this is bbc news. the headlines.... officials say 120 people have been killed in a stampede christ in the south korean capital seoul during halloween celebrations. it was very clear that there was just so many people here, probably the most i have ever seen in itaewon, 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're 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. the household energy supplier octopus energy has their head around's revolutionary

guard says he is ending the riots as lasting a protest. using the king has been crowned in south africa, the first such ceremony since apartheid. at least 146 people hadn't killed on the couch in the south korean capital seoul among more than 100 people are been injured, up to 100,000 people had been celebrating on a popular nightspot, many of those out during the evening when young partygoers, it appears they buy crushed as large crowds pushed forward down a narrow street. it is feared the number of dead could rise significantly. earlier in the programme my colleague spoke to an eyewitness, a freelance journalist, let's hear what he had to say.

it's a night out for a lot of people including myself. i was in the area. when i arrived towards 7pm it was very clear that there was just so many people here, probably the most i've ever seen in itaewon. and the crowds were just gathering more and more. towards10pm, 10:30pm, it was clear that there were far too many people and something was unravelling at that moment. when you say unravelling, i appreciate it wasn't obvious what had happened at the time but you could actually feel something emerging? yeah, so, when isa a lot of people, there's tens of thousands of people. it's the most i've ever seen. so many people to the point we were being crushed on the pavement, where we had to spill onto the road where there were cars. at that moment we could hear

the fire brigade and police and ambulances trying to get through the crowd. no—one really understood what was going on but there were already several police cars and 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. 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 kind of a landmark hotel near itaewon station. people didn't really know what was happening, they just thought it was maybe another small, you know, incident or accident, which happens, of course, on these big nights out but i don't think anyone could understand

the magnitude of what's going on right now. even since, i mean, i couldn't stay in the area because the police were telling us to leave quickly, so i went into the subway and even the subway, we couldn't even move in. so many people were trying to enter the subway station. 0ur correspondent anj—anna gadgil is here fire departments detailsrespomse pf govmpore abot the area. 146 killed, 150 injured, that is the latest from the head of the fire station, he said that any briefing at the scene. many of the injured are in a serious condition and receiving emergency treatment, many of the people who were injured are wearing masks, and halloween costumes because it was a halloween celebration. we know now many of the victims were women in their 20s, they have also said the area is still chaotic so they are trying to

figure out exactly how many people have died and how many people are injured and it is highly likely those numbers will rise. what else have we heard _ those numbers will rise. what else have we heard from _ those numbers will rise. what else have we heard from officials - those numbers will rise. what else have we heard from officials about| have we heard from officials about what they know about what happened and what is happening? the president held an emergency — and what is happening? the president held an emergency meeting, - and what is happening? the president held an emergency meeting, he - and what is happening? the president held an emergency meeting, he has i held an emergency meeting, he has ordered all emergency personnel to the scene. a gym is operating now, the scene. a gym is operating now, the injured have been taking there, at least 46 people are being treated they are, a mould has been set up as well. —— any more. bodies have been sent to local hospitals, identification process will be taking place. as we heard, it took place in this popular bar district, hundreds of thousands of people, mainly young, many foreigners as well. they believe that people, hundreds of people, thousands of people poured into an alleyway where

a large number tripped and fell, leaving others behind with nowhere to go, of course they are still looking at what exactly caused this tragic incident.— tragic incident. there has been international _ tragic incident. there has been international reaction - tragic incident. there has been international reaction as - tragic incident. there has been international reaction as well. | tragic incident. there has been - international reaction as well. talk us through that. uk international reaction as well. talk us through that.— international reaction as well. talk us through that. uk prime minister rishi sunak — us through that. uk prime minister rishi sunak has _ us through that. uk prime minister rishi sunak has tweeted _ us through that. uk prime minister rishi sunak has tweeted this - rishi sunak has tweeted this evening, he said, all our thoughts are those currently responding and to all south koreans at this distressing time. the french president emmanuel macron has also offered his heartfelt support, he said, our heartfelt thoughts for the residents of seoul and korean people after this tragedy. france's biocide. the miam man —— mayor of seoul, on a visit to europe, decided to return home in the wake of the accident. plenty more on this story for all of you watching, as always, it will be

on our website, there is a light page with all the very latest, it is being updated constantly. you can go to that, at the website, if we get any new information here at the bbc, we will of course let you know, do stay with us. 0nto other stories. 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. earlier, i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. russia says that ukraine carried out a multiple aerial and maritime drone attack. they said that slight damage was caused to one of their minesweepers but that all of the drones had been destroyed. but in the course of the day, various videos have been emerging, including one from a ukrainian journalist, parts of which we have

been able to verify, is clearly showing the waters around the port of sebastopol. they appear to show what really is a swarm of maritime drones, unmanned boats moving around in those waters off sevastopol, apparently at will, able to move around at one or two points, apparently close to being in contact with large russian warships. we don't know whether they blew up, whether there were significant explosions. there are other videos that do show explosions in the port, and what we have been able to piece together is a really widespread attack across a very substantial part of the seafront in sebastopol. if it is that, then this would be one of the most audacious things the ukrainians have done, and let's face it, we are getting almost used to extraordinary stories of military ingenuity. but a drone attack involving vessels on the water

and aerial drones in the sky, that is almost frankly 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 explosions, some reports that major russian warships were damaged, possibly even sunk, may be the truth of that will emerge over time, but clearly something significant happened in the early hours of this morning. and whatever happened, it has pushed the russians to now suspend cooperation. yes, they said they'd can no longer guarantee the security of vessels passing through that corridor, that corridor that has been operating now since august, conveying ukrainian grain to the world market. they say that ukraine used that corridor as a kind of cover to launch the attack. it seems implausible, that corridor is a lot further west. they are also saying that britain was involved in some way

leading this attack, something that has drawn a fairly stern response from the british ministry of defence. russia has been unhappy with this deal for some time. it says that it has not been able to export its own agricultural products, in particularfertiliser, and that it has been really exorcised about that for some time. vladimir putin has been railing against the wholegrain deal for some months now, saying it is not providing food to the world plaque starving people, it is mostly going to wealthy european countries, and so forth, so it has been clear that russia is 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 now it seems as though the russians are suspending their cooperation. it has drawn a sharp riposte from the ukrainian foreign minister dmytro kuleba, who says that "we have warned of russia's plans to ruin

the black sea grain initiative for some time, now moscow uses a false pretext to block the grain corridor which ensures food security for millions of people." at least seven anti—government protesters in tehran have been charged with offences that carry the death penalty according to an indictment read out on saturday in the first trial held for those taking part in the protest two that have gripped the country since the death of 22—year—old kurdish iranian woman in police custody. protesters have also been warned by the commander of the powerful revolutionary guards that this saturday is the last day of what he called the riots. 0ur reporter explained the warning. seven of the protests were accused

of is seven serious charges, according to the penal code, they carry the death penalty, waging war on god, corruption on earth, at the same time hundreds of indictments have also been issued against individuals in other regions and provinces in iran because in the past six weeks these protests have gripped the country nationwide, an array of provinces have been swept by the street fighting and street protests. remember, these protesters are accused, as far as the government is concerned, they not a political protest, they are being charged as hooligans who have committed homicide against members of the security forces, the families of the security forces, the families of some of the security forces who have been killed over the last six weeks were also present intraday �*s proceedings. the commander was speaking at the funeral of those people who were killed in an armed attack on a mosque on wednesday

which the government is directly linking to how hotel there, that attack reportedly was the responsibility for that attack was claimed by isis, the government is using that attack as a way to accuse the protesters of paving the way for this attack in a speech delivered ahead of this notorious revolutionary guards today, never more warnings for the protesters that talk about the attack itself. he said this has to be the last day of protest to matt, an ominous warning because the revolutionary guard has only been involved in quelling these protest to a limited extent, it hasn't really pushed back. so far what we have had it alone for smoke and heat right police and plainclothes paramilitary vigilantes carrying but on side shooting at the protesters, but if the revolutionary guards feel threatened enough to want to get involved, the situation could

deteriorate rapidly. 0pposition parties are calling for an investigation into claims that liz truss's phone was hacked while she was foreign secretary. the mail on sunday's reported that the hack was discovered during the conservative leadership campaign over the summer but wasn't made public. earlier i spoke to our correspondent about the background of the story. she was foreign secretary at the time and it was when the convervative leadership contest was playing out. she went on to win. the details of what was accessed on her phone and fell into foreign hands, according to the paper, were kept out of the public domain, a decision they say that was taken by the prime minister and cabinet secretary, the most senior official, simon case. access to private messages was obtained to the former chancellor kwasi kwarteng as well as possible communications with foreign ministers around the world about the war in ukraine.

it isn't clear how the alleged hack happened or that the foreign secretary did anything wrong. 0pposition parties have seized on this. the shadow home secretary from the labour party yvette cooper have said that these are immensely important national—security issues raised by an attack like this by a hostile state that will have to be taken very seriously. the liberal democrats say that an urgent independent investigation is needed to uncover the truth. there are questions about whether the decision to keep the information out of the public domain was to do with the conservative leadership contest. more likely there was a consideration in government to have any suggestion that the russians or anyone else had access to foreign secretary's phone is embarrassing, not reflecting well on the security services in the uk. the government not commentating on the detail of the reports. they say they don't comment on security arrangements but they say the government

has robust measures in place, including advice for protecting personal data and mitigating cyber threats. vinyl campaigning is taking place ahead of brazil's bitterly contested presidential election. events are being held by both candidates with former president lula in sao paulo and the karolina jaya bolsonaro in rio, respectively. 0ur and the karolina jaya bolsonaro in rio, respectively. our next guest is been covering events, let's cross live to a supporter of the former president, editor in chief of a journalism outlet specialising in human rights and racial issues, it is good to talk to, thank you for taking the time to speak to us. let me ask you, racial issues within brazil, how much are they playing

out within this specific election? we know bolsonaro has been criticised in the past for making racist comments against indigenous people. racist comments against indigenous --eole. ., ~' , racist comments against indigenous --eole. ., ~ , . racist comments against indigenous ”eole. ., ~' , . ., people. thank you very much for invitin: people. thank you very much for inviting me- _ people. thank you very much for inviting me. it— people. thank you very much for inviting me. it is— people. thank you very much for inviting me. it is important- people. thank you very much for inviting me. it is important to i people. thank you very much for. inviting me. it is important to talk about this issue. i think the racial issue was not talked in brazil as it should be, ithink issue was not talked in brazil as it should be, i think we still live any myth of a racial democracy and both candidates, they do not talk as much as they need to. lula sometimes has tried to talk about the racial issues, the racial problems that we still have in brazil, but bolsonaro is in denial about this problem. so it was not so talked about as we could expect, as black people in brazil. . ., ., , brazil. the election has really exosed brazil. the election has really exnosed the _ brazil. the election has really exposed the cleavage - brazil. the election has really exposed the cleavage in - brazil. the election has really| exposed the cleavage in brazil between the north and south, the rich itself and poorer north. yes. rich itself and poorer north. yes, that is something _ rich itself and poorer north. yes that is something historically in brazil, the north part of brazil are

the most poor, poor as part of brazil, so some of them support lula, and this alpaca brazil, the whiter part of brazil, support bolsonaro. that is something historical and playing hard in this election. i think the result is going to show that lula probably is going to show that lula probably is going to win with some advance, with a large number of voters in the north and bolsonaro in the south. how worried are you about violence? some people predict if there is a small margin of loss for bolsonaro, his supporters might try to subvert democracy in some way. this divisiveness has brought about fears of violence, hasn't it?— of violence, hasn't it? brazil is a very violent _ of violence, hasn't it? brazil is a very violent country. _ of violence, hasn't it? brazil is a very violent country. these - very violent country. these elections were very violent, bolsonaro was all the time trying to

support all of their people and to say today people to go to the violence, to go to the street and sometimes attack the others. so we had some cases of extremely violence here in brazil, yesterday a guy was killed, he was one of lula's supporters, that was not the first case in this election. so, yes, we are really aware for what is going to happen tomorrow, and i really hope that we are going to have a peaceful election, but that is not what we are facing, that is not what we can say that is going to happen. probably we are going to face some violent moments tomorrow again. it has been good to have your the programme, thank you.

mr pelissie was beaten with a hammer by an intruder and a couple's home in san francisco, has been reported that the suspect demanded to see mrs polluting. 0ur west coast correspondent sophie long is outside the pelosis house. well, the fact that paul pelosi was subjected to such a brutal attack in the house behind me when a man broke into the rear of the building and shouted, where is nancy, before striking him with a hammer has really brought home the vulnerabilities surrounding the security provision for members of congress and their families. and the fact that it could happen to the husband of someone as wealthy and as powerful as nancy pelosi, she is of course second in line to the presidency and has her own security detail, has caused real alarm amongst other congress members and their families. now, just to give you a sense

of the level of threat that they are facing, this attack happened on the same day as the department for homeland security issued a warning that the united states was facing an increased threat from domestic violent extremists in the run—up to the mid—term elections which will take place just ten days from now. and in the months after the violent insurrection on the capital building onjanuary the 6th 2021, capital police recorded more than 9000, 9500 threats against members of congress, and it is notjust members of congress, election workers, federal law enforcement officers and supreme courtjudges have all had threats issued against them. the man suspected of carrying out the attack on paul pelosi has been arrested, he is being investigated at the moment by the authorities here, but is ongoing, and one line of good news welcomed by both sides of the party divide is that paul pelosi, who is 82 years old,

is expected to make a full recovery after having undergone successful surgery yesterday. in south africa a new zulu king has been coronated at a historic event attended by tens of thousands of people. the king received a certificate of recognition from president cyril ramaphosa. it marked the the first zulu coronation since south africa became a democracy in 1994. our correspondent, nomsa maseko, sent this report. zulu warriors saluting the new king after taking his oath. the accreditation certificate handed over by president cyril rama poser, announcing him as a knife leader of the zulu nation. i

announcing him as a knife leader of the zulu nation.— the zulu nation. i understand history chosen _ the zulu nation. i understand history chosen me _ the zulu nation. i understand history chosen me at - the zulu nation. i understand history chosen me at this - the zulu nation. i understand l history chosen me at this time. the zulu nation. i understand - history chosen me at this time. when the zulu and other nations are facing several challenges. among the challenges are poverty, unemployment, a trust deficit in government and traditional leadership structures. climate change disasters, economic meltdown, food insecurity, famine, disease that do not only ravage our people but also our economies.— but also our economies. president rama poser— but also our economies. president rama poser hailed _ but also our economies. president rama poser hailed the _ but also our economies. president rama poser hailed the watershed | rama poser hailed the watershed event and emphasised the role that the king would play in binding together the zulu nation. the coronation took place despite rifts

within the zulu royal family, some members believing he is not the rival air to the throne, those divisions have played out in public and in courtrooms. however, the brother of the new king believes his late parents would have been proud of this moment. the late parents would have been proud of this moment.— late parents would have been proud of this moment. the king and queen were peeple — of this moment. the king and queen were peeple that _ of this moment. the king and queen were people that wanted _ of this moment. the king and queen were people that wanted unity. - of this moment. the king and queen were people that wanted unity. so i were people that wanted unity. so with what is happening right now, it is very pleasing to them, because all they want unity.— is very pleasing to them, because all they want unity. while many have cathered to all they want unity. while many have gathered to celebrate _ all they want unity. while many have gathered to celebrate the _ all they want unity. while many have gathered to celebrate the new- all they want unity. while many have gathered to celebrate the new king l gathered to celebrate the new king misuzulu sinqobile kazwelithini, all eyes will be on him as he begins his reign. it doesn't have political power —— he doesn't, but he does have influence on the zulu ethnic group. he is also expected to help in tackling some of south africa's social problems, including drug

abuse and gender—based violence. 0ur our top story, 146 people have died in a crash in south korea's capital seoul. another 150 have been injured, the accident occurred as huge crowds gathered in a very popular nightlife area to celebrate halloween. it is not known exactly how the crash began but it is believed that huge numbers of people gathered in this area and a group of them tried to push through a narrow alley and that is when a few people fell and the crash began. it was the first outdoor no halloween event since the pandemic. video footage from the scene, very upsetting, shows people performing first aid on victims lying on the ground. more on that story on our website. also here

on bbc news. do stay with us. i came to come, thank you for your company. -- 20 to come, thank you for your company. —— 20 more to come. hello, there. it has been exceptionally mild today across—the—board but especially this across the south—east where we have seen 23 celsius in the afternoon in stjames's park in london. as we head into tomorrow it will be mild but maybe not as warm as today, a mixture of sunshine and showers, the showers will be blustery across western areas because we are closer to this area of low pressure, more isobars here, hence the stronger winds. 0ur air source though coming up from the subtropics which is why it is so mild, as you can see here from the deeper orange colours. 0vernight, the rain will clear away from scotland, turns drierfor many, an area of cloud and rain will start to push a into east anglia and the south east in the early hours and blustery showers will follow across northern ireland, around some irish sea coasts, certainly into the south—west and again a mild night to come, those of ten to 14

celsius across the uk. don't forget the clocks do go back one hour in the early hours of sunday so hopefully an extra hour in bed for many of us for sunday morning. however, low pressure will be nearby so it will be another unsettled day, quite windy, blustery for all areas with winds touching gale force around some irish sea coasts, particularly across the south—west corner of england. most of the showers will affect the north and west of the country, early rain clears in the south—east, brightens up in the afternoon, some good spells of sunshine but it will be quite windy, especially in the north, the west, southwest, gusts of 40 maybe 50 miles an hour. mild for the time of year but not as warm as through saturday afternoon. those showers will clear northwards and then it is quieterfor a time through sunday night before the next system starts to make inroads across the far west of the country during the early hours of monday morning. temperature—wise, ten to 13 degrees,

so it stays very mild indeed. into monday and tuesday, we can see low pressure takes over once again, it is going to be quite windy, wet at times, that is the theme i think for the rest of the week, low pressure systems hurtling in from the atlantic means it will stay unsettled, windy with gales at times, heavy rain interspersed with sunshine and showers and it will start to turn a bit cooler as we move through the week, and you can see that on the outlook chart, with temperatures returning a little bit closer to the seasonal norm. bye for now.

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