this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello. i am lauren taylor. this is the newshour live from london. coming up: ♪ >> the flag and a handshake marking the historic restoration between u.s. relations and cuba. >> so it's an historic day, a day for removing pair yearsbarriers. >> turkey suggests isil is to blame for killing 30 people and injuring around 100. >> chad's former president is de as he faces senalgese court.

those saying they are left out of the country's new constitution. >> hello. i am have your sport including american zac johnson wins the open championship at a play-off. news of that and how jordan spieth just missed out on making history coming up. the first time in more than five decades, the u.s. secretary of state and the cuban foreign minister shook hands on american soil as the country restored diplomatic ties. the embassies have re-opened. to mark the historic restoration, bernard rodriguez met his counterpart john kerry at the u.s. state department. despite diplomat diplomatic

improvements, a trade embargo will prevent most u.s. countries from doing business there. a report from washington. >> the u.s. broke off diplomatic relations with havan a-54 years ago. finally, the u.s. government has accepted the cuban revolution. the cuban foreign minister is clear: as far as they have come through sometimes secret negotiations, they still have further to travel. >> translator: only the lifting of the economic commercial and financial blockade which has caused so much harm and suffering to people the return of the occupied territory in guantanamo and the respect for cuba cuba's sovereignty. >> those who gathered outside the embassy weren't here protesting against the flag-raising ceremony but demanding closer operation and ties between the u.s. and cuba notably the lifting of the economic embargo.

>> that's not considered likely for the moment. however, it was notable that congressional opponents of closer relations of cuba were able to derail normalization when they had a chance. growing pressure from u.s. business interests may blunt opposition to lifting the embargo on capitol hill. after talks, u.s. secretary of state said he would travel to havana on october 14th. >> the united states well,s the beginning and the relationship with the people of cuba. we are determine to live as good goodnizegood neighbors on the basis of mutual respect and we want our sirtsdz in the united states and cuba to look forward to the future with hope. >> those who have long studied this fraught relationship were reaching for superior interlatives. >> this is an historic moment because there has been a defendant war between cuba and the united states for 56 years, and in effect cuba won.

without giving up anything really. the -- people who long said fidel castro didn't want relations, they were wrong. he wanted this kind of relations, this recognized legitimacy of the cuban revolution. >> monday was the day the u.s. ended its international diplomatic isolation on cuba. al jazeera washington. >> tom ackerman interesting the news conference the foreign ministry talk us through the steps required for that to happen that would require a vote of the congress. >> that's simply not in the cards right now. it's not just the republican majority which is add amount anteriorly opposed to that at this juncture but many many democrats. sort of the trend seller or the person who is leading the charge

is republican marco rubio of florida a cuban american who says without cuba opening up its electoral process to other parties without the release of political prisoners and without three travel -- free travel by american diplomats around cuba so they can speak with dissidents, something that isn't immediately apparent from the -- at least what we have heard from the outcome of the negotiations that there is no prosspect for the u.s. congress to drop the embargo. and that's not the only thing. secretary kerry, when asked specifically about another demand by the cubans which is to end the u.s. military presence at guantanamo he said simply we are not -- we are not ab bro gating that treaty more than effect for 100 years. >> there is no doubt this is a moment of history. isn't it? so in those terms, how are people receiving it there? >> definitely this isn in

symbolic terms, it is something that is applauded by people who think it is high time that we -- that the united states renew relations with cuba on a more normal basis and the sentiment among the cuban americans, which is a very -- has been a defendant very forceful political lobby in this country, that sentiment has diminished in the last several decades as a new generation of cuban americans rises up and doesn't feel the same kind of visceral opposition to the castro regime but there -- there again, politically, this is not something that will happen soon. both parties. both sides know that. and short of having some kind of a very important change in the -- on the cuban part i don't think that the americans will change their positions any time soon. okay. tom ackerman, thank you very much. >> mr. newman is in the cuban

capitol and sent us this on the american embassy reopening in havana. >> it may look exactly the same but this is no longer a u.s. intersection under the care and protection of the swiss embassy. >> flag is now gone and the building you see behind me that was constructed in 1953 is now once again the u.s. embassy it was always meant to be. the american flag is not flying here when u.s. secretary of state john kerry comes to oversee an official ceremony. there are changes from the tiny flags the embassy staff were carrying to the number of tourists and even americans carrying their passports and flags to mark this day. it's a historic moment hoping this brings about changes. >> cubans who went inside for a visa say the requisites have not changed. according to this woman, on this day, the staff was more friendly than before when they denied her a vetoesa. clearly, the reestablishment of

diplomatic recess has a much bigger impact here than in the united states. generations of cubans grew up preparing themselves for a possible u.s. invasion. now, the connell sular staff will be able to travel around the xhunlist island freely. of course both countries have a long way to go to really normal eyes ties. but it has been an exciting day here in fact many are probably remembering fidel castro wos words. words. he answered when the world has a latin american pope and the united states, a black president. he probably didn't believe it himself, but that day has come. >> the largest cuban community lives in miami. what have people been telling you about this? lawrence we were here the cuban

flag was hoisted up over the embassy in washington, d.c. something people never thought they would see happen. there were a gathering of hard liners who were protesting these actions actions. between people standing on the corn corner over there, faces i have seen many times over the years but they don't represent the general views of what's happening here between the nations. there has been demographic changes here a younger generation beliefs the embargo doesn't work but would like to see a new approach. they are greeting all of this with cautious optimism and a sense of hope a place like little havana isn't coming to a standstill. but people are paying attention, watching this closely to see what unfolds over the coming months and years but i think they are all aware that this is a step forward, but that there will be many more steps to go before there is any real change in cuba and for the people they

left behind on the island. there have been some other consequences of what's going on here since that historic announcement back in doctor. more cuban americans are trying to make the dangerous cross from cuba to the united states because many believe that with normalization will come an end to the so-called wet-foot/dry-foot policy for when cubans make it to american soil and get status. there have been sequences many people aren't talking about. in general places these moves are welcomed with cautious optimism. >> as you mentioned cautious optimism there in practical terms, the thawing relations, there are further steps down the line. >> well, president obama already made a few significant changes over the past couple of years allowing cuban americans to send more money home to their families. four time as much as was allowed

before. travel restrictions have been eased for cuban americans. so, it's not them that will be impacted so much as things go forward. it will be american businesses. we are all waiting with baited breath. we are talking about airlines fervies been granted licenses. there are many people here waiting for the market to open up. many others waiting for the experience of actually going to a place so mysterious as cuba has been for many people in this country over the past few years but changes are sentially afoot here in florida. >> thank you very much indeed. andy gallacher reports from miami. turkey's prime minister suggested isil may be responsible for an explosion in southern turkey that killed at least 30 people. around 100 have also been wounded. the turkish president is calling it a terrorist attack. victoria gatenby reports. >> reporter: the explosion happened in the garden of a cultural center in the turkish town of suruch.

they were due to travel across to syria to carry out relief work. it's not yet known what caused the blast. turkey's president said it was a terrorist attack by a suicide bomber. >> people are so angry here and you can't see them in the foreground. they are chanting revenge for this attack. the city is height security, also. you can see every single corner. there was a police officer. turkish police are controlling the area. >> minutes after the explosion, there was also a plant in kobane. isil first laid siege to the town in september of last year prompting tens of thousands to escape to turkey. by january a combination of airstrikes peshmerga and determined syrian fighters defeated isil in kobane.

much of the town lies in ruins. many blame the turkish government for not doing enough to protect kurds who fled the war in syria. >> they accuse their own government of taking a pro-active stance in favor of isis, particularly at the time of the siege. the turkish government seemed to have the attitude that the enemy of my enemy was my friend and, therefore, they were on the siege of kobane. families are mourning their dead after escaping the war in syria, many hoped they would be safe here this explosion has proved them wrong. victoria gatenby, al jazeera. and in istanbul a demonstration blaming the government has turned violent. watercoon was used to disperse hundreds in the square. some members of the turkish

community feel the president's government has not enough to comebat the is lallic state in iraq. >> the u.n. skoourntsell endorsed the iranian nuclear deal. counsel along with germany have agreed to lift economic sanctions against tehran. tehran vowed to curb the nuclear program. our diplomatic editor james bays has more. >> this is the moment the vote will make it binding international law. it stops the clock on the program for the implementation of the deal known as the joint comprehensive plan of action. sanctions imposed in six previous u.n. resolutions will be lifted once the nuclear agency the iaea confirms that iran has scaled back its nuclear program. >> ninety days from today, when our respective capitals and legislate temperatures have had a chance to review the deals'

provisions, the commitments in the j. c.oa should take effect. sanctions leave will begin only when iran verifybly completes the initial steps necessary to bring its nuclear program in line with the deal. >> iran's ambassador to the u.n. made it clear the deal could have positive repercussions way beyond his country's nuclear program. >> we earnestly hope it helps turn a page in our region enabling countries to close the ranks and fight against extremism and to move toward more cooperation to terroristic threats in our region and the world face. >> israel's am impasse dor to the u.n. was not invited to speak in the security council, but he made sure he briefed reporters the moment the meeting ended. >> today, you have awarded a great prize to the most dangerous country in the world. >> there has also been angry

reaction to the vote on capitol hill. the u.s. congress has sixty days to review the deal with iran and u.s. diplomats had hoped that the u.n. security council vote would take place after the end of that review period but in the tough negotiations in viena, the timing of the vote itself was one of the concessions that needed to be made. james bays al jazeera at the united nations. >> u.s. defense secretary and his israeli counterpart for discussions on the iran nuclear deal. the first cabinet level official to visit since the deal was announced lat week. withitsis opposing it, it's believed the military related support could be on the table as a way of allayingisi fears. more from jerusalem. >> shortly after the u.n. security council voted unanimously to support this agreement reached between world

powers and iran over its nuclear program, the u.s. secretary of defense who is here in israel had a joint media briefing with his israeli counter point. they of course spoke very glowingly and endearingly about the the two countries have had for a very lock time. however, they did also discuss how they didn't agree on the issue of iran. let's hear now from the u.s. secretary of defense, ashe carter. >> friends can disagree there is no disagreement about ultimate objectismlive. we cannot let iran have a nuclear weapon. >> mr. carter will meet with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mr. netanyahu, of course has been the most fierce vocal and public critic of any kind of deal with iran describing it as a mistake of historic

proportions. however, in saying that he is not alone in the criticism of this deal reached between iran and global powers. mr. carter is also visiting countries like jordan and saudi arabia with the same message, that this is a good deal and it is a deal that will lend to the security of the region but as we have been saying nations like israel and indeed other countries here in the middle east e very suspicious about this agreement, this agreement which has now been past unanimously by the u.n. security council. >> still to come on the al jazeera newshour. gunfire and explosions heard in burundi's capitol just hours before tuesday's controversial presidential poll opens. as greece repays its debt and banks reopen we hear from those who say it's far from business as usual in the cash-strapped nation plus? >> also i am lee welling, fifa where there was a shock for

president sepp blatter a sabotage of his media conference. chad's former president has been removed from his trial at a court in senegal, the first african african leader to be tried on the african continue accused of crimes against humanity. he called the proceedings a farce. from dakhar. >> reporter: victims of torture and human rights activists are walking towards the courthouse. this is really more than a symbol. it's the end of a 16-year-long journey for justice. ahead is the extraordinary african chambers where for the first time an african will be judged by africans for crimes against humanity. now, the president doesn't recognize the court, but it doesn't really matter for these people. for them this try is a victory.

>> we want a fair and balanced trial. now, it's time for justice to talk and for him to face it. >> the big question on everybody's lips was, will he show up to his trial? he is here under... >> he is saying it's a masquerade. he doesn't recognize t hundreds of victims will come to the bar in a trial that's set to last for three months. for many here, this sets a precedence making universal justice to the african continent and bringing an end to impunity for leaders who are allegedly involved until atrocities. >> gunfire and explosions have been heard on burundi's capitol on the eve of polls.

those e legs are going ahead knight weeks of mrshling unr.n. rest in which a call for him to drop his bid for a third term which they say is unconstitution unconstitutional as the capitol's residents prepare to vote. >> police in burundi have been deployed to potential trouble spots. tuesday's presidentially has they would worried. there could be violence after polls close after months of pre-election unrest. juliet is staying indoors until after voting is done. she is afraid her family could be targeted if she is seen criticizing the ruling party. >> yes, i am scared because of the execute situation in the country. a lot of people are being killed. i am scared. >> opposition leaders say men dressed in police uniform arrest and sometimes kill critics of the president and his decision to launchrun for an unconstitutional

third terminal. they say this is necessary. they believe some are armed and they want to cause trouble election day. they are controlling volatile neighborhoods. >> nearly 100 people have died during months of unrest. more than 100,000 have fled the country. most opposition parties say they won't participate in tuesday's election. >> we know that the current president is not bound by the constitution to go as candidate. dispute calls. government spokesmen say whoever wins needs to be sworn in by august 26th according to the

constitution. soldiers is have warned they will return to remove the president by force if he doesn't step down. harrah mutasa al jazeera. thank you forb coming in. it's hard. however, maybe a way to legitmize the election by trying to install a feeling of insecurity and a vote somehow tomorrow. >> presumably the outcome is not in doubt.

both of them. i think the big challenge as to what are we going to observe tomorrow? >> if he is back or presumably once he is back in power, he might have on his hands an armed uprising. considering the kind of violence in the build up it to this election? >> it's where we are hearing a lot. the big question is to know what is the organizational capacity of the opposition. it can be a weapon good enough to organize a forceto. it's not sure because again, the president wants to crush the opposition over the past years. >> i suggests there has been any talk of that kind of response. he said that the response is going to be tough. is there a danger that this could destabilize the region? because burundi is part of the area where there has been conflict in the past. >> possibly. we can imagine security. it's like refugee turning to a

humanitarian crisis. >> the main risk. there is not a main risk to the kind of ethnic conflicts we have seen in the past. >> this is a risk. however, what we have seen in burundi is the political division does not overlap any more with the division. now, you can seea hutu fighting hutu as well. there is ethnic conflict here but it's less serious than generally speaking. >> thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >> still to come on the al jazeera newshour children of isil. we hear from a boy who spent five gruelling months in an it's ill training camp before escaping. strengthening ties nigeria's. >> in sport, formula one with a late tribute for the late

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hello. a reminder the top stories here on al jazeera. john kerry has welcomed relationships between the u.s. and cuba. he said the road to full ties will be complex. there has been a defendant call to lift the u.s. embargo against havana. >> an attack on a town called an act of terror of a cultureaking center killed 30 people and wounded 100 more. the u.n. security council has endorse add nuclear deal agreed last week between iran and six world powers. theris resolution authorizes the lifting of sanctions inron in return for lifting activities. the breakdown dates more than five deck it's a to shortly after fidel castro came to power n 1960, he nationalized all u.s. companies without compensation.

in response the u.s. declared a trade embargo on cuba and broke off diplomatic relations in 1961. tensions escalated a few months later when a u.s. backed a failed invasion by cuban ex aisles at the bay of pigs aimed at overthrowing castro government. in 1962, fearing a u.s. invasion deploying nuclear missiles to cuba triggering the crisis bringing to brink of the nuclear war. the crisis was averted when without provocation. you were there at today's event. in the sense of history as we were reviewing viewers there.

the move was festive as hundreds of people cheered the restoration of taiz after 55 years. there was let me show the presidential candidates has said that he would, if he were elected, he would close the embassy and end diplomatic relations. so how representative is that. how much of a problem for that will it be for improving relations in the

future? pretty much anything else possible. many people on the island do not want to give the castro recommending e-mail. they want comic relations when castro is gone. the percentage of people who feel strongly that way i think is quite a bit in recent years. that's one reason we have seen that. >> tell me john kerry said that obviously when it's going to cuba in august to raise the flag there on the embassy. he was talking about needing full diplomatic. how much of an issue is that? what does -- spell on you what he means by that. >> that's been an issue for

years. on who people could meet with. complete freedom of travel. >> apologize for the quality of the line there. the imf says greece has repaid in totality its arrears owed to the fund. the imf confirmed its commitment helping greece return to financial stability.

sewing sweaters since 1978, this isn't the first time he has had to shield his knitting company from an economic maelstrom. i wasn't able to pay my suppliers t comes from abroad. >> lazaros is relieved that the drama has come to an end. >> after three long weeks, the banks have finally re-opened here lazaros went to his this morning, but it wasn't to withdraw money. like many other greek citizens

we spoke with today was to check on his safety deposit box to make sure he could still access it that it's contents were secure. while an air of anxiety still hangs over athens monday morning was a calm one. the lines weren't long. the crowds weren't angry. lazaros isn't surprised. >> this is something temporary. it will be overcome as long as we were the european union. the european union and particularly the eurozone has the tools, and these tools will be implemented. >> he like his employees thinks the auchterity measures will be punishing but are needed for grease. >> if we had the same situation without measures, we are going to be more happy, but if this -- since they are necessary, i will sentially support them. >> he now hopes for a better future one in which he can sell

more sweaters one whose harsh chill will come only from a winter that's cold and not an economy that's frozen. mohammed jamjoom. athens mean liters are meeting brussels to seek an end to the deadlock on migrant sharing. migrants continue to arrive on greek shores the main landing point. this report from the greece/macedonia border. >> they are marching by the hundreds under the baking sun, on the roads and in the fields step by step until they reach the macedonian border and as they go along, they form groups that become bigger and bigger. >> i didn't expect it to be so difficult but now i have to go on. i left everything behind. i am doing this for my daughter. >> greece in the midst of its

own financial crisis has provided assistance. so refugees and migrants rely on each other for support and solidarity. the last stretch is along the rail tracks and it's where the difficulties begin. hundreds are already waiting in this make-shift camp with no highgenic facilities and one tap of running water. macedonian police patrol the border and are often heavy-handed. ali is 63 and traveling alone. he was beaten when he tried to sneak across the border. he had been waiting for four days. >> my son needs treatment. i am doing this so he can join me. >> recently matsdonia has allowed wretch uj ease and migrants to transmit through the country for three days but they have to wait until they are allowed in.

throughout the night some have left hoping at some point the macedonian police will let them through most are syrians, people like abilua who left their families behind. >> we have been here for 14 or 15 hours. we slept on the ground. the water, my clothes are dirty. i used to have a good life. look at my know. it's been a month and a half and i am sleeping on the streets. shoumz people come and help us or at least smile at us. it makes us feel like human beings. >> i was afraid to put my family here you hear about bandit did and gangs. i could go through it alone but i won't let anything happen to my children. >> one after the other, the groups are allowed into

macedonia. but here starts a new struggle to get a transit permit. and then the journeys continue through serbia and hungary before they hope reaching germany all further north. on the greek macedonian border. u.s. president has praised his nigerian counter part for working to intraift and security to his nation. the visit comes two months after taking office in a move that highlights the importance attached to u.s./nigerian relations. obama has praised him for his agenda in seek to go defeat boko haram. the nigerian leader spoke about the elections earlier this year in his country. patty culhane has this update from washington, d.c. >> the new nigerian president came to washington with a very long wish list. top of that list was help in the fight against boko haram.

at the end of the day, it does not appear that the obama administration is ready to make any drastic changes on that. they have given $34 million to the multi-national task force fighting boko haram in the region. we doe know that some light arms are given to that group. we are told they don't go to nigerian soldiers. the obama administration the u.s. has grave concerns about some alleged human rights abuses at the hands of the nigerian military. they are sending the message they want to see that cleaned up before they will consider changing course. for his part the new president thanked thanked president obama for helping himnet get into. >> the maintainance of pressure to make sure elections were free, fair and credible led us to where we are now.

it is almost impossible. but they will not accept anything as far as the processes of the election are concerned. >> president buhari is asking for help getting what he says is about $150,000,000,000 out of overseas banks. he said that was looted by former corrupt nigerian officials. the u.s. does seem likely to try to help him find it and then bring it back to the nigerian economy. >> now when isil fighters over ran the yaziti towns, they killed the men and enslaved many of the women and girls. zaziti boys forced them to convert to islam and trained them to fight and kill. one boy's story. >> this is an isil training camp where children are shown how to use wins and given religious training. this boy was taken to a camp like this after isil fighters took over his town in northern

iraq. >> they told us how to decap tate people told united states about the quran and how to carry out an attack and use weapons. they played with our minds by saying we go back to our families in iraq. >> in june last year tens of thousands of yaziti people were forced to leave their homes after towns were seized by isil fighters. some survived what the u.n. calls attempted genocide by escape to go sinjar mountain. thousands of others were captured and yaziti men were killed. women and children were trafficked as sex slaves forced into marriage or imprisoned. some boys were forced to convert to islam and sent to isil training camps. >> once they showed us the beheading video of the pilots and other individual yeses where they carried out attacks and other executions everything was there. we saw how they were shooting. they brought it to us every week. they showed us. >> this boy was sent to a camp

in the sirrune city of rutka, which is an isil stronghold. he said he and other prisoners were told to practice beheadingings on dolls. >> they brought dolls and they told us how to hold the sword and how to chop off the head because they said the infidels are not good. >> after five months at the camp he evening aped along with his brother. they say many others are still there, victims of the seemingly never ending conflict. erica woods, al jazeera. >> still ahead in the program: a several for alien life gets a boost as a new $100 million fund is launched. in sport find out just how close jordan spieth was to making history at the open championship. a full report a dram after theatic day coming up

♪ hello again. nepal's draft constitution has been released for public consultations. in the southern plains locals have rejected the draft and say the government is trying to push through a constitution that does nothing for people in the region. a report. >> reporter: nepal's draft constitution in flames. people from the town angry at not being allowed to participate and present their grief answers on the new constitution. scuffles after leaders didn't include them in their survey of

the draft they deceived us and made the police attack the locals and much damage has been done. >> they collected suggestions on the constitutional draft but there is tension across the entire southern belt of nepal as locals protest and demand that past agreements are respected. suggestions were collected under heavy police presence. people concerned that the constitution is going to make them worsow off. federal states have to be demarkiated. otherwise how do we know where we will fall? >> people from the south have felt neglected at the capital. they are concerned about citizenship. more than 4 million people in nepal don't have it. the new draft constitution says both parents have to be nepali

for their children to be nepali. >> women needmarried to foreign mean need to wait for 15 years. even after waiting for the 15 years, if men can get citizenship, the kidsnalized, 8. >> traditionally, nepalese from this party have always married across the border in india. now, many of their children won't be recognized as nepali or be able to achieve their ambition in their country. >> an analysts say they are trying to push a regressive constitution while the country is reeling from the after effects of of april's earthquake but it seems clear unless the griefances of this part of nepal are addressed this region is gob to flare up again. >> >> bryan's prime minister says -- britain's prime minister says david campbell was

unveiling his 5 year plano. he said the u.k.'s failure to be fully inclusive has allowed armed groups to recruit young people to be fighters in syria and iraq. sport, rahoul. >> zac johnson is golf's 2015 open champion. he won a 3-way play-off at the climbax at what was a thrilling tournament. for the second major victory but as stewart silvers reports t wasn't the story many wanted at the start of the final day. >> a delayed final day at saint andrews. bad weather meant this was only the second monday finish in 155 years of the open. history beckoning. one hoping to be the first amateur winner, a 22-year-old irishman couldn't keep up his stunning run much form slum to go 6 over par, 78. what about jordan spieth?

he had won the first two majors of the season only one man has ever won the first three. spieth started the day one strop off of the lead but despite some impressive putting, that was exactly where he was going down 18. this beneficialie put to make a play-off. so, the grand slam dream over but still what a year spieth is having [applause.] >> what would he give for this zac johnson girdie put also on 18? enough for the american to finish in a 3-way tie for the lead with 2010 champion houissen and legion. johnson birdied the first two holes of the play-off. despite bogying the third

hoosteheisne. >> zac johnson at 39 years old, open champion 2015 [applause.] >> i feel honored to be a part of this history of this game and, you know, to don my name on that trophy especially with the names before me is humbling and surreal are the two words that come to my mind. >> reporter: the second win for zac johnson after the 2007 u.s. masters, another triumph for one of the unsung champions of world golf. stewart silva, al jazeera. >> definitely one of golf's nice guys. the election for sepp blatter for fifa won't take place until next year. at an executive meeting, fifa announced thely date is february 2, 2016. as a report from zurich, the news was totally overshadowed by

an extraordinary incident during blatter's press conference. >> the radio of all of fifa's problems in his rein has been money. a british comedian. >> here you go sir. >> he left the auditorium while the mess was cleared but the mess his organization is in will take longer to clear up. having to have the imposter saying his lack mother would call it a lack of education, he addressed the business with an exmraings planation why he announced he was standing down on june 2nd. >> he had to do something very special. they did it. >> i did it in footballing terms, i would say i take the ball out of the field to stop

something this is what i did on the second of june. this is what i have said. i put it there. i am still the elected president and today, i speak with you as the elected president. >> the executive committee set a date to elect a new president on february 26th and a clear favorite to succeed blatter is michelle kathamy. the uefa president has coveted the job but et cetera waiting to make sure he has enough support throughout the confederation to remove the risk but there is no rush with october 26th the deadline for nominations he will consider his position in the near foourl. i am sure he will make an announcement regarding that when et cetera ready to do so. >> some around the beleaguerred organization feel a bigger head is needed a respected figure from outside of football who's image is untarnished even on a temporary basis. >> we are calling for demands to be made by government, by fans

by public by all football lovers for ko fit. anan to please come in and help clean up this mess. >> fifa acsnoerptd reform plan and task force, the work of orders and compliance chief oscala which includes pay and integrity checks. >> fifa's many critics want more urgency. two criminal invest sgieingsz corruption, executives remain in custody. sepp blatter remains in office for as many as 7 months in near farcical circumstances. this doesn't look or feel like a new era. lee we willings al jazeera, zurich. >> earlier, we spoke with david larkin an international sport lawyer and co-director of change fifa, an organization that prejudice to make football's world governing more transparent. he believes blatter should have already gone. >> it's bizarre. isn't it? you have a man who announced that he was resigning and

basically renegged on the idea of resigning, which is i am leaving. we are going to avoid nine months for his tour. this is a man who has seen this organization's very long troubled history. yet, he deems himself to be the exactly right person to oversee reform of the organization. if we have learned anything from history, it's that mr. blatter is exactly the wrong man to lead reform. >> chris human maintaining his lead in duer de france. tain 16, molina after a 201 kilometer gap. he is 3 minutes and 10 seconds clear of the field with five stages to go. he looks certain to win the tour for a second time. >> formula one is to retire the number of bianci after the death of the 21-year-old french driver on friday. the governing body has announced

his old number 17 will no longer be available to drivers next season as a mark of respect. he suffered severe injuries when he crashed his car during last october's japanese grand prix. he spent nine months in a coma before finally losing his fight for life on friday. >> and that is sport. >> thank you very much indeed. is there life elsewhere in space? it's a question that has plagued kozmologists for ears. those like steven hawkings the largest ever search for life has begun. ? >> it's estimated there are tens of billions of habitual planets in our gaeks our galaxy alone. >> that's a the question humans have been asking for thousands of years. scientists including professor stephen hawking have launch add fund worth $100 million.

they hope in the next 10 years we can get some answers. there are no guarantees. >> come with us. >> it is important for us to know if we are alone in the dark. we know there are so many worlds and organic molecules are so common that it seems quite likely that life is out there. but until -- >> break through listen is being entired by yuri mil member a scientist in hismer a scientist in his. using the greenbank observatory far more efficiently operators have agreed to give the scientists thousands of hours of telescope time. >> the search lasting 10 years will be 50 times bigger than previous attempts and cover 10 times more sky. scientists will be able to listen in on planets orbitting the 1 million stars closest to earth as well as the 100 nearest

galaxies to our own. >> they are also offering a million dollars in prooinzs for digital messages that best represent earthizeses for digital messages that best represent earth but they won't be beamed into space just yet. >> our message could be some years ahead. if so they will be vastly more powerful and may not see us as any more knowledgeable. >> i don't go along with those people like stephen hawking who think it will be dang ruz because if there are aliens out there, they probably have been watching us for years, even millions of years. they know we are here. >> there were sell brakes all around this month when a nasa spacecraft sent back pictures showing mountains of ice on the surface of pluto. if the new project does detect intelligent life that would be out of this world. london. >> that's it. more news in just a couple of minutes.

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