This Al Jazeera English news update looks at the early release of the Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, freed due to his terminal cancer despite objections from the U.S. and the victims' families. Also covered are the Afghan elections, which President Hamid Karzai has declared a "success" despite threats from the Taliban.

This Al Jazeera English news update looks at the early release of the Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, freed due to his terminal cancer despite objections from the U.S. and the victims' families. Also covered are the Afghan elections, which President Hamid Karzai has declared a "success" despite threats from the Taliban.