09/05/2017 Outside Source

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 to join 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, improves Doolan promising to prove

the economy and relationship with North Korea. We still don't have the

official results. Over 41%, double his rival. From tomorrow 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

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 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...

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 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 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. I want to ask you a better story

relating to Washington and Syria. 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

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 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 talk about a thing number is the

way he has now. Thank you very much indeed. Let's go to an astonishing

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 that is really reason. Likely they

overlap in South Equatorial Africa with modern humans. It was inside

these caves where scientists made the remarkable discovery. Dark, and

dangerous work as they picked their way through a labyrinth of rock

There they found hundreds of 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

Lakes, a tiny brain the size of an orange. A picture from the National

Geographic magazine shows it could be a link between ape-like creatures

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. 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 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 Staff reported an

11-year-old girl fell Park staff were immediately

on the scene, tending to the patient, West Midlands

air ambulance arrived 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

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 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. 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,

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

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 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

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 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

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 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 more job 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

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

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 of JCPenney, 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 in the

retail sector than industry. -- jobs 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 Ghanaian football. Caught up in

a racism row in Italy. We will also have an update on the Champions

League semifinal.