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The BBC’s chief football news reporter Simon Stone tells us about Fifa’s controversial plan to sell stock in the World Cup.

Football’s global governing body is registered as a non-profit. But Fifa boss Gianni Infantino has proposed a new subsidiary called Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE), which would sell shares to private investors, and run major events including the World Cup.

Fifa says the lead investor would likely be Thrive Eternal, a US venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner – whose brother Jared Kushner is President Donald Trump’s son-in-law.

Mr Infantino has said that the individual football federations which make up Fifa stand to make an initial $20 million if they accept the plan. But Europe’s UEFA – which is among the most powerful of those federations – has said the proposal “crosses a line”, accusing Fifa of using football “to enrich themselves and their friends”.

Meanwhile British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said Fifa is “selling out”, saying that “the World Cup is not a product. It is the greatest competition in world sport, and it was never anyone’s to sell.”

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00:00 Introduction
00:28 Infantino’s plan for the World Cup
01:56 Fifa and Trump
02:29 The problem with Fifa’s plan
04:23 Will Fifa members support Infantino’s proposal?
07:50 Could countries boycott Fifa?

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Saudi Arabia and the US have carried out strikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq, in a potential escalation of the Middle East …

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The US military said it has completed a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran in retaliation for Tuesday’s attempted ballistic missile attacks on American forces.

Centcom said it hit “dozens” of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in response to Iran’s firing on US bases in Jordan and at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian state media said the latest strikes had killed three people, including a two-year-old child, on Qeshm island, while other locations were also hit in the south and west of the country.

The latest hostilities come in a week that has seen the conflict expand, with the first publicly announced joint US-Saudi strikes targeting Iranian proxies in Iraq.

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The US military said it has completed a “heavy wave” of strikes against Iran in retaliation for Tuesday’s attempted ballistic missile attacks on American forces.

Iran has responded by continuing attacks across the region. Jordan said it shot down five Iranian missiles, while Kuwait reports one person was killed in an Iranian strike.

The conflict is now pulling in more countries. This week saw the first publicly announced joint US-Saudi strikes against Iranian proxies in Iraq. Egypt has also blamed a drone attack for a fire on two ships, marking the first time it has been targeted since the war began five months ago.

With more countries being drawn in and diplomacy struggling to gain traction, are fears of a wider regional war becoming reality?

On the Iran War Today, we bring you up to date with everything you need to know about the conflict and what might come next.

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