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is tha african-americans a not qualified leadhis gre country. >> they asked hi torash one of sport's biggest scandals. a very warmelcome to bbc world news oadcast to our viewer on pbs. africa gets on line with broadband. why dd the bulgarianational lottery, with the same numbers twweeks running? -- come up with the same numbers? >> it should be a time of celebration for mid karzai. the countsn the presintial election are complete ande has given nearly 55% othe

vote the result is not official a may never be because of a bitter roohowuch is down to fraud. up to a quarter of all ballots mit b ialid aording to the officials. the presint said isas irsponsible. >> inuch of afghanistan, it tookeal courage to vote. only one in three voters turd out. a moh-long, all of the ves are coued. presidentarzai can claim outright victory without a runoff. we are long wayfrom that. an electoral complnts commission wts to reexamine about 1/10 of the votes cast. do you believes that the has been widespread frau their monitors belies that 1/3

of the vote cod be fraudulent. >> this victory to elect the next president of guness stand can be cnsidered legitima. -- ne president of afghanistan can be considerelegitimate. is is very important for the peop. >> the countries that have troopsere, troopwere fighting a dying, ha to keep persuading their ow people that me that the it is worth the sacrifice. >>-- that it is worth the sacrifice. > we are doing an assessment on the diplomatic side that we analyze the resultof the election and then ma further decisions moving forwar determination is to g this right.

>> an election that has no credility. the eltoral complaints commsion has a huge taskn its hands trying to determine which of the suspect ballots are valid. with each day that passes doubts aut the legitimacy cumulate. >> the amerin officials responsible for closing guantamo bay has appealefor help from other nationto help resettle the tainees. in hisirst interview sce he was giventhe job, he said that this i a tough tsk. he believes that guantanam will closby the end of next nuary. the american mdle east env has been talking wit the israeli prime minister in jerusalem. george mitchell is tryin to secur a freeze on stlement activity ithe wt bank. benjamin netanyahu sahat

isra might limit construion but will not halt settlement activity. tthe european commission president has won a seco rm. he was the only cdidate in the parliamentary vote. now they will choose the rest of the commission. the french government says that it will cse on a legal migrant camp withn a week. it is a gathering point for many immigrants ping to reh the . the move will send strong message to people who are traffickers and they can n longer use the rt as a smuggling roe for britain. it is a question puzzling some observers in the u.s., wh are the protests s angry against rack obama? one former occupant of the whe house inks that he has the answe racism. this h sparked conoversy all of itswn.

>> -- you lie. >> protestersgainst the president have accused him o tyrann. soe protesters claim that they will recaptureheir cotry for freedom. jimmy carter says that this is different, this is about e electionf the first ack presiden >> i think aoverwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity towards president back obama is based the ft that hes a black man, that he is african- american. he was focused on one south carolina congressma jo wilson, who shoed the establishment shting out at the president. >> t reforms i am proposing wouldot apply to thoswho

are he illegally. >> yo lie. >> some say that he uld never havedone that to white present. he s one of a handful of ngress people who votedor the confederate flag to be flown out side of t south carolina cital. a few miles away,he flag still out letts. there is conseatives and confederate memorabilia. if you hefew hear like what thee hearing from te presentut they d't likehe charge of racism. >> that is arront. how can someone know at my feings are towards another individual? many conservatis feelhat esident bush was treated as harshland the docrats are usingthe race card to shuthem

up. >> he comca ouand said publicly what people haveeen sayi in the barbershops and beauty parlorsf the african- american commuties. >> this is a sbterranean debate ginhat threlationships beeen black and whit has been a driving force, the only surprise is that it has taken so long to surface. >> it seems almost unbelievable, asking one of your drivers to crash deliberately at high speed so his teammate can win but tat is exactly at the riddlrenau tem is accused of. their principal drir has signed along with another

executiv th all the risks to e driver himself and all the spectors. thiisnbelievable. >> with all of the dangers and drers, a driver deliberaty crasng into a wall is unbelievable. last season at the singapore gran prix, the crashed into a wall. his speed was incasing as they went into the corner. it was only when earli this summer thate was being dismissed from his team that he stted making these allegations along with his father that he had bn instructed to crash on lap4 to enable the safetcar to come out into the track and that propelled his ammate right up tthe frontf the field because he was theead of

the safetcar so he could go on d win theace, which she did. th-- which he did. the allegation ishat his team told him to crash. renault has said that they will no contest the allegations. the two figures itheir te are not sa to be guiltof these allegatis thesbut renault will not contest this. >> it is it possible that this could end there? >> there has to be hearings. if the drivers don't want to talk about it, they don't have to. weon't know who was really saying what.

it is ls likely likelyrenault -- likely atenault will be thrown out of the championship. >> japan's new prime minister promised frank bu trusting relationips with ameri which some read as morindependence. >> t th victor, the spoils. the prime minter acknowledge the applausafter beingade pre minister. people lined up to st about in fronof the speaker's chair. for generations, the ldp hd sway in the chamber. the democratic partyhat 308 out of 480 seats a greate reversal of fortune, nearly half of their members are first-timers'.

>> toment i wasappointed prime minister i felt emotional how history is angingnd also sense of responsibility to lead and change is country. >> e people of jan had been promised change. a new sial safety net, a shift to the left. thereas been grs but then stagnation. thuniversity of tokyo i where the janese eat are educated areelite -- elite are educated >> i would like to know wha their vision ojapan is.

we he a quickly aging society, national debt, global warming. ese problemsneed to be addressed. >> this marks a turning point for japan. this is thebiggest change in politics for more than half o century. the new prime minister must deliver on his promes of sweeping rerm and must find a y to revive the falteri economy. >> stay with us if you can't on bbc world news. saw it all, atribute to the legendary abc news correspondent. -- stay with us if you can. six bodies wereound inside a burning car inexico. 15 people were killed in two separate shootings in aother northern mexican town. there has been a wave of vience between warring gangs.

>>a day of celebration. but the crowds wre marking 19years of indepennce, their couny's war on drug dendence was claing moreasualties as here in tijuana where police discovered the remains of six diesn burned out ca soar, officers have given n reason for t killings the city is seen by wnforcement agenci as a major nduit for dgs heading north to the united states. there were similar scenes elshere. in juarez, a gunman killed five people. it w a fmily firm and thewo brothers w helped run it were among ose killed. o monday, five other people died at a shoing at a hardware store. so far, drug vionce has killed re than300 people and across

mexico more than 30,000 lives have been claimed in theast three ars alone. --ore than 13,000 -lives ha been claimed. therug gangs se to have no fear of government forces. th is the sne where a cvoy of gunmen opened fire a cvoy of government vehies. back in meco city, the crowd were celebting the long years of independence. the long years of dg vionce and showo sign of ending.

>> t latest headlines for you on bbc world news. figures released for the afanistan electiogives victory to president hid karz buthese are only a provisional. ere are new claims about fraud. jimmy caer says that much of the fierce opposition to bark obama'health plan and reform based on rism. some see it as the key to tackling pover in one of the poest parts of thworld. broaand internet has reached e coast o east africa. until now, they had no high-

quality connection to the world wi web. fiber-optic cable has been id it althe way from india to south africa. >> is is a country with a mobile phone shop on ery corner and a great hunger f connection tthe outsi world. for peop in kenya,etting on line is a struggle. now, a fiber optic cable has come ashore here on the beach bringing kenya their first solid link tthe internet. it is not just kenya which stands to benef from the rival ofthe cable. it will link up the whole of east africa to the high-speed internet at a rsonable price for the very first time. amongst the team behind the oject, there is a sens that is is a historic achievement.

>> this i exciting apart om bringi opportunies. >> who will benefi? weound a charity wch supplied farmers with water pumps. what does theinternet have to with grong tomatoes? the charity colcts data from every fm that they helped the internet connection makes this easier and cheer. > spending mone beinmeans bng able to help more people. this will also ay a big part in edution. onlyne of the 12 classrooms is equipped with cputers. thereare 20 reconditions computers bt here isheatch, none othem is cnnected to the internet.

>> if they ar not able to access informaon online, then we will be hopeless. >> kenya has gotten tech savvy young peoe but this one is worried abo what thcable will dever. >> this connectivity will be t most important ing for my generation since independence. will it really reached the people that need it? >> back at t school, they are looking rward to jning the informatioage. the aretill a few potholes on the w to the internet future. >> it was a ar ago that a state owned chinese company became the first to sigan oil productn contract with the aqi government. it was a test to see how the o

companieoperate. already oil is pumpg from the fie but it is csing fricti. >> they call it america's war for oil but of this, the first new well since the u.s. invasion is chinese. just aear after signinthe deal, they are aeady pumpi oil. it mightot look lke itut this cld be the beginning of a new willush inraq where the chineseare the pioneers. -- a newil rush in iraq where the chinese are the pneers. it is also a sour of tenon. some complained tt the chinese company are drilling on land that is notheirs. >> they did not ask permission, they brought theirquipment and theyut it in myland. when i protested, they said ey wod give me compsation but i ha received nothi.

>> in this poor, forgotten corner of iraq, expectations were high when the chinese arrived. s with electricity, ice has to be delivered to keep food fresh. just a few of thehad been taken on as grds. >> there will be trouble if we don' see more benefits. those don't find js can bome thiev and looters. the chinese wld t let us side e one of their managers n now to talk to us. local peop don't have the right skis. >> they don't speak english, ey don't know what going on. >> do youworry about your security here? >> yewe cannot goutside. >> you don't go up side >> we cnot. >> -- u don't go outside?

>> we cannot. >> the oil ministe says that local ppleot be forgotten. >> the exctations must be realistic. the oil companies appreciatehe importancef developing the infrastrture, building roads, bridgesso that peoplean really feel that these compies arethere to develop their vision and not just to pruce the oil and take iaway. >> if ira's oil dustry is t boost production, foreign vestment is seen as essential however controversial. one wants to be left out of the world's third largest reserve. the real battle might have only just begun. >> he coverethenvasion of

iraq but al a way back befo that, the vietnam war. brn barr's careespanned lf a ctury. he was annspiration tany of us. he was charming,braes, and cool underpressure. he has died at age 69. -- she was charming, brave. -- he was charming. >> it was a career that anned five decad. brave and unobtrusive, brn barron of the c. >> the communist brigade h been broken. >> he made his nam in vietnam. >he wasn the front lis of the fighting.

he s in saigon. as the viet cong are arrived, he sted behind to record the chaos. >> is there any way that we can get out of here? >> no correspoed was more courageous. -- correondent was more urageous. he neverdrew attentioto self. for 40 years he traveled the world,lways insightful. he he followed the dictator in exile. >> it is said that you ran away. >> i never ran away. >> he could turn his sty to anytng, he even tried a little willreporting once. >> it was a pack performance and it ended with a laugh as she hit the wron nes.

>> he was universally respted in aery competitive rld. >> his best lecy i think is that he is remember with enormous respect by those who worked with him and by thoseho worked against him. >> he reportes last wa in 2003 aboard a u.s. battleship a it fired the first missileo baghdad. brian barron died this morning. broadcast news i poorer without him. >> it is a mysterynd investigats are looking into it if corruptions involved. they are trying toigure out h the bulgarian lttery throughidentical numbers two weeks in a row.

theame numbers for dra on september 6th anagainn septemr 10th. the chancof the same six numbers coming up tce in a roh is aut 4 million to e. -- row is abou4 million to one. hamid karz has about 56% of th vote in ahanistan bt eu officials say that many could be invalid. jiy carter says that many of the opposion to barack obama as reforms are based o raci. - barack obama's refms are based on racis >> funding was made possie by thfreeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont and honolu. the newman's own foundaon. the john d. d catherine t. marthur foundation. union bank and "bght star," a

new fi by jan campn. financial streth to work for awide range of companies from sml businesses to major rporations. what can we for you? >> he was a dreamer. >> i wa floati above the trees. she was a realist. buevery word that he rode insped the romance that would liveorever. > i get anxious if i don't see u. >> must warn you of the trapd. "bright star," from jane