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$9 trillion. does mr. bernanke deserves a second term? at least tt results suggest the new sporting start caster senya has no escaped controversy yet. >> she won it. >> very warm welco to "bbc world ne," broadcast on pbs here in the u.s. and arounthe globe. my name is mike embl. coming up later for you -- senior oppositn figures in iran appear in court. when your crops are dyin what do you do? we repor on the drought th has brought a crisis to kenya. hello to yo the first results in the afghan elections are in, and ere are

serious allegation from one of the leading candides. dr. abdullah abdulla has accused presidentarzai of stealing goods more evince of a parent corrupti -- apparent corruption. add to this at the bldiest eekend cents at the war bega eight years ago. >> for eight years, ey fought in -- fought and died in afghistan. they fought f stability and democracy. this election was tobe a shing moments, millions tned out to cas their vot. now thereare concerns the electiomay be seriously flawed. >> mment karzai -- haunte karzai -- hmid karza >> karzaias at 40 his

earest challenger8%. with many votes yet to be tallied, this is likely to change. >> they hado steal the process, to steal e votes. why the incumbent --that outcome, we ll not allow. >> we were given a sect recordings by t abdullah abdull campaign. the man on the left appears to betaking the box for president karzai. if this is authentic,hen it wi be a serious breach of ection law. its not the onl alegation of frau this is wt remains of hundreds of votes for another candidate. they should have bn placed in the ballot box. instead, they were found wrapped up by the roadde. thehave been handed over to investigators.

this man clls thishe slaughrf democracy in afghanistan. >> if i do not object, then i will be comomising m nation. i do not want to deceivthem. >> for now, it is impossible to say how widespread the vote rigging has been. there are reports the west was too quick to dlare this process a scess and a victory forhe afghan people. there re concern tt democrat principles are being put at risk. this has been the worst year for american andritish troops since 2001. they haveought hard to make areas safe f vong. many died or were wounded. reports to the bbc from loca inparts o homeland province where british fces have been active in suggt at all --

helmland province where british rces have beenctive suggest a low turnout. in another povince, the scene of the fiercest fighting, just 150 people are reported to ve voted. the afgn election commission refused to cment. tonight, t taliban attacked again on a masve car bomb inkandahar leaving many jured. this is wha scare many awa from the polls. what ev the occult -- outcome of thelection, this is what itish and americceors will still have to deal with. bbc news, kabul. >>t the white house has confmed they expect the u.s. budget deficit to reach9 illion over the next decade. because the cost to the public will be huge -- some estimates

$775 billion of taxpayer cash willo to interest payments alone. no surprise the president soht to deflectttention with an announcement he wantben bernanke to ay on asoss of america's ceral bank. >> the budget dicit is le the natnal overdraft,he shortfall between what the government earned and wat it spends. the total deficit for theext decade is expected to add up to $9 trilln. a figure of that side is most mpossible to grasp, but it is -- a figure of that size almost impossible to grasp, it a burden everyone will have to bear. >> we will be paying for. people for many genetions. e governnt keeps spending. i doot know where the money mes from. >> we are going to pay this money back. it will be through vestment. the government has boowed extra moy to build up the

fincial system to support th economy through theecession. it is the enormousnterest on all e borrowinwhich has swollen e deficit. the job queues will keep on lengthening. at th will mean greater government spending on welfare. d what of president oba's ontroversial plan to reform health care. he says it will makthe system morefficient. opponent claim it ll add anotr $1 trillion to the debt burden. >> when or if the economy recovers, tax revenuesill rise and the defic will bome more manageae. b the only way to get aeal grip on this monster is either to pum up taxes ocut spending. president obam has a hard choices to make. the president knows wch way the economic wind is blowing. it took a moment away from its summer break t announce the ployment of ben bernanke to a

seconderm at the federal reserve. >> we have a fincial system on th verge of coapse tt been approaed with, and wisdom and put the brakes on our economic frfall. >> but even with the praise ringing inisears, brnanke knows s job is ly half done. >> our objecve remain to restore a stable economic environment in which opportunity ca again flirt d americans can receive -- in which oppounity can d can flourish and americans can receive the rerd ofheir hard work. the buet dicit will make the ad to recovery harder and loer. bbc news, new york. > two commanders of the taliban in pakistan had admied baitullah mehsud is dead. this is the first time hiseath has been acknowledged the militant

was first reported killed by an american missile strike earlier this mon. firefhters in greece believ they have conqued the wildfire that ravaged the outskirts of athens. thi desoyed 21,000 hectares of farmland. there is criticism of the governme response. chs brown is sentenced fo speeding up e pop star rihanna, his former girliend. he was senncedo five years of probation andour years of commity labour. the bbc has learned that tests carried out onhe goldedalist cast semenya who won th world ampionship in berlinad significany elevated levels of testosterone. afcans turned out in thousands to welco her home, but the controversy about her gender rains and she has been told t take further tests.

ourorrespondent watched the homecoming in johannburg. >> there was an r of festivit in johannesburg's and main airport. thousas of wl-wishers from miles arod. add alloping to catcha glimpse of the woman they call their golden girl. d then security guards usher caster semenya throu. you coul just about picker out from the crowd. this is a week a, and caster semenya was virally unknown. nowhe a national he thwn in the international spotlight. within minutes, thehy 18-ye- old s at center stagat a masse victory party. close relativessays -- close retives say she is more comfortable runng. these pictures o her power in

four to win e gold in the women's 800 mete show that she is something of a sexual curiity. her performance has prompted the world athletic body to demand geer tests to see if she has a medical condition at gives her an advantage. many sth africans find this nsulting and racist. there is little surprise that he president seized the moment to personally ngratulate caster semenya on her when. -- on her win. >> she has alsoeminded the world of the importance the rights touman dignity and privacy. [applause] wn it s her turn to speak, the athlete sidestep the issue of gender st,evealing hower coach had motivad her. >> he said, you know, girl, you

can do it, yac laughter] he just told me, you cahang on anlet them lead. the lt 200, kill the [appuse] >> as the celebrations continue, questions remai unanswered. howuchshould be south african athlec body preempt the controversy? bbews, johannesburg >> still come r youn "bbc rld news." isra's and prime minister it is its major european capils. first, the lauh of suth korea's first spacrocketas been wahed on tv a -- tv b millions. the plan w to launch satelle into orbit.

in t end, it was unsuccesul. we have this rort. >> south koa's first rocket -- a bid to joithe excsive club nations to golf -- took off overhe south lawsite. this is all lauh that has been delad a number of times, and natial pride was at stake. the wasstill an anxus wait anthen use the rocketad iled to pce its payload into regular orbit. south koa will have to try again in its bid to become only the th count with a proven independent launch capability. while there is disappoiment, north kore may excuse itself a wry smile . i was closely watching this

launch, believing the we double standards at play having been roundly criticizedfor their own attempts to put a satellite into orbit in april, also beeved to have failed. the launch in apri was widely rerded as a cover for a long- range missile testand led to tough new united nations sanctions. add the south rejects any comparison, however, insting its roct is part of a vilian space program. there are some independent voices of concern, and ev commercial rockets having the potential fo military use. soh korea anunces they will try again next ye. bbc news, seoul. >> theatest headlinesor you on "bbc world news."

president kari and abdullah abdullah in the afghanlection. and the u.s. gernment is projecting $9 trillion as the natial deficit er the next 10 years. there seems to be nlet upin the caaign by iranian authorities against academi accused of provokingnrest following the june's disputed election. the opposition of foreign govements and the united nations says thatthese art show trls. >> they are becoming a familiar themes. ian iranian court house,he opposionigures, academics, and urnalists are in to prison uniforms. theyre accused of stirring up the post-election demonstrations. also conspiring with foreign powers. iranian news agencies report that one of them has rented.

they include foreign ministers govement sokesman, academics and an economi - promint and vocal crit of the iraan governme. the gornment has said that arnd 4000 peop were arrested duri the unrest that followed the disputed presintial eleion in june. summer prostors picked up on the stets. hers were key supporters -- some we proteste picked up on the streets. others were key supporters found inheir homes. hile they face specific charges in court, it also looks like there is a wir indictment of those years when conformists trd to liberale the islamic republic those are yearnow viewed with scorn by the government.

it is, clear howhecurrent series of trials will and it is still not clear how the curren series of trials will end. he presre and may increase for the oppositioneaders. there is mousavi, possiblye a former predent. so far, a conservive supporters of ahmenijad have shied from taking such a radal step whi may spara new round of unrest. bbc news. >> with president obama em to unveil a new middle east peace plan, allyes are on israe's prime minier ase begins a series of meetingsn europe. today, benjamin netanyahueeds another foreign minister. gordon brown was more optimistic.

the israe partyo the back way into downing street because of a demonstration at the mn gate. this was a meeting of two countrs who call themselves ose allies. in white ha, is really demonstrators reflect noisily the dow's many palestians have. -- reflected more easily be doubts many palestians have. mr. netanyu said he was prared to se ando demilitarized zone along israe the americans are pressing the israelis to stop building homes for jews on an occupieland. this is a palestian family camping ouide jusalem after being icted to make wa f jews. americans believe that thiss no fndation for peace. britain agreewith that, but in

downing street,r. brown says the current round o diplomacy could produng hopeful signs. >> we haad go talks today. they are more optimistic than before. >> that is because mr. netanyahu may be cle to agreeing on a conditional freeze on israeli buildg in at some parts of the disputed ars. >> jerusaleis sovereign area. we accept the limations on our sovereignty. jerusalem is not a settlent. >> that they ao talked about iran and the diuted electi inune. but briin and isrl believe the regim has plans for nucar weapons at must be stopped -- at firstyanctions, and if that does not work, israel threatens militaryction. all of this is a reminder of how

hard it is to make peacen a part of the world wi different crises and allenges. in wshington, president obama is trying to come u with a coherent plan to deal with all. he may unveil it in new york next month. bbc news in downing seet. >> you mayeel you hve heard lot about pollution in china, but the sheer scale of the problem is only jus boming cleare with so many peoe being poisoned by eir environment, there have been two separate instances with lead poisoni affeing children. 800 art sick in -- 800 are sick in one province. in the show o a smelting plant, many children have been accepted. now officials ar looking at the contaminad village in

sponse to a cal anchor. our bbc correspondent h also been ying to get tre. they were turn bck by police. b they were very angry. 800 her childrenave become sick. they ve lead poisong -- 80 of the children have become ck. they he lead poisoning. 106 chdren are in hospital. we e -- we say 800 children re sick becae authities are onlyesting peoe under the a of 14. the oblem may be far greater th the authorities are letting on. when theproblems we have bee having getting to th story is that theauthorities have in effect shut that vlage down. we were stopped by theolice when wtried to get in there last nht. even though our papers were in der, evenhough we had permissionrom the offials in per seen -- being.

ter years of comaining about the smelting plant, ter years of children getting sick, people he been igred. afr years of beingromised the ant would be relocated, this promises have been unfulfilled. only now have the officials are arrived at arrivedn great numbs. there are police on everytreet corner. they are not there to help the villagers. they are there to shut th up. >> doi our level best to get close to thastory. an urgent appeal r kenya. one in now needs of food aid $200 milon will only last six months. kenya is suering a prolonged drought. climate change is blam, but also government mismanagent. will ross reports that many schoolstayed open so chilen would getneeal, at least, a da >>another stunning sunrise, but

these cloudss skies only bring sappointment. months thout rain he taken a toll. cattle are reduced to skin and bone. herds are head up the mouain slope in search of illic pastor. across the country, more than 100,000 have die on the plai below, crops have faed. there are witheredeaves to harves hoping to keep te family' only cow alive is now a daily struggo feed her four date is now a daily struggle to feed her four children. -- it is now a daily struggle feed her four children.

ts has been e family fa for generation this year, they have watched t crops shrivel up in front of their eyes. the food store i just in the sacks. all of you crops have failed? noood from the farm? >> tre is nothing. this is nothing. >> it is the middle of the school holidays at the momen but because the severe od shortage many schools have stayed opeso students can get one square meal. >> you a looking at [unintelligible] >>the offer of extra lessons may seem like a turnoffor many children, but with thedrought, the frelunch is a lifesaver. >> you will just liv wi under. >> and thahas happened to you sometimes? >> yes u do not get a nch. >> behind the classrooms week

to end split peas are -- -- wheat and split peas are boiled . and yets in desperatneed of food aid. the onlyave enough reserves to lastnother twoonths. for many students, this will be the onl meal of the day. some take the food home share withheir families. he in nrobi, many spend more than half their income on food, and price increases are hitting people hard. the climate change makinan impact, they need long term solutions. it is a very hard crop to gr. it means ecific rainll at certain tis during the year. on variousrograms, wfp is really encouraging people to grow droht-resistt crops. they lookn the wilder as

thei mothers like dying as a result of the drought. bbc news, kenya. >> of fal letter thought for you -- you could call it the stest cattle in the world. -- fastes kettle in the wod. there it does. in california, the along the stanng land speed record was broken - the longest standg land speedecord was broken for a steam-driven car. the previous record, only jt over 20 kilometers hour slower, was set byn erican 103 years a. thank you for being with us on "bbc world news. . >> funding was made possle by the frman foundation of w york, ste, vermont,nd honolulu. the newman'own foundation. the john d. and therine t. macarthur fountion. and union nk.

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