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progress is being made on hitting isil's money supply. >> buying time, why the number of british women freezing their eggs is increasing. amnesty international is accusing the nigerian military of committing war crimes during its fight against boko haram. it says the military, including senior commanders must be investigated for the murder, torture, starvation and suffocation of thousands of people. its report says that since march, 2011, more than 7,000 young men and boys died in military detention. that's at least 20,000 young men and boys, including 9-year-olds arrested on suspicion of being boko haram members and tortured. amnesty said the findings are based on years of research and nationals of evidence, including

leaked military reports, as well as interviews with more than 400 victims, eyewitnesses and senior members of the security forces. it comes as the new nigerian president travels to tigers and chad both accused the military of not cooperating with the regional effort against boko haram. let's get more on that report from nigeria. it is horrific reading. what else is the report saying? >> well that's right, in this extensive report, goes into further detail as to how amnesty came out with this as chon issuing figure of thousands of people murdered, tortured, starved to death by the nigerian authorities. in the report, they say that they collected video evidence of mobile phone footage of over 90 mobile home handled sets.

they said they made six field visit to say areas affected by boko haram where these human rights abuses took place. they collected satellite imagery for five different locations and as you said, spoke to hundreds of eyewitnesses, doctors, people who are working in these facilities where people were being detained, but the bottom line of this report is the naming and shaming if you like that's what they're calling it, of senior military commanders and officials who they say need to be investigated by the new president. they name in particular three majors. they named two brigadier generals. they also named four chief of army and chief of defense staff from the ninen military, all former members of the high command at the moment, but they're still of course very active in public life here in nigeria. they say that they're calling on

the new administration to take this evidence, which they have collected, as you said, over years seriously and investigate the senior military officials for presiding over and in some cases committing war crimes against civilians in the northeast region during this six year insurgency, this battle against boko haram. >> this is going to be a huge problem for the new president isn't it? he's only just come into power and he's made it a priority to fight boko haram so the idea that he is now pressured to investigate his own army for atrocities is going to be a huge problem for him. jam that's right. it's a huge test for him. before he was elected, he was making a lot of noise about the incompetence that's what he called it, of the nigerian military to deal with boko haram. this is not the first time that

amnesty international and other non-governmental organizations have presented evidence of alleged wrongdoing by the military authorities. before he was sworn in, he was one of the people advocating for investigations against senior military officials. the question is how will he respond now that he's in power that he's the president and he is now being asked to make these investigations. now, we did ask amnesty what the response has been so far from the new president and administration. they explained to us that they've already presented their evidence to president and new administration but as of yet there's been no normal response of any kind. they are saying they are giving him time to respond. they say that he needs to digest the details of the report, but the question is, what will he do. remember he's a former army general himself so somebody as you can imagine who is well respected by these individuals

being accused. he knows a lot about how the military works he knows about how the situation in the northeast has been unfolding so everybody's now just really waiting to see how he responds and whether he heeds the call from amnesty to investigate these very senior and respected military officials. >> thank you. >> sepp blatter is reportedly under investigation by the f.b.i. and u.s. prosecutors after shocking the football world by resigning a dramatic you turn after being reelect last friday. the succession battle has begun with many contenders putting their hats into the ring. we have this report from zurich. >> if this was the first day of a new life for fifa, you wouldn't know it. that is headquarters still at work. there was a mixed youth game on the grounds suggesting the kind of sports impurity many say

vanished years ago. >> his resignation announcement followed countries spa supported him in the recent election. >> taxpayers money was effectively wasted because of a corrupt and tainted bidding pros. >> it was a decision that shouldn't have been made given what was surrounding him. i will say that if it was a choice of a lot of inconvenient facts, it doesn't seem to me that should take place. >> who should replace blatter? prince ali of jordan, they'd be popular in europe, but not perhaps africa. the campaign group new fifa now believes someone with true global significance, perhaps even the former head of the

united nations anan should act as a control figure within the new fifa to offer reassurance to everyone. >> we at new fifa now made a proposal when we launched in the european parliament in brussels that there was the creation of implementation of an independent reform committee and that needs to be led by an imminent person, someone such as mitt romney. he took on the role after salt lake city with the i.s.e. and did a great job there. >> it's worth bearing in mind that blatter hasn't gone yet. it's not clear how long he's going to hang around for or whether he intends to try to find a successor cut from the scale cloth as himself. for his opponents who is no other obvious world unifying figure in football to move fifa forward. none is this is going to be resolved quickly. the question in global corporate football is whether it's actually possible. >> let's get more from lawrence in zurich.

things moving a pace, sepp blatter under investigation by the f.b.i. and interpol has added fifa officials to its most wanted list. any reaction there? >> no. frankly, absolutely none. you can probably see this police van behind me. it's a measure of how little has actually happened here at fifa headquarters today. it was absolutely swamped by the media, everybody thought maybe it's come to pick sepp blatter up which is a completely stupid idea since it wouldn't do anything of the sort. it turned out to be here because there's going to be a palestinian demonstration against israeli interference in palestinian football. there i also nothing out of fifa today about any allegations at all. you would have no accepts at all that fifa had changed in the slightest. it must be a fact that the f.b.i. investigation is moving fast on the ground.

there's been a variety of reports overnight that sepp blatter is under investigation the interpol notice out of france names a load of people from the americas who had already been put under investigation by the f.b.i. last week. have they got the news tightened now around sepp blatter? it's impossible to say. the swiss investigation here into allegations of corruption around the 28 that and 22 world cup said they are not interested in talking to sepp blatter at all. he has not actually resigned for the time being at all but here for a while longer. what is he doing? is he covering himself? is he actually reforming fifa as his last gasp or doing something else? no one knows to be honest. >> it's going to be a while before he's replaced. who's likely to take over? any names in the frame? >> there's a half dozen or more. prince ali of jordan who got 70

votes in the election, managed to get some european votes and from other particles of the world who normally reported blatter. sources of people are being mentioned. i do think in the end none of them actually have enough status at the terms that you would expect to be a unifying figure. as i was saying in that report and i think in the end the reason why seth blatter doesn't feel enough pressure to step down immediately is because there is no one strong enough, other than him in world football to say you have got to go now because i'm going to take these federations with me that traditionally supported you. >> thanks for that with that lawrence lee in zurich there. >> investigators are looking into corruption involving the 2010 world cup. there are reports of new

evidence apparently showing that blatter's deputy, jerome knew of a $10 million payment made by african officials to if i have if a's jack warner. fifa denied he was involved, saying the payment was authorized by a former finance chief who died last year. the african government denies it was a bribe. >> payment of 10 million u.s. dollars was made to an approved program above board does not equate to bribery. those who allege should prove their allegations. we refuse to be caught up in a battle of the united states authorities and fifa. we have never been spokespersons for fifa, and do not intend to speak on behalf of fifa. fifa has to speak for itself. >> we are joined live from cape town. tell us more about the reaction

there, because this is an allegation that has been made before. >> yes, it is an allegation that has been made before. the whole question of africa securing that 2010 world cup was a matter of some controversy. you heard that very clearly from the stricken government, an absolute denial that this $10 million was paid as a bribe. there's been no suggestion that the money was not paid. what we are hearing very strongly from government officials is that this was part of a legitimate outreach program to develop soccer or football in the caribbean and the government played an interview back in 2011 in which he talks openly and publicly about the legacy program, the program aimed at injects african assistance do

the development of football in the caribbean. from the government point of view no wrongdoing. the door is left open that they paid the money but cannot be held responsible for what was done with it subsequently. >> the allegation is that the money went to jack warner. what's the significance of jack warner's vote in the support of this vote for africa. >> at the time of the bidding process, jack warner was head of the associated of football unions within the north and south america. now, his support and the support of that block was utterly crucial to africa's bid. without that support, they would have lost the bid to morocco. certainly, jack warner as head of that if i can organization had tremendous power in terms of telling delegates which way to vote. what is not explained fully at this stage by the africans and soccer bosses who have not

appeared in public to this point is the letter that we made mention that was sent to jerome, sepp blatter's number two which it was stated that $10 million was up to jack warner personally to disi am burrs and spread around. all of this happening four years after africa was actually awarded the world cup in the first place but that particular answer about why it was made specifically into the hands of jack warner is something that hasn't yet been answered truly. >> thank you mike. >> the tunisian army has been battling fighters near the border with algeria.

no casualties have been reported so far. written daddy ployed for soldiers in the area after the attack on the museum in march where gunmen killed more than 20 foreign tourists. >> gunman own motor cycles shot dead tourism police in cairo on a rode near the giza pyramids. no group claimed responsible. >> egyptian president al sisi is in germany seeking to boost military and economic ties. he was greeted in the capitol berlin but his arrival has caused a divide among german politicians. the head of parliament that refused to meet sisi, citing a lack of democracy in egypt. >> the spokesman for human rights watch in berlin said egypt can't be a stable country without addressing its human rights record.

>> human rights watch cannot understand why he gets the red carpet in germany why so many high representatives like chancellor angela merkel and the president is meeting him. if he's to talk in germany it's important that they address clearly human rights issues, current human rights issues and privacy rights violations and to make democrat development of further relations an improvement on the human rights situation egypt. >> iraqi security forces say more militiamen have been killed in the fight for iraq's largest oil refinery. 28 militia men died, 36 others were injured west of baiji. the city and refinery have been damaged by the fighting between isil and iraqi forces. >> all forces fighting isil in iraq should fall under the command of the iraqi government. that's the view of the u.s. envoy to the anti isil coalition. general john allen has been

speaking at the u.s. islamic world forum in doha. we have this report. >> isil fighters capture a village on the outskirts of aleppo. they say they are determined to expand their territory in the northern part of syria. this isil video is said to show life in the syrian city of palmyra days after it was seized by isil. stretching from must as you will and raqqa and villages in aleppo in northern syria the former u.s. general in charge of coordinating global efforts to defeat isil knows that taking on size oil or daish as it is known in the arab world isn't easy. >> daish is not an iraqi problem, it is not a syrian problem. daish is a regional problem that

is trending toward global implications. >> the international alliance was formed after isil fighters swept through the city of mosul last year, but coalition launched airstrikes against isil in iraq and syria but its ultimate goal is to help iraqi security forces counter isil, drain isil's financial resources, prevent foreign fighters from crossing into syria and iraqi undermine isil's propaganda machine. in iraq, isil took advantage of the growing frustration of sunni muslims with the shia led government to recruit more fighters. >> we have to ask ourselves by daish of rack have more than 70% of the members of iraqis, why in syria there are less than 20% syrian why people were not supporting but suffering during years and years of a very sectarian government under

maliki. >> for the time being fighting is escalating in iraq and syria two countries divided along sectarian lines a divide that plays into the hands of isil. al jazeera. >> ukraine and pro-russian separatists blame each other for the renewal of fighting near donetsk. separatists claim they first came under ukrainian attack. charles stratford is following developments from moscow. we are getting word that the fight has gone caused a crisis at a mine in eastern ukraine. apparently more than 500 men are trapped underground because the electricity has been cut off. tell us about that. >> that's right yes, we are getting reports through the

russian news agency interfax quoting an official in the self proclaimed donetsk people's republican administration saying 600 men are trapped in a mine after this mine was hit in a shelling attack. they say it is by the ukrainian military. this official says this is one of three mines that has been hit. as i say he's saying around 600 trapped under the ground. it's unsure as to whether they're trapped under one mine or spread among the three mines that he's reporting being hit. we are also hearing that a rescue mission has started numbers beginning to filter through acknowledge same official telling interfax that around 300 people have been pulled up to the surface in recent minutes. we're also hearing of rocket attacks and mortar fire in and around the donetsk people's republic.

seemingly centering around donetsk, we're hearing of at least four civilians have been killed another nine injured in separate attacks around the d.p.r. we're hearing separate to that, as well, this official telling interfax that one civilian was killed in the town of dabilities is a vie another injured. some have burn injuries. certainly a very worrying situation in the d.p.r. and the blame game as to who started this fighting vines. >> ok, charles thanks very much indeed for that, updating us on events in eastern ukraine there. >> rescuers in china continue to search for the 400 passengers

who are missing after their cruise ship capsized in the yangtze river monday. most of the 450 people onboard the eastern star were elderly tourists. 19 are confirmed dead, 14 have been rescued so far. it's china's worst shipping disaster in recent years. adrien brown sent us this report. >> on a day of fading hopes the chinese government is throwing what it can at this rescue operation. more than 5,000 emergency workers have so far been deployed. on tuesday they heard yells for help coming from within the upturned hull, but nothing since. the most dangerous work is being undertaken by divers operating in the strong currents, swirling around the eastern star. this is reportedly the last glimpse of the vessel, recorded by a security camera on a nearby ship half an hour before it capsized. access to the site remains blocked by police and

paramilitary troops. on wednesday, the government organized a boat trip to the rescue area for foreign and chinese journalists the message, the operation will continue if there's even a slight chance someone's alive. >> currently the focus of the operation is to try to find survivors. we will keep the hope in my the last minute. >> moving into possession, a crane that might be used to support the vessel if the decision's made to cut into portions of the hull. the government promised an investigation into why the eastern star sank so quickly. it's clear what happened here monday night is turning into the countries worst maritime accident in recent times. state media say the vessel was hit by a cyclone and capsized within two minutes. still unexplained is how the captain and chief engineer both survived. relatives of the missing are demanding answers, as well, and tried to stage a demonstration

in shanghai, the city where many of the mostly elderly passengers are from. even at a time like this, such protests are illegal. for now, they are not allowed to visit the rescue site, either, so some go further upstream to grieve by the river's edge. >> adrien brown, al jazeera in southern china. >> hundreds of migrants found drifting in a crowded boat off the coast of myanmar landed. it's not clear if the migrants on the boat are rohingya. they were found in the sea five days ago. we have more. >> over the last few days, we've heard from various state level officials that the boat crammed with 727 people will be moved to that rakind state. we got information from the state spokesman that this boat will be moved to mondor in the

northern part of the state close to the border with bangladesh. it's also where the government is keeping another group of boat people found in myanmar waters on the 22nd of may about 10 days ago. the government said this smaller group, most are from bangladesh. we don't know the identities of the 727 people found on friday. when we spoke to the government spokesman on tuesday, he said they'll be moved to an unadditional closed location before they are sent back or rate receipted back to bangladesh. their identities had already been completed. he later corrected the statement to say that an exercise will be conducted and is still on going. this whole attitude, the way the entire incident has been handled, however reflects the government add attitude toward the refugee and migrant crisis

and portraying the boat people as being mostly economic migrants from bangladesh. the government refuses to acknowledge that very many of these people getting on boats to leave are in fact rohingya, an ethnic minority in myanmar subject to discrimination and persecution, who have to live forcibly segregate and are considered stateless and friendless in myanmar. the government refuses to acknowledge that it is their policies contributing to this crisis and in fact has said that this problem is actually one of human trafficking and that many of the people are in fact economic migrants from bangladesh. >> time for the weather now with richard. let's start close to home. the temperatures in the gulf have just been rocketing. >> i'm not very popular in the makeup democratic. i went there at lunch time and literally melted. makeup put me back together. the temperatures clues the region have been rocketing over the last 24 hours. we've had temperatures around 47

to 48 degrees across much of the gulf region. you can see there, 47 here. it's still way off the record, mind. the record's very recent 2010, 50.4 degrees. we've had temperatures of 47, similar across parts of saudi arabia. the highest temperature in the world at the moment, we think is up there in around 49 degrees celsius. humidity's about four or 5%. if you get to the airport in dubai, there they've got a heat index of something like 51 degrees and that really makes it feel incredibly oppressive as the wind begins to come in down through the gulf. pressure continues to build but we'll see changes across the region. there's lots of brisk wind tomorrow that is going to result in a lot of lifted dust. by friday, a wind off the gulf,

and as a result, it's going to get very, very sticky here indeed. >> richard thanks very much indeed for that. >> still to come on al jazeera a report by a canadian commission said the treatment of indigenous children in boarding schools amounted to cultural genocide. >> in sport the new one is announced at one of the world's biggest clubs. that's coming up after the break.

>>. sepp blatter is reportedly under investigation by the f.b.i. and u.s. prosecutors after shocking the football world by resigning as fifa head on tuesday. >> interpol announced it's put with it former fifa officials and forecorporate executives on its wanted list. >> ukraine and pro-russian separatists are blaming each other for renewed fighting. 350 miners are trapped underground after electricity is cut off. >> amnesty international is accusing the nigerian military of war crimes during its fight against boko haram saying the military including senior commanders must be investigated for the murder, torture starvation and suffer occasion of thousands of people. >> nigeria's newly elected president is traveling to chad and niger to discuss the fight

against boko haram. let's talk more now about the fight against boko haram with the senior nigeria analyst at international crisis group. good to have you with us. president ba harry going to speak in chad and niger this week. he is accused of not acting in coordination against boko haram. june security would be top of the agenda in discussions now between chad, cameroon and niger republic. president buhari signaled from the on set that he would place priority on defeating boko haram and therefore would be discussing for them for the coordination of military efforts in the campaign against boko haram. i think they would also be trying to get to specifics about the mixed military force

international force that is supposed to be set up to fight boko haram. there have been disagreements about whether it should be a regional force or united force under international mandate and how it's going to be let and who is going to resource it and so on. i think he will be ironing out all of that with him. >> what about this amnesty international report accusing nigeria of committing war crimes saying 7,000 men and boys have died in military detention and want senior officers to be investigated. how is that likely to be received? >> yes, it is a report, comprehensive report. this is not the first time that amnesty has alleged human rights abuses by the nigerian military, but this is probably the most comprehensive so far. well, on the one hand, the government in the past had always deny that had, you know,

there were isolated cases of abuse but it was not a systemic practice of the nigerian military. this time around, things might be a little different because general buhari in his inauguration address did say that he would overhaul the rules of engagement in the nigerian military to avoid human rights abuses and improve legal mechanisms to make sure problem cases of abuse are punished. so i would expect that they will take up this report and examine it carefully and if there are grounds for penalties against officers i'm sure emnot hesitate to do that. >> president buhari is on a time limit, isn't it? he has widespread support but he came to power promising that he was going to beat boko haram. how long will his sport continue if he can't beat them in the short term?

>> it's probably not going to continue for very long. people expect him to be very active the way he has promised to be and the expectation is that he should be able to make significant difference within a very short time. people in nigeria are greatly disappointed or disillusioned if within a reasonable amount of time there is not a report of a decisive end to the boko haram insurgency. >> thank you very much, indeed, speaking to us live from nigeria there, good to get your thoughts. >> we've got breaking news coming to you now out of iraq. it seems that at least 70 people have been killed when an unknown aircraft hit an isil position. this happened in northern iraq. most of the dead are reported to be civilians. that's the information that we're getting. we will of course give you more as we get it. >> meanwhile in syria, 20

people are reported killed and several others injured in barrel bomb attacks by government forces outside aleppo. the bombings on the town destroyed many buildings. a number of people also killed in shelling by the syrian regime. >> the yarmouk refugee camp has reportedly been hit by six-barrel bombs leaving many injured. the camp is home to many palestinian refugees and has faced frequent attacks by syrian government forces and isil fighters. >> airstrikes are again targeting yemen's capitol sanna. bombers from the coalition led by saws rain reportedly targeted a military factory and troops loyal to the deposed president ali abdullah saleh. civilians are reported to be escaping. in southern yemen attempts by houthi rebels to seize suburbs of aden has been repelled by forces loyal to president adou

rabbo mansour hadi. several neighborhoods north of the city have been attacked with artillery fired by the houthis. >> yemen's government in exile said it's prepared to return to a meeting in geneva to help end the civil war. talks were postponed once. no new date has been set. we have more. >> taking place in just a matter of hours a u.n. security council meeting to discuss the situation in yemen and ahead of that meeting the government of yemen has made an important announcement spokesman for president hadi has told al jazeera that the government of yemen is prepared to go and have a meeting about the situation in geneva. remember there was supposed to be geneva peace talks starting last week, but they had to be postponed. the government of yemen is saying if it attends the meeting in geneva, there will be consultations about the situation, not negotiations, because they say they'll only

take part in negotiations with the houthis if the houthis comply with the existing u.n. security council resolution and withdraw from all the areas that they have captured. i can tell you that separately, there have been talks taking place in recent details. they took place in muskat in oman. there a number of nations were represented. the u.n. sent a senior official. the houthis were also there so a fresh effort from all parties to try and get the talks underway again. the u.n. would certainly like these peace talks back underway, the u.n. also making it clear it would like another pause in all the fighting in yemen. >> let's get more on that breaking news coming out of northern iraq. that attack, let's get more from our correspondent i. we are hearing 70 killed from an

attack? >> we don't know who carried out these airstrikes, but there have been coalition airstrikes and iraqi airstrikes in that area over a number of weeks. we don't know whether it was coalition or iraqi airstrikes. at least 70 people have been killed. that attack is alleged to have taken place against a warehouse that isil have used as a base. isil have tried to push toward kirkuk but have been unsuccessful in trying to take that town. there is a fear because of what happened because of the level of the dead here in

violence. >> reporting from new zealand playing host to some of the world's best up and coming football stars. it's a tournament that's been overshadowed by scandals within the organization that supposed to be running the game.

>>. u.s. president barack obama signed into law new legislation that restricts the government's

ability to collect the phone records of americans. earlier the senate passed the freedom act overhauling u.s. surveillance laws. we explain from washington d.c. >> what the usa free dam act does is restore the surveillance powers. no longer will the government be able to automatically record the date ling and time of every phone nobody of normal citizens making telephone calls. the private telephone companies will do, inc. the other change is that now the u.s. government will have to in order to access this information, which it wants to do automatically now needs to get a court order from the fisa court, foreign intelligence surveillance court. still not everyone is celebrating, the aclu saying when it comes to government surveillance the most intrusive tools remain intact. what this does show is a shift in american attitude.

the fact there there was even a debate on this legislation was significant. the provisions that expired in the patriot act for years were rubber stamped. that is now not the case. they lapsed for a day and a half before restored, showing a shift in american attitude. after the september 11 attack, americans were willing to trade privacy for what they perceived to be increased security. that is no longer the case with the younger generation of americans. they were less trusting of their government and more willing to challenge its authorities. >> cultural genocide, that's the finding of a six year investigation into a canadian policy of forcibly separating aboriginal children from their parents. they were sent to so-called residential schools to try to assimilate them into mainstream canada. the system has been abolished for years but the victims still carry the emotional scars. >> they have waited years to have their pain acknowledged, to have the wrong done to them

admitted. >> today i stand before you and acknowledge that what took place in residential schools amount to say nothing short of cultural genocide. it was nothing less than away concerted attempt to extinguish the spirit of aboriginal peoples, but as they have shown us, they have survived. >> for the indigenous people of canada with that the first nations known this was a moment for tears and cheers. for more than 100 years generations of children had been forced into residential schools facing physical, sexual and emotional abuse all in an effort said the government to civilize the indian. >> this has been a difficult inspiring and very painful journey for all of us. the residential school experience is clearly one of the darkest, most troubling chapters

in our collective history. >> amy left at the age of 15. fifty years on, she carries the emotional scars. >> the messages that they gave us like we were heathens, pagans may way of life was no good. at five years old you believe everything that's told you. i am 65. sixty years passed and i'm still doing with some of that stuff. >> so much more is known about what happened in these schools because of court case survivors won eight years ago. part was a settlement of a truth and reconciliation commission. spending the last five years gathering testimony listening to survivors. everyone lined up here is waiting to get a copy of the final report. the report makes 94 recommendations, but the head of the assembly of first nations said it will mean nothing unless there's action. >> the operative word will be

implementation in action. there's no sense having a report with recommendations and calls for action unless people in governments take it seriously. >> it's thought more than 6,000 children died in the schools. the figure may be higher. record keeping was sure the guilty could hide their secrets. the beginning for them, their people and for canada. al jazeera ottawa. >> it's time for sport now. here's robin with more on that controversy surrounding sepp blatter. >> it doesn't end. a planned meeting in berlin canceled. these are just some of the developments of another dramatic 24 hours for fifa, following sepp blatter's decision to resign as president just days after the 79-year-old was reelect for a term.

14 men have been indicted on bribery and corruption charges six put on interpol's most wanted list a few hours ago including former vice president jack warner. >> i don't have a comment on mr. blatter's decision to step down except to say that we certainly hope that the organization will be able to move forward in a way that is supportive of its goals which are the promotion and regulation of a truly wonderful sport. >> live in london, there's that election to determine who sepp blatters successor will be. talk us through the process. what is he going to be doing before he hands over the baton? >> that's a good question, because he will be at his desk as he has been. i don't think it's going to happen. i don't think he'll be long. perhaps some more revelations

from america means he will have to leave sooner. he can't stay at a job he has stepped down. he wants to see himself as someone who can smooth through reforms at fifa to be part of the change rather than part of the problem. we did have scenes within fifa i'm told today of staffer loyal to him. to sepp blatter. many there feel he's a good leader. he was nearly in tears many of them were apparently in tears over a speech that he has made as fifa h.q. he can't go about the normal presidential business. he can't go and watch tournaments in u.s.a. and candidates representing fifa. he'll simply be booed and he's simply discredited now. >> what kind of reaction that there been in other parts of the world to blatter's resignation. >> 133 associations backed sepp

blatter in an election. they were reflecting those parts of the world. in part, he does have a lot of support. some of the real poison forwarded sepp blatter comes from such countries as here in the u.k. and in germany where it's clear they've wanted sepp blatter out for a long time. he has disliked the common media that he's received. if you look at a country like russia coming out against him talking about how it's the west, how it's the united conspiring with britain against fifa, against russia who got the world cup in 2018, so russians are not happy with this. look at nigeria a quote from the president of the nigerian football association blatter feels africa. he's always had such support there, so there are people around the globe who are sorry to see sepp blatter go.

it's wrong to think everyone thinks he's a figure of ridicule. >> it's a fast moving story. thank you very much. who could step into the void left by sepp blatter? prince ali said he will be running again after being beaten in the opening round of voting. the former french international is current chief of europe's govern body uafa. many others are considering nomination.

>> a lot of people have asked if i would be interested in rung as a candidate for fifa. i will take careful consideration whether i will run for the presidency and make my judgment. if i had a chance, i would like to meet and discuss this with many finishes in the international football society and decide whether to run. >> fifa's public image that taken a battering. it is estimated the world govern's value dropped by $400 million since last week's arrests. >> so when we value a brand we look at a combination of factors. we look at brand equity information information. in fifa's case, there's things to do with corporate governance and you can imagine scores for that have fallen dramatically. we combine that with revenue information and the revenue likely to be attributed to fifa in the coming years is more sun certain, factors that lead to this stunning drop in value. >> there will be a stabilization in the short term.

it's a step in the right direction. there's not certainty at the moment that the organization as a whole will be transformed. it's not as simple as cutting off the head of the snake in this particular situation. 133 of the associations voted for him and they are all still in place. as blatter was saying last week, he didn't feel he had particularly good control over the organization, so removing him wouldn't necessarily be a panacea. >> the controversy has has detracted from a showcase event in new zealand. >> these are dark days for fifa, but wintery conditions in new zealand for the under 20 world cup are the least of the organizations concerns. fans are still coming to watch but the resignation of the fifa president sepp blatter is what everyone is talking about. >> he's corrupt. all of them are corrupt.

there's no two ways about it. >> i think it was the best thing for the game in the future. >> this tournament is supposed to be all about showcasing and coming talent in football. instead, all the attention has been on the other side of the world, on those who are charged with running the game. >> although members of the fifa have reelected me as president this mandate does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football, supporters, clubs, players those who inspire life in football as much as we do in fifa. >> blatter resigned less than a week after several fifa officials were arrested on corruption charges. he was reelect for a fifth term as president only on friday. sepp blatter i also supposed to be coming to the latter stages of this tournament, but that seems unlikely now. even the host of this tournament, new zealand football isn't keen on hosting him. >> if he comes it will be awkward on many fronts, given that new zealand didn't vote for him in last week's election and

officials are unashamedly happy he's resigned. >> great news. this happened on friday. we shouldn't have gone through the charade of an election on friday. everyone could see the writing on the wall. >> ticket for this game were lower than expected. that was more to do with the weather than scandal at head office. if fifa officials continue to be seen as abusing their power future generations of fans make that not look so kindly upon the so-called beautiful game. >> fifa dominating news and sports headlines. we have the latest developments for you on aljazeera.com/sport. we've got all the details for you. that is where we leave it for now. >> thanks for that, robin. >> a growing number of women in europe are putting their maternal instincts quite literally on ice to concentrate on their careers more delaying

having a baby by going to private facility clinics to freeze their eggs, despite the cost and health risks. we have more. >> melanie jackson's among a growing number of british women delaying motherhood until later years. prolonged education, careers and simply finding the right partner all have inevitable parts to play. >> melanie is nearing 40 and decided to preserve her eggs. >> i wasn't a particularly settled lifestyle, but i thought i didn't want to grow old without having a child or children. >> despite conceiving her daughter naturally, she keeps eggs frozen for future use. >> that time that you think is going to last forever and suddenly, you realize you're too old to sort certain things out it helps prolongs that and gives it like an insurance in a way. >> egg freezing's been around for decades mainly to help patients undergoing harmful cancer treatment, but now private fertility clinics are

promoting their services to young, professional women. >> freezing your eggs when you are setting out on a career will set your mind at rest for later on when you have achieved everything you wish to in the work place to achieve a pregnancy later on. >> it includes expensive hormones to stimulate egg production. the eggs are stored in liquid nitrogen for up to 10 years. when a woman wants to have a baby, the egg is thawed, fertilized and transferred to the body as an embryo, a process that can cost more than $18,000. >> in the last year, the number of inquiries into private fertility treatment have doubled, with egg freezing topping the list of popular forms of fertility treatment. in the last 12 months, clinics like this have seen a 407% increase. the figure is more than double that in spain. most women between the ages of

25 and 34 and a number of women even younger is on the rise. >> despite soaring interest, the success rate remains unclear. one of the leading pioneers of fertility treatment has a stark message for women thinking about egg freezing. >> don't do it. there's a lot of evidence to suggest it's very unreliable may be unsuccessful and there may be a considerable pregnancy loss. in the long term, we might be creating babies that might be at risk for diseases we didn't expect. >> some experts believe it's too early to know the full effect of egg freezing. as the science develops, it could help women make difficult decisions between work and family life. al jazeera london. >> that's it for this news hour, but do stay with us here on al jazeera. i'll be back straight after the break with another full bulletin of news and the latest on that

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nigeria's military is accused of murdering and torturing thousands of men and boys in its battle with boko haram. ♪ hello there i'm shiulie ghosh in doha with the world news from al jazeera. dozens are reported killed in an air strike in northern iraq. and six fifa officials are added to the corruption list. and families of