French Footballer Placed Under Investigation in Connection with Sex Tape, Blackmail of Another Player; Sources: Widow, Son of Lt. Joe Gliniewicz Now Under Investigation.
KATE RILEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Kate Riley with your world sport headlines. Liverpool made it three straight wins and 6 in a row. The first goal for the Mercy Siders was enough for the Liverpool first win in the Europa League this season. This is also the away win in Europe in three years. Tottenham who were ten games unbeaten in the English premier league were also in Europa League action on Thursday and they also welcome a win. Spurs won over Anderlecht 2-1 at Whitehart lane. The England international put Tottenham ahead in the first half. His fifth goal in three games. Tottenham won the game after a stunning strike. Spurs go top of their group. French footballer Kerry Benzema was placed under formal investigation Thursday morning in connection to a sex tape and black mailing of another player. It was part of an inquiry to corruption and doping. Benzema was held in police custody overnight. In France, being under formal investigation does not necessarily mean he will be tried. Benzema's lawyer maintains the player's innocence. And that's a look at all your sports headlines. I'm Kate Riley.</s>HOWELL: Police and protesters scuffled in Central London on Thursday. Protesters were supporting the activist group Anonymous, who sponsored the so-called Million Mask March.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was the main shell, if you like, for equality, against censorship and the belief we should be one people. But there are some people here who are protesting purely for the doctors, purely for Palestine, purely for individual movements, which is great because it all falls under that shell banner. Primarily, it is about equality.</s>ALLEN: If you couldn't understand what they were chanting under the masks, they were chanting Torrey Duck over and over again. Well, during some protests, some say some arrests were made and at least one police car was set on fire.</s>HOWELL: That's right. Sources tell CNN the widow and son of Joe Gliniewicz are now under investigation. It's in connection with the officer's alleged embezzlement of funds from a youth mentor program, one that he led. A police official also says Gliniewicz talked about having a motorcycle gang member kill a city administrator.</s>ANNE MARTIN, FOX LAKE VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR: I was stunned. Absolutely stunned. It's definitely not a good feeling and it's very scary in the same sense, as well. It's almost surreal. I have been assured not only by the task force, our police department and other agencies out there that I am fine. People have been very good to me as far as the law enforcement agency in ensuring that I am safe and there's no threat upon me. And if there were, they would let me know immediately. So, they've worked very closely with me and have been absolutely wonderful. I feel safe at this point.</s>ALLEN: Gliniewicz died in September. Authorities say he staged his suicide to look like a homicide and to apparently avoid being revealed as a thief.</s>HOWELL: Authorities in California say the California college student who stabbed four people on campus had a personal vendetta, but that he was not a terrorist.</s>ALLEN: Faisal Mohammad went on the stabbing spree Wednesday at the University of California, Merced. Authorities revealed why they think the 18-year-old did it.</s>VERN WARNKE, MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF: We found a two-page handwritten -- and I'm going to call it a manifesto -- detailing his projected activities pertaining to the day's events. The reason for these projected activities, I want to make this very clear. He had gotten kicked out of a study group and was upset with one of the students and apparently took his anger to the extreme level.</s>HOWELL: Investigators also say Mohammad's backpack was filled with zip tie handcuffs and a night vision scope and duct tape. All of his victims are expected to recover.</s>ALLEN: Well, that's the good news.</s>HOWELL: Just look at that image there. One official says Thursday's burst flooded an area of 200 homes. It's not yet clear, though, how many people may be missing or homeless. In Jordan, heavy rain brought flooding to the streets of the capital city of Amman just as that city was recovering from a severe sandstorm.</s>ALLEN: The rain lasted for less than an hour, but that was enough to flood homes, strand motorists and make matters worse. More rain is forecast. Hope no one was in that car.</s>HOWELL: Goodness.</s>ALLEN: Let's go over to Derek Van Dam following all this. Poor Jordan. They go from a sandstorm to flooding?</s>DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Exactly. They've had a string of natural phenomenons plaguing that particular region. Take a look at some of the visuals of this sandstorm that Natalie just talked about. Believe it or not, guys, this very sandstorm actually delayed the U.S. First Lady, Michelle Obama's trip through the Middle East. She was trying to land there on Wednesday. Couldn't get into Amman. The city, she was on a two-country tour trying to promote women's education across that area. Unbelievable stuff. That dust storm actually left a thick layer of dust on all the vehicles. People had to wear masks. They were selling those masks for the equivalent of $1 on the streets. If you wanted to stay healthy and not have respiratory problems, you needed to fork over that dollar to get your mask. Let's stay across this part of the world. Move from the Middle East down across the Arabian Peninsula to an area known as the Arabian Sea, just to put you on geographical reference. There is Yemen, there's Amman and there's the horn of Africa. This is Somalia. We have yet another tropical cyclone forming across this area. We've gone from just last week, the first recorded landfall of a tropical cyclone or hurricane equivalent on the Yemen coast to now the potential for a second. Here it is moving due west. And you can see the storm is projected to intensify. At the moment, it has sustained winds of roughly about 85 kilometers per hour. It's not a particularly potent storm. It's just that these types of storms are so rare over this part of the world. Again, a second landfall right along the Yemen coast. By the way, an intense amount of rainfall over this very dry part of the world means mudslides and landslides are a possibility. Hey, I'm going to switch gears. If you think you're having a bad day, how would you like to be those guys on that boat leading up to this storm outside of Sydney? That's a storm that was moving into the Bondi beach area. Let's break Twitter and start a new hashtag, #shelfiedownunder. Take a look at the footage we actually have. People that filmed this rare, rare event. It's not that it's rare. It's just that it's an incredible sight to see. It happens because thunderstorms create a cool pool of air that spreads out in all directions, creating that wedge-shaped cloud over the horizon.</s>ALLEN: And they're sitting there in the sun.</s>VAN DAM: Taking shelfies.</s>ALLEN: Back to that boat. It looked like it was hauling 'A' to get out of there.</s>VAN DAM: That's what I would be doing. Driver, take me to land.</s>ALLEN: You're out of luck.</s>HOWELL: Thank you so much. You're watching CNN Newsroom. And still to come. The lineup is set for the next U.S. republican presidential debate. Which candidates made it and which did not make the cut? We'll have the list for you as the broadcast continues around the world this hour on CNN Worldwide.