a double blow for football's governing body. top fifa officials arrested on bribery charges as an investigation is being opened into the allegations of the next two world cups. ♪ hello, i'm richelle carey, you are watching al jazeera live from doha. also on the program. an isil suicide attack kills at least 55 iraqi soldiers on the second day of the army's offensive to retake anbar province. and the e.u. asks its members to take in 40,000 asylum

seekers to deal with the growing migrant crisis. over a thousand people have died in a severe heat wave in india. ♪ it has been a dramatic day in switzerland and after the arrest of high ranking officials from the headquarters of world football the fallout is worldwide. there were seven top fifa of officials arrested in zurich. they face extradition to the united states where they are wanted for questioning. a short time later in miami, fbi agents arrived with a search warrant at the confederation of north central asia and european

football and a criminal case has been opened into how the 2018 and 2022 world cups were awarded to russia and qatar. alan fisher is standing by for us in washington, d.c. but first richard parr reports. >> reporter: a dawn raid. swiss police at the request of the united states department of justice, arresting officials from fifa. they are suspected of bribery totaling more than $100 million and face extradition to the u.s. the case is linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s. 14 people have been indicted including the vice president, his predecessor, and former fifa executive jack warner former south american head and the chief of brazilian football who

oversaw last year's world cup in brazil. as part of their investigation, the fbi also raided headquarters in miami. they launched separate proceedings into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 world cups. the tournaments will go ahead as planned for now. >> what would you expect from us? that we start to speculate and say maybe russia and qatar, we have to redo the awarding? russia and qatar will be played. it is what is fact today. >> reporter: officials are in switzerland for friday's fifa's presidential election. when seth bladder is expected to

win. >> the president is not involved. so how can you say, okay he has to whatsoever step down? he is the president -- he is the president -- he is the president and in two days there will be an election. if they reelect him, then he is the president for the next four years. >> reporter: despite the arrests the reelection will go ahead. >> andy fisher is in zurich where the arrests took place. they went there for a meeting and some ended up in handcuffs. how did this day unfold? >> reporter: well you can see the hotel behind me here the five-star hotel where the vast majority of fifa officials stay. we normally see them being whisked away in blacked-out limo

scenes. this morning, swiss police acting on behalf of the u.s. justice department took away men at the highest levels of football's world governing body. we got a statement from the wisz justice department saying they have been arrested on allegations of bribery. and then a separate investigation is being launched by swiss prosecutors here into allegations of corruptions surrounding the 2018 and 2022 world cup bid. of course fifa had its own investigation into those allegations, the conclusions of which came out at the end of last year the report was done by michael garcia at the time it appears to have cleared qatar and russia of any wrongdoing garcia disowned the summary of findings as represented by fifa.

but it seems the report has now been taken out of fifa's hands and a separate investigation is ongoing. fifa has weathered corruption storms in the past but nothing quite on this scale. >> what has fifa had to say for itself in the face of all of these developments? >> reporter: crisis management isn't something that fifa's communications isn't used to. they came out and tried to turn the narrative on its head saying in fact this was a good thing for fifa that the swiss investigation had come about because of information fifa had given to them. and this would root out unethical behavior in world football and lead to a cleanup in world foot -- football. but what you can't avoid is that the man who has been in charge of world football since 1998 some of the men he men he backed

are implicated and facing very, very serious charges. in two days blatter is up for reelection. his sole rival is the prince of jordan and blatter within the secure walls of fifa is still very popular, despite all that is going on here. over his four terms in office he has handed out huge amounts of money for development grants in after can and asia to shore up his support around the world, and if the vote goes ahead as we expect it will blatter should still win. >> all right. andy richardson live for us in zurich. let's go to washington, d.c. where alan fisher is live. if the epicenter of arrest was

zurich, the epicenter of the place that put this process in place is washington, d.c. why is that? >> reporter: the allegations here of course are about corruption, and bridery, and it is suggested that some of the payments went through american banks. that's enough for the u.s. justice department to get involved. even if it touched under the suggestion of an email going through an internet service provider in the united states that would be enough for the justice department to get involved. loretta lynn is the attorney general here in the united states and she is has said that corruption is rampant and deep rooted in fifa. clearly there has been a twitter storm, social media is abuzz

with what is happening with fifa. one tweet says dear world we don't even like soccer but we're still going to cleanup fifa for you. >> alan might there be more arrested? this could be the beginning of a very long process. >> well three years to this point, why have they moved now? well they knew that fifa was involved in a big high-level meeting in zurich. that meant many of the main players would be in one place, and therefore much easier to arrest. there with a couple of people including chuck, who was involved in the central, north and caribbean football association, and he waved his right to an indictment pled

guilty to the charges, and has been identified as someone who has been helping investigators. now there may well be more arrests when they get more information. but as i say this has been a three-year investigation, and the decision was to go in the last 24 hours because they believed they could secure the main people they wanted at fifa and also continue their investigations with these people being questioned by the swiss. >> alan fisher live for us from washington, d.c. alan thank you. at least 55 iraqi soldiers have been killed by fighters of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. suspected suicide bombers attacked a military convoy near a town northeast of fallujah in anbar province. in that attack happened on a second day of a major offensive by the iraqi army to try to retake anbar province from isil. >> reporter: shia militias mount

an assault. there has been sporadic fighting since the operation began on tuesday. iraqi security forces are trying to take control of roads into towns and villages held by isil. they are also using shelling to cut off supply lines. once the towns and villages are secure then the push to ramadi will begin. >> translator: our aim is to meet our forces from other fronts. operations have exclusively shelling and advancing towards isil hideouts. >> reporter: however, the iraqi army tactics against isil are failing because they can't prevent suicide car bombings. >> translator: the iraqi security forces lack the intelligence and the reconnaissance to prevent the attacks before they happen and also the vehicles that isil use are heavily armored. the weapons the army use can

sometimes to ineffective. >> reporter: despite that the operation goes on. this is the main supply line used by both military and civilian contractors. military operations in anbar could come to a stand still if isil managed to close this highway. surrounding baghdad you see these, they are called defense lines. if many ways it is a very apt title because it is the last line of defense before the capitol itself. after this you get the headquarters of the 24th brigade brigade. keeping the road open and keeping the military supplied is crucial. but equally crucial is how to deal with the car bombs isil is increasingly using. imran khan al jazeera, baghdad. the health ministry in yemen says 36 police commandos have

been killed. coalition forces have also destroyed the naval base. 20 houthi fighters were reportedly wounded in that raid. the european union has asked its member states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers over the next 20 years. the migrants have already landed in greece and italy. record numbers are making the dangerous journey to try to find a new life in europe. the italian government says it will house some migrants in abandoned buildings. hoda abdel hamid has more from rome. >> reporter: they are riving in italy on a daily basis. migrants who dream of a new life in europe for themselves and their families back home. they have put their lives at risk to reach this point. this man came from eritrea to

sudan to libya where he was detained for several 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 drown. we were saved by the germans. i was so happy to see them. >> reporter: his rescue was part of operation troton. but for most migrants italy is yet another transit point on their way to northern europe where they think there are more job opportunities. many here in italy fear that under the current atmosphere across europe, and with the tightening of the borders, holding centers like this one could become permanent homes.

authorities have had to relocate migrants across the country wherever there is an empty building. police have recently confiscated this one from the mafia, it will soon open its doors to the newcomers, an abandoned school is also being refurbished. it's on the outskirts of rome. people living here fear the sudden arrival of large number of migrants. >> translator: this area is isolated there are few public services. there are no shops, pharmacies telephones, there is nothing. these are people who are still in the process of being identified. we don't know who they are. it is something that 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.

we have nothing left and then we see these situations. the migrants get housing, 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 warn-torn libya, many here worry about the future of their hometowns. malaysian policemen are being investigated for mass graves. more than 130 graves have been found. most are believed to have been migrants from myanmar, and poor migrants from bangladesh. scott heidler reports.

>> reporter: those leading thailand's operations against the human traffickers, don't think there are more camps to discover and they have their key suspect in custody. for them the top priority is to make sure the borders stay sealed so human traffickers have no space to restart their channels. >> it is not destination, just past them. if you make them not comfortable to pass they will not come. >> reporter: we went with the thai army up to one of their jungle outposts set up to block the traffickers. this barbwire marks the border between thailand and malaysia. the government started this clamp down on human trafficking networks. because of this clamp down malaysia officials believe the camps they discovered recently

were abandoned in the last few weeks. now the 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 police up to the provincial level, which is a good first step but there is a lot more to be done. >> reporter: this is a rubber farmer on the road that leads up to the jungle crossing. he used to see dozens of people packed into pickup trucks every week. >> translator: i don't think the traffickers will dare to come back here. they are afraid to come back. >> reporter: they might be afraid to come back here but the challenge for thailand is finding those who helped the traffickers, 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 flow of goods from china has slowed to a trickle. >> reporter: the scars of nepal's deadliest disaster lie all along the highway, but there's another piece of evidence less immediately obvious. this is the main trade route to the chinese border. we find one team in the middle of roadside repairs. but they have a bigger problem than a loose wheel mat. a landslide ripped through the cap thankfully when the driver was outside, but the damage to their business is just as severe. >> translator: it has had a big impact. we had to stop our trucks and

we need to pay bank loans, and with the trucks not earning money, it's hard to survive. >> reporter: we head further north towards the chinese border. more destroyed vehicles one reason few drivers want to ride this route below loosened overhead cliffs. the route ended here. beyond is tibet, dozens of trucks abandoned of china closed the root economic life root dammed up. the businesses that line the streets are scattered, some being supported by the same boulders that smashed into them. this man is back from temporary exile in kathmandu to check on his property. he was in the basement carrying out repairs when a huge rock barrelled its way in.

his income is now gone. >> translator: i'm very sad. this is all i have. it's heart breaking to see. fate has dealt us a hard blow. if people like me are having problems you can imagine what the poorest are going through. >> reporter: just a few weeks ago this was a bustling border bizarre town serving a steady flow of trucks. now it's utterly a ghost town. it really is a powerful illustration of just what this earthquake has done to the nepally economy. back down the valley is the local market hub. here abandoned trucks have become homes. this family who run a roadside store, say 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 is worrying

about the next earthquake and what else might be taken from them. green peace india can start spending some of its money again, at least for now. a court in new delhi has ordered the temporary reopening of new bank accounts frozen by the government. it also withdrew the charges of breaking the rules. and in india a severe heat wave has killed thousands of people. a red alert has been issued in these states. temperatures have climbed to near 50 degrees celsius in some areas, but the moon soon rains might hit india in the next few days a professor of medicine explains the reasons behind fatal sunstroke.

>> it's 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, so it's not particular to india, actually. anywhere in the u.s. it can occur as well. and so the major manifestations are that the person will become dehydrated and develop something called heat stroke and it's a little bit of misdefinition, because stroke people think of a blocked vessel and damage to the brain. 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 organism which is

the brain, the heart, the lungs and the kidneys then start to fail. a fire swept through a home for the elderly in central china, killing 38 people. adrian brown reports. >> reporter: as the authorities investigation the cause of the fire, the care home is now a crime scene. 12 staff are being investigated. you can just make out the statute of chairman mou 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 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. thieve -- fees were around $200 a month, beyond the reach of many waiting outside.

including a 61 year on a pension of $10 a month. >> translator: of course i worry, but you can't expect the communist party to solve all of your problems. >> reporter: there's another looming problem, the shortage of care homes for a rapidly aging population. traditionally aging parents were always looked after by their children, but changing lifestyles and increasing one child households are changing that. china is 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 place, plane unsafe. adrian brown al jazeera, central china. envoys are in soul for talks on north korea's nuclear weapons program. the countries say they will consult china and russia. they recently claimed to have tested a new type of missile from a submarine. north korea has been urged to give up the weapons program and turn to diplomatic efforts. the army is looking for al-shabab fighters a day after the group attacked soldiers. government protesters in burundi refuse to come off of the streets as east african leaders gear up for talks. and in sport we'll have all of the latest from the french open where marie sharapova is

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♪ the top stories now on al jazeera. the swiss federal office of justice has opened a criminal case into how the 2018 and 2022 world cups were awarded to russia and qatar but fifa says it will not consider a rerun of voting. and earlier swiss police raided a luxury hotel to arrest seven high ranking officials of the

football world governing body. there's suspected isil suicide bombers are targeted a military convoy in iraq killing at least 55 soldiers. the attack came on the second day of a major offensive by the iraqi army to try to recapture anbar province. kenyan fighters are searching for al-shabab fighters. what is the latest on police efforts to try to track down the fighters who were responsible for this ambush? >> reporter: well richelle they are saying they are still