welcome to newsday reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines... celebrations for supporters of lula da silva, as the left—of—centre challenger narrowly wins brazil's presidential election. disappointment for followers of the incumbent presidentjair bolsonaro. the question everyone�*s asking — will he concede defeat? national mourning in south korea — after more than 150 people are crushed to death at a halloween event in seoul. more people fail, and i lost my

friend. �* ., ., ., friend. and i turned around and i told the crowd, _ friend. and i turned around and i told the crowd, you _ friend. and i turned around and i told the crowd, you can't - i told the crowd, you can't come this way, people are dying. at least 80 people have died after a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in western india. and how the rock band coldplay is offering its support to the protesters in iran. luiz inacio lula da silva has beaten his rival, incumbentjair bolsonaro, to become brazil's president. the vote was much closer than had been predicted, with the difference between the two candidates just

under two percentage points. us president biden has already congratulated him. crowds of mr lula's supporters started celebrating in the streets as he overhauled the far—right incumbent, jair bolsanaro, who had taken an early lead. the left wing candidate — and former president — lula da silva came first in the initial round, four weeks ago. but the contest with his rival, the current president jair bolsonaro, has been tighter than expected. all day, brazilians have been casting their votes across the country, including communities in the remotest parts of the amazon rainforest. we can show you some live pictures of people celebrating. as mentioned, it has been mentioned by the supreme electoral court in the country that lula won 59 point sent ——

59% of the vote,. this is lula da silva speaking on camera at a press conference, he has said that they tried to burn me alive and i am here, here speaking of course in sao paulo. he was the country's residents between 2003 in 2011 but he was jailed for corruption until the ruling was overturned. he is known for expanding the economy, also the welfare system of the country and when he left office in 2011, he had an approval rating of 80% but of course his critics talk about his corruption allegations and the big question is how he can unite the country. vania pena—lopes is co—chair of the brazil seminar at columbia university, and an expert in brazilian

studies and joins us now from new york. thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. firstly, president bolsonaro has repeatedly said that he will question the legitimacy of the election result if he doesn't when. what happens next, from the bolsonaro camp, in your view? ~ ~ , ., view? well, i think... first of all, i view? well, i think... first of all. i think— view? well, i think... first of all, i think they _ view? well, i think... first of all, i think they are _ view? well, i think... first of all, i think they are -- - view? well, i think... first of all, i think they are -- thank| all, i think they are —— thank you for having me, i think they are articulating themselves to digestive this defeat, it's a very, very tight defeat. the country is extremely polarised and they must be seen —— seeing this as an advantage to their camp, even though he has lost the election. i5 camp, even though he has lost the election.— the election. is it possible, ou are the election. is it possible, you are speaking _ the election. is it possible, you are speaking to - the election. is it possible, you are speaking to us - the election. is it possible, | you are speaking to us from the election. is it possible, - you are speaking to us from the united states, is it possible

that we see something similar to what happened in america where former president donald trump, who is a good friend of resident bolsonaro, keeps questioning the results of this election? , ., ., , questioning the results of this election? , ., ., election? yes, bolsonaro is an admirer of— election? yes, bolsonaro is an admirer of donald _ election? yes, bolsonaro is an admirer of donald trump - election? yes, bolsonaro is an admirer of donald trump and i admirer of donald trump and there has been a lot of talk about that, whether the capitol incident will serve as a model for what will happen in brazil, but i think that is improbable because he would need the support of the armed forces to carry that out. he has some support from some branches of the armed forces but not the bulk, so i don't think it is going to happen. i bulk, so i don't think it is going to happen.- bulk, so i don't think it is going to happen. i guess the auestion going to happen. i guess the question is. _ going to happen. i guess the question is, lula, _ going to happen. i guess the question is, lula, how- going to happen. i guess the question is, lula, how can i going to happen. i guess the| question is, lula, how can he reunite the country, which seems so divided between these two candidates, and their race

was so tight?— was so tight? well, lula was able to garner _ was so tight? well, lula was able to garner support - was so tight? well, lula was able to garner support from | was so tight? well, lula was| able to garner support from a number of parties so that it wasn'tjust number of parties so that it wasn't just the workers number of parties so that it wasn'tjust the workers party that was against bolsonaro, so that was against bolsonaro, so that could be a sign that it is possible to unite the country, but then at the same time the whole campaign has been characterised by a lot of hatred and difficult for people, rank and file people, to talk to each other when they were on opposing camps. so, he has a lot of challenges ahead of him, not to mention the fact that congress has many supporters of bolsonaro so when lula tries to implement

policies, he will have to deal with that. {131 policies, he will have to deal with that-— policies, he will have to deal with that. , , , ., with that. of course, this is a stunning _ with that. of course, this is a stunning return _ with that. of course, this is a stunning return to _ with that. of course, this is a stunning return to power- with that. of course, this is a stunning return to power up i with that. of course, this is a l stunning return to power up for him, he was injailfor corruption until that ruling was overturned. can you remind us what he went through until he was actually allowed to run this time?— this time? well, firstly, he was jailed _ this time? well, firstly, he was jailed in _ this time? well, firstly, he was jailed in 2018 - this time? well, firstly, he was jailed in 2018 when - this time? well, firstly, he was jailed in 2018 when he | this time? well, firstly, he - was jailed in 2018 when he was running against bolsonaro and once he was arrested, that was over. since he leftjail, the whole issue of trying to convince people that he was a legitimate candidate had been, i would say, difficult, because up i would say, difficult, because up until today, the bolsonaro camp has focused on trying to convince the country that lula

is corrupt, that he should be backin is corrupt, that he should be back injailand is corrupt, that he should be back in jail and that is corrupt, that he should be back injail and that he shouldn't be running, therefore the whole thing was a legitimate. and, as we can see, from the results, they were able to convince a lot of people of that.- able to convince a lot of people of that. thank you so much for _ people of that. thank you so much forjoining _ people of that. thank you so much forjoining us - people of that. thank you so much forjoining us on - people of that. thank you so i much forjoining us on newsday this morning. much forjoining us on newsday this morning-— distraught relatives have been visiting hospitals and a missing persons centre in seoul, south korea's capital in search of people who may have been injured or killed 154 people died in a narrow alleyway in the itaewon district that's just over three meters wide. officials have warned the death toll could rise. south korean investigators say they don't yet understand the circumstances that led to the crush as the crowds celebrated halloween. south korea's foreign ministry says that at least 26 people from 1a countries were among the dead.

0ur correspondent jean mackenzie sent this report from seoul — you may find parts of it distressing. as the bodies are counted and the victims identified, devastating accounts of seoul's halloween night of horror are emerging. thousands packed onto the streets to party... ..until this narrow alleyway became so crowded, people were crushed to death. nuhyil ahammed was in the alley. he managed to climb onto a platform to safety, where he watched the horror play out. there's no way you can breathe. so, everyone lifting up, like... he gasps for air. ..and that's what they're doing, like, taking their last breath and things, so kind of suffocating. 0thers describe how people fell to the floor like dominoes. i didn't sleep till now.

i couldn't sleep because i see people dying in front of me. one guy, he know that his friend has died, but he was still giving cpr for next 30 minutes. and his friend was trying to stop him, but he was still doing it. translation: | wasj pushed from behind. i got scared and tried to move to the side, but i couldn't. i was stuck there for two hours. i felt like i was going to die. this nearby community centre is saturated with grief. families and friends come to register the missing. some get the terrible news that their loved ones are among the dead. waves were coming in from both sides, and more people fell, -

he didn't come home. he's the only son, the only one i have. visiting the scene, the president, too, happened," he says, an acknowledgement that things went horribly wrong.

jean mackenzie with that report. at least 80 people have died after a pedestrian suspension bridge collapsed in the western indian state of gujarat. hundreds were reported to be on the bridge in morbi city 0ur bbc south asia editor anbarasan ethirajan has more. a sunday outing turned into a nightmare, the pedestrian the scene of a disaster. people desperately clinging on to the cables and safety

the 230 metre colonial area bridge reopened to the public only last week after extensive renovations. translation: the accident took place at 6:40pm - and the bridge collapsed. some people who were moving on the bridge got injured while others fell into the water beneath. we started rescue work immediately and took the injured people to the hospital. indian prime minister narendra modi who is in his home state of gujarat on a three day visit said he was deeply saddened by the tragedy. the government has announced

compensation for the injured. questions will be asked to try to establish what went wrong and why so many people were allowed on the pedestrian bridge. the gujarat government has ordered an investigation. for now many families will be grieving and many others will keep looking for their missing relatives. anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... how the rock band — coldplay — is offering its support to the protesters in iran. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has

been arrested and an extremist jewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear, the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages there was no sign. they are being held somewhere inside the compound, and student leaders have threatened that should the americans attempt rescue, they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. voyager1 is now the most distant man—made object anywhere in the universe, and itjust seems to keep on going. tonight, we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth but from the enduring power of our ideals. this is newsday on the bbc.

i'm mariko 0i in singapore. 0ur headlines... luiz inacio lula da silva — the left of centre challenger in the brazilian presidential election — has won a narrow victory over the incumbent — jair bolsonaro. there's national mourning in south korea — after more than 150 people were crushed to death at a halloween event in seoul. the iranian president ebrahim raisi has repeated his warning as university students have continued their protests across the country. earlier, authorities had warned that demonstrations must be ended by saturday. videos shared online show confrontations between students and members of the government—linked basij paramilitary force on a number of university campuses. well, the protests in iran have been followed around the world with celebrities joining the cause. the band, coldplay have performed an iranian protest song at a show in buenos aires.

the song was first posted on social media a month ago by iranian singer shervin haji—pour. it has since become the unofficial anthem of the protests in iran. coldplay were also joined onstage by iranian actress and singer golshifteh farahani. here's coldplay�*s frontman chris martin explaining why they decided to include it in the show. we are going to sing a song now that right now is being sung by many people in iran and many of the persian diaspora, people who left iran after the revolution. and i don't know if you have seen on the news but young women and young people are fighting for their freedom, for their right to be themselves, and we believe, as a band, that everybody should be able to be themselves, as long as you don't hurt anybody else, so we fully send our love and support to all of those brave young people fighting for freedom.

that's chris martin, and here is a little of that song. sings in farsi. in uk, a border force immigration facility in dover has been attacked by a man who threw at least two firebombs, before driving away. police say two people suffered minor injuries. the suspect appears to have then taken his own life. 0ur correspondent matt graveling reports from dover. this entry point for thousands

of migrants coming to the uk, many fleeing from war, came under attack today. at 11:20am, a man in a white car threw three incendiary devices at this building. two of them burst into flames. his motive remains unclear. and then it was at this petrol station on limekiln street on the seafront in dover where the man drove a white vehicle, which you canjust about see behind my right shoulder under a blue tarpaulin. the fire brigade have turned up and putting a tent over that and two forensic officers from kent police have turned up to gather evidence. kent police have said the suspect has been identified and his next of kin are being informed. this evening, police remained at the petrol station looking for answers as to what had led to today's events. the attack comes just hours after reports that almost 1,000 migrants arrived in dover yesterday. there has been criticism of the conditions they are kept in. the conservative mp for dover said tensions had been rising in the area. i raised my concerns about

the rising level of tensions with the immigration minister earlier this week. it's absolutely vital that we get a grip of this issue and that the boats are stopped from leaving france, and that is what now needs to happen, and i think that is a conversation between the british prime minister and president macron. the investigation into what happened here is being led by kent police and not counterterrorism officers. and home office minister robert jenrick says he is being updated by the force. the home office said they were aware of the incident today, but are unable to comment further at this point. matt graveling, bbc news. well, that incident and the wider issues with arrivals of migrants in small boats and how to handle them came as the uk home secretary suella braverman continued to face questions about the account she gave over sending sensitive government documents on immigration to people not authorised to see them. here's our political

correspondent ione wells. a week in thejob, and not a day without major questions. suella braverman's insisted she proactively told officials after she made two data breaches that led her to resign from liz truss's government. but evidence seen by the bbc throws doubt on that. we now know the original message she sent from her private e—mail to the office of another mp containing sensitive information, was sentjust before 7.30 on 19th october. at 8.30, they responded, pointing out her mistake. at 10am, she replied saying, "please delete the message and ignore". the bbc understands two hours passed before she told officials what had happened. a source close to suella braverman said this delay needs to be seen in the context of her packed schedule, and cabinet colleagues have said she deserves a second chance. suella apologised for the mistake she made and indeed resigned from government.

but the prime minister has made it clear that suella deserves a second chance and i'm glad suella is in cabinet, because she's a first—rate front rank politician. this government will have integrity. concerns about her are causing a political headache for the new prime minister after he promised to lead a government of integrity, but was forced to spend his first prime minister's questions defending her. the home secretary made an error ofjudgment, but she recognised that. she raised the matter and she accepted her mistake, and that's why i was delighted to welcome her back into a united cabinet. 0pposition parties disagree, and labour want to try and force the government to share any information given to the prime minister before her reappointment. rishi sunak should be replacing her. i it was an error ofjudgment to appoint her to this - immensely seriousjob, i and to do so for the sake of the political dealjust in order to get his way. into number tenjust shows.

a carelessness towards those national security issues. some conservative politicians, too, have raised eyebrows about the message her reappointment sends. i understand why the prime minister wanted to bring her back. i think he does need to be very careful about the signals it's sending about the ministerial code. the home secretary's in—tray is growing, with issues around crime, policing and immigration to tackle. the petrol bomb incident at a migrant processing centre in dover today. concerns about overcrowded conditions and disease outbreaks at the manston migrant processing centre in ramsgate. these are just two issues that mps will want to hear ms braverman respond to next week, while some of then continue to question whether she is the right person for thejob. ione wells, bbc news. the united nations, turkey and ukraine say they're planning to continue the movement of cargo ships through turkish waters on monday despite russia pulling out of a deal that

allowed vital ukrainian grain exports to resume. the body overseeing the agreement said the three parties would inspect a0 outbound vessels on monday. it said russia was informed of the plans. nato has accused russia of trying to weaponise food supplies and urged it to reconsider its decision to pull out. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse sent us this update. look, there are urgent talks we understand that are going to stretch into tomorrow. you've heard what the un makes of this pause, describing it as deeply concerning. turkey, who also brokered this deal, have also echoed those calls for the grain agreement to resume. and interestingly, an official was quoted as saying that there were grounds for optimism, but it's hard to see where that is because russia has been accused of using the grain deal as leverage as its military frustrations continue and they don't get much more frustrating than this extraordinary drone strike

we saw yesterday on its black sea fleet, an attack which ukraine has denied... well, hasn't confirmed that it was behind, but there are very few think it was any other country. the motives for this attack are clear. it is a fleet which russia has used to launch missile strikes across the whole of the country but also, if it was ukraine, it shows that it's willing to take the risk of the grain deal falling apart for the sake of its own population. a reminder of our main news: let's return to brazil where the left—wing former leader of brazil, luiz inacio lula da silva, has won the presidential election over the far—right incumbentjair bolsonaro. the final tally was 50.8% to lula with 49.2% to mr bolsanaro. this represents an amazing comeback for the former president who three years ago was serving a prison sentence for corruption —

thank you for watching thank you for watching newsday. hello there. it is still very mild out there, and we have another mild day from monday. it looks like temperatures will approach closer to the seasonal norm. we have rain in the forecast for the trick—or—treaters, most of us will get the rain later on today, some will have it already in the morning, for example in northern ireland. you can see the weather front approaching earlier 0n the satellite picture. you see the bulk of the rain in england, wales and eastern parts of scotland. also clear whether out towards the east, some showers out towards the west, and here's the weather front crossing ireland. the morning temperatures will range from around 1a degrees along the channel

coast, to 12 in liverpool, and around 10 degrees in glasgow, edinburgh, and also aberdeen. 0nto the forecast for monday morning, that rain eventually reaches belfast, the western isles of scotland, but elsewhere a bright if not sunny start and some sunshine for birmingham, hull, newcastle, 15 or 16 degrees. showers start to appear on the south coast, the middle of the afternoon as the afternoon wears on, it does look as though there will be showers spreading northwards into wales which will become more extensive. as i say, for some of the trick we are forecasting rain. tuesday's weather map is rather complicated, low pressure weather front will sweep across the country, there will be a noticeable breeze, it will be a changeable day, a real mixed bag, particularly gusty come the evening along the english channel. temperatures around 12 degrees in scotland and northern ireland, to around 15 or 16 in east anglia and the south—east.

on wednesday i think there will be some fine weather, but the low will sweep in off the atlantic. that area of low pressure will have gusty winds, certainly gale force winds around coasts, but eastern areas could hang onto the dry weather for most of the day. he was the outlook for the week ahead in to friday, you see a steady decline in temperatures to around 13 or 1a, and the low teens further north. i think all in all, the weather wasn't too bad this weekend