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theerdict on the peaceeping in our for -- in darfur. thank you f ining us on bbc news. china expreesits strong opposition to the tainese invitation to the dalai lama. the isrli prime minister mets with the german chancellor. >> the bbcas uncoveremany cases corruptio involving iraqi security cases. the police and the ay i blamed for stoppg some mbings. it is believedhat corruption is undermining tir effectivens. just two months ago, they too

over security in iraqs american troops plled back. the li or death qution, can they provehemselves on the job? >> a cama on iraq's foreign mintry catches a suice truck mber la week secon befor it admits. . -- it detonates. >> e iraqi serity forces should have done better job because there were clea instructions, no trucks should move in certain par of baghdad. >> is there re to come? >> i think that there is re to come. >> has left

the security fullpolls. this businessman told us that he pays bribeto get his trucks throug quickly. -- mountain corrtion has let security fool holds -- full of holes. >> pice will search them. this i common all over t country. >> the problem wi the police is they don' live up to their responsibilies. >> we have heard countless other exples, a dver who paid four sarate and bribes to get his vehicle released after it was wrongfully impnded. aan who had jewelry stolen from him during a sech operation. it never happened here. police insisted that the the

problem is endemic. >> it is telling howasy it is to find stories of corrtion. iraqi people wiltell y tha paying bris is pa of daily life. as long as that nd of loople exists, the boers know they camake use of it a we. americans are taking a back st but they defend the iaqi police a army. >>his was a total breakdown. there's no dying the fact. also, you ve to look at the longer term. we have had bil level of violence in is country since started keepi atistics. -- we have had the lowest lels o violence. the iri peoplere doing their part. >> now that the iraqi forces have taken over, some hope that is could give lessons for

afghanistan. ings are gettg worse there and tter here. >> the bbc has learned that the u.s. special env to afghanistan had an explosive meeting with presint karzai over theountry's election. soues reveed that richard holbrooke raise cncerns about baot stuffing and fraud. he said that tosecond runoff uld make this easier. >> these are the two mo powerfulmen in afghanistan, the president and the special envoy. the retionshipegan ll last feuary. >> we want to learn your points of view. >now the relationship appears to have soured. ey met again the day after the

ection. we have multiple sources that describe thiss explosive. the american raise concerns about ball stuffing and fraud. he said at a second round noff could make therocess moreredible. resident karzai reacted very angrily andafter a few minutes, e eting ended. the u.s. embassy deni that he stormed out. >> the hope ontervention uld be t delegitimize a leader i afghanistan who com out of the electoral pross. that cannot help the western alliance that can that help the government of afghistan. that cannly help the taliban. >> assurin that these ections are a viable is vital.

now, ubts about fraud and turnout could undeine the mission. there have been more than 1700 colaints about irregulaties. 270 havbeen classified a serious cases. if they are approved, th could have a matial effect on the outcome. ase reported, it is not just corruption but turned out that threatens the elecon. ss than 40% voted across the country. in the sout the numbers are much lower >> this ection demonstrates thatthe whole strategy of 8 years of democratic state building, creatina centralized state, has failed. we need to regnize that failure and comep with something difrent. >> these relations comes two more british soldiersre flown home, kled in action afghanistan.

hthe deat are a gm reminder of thriskstaken. afghanistan is a battle that shs no signf ending. >> onef t youngest detainees out of the detentionenter i uantanamo bay will sue the u.s. for coensation. he was released and arrived in afghanistan earlier is week. his family ys he was 12 at the time of his detention in 2002. a suicide bber has destroyed and pistani checkpoint on the border with afanistan. at least 22 people ed. police say t bomr approaed on foot as security guards were celebrating the enof ramadan.

a train has slammed in an earth moving machine killing five passengs. seral carserailed as the train was traveling from t capital, ankara, to istanbul. there has been chargemade in the hijacking of t arctic sea. it dippeared only reappear three weekslater off of th west africanoast. south africa' leader is visiting zimbabwe on theirst presidtial visit. let's hope that he canase tensions within the fragile unity government. ther will be ainner in hi honor. he isxpected to call for an end of prosecution of political opponents. after six years a the deaths of about 300,000 people in the war inudan, this is er.

thats t declaration from the outgng head of the african peaceeping force. the conict hasow descended into low intensi banditry. >> for many, it was the world's most horrifying confct. government-backed militiamen swept through vilges. th raped and murdered civians. th is what made darfur a household name. now the u.n. soldiercharge of keepin peace says that darfur is no longeat war. >> thre is a significant reduction in the lev of violence. this is largely d to the contribution of these humanitarian intervention as well as conflict prevention

>>he ke issue is the political proces this involves getting crimin groups to the negotiating table. even if the fightg has di dn, the region fes huge challeng. the u.n. says 2.7 million peopl have been dispced. 300,000 people died becausef the war. toy, aed groups still operating darfur, some wi wings to the governmt. ther are sevel peace iniatives. some hope there will be sancons removed. many activists in america find it diffilt to swallow the general's verdict. whether u agree or not dends on how you define a r.

the general isaying that many of the problems in darfur ar er. >> now, this is a visit t bring comfo. taiwan has invited the dalai lama and this ha triggered criticism from china. >> taiwan's govement says the reason is to comfort a ling and to prafor the dead. families, whole comnities are gone. is is not just environmental ndscapes that a change to. the la time that the dalai lama was here, twan was uer the rule ofanother president. he wasent on pushing for indendence for t island which beijing still claims as its provie. now, is man isn charge.

s focus itotally different. heants to redu tensions and bud closer ties with china. s approval ratings at home plummeting -- plummeted after th landslis. >> w have decided to invi the dalai lama to ask him pray f the dead d to bng hope for e livg. this was our decision. >> if the president doenot allow the dalai lama to visit, he would face a backlash from e public who ause him of bowling down to ina. he-- who accuse hm of bowlin down to china. -- bowg downo china. >> and british tnager cometes his record-breakg voyage.

mexico' governme is beefing up its force in the battle against narcotics. more than one dozen people have be murdered 24 hours in a border city. at least 800 have been killed this year. >> each of theillings was th work of orgized crime. 13 people wereilled and 7 attas in just 24 hours. local poli could giveittle informion about mives or suspects no one has been arrest. the cit has mexico's highest rate of drug-related murders. juarez, more than aundred people haveeen killed. the govement blames this on turf wars between smuggler and

rtels. 11,0 people he beenurdered in less than three years. that is a terrifying average. that is 11 viole dehs a day. the government has increased the efforts to bate the violence with only modere success. they showed off some of this bos and mexico city. they started t deroy 75,000 pounds of dru seized. -- tey showed off some of this boils -- the spils in mexico city. there was a bust that fund $24 million worth of drugs

>> the last hdlines, w have uncovered in theorruption involvg the security forces and iraq. they are facing pssure to st bomb attac. details havemerged between an angry meeting between the president of afghistan and the special envoy fr the u.s. and rmany's chancellor has called for a free o settlents on occupied palestinianand. she was speaking aftereeting israi prime minister. she also diussed ira. she wants them to stop thei nuclear progress and she is considing supporting sanctions. >> benjin nanyahu came to berlin with clearessage, he said that iran is a danger for world peace. anits time to tore tough

on them. >> there's not much time. i think that the most important thing that cane put in place is what hillary clint caed a cryptic sanction it is possibleo p real pressure, real economic essure on this regimes the major powers unite. >> the germanhancellor threated tough sanctions if iranejected sanctions. she addressed the issue o middle eastpeace calling on israel to op the construction ofewish settlements in the occupied territories. >> believe th the progress onhe isef settlements, a halt is an important eement and a precondition for a revivalof

the peace process. 'm convinced at the possility for such a process is vergood. >> this visit s not onlyabout middleast plitics, it was about the past. he israeli leader was handed the original blueprints of the auschwit concentration camp. 29 dirams demonrating the killing mhine used by the nazis. more than million people were killed here. >> the are those who deny that the holocaust happened. perhaps until this moment, we would say let them comto berlin, tomorrow, let them come to jerusalem and look at these plans. these plans for e factory of death this is a very important historical documentthat will be

kept by us. >> chilling sketcheof the holocaust. >> the british cef financial regulator has suggested a new tax to reduce bones at. th is gning fans fro those who did notike the financial stem. he is a former banking chief. >> for years, we havbeenold that wt is good for theity is gd for britain. it turns out, this isot cessarily so. a lot of the financial sector's abilities are usess. it profits are eessively large. thiss n a typal bank basher, bt the man in charge of

regulating our banks. when he talks, people lten. we ha ended up with a financial syst that is much bigger than our economy needs. a lot of the deals here might not be very useful to the economy. ifhey could cost all of us hundreds of billions of unds. they want poper regulations and maybeven a special tax. >> powerful forces are led up againshim. london has a loinvested i being a global fund manager -- global financial center. yesterday, nicolas skozy said he would be askg the rest of the g-22all of france in lain wn clear rules for bk bonuses. -- g-20 to flow france in

making rules for bank bonuses. >>i see the bonuses as fne, let them take $100 million. that is fine. these people with $10 million, that is fine. >> what er happes wi bonuses, they're looking to deal with the cause not the symptoms. of course, itain could go it alone and let all of isisky busiss go elsewhere. all of the main parties would against this. the city could lose lot of valuable busines th would ao have to decide whatn earth britain was going to donstead. >> here is a curiosity,police in calornia say they found a

woman alive8 years after she wasidnapped she repoedly walked inta police station. -- they found a woman alive years after she was dnapped. she reportedl walked into a police station. >> here she ienjoying a shing trip she wasust 11 when she was forc into a stranger's car. her steather wnessed the kidnapping and caed police. >> 911. >>his is 911. >> my child was kidnapped. >> neighborsto keep media attention focused on the case. it was a high-profile investigation. the trail went cold. that w 199 w, 18 years later, police are searching a house nearsan francisco after resting a

coue onuspicion of kidnapping. the man is a register sex offender. hend his wife wereetained after walking to a police station wi a young woman who later told police officers she w the missing rl. >> my hopewas to be able to rover her and prosecute these people. we get her backalive and she sounds like shes ok. >> dna tests are being done on e woman. they are 9 sure. >> re on that to come for sure. muslims and malaysia have en banne -- in malaysiaave bee banned on attenng a concert by the black eyed peas. this becse the ent is sponsored by guinness.

it would be a achievement even for the most eperienced sailor t at the age 17, he ha become the younge person to sail around the world. >> just before 10:00 this morning, this 17-year-old sailed into the record books. he became the youngest person evero ciumnavigate the gle. he got a much-nded hug from his father. >> i love you. >> overhe pa nine months, he battled wit 15-foot waves. at times, hsuffered fro seasickness. he had nohoice but to slp and 20 minute power ps

>> at it is 42 degrees. getting cder. >> he left in novber intending to sell nonstop around the world. echnical issu forced him to dock in the canaries. crossedhe equator in th new year. he fac difficulties such as a broken sale his yacht was damad. rricane bill raged o his final apprch to britain. >> there'no one to help you. i knew i s going to make it to. you pushn and you ndle it. >> tonight, he iseading to portsmouth. his friends and family wilbe there.

ty are ready to weome home a recordreaker. >> ad motorcade carrying the body of edwa kennedy arrived inoston. dignitaries le by present obama will attend a funera services on satuay. hundreds of people linedhe roads as the by left the mpound. edward kennedy died of a brain tumor at the age of 77. he icurrently in the john f. kenneibrary anmuseum. thank yofor being with us on bbc worlis. -- on bbc wod news. >> nding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, owe, vermont,nd honolulu. the newman's n foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur fodation. and uniobank.

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