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He has so far refused to concede victory to his democratic rival, and he told supporters to go home and await the official results to be returned. Lets hear from the victor doug jones first. Alabama has been at a crossroads in the past and fortunately, we have usually taken the wrong fork. Tonight, you took the right one, ladies and gentlemen. Applause chanting usa you as a u s a usa. Ona on a personal level, i mean this, i wa nt to bank each and every one of you for it me achieving a lifelong dream of serving the United States of america in the senate. It has been my dream. Thank you for that. cheering and applause . As cheering and applause . As we cheering and applause . As we approach this cheering and applause . As we approach this crossroads, we have worked to do. We have worked to do in this state. To reach those who didnt vote for us and try and find oui didnt vote for us and try and find our common didnt vote for us and try and find oui common ground. Didnt vote for us and try and find ourcommon ground. Iam didnt vote for us and try and find our common ground. I am pledging to do that tonight. But i will tell you, tonight is a night for rejoicing. As doctor king liked to quote, the moral art of the universe is long but it be as to whatjustice arc. is long but it be as to whatjustice arc. It is long but it be as to whatjustice arc. It veers towards justice. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, tonight, tonight, tonight in this town, in this place, you helped bed that moral arc a little bit closer to justice and youd did that moral arc a little bit closer tojustice and youd did it. Bend. You set it right through the heart of the great state of alabama. Thank you all , i love you thank you, thank you and god bless you and god bless the great state of alabama and the United States of america. Cheering and applause. Lets now hear from defeated republican candidate, roy moore. I really want to thank you for coming tonight and realise that when the vote is this close, it is not over. We have still got to go by the rules and the secretary of state has explained it to us and we are expecting that the press will go up there and talk to them to find out what the situation is. But, we also know that god is always in control. You know, part of the problem with this campaign is we have been patented in an unfavourable and unfaithful light. We have been put in our whole, if you will. And it reminds me of a passage. I waited patiently for the lord. And he heard my cry and brought us also out ofa heard my cry and brought us also out of a horrible pit and set my feet on the rock feet. And put a newf song on our mouth. New. Fiat, hear it and you should be moved by that, if you will. See it. Thats what we have to do, wait on god and let this process play out. That was roy moore, of the republicans, who, as you can hear, is under willing to accept the outcome. David willis is our correspondent in washington. A very interesting outcome of this key election in alabama. How big a blow is this to the republicans and two donald trump . 2 donald trump. It isa it is a big blow. As if this compelling race wasnt compelling and tawdry enough, roy moore, the vanquished, refusing to concede the result, as you havejust vanquished, refusing to concede the result, as you have just mentioned. He urges his supporters to go home and wait for the full counting to be done. Now, under alabama and wait for the full counting to be done. Now, underalabama law, if the result and the margin of victory if less tha n result and the margin of victory if less than half a percent, it is incumbent on the secretary of state to hold a recount. The defeated candidate mr moore would finance his own right recount and that would be from his own. That is very unlikely to change the outcome and the thought is, this vote will be certified and doug jones will take his place in the senate as the representative of alabama. Yes, the whole race, if you like, has been marred with controversy, stemming primarily from those allegations of sexual assaults that were levelled at will and more. Sexual assaults that were levelled at willand more. One sexual assaults that were levelled at will and more. One involving a woman who was said to be 11 years old at the time. Mr moore had been ahead in the opinion polls, even in some polls, right until the end. This outcome will have surprised many in the republican party, including donald trump who was a cheerleader for roy moore, even though he didnt greatly go to the state of alabama to campaign on his behalf. He nonetheless was vocal on twitter in expressing support for the formerjudge. Well, this result therefore being seen as an indictment on donald trump as much as it is on the unsuccessful candidate therein alabama, roy moore. We will return to the story later in the programme with more reaction from alabama. The Us Government says its prepared to offer north korea an unconditional first round of talks in what appears to be an olive branch from the Trump Administration regarding the isolated regimes Nuclear Weapons programme. However, secretary of state, Rex Tillerson added america would first require a quiet period without fresh nuclear or missile tests on pyongyangs part. Stephen mcdonell has the latest from seoul. Since the most recent north korean Ballistic Missile test, washington appears to have softened its stance. The Trump Administration says it is now offering pyongyang first round of talks without preconditions. In what is described as the beginning of the process of engagement. Lets just meet. And lets. We can talk about the weather if you want. We can talk about whether its going to bea can talk about whether its going to be a square table or a round table if thats what you are excited about. But can we at least sit down and feature the face to face . About. But can we at least sit down and feature the facetoface . The United States secretary of state did say that for this meeting to take place, america would require a quiet period without fresh north Korean Nuclear or missile tests. However, he appeared to suggest that denuclearisation would not have to be on the table, at least initially. Its not realistic to say we are only going to talk if you come to the table ready to give up your programme. They have too much invested in it. The president is very realistic about that as well. It comes as north koreas leader has urged to make his country the worlds strongest nuclear power. He was attending a munitions conference in the north korean capital. However, a senior United Nations envoy who has just returned from pyongyang says a key message he received from north korea was that the isolated regime, above all, does not want conflict. Washington has given beijing certain assurances regarding its troops are based here in south korea. The us secretary of state says it has told china that is, forany state says it has told china that is, for any reason, american soldiers should cross the border into north korea, that they wont stay. Perhaps this is something that the leaders of south korea and china might discuss when they meet this week. Stephen mcdonell, bbc news, seoul. Lets brief you on some of the other stories making the news. Scientists say the region around the north pole shows no sign of returning to its once reliably frozen state. The annual assessment by scientists from the Us National Oceanic and atmospheric Administration Says the rapidly Warming Arctic indicates that its Environmental System has reached a new normal. Firefighters in los angeles say a wildfire which swept through bel air, one of the citys most exclusive neighbourhoods, started in a homeless encampment. The fire is one of several that has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate. Scientists in britain have suggested that bumblebees are much more intelligent than had previously been supposed. The bees were given the task of finding the most efficient routes between different sources of food and farfrom bumbling learned to avoid tempting traps and to refine their flight paths between flower feeding stations. So, they are notjust a cute, they are extremely smart. In business briefing, our two top stories come from the us. Walt disney is reported to be close to confirming a deal to buy 21st century foxs entertainment assets for about 60 billon. And the Federal Reserve meets in washington where its widely expected the Us Central Bank will raise Interest Rates again. Jane foley, Senior Foreign Exchange Strategist at rabo bank joins me now. Which one do you want to talk about, both will be so interesting. Which one do you want to talk about, both will be so interestingm shows a change in environment for the Film Industry and shows how two companies have gone through this with completely different intentions. For instance, disney just wants to get bigger and fox it seems, wants to get smaller and nimble. It is how they will compete over the next couple of decades against big rivals like amazon and netflix. It is interesting to think of fox getting smaller and more nimble. He had Rupert Murdoch at the top which was who was, as you yea rs top which was who was, as you years ago, seemingly taking over everything. They will focus on sport and news that he puts his foot in and news that he puts his foot in and played a flag in disney because he will get a lot of those shares. From that point of view, some commentators are saying it is a deal that suits everybody. Jane will be back and we will talk later as well in the business reefing so plenty of interest in that. Fed. The latest star was filmed feels the royal force at its european premiere. They will john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building, in the centre of new york. Theres been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil. And the flowers have been piling up. The 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. This morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. People are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. Elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. Imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. Shes facing seven charges of tax evasion. She pleaded not guilty. The prince and princess of wales are to separate. A statement from Buckingham Palace said the decision had been reached amicably. Youre watching the briefing. Our headlines it looks like there has been a change in us policy on north korea, Rex Tillerson saying he is ready for talks without preconditions. And our top story a huge political upset for donald trump as the Democrat Party wins the Alabama Senate election. For more on this story im joined live from alabama by ginger poynter, a lawyer and doug jones supporter. Thank you very much are joining us. Iimagine you thank you very much are joining us. I imagine you are celebrating this outcome but its only a small, small margin that he has buyer. Yes. I am very, very proud of the people of alabama for standing up for on indecency, that Party Politics is not who we are. We want to restore honour and decency to our country and this is a first step to do that after donald trump was elected, which made it seem like all was lost, and we are getting our footing back. Roy moore is saving weight until every back. Roy moore is saving weight u ntil every vote back. Roy moore is saving weight until every vote is counted. He is hanging in there and not conceding at this point. We knew he wouldnt. If doug jones had won by a huge margin, idont if doug jones had won by a huge margin, i dont think roy moore would have conceded. What difference will this make to alabama having doug jones in the senate . Well, now we have a man who puts Party Politics aside, there has moral courage. To fight for all the people of alabama. Doug jones has a proven track record at fighting for the little man. Now we have a senator who believes in science, who will protect the environment for children. Who will not take healthcare away from millions of people who depend on it. We will fight the little man, who will not give tax breaks to the rich. This is a great day for alabama. I hope that in two years when he runs again, the people for alabama will remember this victory and re elect him. People for alabama will remember this victory and reelect him. We appreciate your time, thank you for joining us. In a few hours should inafew joining us. In a few hours should in a few hours, turkish president erdogan will chair an emergency meeting of moores the leaders to talk about the us decision to recognise jerusalem as talk about the us decision to recognisejerusalem as israels capital. The organisation of islamic cooperations 57 members have already expressed deep regret over President Trumps announcement. Shortly after in strasbourg the European Court of human rights is expected to hear an appeal on its decision condemning moscow over its repeated arrests of russian Opposition Leader alexei navalny. And later, in berlin, Angela Merkel will meet the leader of germanys social democrats, martin schulz, to discuss the possibility of forming a coalition government. Mr schulz had previously vowed he wouldnt work with mrs merkels conservatives again. He now says his party is ready to talk about a so called grand coalition. Now its time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. Hello, im Tulsen Tollett coming up in your wednesday sport briefing. Manchester city head to swansea looking to make it 15 Consecutive Premier League wins, real madrid are in Club World Cup action and former world heavyweight champion tyson fury is free to return to boxing after accepting a backdated doping ban watch out for cartons of milk and flying drinks bottles Manchester City are heading to swansea city on wednesday the premier League Leaders have been criticised by the red half of manchester for their celebrations at the weekend. Will Pep Guardiola care . Probably not. His side are 11 points clear at the top and are strong favourites to win the title. As far as hes concerned though theres still work to be done. We show we are able to do good things of bigger stages and that doesnt give you the guarantee, the guarantee is going to happen in the future, nobody knows, because there can be injured players, bad conditions, bad moments so we will see. Citys game is one of 7 premier League Fixtures there are also 5 bundesliga matches later. As if that wasnt enough football to look forward to, real madrid are in action. The reigning european champions are taking on aljazira in the semi finals of the Club World Cup in abu dhabi. Real are looking to match barcelona as record three time winners. Not a single current player was born the last time england won a test at the waca. So, no pressure then with less than 2a hours to go until the third ashes test gets underway, australia start as strong favourites to win in perth and regain the famous urn. The history books say it all england have been thrashed on their past seven visits to the west of the country. Theyll need to get a draw to have any hope of winning the series. Whether we win, lose or draw, whether we play well play rubbish, the effort for the guys as a group of men who are just desperate to do well. Trevor with practice sessions after 3. 5, four hours says youve got to stop, youre wasting energy, youve got to save it for the test match. Two late goals from Crystal Palace athome to watford has taken them out of the relegation zone for the first time this season. Marco silvas side had been set to collect all three points but it was roy hodgsons team who struck late with goals from bakary sajko and James Mcarthur after tom cleverly was sent off tyson furys victory over vladimir klitshko was one of boxings big shock stories. Now, the british boxer is free to resume his career after accepting a backdated two year doping ban. Fury was charged in 2016 with using a banned steroid, but blamed the result on eating uncastrated wild boar. Tuesdays ruling means the former world heavyweight champion is free to fight again once he regains his boxing licence. Back to the football , Mancheste