Palestinians vote in key election.

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Voting is said to be brisk in Gaza and the West Bank, but in Jerusalem hundreds of voters were turned away from an Israeli-run polling station. Former US President Jimmy Carter, who was monitoring the poll at the station, said he was unhappy with the incident. The favourite to win is ex-Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who is calling for peace talks and an end to the armed Palestinian uprising. The BBC's Paul Wood reports chaotic scenes at the largest polling station in East Jerusalem. Voters are complaining that Israeli officials are not allowing them to vote even though the Palestinian central election commission has properly registered them. One election monitor said he thought up to 500 voters had been turned away.