this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. thousands of people gathered in seoul to remember the victims of last week's halloween crush. many are demanding the president resign. they are anti—government and they are affiliated with the main opposition party. really it is more of a protest than a vigil. a "disturbance" at a london immigration removalfacility during a power outage, with reports suggesting it was caused by the detainees. elon musk defends his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter, but admits revenues will drop. in britain, there's been disruption on the railways, despite a series of strikes being called off by the unions. vladimir putin publicly approves the evacuation of civilians from russian—occupied kherson,

as ukraine's forces gear up for battle. and we meet the british teenagers, getting a chance to explore antarctica, thanks to their work in the community. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. thousands of people have been taking part in candlelit vigils in south korea, to remember the 156 people killed in a crush on halloween. the victims, mostly young people, were among around 100,000 people who had flocked to the popular itaewon nightlife district in the capital seoul. 0ur correspondent nick marsh

is there and sent this report. it has been organised by one of the groups who are anti—government and are affiliated to the opposition party. it is more of a protest than a vigil. the people i have been speaking here want the resignation of the south korean president. they say that he and his government are responsible for the tragic loss of life on saturday night. clearly, we know that there have been police failings were not enough officers were deployed on saturday night, there was nowhere near enough planning, huge numbers and little to no thought being put into things like crowd control. whether the responsibility goes all the way up to government levels and ultimately to the president, will be something that south koreans

will have to decide. but one thing is sure, over the course of this week, the initial grief and the shock felt by so many south koreans has turned into anger and has turned into a desire to get answers as to what went wrong. twitter�*s new owner elon musk has defended his decision to sack about half the firm's workforce without warning. mr musk said the social media platform was losing large sums of money every day. he's insisted twitter�*s commitment to content moderation remains unchanged, despite the loss of key staff and anxiety among advertisers. in an interview, elon musk revealed that twitter was losing around $4 million a day, meaning costs had to be cut. he promised twitter wouldn't degenerate into what he called a "free—for—all hellscape�* when content moderation is loosened. but advertisers including general motors have withdrawn their business, which is likely to lead to a drop in revenues.

and now twitter faces lawsuits from the hundreds of employees over the way they were fired. 0ut technology editor zoe kleinman reports. elon musk did not speak to any of the twitter employees laid off today. he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff were locked out of their work laptops and were later told by an e—mail to their personal accounts that it was their last working day at the firm. some had been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of speculation. a mixed range of emotions. certainly frustration, certainly some anger, and in some cases some relief because this was a thing that played out over the course of the majority of there were, understandably, lots of emotional tweets. there were lots of emotional tweets...

elon musk made it clear when he bought twitter last friday that big changes were coming. twitter is influential that has failed to make a profit in years and is failing to attract new users. businesses are spending less on as the financial crisis bites. there have also been calls for brands to boycott twitter. a number of major advertisers have stopped spending on twitter, but this doesn't seem right because we've made no change in our operations at all. elon musk is planning to charge a monthly fee for verification currently given out for free to high profile accounts has a badge of authenticity. he is planning to set up a board to oversee banned accounts.

he says he expects an extreme work ethic. the platform itself they also start to feel like a new experience. mr musk is the world's richest man. he knows how to do business. he may well be able to turn twitter around but it will be done on his terms. a group of detainees understood to be armed with weapons at a west london immigration centre caused a "disturbance" during a power cut on friday night. police and extra staff from the prison service arrived at the harmondsworth detention centre near heathrow airport this morning. bbcjournalist emily unia joins me now. we will come back to that in a moment but i want to ask you first of all about some news we have had any last short while, counterterrorism police officers talking about the firebombing of an immigration centre in dover. tell us about that first. this immigration centre in dover. tell us about that first.—

about that first. this happened last sunda at about that first. this happened last sunday at the _ about that first. this happened last sunday at the border _ about that first. this happened last sunday at the border force - about that first. this happened last sunday at the border force centre | about that first. this happened lastl sunday at the border force centre in kent. the man who carried out this attack was andrew leek, he is believed to have killed himself after throwing some crudely made incendiary devices was not they had to move 700 people to the manston asylum processing centre for safety reason. we have had a statement, after considering the evidence collected... and take us back to the incident at the harmondsworth detention centre. what we know about that and what this group of detainees had armed themselves with, for example? this ha--ened themselves with, for example? this happened in — themselves with, for example? this happened in the _ themselves with, for example? ti 3 happened in the early hours of this morning, there was a power cut. we have limited information. the bbc

understands the tiny left their rooms with various weapons and went into the courtyard and caused a disturbance, according to the home office. specialist officers were called, along with prison service staff. we have no reports of any injuries or any detainees leaving the site. i understand that they will now be moved on to make space for people being processed at manston in kent. aha, for people being processed at manston in kent.— for people being processed at manston in kent. a system that is clearly under _ manston in kent. a system that is clearly under pressure _ manston in kent. a system that is clearly under pressure in - manston in kent. a system that is clearly under pressure in terms i manston in kent. a system that is clearly under pressure in terms ofj clearly under pressure in terms of the numbers of people and how to look after them.— passengers are being warned to expect "significant disruption" on the railways, despite strike action being called off late yesterday. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long—running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled — as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators continue. our business correspondent,

marc ashdown reports. today's strike action may have been called off but widespread disruption will continue. network rail welcomed the decision but said that services which had been cancelled can't be reinstated at such late notice. a reduced strike timetable means just 20% of services will run across england, scotland and wales. those which do will start much later and finish by the early evening. thousands of members of the rmt union at 14 rail companies, and network rail, are involved in the long—running dispute about pay, jobs and terms and conditions. we are at a late venue tonight and then we are coming back tomorrow morning, so it will affect us. we are at definitely affected by that, i am going to london now and i have to take taxi back which costs us £200. the problem i findl is the information's not conveyed very well, so i know there's somel trains running but i don't- from what stations or what times,

at the moment. the union said that previous strikes had made the rail companies see sense, and it looks forward to intensive negotiations to try and reach a settlement. the rail delivery group said it's glad the union stepped back from the brink, and it too is committed to negotiating, but it warned passengers will see disruption on monday as well, as it's too late to change strike rosters. the advice is to only travel if absolutely necessary. mark ashdown, bbc news. despite the cancellation of the strikes, there will be disruption today. is that what you have seen? that is right. at leeds station, normally a very busy place, but todayit normally a very busy place, but today it has been affected by a limited set of services, many cancellations today. there are no

services at all to and from leeds from london, manchester, nottingham, and more like —— locally, no services clean here and barnsley, halifax, pontefract. there are some services running. as you can see, there is a train behind me, but those services will be wound down a lot earlier than they normally would be on a saturday. there are services running to sheffield, york and birmingham new street. the one behind me i think going to bradford. the latest trains on those routes will be wound down by 6:30pm at the latest. some passengers had been caught unawares and had turned up possibly because as you say the strikes were cancelled and therefore may be they assume that services were running but the message from network rail is do not travel unless it is absurdly necessary and if it is necessary, check before you travel because services are affected today and they will continue to face disruption on monday. the strike

action was due to be taking place today, monday and wednesday. network rail say they hope to have a timetable running as normal by wednesday. and of course, as you heard in the report, this is due to the fact that because the strike action was stood down, called off quite late in the day, network rail said it was too short notice to put services back on as usual but the positive note perhaps is that this is of course the first time that strikes have been called off during the rmt�*s long—running dispute over pay and conditions and that is because they want to enter a period of intensive negotiations, they say, with network rail and train operators. it is the first time that strike action has been called off in his long—running dispute to have further talks. his long-running dispute to have further talks.— his long-running dispute to have further talks. ., ~ , ., , . further talks. thank you very much. if ou further talks. thank you very much. if you want — further talks. thank you very much. if you want to _ further talks. thank you very much. if you want to get _ further talks. thank you very much. if you want to get in _ further talks. thank you very much. if you want to get in touch - further talks. thank you very much. if you want to get in touch with - further talks. thank you very much. if you want to get in touch with me | if you want to get in touch with me about this story or indeed any of the other stories we are covering today, you can do that on twitter.

russia's president, vladimir putin, has publicly approved the evacuation of civilians from parts of russian—occupied kherson in southern ukraine. ukarine's forces have been steadily advancing on the strategic port city. mr putin says people living in dangerous areas should leave as "the civilian population should not suffer". 0ur correspondent, catherine byaru hanga, is in the ukrainian capital kyiv and has the latest. it is really difficult for us to get information from journalists. it is under russian control but really, these comments, the statement from president vladimir putin may be gives us an insight on what could be happening. he has spoken publicly for the first time, supporting civilian evacuations from this strategic city. we understand, up until now, since the middle of last month, about 70,000 people have been removed from certain parts

of the western bank of the region towards the eastern bank of the region. now, ukraine has spoken out against these movements of people, calling them forcible deportations and saying they go against international law but why this is important is that once again it puts the focus on this important city. it was the only major city under russian control. these forces are trying to hold onto it. as you mentioned there, the ukrainian forces have been taking parts of the city and this really points to an incoming battle for this port city. the russian private military company, the wagner group, has opened its first official headquarters in st petersburg. mercenaries employed by wagner have been accused of committing human rights abuses in ukraine and in west africa. tom brada reports.

this may look like just another unremarkable office block. it is, in fact, the headquarters of the wagner group, a russian militia unit notorious for brutality both on and off the battlefield. translation: the creation of such a centre was a long time coming. the only thing is that it appeared so late. it should've been opened before the special military operation. the wagner group has been active during conflicts across africa, in syria and, most recently, in ukraine. in september, reports emerged that the group was recruiting prisoners to fight in ukraine in exchange for their sentences being reduced. translation: the biggest sin is desertion! no—one backs down, no—one retreats, no—one surrenders! british military intelligence says there are 1000 wagner mercenaries deployed in ukraine and their involvement fits into a broader pattern

of russian ruthlessness. ukraine says it has identified tens of thousands of possible war crimes by russian forces — something which russia denies. and on friday, president putin changed russian law. the army can now call up serious criminals who've recently left prison, meaning convicted murderers and drug dealers could soon be on the front lines. imagine how desperate he is as he promised to take over ukraine, the whole biggest nation by size in europe, to take it over in days. and now, after almost eight months here, to scrap for even the criminals to replenish his forces. critics say mr putin's latest decision reflects how badly russian troops are faring on the battlefield. ukrainian troops are currently pushing hard to recapture the city of kherson in the south. the wagner group used to be

an organisation which traded in secrecy and operated in the shadows. the establishment of an official wagner head office suggests russia is willing to be upfront about more underhand tactics. tom brada, bbc news. the us climate envoy, john kerry, is calling on richer countries to "step up" and provide money to help developing nations reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. speaking to the bbc on the eve of the cop27 climate conference in egypt, mr kerry praised the development of renewable sources of energy, but said the war in ukraine and the cost of living crisis had slowed progress. is there loss? is there damage in places in the world? yes, i mean, you'd be an idiot if you didn't acknowledge and obviously those countries with greater means across the board, and that includes some developing countries who have greater means, need to also step up and help in this transition. but we don't view it, and we are not going to view it as compensation,

we are going to view it as our efforts to try to help countries be able to adapt, be able to become more resilient, and obviously to address the challenges that they face as a result of some of the losses and damages. the challenges we face. sinn fein's vice—president, michelle 0'neill, will accuse the democratic unionist party of holding back power—sharing in northern ireland at her party's conference in dublin later. sinn fein became the largest party in the stormont assembly at the last election, but michelle 0'neill has not been able to take up the role of northern ireland's first minister, while the dup refuses to go back into an executive. 0ur correspondent, emma vardy, is live in dublin for us this morning. tell us more about the key lines in the speech. she tell us more about the key lines in the speech-— tell us more about the key lines in the speech. she has 'ust received a hue the speech. she has 'ust received a huge round _ the speech. she has 'ust received a huge round of h the speech. she hasjust received a huge round of applause _ the speech. she hasjust received a huge round of applause on - the speech. she hasjust received a huge round of applause on stage i the speech. she hasjust received a i huge round of applause on stage and her messages are other playing very well with the sinn fein supporters here. that is because back in may,

there was this historic moment in northern ireland when for the first time sinn fein became the largest party at stormont, the first time that a nationalist party has held the most seats at stormont since northern ireland was created 100 years ago. that would have meant that miller —— michelle 0'neill would have been entitled to the northern ireland first minister role but i did not happen, she could not take office because the power—sharing arrangements in northern ireland mean that sinn fein and the dup must agree to govern together and since the election, the dup has refused to go back into power—sharing, they say, because of their opposition to the brexit arrangements. michelle 0'neill has been telling people at the party conference today that she believes the real reason the dup will not go back into power—sharing is because she says the dup don't want to serve alongside a nationalist first minister. she says they are punishing people at a time when people are struggling with the cost of living and leaving people in limbo. some very strong words from

her today, which have gone down well with the party delegates. of course, the dup strongly deny this, they say they will respect the mandate from voters, that they would go back into government, but they have this deep opposition to a seaboard are being created in the irish sea and they see that as cutting northern ireland from the rest of the uk because of the brexit arrangements. they will only go back into power—sharing after that. only go back into power—sharing afterthat. for sinn only go back into power—sharing after that. for sinn fein, this is a real moment to ram this message home for them. a big success in may, those elections, they hope at some point and exact it will be reformed and michelle 0'neill will be the next first minister in northern ireland. that message being put out there pretty strongly today. and there pretty strongly today. and gerry adams. — there pretty strongly today. and gerry adams, the _ there pretty strongly today. and gerry adams, the former president of sinn fein, just walking past behind you. at historic moment in may led to lots of conversations about the possible of the of a border poll on the question of whether there would

be a united ireland or not. how is sinn fein pulling in the republic of ireland and what does that say about those conversations? yes. ireland and what does that say about those conversations?— ireland and what does that say about those conversations? yes, we spotted gerry adams — those conversations? yes, we spotted gerry adams a — those conversations? yes, we spotted gerry adams a bit _ those conversations? yes, we spotted gerry adams a bit earlier— those conversations? yes, we spotted gerry adams a bit earlier when - those conversations? yes, we spotted gerry adams a bit earlier when he - gerry adams a bit earlier when he came in. the is always greeted very warmly at these events, a grandee of the party, doing a book signing later on. but that big question of whether there will be a united ireland, well the conditions be met for a border poll question mark at one time that seemed a remote possibility but sinn fein's success means that ideas been taken more seriously. as well as their last election result, any republic of ireland, they have been polling very strongly and the indications are they could become the largest party in the irish party at the next irish elections. if they are winning in northern ireland and the biggest party also in both parts of ireland, they feel the momentum is behind them. ., ~ i. they feel the momentum is behind them. ., ~' ,, , they feel the momentum is behind

them. ., ~ , . antarctica may seem like a far—off place to most people, but it's about to get a whole lot closer for ten teenagers from across the uk. all from underpriviliged backgrounds, they've been nominated by members of their community to be part of the first carbon neutral expedition of it's kind aboard a specially chartered ship. john maguire reports. they are travelling from the four corners of the uk to the end of the earth. antarctica. the ten underprivileged young people will spend the next two weeks here, exploring, experimenting, experiencing. ok, so you have the one for malachi? it is the brainchild of two adventurers who believe people from a wider range of backgrounds deserve the chance to visit the world's wildest places. we want them to know that antarctica is not this place that is a myth, legend, only on tv. it's a real place and has a lot of consequences to us and we need to protect it and we think the best way to get these young people to start looking at nature

and the outdoors as a viable career path and something worth looking after is by taking them out into the thick of it. the whole idea and motto is it is not about planting flags, it's about planting seeds and by picking the young people from some of these deprived areas, we have planted the seed that anyone from any area or any background can do this and we want them to plant that the seed in their own community to show that everyone can do good. ten chosen from 700, most of whom were put forward by their local communities. 0wen was recommended by a police officer. i think there is a link- between inner city challenges in certain pockets of merseyside and his ability to sort _ of turn his back on that l and access the outdoors, and through the outdoors i and through his engagement with school and working alongside other partner agencies, _ i was happy to nominate for this opportunity. - why would someone pay for just a random lad from liverpool

to go to antarctica? so it was quite a shock. the expedition aims to be carbon neutral, so the team has been planting trees. the teenagers had to take part in a pay it forward scheme, earning their place on the trip by volunteering in their local area. i did litter picking - to help our community, so there is not much rubbish going around to make the place prettier and better for everyone. i am really excited to go see what is happening on the adventure i'm going to have, being everything and also very interested in the science part of it, the experiments we will be doing. guys, in front of you, you see i the suitcases, these are yours. this has all of your specialist antarctica equipment in it. they do not quite know what they will discover but one thing is for certain, it will be cold! so the wetwo foundation has made sure they are properly equipped. antarctica is normally the preserve of scientists,

wealthy tourists and penguins. lots of penguins. but for the next few weeks, it will also be home to ten young people on, it is hoped, a life—changing adventure. a group of tourists being held captive on an amazon cruise boat in peru for 2h hours has been released. indigenous people stopped the boat as part of a protest about their community being damaged by an oil leak from a pipeline in september. before we go, have a look at this, a chilly and reporter was live on air when a parrot landed on his shoulder and stole his earphone. nicolas krumm, a journalist for the chilevision channel, was speaking about the rise in robberies in the local area when it happened. luckily for him, the parrot ended up dropping the device and he was able to get it back.

now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. we're all going to see a spell of rain at some point during the day today but, that said, it has been a fine and a bright start to the day across northern and eastern scotland and eastern england. some lovely sunrise pictures earlier on this morning. but the cloud is gathering. this is rain—bearing cloud, and the weather front bringing the rain stretches a long way out into the atlantic. a little bump on the frontjust here is going to be bringing more heavy rain to eastern england for tomorrow as well. so, it is going to stay pretty unsettled. this radar picture shows you where the rain has been over recent hours. moving its way across northern ireland, the rain beginning to ease away here, but we've got the wet weather heading across scotland, england and wales.

now, as it continues to push eastwards, the rain's going to tend to turn lighter and patchy in nature. so no huge amounts of rain really across central and eastern england and eastern scotland too. and eventually, across the north—west of the country, it will brighten up through the afternoon, with some sunny spells. all the while, south—westerly winds will be bringing mild air. those winds gusting into 30 mph. and then, for bonfire celebrations — celebrating, of course, my great uncle guy — it looks like it will stay quite cloudy. still with a few spots of light rain or drizzle across central and eastern england. clearer and drier weather for scotland, northern england, wales, and one or two showers for western scotland and perhaps into western counties of northern ireland. but for most, it's a reasonable night for bonfire celebrations. temperatures holding up into double figures. a bit colder than that, though, into scotland. now, tomorrow, as i mentioned, we have got more rain on the way. that bump on the weather front i showed you on the satellite picture is this zone of heavier rain working across eastern england. i suspect the rain's going to be more extensive across the eastern half of england, where it's always going to be quite persistent and heavy.

behind that feature, we'll see plenty of showers packing in. there'll be some breaks in the cloud and some sunshine between these showers. some of them, though, are likely to be quite heavy showers, with a rumble or two of thunder, and it will turn quite windy, with the threat of gales across the north—west late in the day. mild again, though. 12 to 1a degrees for many of you. now, into next week, low pressure stays firmly in charge. we've got another band of rain set to move through on monday, into monday night, followed by showers from tuesday onwards. so, it's an unsettled—looking weather picture. often quite windy, but those south—westerly winds will continue to bring some very mild air. temperatures could hit 17 degrees later next week, which is about four above average.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines... thousands of people gathered

in seoul to remember the victims of last week's halloween crush — many are demanding the president resign. they are anti—government and they are affiliated with the main opposition party. really it is more of a protest than a vigil. a �*disturbance' at a london immigration removalfacility during a power outage — with reports suggesting it was caused by the detainees. elon musk defends his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter, but admits revenues will drop. in britain, there's been disruption on the railways, despite a series of strikes being called off by the unions. vladimir putin publicly approves the evacuation of civilians from russian—occupied kherson — as ukraine's forces gear up for battle. now on bbc news, click investigates the latest developments being made in the so—called metaverse — immersive, connected virtual worlds — where people can

live, work and play.