hello. i hope the year has been kind to you. the media industry is defining a new normal, and coming to terms with the second year of a global pandemic. print and distribution costs are growing pretty much everywhere. but so too are online subscriptions and targeted advertising. big tech is more dominant than ever, but governments and regulators around the world, including here in the uk, are waking up to new ways to shape these giants of global media. or at least squaring up for a fight with them. nevertheless, many of the biggest headlines this year came from more traditional media. presenter piers morgan left itv s good morning britain after saying that he didn t believe a word that meghan said in that interview with oprah winfrey. concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born. ..what? from race to mental health, progressive californian values to the british monarchy, every element of oprah s interview with prince harry and meghan has been cat
into ambulances lifeless and barefoot. the chilling sign of people who have tried to run but not been able to. the crush started in a small alleyway it was so packed, people were stuck, elbow to elbow. they had barely an inch to move when the crowd surged forward. translation: the incident happened as large numbers of people fell down during the halloween festival, which caused serious injuries. this area of seoul is one of the most popular places for a night out, for locals and tourists. it s the place to celebrate halloween and it s estimated 100,000 had come tonight. there were so many people to the point we were being crushed on the pavement, to the point where we had to spill onto the road where there were cars. no one really understood what was going on. but there were already several police cars at the scene in front of itaewon station, and police standing on top of their police cars, desperately trying to tell people to leave the area as soon as possible. sirens w
translation: i wanted to be in the republican spirit, marine le pen was my adversarial. i know the division of our nation has led to extreme votes, and i respect that. i know the rage, i know the anxiety, the doubt that lots of you also expressed. and it is under my responsibility to hear them and to protect the weak, but weakest, and to organise solidarity better and fight against any form of discrimination and inequality, and making sure in a resolute way that your security will be guaranteed, andi your security will be guaranteed, and i will also guarantee the unity of the nation. emmanuel macron s victory was emphatic. he took 66% of the vote. 34% for marine le pen. there was also cause for concern for him. around 4 million voters spoilt their ballot papers. another 12 million didn t vote at all, together that s well over a quarter of registered voters. christian fraser has covered the election all the way through. we heard mr macron talking about unifying the country, bu
and government voting is under way in south korea, but will new leadership make a difference this time? and the wasteland! american shopping malls lie deserted and retailers suffer. so what is president trump planning to do about the problem? hello and welcome to bbc news. a former acting attorney general has told a us senate committee that she warned the trump administration against hiring michael flynn as national security adviser. sally yates said she had let white house officials know injanuary that mr flynn had lied about contacts with russian diplomats, leaving him open to blackmail. nada tawfik has more. it was the hearing that many, not just in washington but across the country, had waited months for. sally yates, the former attorney general, speaking in public for the first time regarding her numerous warnings to the white house about general michael flynn. she testified that she spoke three times with white house counsel, saying that general flynn had lied about c
business and government voting is under way in south korea, but will new leadership make a difference this time? and, the wasteland. american shopping mauls are deserted and retailers are suffering, so what is president trump planning to do about it? welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme, rico willjoin us from singapore he s seen the latest international monetary fund report on asian economies. but first, today, the people of south korea are voting for a new president. the election comes after the former head of state park geun hye was removed from office as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption. the south korean economy bounced back strongly following the 2008 financial crisis, but in recent years, quarterly growth has struggled to break above 1%. the current frontrunner, moonjae in, has vowed to boost government spending and create over 800,000 newjobs in the public sector. his main rival ahn cheol soo feels the go