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this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the headlines: at least 59 people have been killed in a reported stampede in the south korean capital, seoul, during halloween celebrations. seoul, during halloween it seoul, during halloween was very clear that there �* many it was very clear that there was so many people here, probably the most i have ever seen in the district, and the crowds were just gathering more and more. russia pulls out from a crucial deal to export grain from ukrainian ports. the united nations say they are seeking explanation from moscow. the move follows russia blaming ukraine for a wave of drone attacks on the russian black sea fleet in occupied crimea.
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we begin with developing news from south korea. it's reported that at least 59 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. it happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities in a busy bar district. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in a popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party—goers. more than 150 people are injured and it's feared the number of dead could rise. videos show medical teams giving cpr treatment to rows of people lying in the middle of crowded streets. earlier on the programme, my colleague david eades spoke to an eyewitness — freelance journalist raphael rashid. let's hear what he said.
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it isa it is a night out for a lot of people, including myself. iwas in the area. when i arrived to ward 7pm it was very clear that there were so many people here, probably the most i have ever seen in this district, and the crowds were just gathering more and more and towards ten p m or 10:30pm it was clear that there were far too many people and something was unravelling at that moment. ivellum was unravelling at that moment. when ou sa was unravelling at that moment. when you say unravelling, _ was unravelling at that moment. when you say unravelling, i _ was unravelling at that moment. when you say unravelling, i appreciate it probably wasn't obvious at the time, but you could actually feel something emerging? but you could actually feel somethin: emer: in: ? , ~ _ something emerging? yes. when i say a lot of peeple. _ something emerging? yes. when i say a lot of people, tens _ something emerging? yes. when i say a lot of people, tens of— something emerging? yes. when i say a lot of people, tens of thousands - a lot of people, tens of thousands of people. it is the most i have ever seen. 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
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were cars. at that moment we could hear a lot of fire brigade and ambulances and police trying to get through the crowd. no one really understood what was going on, but there were already several police cars at the scene in front of the station and police standing on top of their police cars desperately trying to tell people to leave the area as soon as possible, so we didn't really understand what was going on, but we knew that something was unravelling at that moment, especially near the hamilton hotel which is a kind of landmark hotel near the station. people did not really know what was happening, they thought it was maybe another small incident or accident which happens of course on these big nights out. i
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don't think anyone could understand the magnitude of what was going on. i couldn't stay in the area because police were telling us to leave quickly, so i went into the subway and even in the subway we couldn't even move then there were so many people trying to enter the subway station. we have had reports attributed to the afp agency that the number of killed has risen to 120 people, those are the reports from that newsagency, and also the number of injured is 100 at least in that seoul halloween crash. the number has reportedly risen from 59 confirmed dead too reportedly 120 people that have been killed. to remind you of what has happened here, there were huge halloween celebrations in the south korean capital, seoul, this evening. there
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has been covid—19 the script —— restrictions over the last few months and this apparently was the first time that those restrictions have been lifted and people were able to go out and celebrate. halloween in this particular area of the city, that is full of bars, cabbies and nightclubs, this area, itaewon, is very popular with young people so many of them had come out to celebrate halloween, which of course is on monday. the crash happened as the number of people increased. reports of 100,000 people being squashed into that area. reports of 100,000 people being squashed into that area. let's speak to hosu lee. he's a bbc video journalist in seoul and is at the scene for us now. absolutely awful dues coming to us of the number of people killed. can you tell us more about how this
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happened?— you tell us more about how this hauened? , happened? first, we can confirm the number. happened? first, we can confirm the number- 120 — happened? first, we can confirm the number. 120 people _ happened? first, we can confirm the number. 120 people have _ happened? first, we can confirm the number. 120 people have died, - happened? first, we can confirm the number. 120 people have died, the l number. 120 people have died, the fire departmentjust reported. i arrived a couple of hours ago and when i arrived there was a lot of steel bodies, rules of steel bodies, more than a dozen being carried one by one into the ambulances. we have seen other people on social media putting up footage of personnel doing cpr. so far at the fire department has briefed. we don't know what the cause was. i have talked to a few injured who were approaching the main clubbing and party area. they saw a huge crowd rushing back in, they were called into it. one person have their legs broken. they were all very shocked, but they also don't know what happened. but they also don't know what happened-— but they also don't know what ha ened. ., ., ., , , happened. you mentioned that this is an area where — happened. you mentioned that this is
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an area where many _ happened. you mentioned that this is an area where many people _ happened. you mentioned that this is an area where many people had - an area where many people had congregated, had come for a celebration. what was happening in that area this evening? this celebration. what was happening in that area this evening?— that area this evening? this is not necessarily _ that area this evening? this is not necessarily the _ that area this evening? this is not necessarily the first _ that area this evening? this is not necessarily the first time - that area this evening? this is not necessarily the first time that - necessarily the first time that south korea has lifted restrictions. they had been lifted throughout the year, but in terms of the halloween celebration this is one of the bigger ones because in the past few years, because of covid, couldn't expand this much. this year was going to be particularly big. halloween isn't celebrated nationwide necessarily, but this is more of a party, clubbing district were a lot of young people would gather to celebrate halloween wearing costumes. people were flooding out of the main area. you were talking _ flooding out of the main area. you were talking about seeing people being resuscitated on the street earlier. i saw pictures of people
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earlier. i saw pictures of people earlier of so many emergency crews. could you give us an idea of the response to this? the could you give us an idea of the response to this?— could you give us an idea of the response to this? the response has been massive- _ response to this? the response has been massive. the _ response to this? the response has been massive. the president - response to this? the response has been massive. the president has i response to this? the response has i been massive. the president has been on watch. there have been so many dozens and dozens of police, ambulances, and hundreds of police people. initially there were a lot of crowds, thousands around, with the police have cleared most of them out. police and emergency personnel and reporters. most of the injured so far have been moved out and right now at the scene is just police and medical personnel. to now at the scene is 'ust police and medical personnel._ now at the scene is 'ust police and medical personnel. to remind viewers 'ust “oininu medical personnel. to remind viewers just joining us. _ medical personnel. to remind viewers just joining us. to _ medical personnel. to remind viewers just joining us, to stampede, - medical personnel. to remind viewers just joining us, to stampede, this - justjoining us, to stampede, this apparent crush in the capital, seoul, we are hearing that 120 people have lost their lives in this crush. in the last few minutes, we have had an emergency official
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suggesting to news organisations that the death toll may rise further. given what you have seen, thatis further. given what you have seen, that is probably unsurprising. the numbers just seem that is probably unsurprising. the numbersjust seem huge. essen that is probably unsurprising. the numbersjust seem huge. numbers 'ust seem huge. even when i arrived numbersjust seem huge. even when i arrived there — numbersjust seem huge. even when i arrived there were _ numbersjust seem huge. even when i arrived there were rows _ numbersjust seem huge. even when i arrived there were rows and _ numbersjust seem huge. even when i arrived there were rows and rows. - numbersjust seem huge. even when i arrived there were rows and rows. it i arrived there were rows and rows. it is still unclear how much it will rise to. it is still shocking how it rose from the initial number of 59 up rose from the initial number of 59 up to 120. rose from the initial number of 59 u- to 120. ., ., ~' rose from the initial number of 59 u- to 120. ., ., ,, ., up to 120. you talked about halloween _ up to 120. you talked about halloween not _ up to 120. you talked about halloween not being - up to 120. you talked about - halloween not being celebrated normally in korea, but specifically in this area, why is this area popularfor in this area, why is this area popular for celebrations? this area is itaewon. — popular for celebrations? this area is itaewon, there _ popular for celebrations? this area is itaewon, there are _ popular for celebrations? this area is itaewon, there are a _ popular for celebrations? this area is itaewon, there are a lot - popular for celebrations? this area is itaewon, there are a lot of- is itaewon, there are a lot of foreigners come to visit and go clubbing and visits. a of different cultures are celebrated here, so it makes sense why halloween is celebrated here. halloween is thought of as a western holiday, really celebrated overall. teiiii
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thought of as a western holiday, really celebrated overall.- thought of as a western holiday, really celebrated overall. tell us a little bit more _ really celebrated overall. tell us a little bit more about _ really celebrated overall. tell us a little bit more about the _ really celebrated overall. tell us a little bit more about the kind - really celebrated overall. tell us a little bit more about the kind of i little bit more about the kind of people who come to this area. we were talking earlier on about young people, people wearing fancy dress, people, people wearing fancy dress, people wanting to go out and celebrate an evening with their friends. ~ .,, celebrate an evening with their friends. m, ., celebrate an evening with their friends. ~.,, ., , ., , celebrate an evening with their friends. ., , , friends. most of the people i see here are young. _ friends. most of the people i see here are young, in _ friends. most of the people i see here are young, in their - friends. most of the people i see here are young, in their 20s, - friends. most of the people i see - here are young, in their 20s, people who wear costumes, want to have a night out, party and have fun. i have met a lot of people who were partners of the victims, they were just visiting or maybe live in korea and wanted to enjoy halloween on a saturday night. itide and wanted to en'oy halloween on a saturday night.— saturday night. we saw pictures earlier own _ saturday night. we saw pictures earlier own of _ saturday night. we saw pictures earlier own of people _ saturday night. we saw pictures earlier own of people trying - saturday night. we saw pictures earlier own of people trying to l earlier own of people trying to climb up lamp posts, trying to climb up climb up lamp posts, trying to climb up on billboards to get away from the crowd. from what i have been reading, a large number of these people fell when they were trying to go through a very narrow alley during the halloween events. what more can you tell us about that? i wasn't there when it was more can you tell us about that? i
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wasn't there when it was happening, but i came afterwards and the main street, there is a bigger two alley ways then. the twe main; alley ways that a; main then the twe maih atteg wage that a; main the then the twe maih atteg wage that —— a main the then the twe maih alley wage that —— the nain the then the twe maih alley ways that —— the very the then the twe maih alley ways that —— the very narrow the then the twe maih alley ways that —— the very narrow alleyways diary —— the very narrow alleyways where i think this happened. i have seen some bloodied shoes left out on seen some bloodiedahees left eat an it iseen same bleediedrshees left eat an it seems were point people tripped and the main point people tripped and then people tripped over on top of them and crushed them. i then people tripped over on top of them and crushed them.— then people tripped over on top of them and crushed them. i have been readin: them and crushed them. i have been reading that — them and crushed them. i have been reading that earlier _ them and crushed them. i have been reading that earlier on _ them and crushed them. i have been reading that earlier on there - them and crushed them. i have been reading that earlier on there were i reading that earlier on there were reports of 100,000 revellers the social media posts apparently area. social media posts apparently in the evening before the event showing some people remarking that the area was so crowded it felt unsafe. have people been you this? not the people i have talked to. it is always a crowded night, especially at halloween people expected to be crowded. it is hard to say if it was more crowded than
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previous years. we will have to wait and see what caused it exactly. i and see what caused it exactly. i have heard that there has been an emergency broadcast centre every mobile phone in another district telling people to return home. are you saying people on the streets are —— or are people going back to their homes? -- or are people going back to their homes? ., . ., homes? right now, the police have cleared most _ homes? right now, the police have cleared most of _ homes? right now, the police have cleared most of the _ homes? right now, the police have cleared most of the citizens - homes? right now, the police have cleared most of the citizens around | cleared most of the citizens around this area. other than to journalists and reporters it is mostly cleared out. it is mostlyjournalists and police and emergency personnel. the police and emergency personnel. the police tried to care most people out. there were a lot of people for the first few hours lingering and a lot of people still trying to come into the area because they didn't notice it happens and they wanted to come in and enjoy the party but they had to go home immediately. thank ou ve had to go home immediately. thank you very much _ had to go home immediately. thank you very much indeed. _ had to go home immediately. thank you very much indeed. that - had to go home immediately. thank you very much indeed. that is - had to go home immediately. thank you very much indeed. that is the l you very much indeed. that is the latest situation we are getting reports of here. 120 people are reported to have died against this
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crush but over 100 have been injured. fire official said that figure could be on the rise. you can get more information on the bbc website or here on bbc news. let say goodbye to our viewers on bbc one. we will have more on this developing story as and when we get it. so many people have lost their lives. we are trying to get all the information we can in the bbc newsroom that we can relate to you. i want to leave this right now. we will get back to it later, i'm sure. russia says it is suspending participation in a un—brokered agreement that allows grain exports to leave ukraine. this comes after ukraine appeared to carry out a large scale drone attack on the russian black sea fleet in the crimean port city of sevastapol. i'm joined now by our diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who has been following this story.
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first of all, tell us what happened at sebastopol today. it is first of all, tell us what happened at sebastopol today. it is unclear, but something _ at sebastopol today. it is unclear, but something substantial- at sebastopol today. it is unclear, | but something substantial appears at sebastopol today. it is unclear, i but something substantial appears to have happened in the hours before dawn and maybe few after. russia said ukraine carried out a multiple aerial and maritime drone attack. they say that slight damage was caused to one of their minesweepers but that all of the drums have been destroyed. in the course of the day, various videos have emerged, including one from a ukrainian journalist, part of which we have been able to verify as showing the waters around the port of sebastopol. they appear to show what is our swarm of maritime drones, unmanned boats moving around in those waters of sebastopol apparently at will, able to move around close to contract with large
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russian warships. we don't know whether they blew up or were significant exclusions. 0ther whether they blew up or were significant exclusions. other videos show exclusions in the porch. what we have been able to piece together is a widespread attack across a very substantial part of the seafront in sebastopol. if it is that, this would be one of the most audacious things the ukrainians have done. we are almost getting used to extraordinary stories of military ingenuity, but a drone attack involving vessels on the water and aerial drones in the sky is almost unheard of in the history of warfare and does suggest that something fairly innovative to say the least happened. we don't know, crucially, what the damage was. there have been videos of exclusions, some reports that major russian warships were damaged, maybe even sunk, may be the
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truth of that will emerge over time but clearly something significant happened in the early hours of this morning. it happened in the early hours of this morninu. , ., , , morning. it is now pushed the russians to — morning. it is now pushed the russians to suspend - morning. it is now pushed the i russians to suspend cooperation. they say they can no longer guarantee the security of vessels carrying through that corridor conveying ukrainian grain to the world market. they say that ukraine dues that corridor is kind of cover to launch the attack. it seems implausible, that corridor is a lot further west, and they are also saying that britain was involved in some way leading this attack, something that has led to a stern response from the british military defence. russia has been unhappy with this deal for defence. russia has been unhappy with this dealfor some defence. russia has been unhappy with this deal for some time, saying it has not been able to export its own agricultural products, in particular fertiliser, own agricultural products, in particularfertiliser, and own agricultural products, in particular fertiliser, and that it has been really exercised about that for some time. vladimir putin has been railing against the dealfor
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months saying it is not providing food to the world's starving people, it is mostly going to wealthy european countries, so it has been clear that russia has been looking for some kind of excuse to end this deal early for some time. it was supposed to run for 120 days, we are not even close to that yet, but it seems as though the russians are suspending their cooperation. it has drawn sharp riposte from the ukrainian foreign minister said we have warned of russia. plans to ruin the green initiative, now russia uses a false pretext to block the green corridor that secures food security for millions of people. elon musk has said there will be no changes to twitter�*s content moderation policies for now after completing his £38 billion takeover of the platform. earlier, he tweeted that "anyone suspended for minor and dubious reasons" would be "freed from twitterjail", but he has
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since said that no major content decisions will happen until a council to moderate posts is created i'm joined by sunder katwala, director of british future, a charity which researches public attitudes on issues like immigration, integration, race and identity. he has been targeted by extreme racists on twitter before and experienced the process of reporting them to the platform. what do you want to change? well, elon musk has _ what do you want to change? well, elon musk has not _ what do you want to change? well, elon musk has not become - what do you want to change? all elon musk has not become the owner of twitter when he thought it was a simple issue where anything goes and whatever happens can be legal. i'm one of those people that thinks you need rules on social media platforms if people are going to be able to have an equal and fair experience of it. this is a welcome retreat from elon musk that he has realised that the real world is more complicated than his slogan. he has said different things to the users where he said that twitter would now be
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free, and advertiser said it will not be a free for all. we are getting into the debates about brown themes —— boundaries that we need, of what we should and shouldn't allow. it is a lot more complicated than elon musk thought when he bought the platform. haifa than elon musk thought when he bought the platform.— than elon musk thought when he bought the platform. how does it work, bought the platform. how does it work. what _ bought the platform. how does it work, what should _ bought the platform. how does it work, what should and _ bought the platform. how does it work, what should and shouldn'tl bought the platform. how does it i work, what should and shouldn't we allow? , , . , , allow? free speech is very important. _ allow? free speech is very important, but _ allow? free speech is very important, but free - allow? free speech is very| important, but free speech allow? free speech is very i important, but free speech does allow? free speech is very _ important, but free speech does have some limits. have a very simple example is that it is only 2019 in 2020 that twitter started to exclude what it called dehumanising speech, and an example of that was dues or vermin or muslims or vermin. it is legal to write that are centred in a letter. that is something they
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disallowed. will he rollback that? he thinks the rules have been too tight and people haven't been allowed to say things that are just political or should be part of a disagreement, but where are the boundaries? something twitter has agreed to change but hasn't yet, i pointed out ahead of the last football tournament that's the old national front statements about new blacks in our teams said that was something that they needed to change at twitter. should you be allowed to say that rishi sunak is british because that is a political view or should that be banned from the platform? it could explain what they want to remove a didn't want to keep. 0vernight tonight there has been a surge of people in america, very extreme users, using dn words because their test of elon musk is
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that you should be able to use that word freely on twitter. i very much hope that that word is not allowed. there has been a 500% surge in the use of that word on twitter. tell there has been a 50096 surge in the use of that word on twitter.- use of that word on twitter. tell me about your — use of that word on twitter. tell me about your experience. _ use of that word on twitter. tell me about your experience. you - use of that word on twitter. tell me about your experience. you have i use of that word on twitter. tell me | about your experience. you have told us that it took 30 days and a lot of pushing for you to get extreme racist targeting you to be removed. unless elon musk invest more money into twitter and gets more money you can look through what is being posted, how easy will it be for him to improve on that? lt is posted, how easy will it be for him to improve on that?— posted, how easy will it be for him to improve on that? it is a question of will and — to improve on that? it is a question of will and capacity. _ to improve on that? it is a question of will and capacity. i _ to improve on that? it is a question of will and capacity. i was _ to improve on that? it is a question of will and capacity. i was being i of will and capacity. i was being targeted by a far right fastest group. the issue was that twitter said that the policy was the ban user when they returned but i had
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examples of people he had been banned 150 times but were still coming back. by putting a lot of pressure on them in the media, and these were some of the users that started the race against english footballers, twitter decided to agree to ban these particular users within a day or two, but that took about a three—year campaign to get them to act on that. this group that i was being targeted by, they called themselves the shed, but also the rape room, so there is no doubt about the kind of futures we are dealing with. he had to campaign towards the platform to get them off. if twitter put more capacity in place a could uphold its rules. if it doesn't have that capacity and place it doesn't matter what the rules are because nobody can enforce it. that is one of the things i will be watching for, g2 tutors come back and if they do come are they capped off because they are people who make
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everybody�*s experience toxic. lt has everybody's experience toxic. it has been really — everybody's experience toxic. it has been really interesting _ everybody's experience toxic. it has been really interesting to _ everybody's experience toxic. it has been really interesting to talk- everybody's experience toxic. it has been really interesting to talk to you. thank you very much. 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. 0ctopus has agreed a deal to take on the company's 1.5 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
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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, 0ctopus has agreed to share profits if any are made from its new bulb customers with the government for up to four years. 0ctopus will become one of the country's biggest suppliers, and the company were keen to reassure customers.
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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. 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. 0ur 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
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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 i and help our families and, most of all, give us legal aid, so we can fight forjustice. i 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.
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let's go back to oui’... our... 120 people have died in a crash at halloween celebration in seoul. let's speak to hosu lee — he's a bbc video journalist in seoul and is at the scene for us now. described to viewers what you have seen over the last hour or so. lh seen over the last hour or so. in the seen over the last hour or so. la the last hour the situation has seen over the last hour or so. l�*u the last hour the situation has not developed too much. there have been briefings from the fire department. people have been sent home. it is
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mostly reporters and emergency personnel. most of the injured have been moved out and we are waiting for more reports, more updates. the initial couple of hours was very chaotic. lh initial couple of hours was very chaotic. ., , ., initial couple of hours was very chaotic. .,, ., . ., , ., chaotic. in those initial couple of hours, chaotic. in those initial couple of hours. what _ chaotic. in those initial couple of hours, what happened? - chaotic. in those initial couple of hours, what happened? when i. chaotic. in those initial couple of. hours, what happened? when i was first at the scene _ hours, what happened? when i was first at the scene there _ hours, what happened? when i was first at the scene there were - hours, what happened? when i was first at the scene there were still. first at the scene there were still a lot of people, they filled the entire streets, a lot of people coming in who were not aware of what was going on. when i got closer there were rows of bodies, more than a dozen that i saw covered in glue sheets, they were being carried one by one into the ambulances. there were a lot of people still injured. i talked to some of them who had broken legs, who were initiallyjust casually walking to the main party area then suddenly saw a rush of people coming out. they got tripped over, had their legs crushed by the
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crowd. lode over, had their legs crushed by the crowd. ~ ., ., , crowd. we saw some horrendous ictures crowd. we saw some horrendous pictures earlier _ crowd. we saw some horrendous pictures earlier of _ crowd. we saw some horrendous pictures earlier of people - crowd. we saw some horrendous pictures earlier of people being l pictures earlier of people being resuscitated on the street, but not just one or two people, many people. right. there was a video taken circulating on social media where it seems to be dozens or more of people on the street with personnel doing cpr on them, very disturbing footage. it makes sense now when we see there are 120 people who have died. we have seen a lot of medical staff, a lot of ambulances, a of police in the area. can you give us more detail on what we know happened? we talked a cross, people falling over. many people had gathered and they were trying to get through a narrow alley in this area? right. the authorities still don't
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know. from what i understand it seems there was an incident in the main back road, there seems to have been a rush of people coming out of it into a narrow alley where a lot of people were crushed. abs, it into a narrow alley where a lot of people were crushed.- of people were crushed. a lot of eo - le of people were crushed. a lot of people were _ of people were crushed. a lot of people were seen _ of people were crushed. a lot of people were seen earlier- of people were crushed. a lot of people were seen earlier in i of people were crushed. a lot of people were seen earlier in thel people were seen earlier in the videos that i have seen myself trying to climb up lamp posts, trying to climb up lamp posts, trying to climb up lamp posts, trying to get on billboards, trying to get away anyway they can from the crush of people. to get away anyway they can from the crush of people-— crush of people. right. that is what has been circulating. _ crush of people. right. that is what has been circulating. at _ crush of people. right. that is what has been circulating. at the - crush of people. right. that is what has been circulating. at the time i l has been circulating. at the time i got there are things had settled down but still a lot of people trying to leave with a lot of people still trying to come in. we don't know exactly what was happening, hopefully we will find out later. all it is an area popular with young
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