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Fifa abandons investment plans after backlash

Gianni Infantino says he has scrapped the controversial plan to sell off stakes in the governing body's competitions to private investors after widespread opposition.

The head of world football has scrapped his plan to allow private investment in the World Cup, after a backlash from football associations worldwide. Gianni Infantino said he was acting because the proposal was dividing the sport, but he's now facing calls to resign.

Also in the programme: Our reporter in the West Bank speaks to an Israeli settler about the killings of Palestinians; the search continues for seven missing climbers after Pakistan avalanche; and folk dancing from the east of Colombia makes its way to London.

(Photo: Fifa President Gianni Infantino. Credit: Reuters)

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