enough to eat, but you could be taking your life into your hands. why the humble could yucumber i the menu in many european countries. >> and some doctors in libya find themselves just a heartbeat away from being killed. and an amazing sight. not one, not two, but three waterspouts taking a spin off the coast of australia. >> if you believe fifa president sepp blatter, it's business as usual. the fobay is gathering in zurich. it will hold a leadership vote. b blatter is now the lone candidate. his only challenger is out in the cold pending investigations. he says he doesn't accept the decision. jack warner is also angry and also suspended. things could get worse for fifa. two of its biggest sponsors have said they have their concerns. a spokesman for coca-cola says the local affair is, quote, distressing and sports wear maker acknowledged it wasn't good for football. then that's australia which is still furious about losing the world cup to qatar. the state denies suggestions it bought the tournament, but the aussies want their bid money back. >> when blatter faced the media, he refused fifa had a crisis saying it was strong enough to sort out its own problems. >> if somebody wants to change something in the election or in the congress, the members of fifa, this cannot be done by the executive committee, cannot be done by any authorities outside of fifa. it's only the congress itself that can do it. it can do it with three-quarters of majority and changing the agenda at the beginning of the congress. >> we want to get more from their headquarters in zurich. pedro, he said it can only be solved within the fifa family. it sounds like a did it is functional family and now the big problem that cannot be ignored is the sponsors. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. and i think that can be the only angle which will worry football'sed world governing body is if the sponsors start turning up the heat on sepp blatter to sully introduce some reforms and make changes at the top. you mentioned the names of two top tier sponsors, coca-cola and avivas and i'd like to give you who are details on that by sharing the statements that they made available to us earlier today. coca-cola said the current allegations being raised are distressing and bad for the sport. we have every expectation that fifa will resolve the situation in an expedient manner. so no threats that, but there is a message that they expect to see a resolution. adidas, the sports manufacturer which of course has been associated with fifa for many years now, they had this to say, adidas enjoys a long term, close and successful partnership with fifa that we are looking to continue. the negative tenor is neither good for football nor for fifa and its partners. and i honestly don't think fifa minds too much when it's getting heat from the press even from the fans, but when the sponsors that bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the game start taking notice, i think they start to realize that something has to be done. >> i guess the difficulty is when you have a president that is perhaps not taking it -- or seemingly not taking the situation as seriously as he should, it begs the question then who is above him that could i guess take the direction away from him. >> reporter: i can tell you for example that the government in the united kingdom said that they wanted to find a way to regular hate what happens at fifa and they said there should be some kind of involvement from either their government or someone else's government to try to clean up the body. but that's simply not possible because they have no jurisdiction. fifa if they are going to introduce any kind of reform, they have to do it themselves. this is where the ethics xliltity plays an important role. one of the australian members of this committee that recently suspended bin hammam and jack warner said needs reforms and that message has to become more stern because that is a group of people that have a direct line of communication with sepp blatter. i think a lot of journalists don't believe that sepp blatter has anything to do with corruption. what they would like to see is for him to take a stand against all the allegations and say that he's truly worried and see him make direct reforms and changes he would like to make. what really upset most journalists on monday was that he had a jovial tone even as far as making some jokes about questions that were asked. and we got the impression he wasn't taking it seriously. >> pedo, thank you. let's see what newspapers around the world are saying. the herald has this headline. it says at last fifa is under scrutiny sad tloi almost no effect it appears. and from the united arab emirates, fifa is beyond hope and repair. it says blattel himself is accused, his ethics committee is the emptiest of gestures, but fifa has been a moral quagmire for decades. and the australian, caught offside, but no red card. with the house in serious danger of collapsing, only those looking this fully appreciate the staggers extent of sham that is fifa. loads of different views. read all those articles in full at facebook.com/w 1 cnn. two large explosions rocked tripoli overnight. state tv in libya says the blasts were caused by may toe missiles striking civilian and military targets. the latest attacks come amid a political and military deadlock. the african union is not pressing libya leader moammar gadhafi to step down, which is the opposition's key demand. that hardly comes as a surprise that really nothing has come out of the meeting there. >> reporter: there has been a lot of speculation that perhaps zuma given his long relationship with gadhafi might be able to convince him of a soft landing. but that hasn't been delivered. and in fact we haven't had that much from president zuma since he left. we're hearing from the broadcaster, however, that president zuma could not convince colonel gadhafi to step down. indeed what is on the table is no different than what was put to the rebels back in april, a cease-fire and gadhafi overseeing both political reforms and political dialogue. so it's no surprise that the rebels foreign minister has rejected that. and in fact announced that they will be making a push for the capital very soon. >> in terms what have kind of support now that gadhafi has within his own camp, what more can you tell us about the defections that are happening? >> reporter: we saw yesterday a press conversation given by eight libyan generals who said they had defected and were sending an open letter saying they could no longer tolerate in their words colonel gadhafi's actions towards his own people and in fact said that they believe that the regime's military capability was much reduced and that victory was near, but the reality is that we're not really seeing that on the ground. there is still very much a territorial stalemate here and this is with nato cover. the reality does seem to be that gadhafi's forces everyone at a much reduced level are still far superior to the fighting capacity of the rebels. >> all right, thank you. you're watching wo"world one." authorities across europe tried to stop infected food from getting on to the market. >> we'll look at what causes the e. coli virus and get the latest update. plus a doctor's december spare as fighting continues in libya. >> no water supply, nothing, we have nothing in this area. >> we take you to a hospital on the opposition front line where doctors are facing a battle to save lives. 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>> reporter: certainly is widespread especially in the northern part of germany. i have brand new numbers for you, as well, and 14 people have apparently now been killed by this disease and the interesting thing is that for the first time two people have actually died outside of the region of northern germany, both people died in the western part of determi germany. so it does appear that the e. coli outbreak seems to be spreading. the german government is on the plan. they had a crisis meeting last night to see how they would be able to come to terms with this and the two very disturbing things that came out of this meeting is that they've not yet identified where this e. coli outbreak comes from, although some believe it might be from spanish tomatoes and cucumbers that were up imported. so they don't know where it comes from and they also believe that this e. coli bacteria is still very much active and, therefore, there will be new infections with all of this. and one of the things that hospital staff have been telling us is they say that they do have a lot of new cases with this e. coli infection, a lot of serious cases where the kidneys of those infected have been threatened by the disease. they say there is a shortage of dialysis machines and in many cases people are suffering very bad things to their health because of this e. coli outbreak and again the germans are saying this is still a long way from being over. >> when you talk to people there on the streets, what do they tell you, are they scared? >> reporter: people are saying that they're following the guideline has have been put out by the german health ministry to not eat any raw lettuce, tomatoes, as well as cucumbers, but on the whole of course people aren't buying these products either and that's becoming a huge issue. the farmers are saying that their sales are dropping a lot because of this. there is no numbers for this just yet because this is of course just a recent development, but certainly the farmers not only in germany but also spain are complaining that people are simply too scared to buy these products and that's certainly also what you hear when you speak to ordinary germans is that instead of just not eating these vegetables or cooking these vegetables, they're not buying them and it's having a big economic impact and people are afraid of this and of course are trying to be on the safe side. simply because they see how bad these outbreaks are and how bad the effects are on the health of the people who get this bacteria. >> thanks, fred. so what exactly is this bacteria? this is how the world health organization describes e. coli. it is a back about tear yum commonly found in the stomachs of humans and warm blooded animals. it emerged as a serious threat in 1982 during an outbreak in the united states. the 0157 strain can be life threatening especially for children and the elderly. so how is it spread? it's mainly a foodborne disease, but as we're seeing fruits and vegetables can carry the virus and they may have been contaminated by the feces of an infected animal. so what do you need to watch out for in terms of symptoms? britd continue's health protection agency says these are the signs to watch out for. diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever, perhaps even blood in the toilet. it says the symptoms take three to four days on average to show. what do you do if you have it? the health protection agency says there is no specific cure. it does recommend, however, drinking plenty of fluids, avoiding tea, coffee, soft drinks and alcohol. doctors at hamburg university medical center are responding to the latest e. coli cases. the medical director joins me now. tell us what the situation is like in the hospital today. >> we're pretty much in the epicenter of this epidemic. we have about 600 to 700 infected patients with the problem however is not so much the general infection, the problem is that about 20% to 30% of these develop a severe complication. those we're particularly worried about. we're currently taking care of about 85 of them, 20 children and 65 adults. these patients, these 20% to 30% who develop this complication, they go into renal failure and also develop neurologic symptoms that are very is severe. >> what are people supposed to do, what's the best advice you can give? >> well, the german health ministry has warned or, rather, is advising not to consume fresh vegetables, particularly not fresh cucumbers, the lettuce and tomatoes. vegetables are safe as long as they're cooked at least 70 degrees celsius and then there is no danger, the bacteria would be killed. apparently these warnings are having some effect. we're seeing less primary infections. what is still increasing, however, is the number of the patients with this complication which are really worrying us the most. >> is spain where it began? there's a lot of debate about this right now. we're getting into the holiday season, many people will be traveling to spain. what do you think is the most important thing we should understand? >> it's very important not to have a panic reaction, to remain calm. it's important to follow all the hygienic advice that is being given, frequent hand washing, disinfection, very rigorous washing of vegetables if they're to be consumed. with regard to the source, nobody really knows. we have here in hamburg the department of hygiene has identified the bacteria in cucumbers that it did originate apparently from spain. where along the food chain the contamination took place, no really knows. i think we can be sure that many, many people are working on this question, of course it is the central question that we are all concerned as we look at our patients. >> medical director at hamburg university medical center, thank you. you're watching "world one." >> no smoking. why new york city wants to stop people lighting up in times square. >> we'll have more on this new outdoor smoking ban next. and canada working holiday for britain's royal newlyweds. e? 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