14/05/2016 BBC Weekend News

Fifa's thrown into fresh turmoil, as a top official quits in protest.

Domenico Scala, who led attempts to reform the organisation,

claims new changes will undermine Fifa's independence.

The battle over the referendum takes to the streets,

as leading campaigners on both sides strive to make their case.

In rugby union, Saracens win the European Champions Cup -

beating the French side Racing 92 in Lyon.

We have a winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. It's Ukraine. So

Ukraine celebrate, but it's adisappointing night for the UK.

The international footballing body, Fifa, faces fresh turmoil

after the resignation of a senior official who has been leading

Domenico Scala, its head of auditing and compliance,

has quit in protest at its decision to give its ruling council the power

to elect or sack members of independent committees

supervising areas such as ethics and finance.

He said his resignation was a "wake-up call" for those

Fifa said Mr Scala had misinterpreted the decision

Domenico Scala was one of those tasked with rescuing football's

world governing body from the biggest

Now, his resignation has plunged it into fresh turmoil.

Scala claims a new ruling could mean those, like him,

responsible for rooting out corruption, may be appointed

and fired by those they're charged with overseeing.

That, he claims, would undermine their independence,

something disputed, not just by Fifa.

To me, it seems like it's much more of a clumsily handled attempt to put

in pragmatic changes rather than a real concerted effort

Domenico Scala has been central to anti-corruption efforts

In November 2014, he was tasked with examining a key report

on corruption in the bidding process for the World Cup.

Within months, Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, was forced to resign.

Scala then took over the task force in charge of reforming

Now, he's gone, claiming all the key reforms to the sports most powerfull

governing body are in danger of being destroyed.

Others suggest deeper motives are in play.

Some senior figures in football think it's all just a distraction.

Davos Suker, once a leading light on the field, is now helping

I'm looking for Fifa, I'm not looking for the one person.

I think the crisis is at the end and this is the past.

Still, Scala describes his resignation as a "wake-up call."

The Fifa Council insists he has misinterpreted

the purpose of the decision and called his claims

For it is president, only three months into his job,

it is perhaps the last thing that Gianni Infantino needs.

It was supposed to be a fresh start, but already the integrity

of the new-look Fifa is being questioned by one of those

There's less than six weeks to go before the referendum takes place

on whether the UK should leave the European Union.

Remain and Leave campaigners have been taking to the streets

David Cameron warned a vote to leave could tip the economy

back into recession, while Leave campaigner,

Boris Johnson, said the UK could "flourish" outside the EU.

Our political correspondent, Eleanor Garnier, reports.

First out of the blocks, campaigning in his own Oxfordshire constituency,

David Cameron was today pushing the economic argument

If we vote to leave, on the 23rd June, we'll be

We will be voting potentially for a recession.

That is the last thing that our economy needs.

This decision may well be bigger than party politics,

with cross-party campaigns on both sides of the debate,

but there are deep divisions in the Conservative

In Bristol, leading the vote Leave campaign,

If we vote leave, on the 23rd June, and take back control of this

country and our democracy and our economy, then

we can prosper and thrive and flourish as never before.

By this evening, it was the Labour leader's turn to make his case.

Staying in the EU, he said, would help protect the rights

of workers and he urged voters to blame the Conservatives,

not the European Union, for Britain's economic difficulties.

This decision, whether to leave or remain, has been dominating

Now, politicians are pushing their arguments out

across the country and they're hoping we're all listening.

The Lebanese Shia militant group, Hezbollah, has blamed Sunni

extremists for the death of its top military commander in Syria.

The group claims Mustafa Badreddine was killed in an artillery

Thousands of mourners attended his funeral

From there, our Middle East correspondent, Quentin

For Hezbollah, they are burying a hero.

To gunfire, they raised Mustafa Badreddine's portrait

For 30 years, he carried out attacks across the Middle East.

More recently, these mourners have sent their sons and their brothers

to fight in Syria to defend President Assad's regime.

All of us is Mustafa Badreddine.

After this funeral, the Shia Muslim Hezbollah said

Mr Badreddine was killed in Damascus by Sunni jihadists.

But there's no proof of any strikes there this week.

Hezbollah's enemies, Israel and Saudi Arabia,

say he died instead in an internal power struggle.

He was certainly no ordinary jihadist.

He lived, frankly, a playboy lifestyle,

He entertained lots of genteel dining companions, including

So, yeah, very enigmatic case and certainly not your

Defending President Assad has cost Hezbollah dearly.

More than 1,000 of its fighters have been killed and thousands more

But with their commander gone, that fight can only get harder.

Certainly, plenty of people wanted him dead.

He was the prime suspect in the assassination of Rafic Hariri,

Lebanon's Prime Minister and his terror credentials stretch

all the way back to 1983 and the bombing of the US

So perhaps it's no surprise that someone who lived so much

of his life in the shadows met a murky end.

We're still no closer to knowing who killed Mustafa Badreddine.

Quentin Sommerville, BBC News, Beirut.

The Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, has said

he is "extremely worried" that the ideology of

the Islamic State group is spreading into West Africa.

He was speaking at a security summit in Nigeria focused on tackling

At least 20,000 people have been killed

Mr Hammond said countries there had to win the "hearts and minds

of those terrorised by Boko Horam", calling the conflict a generational

Here, a young motorcyclist has died after crashing at a competitive

Malachi Mitchell-Thomas, who was 20 and from Chorley

in Lancashire, came off his bike during the North West

He was treated at the scene, but died from his injuries.

With all the sport, here's Lizzie Greenwood Hughes

Saracens are rugby union's Champions of Europe for the first

They beat Racing 92 in the final, 21-9.

The Premiership leaders are also the first English side to win

Black-and-white and red all over. Saracens conquest of Europe is

complete. Brutal but brilliant. The way they like it. This team was

powered by hostility. Listen to the French accompanying Owen Farrell's

first penalty. It had no affect. This was billed as his chance to

compete against the best in the world. Racing 92 Dan Carter wasn't

fully fit. Saracens weren't making him fitter. He couldn't continue by

the second-half. Farrell did. He kicked the game from Racing reach.

They tried to shift the momentum. They weren't going anywhere.

Saracens made heavy industry work and won the game's hidden battles.

Look at the reaction when they earnt this penalty. The collective effort

was rewarded by an individual. 21 points scored. The European

Champions Cup secured. It has been brilliant all year. To do it on the

big stage is special. To do it in an occasion like this. In a stadium

that was rocking today. To really put in a performance we can be proud

of was fantastic. Not pretty. It has been the perfect triumph for

Saracens. Nine games, nine wins, ending a run of nine years without

an English winner their greatest day in perhaps their greatest season.

Arsenal have won the Women's FA Cup for a 14th time.

A record crowd watched them beat holders Chelsea 1-0 thanks

Sara Orchard was watching at Wembley.

The sun beating down on Wembley, almost as bright as the lights

These girls no longer dream of being Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane,

Only the second time that the match has been hosted here and it's

Add to that, these are two of the most established women's

teams in the country and yet Arsenal and Chelsea have never

The Blues were favourites, unbeaten this season

But with the pressure off, it was Arsenal and England's

who used her right boot to put the North Londoners ahead.

Fran Kirby with Chelsea's best chance of the first half.

Chelsea's chances were fleeting, Ji So-Yun sending this

But, in the end, the clock beat the Blues and Arsenal ladies

It was an unreal experience and one I will cherish for all my life.

Lewis Hamilton looks back to his best, taking pole

The reigning World Champion sensationally beat his Mercedes

team mate, Nico Rosberg, into second place.

Teenage debutante, Max Verstappen, was also impressive in Barcelona,

qualifying fourth fastest for Red Bull.

Andy Murray is through to his first Italian Open final.

The Briton is yet to drop a set in Rome and eased past the unseeded

Frenchman Lucas Pouille - 6-2, 6-1.

Murray will play World Number One, Novak Djokovic, in tomorrow's final.

Great Britain's divers have won the most medals so far

at the European Championships in London, adding a bronze

Grace Reid came third in the 3 metre Springboard, becoming the first Scot

to win an individual European diving medal for 62 years.

Matty Lee and Georgia Ward also took silver

It's a highlight of the entertainment calendar

and this year Ukraine3 have topped the Eurovision song contest charts.

Acts from 26 countries took part and the UK's entry 'You're Not

This year there was a twist -- voting has been changed to spare any

acts ending up with the infamous 'nul points'.

Nick Higham's report contains flashing images from the start.

There are flashing images from the start. Eurovision where no song is

complete without a catsuit and golden rain. The costumes are often

more interesting thanlet songs. Where Poland won the award for Best

Hair. Where Australia is part of Europe. Don't ask! Graham Norton's

Chenary spares no-one. Forgive me, ladies and gentlemen, maybe I'm just

old and grumpy. There isn't a single thing about this woman that doesn't

annoy me. # This is the ghost of you... #

You can see what he meant! Host Sweden fielded local hero, just 17,

he wrote the song himself. Russia was the bookies favourite.

Not so much for the song, but for the staging. The entry from Ukraine

about ethnic cleansing in the Crimea ya under Stalin added a significant

political sub text. Europe, start voting now. Then, after two hours

and a reported four million tweets, it was time to vote. Britain's Joe

and Jake got the thum up from the Maltese jury. The phone votes were

counted. Poland went from near zero to hero. Ukraine over took

Australia. That left Russia's popular vote to be counted. Where

will he come now? In third place. It's Ukraine! Not for the first time

at Eurovision politics and popular culture met. Indeed. Well, you can

see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. That is all

from me and the team here. A very good night to you. Bye, bye.

Good evening. Well we didn't win Eurovision - AGAIN. Tomorrow will be

a nice day. Today was a nice day if you could get out of the breeze