>> they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to enrich themselves. >> the president of soccer federation says he welcomes the investigation. i'm darren jordan in doha. also on the program 22 people may have been exposed to anthrax after the deadly back steer ya was accidentally shipped to south korea. the deadliest day of boamtion bombings

inso far in yemen. plus. >> i'm florence lee in myanmar. hundreds of thousands of people are threatened to be left in limbo. >> football's governing body is facing a governing crisis as its president, sepp blatter is facing reelection. and he is facing pressure to step down. blatter says as unfortunate as these events are it should be clear that we welcome the action and investigations by u.s. and swiss authorities and believe that it should help reinforce

measures that fifa has already taken to root out any corruption in football. >> there will be little surprise corruption allegation ves been swirling around fifa for years. >> they were expected to keep soccer honest and protect the integrity of the game. instead they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to corrupt their business and enrich themselves. >> the alleged crimes stretched back more than two decades. >> this really is the world cup of fraud and today we are issuing fifa a red card. >> investigate any criminal activity which touches the u.s., through u.s. banks or internet service providers corrupt deals stretching back into the 1990s. 14 people have been indicted, among them, fifa vice president jeffrey webb, head of concacaf,

and jack warner. >> two days before the election, anyone has to be naive not to believe this has something to do with it. >> and former south american football head. and the chief of brazilian football who oversaw last year's world cup in brazil. insists the arrests will help it fight corruption. >> this is good what happens. it confirms that we are on the right track it hurts it's not easy but it's the only way to go. >> registering more anger than shock. >> it's absurd. in the meantime we have lots of

brazilians struggling to survive. >> it is not a surprise, they got our money last year during the world cup. they built a lot of stadiums they left brazil and the situation is even worse. >> fbi agents raided concacaf headquarters. the tournaments in russia and qatar are still planned to go ahead bud fifa's global sponsors will be watching situations slowsly. fifa president sepp blatter is due ostand for reelection in days. he is expected to win. allen fisher al jazeera washington. >> meanwhile fifa is quick to stop any talks that the 2018 and 2022 games will be affected 50

scandal. >> what do you think russia and qatar will be played. this is what is fact today. >> michael j. hirshman says this scandal not the only thing to have tarnished fifa's reputation over the last few years. >> we know the investigation has been underway for almost three years now. and these results were actually anticipated, expected. this is one of a number of continuing scandals that have cast a shadow over fifa over the course of eight or nine years. i don't think we can say at this point that sepp blatter is off the table in terms of possible charges but let's not forget that over the course of the past eight or nine years he has been in charge of this organization. everything that's happened, happened under his watch. it wasn't that long ago when

sepp blatter and the fifa organization, was saying that they don't have a problem, there is no corruption in fifa. now, of course, they've changed their tune. >> multiple saudi-led air strikes in yemen have killed more than 100 people, make wednesday one of the deadliest days sings the air campaign began in march. u.n. is urging all sides to seek a diplomatic conclusion. victoria gatenby reports. >> one of the cars was suspected to carry a houthi leader. >> the residents were injured. >> despite the air strikes the houthis continue to control

large parts of yemen including the capital. people living near the latest attacks are angry they have been caught up in the latest fighting. >> not targets not military bases, they must distinguish between two. what is it for the women and children inside the homes? >> reporter: another air strikes, belonging to former president ali abdullah saleh and coalition jets hit a houthi base and arms depot. these talks meant to start on thursday in geneva have been delayed but a spokesman for ban ki-moon is not indefinite. >> we are seeing the yemeni people continuing to suffer. a lot of people have different stakes in this conflict. we're asking them to put first and foremost on their mind the

welfare of the yemeni people who are continuing to suffer. >> pro-government forces are backed by the saudi led campaign to restore yemen's president in in exile, abd rabbu mansour hadi, in power. victoria gait gatenby, al jazeera. propaganda war in syria has been raging for as long as the fighting. mohamed janjun reports. >> reporter: i.s.i.l. fighters scream their rallying cries. showcasing to the world how they're close every than ever to syria's seat of power.

on syrian state television though the message couldn't be more contradictory. a bombastic montage and message whether by land, air or sea the country's armed forces are as strong as ever. in syria the propaganda war has waged almost as long as the actual war. he promises to vanquish. >> in order to have our victory we must have faith in our troops and we surely do about. do. >> listen to opposition fighters and they stay same. they say their recent advances against syrian forces have only made them more confident and they'll fight on. >> translator: we are not murderers, we are not criminals. we fight those who fight us.

we're standing against tyranny. the battle doesn't end at hadaha. we will continue our focus on damascus and on toppling this regime. i assure you assad's fall won't take a long time. >> this situation saying much the same. >> we are preparing to storm the village and expel these gangs. within a few days it will be a free and liberated city. >> then there's in the syrian conflict truth and clarity have been two of the most obvious casualties. but here's what is known. i.s.i.l. now in control of large parts of territory including palmyra, while government forces

still hold back they hold areas near hama and homs. moving south of idlib and also towards la takia. as the syrian conflict enters its fifth year the only thing certain how much civilians have suffered. with more than 300,000 killed, the country's humanitarian crisis rolls on. despite boasting, it is clear in this war there is no bragging rights. mohamed janjum. al jazeera. i.s.i.l. had accused men of fighting for syrian government. palmyra was taken over by the rebel fighters a week ago. (t) obama administration is warning that the threat from i.s.i.l. has increasein the last two weeks. the comments come as the law

allows u.s. government domestic searches expires. the pent gone says it accidentally shipped live annal travel bacteria to south korea. up to 22 people at the base may have been composed, but there is no sign of infection. facility was shipped from a facility in utah. alex jensen reports. >> this is contained on the air base at osan, not actually osan city it's railway from the city center. it could have been worse in terms of the populated zone because seoul 64 kilometers

away has somewhere in the region of 10 million in the immediate metropolitan area. nevertheless seems as though the anthrax spores have been destroyed and i would say both the situation and the panic levels are undercontrol. >> seven people in south korea last been diagnosed with the middle east respiratory syndrome or mercer. mers. one of the victims broke quarantine and is in china. mers was originally identified in saudi arabia in 2012. still to come, why south americans want their president impeached. more on that, stay with us. us.

>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazeera. fifa's president sepp blatter is facing growing pressure to step down. none of the executives linked with fifa have been charged with wire fraud and. >> may have been exposebut it stressed there are no expected cases of infection. multiple saudi air strikes in

yemen have killed 100 people. despite the strikes the houthi continue to control much of yemen including the capital. the european union are asked to stay in 40,000 migrants over the years many are from syria and eritrea. the european union commission said the proposal is to relocate migrants fairly across the 28-member block. >> there is no proposal to relegate irregular migrants across the european union. we do not propose the fixing of quotas. it is a word we don't like. and we have never used. all this is about ensuring solidarity but it is up to each member stay to decide on how

many persons they will grant refugee status. >> malaysia says they have arrested 12 policemen over the years connected with human trafficking. not sure whether they are connected with the graphies between malaysia and thailand. more than 130 graves have been found in abandoned camps. most are believed to contain the remains of rohingya, fleeing persecution in myanmar. >> the country's treatment of rohingya muslims the country has been asked to grant more rights to the rohingya. which bywell by the end of this month, the rohingya will face even more persecution in myanmar. the ethnic minority is not recognized in moirn.

manyin myanmar. florence louie reports. >> moirn is myanmar is the only state this woman has known. >> i have already begin it up, i don't know what will happen now. >> she used to hold a citizenship card but in the late 1980s the government took them back from the ethnic rohingya minority to which she belongs many have been here for generations. they were promised citizenship documents but were instead issued temporary registration cards. they still had some rights including the right to vote but now that is gone. this is one of the offices set up to collect temporary i.d. cards. it is in the former school

business in the camp for displaced rohingya because they are still not allowed to travel into town. the muslim rohingya remain segregated from others, partly this animosity that caused the government to revoke the temporary cards also known as white cards. with elections scheduled for november and a possible referendum over constitutional rights. >> the right to vote from the rohingya and in so doing they're also disenfranchising hundreds of other people eligible for citizenship. it is really this anti-rohingya drive that's motivating it. >> bit the government says there is nothing sinister about their

actions. they say the government has let them down in the past. for now they remain a minority. unrecognized. florence louie, al jazeera myanmar. >> temperatures have soared to over 47 he° sells use in india. most of the victims are laborers who suffer from chronic dehydration. severe weather continues to pound the u.s. state of texas. several were injured when a tornado killed a gas drilling rig near the town of canadian.

gabriel elizondo reports. >> crews are out in force as it's cleanup time in houston. this is why. record rainfall made housism passible. their cars were engulfed by floodwaters. >> i tried to open my door, and it wouldn't open. then i went for the window. they got me off the roof of my car. >> nearly every part of houston was swamped with water. then this disturbing scene a casket, with a woman's body inside unearthed by walters. it was discovered by aa man on his bike. >> this was crazy i was like, what the heck? >> this is a major underpass that was shut town because it was totally flooded. i want to give you a sense of how high the water levels went. they went all the way up to the top of this retaining wall.

people say they have not seen flooding this bad for decades. because of flooding 46 counties have been put on state of emergency. in wimberly, there are still a group who are presumed dead. gabriel elizondo, al jazeera houston, texas. >> all of oklahoma has been put under a state of emergency. there are warnings of more thunderstorms in both states. the u.s. defense secretary has called on china to stop building artificial islands in the south china sea. ash carter says the u.s. would continue to operate in the region in line with international laws. the islands have been under

conflict for china and its neighbors. since december 2013 both countries have been working towards restoring full deployment. >> dilma rousseff is suffering from record low exrooivel approval rate beings. >> these people walked to hand-deliver a petition requiring dilma rousseff be impeached. >> we consider them mounting pressure coming from the people will sooner or later lead to an

impeachment. the indignation is so huge it is unsustainable. the legal trail work is there the pongs wants it and all we need is the identification to listen. >> go small. today's protests is the first time brazilians have demanded that their president be brought to charges. many here slowly gaining momentum among brazil's more rad cam groups. >> this is another of proof that a government that is increasing increasingly resembling, a

dictatorship. >> they do want to see a change in the way politics is being done in brazil. political reform is currently being discussed in congress. under-k is thecompulsory voting. under the same party rule for more than a decade. no evident linking dilma rousseff the rap i.d. corruption under the state run oil giant has shed light on how disconnect this country's elite have become from those who elected them to power. >> columbia'scloms yah'scolombia peace

talks continuing the cuba area. >> land locked bolivia uses chile's port to demand cargo. the peruvian government, has been called in at a mining something they say it will destroy. >> tony blair after eight years on the job he has reportedly written to ban ki-moon to

confirm his resignation. created in 2007 twarts the a video by radio free europe says the seafertion sustained shelling in the port city of mariupol. >> private christian schools are accusing the israeli government of discrimination. demanding par with under pending ultraul. >> now to some animals which have never been seen before. 139 species have been discovered in the greater mecongress delta.

kim vanel what's up? >> a dmental dment am, from vietnam the color-changey, and the females can tell the the male is ready to breed. compared to its smaller-toothed relatives. then there's the stelvie wood strength don't worry it's not venomous and only one of has been found ever. many of these species are

already under threat, the world wildlife fund says a real effort is needed in the greater mekong delta to protect them. >> a reminder, the latest can be gotten by visiting our website aljazeera.com, that's aljazeera.com. >> i'm jacksonville. "on target"ali velshi."on target" tonight. blowing the vifl on which is which whistle on worldwide soccer corruption. what took so long.