look at the opinion polls today, which show 46% of catalans favour independence.is is a region com pletely opposed it. this is a region completely divided. you don't have the momentum that would take your movement towards independence. the momentum that would take your movement towards independencem any case, you have won the last four opportunities to express our well, that's votes, in 2014 with a proper consultation. my catalans point is it is not that you can't win elections, these are the words of a historian, she says some of us believe that, despite the fact of victory and a referendum might be valid and legitimate with a win or simply 51%, the truth is in terms of secession from spain, you need a much wider majority than that and you can't win that wider majority. why we can't? it is our goal. i said it before. it is part of our goals. it is exactly this one. we are conscious of this. we know that it will be hard to overcome the 50% of cata la n will be hard to overcome the 50% of catalan society in favour of our project. we will have no right to claim for

well, my guest today is ernest maragall, self—styled minister of foreign action in the catalan regionalnment. was the separatists‘ decision to go for broke a year ago a major strategic error? ernest maragall, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. here we are, one year on from that referendum, which you separatists claim gave you a mandate for independence, but which, of course, the madrid government declared completely illegal. and many people believe that right now, your movement has lost momentum and has no clear strategy. that's a legitimate thought, this one. but i think things are slightly different. we're finding our new path, no? we are building it, this new path. we've had this... after the troubled facts in the last year, we've had to... how to say, how do you say, a bad year? you've had a black year... in terms of repression and injustice. we have suffered. we are still suffering in this situation of high pressure coming from the spanish state. i'm focused really on what seems to be a lack of direction inside the separatist movement. for example, you brought out huge crowds onto the

government hasn't done much to tend to make the catalan republic or to make an illegal referendum. madrid's direct rule of catalonia ended in june when petro sanchez replaced prime minister mariano wholly in a vote of no confidence sanchez is against independence but his approach a softer than that of his predecessor his government agreed to move jilt catalan politicians out of prisons in madrid to ones in catalonia behavior like you in the real election of petra sanchez is actually good news because he has a softer approach is open to dialogue but it's not clear if he has specific political objectives or he can result in situation because he just doesn't have a parliamentary majority. the promise of talks between the spanish and catalan leaders has yet to come to fruition so for these demonstrators the fight for independence remains in the hands of the people. al-jazeera. all right let's bring in our guests in barcelona jordan villanova he's the national secretary with the cattle a national assembly that's a grassroots organization supporting catalan independence in madrid tony ro

words cattle anya and offered the fresh start to negotiations on its status the catalan leader wasn't so flexible and insisted only on holding it legally binding referendum on independence the issue of the independence remains divisive in the region with paul suggesting capped loans are almost evenly split on whether to stay part of spain. the truth is that many people feel disappointed because they thought everything was heading towards the final goal of independence yet despite some people feeling tired many of us are determined to continue forward . we will continue to fight for independence despite all the many difficult us we'll do day by day i'm very much against it now is not the time for cattle on it to become independent for me it would be better to leave things as they are moving spain and we are spanish many now fear that failure to find common ground in catalonia would likely spill into and no other political crisis triggering another snap election sometime in early twenty nineteen catalan independence is a saga that could yet have another anniversary next october first su

government and put eight of the deposed members in jail and the oust catalan leader of fled the country to belcher with an international arrest warrant on his hat the spanish government dissolved the catalan parliament to control of local police forces and called for snap elections this measure we go to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia the region will have to hold an election within six months the minds engineers to hold it as soon as we recover but that didn't bring the relief madrid had hoped for and stats catalan poor independence party has held their absolute majority in the vote and put in power a hardline separatist leader bringing an end to seven months of direct rule from a treat and june this year spain welcomed its own new prime minister who adopted a softer tone towards cattle on and an offer of the fresh start to negotiations on its status the catalan leader wasn't so flexible and insisted only on holding a legally binding referendum on independence the issue of independence remains divisive in the region with pool suggesting capped

and also wants to first anniversary of the catalan independence referendum these protesters today taking action across spain this break where rage of the crisis still in the still. by the just turned four pm here in moscow life in the arctic new center is kevin i am with you for this thirty minute news update top of the news feed this hour then after seventeen years of war in afghanistan the u.s. has once again hinted it's open to peace talks with the taliban widely considered as a terrorist organization however it doesn't seem that the militants themselves are willing to accept the offer especially considering the increasing control the groups exerting on the ground no days he was granted rare access to taliban militant command and raised the subject direct. the americans never want to cooperate with the taliban and the taliban has never asked the americans again to cooperate against the islamic state the americans are bombing us while we fight against isis. the latest just of direct talks between the taliban and washington came from the u.s. state department on friday. this is ministra

government hasn't done much to ten men to make the catalan republic or to make an illegal referendum. madrid's direct rule of catalonia ended in june when pedro sanchez replaced prime minister marianna hoey in a vote of no confidence sanchez as against independence but his approaches softer than that of his predecessor his government agreed to move jailed cattle and politicians out of prisons in madrid to ones in catalonia behavior like you in the real election of petra sanchez is actually good news because he has a softer approach is open to dialogue but it's not clear if he has specific political objectives or he can result situation because he just doesn't have a parliament for majority. the promise of talks between the spanish and catalan leaders has yet to come to fruition so for these demonstrators the fight for independence remains in the hands of the people. al-jazeera. president donald trump has praised the free trade deal he struck with canada calling it the biggest in u.s. history it was sealed off more than a year of intense negotiations it keeps the two nations along wit

independence protesters are continuing to march through the catalan capital of barcelona on the first anniversary of the independence referendum that was branded illegal by him but read sort of steady stream of people over the past few hours it's now nightfall there but certainly quite a few people we saw earlier adorned with the castle flag in the center of barcelona now earlier roadblocks were set up in the city and busy traffic areas campaigners also blocked major motorways and railway lines across the rest of spanish region. hundreds of clashed with local police in the city of jerome earlier protestors were making their way to the train station barricade. medina caution of a report on the stalemate over catalonia one year on from the independence vote that rocked spain. a year after catalunya as failed attempt to break away from spain the situation in the region remains deadlocked back than madrid called the referendum on independence illegal and refused to acknowledge it as a result of police crackdown on demonstrators left hundreds of people injured on the anniversary there are

government hasn't done much to tend to make the catalan republic or to make an illegal referendum. madrid's direct rule of catalonia ended in june when petro sanchez replaced prime minister marianna wholly in a vote of no confidence sanchez as against independence but is approaches softer than that of his predecessor his government agreed to move jailed cattle and politicians out of prisons in madrid to ones in catalonia behavioral a feeling that we have an election at petrus and change is actually good news because he has a softer approach is open to dialogue but it's not clear if he has specific political objectives or he can result situation because he just doesn't have a parliamentary majority. the promise of talks between the spanish and catalan leaders has yet to come to fruition so for these demonstrators the fight for independence remains in the hands of the people. al-jazeera. the deadline's pasta for a village of palestinians to leave their homes under orders from israel bedouins in kind of lama were told to pack up and leave by midnight on monday israel wants to demolish

government hasn't done much to tend to make the catalan republic or to make an illegal referendum. madrid's direct rule of catalonia ended in june when petra sanchez replaced prime minister marianna wholly in a vote of no confidence sanchez is against independence but is approaches softer than that of his predecessor his government agreed to move jill carroll and politicians out of prisons in madrid to ones in catalonia this is below if you're in the real election at petrus and change is actually good news because he has a softer approach is open to dialogue but it's not clear if he has specific political objectives or he can result situation because he just doesn't have a parliamentary majority. the promise of talks between the spanish and catalan leaders has yet to come to fruition so for these demonstrators the fight for independence remains in the hands of the people. al-jazeera. all right let's bring in our guests in barcelona jordan villanova he's the national secretary with the cattle a national assembly that's a grassroots organization supporting catalan independence in mad

government hasn't done much to ten men to make the catalan republic or to make an illegal referendum. madrid's direct rule of catalonia ended in june when petro sanchez replaced prime minister my honor a hole in a vote of no confidence sanchez as against independence but is approaches softer than that of his predecessor his government agreed to move jailed cattle and politicians out of prisons in madrid to ones in catalonia behaviorally feeling that we have an election at petra sanchez is actually good news because he has a softer approach is open to dialogue but it's not clear if he has specific political objectives or he can resolve the situation because he just doesn't have a parliamentary majority. the promise of talks between the spanish and catalan leaders has yet to come to fruition so for these demonstrators the fight for independence remains in the hands of the people. about one million people in northern yemen who are living in makeshift camps on the verge of famine there are no who think controlled area the saudi amorality coalition's been targeting and that's making it di

police have broken up demonstrations in barcelona on the first anniversary of the catalan independence referendum as night fell there was a standoff on the streets of the city which is capital of the semi autonomous catalan region catalans voted for secession in last year's unofficial referendum but it was ruled illegal by the government in madrid well earlier protesters staged a sit in at the entrance of barcelona stock exchange and tried to block roads and railways an estimated one hundred eighty thousand people also marched through the city there not only unhappy with the madrid government they want more action from the catalan regional government to push for independence. but i'm definitely not going to get on the stand and it was important to do something today because throughout this year we have not made much progress the cash led government has not done much and we had determined for cash land republic and i know that the road today it's already been a year since october the first we voted then regardless of all the obstacles imposed by a fascist oppressive government that did

the promise of talks between the spanish and catalan leaders has yet to come to fruition so for these demonstrators the fight for independence remains in the hands of the people. al-jazeera. the white house has ordered the f.b.i. to expand its investigation into sexual assault allegations against u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh president donald trump had been accused of trying to restrict the inquiry on friday the senate judiciary committee now any votes to advance common as confirmation to the next stage trump says the f.b.i. should talk to whoever they need to providing it finishes by this friday. i think the f.b.i. should it give you anybody that they want within reason but you have to say within reason they should interview but they should also be guided and i'm being guided by what the senators are looking for shepparton she has more from washington d.c. the question being asked by many now is whether the f.b.i. will expand its investigation from simply the allegations of assault and sexual impropriety leveled against kavanaugh to the testimony cavanaugh gave out the s

government hasn't done much to tend to make the catalan republic or to make an illegal referendum. madrid's direct rule of catalonia ended in june when petro sanchez replaced prime minister marianna wholly in a vote of no confidence sanchez is against independence but is approaches softer than that of his predecessor his government agreed to move jill carroll and politicians out of prisons in madrid to ones in catalonia this is below if you're in the real election at petrus and change is actually good news because he has a softer approach is open to dialogue but it's not clear if he has specific political objectives or he can result situation because he just doesn't have a parliamentary majority. the promise of talks between the spanish and catalan leaders has yet to come to fruition so for these demonstrators the fight for independence remains in the hands of the people. al-jazeera. all right let's bring in our guests in barcelona jordan villanova he's the national secretary with the cattle on national assembly that's a grassroots organization supporting catalan independence in ma

government and put eight of the deposed members in jail and the oust catalan leader of fled the country to belcher with an international arrest warrant on his hat the spanish government dissolved the catalan parliament to control of local police forces and called for snap elections if this measure we go to implement has a lot to do with the goal of holding an election in catalonia or city markets thirty percent what if your home with four hundred to five hundred three per second per second and one rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building two point one billion dollars a are you industrial. but don't let the numbers will be. the only number you need remember one you know for the mid one. nineteen minutes past ten am this monday morning here in moscow welcome back a referendum on whether to change a southern european countries name appears to have fallen flat people in macedonia were asked if they wanted to add the word north to the name but only thirty six percent of voters turned out on sunday way below the fifty percent threshold needed to make any change at all it despite tha

barcelona and other cities in north and spain to mark the first anniversary of the band referendum on catalan independence one year on how united is a movement to break away from spain. welcome to the show indonesia has started burying hundreds of dead in a mass grave that's after last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed almost eight hundred fifty people the death toll is expected to rise further as authorities reach areas cut off by the disaster tens of thousands of people homeless and many survivors say they haven't eaten for days a correspondent bustin hot issue reports now from one of the hardest hit cities. all they want is to get out. some of them have been waiting for days at the airport to get on one of the planes that are bringing in the eight. indonesia's armed forces are constantly airlifting in relief goods things that people here need most water food medication most of all and on the way back they're taking those who are desperately waiting to leave old people people or injured people who've lost their homes women and small children. are going to get me a little

official ceremonies when he was jailed last year after holding an illegal referendum on succession catalan parliament passed a motion on thursday calling for the abolition of the monarchy called pen holders one of the rallies in barcelona. palmer there should pass a law to payment so in order to try to save that on top of the twelve simply ignored it to make her mark to ride the first accomplice to be a man held in the bronx and mismanagement by a group but he should be clearly administered by going to a moving picture this hundreds of police are on duty because of that demonstration he's on a collision course with opposing crowds now these are made up of mostly pro independence activists and self described anti fascist now the political crisis spawned by the catalan independence issues being gripping spying the move in a year now the spanish government has so far showed little willingness to negotiate right itself through the region and meanwhile independent groups inside of catalonia are arguing amongst themselves about the speed and the exact steps they need to take to move toward i mea

now spaniards of marks national day with rallies both in support of and against catalan independence thousands marched through the center of the catalan city bus alone or with riot police alongside them call panel has more now from barcelona. spanish national pride barcelona streets. for some a simple celebration of being spanish for others another chance to voice opposition to efforts by the catalonia region to create a breakaway republic there. i'm here for the unity of spain we all have to be together down with the independence movement. hundreds of police are on duty because of that demonstration is on a collision course with opposing crowds now these are made up of mostly from independents activists and self described anti fascist i mean the two things are the same being anti fascist as being against authority and somebody who wants to vote for their independence is thora tarion to. the political crisis triggered by the catalan independence issues gripped spain for more than a year despite a successful referendum pro independence politicians the fail to agree on how to split fro

how to al-jazeera bali spaniards of not national day with rallies both in support of and against catalan independence thousands marched through the center of the catlin capital us alone at riot police alongside them called penn who has more now from boston lenna. spanish national pride on barcelona streets. for samba a simple celebration of being spanish for others another chance to voice opposition to efforts by the catalonia region to create a breakaway republic. i'm here for the unity of spain we all have to be together down with the independence movement. hundreds of police are on duty because that demonstration is on a collision course with opposing crowds now these are made up of mostly pro

government hasn't done much to tend to make the catalan republic or to make an illegal referendum. madrid's direct rule of catalonia ended in june when petro sanchez replaced prime minister mariano wholly in a vote of no confidence sanchez as against independence but its approach is softer than that of his predecessor his government agreed to move jailed cattle and politicians out of prisons in madrid to ones in catalonia behaviorally feeling there will be an election apache essential is actually good news because he has a softer approach is open to dialogue but it's not clear if he has specific political objectives or he can result situation because he just doesn't have a parliamentary majority. the promise of talks between the spanish and catalan leaders has yet to come to fruition so for these demonstrators the fight for independence remains in the hands of the people. on al-jazeera. the deadline has passed for a villager palestinians to leave their homes under orders from israel that ends in qana and ahmad were told to pack up and leave by midnight on monday israel wants to dem

barcelona and other species in north and spain to mark the first anniversary of the band's referendum on catalan independence one year on how united is a movement to break away from spain. welcome to the show indonesia's government is struggling to cope with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the region last week now authorities are rushing to get aid and rescue equipment to the area the president has now called for other countries to pitch in and help more than eight hundred forty people have been confirmed dead so far tens of thousands of people are homeless. to make much disaster struck first an earthquake then this tsunami. is no stranger to natural thomases and the government had been keen to show it was ready for this more. but the region at the center of the disaster around the city of palu is remote so the rescue operation has been slow to get off the mark. but this woman is begging to be airlifted out of the region are responding to the distress president djoko with dodo help distribute emergency food supplies he also authorized international aid agencies to enter the

the political crisis triggered by the catalan independence issues gripped spain for more than a year despite a successful referendum pro independence politicians the fail to agree on how to split from spain and create their own republic it's difficult to explain to the people who support it because. to work in the political field but we did system that. but the spanish government insists there's nothing to negotiate and pro independence grass roots groups like these are growing impatient it delays and with their leaders before always said that some of the parties that are growing dependence at the end they are stablish men and they defend some interests that are not our interests at the same time they are just like moment allies sometimes but that's it and when we have to go against them we will be against them in the event opposing marches took different routes avoiding the chance of confrontation. beyond the issue of independence for catalonia or not detractors say october the twelfth is not a date would be of celebrating. in marks the arrival of christopher columbus to the america

region catalans voted for secession in last year's unofficial referendum but it was ruled illegal by the government in madrid well earlier protests are.

voted for succession but spain central government said the poll was illegal just as well the catalan regional government to keep pushing for a separate state. and if you know when i was going to stay i knew it was important to do something today because throughout this year we have not made much progress the catalan government has not done much and we are determined for castle and republic and i know. it's already been a year since october the first we voted then regardless of all the obstacles imposed by a fascist oppressive government that did nothing but assault innocent people who went only with the ballot paper in hand the deadline has passed the palestinians in a village to leave their homes before israeli forces move in bedouins in the heart of the mob were ordered to pack up by midnight on monday israel wants to demolish the village in the occupied west bank to make way for more illegal jewish settlements amnesty international says it's a war crime to forcibly remove them u.s. president donald trump has hailed the new us mexico canada agreement as the most important trade dea

last year carlos pushed him on to the catalan leader at the time pressed ahead with the vote despite being declared illegal by spain's constitutional court on the day of the referendum spanish riot police stormed polling stations across the region and clamped down on protesters hundreds of people were injured the violent crackdown brought international condemnation the cattle an assembly officially declared independence on october twenty seventh but it was not internationally recognized the spanish government dissolved catalonia its parliament and imposed direct rule shortly thereafter carlos ph demands fledge to belgium and remains there in self-imposed exile earlier this year spanish authorities revoked european international arrest warrants for him on the eve of the anniversary he says that the route to independence was never going to be. smooth or quick. we are facing a very complex crisis i said that even before the declaration of independence i don't regret a vote but there isn't a button that we push and just like that we have a republic it doesn't work like that direct rule i

last year carlos ph dimanche the catalan leader at the time pressed ahead with the vote despite being declared illegal by spain's constitutional court on the day of the referendum spanish riot police stormed polling stations across the region and clamped down on protesters hundreds of people were injured the violent crackdown brought international condemnation the cattle an assembly officially declared independence on october twenty seventh but it was not internationally recognized the spanish government dissolved catalonia parliament and imposed direct rule shortly thereafter carlos peach demands fledge to belgium and remains there and self-imposed exile earlier this year spanish authorities revoked european an international arrest warrants for him on the eve of the anniversary he says that the route to independence was never going to be smooth or quick. we are facing a very complex crisis i said that even before the declaration of independence i don't regret the vote but there isn't a button that we push and just like that we have a republic it doesn't work like that. direct rule in

was important to do something today because throughout this year we have not made much progress the catalan government has not done much and we are determined for cash land republic and i knew it would be so very deep in the years since october the first we voted then regardless of all the obstacles imposed by a fascist oppressive government that did nothing but assault innocent people who went only with the ballot paper in hand the deadline has passed for palestinians in a village to leave their homes before israeli forces move in bedouins in harlem were ordered to pack up by midnight on monday israel wants to demolish the village in the occupied west bank to make way for more illegal jewish settlements u.s. president donald trump has hailed the new us mexico canada agreement as the most important trade deal in america's history the cover one point two trillion dollars worth of trade all three countries calling it a win. the white house has over the f.b.i. to expand its investigation into sexual assault allegations against u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh president trump had been

verse three of the catalan independence referendum thousands of people marched through the city which is the capital of the semi autonomous catalan region protesters also staged a sit in at the entrance of the barcelona stock exchange and tried to block roads and railways catalans voted for secession in last year's unofficial referendum which was ruled illegal by the government in madrid the ucas ruling conservative party is holding its annual conference against the backdrop of the ongoing negotiations to leave the european union with the party seemingly in open warfare over its breck's its strategy all sides in the argument on public display and as lawrence leave reports from the conference in birmingham no one seems willing to compromise. we're told the points abraxas is to make britain grace again restore some rule britannia and victorian global significance first top then the people who say the only way is to jettison entirely the european projects they talk of swashbuckling trade agreements with mexico in china we know there were eighty nine people at their meeting because they v

last year carlos pushed him on to the catalan leader at the time pressed ahead with the vote despite being declared illegal by spain's constitutional court on the day of the referendum spanish riot police stormed polling stations across the region and clamped down on protesters hundreds of people were injured the violent crackdown brought international condemnation of the cattle an assembly officially declared independence on october twenty seventh but it was not internationally recognized the spanish government dissolved catalonia as parliament and imposed direct rule shortly thereafter carlos ph demands fledge to belgium and remains there and self-imposed exile earlier this year spanish authorities revoked european an international arrest warrants for him on the eve of the anniversary he says that the route to independence was never going to be smooth or quick. we are facing a very complex crisis i said that even before the declaration of independence i don't regret a vote but there isn't a button that we push and just like that we have a republic it doesn't work like that direct r

the political crisis triggered by the catalan independence issues gripped spain for more than a year despite a successful referendum pro independence politicians the fail to agree on how to split from spain and create their own republic it's difficult to explain to the people who support it because. in the political field but we did system that. but the spanish government insists there's nothing to negotiate and pro independence grass roots groups like these are growing impatient it delays and with their leaders we've always said that some of the parties that are growing dependence at the end they are stablish men and they defend interests that are not our interests at the same time they are just like moment allies sometimes but that's it and when we have to go against them we will be against them in the event opposing marches took a different route avoiding the chance of confrontation. beyond the issue of independence for catalonia or not detractors say october the twelfth is not a date would be of celebrating. it marks the arrival of christopher columbus to the americas more than f

yeah i'm absolutely delighted to be joined from catalonia by elephant upolu see the present of the catalan national assembly ever said oh welcome to the alex salmond so it's lovely to see you again clearly feelings are still high and bosler not of course across catch a lot and get this week and scotland there's going to be another march anetta but you may have heard of i'm keen to take an understanding from me of what you think the importance of marches are to a independence movement whatever that might be in catalonia or did in scotland. it was very important to choose and what we didn't want to. show was that turkey is a man's our home how rather than on their own that's how people have about. how the gestures are they are willing to demonstrate they are willing to our best things they are willing to are going to use. our most he had. the opportunity thinking they are. going to have three seasons well i think it's lovely to see you thank you so much for your time wishing you all the very best indeed ellice end up losing the present at the castle and national assembly thank you very much

more than three million tourists come to the catalan city each year to see the church. views among the locals about the project differ the crowds of tourists who come to see the church have changed the neighborhood souvenir shops and kiosks have forced out businesses from around the church and there's another thing that worries the residents back when the building started the construction site was in the middle of the field now the surrounding area is completely built up and some of the buildings will have to be torn down to implement county's original plans for the promise not in front of the main facade. the target date for finishing the project is twenty twenty six just in time for the one hundredth anniversary of county's death but even in its unfinished date the church is already one of the best known buildings in europe. time now for an exciting train journey through southern spain starting in seville will be enjoying the local culture all the way to grenada it's well worth taking the scenic route. the luxury of. seville is the heart and capital of banda lucy a ci

been detained as part of an investigation into what they describe as the diversion of money from the catalan football federation to private and. the former president of garner's f.a. and one of the most powerful men in african football has been handed a lifetime ban by fee for corruption and tacky was filmed appearing to take a sixty five thousand dollars bribe from an undercover journalist taki a former member of his general counsel and vice president of the confederation of african football he's also been fined nearly five hundred thousand dollars. leicester city have confirmed the settlers premier league game away to cardiff will go ahead as shed you will it will be their first game since the death of club owner veatch our city of atlanta problem a book of condolences been opened at lester's king power stadium where the time billionaire was killed in a helicopter crash following last week's game against west ham all five people on board lost their lives a petition for a statue of a child to be placed outside the ground has already attracted tens of thousands of signatures. so the artistic

police charged in to break up a demonstration in front of the catalan regional parliament.ore they say time heals all wounds, but this one is still raw. angry scenes between police and pro— independent protesters on the streets of barcelona. the demonstrators remove barricades and forced their way to the regional parliament, with some sticking up signs saying republic under construction on the door. riot officers charged in to break up the crowd, firing rubber bullets, using batons and pulling people away from the building. for many, the violence will have echoes of this time last year, when police from outside catalonia forcibly stopped people from taking part in an illegal independence referendum. something still in people's minds as they gathered to protest earlier in the day, holding signs that read no forgetting, no forgiveness. translation: we saw on television what beasts they were. it was total incivility. but on their part, because we have not done anything. they remain defiant, but the pro— independence dream is at the very least on hold. many of their leaders are

been detained as part of an investigation into what they describe as the diversion of money from the catalan football federation to private and. the former president of garner's f.a. and one of the most powerful men in african football has been handed a lifetime ban by fee for corruption and tacky was filmed appearing to take a sixty five thousand dollars bribe from an undercover journalist taki a former member of his general counsel and vice president of the confederation of african football he's also been fined nearly five hundred thousand dollars. leicester city have confirmed the settlers premier league game away to cardiff will go ahead as should you all it will be their first game since the death of club owner veatch our city of atlanta proper a book of condolences been opened to the king power stadium where the time billionaire was killed in a helicopter crash following last week's game against west ham all five people on board lost their lives a petition for a statue of a child to be placed outside the ground has already attracted tens of thousands of signatures to the artistic gymna