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Two criminal investigations into corruption at football’s world governing body Fifa are under way, with seven top officials arrested in Zurich.
The seven are among 14 indicted on corruption charges in a US inquiry, the US Department of Justice said.
The second criminal case was launched by Swiss prosecutors into the bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, to be held in Russia and Qatar respectively.
But Fifa says it plans to go ahead with an election for president as planned.
Incumbent president Sepp Blatter, who is seeking a fifth term, was not one of the seven officials arrested.
Fifa also said there would be no rerun of the World Cup bidding processes for 2018 and 2022.
Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein of Jordan – Mr Blatter’s rival for the Fifa presidency – said “we cannot continue with the crisis in Fifa”.
“Fifa needs leadership that governs, guides and protects our national associations.”

Fifa’s Zurich headquarters has also been raided, with electronic data and documents seized. US authorities also searched the headquarters of Concacaf – the Fifa confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean – in Miami, Florida, as part of their investigations.

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A Tunisian soldier has been shot dead after he killed seven of his colleagues at a military barracks in Tunis, according to the defence ministry.
Ten others were wounded, one seriously, in the attack at a flag-raising ceremony at the Bouchoucha barracks.
The man had family and psychological issues and was “forbidden from carrying arms”, said ministry spokesman Belhassen Oueslati.
He described the incident as an “isolated act, not a terrorist act”.

There would be an investigation to try to determine the killer’s motives, he added.
Mr Ouselati said the soldier attacked one man with a knife before taking the victim’s gun and “shooting at his comrades”.

Tunisian security forces have been on alert since Islamist gunmen attacked the Bardo Museum in March, killing 21 tourists.
The shooting at the barracks, which is close to the museum and the parliament building, prompted the evacuation of a nearby school.
Police reinforcements were sent to the area to comb nearby streets, while a helicopter hovered overhead.
Interior Ministry spokesman Mohamed Ali Aroui said on national radio that there was no gunfire outside the barracks.

Senior British and Russian officials are to resume efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Syria, David Cameron and Vladimir Putin have agreed.

The resumption of talks between security advisers was discussed by the leaders in a telephone conversation on Monday, Downing Street said.

President Putin had phoned Mr Cameron to congratulate him on winning the UK election, a spokeswoman added.
They spoke for 30 minutes, with Syria and Ukraine dominating, she added.
“Both leaders agreed that it is in the interest of both the UK and Russia to help find a solution to the civil war in Syria and particularly to stop the rise of ISIL (Islamic State),” the spokeswoman said.

“They agreed that their national security advisers should meet to restart talks on the Syrian conflict.”
The men also agreed both countries should continue dialogue with the “moderate Syrian opposition” in the quest for a solution, Downing Street said.

Deep Differences

On Ukraine, the prime minister felt there remained “deep differences” over Russia’s role in the country, the spokeswoman said, “but that the priority now must be to deliver full implementation of the Minsk agreement.”
In February, marathon talks in Minsk resulted in a plan for peace in Ukraine.
The spokeswoman added: “The prime minister concluded the call by noting that the UK and Russia had worked successfully together on the Iranian nuclear issue and he hoped that in the years ahead, we could find other issues where the UK and Russia could work together on matters of mutual interest.”
Russia’s actions in Ukraine and incursions into Western airspace have led to rising tensions with the West.

The conversation came as Russia’s military forces began a large-scale military exercise aimed at testing its combat readiness.
Around 250 aircraft and 12,000 service personnel are involved in the four-day drill, which Russia’s defence ministry called a “massive surprise inspection”.
Cruise missile strikes are expected to take place on practice targets as part of the training exercise.

Militiamen allied to Yemen’s exiled government are reported to have driven Houthi rebels out of a southern city.
Southern separatist fighters and Sunni tribesmen had regained control of Dhalea following heavy fighting on Monday, officials and residents said.
It is the first major advance by the Houthis’ opponents since Saudi-led coalition air strikes began in March.

Overnight, seven members of the same family were said to have been killed in an air strike in a northern village.

Residents of al-Mohssam, which is close to the border with Saudi Arabia, told the Reuters news agency that two children were among those who died.
Cross-border clashes were also reported after medics said one person was killed by suspected Houthi shellfire that targeted the Saudi city of Najran on Monday.

Journalists Killed

The Houthis and army units loyal to Yemen’s former leader, Ali Abdullah Saleh, took control of Dhalea last month as they advanced southwards after overrunning the capital Sanaa in September.
But on Tuesday, residents said that militiamen and tribesmen allied to exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi had regained full control of Dhalea, a day after seizing the main security headquarters and strategic mountaintop buildings.

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The trial of a Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for almost 10 months on charges that include “espionage” has opened in the capital Tehran behind closed doors.
Jason Rezaian, a dual US-Iranian citizen, has been accused of passing information to “hostile governments”.
He defended himself in court, saying he had carried out his activities as a journalist, Iranian media reported.
Mr Rezaian could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

He is being tried in one of Tehran’s revolutionary courts, usually reserved for political cases or those related to national security.
Mr Rezaian appeared in court alongside his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, and a third detainee, reported to be a female photojournalist.
The judge, Abolghassem Salavati, outlined the charges against Mr Rezaian as “espionage through collecting classified information and providing it to hostile governments” and “spreading propaganda against the regime”, Iran’s Mehr news agency reported.
Mr Rezaian rejected some of the charges, Mehr reported, saying: “I am a journalist and I carried out all my activities legally and as a journalist.”

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