it is russ atkins. like this man will be the new president of south korea. i will be a president that serves all the people, even those who did not support me. he wants better relations with north korea. we will look at what else missed them mean‘s victory will mean for his country. america is considering deploying thousands more troops to afghanistan, a shift in policy. live to washington. french politics continues to get shaken up, the former prime minister says he is jumping ship tojoin immanuel macron‘s party. jumping ship tojoin immanuel macron's party. this socialist parties there, it is behind us, not the history and values, but it had to move on. we will look at why minnesota is experiencing one of its worst outbreaks of measles. and right up to date with the champions league. this is south korea's next

president. he was favoured to win, im proves president. he was favoured to win, improves doolan promising to prove the economy and relationship with north korea. we still don't have the official results. over 41%, north korea. we still don't have the official results. 0ver41%, double his rival. from tomorrow i will be a president for everyone. i will be a president for everyone. i will be a president who serves all the people, even those who did not support me. you may think north korea has dominated this election, but not really. economy and corruption the totti issues. let me play the

analysis of us public radio. there isa analysis of us public radio. there is a sense of simmering injustice amongst voters. wealth inequality, a sense of corruption, ties between big business, the family owned conglomerates, like samsung. ties between big business and government have got way too cosy. moon jae—in will be elected on a promise to break up those close ties. fight corruption. return a sense of justice to the labour market, if you will. a tweet from a producer on the us network nbc. kurds being the important word. the new president favours greater dialogue with the north. that rests on north korea's willingness to talk, we don't know whether that will happen. here is jean lee, used to be the correspondent for a peek in pyongyang. —— four associated press.

it has been made clear which candidate north korea, and which movement they are supporting. a couple of days ago, flyers rained down in my neighbourhood, from north korea, saying the conservatives had to go. very clear they want the liberals. let's be clear, the south koreans must have america and china on board. right now mr moon does not appear to have that. this man used to work on korean issues that the cia under president obama and president bush. there is concern, that there may be a potential divergences stop in policy coming out of washington towards south korea. obviously moon jae—in out of washington towards south korea. obviously moonjae—in has out of washington towards south korea. obviously moon jae—in has a different approach to north korea, preferring engagement and dialogue.

the trump administration wants to put maximum pressure on pyongyang and beijing. there is a potential for real divergences between washington and south korea. when we have that result confirmed he will get that from us on bbc news. let us turn to an important decision in the us. in 2014 us combat operations against the taliban in afghanistan officially ended. let's show you this, donald trump and 2013 saying... iam i am telling you to bear both those things in mind. i want to tell you we have reports the us is considering a new deployment of at

least 3000 troops. in addition to the over 8000 troops already in afghanistan. they are part of a bigger nato force, at 13,000. the bbc also understands nato is asking the uk to send more troops. if you have been watching outside source from you know fighting in afghanistan has intensified. last month 413 people in a compound in the north. the taliban militants, in the north. the taliban militants, in the north, the taliban wants to take cities there. hundreds of thousands of families of to leave their homes. the security pressure is very much real. the americans and their response is intriguing. let's speak to gary o'donoghue. why have the americans change their mind? they're

getting a stark message from commanders on the ground. general nicholson saying earlier this year effectively there is a stalemate in afghanistan between the afghan forces and the taliban. that he needed several thousand more troops to train, advise and assist the 350,000 strong afghan army, to push the taliban back. it has about one third of the country, controlling directly, or has significant influence. battles over the northern city, taken influence. battles over the northern city, ta ken back influence. battles over the northern city, taken back and forward. reports of controlling a highway in the north—east of the country, a very significant rate. the americans believe if few extra thousand will make a difference. also asking nato to send a few extra thousand as well. of course, may not be soon enough for the fighting season, in full flow at the moment. we are expecting some sort of deal towards the end of the month, when nato

meeting in brussels on the 25th.|j wa nt to meeting in brussels on the 25th.|j want to ask you a better story relating to washington and syria. copy files by gary and his collea g u es copy files by gary and his colleagues in the bbc‘s washington newsroom. the white house has approved supplying weapons to kurdish militants fighting islamic state in syria. which militia are we talking about? what will they be given? we're talking about the ypg, the syrian kurds. the us believes they are the most coordinated, effective, disciplined part of the syrian democratic forces. made up of kurds and syrian arabic forces. the white house has been toying with giving them more firepower in the fight against so—called islamic state. now that the battle for rakkahis

rakkah is getting closer, they want to give in the arms they need. small arms ammunition, vehicles, bulldozers, to bulldoze out of the way those ieds is use. the trouble is the turkish do not like it, they think the ypg is the same as the pkk, there internal separatist movement occurs. the turkish see them as terrorists. whatever the rights and wrongs of that particular decision, it is striking, the difference between donald trump's rhetoric america first, and he has got deeply involved in syria and possibly afghanistan as well? absolutely. talk of expansion troops in afghanistan, helping syria, air strikes we ever had, not to mention talk of putting north korea in its place potentially militarily. foreign adventurers and we did not

expect from donald trump, given his rhetoric during the campaign. one thing you could say in his favour, he has vacillated on this he did seem he has vacillated on this he did seem to make a bit of a distinction, during the run—up to the campaign between syria and the khalistan in terms of troops. he said he would not pull troops out immediately. did not pull troops out immediately. did not talk about a thing number is the way he - now. thank you very much way he has now. thank you very much indeed. let's go to an astonishing story in south africa. more remains ofa story in south africa. more remains of a humanlike species have been found. i want to show you this. a skull amongst those remains. it reveals a smaller brain size, compared to human beings. all discovered in south africa, karen allen is there. already scientists made history discovering a new species of early human. now the age

has been revealed, thanks to a skeleton, they have called neo. a perfectly preserved mail, dating the species at 230,000 years old, much younger than originally thought. we know it is 200,300,000 years ago. that sounds like long time ago, but thatis that sounds like long time ago, but that is really reason. likely they ove rla p that is really reason. likely they overlap in south equatorial africa with modern humans. it was inside these caves where scientists made these caves where scientists made the remarkable discovery. dark, and dangerous work as they picked their way through a labyrinth of rock tunnels. 30 metres underground. there they found hundreds of fragments of bones, hands and teeth. suggesting our primitive ancestors may have buried their in bed. they are thought to have walked on two

la kes, are thought to have walked on two lakes, a tiny brain the size of an orange. a picture from the national geographic magazine shows it could bea link geographic magazine shows it could be a link between ape—like creatures and early humans. now the discovery ofa and early humans. now the discovery of a near complete skeleton provides a road map for scientists to better understand earlier forms of human life. we get to look at what mail looks like, we're confident this is a male from the compare to the other specimens. we are taking the bits and pieces, an anomaly a fragment of fossils. you get a lot of the bones, along the body. he is a new plan for interpreting that. without doubt, very between these african soils are further clues as to few modern humans share the planet with. today's fine opens the possibility that technologies, tools and the traditions we as humans credit ourselves with may have been the invention of others who were here

first. we have heard from south africa, afghanistan, washington and south korea. ina afghanistan, washington and south korea. in a few minutes, turning to minnesota. i have been speaking to one journalist about why certain parts of this one us state is experiencing the worst outbreak of measles in more than 25 years. an 11—year—old girl on a school trip has died after falling from an adventure ride at a theme park in staffordshire. the splash canyon ride was close. it is not known whether the park will open tomorrow. the girldied whether the park will open tomorrow. the girl died after being airlifted to birmingham's children hospital. the manager of the theme park expressed his condolences. so it is with great sadness we have to report a young girl has

passed away at birmingham children's hospital after falling onto one of our rights this afternoon. staff reported an 11—year—old girl fell into the water. park staff were immediately on the scene, tending to the patient, west midlands air ambulance arrived to edit her to hospital. we are truly shocked and devastated, i'm sorry, our thoughts are with her friends and family at this difficult time. we live in the bbc newsroom. our lead story comes from south korea, the liberal human rights lawyer moon jae—in is claiming victory in the election. he has asked for cooperation with north korea, and the deployment of us missal defence system. some of the main stories from bbc world service. china is not

president is vowing to protect the climate agreement. that deal is to slow climate change, curb fossil fuel emissions. the promise was made ina fuel emissions. the promise was made in a phone call with the french president—elect, immanuel macron. doctors say it will take months for the russian activist‘s 11 eye surgery the russian activist‘s 11 eye surgery for his site to recover. a man who asked for a year's supplier chicken nuggets has become the most re—tweeted in twitter. i'm not sure that tells us. next on outside source, i want to talk about measles. in particular measles in minnesota. this state is in one of the worst outbreaks of measles for over 25 years. the worst outbreaks of measles for over 25 yea rs. if the worst outbreaks of measles for over 25 years. if we draw in on the

map, i have highlighted three areas, three counties. where there are large somali immigrant communities. we are told, 50 children have been infected. the majority of them have not been vaccinated. this is a grass released by the minnesota health department. people of non—somali descent, the rate of vaccination is 89%, within the somali community, 4296. 89%, within the somali community, 42%. it is blaming misinformation. a person whose name keeps coming up in this story is andrew wakefield, british, the founder of an anti—vaccine movement. back in 1998 he was struck off the uk medical register after a study length vaccines the autism. it was found to be false. over the last few years he has been invited to talk to somali pa rents has been invited to talk to somali parents across minnesota. outside source got in touch with a freelance

reporter covering this story for the washington post. she told us more. the fear of autism is rampant in the somali community. it is fairly new, the minnesota department of health has done some research, the rates of vaccination in the somali community we re vaccination in the somali community were quite high as 2004, 92% of people in the community were vaccinated. around 2008, things change, fear of the mmr vaccine began to spread. rates have plummeted. down to 42%. that seems to be the major driver. what understanding do we have of awareness of autism, within the community? it is an interesting history. i talked with a registered nurse, and somali immigrant from the consulting with the minnesota department of health, to try to educate the community can work with

them, give information. what she told me, there is not a word in the somali language translating to autism. windows diagnosis started to appear, people were really confused about what it was, how to talk about it. as a result, there has been plenty of fear and confusion in the yea rs plenty of fear and confusion in the years since. the community leaders you have spoken to you during your reporting from the duvet acknowledge there is a particular issue for their community? yes, i think, what i was told, there is a really strong tradition of oral communication in the somali community. when this idea took off around 2008, it spread so quickly, people are afraid, and angry, i talked to several mothers in the somali community, he told me

they feel like their questions have not been answered. they have concerns about something fairly new to them. appointments with doctors are quick. they feel like they get information after they get the shots. the community work as i talked with said in this case it is going to be a matter of spending more time with people, answering the questions they do have. let's talk about information provided. our authorities prepared to change how they share information on this subject? i think so, they had put a lot of work into it. the data has been coming in for a while. the rates of vaccination started to drop, from five, 7% each year, since 2008. a lot of work going on into figuring out how to overcome some of these ideas. what it is looking like, as in parallel situations elsewhere, not a quick and easy

solution. a really long road. they have enlisted, help from people, they say the aim is to get more community leaders, to spread information. it is a long road, a long process, so giving people good information. outside source business. china's the guests online payment platform is looking to expand into the us. this new deal between alipay, put it in the same sphere as apple pay. the chinese billionaire who owns it has given

the indication he wants to expand globally, eyeing the us, the world's biggest consumer market. in china, alipay dominates the chinese mobile payments. if the faure into the us is successful, the hope is they can then expanded to other countries where they don't have a presence. —— if the move into the us is acceptable. they will be able to use it to hail cabs, but hotels. the retail sector in the us needs all the help we can get. under severe pressure. i want to play you report on the issue. new york city, known for broadway shows, great restau ra nts, for broadway shows, great restaurants, and shopping. oh, the shopping. there is a seismic shift happening in american retail. even

evident right here in the big apple. the red on the map shows the vacant storefronts in new york city. when they close they take jobs with them. new york city clothing stores have been shedding jobs for the last three years. overall, the us economy has lost more than 90,000 retail jobs since october, 2016. there was too much square footage filter. too much space, too much. then we have the onset, 20 years ago of the internet. a story repeating right across the us. this is what is left of the hudson valley more in upstate new york. the empty stores show the demise of the american shopping centre. lunchtime, i'm in the food court. normally it would be really busy. as you can see, rather quiet. this is what happens when the big

department stores leave that they ta ke department stores leave that they take the customers with them. in the last two years, both macy's and jcpenney have closed their doors at the hudson valley malt. the future of sears is looking rocky. independent kiosks become collateral damage. the maul is getting slower. almost every month. a lot of schools have left. we still have hope. in the absence of customers, hope maybe all he has. although it is a hope shared by the new owners of the shopping all who believe they can turnit shopping all who believe they can turn it around. we already well ahead of the pace of closures ahead of the recession 2007, 2000 eight. this is truly a new phenomenon. in

my opinion, it is going to continue to expand right through this year, into 2018. you think we will see more closing this year and next year? yes. about one in every ten americans working retail. this is an industry vital to the american economy. with more store closures leaving, it means morejob losses. one question i had as i watched that, to what degree is this pressure on places like shopping moles is part of the way shopping habits are shifting from shops to websites? i mean, that is also a big pa rt websites? i mean, that is also a big part of the story. as you heard, you have these big giant shopping moles from all over the united states, it is the big, giant department stores able to set up in the shopping moles. now people are going to those

stores less, online has so much pressure. heung—min son could overta ke pressure. heung—min son could overtake macy's has the biggest clothing retailer. we are seeing people aren't going to the shopping moles, they are shutting down the non—performing stores, they happened to be part ofjcpenney, sears, macy's. it is all interlinked, all coming down. something we will see a lot more rough in the coming year or two. donald trump will be following those pressures very cleanly. what is the trump administration's plan to boost the sector? very important thing to talk about. we have heard nothing about the retail sector. not on many people's radar as of yet. we heard a lot from the campaigning presidential candidate that solely about bringing back old jobs. we are talking about more jobs about bringing back old jobs. we are

talking about morejobs in about bringing back old jobs. we are talking about more jobs in the retail sector than industry. —— jobs in coal. one tweet i highlighted fromjp in coal. one tweet i highlighted from jp morgan. they are estimating that a quarter of all us shopping mall space for the —— space will be repurposed. we will turn to all the latest sports news. we have a statement from fifa, on the rout concerning sulley muntari, the rout concerning sulley muntari, the ghanaian football. caught up in a racism row in italy. we will also have an update on the champions league semifinal. thick, southern clashing king. give

us thick, southern clashing king. give us will be stuck under clear skies -- if us will be stuck under clear skies —— if of us under grey skies. it will be a very chilly night. here is the forecast over the next few hours. this evening, overnight, hearty cloud in the sky across england, wales and northern ireland. the far north, spots of rain. city temperatures, right in the middle of town from outside town in rural areas, maybe two degrees above freezing. cold enough for grass frost. beautiful sunny note tomorrow morning, in the north, thicker cloud, maybe spots of rainfall. in the orkneys. from the lowlands, southwards, stunning in the afternoon. four o'clock. temperatures in the mid teens. parts of yorkshire. maybe a few fluffy,

fair clouds. pretty much it. beautiful weather across wales. the south—west, right across the channel coastline. this will clear skies and temperatures across london getting after the high teens. the winds will be very light. potential of burning in the strong sunshine. thursday, the weather starts to change. early hours of thursday, low—pressure swinging in from the south. meaning increasing amounts of cloud. chappers here, drifting from the south. with that, quite matt dea. humility across the south. despite cloud temperatures, around 19, 20 degrees. further north, more sunshine. friday, a mixed bag across the uk. thunderstorms, downpours. very hit or miss. across southern, central and northern areas, feeling quite muggy. temperatures moving

closer to 20 degrees. how about the weekend? pretty closer to 20 degrees. how about the weekend ? pretty mixed. closer to 20 degrees. how about the weekend? pretty mixed. feeding breezy with relatively warm. further chappers on the way. sunshine from time to time. —— chappers on the way. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. it's very likely this will be south korea's new president. translation: i will be a president that also serves all the people who did not support me. he wants better relations with north korea and has promised radical domestic reform. what else will victory look like? we'll look at what else mr moon's victory will mean for seoul, pyongyang and washington. french politics continues to get shaken up. former prime minister says he's jumping ship tojoin emmanuel macron's new party. translation: this socialist party is dead. it's behind us, not its history and its values, but it has to move on. this is a video of the bbc‘s media editor trying to ask rupert murdoch about recent controversies at fox news. i'll play you that in full.

and in outside source sport, the very latest on the