the one theory is that this money was used to buy votes to germany to host the 2006 world cup mohamed bin hammam let's not forget was an executive committee member at the time the executive committee was the body that decided who would host the world cup and of course germany did end up hosting the 2 $1006.00 and. i think any number 1st would be asking why was it can borrow even paying that kind of money to someone you could start to begin to you know like you said the speculation how big of an issue is this going to become for german soccer well i think it's huge not just for her as well but germany as a whole because you've got to remember that the 2006 world cup was not just a sports event that germany happened to house that was a real cultural moment that everybody that said sorry much about well more than germany was in the world and where it still is today you know about multiculturalism here diversity about national pride about the way that gender is just seen internationally as well and so any kind of tarnish event memory and he kind of any anything that brings down the reputation of it

the fee for executive committee and the money traveled through so many hands back and forth mohamed bin hammam involved as we had thief the 2006 organizing committee but also robert louis dreyfus of has since died but was then the c.e.o. of german company at the dose so the suspicion is mainly that it was used to buy votes but also some think that perhaps this goes further back even approach prosecutors admit that they can trace the money back to 2002 where they think it may have been a repayment of a loan made between louis dreyfus and friends back in balance for use in various payments to a qatari company so it's still unclear exactly what this money was used ok there's something of a history a precedent of money being used to buy votes to to buy influence in in the world cup yes absolutely and fee for have been engulfed in corruption scandals for the pasta kate and the khatab bid the next world cup has also been heavily scrutinized and investigated this is now also a dent on a massively positive event in germany 2006 not just in a sporting sense in a cultural sense and also for the image of

used to buy votes through the world cup as we heard the money traveled through several hands mohamed bin hammam. the 200-6000 committee and. robert louis dreyfus who has since died but at the time was the added a c. so you know this wild transfer of money that and prosecutors they think this money initially was also a payment for a loan they say even further back in 2002 payments made to a qatari company and it's suspected back in 2015 dish legal was already reporting this a german magazine that it was used to buy at least 4 votes from asian federations buying votes in the world cup how much of a problem is that and how much is a problem for germany right well several world cup bids have been investigated including the upcoming next world cup the qatar weld cup germany's welcome to the 6 was seen as a very different story you know a very run of the mill awarding and no corruption to be seen but this is dating back since 2015 german prosecutors have been trying to bring cases against at least 3 if not all 4 of these german members here and as we heard that the clock is ticking on the statute of

this is quite clear they also icing trying to sound i would say a tribal message in a way to mohamed bin hammam and telling him that the northern tribes of yemen are united they are quite strong militarily they can hurt the saudi when they are at the weakest point and i think there's a lot of perception now in sanaa that this saudi are losing their grip not just on their military christian the critically speaking in terms of the international consensus to was this when yemen that they are being seen as being weak economically speaking as well and so for them it is the time to strike and show. we're going to move on to other news now rwanda is imposing a border restrictions with the democratic republic of congo because of the bowler crisis a one year old girl is the 3rd patient to test positive for the virus in the congolese city of goma close to the rwandan border the latest outbreak in the d.r. c. is still spreading a year since the 1st case was reported in north kivu province let's go now to our correspondent catherine sawyer she is monitoring the developments for us from the kenyan capital n

louis dreyfus allegedly transferred the same sum in 2002 to disgraced qatari fee for official mohamed bin hammam swiss prosecutors said the exact purpose of the payments to bin hammam could not be determined the d.f.t. had declared it as partial funding for a world cup god that never took place these indictments were late in coming. to the killers are under time pressure on their own the 8 months left under the statute of limitations it's high time charges are filed. now swiss justice has to hurry to reach a verdict or the fraud charges will be dropped. so are they maintain their innocence and what more do we know about the indictments well they certainly are and they really come out swinging today in particular further to the campaign as being wretched and malicious also called the investigators incompetent a litany of other insults that he cast around. as well referred to the investigation as being unspeakable and so that the accusations against him will prove to be on found it now is worth mentioning at this point that this is not the 1st time that we've had allegations or even charges relate

this is quite clear also i think trying to sound i would say a tribal message in a way to to mohamed bin hammam and telling him that the northern tribes of yemen are united they are quite strong militarily they can't hurt the saudi when they are at the weakest point and i think there's a lot of perception now in sana'a that the saudis are losing big grip not just on their military christian but politically speaking in terms of the international consensus to was this when yemen that they are being seen as being weak economically speaking as well and so for them it is the time to strike and show. if you will. i don't know whether this is going to be well received by the saudi with the international community because of course it could lead to a further escalation in violence and civilians will take most of the heat but it's definitely a very clear sign that they resist being a shift in dynamics in the days to many conflicts and if anything i think the relation of violence on the part of this i would you have strengthened politically militarily speaking there are. quite a great deal and be all ben

this is quite clear also i think trying to sound i would say a tribal message in a way to to mohamed bin hammam and telling him that the northern tribes of yemen are united that all quite strong militarily they can hurt saudi when they are at the weakest point and i think there's a lot of perception now in sanaa that the saudis are losing their grip not just on their meet its recruiting but politically speaking in terms of the international consensus to was the school in yemen that they all being seen as being weak economically speaking as well and so for them it is the time to strike and show and sure.