World News from the BBC

Football's world governing body Fifa has said it'll

release

documents relating to a corruption scandal 10 years ago. Fifa's president Sepp Blatter said the documents will be handed to an independent external body. A BBC correspondent says they could identify senior Fifa members who allegedly took bribes in the 1990s.

Stock markets have been gaining on hopes of an eventual deal as ministers begin a weekend of meetings in Brussels on how to solve the eurozone debt crisis. There are indications they might make progress on the issue of ensuring that shaky banks raise more capital from public funds if necessary. However, they are still struggling over how to improve the agency for bailing out governments which lacks the resources to help Italy or Spain, should they be needed.

St Paul's Cathedral, one of London's best-known

landmarks

, has been closed to the public for the first time since the Second World War because of an anti-capitalist protest taking place outside. The dean of St Paul's, the Reverend Graeme Knowles, said the decision had been made on health and safety grounds. He asked the demonstrators to move on.

"The decision to close St Paul's Cathedral is

unprecedented

in modern times, and I have asked the registrar to implement emergency procedures whereby the building remains closed but fit for purpose until such as a time as we can open safely."