Now on bbc news, south korea the halloween disaster. A warning this programme contains fashing images. Contains flashing images. Oh, my god. This was a night of true horror. Thousands of young people went out to celebrate halloween in the neon Lit Alleyways of itaewon, seouls Popular Party district. Within hours, 156 people had been crushed to death and many others injured in one of the countrys worst ever disasters. The night had been planned for weeks. So how did this tragedy happen . Itaewon is one of the most popular neighborhoods in seoul, a multicultural area known for its nightlife and restaurants. But on halloween eve, it was a scene of unimaginable horror, as 100,000 people packed onto the streets to celebrate, a narrow sloped alleyway became so crowded, people couldnt move an inch. By the end of the night, bodies lined the streets. Others were carried into ambulances, lifeless. Some barefoot, the chilling sign of people whove struggled to escape but not been able to. Witnesse
now on bbc news, south korea: the halloween disaster. a warning this programme contains fashing images. contains flashing images. oh, my god. this was a night of true horror. thousands of young people went out to celebrate halloween in the neon lit alleyways of itaewon, seoul s popular party district. within hours, 156 people had been crushed to death and many others injured in one of the country s worst ever disasters. the night had been planned for weeks. so how did this tragedy happen? itaewon is one of the most popular neighborhoods in seoul, a multicultural area known for its nightlife and restaurants. but on halloween eve, it was a scene of unimaginable horror, as 100,000 people packed onto the streets to celebrate, a narrow sloped alleyway became so crowded, people couldn t move an inch. by the end of the night, bodies lined the streets. others were carried into ambulances, lifeless. some barefoot, the chilling sign of people who ve struggled to escape but not been a
police in canada say they have arrested myles sanderson, four days after ten people were killed in a stabbing attack in saskatchewan. sanderson was one of two people wanted in connection with the stabbings the other his brother was found dead on monday. a motive for the killings still isn t clear. we can speak now to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, who s in melfort, saskatchewan. thank you so much forjoining us. a lot of reports at the moment but what exactly do we know? a, moment but what exactly do we know? ., , ., , know? a reminder for people, this manhunt know? a reminder for people, this manhunt has know? a reminder for people, this manhunt has been - know? a reminder for people, . this manhunt has been happening since sunday so today was the fourth day the police here in western canada were trying to find myles sanderson and this hunt has been taking place over three provinces and parts of canada. parts of canada europe. the prime minister of
one of the greatestjockey s of all time lester piggott, who won the derby 9 times, has died at the age of 86. hello, welcome to the programme. i want to take us live to the us. these are live pictures from texas, where president biden and the first lady are just arriving from delaware. this is the town, of course, that has witnessed the school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers. president biden is visiting today. he will meet with the families, and of course, this is something deeply unpleasant, and unfortunate ritual biden is used to playing. of course himself his family has lost family members, he is all too familiar with the grieving process and he hopes that his visit there will show some kind of strength and solidarity to so many families affected there. the difficult balance he will have to strike, though, is this is an area of the us where guns are integral to so many people. so many people have guns there. so talk of gun control at a time like this is f