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is that african-americans are not qualified to lead this great country. >> they asked him to crash one of sport's biggest scandals. a very warm welcome to bbc world news broadcast to our viewers on pbs. africa gets on line with broadband. why did the bulgarian national lottery, with the same numbers two weeks running? -- come up with the same numbers? >> it should be a time of celebration for hamid karzai. the counts in the presidential elections are complete and he

has given nearly 55% of the vote. the result is not official and may never be because of a bitter row of how much is down to fraud. up to a quarter of all ballots might be invalid according to the eu officials. the president said this was irresponsible. >> in much of afghanistan, it took real courage to vote. only one in three voters turned out. a month-long, all of the votes are counted. president karzai can claim outright victory without a runoff. we are a long way from that. an electoral complaints commission wants to reexamine about 1/10 of the votes cast. do you believes that there has been widespread fraud.

their monitors believes that 1/3 of the votes could be fraudulent. >> this victory to elect the next president of guinness stand can be considered legitimate. -- next president of afghanistan can be considered legitimate. this is very important for the people. >> the countries that have troops here, troops were fighting and dying, have to keep persuading their own people that come 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 results of the election and then make further decisions moving forward. my determination is to get this

right. >> an election that has no credibility. the electoral complaints commission has a huge task on its hands trying to determine which of the suspect ballots are valid. with each day that passes, doubts about the legitimacy accumulate. >> the american officials responsible for closing guantanamo bay has appealed for help from other nations to help resettle the detainees. in his first interview since he was given the job, he said that this is a tough task. he believes that guantanamo will close by the end of next january. the american middle east envoy has been talking with the israeli prime minister in jerusalem. george mitchell is trying to secure a freeze on settlement activity in the west bank. benjamin netanyahu said that

israel might limit construction but will not halt settlement activity. thenthe european commission president has won a second term. he was the only candidate in the parliamentary vote. now they will choose the rest of the commission. the french government says that it will close on a legal migrant camp with in a week. it is a gathering point for many immigrants hoping to reach the uk. the move will send a strong message to people who are traffickers and they can no longer use the port as a smuggling route for britain. it is a question puzzling some observers in the u.s., why are the protests so angry against barack obama? one former occupant of the white house thinks that he has the answer, racism.

this has sparked controversy all of its own. >> -- you lie. >> protesters against the president have accused him of tyranny. some protesters claim that they will recapture their country for freedom. jimmy carter says that this is different, this is about the election of the first black president. >> i think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity towards president barack obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he is african- american. >> he was focused on one south carolina congressman, jo wilson, who shocked the establishment shouting out at the president. >> the reforms i am proposing

would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie. >> some say that he would never have done that to a white president. he was one of a handful of congress people who voted for the confederate flag to be flown out side of the south carolina capital. a few miles away, the flag still out letters. there is conservatives and confederate memorabilia. if you hefew hear like what thee hearing from the present but they don't like the charge of racism. >> that is arrogant. how can someone know what my feelings are towards another individual? >> many conservatives feel that president bush was treated as

harshly and the democrats are using the race card to shut them up. >> he comcame out and said publicly what people have been saying in the barbershops and beauty parlors of the african- american communities. >> this is a subterranean debate. given that the relationships between black and whites 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 that is exactly what the riddlrenaulm is accused of. their principal driver has

resigned along with another executive. with all the risks to the driver himself and all of the spectators. this is unbelievable. >> with all of the dangers and drivers, a driver deliberately crashing into a wall is unbelievable. last season at the singapore grand prix, they crashed into a wall. his speed was increasing as they went into the corner. it was only when earlier this summer that he was being dismissed from his team that he started making these allegations along with his father that he had been instructed to crash on lap 14 to enable the safety car to come out into the track and that propelled his teammate right up to the front of the

field because he was the head of the safety car so he could go on and win the race, which she did. ther-- which he did. the allegation is that his team told him to crash. renault has said that they will not contest the allegations. the two figures in their team are not said to be guilty of these allegations thesbut renau 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. we don't know who was really

saying what. it is less likely likelyrenault -- championship.

>> japan's new prime minister promised frank but trusting relationships with america which some read as more independence. >> to the victor, the spoils.

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