World football’s governing body FIFA has re-elected Sepp Blatter as its president after a week of controversies and graft accusations. Blatter was the only candidate standing when the votes were cast.
Football’s biggest event has finally arrived on the African continent. This special edition of the programme is brought to you from Durban, one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This is where three of the continent’s top teams have set up camp. We’ll be meeting with the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon and be talking to their star player, Samuel Eto’o.
The World this Week.. More on the oil slick on the US gulf coast.. Also, It's less than a week to go before one of the most closely fought general elections in UK history and according to polls, Tory leader David Cameron won Thursday's last and final debate, so is it game over for PM Gordon Brown or can he still make a comeback???
Situated 230 miles south-east of Phoenix, Arizona, the town of Douglas sees nearly a million people cross its border every year. But since the construction of a fence in 2006, the number of crossings has dropped by 20%.