fifa. gripping world football shows no sign of abating. today, germany, football's reigning world champions, saw their headquarters raided by police. they searched the homes of three top officialsit was related to the country's bid to host the 2006 world cup. theas been alleged that german fa made a payment to fifa to buy the necessary votes. officials have denied wrongdoing. most beckenbauer, the revered player, and the head of the bidding team, have also been implicated. he insists the money was given to unlock substantial financial subsidies. the president of the german faa says the money was intended as a bribery/fund. >> i want the truth to finally come out. i know i am telling the truth and have nothing to fear. >> speaking in new york, the man tasked with reforming fifa says there must be a wholesale change in culture. >> you want the top to have strong leadership. we think influence you change the culture from the top, there must be new ways of conveying the messages. >> germany is not the only country facing up to world cup bidding issues. a fifa whistleblower claims in connectionaid with morocco's failed bid for the 2008 world cup. it does not stop there. millions wer

link between the german football association and a secret bank account from disgraced fee for -- fifa official increasingly under pressure. reporter: the role in securing the 2000 world six four germany has come under scrutiny since the resignation of wolfgang on monday. there is a contrite for various services that were signed with the disgraced vice president jack warner in 2000, just days before the vote in 2006. now, it is said the fbi has found a secret bank account. it is now a multifaceted scandal. it was reported there was part of a slush fund to buy the 2006 votes. and they will have a massive job, with the interim president saying it will take a long time for the german football reputation to recover. the fellow interim head has already ruled himself out, as has a respected german team manager. >> naturally, it is a topic we are aware of, but i am not interested in being president. reporter: the other says he will make no of the statement while he talks to investigators. there's currently no proof of wrongdoing, but they have big questions for him to answer. sarah: we turn to some bu

the brazilian government gave the watches to fifa officials.n light of allegations at fifa they will finally pass to the ethics committee. it is donating them to street futbol world a charity which helps grass roots futbol in brazil. all right. coming up next, will asian currencies be dragged down by the euro in 2016? we'll take a look at morgan stanley's predictions in your headlines, coming up. ♪ >> welcome back. it's friday, november 27. these are your headlines. let's get to the simmering tensions between russia and turkey. continuing to hammer turkish financial assets. weakening for a fourth straight day. the bond yield has actually jumped to a six-week high. traders also had to take into account the government dropping the word "independent" from a reference to the central bank monetary policy, a move that was played down by the deputy prime minister. to india, outflows from the country's financial markets are intensifying this month helping drive the rupe to the weakest level in two months. local currency bonds have dropped the most sinc

tom: first there was the fifa corruption scandal. thesenior officials from world of athletics are holding talks over russia's participation in next year's olympics in rio hangs in the balance. after allegations of doping on a massive scale, the sports ministry in moscow says it is cooperating with the investigation and in line with instructions from president putin, anyone involved in the scandal will be sacked. now with the u.n. climate summit meeting just 2 weeks from now, france has reinstated border checks in a bid to prevent any terror attacks or threat to public order. this was the scene of the french a sea belgiumsly and luxembourg, -- and obviously the borde -- on the border with belgium and luxembourg, similar scene. as the french capital gears up to host that u.n. summit later on this month, per preparations are in full swing in terms of logistics and also in terms of getting the debate started. the former u.s. vice president al gore will be hosting a 24-hour televised event from the eiffel tower. that is with the goal of raising awareness abo

until tuesday as things stand and then he is determined i'm told to carry on his work, if not official work for fifa, but his work is to try and still clear his name. >> thank you for that update from london. >> here's what's coming up after the break. u.s. presidential hope was scare off in their fourth debate. we'll tell you about the world's biggest on line sales bonanza. that's coming up in a moment. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. >> the top stories on al jazeera, slovenia building a fence on its border with croatia in an attempt to stem the flow of refugees and migrants. the e.u. is holding another meeting to figure out how to you deal with the refugee in flux. >> afghan president ashraf ghani is setting up an inquire rye. thoses of demonstrators were outside the presidential palace. >> seth blatter has been hospitalized after an undisclosed stress related incident. the 79-year-old has vowed to fight allegations of corruption in fifa. >> eight police officers sentenced to 15 years in prison were convicted of kil

it is not official work for fifa, but his work is to try to clear his name. >> russia's sports ministeraid that the country is ready to cooperate with the world anti-doping agency. it comes after the wada commission recommendation that russian athletics be banned from competition. the sports federation were to meet with vladimir putin, but it was canceled. rory challands has more from moscow. >> it's a case of bad weather stops play ahead of russia's sporting federation they're supposed to be flying to sochi to meet with the russian president and update him for preparations for the 2016 olympics. they've had their meeting, and the plan is if whether permits they will at some point fly out t. it is a busy week in how it handles this whole crisis. on thursday the russian athletics federation has to submit it's the replies to the international replies regarding the doping scandal. the iaaf is having its own meeting on friday in which it might well decide that it's going to expel russia from future international athletics competitions. then into next week there is the headline for the russi

while they enjoy,: >> fifa ruled hong kong must travel to the maldives for a world cup. they cited security threats and hong kong officials wanted the match moved but fifa say the maldives ministry of defense has guaranteed the team's safety. the maldives will play at home, but there is a lengthy lift of countrys who haven't been able to host home games. palestine were told the next two qualifiers have to be shifted away. many are in the asian football confederation incluing myanmar. kuwait is banned from fifa activities right now for government interference. a few banned countrys in africa. they have to play home game abroad. >>> to golf and the big names continue to struggle in shanghai shanghai. rory mcilroy was a struggling name but this tee shot a highlight of his second round. he went on to make a birdie but the round of 72 leaves him 10 off the lead. jordan spieth also 10 shots back as are ricky fowler. the leader is two clear of the field, 14 under par. >> it is beyond my expectations and it has been good ie. making a lot of putts and that's fun keeping the round going. >>> dirk nowitski the 16th nba player to pas

search years after fifa's ethics committee launched formal modings against the pair, officials are examining a $2 million payment to blatter, invited to a guilty verdict would end his opportunity to take over fifa. reach a verdict in december both men deny any wrongdoing. a group of kenyan athletes have occupied the headquarters of their national athletics federation white protesting against alleged corruption. police were called after athletes entered the building and locked the gates. the group is calling for the removal of kenyan president, one of three officials investigated by the international athletics federation, over a doping coverup. pocketed more than $700,000 from sportswear giant nike. they deny the allegations. >> out of his office, so we want sport and change to happen. with admitefforts. >> professor is running but athletics are, failing to address the issue of doping. more than 30 kenyan athletes have been suspended since 2012 after failing tests for doping. accused officials within the kenyan athletics federation of covering up those doping results. this year's iaaf competi

several top officials were arrested in the fifa scandal, but he wasn't named in the united states indictmente former head of german football who quit on monday is to keep his high-ranking position within fifa. he resigned over allegations the country paid fifa a multi-million dollars bribe. fifa says he will be staying on as an executive committee member. >>> and five nepalese football players have been leased from jail on bond. they have been accused of taking money from book makers in singapore, and the international games. >>> sri lanka's cricketing domination of the west indies has continued in the first game of a two-match series. smashing his way into the history books, becoming sri lanka's highest-ever scorer in the form of the game. his team scored 215 for 3 in their 20s over. in in indy -- already lost their first test. >>> in the nba the timberwolves have ended the hawks seven-game winning streak. minnesota almost managing to lose this game despite opening up a 34-point lead. andrew wiggins with 33 points on the night, saw the timberwolves winning 117-107. >>> and it was a big nigh

top officials were arrested or implicated in the fifa scandal. but he was not named in the united states indictment. french two-time athlete has decide of a heart attack at the age of 31. he competed in beijing and london olympics but retired after suffering from a cardio pulmonary arrest while swimming in 2014. he was placed in an induced coma, and then went on to coach. >>> the former head of german football who quit his job on monday is to keep his high ranking position in fifa. they would rain the rights to win the 2006 world cup and charges the ocean denies. they say that they will be staying on as an executive committee member. >> in the nba the minnesota timberwolves have ended the atlanta hawks seven-game-winning streak. minnesota almost managed to win despite opening up a 34-point lead. the basket put the hawks ahead of andrew wigans with 33 points on the night with the timberwolves winning 117-107. >> sana thank you. now before we go here is something to chew over. an unlikely tourist attraction from the u.s. is about to blasted away in

. >>> new this morning, the fifa ethics committee completes its investigation into the top organization officialsformer president sepp blatter is insured sure he won't be found guilty. they were all suspended for 90 days, this is back on october 8th. we're following the recommendations from the world football's ethics committee that was a result of that. they and many others in the organization were charged with corruption, wire fraud, racketeering as well as money laundering. >>> volkswagen is in more trouble for its emissions cheating software. the epa says that software may be on diesel vehicles than originally thought. the epa accused of vw of using it on 10,000 vw and audi vehicles from 2014 to this year. now the auto maker says the same software is on vehicles going back to 2009 models. the epa says it will investigate and take appropriate action. >>> it was a horrific crash that devastated the hyattsville community, 5 dead, 14 injured when a church van went up in flames earlier this month. erika gonzalez sat down with a father and son still waiting for the rest of that i remember family to

several top south american officials were arrested or implicate in the on going fifa scandal, but he wasn't named in the united states indictment. >> the former head of german football who quit his job monday is to keep his high ranging position within fifa. he resigned from the german f.a. over allegations the country pay the fifa a multi-million dollars bribe to earn the right to host the world cup. the charges are denied. he will be staying on as an executive committee member. >> released on bail after a court hearing while charged with match fictions allegations. the footballers are accused of taking money from book makers to lose international matches. >> in the nba, the minnesota timberwolves ended the atlanta hawks seven-game winning streak. minnesota also managed to lose this game despite openings up a 34 point lead. in the fourth quarter, the hawks ahead. three points on the night for the timberwolves home winning 117-107. >> it was a big night for two former detroit redwings hockey players sergei federov and nicholas lindstrom have been inducted into the sport's hall of fam

comes two weeks after the federation accountant quit his job and several top officials arrested or implicated in the on going fifa he wasn't named in the united states indictment. shy larng ka domination of the west indies continued in the first t 20 game of a two-match series and smaching his smashing his way in the history books and the highest scorer in this form of a game and team scored 215 for 3 in their 20 overs and they never got close in reply and have already lost the test in one day series and striker winning this one by 30 runs. nba the minnesota timber wolves ended the hawks seven game streak and minnesota almost lost the game despite opening up with 34 lead and put the hawks ahead and wiggins with 33 point on the night and sold the timber wolves winning 117-107. and a big night for two former detroit red wings hockey players and have been inducted in the sports hall of fame and finished with 483 career goals and 21 year nhl career was spent entirely with detroit. >> you play with one thing in mind, to win, win the metal, the cup, the series, the game, the bells in the corners and in front of the net

fifa hong kong must travel to the maldives. the indian nation declared a 30 day state of emergency, citing security threats amid political unrest. hong kong officials wanted the match moved but official said the maldives minister of defense guaranteed the team's safety. for now, looks like they will be playing at home, but there's a length three list of countries. palestinian were told this week their next two qualifiers will have to be shifted away from ramallah. those unable to play at home are in the asian football federation include be myanmar. no games in many of the troubled hot spots of the middle east, afghanistan, pakistan, iraq, and kuwait banned from fifa activities right now for government interference. a few countriesing africa, libya and somalia have to play home games abroad, sierra leone just allowed to host games again after the ebola outbreak. >> a man that needs absolutely no introduction to cricket fans around the world. occasionally opening the batting for i understand i can't this time around was at the center of a different opening. >> the charge of the opening bell at new york stock exchange on friday, along with another leg

serious wrongdoing in a fifa report, but could only provide investigators with limited information, because computers used at the time of the bid had been destroyed. >> we spoke to officialsstion couldn't do more, so we think the matter is over. >> the french national is to be played in english premier stadiums ahead of the next round of games. that's a tribute to those killed in the paris attacks. was in the french capitol when the attack happened, and believe security should be stepped up. >> french is a program for society, made even with too much and not enough security. and starting we have to raise the level. one of the good things is to what happened now. is that the security level will be raised. and may be the 20/00/16 euro france would be more secure. >> england and pakistan cricketers play the decisive match of their one kay series on friday. england locked two up, and haven't lost a one day series since 2005. england also today amongsting the test score for the upcoming tour of south africa, they have dropped from that score, having lost the earlier test series against pakistan. >> we are really desperate to win the serieser and the the young group of guys and

association lobbying fifa to move a world cup qualifier in the maldives and declared a 30 day state of emergency on wednesday, citing security threats amid political unrest and hong kong officialss unlikely they will allow the players to travel there for qualifiers. if hong kong is successful they will join a list of countries not able to list home matches during the qualification processes for the 2017 cup and we are told this week that the next two qualifiers would have to be shifted away from ramallah and many in the football confederation and includes myanmar barred after crowd violence last year and trouble hot spots in the middle east including yes, ma'am end, syria, iraq and pakistan and afghanistan and kuwait ban from fifa activities but that is government interference and a few banned countries in africa as well, libya and somalia have to play home games abroad and sierra leone have been allowed to host games after the ebola virus. journalists sometimes have to sit through some pretty dull press conferences but western manager presser on thursday was ever so slightly different. press managers concerned making defenses hold firm during matches to make sure your table st

fifa. there are allegations that russia has been doping its track and field athletes and they could be banned from the 2016 olymp olympics. the world anti-doping agency commissioner report that found russian security officialsmoney from athletes to destroy blood samples. as many as 1400 samples may have been destroyed right before routine doping check and they had 24 gold medals in the london olympics and the report suggests virtually all of them are tainted and russian officials are denying most of what the report has found. jim? >> thank you, chris. it's official, surprise, surprise, hillary clinton is running for president in new hampshire. the democratic front-runner filed her paperwork today in conco concord. there she is. this is the fourth time clinton has reformed the ritual in new hampshire and she did it twice for her husband and now twice for her own campaign, after signing the paperwork, clinton addressed the crowd of supporters on the capital grounds. over on the gop side the candidates preparing for tomorrow's prime time debate and ben carson still answering those questions about the alleged westpoint scholarship offer and should get the most questions along with donald trump. chris christie a

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