:00:36. > :00:43.TRANSLATION: Good afternoon, President, thank you. Within these
:00:44. > :00:47.news reforms that have been reported, the Secretary-General, the
:00:48. > :00:52.post of Secretary General that you are very familiar with, will be
:00:53. > :00:58.almost as important as the president within new Fifa, that you are now
:00:59. > :01:07.heading. Do you believe that the person who will fill this post will
:01:08. > :01:12.be, or will it be somebody who has your trust in that sense?
:01:13. > :01:29.Thank you for that question. Do you understand English? OK, I will
:01:30. > :01:36.answer in English. I have of course a couple of ideas on the position of
:01:37. > :01:42.General secretary. Certainly not today the moment to speak about it.
:01:43. > :01:48.We will look into that, it is the decision of the Fifa council anyway.
:01:49. > :01:54.It is proposed by the president, of course he has an important position,
:01:55. > :01:59.it has to be like this. And I want to have a very strong general
:02:00. > :02:05.secretary. And they said as well in my programme, in my manifesto, if
:02:06. > :02:10.the president is me, the general secretary will not be European, so
:02:11. > :02:14.we will look into that. We have time for that, we will discuss it, and we
:02:15. > :02:30.will see what is the best choice for Fifa and for football. TRANSLATION:
:02:31. > :02:36.You didn't mention the name of Platini today, do you have any
:02:37. > :02:41.thoughts for him tonight yes, I have some words for him. I'm not quite
:02:42. > :02:47.sure whether I've mentioned any name. I didn't think I mentioned any
:02:48. > :02:52.name at all. I have thanked all of those who have supported me along
:02:53. > :02:57.this journey. The adventure. The adventure ready starts now, and I
:02:58. > :03:05.thank Mr Platini for everything he has given me, that he has taught me,
:03:06. > :03:11.the work that we have done together. And I have strong thoughts for Mr
:03:12. > :03:24.Platini right now, you can believe me. The final question?
:03:25. > :03:30.Congratulations. Where are you? Do you speak Portuguese or English?
:03:31. > :03:35.English come on, of course. I spoke to some of the delegates. It was
:03:36. > :03:41.quite a close election, really. The first round, for sure. One of the
:03:42. > :03:47.African delegates said he switched from your opponent to you when he
:03:48. > :03:54.said he saw you had been more. He had also said that almost all of
:03:55. > :04:00.Africa voted for your opponent, and now you have a very big challenge to
:04:01. > :04:06.unite the football world. He said it will take a long time. And football
:04:07. > :04:08.is divided as a result of today's election, especially from an African
:04:09. > :04:17.perspective. What are your thoughts on that? I don't agree football is
:04:18. > :04:22.divided. Today, it was an election, not a war. It was a competition but
:04:23. > :04:28.not a fight. It was a sporting contest. You can win or lose an
:04:29. > :04:33.election and then life goes on. And I have great relationship two in
:04:34. > :04:38.Africa. I started my campaign in Africa. I've many friends in Africa.
:04:39. > :04:50.The first international competition I attended was the African cup of
:04:51. > :04:59.Nations in 1998. So I have personally very good relationships
:05:00. > :05:07.with many persons in Africa. Asia and Oceania, and north-central South
:05:08. > :05:11.America towards working together. The election has taken place, I have
:05:12. > :05:14.been elected, now we turn the page, we start to work, we work
:05:15. > :05:23.altogether, and I will show whole world that I am not a candidate of
:05:24. > :05:26.Europe or whatever. But I am the candidate of football, and football
:05:27. > :05:31.is universal, and this is what we will start to do now in Fifa, to
:05:32. > :05:35.work with everyone for the development of football, and not to
:05:36. > :05:41.do politics, to speak about divisions, to speak about barriers.
:05:42. > :05:46.I said today let's build bridges, not walls. And football can do that.
:05:47. > :05:50.I want to focus on football and if we do that we can speak and discuss
:05:51. > :05:58.and agree and develop football everywhere in the world. That is my
:05:59. > :06:03.objective. So we conclude this first press conference, thank you for your
:06:04. > :06:06.understanding, and we promised there will be further opportunities soon.
:06:07. > :06:13.Thank you and have a very good evening. Thank you very much. The
:06:14. > :06:19.briefest of press conferences by the new Fifa president, Johnny 17 oh,
:06:20. > :06:25.saying that he was going to clean up and it was a big honour for him, but
:06:26. > :06:31.the work started now. He said there were far reforms, ground-breaking
:06:32. > :06:35.reforms that would be taking place within Fifa after the turmoil of the
:06:36. > :06:40.past few months. He was asked why he hadn't actually named any of the
:06:41. > :06:44.other people who had wanted to stand for his position, for example Mr
:06:45. > :06:49.Platini, and he said at the time he didn't make any references to
:06:50. > :06:52.anyone, but he said he thanked everyone who had worked for Fifa and
:06:53. > :06:57.Uefa and four international foot over the past few years. One
:06:58. > :07:01.question also from a correspondent saying when he looked at the
:07:02. > :07:04.breakdown of the votes, was he concerned he didn't appear to have
:07:05. > :07:11.any of the African delegations onside. Gianni Infantino said he
:07:12. > :07:16.hoped he would be able to draw the support of everyone within Fifa.
:07:17. > :07:22.Let's get an idea of who this man is, this 45-year-old lawyer with the
:07:23. > :07:27.chief executive officer of the International Centre for sport
:07:28. > :07:30.security in Europe. You know Gianni Infantino quite well. What is he
:07:31. > :07:37.like? Is he the man to clean up Fifa? I think so and he has the
:07:38. > :07:43.opportunity to prove it. He is a talented administrator. He's gone
:07:44. > :07:46.through all the stages and areas in the US until he reached the
:07:47. > :07:53.Secretary-General. He represents a new dedicated generation of football
:07:54. > :07:57.administrators. He has a huge responsibility on his shoulders.
:07:58. > :08:04.This is the defining moment for football. And I think the next 90
:08:05. > :08:10.days will be crucial. It will have to prove that actions speak louder
:08:11. > :08:16.than words. And he has to prove that football is now committed, United,
:08:17. > :08:20.working hard to turning a new page. Interesting, the head of the FA in
:08:21. > :08:24.Britain, Greg Dyke, said it wasn't that important about who is
:08:25. > :08:29.president. It was the reforms that were absolutely essential. Gianni
:08:30. > :08:34.Infantino described them as ground-breaking. Our they? I think
:08:35. > :08:40.they are extremely important. They are in the right direction, but they
:08:41. > :08:46.are not a miraculous panacea. Greg Dyke is right in a way because these
:08:47. > :08:50.kinds of leaders don't exist. This isn't about Fifa but about the whole
:08:51. > :08:58.football world. It is about the whole sport. The challenges are the
:08:59. > :09:03.money challengers. Football and other sports do not have the means,
:09:04. > :09:09.they don't have the jurisdiction to tackle these problems, which are
:09:10. > :09:15.complex, increasingly sophisticated, global, and quite often including
:09:16. > :09:25.criminal infiltration. This requires United front against all the threats
:09:26. > :09:28.that endanger the governments and the credibility of such an
:09:29. > :09:32.overwhelming sport. It is interesting because the world
:09:33. > :09:39.players union weren't happy in terms of this appointment, saying the
:09:40. > :09:45.reforms have actually increased the power to Fifa's 209 member
:09:46. > :09:49.Associations, which is part of the problem, isn't it? They are right.
:09:50. > :09:58.What has been demanded, what has been required is to have an enhanced
:09:59. > :10:04.representative democracy, meaning that the leagues, the players, the
:10:05. > :10:09.sponsors and other legitimate parties who have an important voice
:10:10. > :10:12.in sport, they should be represented in the decision-making structures,
:10:13. > :10:17.not just to be consulted once in awhile. In this case, I personally
:10:18. > :10:23.believe that this reform does not represent a step forward but step
:10:24. > :10:27.back. Also, in his initial reaction to the press conference, it was
:10:28. > :10:32.clear his message was a message of common purpose, unity,
:10:33. > :10:38.inclusiveness, and he referred all the key stakeholders in sport so he
:10:39. > :10:43.deserves a vote of confidence. Undoubtedly, what sport needs is an
:10:44. > :10:48.independent, neutral platform where all these responsibilities and
:10:49. > :10:53.organisations, ranging from sports, governments, international
:10:54. > :10:57.authorities, regulators and NGOs can have a constructive role, a positive
:10:58. > :11:02.role in shaping a new era in the governments of sport. That is where
:11:03. > :11:07.the challenge lies. OK, thank you very much indeed.
:11:08. > :11:10.To the US now and in the race for the Republican nomination
:11:11. > :11:13.for President, Donald Trump has won another high profile supporter.
:11:14. > :11:15.New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has endorsed Mr Trump
:11:16. > :11:17.saying his former rival for the White House had the best
:11:18. > :11:19.chance at beating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton
:11:20. > :11:34.I'm proud to be here to endorse Donald Trump for President of the
:11:35. > :11:39.United States. I'm doing this for a number of reasons. Firstly, Donald
:11:40. > :11:44.and I have been friends for over a decade. He has been a good and loyal
:11:45. > :11:48.friend to our family as we have been to him and his family. Over the
:11:49. > :11:52.years, we have had a lot of wonderful times together. We've done
:11:53. > :11:55.a lot of good together for not only the people of the state of New
:11:56. > :12:03.Jersey but for many charities we've worked with together. I appreciate
:12:04. > :12:07.him as a person. And as a friend. Secondly, I've been on that stage.
:12:08. > :12:11.I've got to know all the people on that stage. And there is no one who
:12:12. > :12:15.is better prepared to provide America with the strong leadership
:12:16. > :12:18.that it needs, both at home and around the world than Donald Trump.
:12:19. > :12:35.Pretty good endorsement ahead of super cheese steak, is this more
:12:36. > :12:38.about getting back at Marco Rubio, as far as Chris Christie is
:12:39. > :12:42.concerned? There is an element of that, but this is utterly shocking
:12:43. > :12:48.because Chris Christie is seen as part of the Republican Party
:12:49. > :12:51.establishment. The part of the party that was really against Donald
:12:52. > :12:56.Trump, who is seen as an upstart threatening to split the Republican
:12:57. > :13:00.base. So, the Chris Christie at this stage, and don't forget we are very
:13:01. > :13:05.early on in the race, to come out and endorse Donald Trump, it is
:13:06. > :13:11.extraordinary. It's shocking. Whether he's doing it to get back at
:13:12. > :13:16.Marco Rubio or not is actually a secondary question. His endorsement
:13:17. > :13:22.is going to give a massive boost to Donald Trump. And really we position
:13:23. > :13:25.him as somebody that, for the first time, the establishment part of the
:13:26. > :13:28.Republican party can begin to coalesce around. They've been
:13:29. > :13:33.friends, he says the more than a decade. Jeb Bush is no longer in the
:13:34. > :13:39.race. Up until this point, Marco Rubio had been seen as the one the
:13:40. > :13:41.Republicans would gather around. What sort of response has there been
:13:42. > :13:49.to What sort of response has there been
:13:50. > :13:51.bombshells that would destroy Donald Trump. He did very well in the
:13:52. > :13:55.debate last night, the first Trump. He did very well in the
:13:56. > :14:00.have seen him coming out swinging at Donald Trump, and talking about his
:14:01. > :14:05.tax returns and why hadn't Donald Trump released them. Also
:14:06. > :14:12.questioning, as usual, his ability to actually lead as a president. So
:14:13. > :14:16.you'd have thought that Marco Rubio was at the ascendancy at this point.
:14:17. > :14:20.But, again, this is an extraordinary testament to Donald Trump's ability
:14:21. > :14:25.to grab the headlines because right now very few people are talking
:14:26. > :14:29.about Marco Rubio's success in the debate. They're talking about Donald
:14:30. > :14:33.Trump and Chris Christie's endorsement. Donald Trump is a
:14:34. > :14:36.master minded being able to manipulate the media in this way,
:14:37. > :14:38.and this is yet another example of how he is managing to do that. Thank
:14:39. > :14:41.you very much. The main opposition group in Syria
:14:42. > :14:44.has said that almost 100 rebel groups, including factions
:14:45. > :14:46.from the Free Syrian Army, have signed up to a temporary
:14:47. > :14:48.cessation of hostilities, President Putin has again said that,
:14:49. > :14:52.despite the partial ceasefire, there'll be no let-up in Moscow's
:14:53. > :14:56.air strikes against what Russia It's been five long
:14:57. > :15:05.years of civil war, leaving a quarter of
:15:06. > :15:07.a million people dead. 4 million Syrians have fled
:15:08. > :15:11.the country, and much of Syria today This ceasefire offers hope
:15:12. > :15:16.of an end, but no one thinks it We are all aware of the many
:15:17. > :15:24.potential pitfalls, and there are plenty
:15:25. > :15:27.of reasons for scepticism. But history would judge us harshly
:15:28. > :15:30.if we did not do our part in at least trying to end this
:15:31. > :15:36.terrible conflict with diplomacy. There are simply too many opposing
:15:37. > :15:54.factions for complete consensus. Vladimir Putin said today the
:15:55. > :16:01.ceasefire doesn't apply to the group's Isil and other terrorist
:16:02. > :16:04.organisations recognised as such by the UN Security Council. He said the
:16:05. > :16:10.resolute fight against them would of course continue.
:16:11. > :16:11.Turkey's response could be problematic.
:16:12. > :16:14.It is broadly in support, but President Ahmet Davutoglu said
:16:15. > :16:16.Ankara would not be bound by the ceasefire if its national
:16:17. > :16:25.The West backs the opposition groups which I've also agreed. On the
:16:26. > :16:29.ground, there are sceptical voices. TRANSLATION: If they really wanted
:16:30. > :16:31.a ceasefire, if they were really friends of the Syrian
:16:32. > :16:34.people and wanted to help, they would first take
:16:35. > :16:36.out the regime, and all Representatives of the 17-nation
:16:37. > :16:42.group backing this process are meeting in Geneva today
:16:43. > :16:45.to work out further details It can't come soon enough
:16:46. > :16:48.for the Syrian people, whose suffering has
:16:49. > :16:49.intensified in recent weeks, as an apparent land grab
:16:50. > :16:55.takes place ahead of this deal. Aid efforts, too,
:16:56. > :16:58.are struggling to cope. As we do more each and every
:16:59. > :17:02.day in this country, and as we have constructive
:17:03. > :17:05.relationships with all sides in that conflict,
:17:06. > :17:11.we see needs growing and growing, and the gap between the needs
:17:12. > :17:17.and what we are able to do What has largely become a proxy war
:17:18. > :17:25.perhaps does need a proxy ceasefire, and all the main powers are,
:17:26. > :17:30.publicly at least, behind this deal. the world will be watching
:17:31. > :17:35.whether it holds. Iranian officials have
:17:36. > :17:44.extended its nationwide elections for a third time, citing
:17:45. > :17:46.the high turnout of voters. A new parliament is being elected,
:17:47. > :17:49.as well as the influential Assembly of Experts, the committee
:17:50. > :17:51.of clerics that appoints Election time at a mosque in Tehran,
:17:52. > :18:00.now a polling station. Reports say turnout
:18:01. > :18:21.has been high in many Here voting is quite complicated.
:18:22. > :18:23.People had to write down 34 Parliament and 16 for panel of
:18:24. > :18:25.experts. They had urged their supporters
:18:26. > :18:28.to come out in big numbers, which they calculated might just
:18:29. > :18:31.give them the control of parliament and a third of the seatsa
:18:32. > :18:52.of the assembly of experts, The is the supreme leader also
:18:53. > :18:56.wanted a big turnout, giving the Iranian leader legitimacy, something
:18:57. > :19:00.he craves. He says anyone who loves Iran and loves the Islamic Republic
:19:01. > :19:06.and believes in its dignity and greatness must come out and vote.
:19:07. > :19:08.For him, the elections are the first test of his popularity after the
:19:09. > :19:13.nuclear deal with world powers. The deal that led to
:19:14. > :19:15.the lifting of the crippling But the benefits of
:19:16. > :19:18.the lifting of sanctions For many in Iran, what is at stake
:19:19. > :19:23.is the direction President Rouhani is
:19:24. > :19:28.promising moderation. This man says he wants
:19:29. > :19:38.a parliament which Follows moderation. Such a
:19:39. > :19:42.parliament, he says, would have an important impact on relations with
:19:43. > :19:44.the outside world, and on standards of living at home.
:19:45. > :19:49.This woman says for half calm and security are the main issues.
:19:50. > :19:52.And this man says he wants to elect people who can revive
:19:53. > :19:57.In this religious city, the bastion of conservative
:19:58. > :20:00.hardliners, the high turnout in big cities
:20:01. > :20:05.2.5 years ago, the hardliners lost the presidency,
:20:06. > :20:08.and if they lose the control of parliament, Iran could be heading
:20:09. > :20:14.Better relations with the outside world, more freedoms at home,
:20:15. > :20:28.and even a moderate next supreme leader.
:20:29. > :20:31.There have been two huge explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
:20:32. > :20:34.The Islamist group Al Shabaab says it has attacked and stormed a hotel
:20:35. > :20:41.New census figures in Japan show that the country's population has
:20:42. > :20:44.shrunk by almost one million people in the past five years.
:20:45. > :20:47.It's the first decline registered since 1920,
:20:48. > :20:50.though demographers predicted the trend long ago, citing Japan's
:20:51. > :21:00.falling birth rate and a lack of immigration.
:21:01. > :21:04.Three British tourists have been killed while climbing waterfalls in
:21:05. > :21:12.Vietnam's with an unauthorised tour guide. Their bodies were recovered
:21:13. > :21:18.at a popular attraction. It is unclear how they died. No one is
:21:19. > :21:23.sure yet how the three British tourists died. The bodies were
:21:24. > :21:29.discovered near the foot of a popular waterfall and were lifted up
:21:30. > :21:33.by rescue workers. A local man has been questioned by the police. This
:21:34. > :21:39.evening, one of them has been named as 24-year-old Christian Sloan and
:21:40. > :21:47.family and friends say they are devastated. The accident occurred in
:21:48. > :21:58.the Central highlands. The foreign office has issued a statement.
:21:59. > :22:05.There is an implicit danger in just the waterfalls that surround the
:22:06. > :22:11.man-made lake. There is very mossy rock, a lot of dampness, and to be
:22:12. > :22:13.truthful the band doesn't have a fantastic reputation for tourism
:22:14. > :22:18.safety. The tourist industry has grown rapidly in Vietnam as the
:22:19. > :22:22.economy has been opened up by the commonest government. With visitors
:22:23. > :22:26.coming to enjoy natural attractions that were four years little-known
:22:27. > :22:30.because of the wars that ravaged this country. After decades of
:22:31. > :22:34.isolation, it is no surprise that a Vietnam's racing to cash in on the
:22:35. > :22:37.tourist boom that has brought so much wealth to neighbouring
:22:38. > :22:43.countries, like Thailand. There is a dark side to this boom. Dozens of
:22:44. > :22:47.Britons die here every year from largely preventable accidents. It is
:22:48. > :22:51.a sad truth is that across much of this region, law enforcement is lax,
:22:52. > :22:55.and a culture of safety almost nonexistent.
:22:56. > :22:57.It's the Oscars this weekend, Hollywood's biggest event
:22:58. > :23:01.But the lack of diversity in the nominations for this year's
:23:02. > :23:04.Academy Awards has been heavily criticised by some in the movie
:23:05. > :23:07.Some black actors say they will boycott the Oscars
:23:08. > :23:09.and the civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton will be staging
:23:10. > :23:16.So many things define the Oscars - the glamorous red carpet,
:23:17. > :23:23.and this year the all-white list of acting nominees.
:23:24. > :23:26.More than that, there's a perceived overall lack of diversity.
:23:27. > :23:29.Y'all just got a snapshot of how Americans really feel.
:23:30. > :23:31.One film of many believe was overlooked, the story
:23:32. > :23:36.of the birth of rap group NWA, Straight Outta Compton.
:23:37. > :23:39.# Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr Dre is at the door... #
:23:40. > :23:41.One of the musicians featured in the film
:23:42. > :23:44.says the make-up of Academy Awards voters is the problem.
:23:45. > :23:46.I feel like the Oscars wasn't made for us.
:23:47. > :23:48.It's just those old generation, first-generation people
:23:49. > :23:51.in there that really don't get it, they don't understand the dynamics
:23:52. > :23:53.of the world that they're living in, but the people from,
:23:54. > :23:56.you know, I say, 50 years old on down, they get it,
:23:57. > :24:01.where it's diverse and everybody is about everybody.
:24:02. > :24:03.The Academy knows it's crucial to the awards' credibility
:24:04. > :24:07.that they're seen as being relevant to modern audiences.
:24:08. > :24:09.That's been seriously threatened by the reaction
:24:10. > :24:13.The Academy has planned to counter that
:24:14. > :24:16.by replacing significant numbers of older members
:24:17. > :24:20.who haven't been active in the industry in recent years.
:24:21. > :24:27.He is angered by the the way they want to increase diversity
:24:28. > :24:30.at the expense of long-standing voters.
:24:31. > :24:32.I wouldn't want to be put into a category
:24:33. > :24:36.To nurture the talent, I'm all for it.
:24:37. > :24:41.But to bring them in because of their race is wrong,
:24:42. > :24:44.or their sex, or their beliefs, that's wrong.
:24:45. > :24:50.Now, who chooses the talent is not the academy, as I said before,
:24:51. > :24:58.The studios often cast black actors
:24:59. > :25:01.in somewhat cliched roles like drug dealers or warlords.
:25:02. > :25:04.Perhaps the industry can follow the lead of Star Wars.
:25:05. > :25:07.They chose the relatively unknown black actor John Boyega
:25:08. > :25:11.in a role that could have been played by any ethnicity.
:25:12. > :25:13.How important is it that the studios should follow suit
:25:14. > :25:17.I think it's inevitable, and I think it is critical,
:25:18. > :25:21.and I feel like it was just important to me,
:25:22. > :25:27.to all of us working on the movie, that the movie be inclusive.
:25:28. > :25:30.Whatever the eventual outcome, the Academy, the film industry
:25:31. > :25:33.and the public are united on one thing - they want the discussion
:25:34. > :25:37.around next year's Oscars and beyond to not be about who the voters are,
:25:38. > :25:40.but to be purely about the films themselves.
:25:41. > :26:05.That's it for now. Coming up, the weather.
:26:06. > :26:12.Good evening. It is turning cold once again across the UK. Probably
:26:13. > :26:14.down to two or three degrees