>> this is al jazeera. >> hello there are i'm barbara serra. this is the news hour live from london. coming up in the next 60 minutes. >> i'll fight for me and i'll fight for fifa. >> two of the football most powerful men vow to fight for their positions. >> 6 u.s. soldiers are killed on an air base in afghanistan. the king maker of spain will tell you how this left wing politician could hold the key to

power. also coming up. >> i'm in port-au-prince, haiti. the highlight of one radio program that aims to tackle the conscription of children. >> right now, arsenal taking on man chest city. mancheflmanchester city. >> i will fight for me and i will fight for fifa. the words of sepp blatter. as he and high ranking official michel platinni vow to appeal.

both men continue to deny wrongdoing but many believe 79-year-old blatter's career is almost certainly over and platini's hopes of taking over fifa are all but finished. paul reese was following the story as it unfolded in zurich. >> sepp blatter once again the center of attention, the 79-year-old swiss fighting to get into a press conference as he fights for his very future in football. on monday, the suspended fifa president and the uefa chief michel plantini were given eight-year-old bangs over a multimillion dollar payment made to the uefa chief. the swiss isn't going quietly. >> i will fight for me, i'll fight for fifa. suspended eight years for what? >> for years the two big figures

at fifa, had an agreement blatter would pass the job to uefa president michel platini. now a gentleman's agreement from the past has returned to haunt them. platini supposedly carried out work for blatter a decade ago with no contract and payment made in 2011, presidential election year. the ethics committee set up by blatter at fifa delivered the ban. >> the adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee chaired by mr. hans joakim ekert, against blatter and president of uefa platini from all football-related activities. >> blatter refused to even attend the ethics committee hearing. the committee his attorney

assisted had already decide he was guilty. he hung over half of his executive committee being exposed as corrupt. days after an fbi sweep in may he finally resigned. he wanted a handover on his own terms. the u.s. and swiss attorney generals but even his own people decided otherwise. if he has any chance to run for the fifa presidency, platini needs to clear his name before january 16th. that involves going through the court of arbitration for sport, before he begins that process he needs a full written statement of the decision from the ethics committee a process that in itself could take weeks. one is a footballing legend. the other fifa's great political survivor. both brought down by football's biggest ever football schedule. paul reese, al jazeera, zurich. >> martin lipkin head of sport

at the sun, based here in london. thank you so much for joining us on al jazeera. you said blatter has been used as a punching ball he says, he will fight for him and for fifa. a man still defiant and himself he says he's going to appeal this. is it over for him? >> i think it is. very idiosyncratic, very blatter type approach. the colonel of the problem he sees himself as the embodiment of the organization. i will fight for me, i'm sad for me, i'm sad for fifa. he sees them as one and the same. he was the person to run the game for fifa's expression, for good of the game. unfortunately it was for the good of sepp and for his cronies. the system has become increasingly dirty and discredited. the man at the top has fallen. >> and you say he was --

certainly sees himself as one with fifa in some ways, because he has been on the top for so long, he almost is. when it comes to looking for a successor, now that michel platini is out, not only could replace him but the top tier of fifa. >> the fundamentalism is that the people at the top elect their successors themselves. there's nobody really outside who does any part of the guilded ranks to be allowed to stand for election at the top table. there's the problem. the only way to cleanse fifa, to cleanse football is to actually have a genuine independent leader. at the moment we've got five candidates, two fro given testin testimony about corruption.

the situation we're in. no ties to the game, who never clean it up. >> a proper outsider. >> you have to understand football. you need a genuine figure head who loves the game. like bill clinton or kofi anan, an international reputation for probity and no need to be part of athe dodgy deed that has gone on for far too long. we know it has. look at the money missing, all the funds that have been embezzled. >> obviously, blatter and platini haven't been legally tried yet. where does that leave them? >> this particular instant they didn't really break the law. they just agreed a little deal between themselves. the problem they have of course is they can't even be consistent in where this deal was done and what it was done for.

this is just the beginning. we know the fbi are looking at blatter. because -- if any of the money that went into the accounts in the comme bowl, the concacaf, they will be next. resident of switzerland because of his time in lyon, where uefa is based. al capone, famous gangster went down for tax evasion not for his mob activities. >> your newspaper the sun is a tabloid newspaper, football features very prominently in your coverage in general. have you noticed that all of this has perhaps hurt the love

of football or what damage has it done? >> i don't think it has. we love the game so much and football itself, it transforms. my stories are mostly about arsenal against manchester city. but the other stuff is absolutely essential and integral to the game. the big problem is if fifa isn't able to reform itself and have some authority, the clubs will land-grab and take it all. if the clubs take over football, there is no world championships because the clubs don't care about that and that would be the big shame of all. for the good of the game, fifa must be cleaned, must be reborn, phoenix from these flames please, to give us the leadership of the game we all need. >> martin lipton, deputy head of sport consequent a content, of k

you. earlier the taliban claimed responsibility for an attack that killed six u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. others were injured near bagram air base. suicide bomber on a motor bike targeted a joint u.s.-afghan foot patrol outside the base. meanwhile the taliban has been facing a front that came after a senior local official that warned the entire province was on the brink of falling. in recent months the taliban has gained territory in the north, west and south. al jazeera apsdz imok's imoku m. >> the forces are out-gunned.

>> we need support from our own army to help us. right now the area is controlled by taliban. >> this is helmand province once controlled by the taliban, the place where most of the are opium is produced. pleading with the afghan president posting, your excellency, helmand is standing on the brink and there is a serious need for you to come. since last night, sangen sensor is almost completely under taliban control. >> although hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent to develop an afghan national army, that army seemed the lack strategic leadership and this is why you see taliban taking advantage of this. >> the taliban appears to be crisscrossing the country, seizing large areas. two months ago, its fighters took kunduz in the north for two

weeks, crippling the city. but now they've moved south to sangen in helmand province. the deputy governor says the whole province will fall into their hands unless help arrives soon. >> richard veits, a security analyst in washington, d.c, thank you sir for joining us on al jazeera. focusing on sangen, obviously, british troops were there for many deadly battles with the taliban then the u.s. marines as well for four years before they pulled out sometime last year and it seems right now to little avail. do you get a sense in washington at all that people are realizing that perhaps they did pull out too soon and that ultimately a lot of the gains that they had supposedly made are now falling by the way side? >> there have been a series of reviews in congress, people at the senate held some hearings on

the issue. and they, one of the senators, publicly stated that what they've been hearing in private in some of the classified briefings is much more alarming than what people are hearing in public. so in a way it's understood among the people who closely follow the issue, the dangerous situation, but it's not become a very large issue. for example, in the lerks campaigns oelectioncampaigns or. [simultaneous speech] >> it's obviously a year away from a general election so perhaps unlikely that president obama would change the policy too drastically. but among the republican candidates and of course it's all up for grabs right now are you getting a sense there might be a shift in policy in afghanistan or are all eyes on syria whereby there is really no focus on afghanistan? >> well, it's still unclear the republican national security

debate. they're clearly concerned about terrorism and islamic state and so on. but when it comes to other issues, there is a bit of an alternative where they stand. afghanistan is a bit of an open issue. it is part of the critique of the obama administration and they are trying to apply this to senator clinton as well that the current administration has not been using force efficiently, too weak, encouraging enemies to behave aggressively and so on. this is part of a larger record they want to build of failure by the obama administration. but afghanistan is not being singled out in particular. it's sort of a larger critique. and of course the democrats argue that they've taken a measured response and that there's just limits in the amount of resources that the u.s. and its allies can put into its administration. >> the u.s. and nato troops are

supposed to be there mostly training and equipping the afghan forces. special forces being sent to helmand in the past few weeks. is there clarity as to what the role of the troops is and should be? >> well, they formerly had the role of advising training and equipping the afghan national security force et cetera. it includes patrolling where they were attacked, using the weapons that were delivered. also had the role of attacking al qaeda and related terrorist groups. so that might be why that force is being deployed in the south. it's always been a bit unclear though how the afghan taliban fits in on that. the afghan taliban doesn't have the kind of global or regional reach or even declared agenda that the islamic state or al qaeda or other groups do so it's

never made a threat to attack the united states or europe for example. it's always been a debate to what extent the forces in afghanistan that are intended to attack international terrorism should or can attack the afghan taliban but self defense is allowed and that can be very impressive. so they might -- if the afghan forces are ak tacked, the u.s. and british forces can come to their defense. >> just as a final point there have been reports of i.s.i.l. and people aligned to i.s.i.l. sort of growing more and more in afghanistan. if that were to be the case do you think that would be the turning point for the u.s. whereby they would focus on afghanistan as much as they are on syria? >> that's -- i mean, the interesting thing about this is, that so far, we've seen some self-declared radicalization in afghanistan. as we have seen in most parts of the world, including the u.s.

and europe of groups declaring allegiance to the islamic state. but there's no real evidence that there's a major islamic state cell operating there or the islamic state is recruiting people from other places to go to afghanistan to fight. if that were to change, i don't know. it depends on how much resources the u.s. and the allies want to put into this, if afghanistan can be to equally importance to iraq and syria. you can argue it in different ways. the u.s. has a mission to stay in the country at least until the end of next year. they can fight the taliban, the islamic state or whoever is there. >> richard veitz, thank you for being there. burundi's parliament rye jects helrejectshelp from afric.

we'll look at a mother struggling to put food on her clirns table in aleppo. children's table in aleppo. spain's prime minister mariano rehoy, rightly named people's party won the most seats. it doesn't have a parliamentary majority so he will have to put together a coalition. barnaby phillips has more from madrid. >> here is the man of the moment, pablo iglesias, leader of podemos. no longer cozy with big business, free of corruption. to make that happen, he says he's ready to talk to anyone but the old parties have got to recognize the changes that have taken place in spain. >> today is an historical day for spain.

we are very happy that the fact that in spain the term of the two party system has ended and we are happy because we are starting a new political era in our country. >> but awkwardly it's the incumbent people's party that came first and mariano rahoy wants to continue to be president. >> in order to explore the possibility to give the necessary certainty both in and outside spain. >> parliament will set on january the 16th. that's when phillipi ii will decide who is the new president of spain. but if that can't be

accomplished, there will need to be new elections in february. >> sir, we were layering at the end of barnaby phillips report that there is a real chance that spain will have to go back to the polls in mid february or right after that if there is no coalition that's able to be formed. how damaging would that be for spain, to go back to the polls? >> well, of course it would cause instability which is never good in a country. but in the case of spain that would be perhaps more so, because there's no precedent. spain's politics has been very stable. in fact that is part of the problem. that is why people have wanted to end the two-party rule because that stability has led to some sort of -- well some sort of corruption, political

corruption. an expensiv competitive using e. >> the people's party for example lost about a quarter of its seats in the party, certainly the status quo isn't sustainable anymore. sit do you think from the numbers you can see and knowing the positions of the various politician he, do you think it is possible the coalition, a sustainable coalition will be formed? >> it is possible. but it is extremely difficult. there are basically few option he. one would be a conservative government with the support of the center-right, that is very possible. but then they would need also at least the extension of the socialist that is really very difficult because of the animosity that exists between the two parties. and then there's the possibilities of the coalition

with the poblemos something for the socialists is a nonstarter. >> wasn't so much against austerity like perhaps we've seen in other european countries but against the corruption that was perceived to be part of the political system. do you think that spaniards were to go to election in the next few months that they would vote in a different way, that perhaps there was an element of protest to scare the politician he to show them that things couldn't go on the way they had? >> certainly there was an element of protest vote last sunday no doubt. but i think the success of especially poblemos, that many

voters could seen he see now podemos as a good alternative for power. if the election is not election soon. >> joining us from madrid sir thank you. >> let's go to russia now. the country says it's been unable to retrieve enough information from the black box of its war plane shot down by turkey last month. russia was hoping the content would confirm that the plane did not stray into turkish air space. it will now hand the issue over to experts. the international committee of the red cross, says 12 million people need help.

paul tradergian introduces us to the face he of a dire situation. >> her name is um ahmed. this young mother of six begins each day scouring the alleys of aleppo. when there aren't jets dropping bombs she looks for things to burn. she gathers tuition, leaves. >> even garbage, anything to heat water to clean my children. even what we can find, even heating oil is too expensive. >> um ahmed's husband abandoned her. her and her kids. she struggles to find milk for her infant. these are desperate times for millions of syrians like um ahmed. another bonfire this one keeps

these neighborhood kids warm. >> we were at home but it was freezing there so we came down here to warm up with the fire behind us. on the way we found nigh monday bags, paper, just to keep the fire burning. at home we have no blangt blankr anything to warm us up. so here we stay until the fire goes out. >> aleppo is one of the oldest cities in the world, the fires haven't gone out for over 5,000 years. the ongoing civil war has turned brother against brother. an air strike just destroyed this man's home he lived in for more than 40 years. >> translator: i came back to my home four days ago and found it destroyed by strikes. i'm just wandering. >> many are now hopeless, some

lost, most looking for a helping hand. >> it's the rg people who feel sorry for me and helping me to survive. every few months i get some aid but it's not enough. i just yell and scream from time to time. realizing my situation is so dire. >> drones flying over what was once a favorite tourist destination show the destruction. the urban warfare in this once cultural and financial capital of syria threatens its future and its past. those that have been able to leave have left. those who have to stay behind don't know how they will survive. paul tradergian, al jazeera. >> the united nations council has receivesecuritycouncil has g on the situation in syria. it states that the people are having to endure worst conditions than before. >> over the past month, violence the does continue to escalate

and intensify across syria. in discriminate attacks by all parties resulted in loss of life, infrastructure, around the denial of basic services for thousands of people. >> for more on this let's speak to kristin saloomey. there are reports russian strikes killed hundreds in idlib province. what does the u.n. report say on that front? >> it's interesting barbara, the u.n. resolved to move full speed ahead, this recent humanitarian report underlines the urgency of the situation there. the escalation, the violence particular air strikes are having on the civilian population in syria. remember it's not just the syrian air force we have praiblght in the skies therhavee

have russia, u.s. and allied forces. hitting bakeries hospitals, having a number of individuals. five of them were aid workers one ngo just announced it's shutting down as a result of losing a prom flent official in their organization. five n gferogos will shut down acknowledge so they don't know exactly how many civilians have been killed as a result of air strikes and the u.n. doesn't blame particular countries but they say there have been thousands in the last month who have been killed as a result of these air strikes. >> anand kristin, more refugees continue fleeing the country. the more that are outside the

country obviously can't go back. that's an enormous pressure. what does the u.n. say? >> well even in the last month, 121,000 more syrianss were displaced and some of them for the second time. finally leaving the country altogether. the million refugees who arrived in europe last year the u.n. says fully 50% of them are syrians and now they have evidence to support what they've long suspected, that the people leaving syria are the most educated. they're worried about a brain drain from the country as well. 13 million displaced since the conflict began, it's really incredible numbers. you begin to understand why so many people are leaving the country. this is the last briefing for

antonio gutierrez, he used the opportunity to plead to the international community to do more to settle these people. he also took on politician he particularly here in the united states, he didn't mention anyone by name but a lot of talk about not plowing muslims to come into the united states. also other countries seeing antimuslim antirefugee -- >> we've lost the line to kristin saloomey. high commissioner for refugees and the last statement made to the u.n. before the end of the year, obviously the refugee situation in syria and the surrounding countries getting more desperate by the day. well among the stories we have still to come on al jazeera: why the killing of cecil the

lion has impacted the tumor in africa. and the embarrassment over crowning of miss yeufers. yeufers. universe.

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>> time now for a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the suspended president of football's governing body is planning an official appeal from his eight year are ban from the sport. the italian has taken control of a district in helmand province, after a suicide bombing at bagram air force base. >> mariano rahoy from spain is attempting to form a coalition government.

a landslide in shenzhen. adrian brown reports. >> add times like this rescue workers are hoping for an air pock. if they are alive they're in damaged buildings trapped under mountains of mud. by monday afternoon, more than 24 hours after the landslide, there was though still hope. >> since 2 a.m. on monday we have rescued seven trapped people and relocateover 900 residents. at 3:00 a.m., the field command decided to reinstitute the rescue campaign wn construction equipment and decided to continue digging.

>> many flat end under mountains of mud, evidence of shoddy building. >> 380,000 square meters has been covered by the mud. the thickness ranges between a couple of meters to over ten meters. >> many know where that mud came from. a disused quarry above the industrial zone. waste from construction sites have been dumped here for years. according to chinese media reports it was at least 100 meters high and apparently legal. this was china's latest man made disaster. it's only four months since a huge explosion at a storage area for dangerous chemicals in the northeastern city of tiengen. they were kept in a white housee just a few meters from the area.

now the investigation whether there were laws broken here as well. >> the au wants to throw in 5,000 are soldiers into burundi. in april president pierre nkurunziza decide he to run for a third term. al jazeera's mohammad adow has the latest from the capital bujumbura. >> at a special meeting in bujumbura, the parliament decided not to allow troops from african union, that the government of burundi was able to protect civilians. they said they will also appoint a commission to look into the killings that have happened, since april, but particularly the killings that happened on the 11th of december. on that friday, that 87 people

were killed in the capital bujumbura. with burundi calling its bluff the african union now has only one option. to go back to the drawing board and invoke article 4 of its constitution, act which allows us to interfere in a neighbor country, even without the permission of the neighbor country. the summit is held twice a year and the next one is going to be held in january. and it can only be invoked, the article 4 can only be invoked by african presidents. however they did not agree to invoke it in the past, that's where burundi may get its escape. >> for nearly 5,000 cubans, their journey came to an end in costa rica. with bel belize and nicaragua.

allesandro rampetti has the report. >> wind pulled down their previous shelter. we've been here a month and a few days, more than 30 days. >> part of roughly 5,000 cubans who have made it to costa rica aiming for ecuador, for more possibilities in the west. but the borders were closed to them. >> we didn't expect this situation, it's very marred and we don't hav to be here to surv. >> are many have bin put up in

housing at neern towns. can't main them indefinitely. >> we need a solution fast. ours is a small community and our services are being strained to their maximum capacity. our health and security systems have been challenged. allow cubans who reach u.s. coil to obtain address. teamed with the easing of trial restrictions, knowledge have been departmented to bare the dangerous journey by land. more than double the previous year made the trip alone. they say with improvement in american-cuban relses may put an end to its open door policy. 25 years old, nearches is one of

them. >> the message i have to those who are doing this, to the people of nicaragua of guatemala, please help us solve this problem. all we're doing is to be happier and have a better solution. >> to stem the flow of mieg mig, ec door announced new schedules. >> has there been any movement on the diplomatic side of things to try to solve the situation? >> reporter: well, barbara not much yet. although these people here have just found out that there will be another meeting by a regional

political organization too siekk an american resolution. costa rica has been trying for weeks to broker a deal with its neighbors, will not allow the cuban mieg rajts to continue their job north. said a solution could be possible if some conditions are, if mexico will sign a document saying they will also let them through and if the economic situation is issued, they will probably have to fly vehicle

somewhere. >> you say nicaragua is steadfast, what is the reason for it shutting down the border and not letting the cubans through? >> there are a number of reasons. some of them have to do with a long border dispute between coast reek and also 96 rog away. this inicaragua. central american governments are pressuring the u.s. into possibly favoring their old laws that deny cubans. a lot of poor people have in time wanted to, continue to have special treatment, especially now that the u.s. and cuba are normalizing their relationships. so this crisis and this wave, this huge exodus of cubans

probably since 1990s has been turning into the possibility for these countries in the railway that the united states, has fed up for example latin american's mieg ranltses. >> thank you. nearly 36 mill people are said to be trapped in human slavery. one radio though has taken a novel approach to educating its listeners. andy gallagher repor reports frm poarpts. port-au-prince. >> this team of writers, actors and directors produce more than a dozen radio shows in less than a month. one of the best things they

write about is zukutat, to limp, childhood sliechessary. >> i had goes burchls, i was really scared, but to have the people house realize how hard it is. >> no haight, if show is a dominant one. soap opera for social change and those involved say it's working. actress martine mid e fi fidel,a country where childhood slavery is a huge problem, this might just save lives. >> thankfully, there are places of refuge for those who have escaped an will be safe.

for those who do manage to break the bonding o bonds of slavery n obvious sense of relief but a constant reminder of a shameful problem. you have to do all the domestic work, the cooking, the cleaning, and everything else, they treed you badly and if one kay you speak out, you get coursed our it. out. >> hard to quantify the success of a show that's only been on the air for a couple of years. but they have a powerful audience in the fight against childhood slavery. andy gallagher al jazeera, port-au-prince, haiti. >> lions are to be placed on the endangered specious act. much harder for hunters to bring

trophies back to the u.s. wildlife groups have been lobbying for years, for the change. after a minnesota dentist shot and killed cecil the lion. >> he became an international hate figure, walter palmer was forced to close his dental practice in minnesota for several weeks. while in zimbabwe, he shot and killed cecil. he had no idea his shooting was illegal. >> there was a meeting held with civil rights leaders in nairobi, there was an advocate for trying to protect wildlife in africa. this is a particularly sensitive issue in africa and something we

are aware of. >> u.s. lions will come under the endangered species act, will make it harder for trophy huntsers to import lion parts, like heads paws on skins. >> cecil has had enormous are are effect on the trophy hunting and relevant to the effort overall. but unfortunately, cecil's case was not unique. that is evidence we documented going back to 2011 when we submitted our petitions. >> u.s. joins france in taking tougher action after the death of cecil the loin. u.k. will bring in tougher legislation in 2017. more than 40 airlines have also stopped flying any trophies. hopefully to reduce the number of lions in the name of sport.

>> allen fisher, al jazeera, washington. >> much more to come. reaction to sepp blatter's ban and wheth he still has a chance to clear his name.

>> time to get all the sports news now, here's andy. >> thanks so much barbara. fifa president sepp blatter session he will fight the decision against him, appealing the ruling made by fifa's ethics

committee. blatter and are miche michel ple both banned. blatter hoped to hand over the reins to his successor in 2018. >> i'm sorry that i am still somewhere a punching ball. but i'm sorry that i am as president of fifa, this punching ball. and i'm sorry for football. >> well, platini is also to appeal the decision calling fifa's decision a masquerade. the frenchman had been a favorite for successor to blatter answer job. seasoned fifa observer andrew

warshah says it's platini not blatter who has the most to lose. >> i think it's more far reaching for platini than blatter. blatter is stepping down already, in two months time. he's been there for 40 years, in charge for almost 18. but michel platini's star was on the rise. he was the man who was favorite before he too was caught up in the corruption scandal to take over from sepp blatter and now he also has to fight his way out of trouble i think with great difficulty. i thinkists important that the s reform process which is going to kick in, post-congress after february whoever becomes president of fifa next is going to be responsible for making sure that this package of

reforms actually takes root. >> let's look at the events this led up to bans of football leaders ejection. blatter was reelected as fifa president only to then announce his resignation days later. that paved the way for new elections in february. in october both blatter and platini were provisionally suspended by fifa's thoings fifs committee. the two deny any wrongdoing but reject the decision that the payment was are made for many

unanswered questions. >> the first process that they'll undergo is an pealz to fifa. then one can expect they'll appeal to an arbitration panel that's called the court of arbitration for sport that is really a contractual arbitration, sitting like a court but not really a court. the problem with this process is we never have a transparency about exactly what transpired, what evidence was offered. so all the safeguards of a normal court are missing in this process. so i really don't think we'll get to the bottom of this and i don't think this cast promises to give us any transparency. >> top of the english preemple r league acknowledge won 2-1,

y-aya tory did. >> lester a strong tip for relegation at the start of the season sitting in first place. the goalkeeper says there's no secret as to why the team is doing so well. >> our success at the moment is very much down to hard work. only 11 players can play but it's very important as a squad that the players not play, ward hard and training, everyone's doing that, everyone is really, really on the same page so it's great to be a part of. >> tokyo's hosting of the 2020 olympics, continues with the vice president resigning his job. it's estimated the games will now cost $15 billion to host.

that is six times the original budget. the nba eastern conference leaders cleveland cavaliers have won their fifth in a row. chris middleton started with the milwaukee bucks. lost a 12 game losing strike. led by 2 as 90 seconds were left. bucks back ahead as they won 101 to 95. okay more sport, later, that's it for now, hand you back to barbara in london. >> andy, thank you. an unmanned cargo ship has lifted off to the international space station. the resupply crafl known as the progress was launched in kazakhstan and will deliver fuel water and food and in preparation for its arrival too

nasa stroants took a astronautsn unplanned spacewalk. since we're in outer space let's say with the universe. for a few short minutes, one woman felt herself being crowned, miss colombia was told she had retained her miss universe title. but it didn't last. >> i have to apologize. miss universe 2015. >> steve harvey had made a mistake. miss colombia had been miss universe before, it's not that bad. all of that that we have been covering, the address aljazeera.com. that's it for the newshour but i'm going to be back in a few

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>> i will fight for me and i will fight for fifa. >> two of football's most powerful men vow to fight for their names after being band from fifa for eight years. hello there i'm barbara serra, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up on the program. the taliban gain control of a key district in afghanistan as six u.s. soldiers are killed with an attack on an air base. why this area could hold the key