>> chuck blazer admits to taking primes for bribes. i'm barbara serra. also coming up on the program. nigeria's military rejects accusations that it killed more than 7,000 people in its fight against boko haram. heavy fighting breaks out in ukraine since the february cease-fire began. >> we're out on the front line

of the mediterranean migrant crisis with an italian police patrol. >> thank you for joining us. details have been released from the evidence of a former fifa executive which helped to lead to the arrest of seven other fifa officials and resignation of long-time president sepp blatter. chuck blazer admits taking bribes in connection with the 1998 and 2010 world cups hosted by france and south africa. he pleaded guilty to a number of corruption charges and it is believed he has become an informant for the fbi. there have been indictments of another seven people of fifa on charges ever racketeering and money laundering.

>> the testimony key to the case against fifa, what is special about what is in it, and what is not in this document? >> well, here we see the information that chuck blazer bled guilty to and until 2013 he was the highest ranking u.s. official in fifa serving on executive committee as well as the secretary general for concacaf, which is the regional organization for that includes north america. and what we know from this document and from information that we have been gathering is

that blazer, who became known around new york for liveing this lavish lifestyle ended up working with authorities who caught up to him on tax evasion. it was his not paying taxes that led authorities to him and led him to cooperate with them. and it was his testimony we know as a corroborating witness that led to the investigation expanding and eventually the 14 indictments that were revealed last week. one of those is the jeff wanner. the two had worked closely together. and the same charges for taking bribes for the 2008 and 2010 world cubs are the same charges leveled against jack warner. he's being charged against those

same schemes. we see how closely his testimony and how crucial his testimony is going to be for these other cases moving forward. >> kristen saloomey with the latest from new york. thank you. the fbi's investigation into alleged corruption of fifa has been expanded to scrutinize to how the organization awarded the world cup to russia and qatar. sepp blatter has been back at work in zurich where he received a standing ovation from staff a day after announcing he would be resigning. from zurich here is laurence lee. >> if this was the first day of a new life for fifa you wouldn't know it. sepp blatter was still at work. there was a mixed youth game in the grounds suggesting the kind of sporting purity that critics say vanished years ago. but blatter's announcement that

he would go was followed by red notices. >> we know that the $45 million spent. >> it is a decision that shouldn't be made given what is surrounding him. look i'm not in blatter's shoes but till say if it was a choice of inconvenient facts and it didn't seem to me that this took place. >> to complicate things further it then transpired the 2018 and and 2022 world cups to russia and qatar would also be investigated by the fbi. that will surely raise even more anger in russia about alleged american political interference. it would also make the job of

blatter's sussexering even more delicate. and who should replace blatter? michel plantini of france programs? or perhaps prince ali of jordan. perhaps former head of united nations kofi annan should act as a reassurance to everybody. >> back in january we launched european department in brussels that there was the implementation, the creation of an implementation of an independent reform committee. and that needs to be led by someone like mitt romney. he took over in salt lake city with the ioc and did a great job there. >> it's worth to keep in mind that blatter has not gone yet. it's not known how long we he'll

hang around. of course, none of this is going to be resolved quickly. the question in global cooperate football is whether it's actually possible. laurence lee al jazeera, in zurich. >> the former french international footballer has confirmed that he will stand as a candidate to be fifa's next president. speaking to al jazeera he called forceps blatter's resignation to be the start of a new era for fifa. >> that's probably why he would resign. i think he would give time for other people to stand and looking at the further election

stemming for all the presidency will still be the same. hopefully with more democracy in it. that's very important too. because the three key words that i use back in january when i stood for the presidency, i said well, transparency, democracy, and use of democracy in the next election. it would be the start of a new adventure for fifa. >> earlier south africa at gorecally denied that $10 million paid to a fifa officials in 2008 was actually a bribe. the sports minister said that the payment to jack warner was above board. but he didn't note what mr. warner then did with the money. >> the payment of $10 million u.s. was made to an approveed program above board does not equate to bribery. those who alleged should prove their allegations.

we refuse to be caught up in a battle of the united states authorities and fifa. do we're not folks spokespersons for fifa and we do not intend to speak for fifa. fifa has to speak for itself. >> you can find more on fifa on our website the address www.aljazeera.com. amnesty international is accusing the nigerian military for committing war crimes in its fight against boko haram. more than 7,000 young men and boys died in military detention. but the nigerian military has rejected the report calling it biased and concocted. yvonne ngeg reports.

>> this is obtained by dynasty amnesty international. >> they're accused of murders of more than 7,000 men and boys and committing or presiding over beatings, mass torture and starvation. as the report was presented amnesty international said it interviewed more than 400 victims and witnesses and it said that more than 800 official documents were submitted along with 90 pieces of video evidence of crimes committed. sources were not named. amnesty rejects suggestions that many of the dead were boko haram fighters. >> the question of whether these people are, in fact, boko haram suspects is an open one. one thing that we talk about in our report is that many of these arrests are arbitrary. they will go to the community round up all the of the young men and pass in front of a hidden pointer someone who the military is paying and who would

just say yes or no you are or you're not boko haram. >> nigerian military commanders responded by saying the amnesty report is completely false and biased and they say the red cross and other independent bodies have inspected detention cells in northern nigeria. some analysts say troops have fought boko haram in difficult circumstances. >> it can be ruled out that some of them are boko haram and others are not boko haram. the military has always also explained that it is handicapped that it is operating in which there are no authorities. there are no police any more. so the military has to do the job of the police and judiciary for which it is not trained at all to do, and it does not have the facilities too. >> amnesty international has handed over its reports to president buhari, the normal military general is visiting niger and chad to discuss how to

defeat boko haram. amnesty is demanding that the new president and new government investigate the alleged crime. president buhari has yet to respond to the report. but before he was elected he promised to investigate the allegations. the question now is will he and when? al jazeera abuja nigeria. >> well, during his visit to niger the nigerian president repeated his promise to defeat boko haram. >> i renew my commitment to chase boko haram up to its last trenches. five years of the evil presence of this sect is enough. nigerian soldiers have suffered a lot of defeat but it's not the moment to criticize. we're gazillion to going to mobilize our best best. in chad we'll sit down and refine a common strategy. ukrainian forces and pro-russian fight verse fought their first serious battles in

more than three months. ukraine's defense minister said that rebels tried to take the town of maryinka using tanks and fighters but were stopped by forces loyal to the government. it's the most significant escalation since a cease-fire deal was agreed to in february. they say electricity supplies have been cut off trapping hundreds of miners underground. we have more now from moscow. >> it can only be described as violence in eastern ukraine today. ukrainian army accusing separatists of launching what it describes as a large scale assault against government troops around the town of maryinka and said that separatist fighters used ten tanks and up to a thousand men in that attack. ukraine army saying it was forced to use heavy weaponry to repel the assault. we heard here in moscow from the presidential spokesperson who

said that russia is monitoring the situation and is deeply concerned by what it describes as provocations by the ukrainian army. it said it's very worried about what it says is the shelling of civilian areas in donetsk and around the region. now, the fighters, the separatists themselves deny that they started this fight today. they say that a number of civilians were killed in it, and a number of fighters, too, they were also reports that hundreds of miners were trapped underground. it's reported that there are ongoing efforts to try and rescue these men in minds that suffered electricity blackouts in the shelling. although the violence seems to have subsided and is sporadic, shelling continues and there are concerns for patients in hospital who is had to be evacuated because the electricity is down. this comes as a seriously critical time here.

both sides try and forge some sort of lasting peace agreement some sort of lasting political settlement in eastern ukraine. >> still ahead in this half hour where the murder of a 14-year-old girl sparks protests across argentina over the rise inify venezuela against women. in--over the rise of violence against women. >> there is a steady stream of women arriving people with one thing in mind, how to beat the hackers. hackers.

>> amnesty says more than 7,000 young men and boys have died in

military december tension since 2011. there has been an upsurge in fighting between government forces and pro-russian separatists. it's the most significant escalation since a cease-fire deal was agreed to in february. rallies against domestic violence are taking place across argentina. these are the latest pictures of those demonstrations in buenos aires. the country has been chalked by the recent high profile killings of women. one woman was killed by her estranged boyfriend in front of her class. and there is another case of a girl killed by her boyfriend after she became pregnant.

>> i think it's the very fact that there have been so many high profile cases the once you just mentioned specifically that 14-year-old girl who was killed by her 16-year-old boyfriend it really seemed to capture the mood of the nation. but really the focusing that had been building for some time. they have been talking here about 2,000 women murdered by their partners, boyfriends husband fathers in some occasions over the past seven years. young and old, men and women rich and poor, saying enough is enough and with protests around the country here in buenos aires buenos aires they're beginning to disperse, but around the country they're demanding an end to the violence.

>> changing the culture is something difficult for any government to do in a few years. so specifically what are they asking the government to do and how have they been responding. >> the government under the current president cristina kirchner is the one providing these laws. what they're asking for are the change of attitudes and the laws to be implemented. the criticism met with the police force who simply don't forget the crimes against women. and when they do investigate they're often given very lenient senses by judges. many cases where people are sentenced to five or six years. they're out after a year or two.

so really better implementation of those laws that are in place and a change in at right across society. >> the latest from buenos aires. thank you. >> let's take a look now at the day's headlines. there have been more unrest in parts of mexico ahead of midterm election this is weekend. some groups are calling for the boycott of the vote. teachers have often been protesting against education reforms pro poeted by president piena. >> rescuers in china have started cutting into the hull of the capsizeed cruise ship as they search for more than 400 missing people. only 14 people have been saved since the ship sang on yangtze

river. the e.u. and the international monitory fund is greece wants to strike a deal. but the e.u. has its own plan. >> it appears to be on debt repayment. greece proposes spending no more than 0.8% of the economy. creditors want 3.5% of the economy. but athens says it has to re reinvest in growth and jobs. both sides agree that greece must collect more taxes because it face as shortfall this year. athens says it has to find an extra $1 billion. creditors say what is needed is double that. it will allow hugely unpopular property taxes to stay in place this year. that brings in $3 billion a year.

and it's plan to restore the minimum wage to its pre-crisis level of $800 a month won't happen straight away but in stages starting next year. early retirement will end and greece's pension funds will treatment line benefits to affordable levels. but athens is determined to make it's own document the basis for brussels talks. greek officials say that as long as the proposals come from their creditors, it will foster recession and human suffering. >> as human rights abuses wean countries continue to deliberate on how to repatriate thousand was migrants arriving on their shores, al jazeera has managed to gain access to the distressing rescue operations which italian officials are making on a near daily basis. they went out on the water with the italian military police. >> it took 15 hours to reach this part of the murder sea. we're around 40 nautical miles

off the coast of libya. weather conditions are good enough. the crew has no doubt that somewhere in the fast blue there are helpless migrants. it's just a matter of finding them. the camera combs the water. and here they are. >> the commander says that there are two boats in the area. as we approach the closest one it becomes clear that the rubber dinghy is overcrowded. 124 people are packed into a small ten-meter space. they've been at the sea for at least eight hours. >> they're seaing that they left at 6:00 in the morning and this skipper abeed them. they have no more water. now the reason we came on this dinghy is because the water the

sea is slightly rough. so they would rather escort the dinghy to the main vessel then actually bring the vessel which can create a bit more waves and they could panic and then it could capsize. >> it's a delicate maneuver. slowly pushing the fragile vessel towards the ship. the migrants don't know how to swim. they're tired. some of them have severe scabies. others are dehydrated. the crew needs to act quickly. language can often be a barrier. some ask to help. in arabic i pass on the message. >> they are safe but they need to sit down and above all stay calm. the first one off is the only child on board.. [ yelling and screaming ]

>> at times it's a struggle for the rescuers. the last one off was this man who has a broken leg. he had been lying at the bottom of the dinghy. it's sitting on plywood soaked with water seeping in. a little longer and they would have sank. 800 nautical miles northeast another rubber dinghy. here are 110 somalis. they have a little fuel, but it never would have been enough to reach the coast. theytheir engine broke down so they were aprotect aimlessly. they've been in the water for around 20 hours. everyone is exhausted and frightened. their legs are number. some need to be helped, others

lifted. in a little over an hour 234 people were saved. the crews are also tired but proud yet again they saved lives. the people here are hungry but they can't eat yet. the sea is getting rougher and they could get sick if they had food. in the meantime they fall into a deep sleep. the first rest without fear in a very long time. al jazeera. >> security experts have found tools online which allow anybody to become a hacker and demand a ransom even if they have little technical know how it's a worrying sign of how prevalence cyber crime has become. >> here is a question, what does a cyber criminal actually look like? him? him? them? who knows? but they are trying to find out. they team of experts from all

over the world all in london, all searching for the same answer. >> organized crime has moved in big time. we think its bigger more involved in cyber crime than drug crime now. because they're just ruthless businessmen. there is a much bigger return on their investment. why walk in to a bank with a sawed off shotgun when you can do it from another country with minimum risk. >> by the year 2019 they reckon cyber criminals will be stealing $2.1 trillion globally. last year in the u.s. alone five out of every six big businesses fell to some sort of attack. that's 40% more than the year before. the biggest tactic is a thing called cyber ransom work where inadvertently give access to a hacker. they take control of your day if a, they say pay up or we'll delete everything.

even worse they may take sensitive embarrassing stuff and share it with the outside world. >> it's been increasing once again, and now especially taking on the civilians and businesses. that's a real profit. >> another concern is the internet of things from kettle toothbrushes, to light bulbs. our homes are getting more and more plugged in and more hackable. in the future even our cars will one day be online it's a worrying time for the experts. they have a long and unpredictable road ahead. >> amazing stuff. remember you can find out much more on that story and everything else that we have been covering all on our website. the address

www.aljazeera.com. you can see there the top story of renewed fighting ukraine since the cease-fire in february. and lots more on our lead story that's fifa and the scandals developing it. the middle of a 40 hour work week. >> they are traveling more than even 10 years ago, they're being asked to sacrifice more they're asked to treat their sport as a year-round endeavor. so the demands on them are so intense that it has put them in a situation where it's like a fight or die situation. >> players earn no pay other