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South koreas football teams are fighting it out right now. And one asian team already punched the ticket to the olympics, japan, are celebrating a famous win over iraq, the details are coming up later in the program. They have on the war in syria. There are conflicting reports about whether the main rebel group has been included. Meanwhile the syrian army is claiming a key victory ahead of those talks retaking shape in the province, which helps security supply routs from the capitol to the south. The United Nations humanitarian coordinator has called the humanitarian disaster in syria the most devastating crisis in the twentyfirst century. Unicef says 250,000 people have died in the fighting, with children, bearing the brunt of the war. Al jazeera diplomatic editor reports. The flag of the syrian regime, flying again. Government forces entering the town of place a strategic importance on the road between damascus, the place where the revolution started almost five years ago. The times
Keepers guilty of sexually abusing children in the Central African republic. And crash landing, one of nasas most Successful Missions comes to an end. I have the sport news and we will be live in las vegas where everybody wants a ticket for mayweather versus pacquiao and the rich estest boxing match in history just two days away. Hello, we start with the latest from nepal the u. N. Has launched a 415 million appeal for aid. And warning people in rural areas are now in desperate need of help. And weather and blocked roads are continuing to hamper the rescue efforts. The official death toll has now exceeded 5800. But with rescue crews not able to get into the hard to reach areas, that number is likely to rise dramatically. The u. N. Estimates 8 Million People have been affected more than a quarter of nepals population. And its thought reconstruction costs could top 5 billion u. S. Dollars or 20 of the countrys gross domestic products and around 600,000 homes have been damaged or destroye
Terrorism list. Median march seizing another boatful of migrants. The Southeast Asian nations agree to step up search and rescue efforts. Warm welcome to the program. Sepp blatter has been reelect as fifa president for a fifth term despite football worlds governing body in the grips of an unprecedented scandal. Blatter got 133 votes athe Fifa Congress in zurich just short of the 140 votes needed to avoid a second round of voting. His challenger from jordan got just 73 votes but con seated defeat. Fifa is targeted by u. S. And swiss authorities in separate corruption cases. Sepp blatter said he willed restore the damaged reputation. Im not perfect. Nobodys perfect. We will do a good job together im sure. So i thank you so much. I thank you for the trust and confidence trust and confidence together we go. Lets go fifa lets go fifa thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Earlier his defeated challenger thanked supporters as he withdrew from the race. Its been a wonderful journey in terms
And captured at 15, he spent a decade in guantanamo and more time behind bars in canada. We meet omar. Talks to tackle the growing migrant crisis in Southeast Asia are underway in bangkok. Representatives from 17 nations are attending. This includes myanmar where most of the rohingya migrants are from. It says its being singled out over the crisis, thailand, meanwhile, says it will allow the u. S. To fly surveillance planes from its territory to identify boats of migrants adrift at sea. We have to stabilize urgently. We have to develop better ways of discussing and meeting on these issues and taking action when people are setting sea in the boats and then we need to look at the root causes of why people feel they have no alternative but to flee their own countries and take such a dangerous, dangerous trip. Lets go to our correspondent Scott Heidler now hes live for us in bangkok. Looks like we might have some progress scott . Reporter a little bit yeah, we heard from the u. S. Assistan