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FIFA: A president, a prince and a democratic vote

Reality Check: FIFA: Blatter's defence; Jordan: refugee crisis; FIFA: Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein; Tech Wars; Svalbard polar bears

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Blatter behind bars: Wishful thinking from protesters in Zurich

FIFA: Blatter’s defence

Yesterday evening Sepp Blatter opened the FIFA congress in Zurich with a speech defending his presidency of the organization. Our Zurich correspondent, Imogen Foulks reports on what he said, how it was received and what the relationship between FIFA and UEFA will be like going forward.

Jordan: Syrian refugee crisis

The conflict in Syria enters its fifth year and there is no end in sight. 700 more refugees were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe yesterday and European countries have still to reach consensus on how to deal with the problem. Jordan, however, has already taking in over 1 million Syrian refugees. We speak to Salam Kanaan, country director for CARE International in Jordan, about the challenges the country is facing.

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Jordanian FA boss and FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein

FIFA: Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein

Sepp Blatter will almost certainly be re-elected as FIFA president but he does have one challenger for the job: Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan. We find out just who Prince Ali is, why he’s Blatter’s only challenger and whether he would have what it takes to effect real change at football’s governing body.

Tech wars

As Google kicks off its I/O development fair in San Francisco we speak to Daniel Sokolov from Heise.de to find out about something called cardboard virtual reality and to look at where the battle lines are currently being drawn in the tech wars.

The polar bears of Svalbard

In tomorrow’s Reality Check FM4’s Johnny Bliss goes on a journey Spitzbergen – a group of islands in the Arctic Circle. To get you in the mood for tomorrow’s show, Johnny today tells us of some close encounters of the polar bear kind.

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