that executive committee if blatter is reelected. europe's governing body has long said they are not supporting blatter at, inc. election. certain individual countries might, but at the top level of european football, they are not. pacini believes blatter broke a promise, that this term should have been his last, he should step down as he beliefs was promised to him four years ago that this would be blatter's last term and then it would be time to bring in a fresh face for fifa. viewed by some as potentially a future fifa president has been against blatter. he doesn't believe that blatter should be standing in this election. >> if we were to draw a parallel you spoke of fifa as a company. if we were to draw a parallel

between other huge companies other bangs that have been in trouble, the banking crisis, the wall street crisis, when something like this happens you often do expect the leader of the company to take the hit even if there are no criminal charges involved, even if they don't end up arresting you you do expect the leader to absorb the bulk of something like. we are not see that go here so far. does that speak to the culture of fifa? >> if fifa was losing money then the shareholders would be unhappy. at the moment, fifa is extremely profitable. when blatter took over fifa, it wasn't an organization designed to make money. it was bankrupt in the late 1990 said oral 2000. there are now massive global sponsor ship deals and t.v.

rights deals. billions and billions of dollars. at the moment, those contracts are secure and as a consequence the member associations still get their grants from fifa to develop their football programs and infrastructure. if that money was to stop, if the sponsors were to stop putting the money into fifa, the t.v. company's stopped then perhaps the shareholders would be calling for blatters head perhaps, but at the moment, there is no change, the money is still rolling in and it is being distributed between the member associations. >> my apologies for being a half step off there. it's because we are still gathering information from the press conference right now. we've gathered that he has also said recently, making it clear to the majority of the u.s. will support prince ali the rival competitor to seth blatter

asking seth blatter to resign. a point you made is perhaps one of the reasons seth blatter that so much support is because he has made fifa profitable. the allegations are that the profit is based on corruption. the sponsors are the people spending money and making money have a lot of influence here. in the past 24 hours, we are hearing more from sponsors than in the past. can you put that in some perspective for us? >> there have been statements from some of their top line sponsors. perhaps they have to be seen as statements words so far, there have been sponsors that pulled out. they didn't renew their deals at the end of last year. some big companies football is the global game.

it's a glowing began to use but it's true. the market is provides is massive. the concern is if you step out as a sports wear manufacturer or soft drink or beer, another company will step in and have access to this billions of people who watch world cup games or watch international football. but it has to be said the statements are stronger than in the past, calling for immediate action from fifa. at the moment, we are not seeing immediate action in terms of blatter disappearing. what we're hearing and seeing is he is behind the criminal investigations in switzerland behind the criminal investigations in the united states. whether that will be enough to placate the sponsors and keep them on boards we will see over the next couple of days, but for now, these contracts are still

in place. >> tell us about the prince, which we are hearing so much about now. >> he's a very young man to be attempting to sort of become fifa president still in his 30's. he was extremely influential in making the west asian football federation come into existence gave a lot more emphasis to countries in his region near jordan. he's also very involved in getting fifa to lift their ban on girls playing in headscarves now women can play in headscarves. it's a huge break through for the women's football in the middle east. he has been and still is within the executive committee but set to loose that position at this congress. at one point it seems blatter thought he could control prince ali. the two had a bit of a fall out

and as a consequence, here he is. he set out to be a reformist so make fifa more transparent. he wants the michael garcia report that was -- we saw a summary of, the report into allegations of corruption surrounding the 2022 and 2018 world cup. he promised he would publish it in full, so he's all about more transparency, also thinking about increasing the number of countries entering the world cup, which would seem to be a populist thing to encourage giving smaller country as bigger chance of getting into the world cup tournament. it's quite interesting that by and large he remains very quiet, no shortage of people, including ourselves asking to talk to him the last couple of days. when he arrived at the ua for

meeting earlier today walked in no comment says i will talk tomorrow. we will hear from him ahead of the election vote. every candidate that 15 minutes to talk and that is when you'll get a clear idea of his vision. >> no doubt, he will have a lot to say but he certainly seems to be positions himself as an agent for change, possibly. all right andy, stay close. we'll be calling on you again live in zurich. let's go to moscow and talk to charles stratford. some support for seth blatter is coming from moscow. tell us what the reaction has been there. >> well, some fairly defensive language from the russian leader, vladimir putin bat with respect to the reputation of russia and the reputation of the chief seth blatter. vladimir putin described the u.s. investigation as being more evidence of the u.s. trying to

gain jurisdiction over another country. he said this corruption scandal had absolutely nothing to do with russia. analysts around the world describe the u.s.-russia relations as the worst since the cold war. the world still angry over russia's annexation of crimea. it's interesting to note that only last month seth blatter met with the russian president in sochi on the sidelines of some games an event there and mr. blatter said to mr. putin that the russian steering

committee deserved five stars in its performance so far. a lot of mutual back slapping in the past and now mr. putin stating his support for mr. blatter. $50 billion is rumored will be spent in hosting these games here in three years time. 11 stadiums are being built in russia. it seems this scandal could reflect on russia's reputation on the international supporting stage and international stage in general yet again. >> it's remarkable the reach of football. it's about so much more than

that global politics, as well. let's go back to zurich where andy richardson has been reporting since this news broke of the arrest of these fifa officials. right now the president of uefa is speaking. he said he's very emotional as he's making the call for seth blatter to resign. he said they're friends and he asked him to join fifa in 1998. can you put into perspective the relationships that these people have perhaps the flick that fifa is, that the soccer -- that the world football is. >> it's not so much the football world is. blatter has created a strategic empire turned fifa into his operation. europe is a slightly different state of affairs to many of the other countries within fifa.

europe has independent wealth from the huge leagues not as reliant on fifa's existence. he did have a relationship with blatter. he chose not to stand with blatter because he knows he can't win unless something extraordinary happens. he talks about tears in his eyes and disgusted with the situation he is currently faced with, but this is a situation that could have been avoided if he was standing as a candidate. he has much more standing around the world than the prince, who

is a fine footballing diplomatic figure but perhaps doesn't have the ability to translate into votes around the world platini is a winner. so is blatter. there's a huge number which votes that blatter can have. despite everything happening in that hotel room, a quiet statement from the federation of african football released is just as important. they have just as many votes and they have come out and said we will be supporting blatter. equally in the last 24 hours the asian football federation have come out in support of seth blaster, which may seem ironic,

but the prince doesn't have the support at the top tier of asian football politics. blatter that been at the helm for almost two decades and generated a very secure power base. >> if we're doing a rough count here it would seem as if seth blatter that the votes to win a fifth term, meaning if there were to be any type of change at the top it would have to be because he would resign, is that correct? june that's right. that's the point pettini--platini would

make. for the prince to stop a two thirds majority would be quite impressive. he just goes into a second round and you need an overall majority over 100 votes. for the prince to get over 100 votes is not unthinkable because people can vote the way they want to vote, but it's very very unlikely. what's the alternative? could for example the u.s. pull out of fifa? that's what a lot of football fans think why on earth do we have to be involved with fifa, why should my country be associated with fifa. the fact is if let's for example say one european country says i've had enough, i'm pulling out of fifa, it would mean none of their players could play in the european champions league, their countries couldn't pay in world cups age group world cups, the implication of the u.s.o. pulling out of this vote or out

of fifa altogether are massive. at the moment, whatever they say, they're in charge of in a influential group of countries and leagues but they only stand for about a quarter of world football. three quarters of world football by and large is in the other camp behind mr. seth blatter. >> let's get back to the prince, though andy. platini has not only said that he supports prince ally now and that the majority of uefa does, he is almost campaigning saying that the prince has his trust and doesn't need the money and that he has also pledged to only serve four years as opposed to trying to end a fifth terrible that seth blatter is seeking. it would appear as if he has had conversations with prince ali

about the future of fifa. i think it's important when he points out that he doesn't need the money because there have been so many allegations of corruption. having said all this, does it still seem like quite the long shot for the prince to actually get this position, even with this really intense support coming from platini? >> weaver seen uefa would support prince ali. they see him as the candidate for change. what is interesting the continents that want change haven't got a candidate. michael van prague, but in the last few days, decided to pull out. they didn't decide to pull out

because they thought they were about to win. they realized they were going to lose. that is the problem europe faces if they want change. they only represent 50 or so votes, and prince ali brings extra votes he's jordanian will get some votes from asia. he's had last minute support from australia in the asian football federation so he does have some support beyond europe and there is a lot of support for him as the candidate for change someone other than seth blatter, but as i say the asian football confederation and the confederation of african football you've got over 100 votes putting them together. they are the vast majority of voters within those med reactions are behind blatter. regardless of prince ali's credentials, which i'm sure are fantastic for the future of football if he was to become

fifa president, he is really struggling to get a majority. he does at least have the manifest of it. he's so confident in his position so confident of his track record, it hasn't produced a manifesto. that's the confidence he has got. he just says look at my track record. he says i've made fifa very profitable. i've enriched a lot of previously impoverished member associations given them grants for developing football infrastructure taken football to africa, i'll give you four more years of the same p.m. he's not said that verbally, just made one vague statement about it's time for unity in world

football. there's no manifesto. he's that confident that have position. >> what we are hearing coming out of the press conference is platini has said that they are not calling for any change of venue for the 2018 or 2022 world cup, so those are staying put. andy when so many football officials say that they are shocked and saddened by these arrests, allegations of corruption, how much credibility do they have when they say that when there have been rumors and allegations such as this for years and years and years that have plagued fifa? >> allegations of corruption, as you say aren't particularly new. what i think is interesting about this on going investigation is that it's been taken out of fifa's hands. football world football in

particular has a habit of investigating itself. let's look at the michael garcia investigation, the biggest most high profile investigation into football corruption we've probably seen in the last few years. now, michael garcia was employed to do his job by fifa and at the end of his investigation which terminated at the end of last year he him was so unhappy with the way fifa presented his findings and so unhappy that the full report wasn't reds, he resigned his position and despite a lot of talk subsequently that report is still to be published. that is one of the things that prince ali seth blatter's arriving is saying, i will publish that report in full. that is one of the frustration as lot of people have about fifa that an organization with such massive amounts of money in

it is extremely untransparent when it comes to executive salaries or exactly how much money is given in development grant to say member associations. there is a real absence of transparency and that is what a lot of countries and individuals outside of fifa are complaining to see changed. >> all right, thank you very much for giving us that background history on how we've gotten to this point with fifa. right now, we will break down more of what we're hearing in this really unprecedented press conference right now. what are you gathering from this? >> well, you say it's unprecedented. i remember four years ago the same elections, we had a similar kind of feeling then of crisis in corruption, the uefa body calling for blatter to 10 down at that he won with a huge majority and things went on as

before. yes, i think we are entering a new phase a sea change, if you like with the arrests yesterday and the fact that platini went to blatter and said to his face, when things are normally done in quiet. >> and they are friends. >> i wouldn't call them friends. >> he claims their friends. >> i won't answer that question live. he said in football, diplomacy is a lose term. i think they're friends when it suits them. they used to be allies, but blatter was asked if he would step down and he said no, i'll run for another term. it is unprecedented. i think i had an interesting chat with a football journalist a few hours ago. there seems to be a feeling on

the ground that the support for prince ally is growing and growing and he feels more confident with a winning vote. to ask the delegates if you're feeling uneasy, abstain and pull out of a vote and pull out of voting and that way it would give him the authority to maybe if blatter doesn't get enough votes to win outright, they can have another vote further down the road with a whole new set of candidates and have in their view with more transparent more democratic election process. if he gives that option to people that might have more traction than actually trying ting take on blatter one-on-one. whether or not sponsors are going, they can say one thing and they were very strong in their statements today a few

things were mentioned but things the football world cup are such massive massive events in terms of getting their brand out there it would take an awful lot to pull out completely and pulling out completely i also what will eventually make the money stop, and that's how fifa will change and blatter probably leave. at the moment, they are saying we are very disappointed, but talk is very cheap. >> isn't it a risk for blatter to remain in place considering the fact there is still an ongoing investigation considering the fact that the arrests were just made yesterday. there are so many more things that can come out in the coming months and years it just seems to be a risk for him to still be in place when nobody knows what's coming. >> he's been there since 1998. corruption allegations have been following his predecessor him

four years ago similar accusations at the fifa presidential elections. he probably thinks that, you know he's ridden out those storms before. >> people are in handcuffs now. >> that's true, but at the moment they've been charged. he will probably think owe open there's a funny atmosphere within fifa, it was called rarified sort of like a bubble. how can a man stand for another term as president with all that's going on, but within his organization we've already had the confederation of african football supporting, the asian football federation, the prince's own federation supporting blatter. he probably thinks he can ride out this storm. he's done it before, probably thinks he can do it again. he's very good politically. >> and this is all politics.

we will keep an ear to this press conference. >> the leader of al-nusra front accused the united states of coordinating with the bashar al assad regime. >> there is no one air space for two war planes. in the civil aviation, there should be coordination. how about the military water planes? in case of the civil aviation, there are routes and sawed airline takes off then a turkish airliner to follow. they coordinate. how about the military war planes, do you think there is a u.s. war plane flying at the same time with another war plane belonging to the syrian regime and there was no coordination? you accuse america. >> yes. we have document to say prove it. it's self evident. we have pictures that there were u.s. and syrian war planes

flying at the same time. >> senior national security fellow at the foundation joins me live now. good to see you. how do these comments ring to you? >> i think they essentially ring true. you know, certainly we are flying aircraft in syrian air space. i'm sure someone is making sure that u.s. jets are not flying into syrian planes or civil aviation planes. every time i fly to the region, i fly over syrian air space i trust someone is making sure the aircraft that i am on is not running into a u.s. warcraft that is bombing islamic state or nusra positions. i'm sure nusra is being targeted by the united states. nusra remains an al-qaeda affiliate, and to that end, you know the destruction of al-qaeda around the world remains a higher priority for the united states than the

destruction of the assad regime. >> you are saying that technically, technically what is said you are saying is correct but the way it's characterized is what you take exception to. is that right? >> i think that's exactly right. you have to make sure that planes don't collide in the air so there is going to be, to have some type of coordination, if nothing else, looking at the tracking of the syrian aircraft to make sure that, you know, your planes, whether civil or military planes, aren't flying into them. that's just necessary traffic control in the air. that doesn't mean that we are coordinating with the arian government. those are two very different things. >> you went on to say that the u.s. does not want the assad regime top thatted. has the u.s. been they're in their intentions, as far as as her i can't is concerned? >> syria policy is very, very complicate.

does the united states want the syrian regime, the assad regime to go. president obama has been clear on that, however the united states remains terrified what would be there to fill the gap. do we think nusra is an acceptable alternative? no we do not. >> thank you very much, appreciate it. >> always a pleasure, thank you. >> still to come, fifa is now facing the heat from sponsors after major investigations were launched against several top executives.

>> the president of the european football body platini has asked blatter to resign ahead of friday's presidential vote. platini urged other federation to say follow his lead in calling for blatters resignation. key sponsors are watching this corruption scandal closely. the big names are adeed das coca-cola, sony, the sponsors bring in $1 billion a year. coca-cola reacted saying this controversy has tarnished the mission and ideals of the fifa world cup. visa said it is disappointed and concerned with fifa, that it is

profound and adidas is fully committed to creating a culture that promotes the higher standards of ethics and compliance and we expect the same from our partners. that is part of their statement. bernard is the founding partner of a company that deals with reputation mackments. he joins us live from zurich where the officials were arrested. we appreciate your time. i hope i've got your title right. my apologies if i didn't, but we certainly appreciate your expertise. the sponsors, this seems to be the most vocal the sponsors have been when it cups to fifa and accusations of corruption. could this be a turning point? >> i personally doubt this, because due at on going corruption sandal as fifa, this has been going on for yeaere threats thateahi that this

withdrawal from their sponsor ship assignment, at the very end, it's not realistic that we are seeing a turning point because the world cup is the strongest when it reaches billions in the world. soccer is the world's number one sport. it's doubtful that they would withdraw knowing if they do, there are competitors in the back who would be very happy to fill in. >> does it work this way that fifa doesn't necessarily feel threatened by the sponsors, because they feel it's all talk and they wouldn't pull out anyway so there's no motivation for them to change. >> absolutely. but, unfortunately i think it's the only chance that fifa is going to clean up its mess, that the sponsors are putting and i would say concertedly pressure to clean up this corruption, but they don't do that, because they just they claim and they do

threats, threatening they would withdraw individually, but they're not joining in, so i think this is just a marketing campaign and it's not profoundly based in their code of conduct or ethic or values. i think this is just very unrealistic to expect. >> the country has a duty to make money. do the company the sponsors have any moral obligation when it comes to business? >> it is quite a big issue for any active company so have to take into concern social, environmental and economic factors and they have to be very much considerate about the externalities of their production. this also apply to say fifa. they should follow the same code of conduct but in reality it's

very clear that commerce and profitability are far beyond moral standards so it's very unrealistic and unlikely that we are going to see any change in the future. >> it sounds as if you are describing fifa as being too big to fail. if we go back to the recession the economic crisis, there was so much talk about whether banks had become too big to fail. would you characterize fifa that way? >> i think we can't compare this. the big banks are publicly listed, they have shareholder pressure, they have high transparency obligations and they have supervisor reports and they were enforced to changed. they were forced to reduce a size to increase their capitol requirements the capital ratio while fifa is association. they have no supervisory report, no real control in terms of

governance. they are -- it's an chronnistic. they exist in this size in legal construction and this is not up to date anymore. it's not 21 century business style. >> what else are you hearing andy? >> a few extra lines emerging, just to sum up where we are at the moment. europe's football governing body will not boycott friday's vote but will be backing prince ali instead of seth blatter. the head of uesa saying

blatter's in a bad place psychologically and that is why he feels as though he should pull out. also fifa would contemplate pulling out uefa would consider pulling out of fifa if blatter were elected. he said it wouldn't be his personal preference, but would be discussed and if the majority of countries wanted to full out of fifa, then it would be considered. that would mean no european countries playing in the world cup in its current form. it's a huge decision. i don't particularrically think pettini wants to do it, but he said it would go forward to discussion if that's what the other european countries would like. he was also asked about the smaller countries in the world and why they support blatter and he said, it's fifa money that keeps them alive and that money is provided for them by the largesse of their president

seth blatter and that underlines why outside of europe in many countries around the world, blatter still has overwhelming support. >> whole continue to update this story throughout the day here on al jazeera. thank you. >> france's foreign minister has said he will travel to israel and the palestiniansteratorys in june to try to revive the peace process. he wants all sides to accept a french u.n. security council resolution that would set parameters for talks. we have this report from west jerusalem. tell us more about this. >> what we know is that the french foreign minister said he will travel to this region as part of attempts to revive those peace talks which stalled around a year ago those talks which were brokered by the u.s.

secretary of state john kerry. he was saying that effectively wants to internationalize this conflict saying that after years of failed talks between the israelis and palestinians brokered by the u.s. that a new way needs to be put forward. that way forward the way he sees it is effectively this, he wants to set a time frame 18-24 months for these talks to take place. he also wants to have a conference to proceed these talks which will be attended by the israelis, the palestinians and regional partners, as well, egypt, possibly jordan, also the u.s. the actually negotiating points will not be different from what we've seen in the past. he again as we've been saying saying that the two-state solution is important not only for the palestinians, but in his words, also for the israelis, as

well. >> all right. live for us from west jerusalem. thank you. >> hospitals in yemen are coming under increasing pressure as the humanitarian crisis escalates. forces loyal to the president are pushing his militias back across several fronts. even under the cover of the saudi-led bombing campaign, losses mounting on both sides. we have the latest. >> blood stains the streets in what was a busy shopping district in taiz. yemen's warring sides blame each other for what happened here. civilians are among the wounded and the dead. amateur video from another part of the city shows the rubble of what's said to be a military commander's home. activists say it was once the headquarters for houthi fighters from outside taiz. further inland, forces loyal to president in exile adou rabbo mansour hadi are advancing under the cover of coalition

airstrikes. they say they are moving forward, but are still engaged in battle. the so you had led bombing campaign is now in its 10th 10th week. in the houthi controlled capitol, residents called for an end to the war. >> this is shrapnel that hit working men not targets not military bases. we must extinguish between the two. we must maintain our good senses. this was an attack on everything on the whole nation. what falls is the women and children inside the home. >> the united nations is listening to those calls and trying to reschedule peace talks. as the war rhetoric increases so too does the number of dead. al jazeera. >> the malaysian government thinks 139 victims of trafficking may be buried in makeshift graves on the thai border.

28 abandoned camps were found over the weekend where forensic experts have been resuming bodies. the smugglers avoided police by operating in inaccessible areas. >> the indication we see the accessibility from thailand, the pipe from the border to 100 meters of water supply that goes into the camp, it is seen that malaysia is isolated from the whole structure. because it's at the top of the hill normally, like what i said earlier, our patrols no longer go to the top of the hills because normal people don't live on top of the hill. >> people trafficked are from myanmar and bangladesh. they make their way to thailand and malaysia for a better future. our correspondents met some of the people hoping to get a better life.

we report from western myanmar where the rohingya's face more and more uncertainty. we are in northern bangladesh. >> may an mar is the only country she has ever known. she's seen her stats go from a citizen to non-citizen. she had to surrender her card to immigration officials. >> i have already given it up. i don't know what will happen now. >> she used to hold a citizenship card, but in the late 1980's, the government took this back from the rohingya ethnic minority to which she belongs. the government sees them as illegal migrants from neighboring bangladesh, even though may not have been they're generations. they were promised citizenship documents but instead i should temporary registration cards. they still had rights, including the right to vote, but now that

is gone. >> this is one of the offices set up to collect certiorari i.d. cards. it's in a former school building in a camp for displaced rohingya because they are still not able to travel into town. >> three years ago there was religious fighting between two sides in parts of the state. it was partly this animosity that caused the government to revoke the temporary card, also known as white cards. with elections scheduled for november and a possible referendum on constitutional reform before that, human rights activists accuse the government of pandering to a buddhist electorate. >> mostly the motivation is to strip these last remaining rights the right to vote from the rohingya. they're disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of others eligible for citizenship. it's that anti rohingya drive

motivating it. >> we will accept white cards until may 31. after that, those who gave up their white cards can start applying for national identity cards. >> many rohingya doubt they will be granted citizenship sake the government has let them down in the past. for now they remain a minority, unrecognized and unwanted. al jazeera myanmar. >> it's been six months since he came home. where he'd been was terrifying. he was tortured in thailand with human traffickers. they beat him with a pipe when he couldn't give them anymore money. >> we were all starving, but all throwing up, as well, because of the totture. everyone smelled terrible. it was like our skin was rotting. i saw two people die. their bodies were dumped. >> they were lured by a better life in malaysia with.

4,000 people have been trafficked from his home district according to migrant rights researchers. few families have been lucky enough to see their relatives return. these boats are filled with ethnic rohingya escaping reege based violence. the bangladesh are trying to escape oppression that is economic and environmental. many people here have lost their homes several times. >> our research found that only 20% of those who left knew how to sign their names so that shows the traffickers are targeting uneducated people who are easily fooled. >> unlike the rohingya who spent days going through forest to say get to the boats some begin their journey more simply, hop on a train or bus that will take them to the coast often with little food, about the dang

theirs awaits. >> it's been six months since she heard from her husband. she's expecting her third child. >> the last time i spoke to him was when he was about to get on the boat. he called and said don't worry i'm in good hands. i asked who is taking you, he said it's an agent called alta. >> she is due any day now. the only thing in her head is a question will her baby ever see his father. al jazeera bangladesh. >> u.s. military commanders are trying to find out how samples of anthrax bacteria were accidentally sent to south korea and nine u.s. states. the pentagon said there is no risk to public health. 22 people may have been exposed in south korea. four staff are being treated as a precaution after a laboratory in utah mistakenly decision patched samples.

the disease was used in a now abandoned bio weapons program. a journalist in south korea said the anthrax scare is no the causing alarm. >> certainly no members of the public have been reportedly exposed. this is contained on the air base. it's away from the city center. you're talking about hundreds of thousands of residents in the vicinity. it could have been worst in terms of a populated zone, seoul 64 kilometers away has somewhere in the region of 10 million in the metro area. seems as though the anthrax spores have been destroyed. i would say that both the situation and the panic levels are under control. >> last month's earthquake in nepal was having a devastating effect on the economy, which was already in bad shape.

hollywood degree electricity is essential to power change. we have this report. >> more than a month after the earthquake the plant is out of commission awaiting rare. 13 plants across the country are thought to have been affect by the 7.3 magnitude quake. it could take months to get back on a line. >> it's been severely damaged. the bridge was damaged the hydrowas damaged. >> there are other threats to the safety of these facilities. >> what is interesting about the damage is much wasn't caused in the earthquake, it was caused by flooding after a landslide which happened last year. it's a sign that the geology

that that gives the power also threatens it. the government is saying that this would be just the time after the big seismic event so long existed to pit their money into nepal. >> that's what i say because we haven't had earthquakes for the last 80 years. a big one happens now. looking back at the history every 70-80 years is the way things have gone in nepal. hopefully they can become confident. >> a landmark deal with india points the way. the india company would build a plant and sell electricity back. there are fears that a sovereign

resource will be sold down the river to a southern big brother. hollywood deelectric engineer and former water minister said india would get regularized water flow free and electricity on the cheap. >> if export electricity, the factories are going to be set up here not there and our guys will have to go to qatar and and you had rain and malaysia right now. then we'll have to do that in india in 50-degree heat now. >> the there's broad agreement that this resource needs to be better manner necessaried at part of recovery. how that should be done remains divisive. harry fossett, al jazeera. >> the head of european football had a face-to-face meeting with fifa president seth blatter.

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>> back now with all the non-stop developments developments in fifa. >> high ranking officials were arrested on wednesday. latino mat blatter where he asked blatter to quit. the swiss saying he had no intention of resigning before friday's vote where he will be going for a fifth term in

office. prince ali was at the meeting. platini said he was sorry things had gotten where it is with blatter. >> we were together in 1998, when he wanted me as president of fifa and himself general secretary, when i said i don't know nothing about fifa. i was ok with the president. i said we are friends politically it is difficult at times to be friends but we will be friends after. >> south african officials denied accusations of bribes to make sure the country hosted the 2010 world you cup. u.s. investigators a $10 million

bribe was made to fifa officials. the african sports minister insists they are yet to receive an indictment and world cup funds had been audited. >> no money was paid to any individual. our records and books for the 2010 and 2011 financial years and those before and after the period of the world cup have been audited by the auditor general of africa and no such amount has been found in our books. >> the golden state warriors booked their place in the finals besting the houston rockets in game five. seth curry had 26 points and

eight rebounds as the warriors 119-92. they'll face off against the cleveland cavaliers. seth curry was the standout, but the real star post game was his 2-year-old daughter, riley. >> we're very resilient and there's story lines throughout the playoffs and things that you have to get through to, you know to win a championship, and everybody's got to be locked in, everybody's got to be, you know, determined to whatever comes our way. we've got to be able to fight through it. >> my colleague richelle is losing it right now to the side. the chicago blackhawks force add decider against the anaheim ducks with a 5-2 win. she needed a win to keep her season alive duncan keith keep the pack out here. his teammate shaw scored twice

to send the game into a game seven decider. that game will take place in anaheim friday. >> it's a matter of going out there and executing in the one game. like i say we've got experience being on the road, but you try to draw on that as much as you can and do the best you can. >> tennis radal in action against a fellow spaniard. women's four seed moved into the third round. the two time wimbledon champion, current champion coming down from a set down. that is all the sport for now more later. >> stay with us here on al jazeera. so much more to come and another full bulletin which news is straight ahead all the latest of course on developments with fifa. keep it here on al jazeera.

and i said that you have to leave. it was -- it was very sensitive on that. >> out with the old, in with the new, the president of uefa wants the boss of fifa replaced by prince ali from jordan. ♪ hello, i'm richelle carey in doha. also ahead on the program, al-nusra front accuses the united states of working with the assad regime to bomb areas under its control. hospitals in yemen are struggling