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Hamid Karzai lacks enough votes for an outright win in the Afghan elections. That's according to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) who have ruled that 1.3 million votes from August's election are invalid. Under election rules, Mr Karzai now faces a run-off against rival Abdullah Abdullah - an outcome that the Afghan president has been fiercely resisting. Tonight our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban will be outlining what all this means, and Lyse Doucet is in Afghanistan and plugged in to the Kabul rumour mill. Lyse has also been speaking to a representative from the ECC. We'll have interviews with the major players as we ask what's next for Afghanistan.

It is 49 days now to the crucial Copenhagen climate summit. In one of a series of pre-meetings, the Major Economies Forum is in London today, bringing together 17 of the world's biggest greenhouse gas-emitting countries. Our Science Editor Susan Watts will be giving us her analysis of today's events and we'll hear the view from China, the US and from our own Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband.

And Sir Ludovic Kennedy the legendary writer and broadcaster has died at the age of 89. He is perhaps best known for his relentless pursuit of miscarriages of justice and was a familiar face on BBC Two on Newsnight's predecessor programmes. We will be remembering him.

Do join Jeremy at 10.30pm on BBC Two.