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It's T-Minus-Six days to the kickoff of the FIFA world cup.

And with the anticipation building we check in on the news leading up with our shooting for glory feature.

FIFA and a streaming giant have teamed up for fun and games, we tell you how you can quench your thirst at the venues, not everything that glitters is free and we have some angry teachers.
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00:07we start with the game within the game as fifa and netflix have partnered on a world cup video game
00:13netflix will enter the streaming of world cup matches at next year's women's world cup but
00:17have already tapped in into the men's tournament with the launch of the fifa world cup launch
00:21edition which is a video game within the netflix games interface where players can use their phones
00:26as the controller players will have access to all 48 teams as well as the 16 host venues allowing up
00:33to four players to compete on the same screen if you are thirsty at this world cup you'll be forced
00:38to purchase refreshments as fifa has walked back on its rule allowing refillable plastic bottles
00:43fifa has banned the use of bottles cups jazz cans or any other form of closed or cap receptacle that
00:51may be thrown or cause injury additionally objects made of glass or any other breakable material
00:56or especially hard thermal boxes or water bottles cannot be brought into the stadium it's a decision
01:02that has caused concern with temperatures expected to soar during the summer months while temperatures
01:08are expected to soar the frustration of teachers in mexico is already at a fever pitch as a faction of
01:14the national teachers union in mexico is threatening to stage mass protests at the opening of the world
01:19cup on june 11 the protesting teachers toppled three player statues and stripped of their uniforms
01:25before burning them in mexico city's main promenade the action comes days before the tournament as
01:31teachers rejected the government's nine percent offer but are demanding a 100 salary increase
01:36while opposing planned pension reforms and we have another example that nothing's ready for free as 60
01:42football fans managed to bag themselves free tickets for the world cup group stage matches in
01:47toronto after a glitch on the fifa website those fans were charged zero dollars during the online
01:53checkout process but fifa has now given them seven days to pay the full price of the tickets or they
01:58will
01:58be removed from their accounts
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