former fifa officials sepp blatter and michel platini have been charged with fraud and other offencesully arranged a transfer of two million swiss francs to platini in 2011. 0ur correspondent alex capstick has more on this. swiss authorities have taken six years of this investigation and come to the conclusion that if words, that the payment damaged the —— people's and there was no legal basis for the payment. michel platini, former head of uefa, was bidding to become the next and discover his plans, he was banned for six years, produced before on appeal, sepp blatter was also given appeal, sepp blatter was also given a six year banned by people from football. but with her that the university released a statement from a safe and look forward to the trial before a federal court with optimism and hope that this story will come to an end, and that all the facts will be properly dealt with. he is now 85 years old, in my opinion the best of health, he had her surgery last december and was put in an induced coma for weeks. he's not about this court case hanging over him, and it could be in

as we just heard, the former fifa president, sepp blatter and the former head of uefa, michel platiniany wrongdoing. let's speak now to the guardian journalist and author of the book the fall of the house of fifa, david conn. but you make of these latest developments?— but you make of these latest develoments? , , ., ., . developments? very, very dramatic, very serious- — developments? very, very dramatic, very serious. it's _ developments? very, very dramatic, very serious. it's been _ developments? very, very dramatic, very serious. it's been a _ developments? very, very dramatic, very serious. it's been a six-year- very serious. it's been a six—year saga sense this payment of 2 million swiss francs from fever under presidency of blatter when he was the president of uefa was up it was revealed in 2015 and both men have served a long banned from football for breaches for the ethics code that the payment was found to represent. but this has been a very long investigation by the swiss attorney general. and it still is a very dramatic and very serious moment for them to face these crimi

swiss prosecutors this afternoon say they have charged sepp blatter and michel platini with fraud.n geneva, we will bring that to you. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. today is bringing plenty of bright but chilly and crisp autumn weather across the uk. some spells of sunshine, but also some showers. that was how it looked for a weather watcher in devon earlier on. those showers affecting northern and western scotland, some for eastern scotland too. northern ireland, western england and wales, further east, more dry weather, some spells of sunshine, highs of 10—13. through this evening and tonight, showers will continue to pepper coastal areas, some moving further inland across parts of northern england. some of the showers over very high ground in northern scotland, could even be wintry. quite a chilly night in prospect, lowest temperatures across parts of southern england, dropping just below freezing, with a touch of frost and some fog patches for parts of england and wales tomorrow morning. we will see some sunny spells, again, some showers, and som