BBC News with David Austin.
The Libyan man convicted in Scotland of blowing up an American airliner over Lockerbie more than 20 years ago has arrived in Tripoli following his release from a Scottish prison. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was greeted on the tarmac of a military airport by his family amid heavy security. He was then taken to meet the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi. The Scottish government said Mr. Megrahi who has terminal cancer was released on compassionate grounds. Christian Fraser reports from Tripoli.
On home soil, the free man Abdelbaset al-Megrahi touching down in Tripoli this evening on the private jet owned by the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi. This was the first time he'd set foot in Libya in almost ten years and he returns to a very different country to the one he left. In the city center, his arrival marked the start of a celebration, maybe not in his name but for the National Youth Movement to run the streets in force. His freedom marks the beginning of Libya's new dawn.
Many of the 270 people who died in the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 were Americans and President Obama has described the release of Mr. Megrahi as a mistake.
Millions of Afghans have voted in the country's presidential election despite threats by Taliban militants to disrupt the poll. The authorities and western forces had mounted a huge security operation. It was particularly tight in Kabul where there were minor attacks. Turnout was brisk at some polling stations. Despite sporadic violence in several parts of the country. President Hamid Karzai praised people for casting their vote. In a BBC interview, his main rival Abdullah Abdullah accused Mr. Karzai's supporters of committing serious voting irregularities.
The head of the Polish army General Waldemar Skrzypczak has resigned after publicly criticizing the equipment available to Polish soldiers in Afghanistan. General Skrzypczak said he stood by comments he made that the defense ministry was failing to equip the military because they only knew about war from watching films. The Polish prime minister said there was no doubt that the army did need new equipment.
German prosecutors are investigating the former chief executive of the sports car manufacturer Porsche over allegations of market manipulation and insider trading. Porsche had attempted to acquire Volkswagen, its much larger German rival. In the course of the takeover battle, Volkswagen's shares soared. Here's our
business reporter Mark Gregory.
Prosecutors launched a probe into claims of market manipulation and insider dealing associated with the aborted takeover some time ago. It's now been confirmed that former chief executive of Porsche, Wendelin Wiedeking, and former chief financial officer, Holger Haerter, have been investigated as part of these inquiries. Both men left the company last month. Porsche denies accusations of wrongdoing and says it’s cooperating with the authorities.
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Western diplomats say Iran has allowed inspectors from the nuclear watchdog-- the IAEA-- into a nearly completed nuclear reactor. The United Nations Security Council believes that Iran could be secretly developing nuclear weapons, though Tehran has always insisted that its nuclear work is purely peaceful. Bethany Bell reports from Vienna.
Western diplomats say UN inspectors visited the Arak heavy water reactor last week, for the first time in a year. In a report on Iran filed in June, the IAEA warne
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