this is bbc news. the headlines at 6.00pm: russia pulls out from a crucial deal to export grain from ukrainian ports. the united nations say they are seeking an explanation from moscow. 50 people are receiving emergency treatment in the south korean capital after an apparent crush during halloween celebrations. the household energy supplier octopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, one of the companies which collapsed last year amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the head of the royal navy orders an investigation into allegations that female recruits have been sexually abused and harassed on submarines.

russia says it is suspending its participation in an internationally—brokered deal to allow grain exports from ukraine. the announcement was in response to what the russian army called a "massive" ukrainian drone attack on russian ships in occupied crimea. ukraine has called that a false pretext for blocking the grain corridor. earlier, the un secretary—general urged all parties to renew the deal on ukrainian grain exports, which was due to expire next month. before the deal was in place, blockages led to food supply issues globally. joining us from dnipro in central ukraine is our correspondent james waterhouse. james, what have the russians been saying? james, what have the russians been sa inc? ~ , james, what have the russians been sa in: ? ~ , ., ., james, what have the russians been sa in? ~ ,., ., ., saying? well, there is a lot going on here, saying? well, there is a lot going on here. but _ saying? well, there is a lot going on here, but they _ saying? well, there is a lot going on here, but they have _ saying? well, there is a lot going on here, but they have not - saying? well, there is a lot going on here, but they have not beenl on here, but they have not been happy with the green deal for some time. they have claimed that they

have been unable to export their own product as part of this deal. they have struggled with that because of sanctions through being unable to export fertiliser. then we have these quite shocking attacks on russia's black sea fleet. this is a place that russia tried to portray as a fortress and today we see dramatic footage of a drone attack from air and spicy on those vessels. we don't yet know how much damage has been closed, but what we do know is that russia has responded by pulling out of this deal. it doesn't only affect ukraine crimpers might damage the economy, it also affects the millions of people, tens of millions of people around the world, especially in poorer countries, who relied on ukraine's grain to eat, do not starve to death. it is

significant, but the devil could be in the detail. they said they are suspending participation, not stopping permanently, so that could be some cause for hope. in stopping permanently, so that could be some cause for hope.— be some cause for hope. in the last few minutes _ be some cause for hope. in the last few minutes we _ be some cause for hope. in the last few minutes we have _ be some cause for hope. in the last few minutes we have had _ be some cause for hope. in the last few minutes we have had a - be some cause for hope. in the last. few minutes we have had a ukrainian official saying that vladimir putin has turned to food, the code and prices into weapons against the world. that is very much the feeling, isn't it? it world. that is very much the feeling, isn't it?— feeling, isn't it? it really is. ukraine is— feeling, isn't it? it really is. ukraine is very _ feeling, isn't it? it really is. ukraine is very keen - feeling, isn't it? it really is. ukraine is very keen to - feeling, isn't it? it really is. i ukraine is very keen to stress feeling, isn't it? it really is. - ukraine is very keen to stress here that this was a mirror agreement, this wasn't ukraine and russia signing a bit of paperback injuly. this was a deal brokered by the united nations and turkey. this is a deal that has been the only diplomatic breakthrough in this war so far, so ukraine has urged turkey and the un to bring russia back for the sake of notjust ukraine but the poorer countries that rely on its grain. also, this deal was seen as a potential platform, a potential

template for a ceasefire down the line potentially. we have seen that trust now is once again at rock bottom. what is different now his ukraine is enjoying momentum still, even with winter starting to bite, in occupied territories in the south and east. yes, there are still sizable territory occupied by russia, but what ukraine will say is we don't need a ceasefire right now, we don't need a ceasefire right now, we are taking our territory back on our own, with help from the west, we don't need a piece of paper to enable us to keep doing that. in don't need a piece of paper to enable us to keep doing that. in the meantime. — enable us to keep doing that. in the meantime, moscow _ enable us to keep doing that. in the meantime, moscow is _ enable us to keep doing that. in the meantime, moscow is accusing - enable us to keep doing that. in the meantime, moscow is accusing british forces in helping in that drone attack in crimea.— attack in crimea. yes, to use moscovfs — attack in crimea. yes, to use moscow's words, _ attack in crimea. yes, to use moscow's words, accused - attack in crimea. yes, to use - moscow's words, accused british specialists of helping ukrainian forces in carrying out these drone attacks. no evidence has been forthcoming to go with those claims and the uk ministry of defence has

responded accusing the kremlin of coming up with epic falsehoods, numerous false claims on that very issue, so we have had a turnout from the uk and a new comment from ukraine. that is something we have seen throughout the occasions over the past few months where crimea has been targeted. the fear could be that we find ourselves in a military cycle where moscow, where crimea is targeted, and russian forces respond from the black sea and elsewhere with huge missile attacks on ukraine's infrastructure. it is a worrying time. two people have been killed and more than 50 people are being treated for cardiac arrest after reports of a stampede in south korea's capital seoul. it happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in a popular night spot. emergency medical teams have been sent to the area. hosu lee is a bbc videojournalist in seoul and he spoke

to us from the scene. yes, i arrived about an hour ago. i heard about the news, i came over. and what i saw was a lot of ambulances. thousands of crowds. and i did see a lot of still bodies. we can't tell if... there are reports on the news that says there are at least, like, 50 or more arrests. what i saw was still bodies covered in blue sheets. there are a lot of medical staff, a lot of ambulances. they were taking them, taking the bodies away one by one. obviously, there was a tonne of crowd and a tonne of police around them. i talked to a few people around. none of them were exactly sure what exactly happened. some people expected a stampede. it seems to be what happened, from inside a building or a club, they are dragging people out on the street. but there is also footage that i saw recently of people, like, being crushed on the street, but it's still not clear what exactly happened. it is the main saturday night hallowe'en weekend. while holidays aren't that big in south

korea, this is the more foreign culture district, which means this is the peak hallowe'en party location. so a lot of young people have gathered here tonight. a lot of people came to party and club wearing costumes, and a lot of people i've seen are distraught and sad and veryjust like chaotic scenes. from what i can tell right now, all the people that were injured or seized have been moved away, because there are still a lot more police, emergency staff coming in now. she more and more people coming in by the hour. it's a very popular district to being at hallowe'en weekend. so there's a lot of people here. there's a lot of pubs around here, a lot of bars, a lot of restaurants, so it's normal for this amount of people together, so we don't exactly know what caused a stampede to trigger or why people were crushed in a specific location.

we will bring you the latest on that story as and when we get it. the household energy supplier 0ctopus is to buy its competitor bulb — the largest energy company to collapse amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices last year. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping bulb afloat since then. now, 0ctopus has agreed a deal to take on the company's one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. the energy market was in disarray this time last year. dozens of firms went bust as energy prices soared. the regulator, 0fgem, increased what was then known as the energy price cap. the biggest victim was bulb, put in a special administration, kept going by a huge government bailout. today 0ctopus are confident the takeover of bulb's customers would be a smooth one. 0ctopus has a great track record of bringing large numbers of customers across, so for example when avro failed — it was the largest company to date — we were able to look after those

customers, and staff, pretty seamlessly. and i think with bulb the experience we've got means we're probably the natural choice. in total, 1.5 million bulb customers will move across to 0ctopus. last november the government had to bail out the firm with a £1.7 billion loan. but earlier this year the independent 0ffice for budget responsibility predicted the total bailout package would be £2.2 billion. this deal could save taxpayers millions. i think it'd be good, you know, for octopus to take over bulb and relieve the taxpayer of the burden of running it for the moment. it also will make bulb customers... obviously give them a comfort that someone is actually running their business and looking after them in the best way possible. additionally, octopus has agreed to share profits if any are made from its new bulb customers with the government for up to four years. octopus will become one of the country's biggest suppliers, and the company were keen

to reassure customers. no one's going to see prices going up as a result of this agreement. people should just sit tight. for now the service will carry on exactly as it does, provided by the same people. since the war in ukraine energy bills are much higher, despite the government's energy price guarantee. that's due to end next april, so even though there's been some certainty provided with this deal for consumers what they pay in the future remains unclear. ramzan kamali, bbc news. ramzan is here with me now. the government and octopus... to transitioning period will last around six months. by april, all customers from bulb will be on the octopus systems. the advice for customers at the moment is that they

don't have to do anything and it should be a seamless transition into a octopus's systems. if you have credit with bulb, that should also be transferred across to your account. the advice again is sit tight, it will all happen eventually and by april he should be on octopus's system. the issue that a lot of bulb customers might add is, hang on a minute, ijoined bulb for a particular reason. one reason we have heard is that they kept all their energy from renewable sources. they are pretty green company. i spoke to greg jackson, the boss, and he reassured me we have the same principles as bulb, we come from the same sort of ideals that we want to provide green energy to the country. bulb customers should be reassured that they come from the same sort of ethos. ~ . ,., . that they come from the same sort of ethos. ~ ., ,., . , that they come from the same sort of ethos. ~ ., . , ., ., ethos. what impact will this have on competition — ethos. what impact will this have on competition in _ ethos. what impact will this have on competition in the _ ethos. what impact will this have on competition in the market? - ethos. what impact will this have on competition in the market? we - ethos. what impact will this have onj competition in the market? we have lost dozens and _ competition in the market? we have lost dozens and dozens _ competition in the market? we have lost dozens and dozens of _ competition in the market? we have lost dozens and dozens of firms - lost dozens and dozens of firms since the beginning of last year.

with covid—i9 and the restrictions being lifted, when that happened the demand for gas and electricity went through the roof so prices went higher. a lot of companies fell apart during that period, lots of them may have been moved over to other suppliers, british gas took on many, edf took many. competition has definitely diminished. greg jackson also told me that we think of it like the supermarkets. the supermarkets, there aren't that many big ones, but they are competitive when it comes to pricing and we want to be the same as them.— to be the same as them. people are worried that — to be the same as them. people are worried that the _ to be the same as them. people are worried that the prices _ to be the same as them. people are worried that the prices could - to be the same as them. people are worried that the prices could rise . worried that the prices could rise immediately? fist worried that the prices could rise immediately?— worried that the prices could rise immediatel ? �* ., , immediately? at the end of my report i said that immediately? at the end of my report i said that april— immediately? at the end of my report i said that april is _ immediately? at the end of my report i said that april is the _ immediately? at the end of my report i said that april is the deadline - i said that april is the deadline for this energy price guarantee that the government had imposed. it was going to be two years, now it is only april but the average energy household bill should be more than £2500, but that is still more than

double what we were paying this time last year and we don't know what will happen in april. there is a chance that we could be paying even more if there is not more support coming from government. pare more if there is not more support coming from government. are we exectin: coming from government. are we exoeeting more — coming from government. are we expecting more details _ coming from government. are we expecting more details in - coming from government. are we expecting more details in the - coming from government. are we - expecting more details in the autumn statement? we expecting more details in the autumn statement? ~ ., ., , statement? we are hoping there might be some more — statement? we are hoping there might be some more detail. _ statement? we are hoping there might be some more detail. it _ statement? we are hoping there might be some more detail. it might - statement? we are hoping there might be some more detail. it might be - be some more detail. it might be more targeted, looking at vulnerable households in particular rather than across the board were all households are getting £400 off their bills. there could be something in the autumn statement that you provide more detail over humid benefits. organisers say thousands of protestors have taken part in marches around the uk calling for reforms to the childcare sector and parental leave these were the scenes at one of the �*march of the mummies' event in leeds city centre this morning. campaigners say maternity and paternity leave should be ring—fenced and properly paid and alljobs should be flexible by default. the government says it is "committed to supporting working parents and helping them participate at work". earlier i spoke tojoeli brearly,

founder and director of pregnant then screwed charity, which campaigns for childcare reforms, about the issue we have been marching because mothers are furious. we have had enough. we feel we have been set up to fail by this government. we know that most households need two incomes in order to get by yet we have somehow created a society where it is almost impossible for many mothers to work. by that i mean we have the second most expensive childcare system in the developed world, we have a parental leave system that pays just 47% of the minimum wage. dads are only entitled to two weeks paternity leave, if that. and we have very little flexible working in this country, only 10% ofjobs are described as part—time. the government made a manifesto pledge of flexible working but we haven't seen any action on that. parents need flexible working in order to manage their paid work

and their unpaid work. why is it so expensive in the uk? well, it's because the government understands funds to subsidies, in some cases by about £3 per child per hour, so the costs are passed down the chain. when you finish parental leave and go back to work the costs are so extortionate that it means that many mothers look at the cost and compare it to their salary and it doesn't add up so they leave the workforce. there are 870,000 stay—at—home mums who want to work, want to contribute to the economy and to their families, but are unable to do so because of an unaffordable, so because of an unaffordable, unaccessible, dysfunctional childcare system. it is all about investment. if we compare the uk to other countries, the amount we invest as a proportion of gdp is tiny, it is miniature. we want to really see a proper investment and we know that this is an investment in our economy, an investment in children,

because this is early years education it is not baby—sitting, and it is an investment in women because it means they can return to work. difficult decisions will be made by the government in the next couple of weeks leading up to the autumn statement on the 17th of november. how worried are you that things like parental leave and childcare will suffer because of the cuts the government will have to make? i am hopeful that rishi sunak will have to listen to us today, understand that if he doesn't act soon we will see child poverty increase and we will see families out on the streets. we know that rishi sunak is an ambitious prime minister. we want him to be ambitious for women, as well. politicians keep talking about growth but the economy cannot grow unless we liberate the skills and the power of women and the current system is preventing us from contributing to the economy. we are 50% of this economy, please listen to us. shssh what is the one thing you would ask for above anything else?

investment in ourchildcare sector. what about businesses and companies? smaller companies cannot afford to do this because there are such extortionate costs. it costs about £14,000 for a childcare place in this country, germany, it is about £1,000. we need to follow the lead of other countries and investors are government, invest in companies as well as employees. relatives of people who have died after contact with police held a protest outside downing street this afternoon. the demonstration has been organised by the group united families and friends. our correspondent greg mckenzie has more from downing street. well, more than 2,000 people joined the protest, which started this afternoon at trafalgar square, as many of the bereaved families headed here to downing street to hand a letter in to the prime minister, cc—ing in the home secretary and also the london mayor. the least we deserve is an acknowledgement that we're here, that we're suffering,

that we're bereaved. you know, we've got quite a big campaign going on that so many people have come out to protest and support us. so if they turn a blind eye on this, in my opinion, once again, itjust shows that the british government does not care about the lives of people who have been, who have died in police custody or at the hands of the state. we've come to unite with these families. look at them, amazing warriors for the next generation, and trying to get justice for their own loved ones. rishi needs to step up - and help our families and, most of all, give us legal aid, so we can fight forjustice. . while many of the families are demanding justice, they want answers and they want the system to change. in that letter, there are a number of demands, one of which is to include criminal prosecutions for when a member of the public dies, having come into contact with the police. the head of the royal navy has ordered an investigation

into allegations of bullying and sexual harassment against female recruits in the submarine service. several women who served in the fleet have told the daily mail they faced mistreatment from all ranks. the first sea lord, admiral sir ben key, said any form of harassment would not be tolerated. our defence correspondent paul adams has been giving me more details. they run the full gamut of sexual and physical assault. women being punched and hit by their male colleagues. male colleagues exposing themselves. women having their underwear stolen. and a bizarre rape list in which women are ranked according to the women that their male colleagues would rape in the event of a catastrophic event under water. and remember, these events are going on on long missions at sea, in cramped confines on a submarine. women often felt they were unable to complain or report any of this. these allegations are in the daily mail, not our investigation, we have not spoken to the women involved but clearly the navy

is very alarmed by this. as you say, admiral sir ben key said he is deeply disturbed and he said the allegations are abhorrent, sexual assault and harassment has no place in the royal navy and will not be tolerated, he said. he has initiated his senior team to investigate. but campaigners say part of the problem is the royal navy should not be investigating itself, they want all such complaints to be investigated by an independent body. let's speak to the conservative mp flick drummond, who is a former reservist — they are soldiers who aren't in the regular army, but are can be called upon to serve when needed. what is your reaction to what you have been hearing? if it is true, it is absolutely shocking and extremely disappointing. there is no place in the workplace for any of the sort of behaviour. it must be terrifying, particularly in a confined space like a submarine where there is nowhere to go, if you feel

threatened you can just get off and go. ifeel very, very sad and concerned about what is going on and, really, for the women who have had to go to rates. what is your answer to it? so ben kay is doing some work on it already, as you know. all of the services have been putting in various measures at the moment. there was a very good support last year led by sarah atherton in the defence select committee. that gives a whole list of recommendations that the armed forces must go through because it is notjust in the navy, it is in the army and possibly the royal air force as well. it is across all armed services that women have been feeling, and some men, of course, have been feeling threatened and have been feeling threatened and have had sexual harassment and bullying. have had sexual harassment and bull inc. , have had sexual harassment and bull in. , ., ., bullying. some people are worried that the navy _ bullying. some people are worried that the navy looking _ bullying. some people are worried that the navy looking into - bullying. some people are worried that the navy looking into itself i bullying. some people are worried that the navy looking into itself orj that the navy looking into itself or investigating itself is not the

right course. people are worried about that, potentially? the navy has to net about that, potentially? the navy has to get itself _ about that, potentially? the navy has to get itself organised - about that, potentially? the navy has to get itself organised in - about that, potentially? the navy has to get itself organised in the l has to get itself organised in the first place. the leadership needs to get a grip on this. there needs to be better training, particularly for inexperienced leaders. also the initial training when recruits go when they need to absolutely understand that there will be consequences for any behaviour like this. it has to come from bottom—up and top—down and permeate throughout all of the services that this sort of behaviour is absolutely unacceptable.— of behaviour is absolutely unaccetable. ., ., ~' unacceptable. you would think there would have been _ unacceptable. you would think there would have been some _ unacceptable. you would think there would have been some sort - unacceptable. you would think there would have been some sort of - would have been some sort of training before. why has this been allowed to fester like this, if these accusations are correct? there has been some _ these accusations are correct? there has been some training. _ these accusations are correct? there has been some training. 2019 - these accusations are correct? there has been some training. 2019 the . these accusations are correct? ii—ii” has been some training. 2019 the air marshall did a big report on it and they're having annual reviews. 74% of veterans feel that they had left the service because they felt that nothing was done about bullying. 52% now serving personnel now feel there

is nothing being done. 52% are still far too high. we need to get this going very fast. there will be a sexual harassment survey in 2023, so next year coming up, and that will be very interesting to see exactly how it is permeating throughout the services, but this is something that has to be dealt with very, very quickly because women are leaving and they are leaving because the sort of incidents because of bullying and sexual harassment and feeling that they are not taken seriously. this has to be dealt with quickly. d0 seriously. this has to be dealt with cuickl . seriously. this has to be dealt with cuickl. ,, , seriously. this has to be dealt with cuickl . , ., quickly. do you believe that the milita , quickly. do you believe that the military. can — quickly. do you believe that the military, can be _ quickly. do you believe that the military, can be impacted - quickly. do you believe that the military, can be impacted by i quickly. do you believe that the l military, can be impacted by this more than other areas of workplace? well, you are talking about young, fit people with a lot of hormones, but that is no excuse whatsoever. this is about discipline. the armed

forces are all about discipline and this needs to be part of it. the other thing there needs to be as mandatory training for bystanders. i have heard example to people who were treated badly and everyone around them was too embarrassed to say anything, worried about their own promotion. that has to stop, as well. it needs to permeate the rights of people feel supported even with their own colleagues. i with their own colleagues. i appreciate you taking the time to speak to us. we told you about the stampede in seoul in south korea during halloween celebrations. we have had some lines coming to us. these are not attributed to an official who is telling us this from seoul, so to take this line with a pinch of salt, but we are getting the line that 59 people have died and 150 people have

been injured in that stampede during the halloween party. that is what we hearing here in the newsroom. afp the newsagency is telling us that. we can cooperate these figures but we are getting these appalling figures of 59 people who have died and 150 injured in the stampede. a number of people, as we have seen, feared to have died there. it is a crush apparently amongst the big halloween crowd and quite a popular life —— in a popular night—light area of south korea. officials said they saw dozens of people in cardiac arrest after many revellers decided to celebrate halloween in a district of seoul, it is quite a popular area for young korean people to go and celebrate, have parties, to visit bars and clubs. videos from the

scene show body bags on the streets and emergency workers performing cpr and emergency workers performing cpr and rescuers trying to pull people who were trapped beneath others. it is unclear how this happens. we don't know how it happened. the small amount of information we did get as there were some sort of stampede that happened and many people were caught onto other people and that many people suffered from what has been described as cardiac arrest. we know now from looking at these pictures that there are many emergency crews that were called to the area. we were told the 100,000 revellers were in the area celebrating the first outdoor new mask halloween event since the pandemic. south korea has had strict coronavirus rules. social media messages seen earlier in the evening saw some people remarking that the area was very, very crowded and the

area was very, very crowded and the area felt unsafe. just to give you the line we are getting from the afp news agency, 59 people apparently have died in that stampede and 150 have died in that stampede and 150 have been injured. those are pretty huge and upsetting figures and we will try to verify those figures as soon as we can hear in the bbc newsroom. for now, just to show you what pictures we were getting earlier on from that area. 59 people have lost their lives and 150 injured. we will bring you more on that story as and when we get it. there's major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24—hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2,000 members of the rmt union are taking part in the strike, with trains running on just three routes in the central belt and all other services cancelled. our scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie is at queen street station in glasgow. this is saturday afternoon

in queen street station, the concourse behind me is pretty much deserted. there have only been three services running in scotland today. all of those services have been within the central belt area. there has been one service between here at queen street going through to edinburgh, and there have been two services from the nearby central station, one going to lanark and one going to larkhall. very limited services and they came to an end at 6:30pm this evening, so no trains running in scotland at all this evening. during the day, out with the central belt, so that includes the central belt, so that includes the cities of dundee, inverness, aberdeen, absolutely no trains at

all today. that is because scot rail workers in the rmt union, around 2,000 of them have been on our 24—hour strike. that is the second this month. that doesn't include drivers, they have already agreed a pay deal. it is staff who work within the stations and other staff who worked on the trains. the rmt union have said that the offer of a 5% increase plus a £500 payment was nowhere near enough. they have not put that offer to their members. they decided to go ahead with a strike today. scotrail, which was nationalised back in april, said they have done their best to improve they have done their best to improve the offer. the scottish government, they have said that the latest offer should have gone to the union members. the rmt union has said that industrial action will continue for as long as it takes.

now it's time for a look at the weather, with stav. hello, there. it's been balmy, mild for late october, with temperatures into the low 20s celsius across the south—east of england. it's going to be mild into tomorrow, as well. maybe not quite as warm as today. we will have a mixture of sunshine and showers because we still have low pressure nearby. quite a few isobars on the chart, so it will be windy, especially around some irish sea coasts, but our air source coming in from the azores, which is why it is so mild. through tonight, the rain eventually clears away from northern scotland. many places will be dry. we will start to see an area of cloud and rain pushing in to east anglia and the south—east and some blustery showers will start to feed into northern ireland, wales, south—west england. look at those overnight temperatures, ten to 14 degrees, so we are holding on to the mild theme. don't forget, the clocks go back one hour in the early hours of sunday. it takes us into sunday, then, on a fairly mild note. some sunshine around. early rain clears from the south—east. there will be plenty of showers in the north and the west of the country. some of these pushing their way eastwards. it is going to be mild again tomorrow, although not quite as warm as today.