

some areas. forensic experts are exhuming bodies of traveling victims from mass graves in malaysia. 139 graves were discovered in a forest in the northern state on the thai border. thailand is focusing on keeping it's borders sealed. scott hideydler reports. >> those leading thailand's praises don't think there are any more migrant camps to discover and they have their key suspect in custody. for them the top priority is making sure their borders stay sealed so that any remaining human trafficers have no place to hide and no space to restart that channels. >> our country is not the destination. just pass. if you make them very different and make them not comfortable to walk past to pass other country, they will not come. >> we went with the thai army to

one of their jungle outposts set up to block the trafficers. this barbed wire marks the border between thailand. it was here four weeks ago when the government started the slafrp down on human trafficking networks. this is the main artillery between the two countries. malaysian officials believe the camps they discovered recently were aband order in the last few weeks. thailand says they are digging into how the networks operated. now, their channels are cut off. >> the investigations are not moving forward very well. we have in the thai side a focus primarily on local politicians, local police some please up to the provincial level, which is a good first step but there is a lot more to be done. we expect there are probably higher level people involved in this. >> so a rubber farmer on a road that leads up to the crossing. he used to see dozens of people packed into pickup trucks pass

by. >> i don't think the trafficers will dare to come back here it was happening because the government never took this seriously. now, the situation is changed. the trafficers are afraid to come back. >> they might be afraid to come back here, but the challenge for thailand is finding those who helped the trafficers and make sure the networks won't restart somewhere else. scott heidler, al jazeera, thailand. >> the economic impact of last month's earthquake is being felt all across nepal and the flood of goods from china has slowed to a trickle hitting roadside businesses which depend upon the trade. our correspondent, harry fawcett traveled to the border with tibbet to see how communities are coping. >> scars of the disaster are along the highway. there is another piece of evidence less immediately obvious. this is the main trade route to the chinese border.

it's all but empty of traffic. we 2009ed team in the middle of roadside repairs. but they have a bigger problem than a loose wheel nut. a landslide ripped through the cab, thank you while the driver was outside. the damage to their business is just as severe. >> it has had a big impact. we had to stop our trucks and we need to pay bank loads. with the trucks not earning money it's hard to survive. >> as they move off towards catholic kathmandu, we head towards the chinese easy border. more destroyed vehicles one reason few drivers want to ply this route below loosened overhanging cliffs. the route ends here at li ping. beyond is tibet. dozens abandoned and economic

life bloody blood damned up behind the border. the businesses that line the streets are shattered, some being supported by the same boulders that smashed into them. this will she werea is back from temporary assignment to check on his property. he was in the basement carrying out repairs when a huge rock barrelled it's way in. his income came from tenant businesses. now, it's gone. >> i'm very sad. this is all i have. it's heartbreaking to see. fate has dealt us a hard blow. if people like me are having problems, you can imagine what others are going through. >> just a few weeks ago, this is a blust ling border bazaar town full of shops and restaurants serving a steady flow of trucks coming across the chinese border. now, it's utterly a ghost town. it is a powerful illustration of just what this earthquake has dorn to the nepali economic to

millions' livelihoods. the local market here, abandoned trucks have become homes. the shresta family who run a roadside store says the town's economy has just stopped. they plan to stay but have no idea how they are going to earn a living. for now, though they are not even thinking that far ahead. their preoccupation, like so many, is worrying about the next earthquake and what else might be taken from them. harry fawcett, al jazeera on the arnico highway, nepal. >> an indian group allowed greenpeace india temporary relief in a case against the government t can now access two of its domestic accounts after they were blocked by the government for allegedly breaking rules of foreign funding. greenpeace india is challenging the government's decision to cancel its registration for six months. yemeni military sources have sedco al list forces led by saudi arabia have destroyed the

naval bates. 20 shiia houthi fight wrerdz reportedly killed in that raid. in the southern city of taiz, military sites bombed belonging to the houthis as well as forces to the ousted president. east african leaders will meet this weekend to discuss the ongoing political crisis in burund: there have been weeks of protest. the u.n. says more than 170 people exav aped. they put up this barricade and basically stopping people from going in to the city saying those who want to go with their lives, even while the proceed tent isn't working that much they are using force to keep as many people back as possible so they can protest.

they are angry because recently they went home and saw adverts of the president telling people that they are trying to squeeze the country dry. he says that won't happen and asking people who clearly look angry to give money to the government so he can hold these elections in june. they are saying there is no way that can happen. they don't want these lesions to take place. the president is adamant. he told the international community, stay out of my country. stay out of my business. i am how to run this country. they are squeezing him, he says and these people are wondering how he can hold on. they are saying he plans to keep protesting until he announces. >> a state disaster after flash floods killed 17 people in texas. bridges swept away after the

torrential rain gabriel reports. >> reporter: steve meeks in a man in shock. when the wall of water came rushing toward his home he and his family ran as fast as they could? >> we got out of there with nothing. i mean nothing. i mean i had a shirt and shorts and my shoes on. my wife had her shirt and shorts, grabbed our grandson. my son, he got out. so, i mean no clothes, know anything. >> along the banks of the blanco river, this is all that is left of the meeks' 14 cabins at the rio bonito re ort the family has owned for clarify generations. the water crushed everything in its path toppling the cabins and everything inside. >> families were all here, and we decided we better get out because we had never seen anything like it. >> reporter: along the banks of the river, trees were flattened. water rose 44 feet or 13 meters in a matter of minutes. this is some of the stuff that's been pulled from the various cabins now this is just a chair. we see a couch, a bed, a door

even this destroyed baby bass net. all of this stuff, including these pots and pans and plates all of it has been completely destroyed and so they are just piling it up over here and lighting it on fire. not only is this stuff destroyed, but more xwovrnlings the meeks' livelihood as well. >> now it hasn't sunk in yet because, you know, i wish that i could just break down and cry, but what do you do after this? i don't know what you do after this man. >> that's a question many in these parts are now asking after the worst flooding in decades. these aerial images from the city of austin sewing a rain-soaked city battered for consecutive days. in houston, the fourth most popular city in america under water, more than 500 people had to be pulled to safety from

flood waters. but back in wimberly what's left of the meeks' family's rain-smoked pos eingsz is smoldering. they are hoping this will never happen again. gabe reyell alizando. we know what a piano sounds like. how about something that's a little different perhaps? the pianist and the conductor has unveiled a new type of piano to take to the stage worldwide. a report from london. >> reporter: do the keys look like they have for -- though the keys look like they have for hundreds of years, the sound they produce is slightly different. pianist and composer has played on steinway pianos all his life but this is the first with his name on it. it's inspired by the piano used by the hungarian compose erp

franz listz. from the outside, it looks like a modern concert grand piano. inside are where the divenszly. see how the strings run in straight lines rather than an angel and that is what creates the different sound, the much warmer sound closer to what composers would have heard almost 200 years ago. daniel barinboyan is considered the world's greatest all-around musician. as a conductor, he tried to build bridges through music. his orchestra offitsisi musicians. when describing his new instrument, he likens his role as pianist to solving a political problem. each note is there for itself. and you the pianist have to give them a feeling of solidarity, of homogenity.

i feel very inspired by that. i am raptuosly happy with it. >> listening to him talk to the instrument's builder, it sounds like there is still some tweaking to do. >> make a difference. >> it makes a difference. >> another problem. so far, this is one of only two in the world, a rare reinvention that will be kept under wraps until barenboim runs his fingers over it later this week in london. charlie angela london. >> a list of 139 new pieces discovered in the greater mikong last year has now been officially released. among them -- take a look -- are the scald deminter wasp named after a character in the harry potter series. there is a color changing frog which has thorns on its back and

a sick insect was found in vietnam, that right there, the world's second largest. more on our website, aljazeera.com. there, you will find our top stories, the story we are covering today are the fifa officials indicted on corruption charges in zurich. ♪ >> floodwaters begin to recede in the accident as rescue crews search for 11 people now missing for three days. >> it was wild, because it was so fast, and it came up so fast. >> as they assess damage, the state is not in the clear just yet. more storms and flooding are on the way. >> criminal charges of corruption and money laundering, top officials from soccer's world boiled arrested this morning.