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>> and now, "bbc world news." >> fifa faces calls to postpone its presidential elections as unease grows over the scandal and sepp blatter's candidacy. the palmer bosnian-serb general -- the former bosnian serb general ratko mladic arrives before a tribunal. new charges against khalid sheikh mohammed, mastermind of the september 11 attacks. welcome to bbc news. i am debra mackenzie. coming up -- too little, too lace. syria rejects an offer after weeks of unrest. and change in the way we look at

the world. the technology that is promising to redefine reality. >> the president of the english football association, prince william, has backed calls for fifa's presidential election to be postponed until an independent inquiry into corruption allegations. sepp blatter stance unopposed after two senior officials were suspended. >> after a week of high drama for world football, it was a fitting opening to tonight's fifa congress. >> the president of fifa, sepp blatter. >> as the president arrived, he

had a message for those trying to tarnish the governing bodies reputation. -- bobby's reputation. >> i believe we were living in a world of fair play, respect, and discipline. but i must say this is the longer the case. the famous fifa pyramid is shaking on its base, and there is danger. >> he may not look that dangerous, but the head of the english fa led calls for sepp blatter's reelection to be stopped. >> i thought it was important. there are principles involved. nobody else was doing it at -- was doing it. >> scotland weighed in behind their rivals, but there was little support elsewhere. with three-quarters of the 208

member countries needed to postpone the election, hopes of starting a domino effect look slim tonight. of far greater concern to fifa is the less than wholehearted support coming from the sponsors, who provide a quarter of their income. they are anxious that their brands are being damaged after two fifa up members were suspended following a bribery investigation. football officials from around the world have arrived in zurich. the organization is facing a swirl of corruption allegations. there are no calls to postpone tomorrow's presidential election. despite that, sepp blatter looks set to be reelected. but many inside the bus say change is unavoidable. -- inside fifa said changes unavoidable. the organization must start the cleanup now. >> i still believe the bad publicity that has happened in

the last few months -- i still believe that can be overcome. but it needs a lot of image building. >> it is hard to imagine too many of these aging officials have heard of grace jones, but her warm-up for tomorrows main event provided a bizarre twist to what has been a surreal few days. >> in another development, the man whose allegations sparked the crisis appears to have survived an attempt to sack him. chuck blazer remains the secretary general of the governing body for north and central america and the caribbean. the active president roh yesterday, telling him he had been fired. but they backtracked, saying it was unauthorized. we are speaking to a chief football writer. is this tit-for-tat between jack

warner and chuck blazer? >> it has really descended into force here. -- farce here. chuck blazer turned in evidence against his boss, jack warner, evidence of bribery that is now causing an investigation. blazer has worked hand in hand with warner over the past 21 years. this was a huge break, a very important news development. right now, there is a future -- a huge divide between the island nations and the caribbean, which support warner, and the other nations, which support blazer. that is why you are seeing the organization at war within itself. >> some might say this points to evidence of quarreling in a

fiefdom, that somebody has something to hide. >> of course. it is all an internal power play that starts at the top with seth bladder -- with -- with sepp blatter being the only candidate for fifa elections. as people have turned on each other, everyone is scurrying to save their political lives. it seems likely that sepp blatter will win again on wednesday. anyone allied with him, including chuck blazer, is probably going to come out victorious. >> with the election, our hopes for reform-decks >> maybe not. but it certainly seems unlikely. at this point, all the things

that have happened over the past week seem like it is not fifa taking corruption that seriously, but simply an effort to keep sepp blatter in power. that looks like it has been successful. his only challenger was forced to pull out after these corruption charges were revealed last week. at the same time, bin hammam was heavily involved with the qatar world cup bid and there is no investigation into that, even though he is under investigation for bribery charges. that suggests this is simply internal politics, a way for sepp blatter to remain president. >> many thanks for joining us. 16 years after he was first indicted, europe's most wanted man, ratko mladic, is in solitary confinement in the

hague. serbian judges rejected mladic's appeal that he was too sick to face the tribunal. after that, all it took was a signature for mladic to be on his way. matthew price reports from the hague. >> it was a day of good buys for the man accused of genocide. this morning in belgrade, ratko mladic was taken to the grave of his daughter. she killed herself with her father's gun, so upset at his role in the yugoslav wars. later, his son and wife came to bid farewell, a right his victims' were never afforded. as commander of the bosnian serb forces, mladic is accused of using murder, rape, torture, and deportation as tools of war to clear parts of bosnia all non-

serbs. almost two decades later, in a convoy to the airport, he was driven to face justice. up and away from his beloved serbia, into the netherlands, and finally on words to the un's detention center. in the end, this was a short journey. as the helicopter takes him into the hague, but it brings to an end a long, difficult, and brutal chapter in europe's history. minutes later, a convoy arrived. >> i am hoping the indictment will be given to him, he will undergo medical examination, and he will be put into an isolated cell for the first few days of detention. >> it is a cell like this where ratko mladic is now living. he will have access to a gym, therapists, and even art class

is. outside, watching mladic arrive, we found two bosnians, clutching their flag. >> for us, it is justice. >> the traditional considers ratko mladic innocent until proven guilty. but for the family members of alleged victims, this is what they have waited for. he is behind bars. >> in other news, german officials say an e coli outbreak that has killed 16 people was not caused by contaminated cucumbers buys -- from spain, as initially reported. spain has criticized germany for the allegation, which has had a disastrous impact on its agricultural exports. a draft report by the u.s. government suggests fewer people died in the earthquake in haiti last year than the haitian government reported. it puts the number of dead

between 46,060 thousand people. -- 40,000 and 60,000 people. a finding by the world health organization on cancer said using a mobile phone may increase the risks of certain types of brain cancer. scientists say a review suggests that cell phone use should be regarded as possibly carcinogenic. russian officials say the man suspected of a killing a journalist has been arrested. the journalist was shot renowned for outspoken criticism of vladimir putin, and reports on human rights violations in chechnya and the caucasus. she was shot dead five years ago in our moscow -- her moscow apartment building. military prosecutors in the united states have filed new charges against the man accused of the september 11 attacks. khalid sheikh mohammed and four

other defendants will be tried at the detention center. >> the charges are only really knew because they are being charged again with the same offensive. -- the same offenses. the detainees were charged at guantanamo bay before, but those charges were dropped because president obama wanted khalid sheikh mohammed tried in a civilian court on u.s. soil. that plan faced a lot of opposition at the time. some opposition from some families of victims. some opposition from democrat and republican politicians. ultimately, congress blocked the plan and prohibited any detainees from guantanamo bay being transferred to the united states. that is why we are essentially back where we were before with khalid sheikh mohammed. they have been charged and will stand trial at the military

tribunal. >> they are old charges re-file. that means at guantanamo bay remains open, as opposed to what president obama originally wanted. >> as one of his election promises, president obama wanted to close guantanamo within one year. ultimately, that plan obviously did not happen. guantanamo bay remains open with approximately no sign it will be closed anytime soon. essentially, a lot of the detainees are in legal limbo for different reasons. some of them, the u.s. deems too dangerous to release but does not have enough evidence admissible in court to actually prosecute those detainees. other detainees have been deemed safe to release but do not have anywhere to go.

there are fears that returning them to their country of origin, they might be tortured. a very complicated situation. the fact that and they will be tried in military court, it only confirms the idea that guantanamo bay is here to stay, at least in the short term. >> still to come, stepping into the future -- talking newspapers, advertisements, and museum exhibits. to many unsold properties are causing house prices in the united states to fall to their lowest level in 10 years. >> american homes being sold off on the cheap because of strain homeowners. u.s. house prices have now dropped by 33% since the housing

peaked in 2006. this auctioneer's says foreclosures and bankruptcy are now a part of his business. >> that has been a huge engine of growth for our company. we expect it to increase. >> buyers are only looking for a deal. >> we have been looking in the area. it is a very high-priced area. we thought we could get a good opportunity. >> to you think that will happen today? >> the latest case schiller index shows home prices nationwide are now at 2002 values. the housing market got a boost last year from a home buyer tax credit. once that went, the prices slide continued. >> we have been hoping to avoid a so-called double dip.

we are not going to make it. >> although the u.s. expands by 1 million new hustled a year, that growth is not yet helping the housing market to recover. falling house prices across america means that households are under pressure. they may spend less. even the building industry is under pressure. overall, it is a huge drain on the u.s. economy and there is still no end in sight. >> our top story this hour. the that is facing calls to postpone its presidential election as unease grows over sepp blatter's candidacy. ratko mladic arrives in holland.

the syrian president, by a sharp aad aaside -- bashar al ass has made a move following weeks of anti-government protests in continuing repression by security forces that have left more than a thousand people dead. >> an innocent caught up in a bloody conflict. the funeral of someone allegedly tortured and killed by security forces, one of the youngest victims of this uprising, bringing this response from the u.s. >> i can only hope that this child did not die in vain, but that the syrian government will and the brutality and began a transition to real democracy.

>> protests continue. these demonstrations the biggest challenge to the president in his 11 years in power. in a possible concession, the syrian leaders announced an amnesty for members of political groups. it is not clear whether that includes thousands of protesters. the protestors rejected that offer. the burden is too little, too late. >> a british journalist who prefers to man anonymous told me that the amnesty will not make any difference. >> this will not really change anything. most people do not believe this amnesty will happen at all. if you look at the law that has been passed and that is coming out on state media at the moment, no prisoners are getting pardoned. various people who have been convicted will have live with

hard labor instead of the death sentence. this will not apply to the reported protesters who have been arrested and who have basically disappeared here because they have not been convicted yet of the crime. >> those ordinary protesters would have to admit to belonging to a party they may not be a member of in order to be freed. >> exactly. many of them would have been arrested as criminals, and this applies to political prisoners only. >> and the muslim brotherhood is still banned. >> yes. the muslim brotherhood is still banned here. i think the reason it was put into this law is because the president is trying to say he is giving concessions to various other political parties, may be trying to appease row conservatives here. -- royal conservatives. >> it now appears they are

simply protesting -- simply shooting protesters. >> i am not going to protest. if you go to protest, you will be arrested straight away. they are shooting protests here, according to activists i have spoken to. they are also arresting them in huge numbers. >> following the latest diplomatic efforts by south paprika, colonel gaddafi has again insisted he will never leave libya. there have been a series of explosions in tripoli. we have this report from the front lines. >> moving forward on the misrata front line. antiaircraft guns being used against khadafy's army. behind them, rubbles provide

covering fire for the four- wheel-drive vehicles as they withdraw from another assault. it is like this every day, firing when they see movement and then falling back to what has become a fixed front line. they are not strong enough to go on the offensive. they are here for now. the arrival of british apache helicopters and french tigers could be enough to make the difference. the raf has already intensified attacks. these pictures show transporter's carrying tanks forward taking a direct hit. a soldier who defected from gaddafi's forces early in the campaign provides coordinates to nato of tanks and artillery. he says the tanks are so well camouflaged they look like moving trees. but there are very few trained

soldiers in this citizen army. mohammed is a truck driver. another mohammad is a mechanic. and there is a welcome back for a green grocer who has returned a day after four -- day after being injured. >> with the help of helicopters, the artillery will scatter, then we can advance to tripoli. >> many of the fighters on one important flank our english- language students commanded by the professor. >> regardless, they are here to fight for freedom. >> the arrival of apache helicopters would make nato's mission to protect civilians a far more offensive campaign. tripoli is just two hours from here on a clear road. bbc news, on the front line west of misrata. >> imagine if the pictures in

your newspaper could come to life, or if a statute in a museum could start talking to you. believe it or not, that is now possible with a technology called augmented reality. the advertising industry in particular is pinning great hopes on it taking off. >> it is one of london's great landmarks, but is there something different about trafalgar square today? look through the lens of the smartphone and a system -- and a statue seems to come alive. the picture is transformed into something else. >> leonardo is from a town just west of florence, in tuscany. >> there appears to be a dragon on the steps. marilyn monroe is dancing on the grass. a new phone application recognizes images and link them to something else. it is called augmented reality. is it really the next big thing?

>> we are seeing a new technology that allows us to interact with information in a different way. you get 1000 ideas about how you can use this. >> augmented reality has been around for a while, but the image recognition app could make the whole idea more appealing. you can even use this to put your face on famous buildings. it looks like fun. but here is the big question. do businesses or consumers want to augment their reality? the advertising industry has been playing with augmented reality for a while, and believes there is interest. >> we have seen people interacting with our posters, getting completely involved, being able to open the doors on a car ad. people pick it up pretty quickly. we think people like this sort

of thing. >> even if it can bring your business card to life, not everyone is convinced. >> how many people are going to hold their phone up in the middle of the street to see a movie trailer or something like that? it is for people with time to kill. for technology to make a difference, it has to solve a problem for my life. >> it is still early days for augmented reality. it may come to change the way we look at the world, a living newspaper, or it may prove a passing fad. >> a reminder of our main news. the future of chuck blazer, the whistle-blower behind allegations of bribery at fifa, appears uncertain. the former bosnian serb military commander ratko mladic has arrived in the hague to face charges of genocide at the war crimes tribunal. this is bbc news.

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