prime minister. people lined up to past about in front of the speaker's chair. for generations, the ldp held sway in the chamber. the democratic party that 308 out of 480 seats. a greater reversal of fortune, nearly half of their members are first-timers'. >> the moment i was appointed prime minister i felt emotional how history is changing and also a sense of responsibility to lead and change this country. >> the people of japan had been promised change. a new social safety net, a shift to the left. there has been gross but then stagnation. the university of tokyo is where the japanese eat are educated

areelite -- elite are educated. >> i would like to know what their vision of japan is. we have a quickly aging society, national debt, global warming. these problems need to be addressed. >> this marks a turning point for japan. this is the biggest change in politics for more than half of a century. the new prime minister must deliver on his promises of sweeping reform and must find a way to revive the faltering economy. >> stay with us if you can't on bbc world news. he saw it all, a tribute to the

legendary abc news correspondent. -- stay with us if you can. six bodies were found inside a burning car in mexico. 15 people were killed in two separate shootings in another northern mexican town. there has been a wave of violence between warring gangs. >> a day of celebration. but as the crowds were marking 199 years of independence, their country's war on drug dependence was claiming more casualties as here in tijuana where police discovered the remains of six bodies in a burned out car. so far, officers have given no reason for the killings the city is seen by law enforcement agencies as a major conduit for drugs heading north to the united states.

there were similar scenes elsewhere. in juarez, a gunman killed five people. it was a family firm and the two brothers who helped run it were among those killed. on monday, five other people died at a shooting at a hardware store. so far, drug violence has killed more than 1300 people and across mexico more than 30,000 lives have been claimed in the last three years alone. -- more than 13,000 -lives has been claimed. the drug gangs seem to have no fear of government forces. this is the scene where a convoy of gunmen opened fire on a convoy of government vehicles. back in mexico city, the crowds were celebrating the long years of independence.

the long years of drug violence and show no sign of ending. >> the latest headlines for you on bbc world news. figures released for the afghanistan election gives victory to president hamid karzai but these are only a provisional.

there are new claims about fraud. jimmy carter says that much of the fierce opposition to barack obama's health plan and reform is based on racism. some see it as the key to tackling poverty in one of the poorest parts of the world. broadband internet has reached the coast of east africa. until now, they had no high- quality connection to the world wide web. fiber-optic cable has been laid it all the way from india to south africa. >> this is a country with a mobile phone shop on every corner and a great hunger for connection to the outside world. for people in kenya, getting on line is a struggle. now, a fiber optic cable has come ashore here on the beach bringing kenya their first solid link to the internet.

it is not just kenya which stands to benefit from the arrival of the cable. it will link up the whole of east africa to the high-speed internet at a reasonable price for the very first time. amongst the team behind the project, there is a sense that this is a historic achievement. >> this is exciting apart from bringing opportunities. >> who will benefit? we found a charity which supplied farmers with water pumps. what does the internet have to do with growing tomatoes? the charity collects data from every farm that they helped. the internet connection makes this easier and cheaper. >> spending money bein being

able to help more people. >> this will also play a big part in education. only one of the 12 classrooms is equipped with computers. there are 20 reconditions computers but here is the catch, none of them is connected to the internet. >> if they are not able to access information online, then we will be hopeless. >> kenya has gotten tech savvy young people but this one is worried about what the cable will deliver. >> this connectivity will be the most important thing for my generation since independence. will it really reached the people that need it? >> back at the school, they

are looking forward to joining the information age. there are still a few potholes on the way to the internet future. >> it was a year ago that a state owned chinese company became the first to sign an oil production contract with the iraqi government. it was a test to see how the oil companies operate. already oil is pumping from the field but it is causing friction. >> they called it america's war for oil but of this, the first new well since the u.s. invasion is chinese. just a year after signing the deal, they are already pumping oil. it might not look like it but this could be the beginning of a new will rush in iraq where the chinese are the pioneers. -- a new oil rush in iraq where

the chinese are the pioneers. it is also a source of tension. some complained that the chinese company are drilling on land that is not theirs. >> they did not ask permission, they brought their equipment and they put it in my land. when i protested, they said they would give me compensation but i have received nothing. >> in this poor, forgotten corner of iraq, expectations were high when the chinese arrived. was with no electricity, ice hao be delivered to keep food fresh. just a few of them had been taken on as guards. >> there will be trouble if we don't see more benefits. those don't find jobs can become thieves and looters. the chinese would not let us inside the one of their managers can now to talk to us. local people don't have the right skills.

>> they don't speak english, they don't know what is going on. >> do you worry about your security here? >> yes, we cannot go outside. >> you don't go up side? >> we cannot. >> -- you don't go outside? >> we cannot. >> the oil minister says that local people not be forgotten. >> the expectations must be realistic. the oil companies appreciate the importance of developing the infrastructure, building roads, bridges so that people can really feel that these companies are there to develop their vision and not just to produce the oil and take it away. >> if iraqi's oil industry is to

boost production, foreign investment is seen as essential however controversial. no one wants to be left out of the world's third largest reserve. the real battle might have only just begun. >> he covered the invasion of iraq but also a way back before that, the vietnam war. brian barron's career spanned half a century. he was an inspiration to many of us. he was charming, braes, and cool under pressure. he has died at age 69. -- she was charming, brave. -- he was charming. >> it was a career that spanned five decades. brave and unobtrusive, brian

barron of the bbc. >> the communist brigade has been broken. >> he made his name in vietnam. >he was on the front lines of the fighting. he was in saigon. as the viet cong are arrived, he stayed behind to record the chaos. >> is there any way that we can get out of here? >> no corresponded was more courageous. -- correspondent was more courageous. he never drew attention to self. for 40 years he traveled the world, always insightful. here he followed the dictator

into exile. >> it is said that you ran away. >> i never ran away. >> he could turn his style to anything, he even tried a little will reporting once. >> it was a pack performance and it ended with a laugh as she hit the wrong notes. >> he was universally respected in a very competitive world. >> his best legacy i think is that he is remembered with enormous respect by those who worked with him and by those who worked against him. >> he reported his last war in 2003 aboard a u.s. battleship as it fired the first missile to baghdad. brian barron died this morning. broadcast news is poorer

without him. >> it is a mystery and investigators are looking into it if corruption is involved. they are trying to figure out how the bulgarian lottery through identical numbers two weeks in a row. the same numbers for drawn on september 6th and again on september 10th. the chance of the same six numbers coming up twice in a roh is about 4 million to one. -- row is about 4 million to one. hamid karzai has about 56% of the vote in afghanistan