abhorrent and had previously been unaware of the claims. we can speak now to laurie at the international communications and financial world affairs commentator. she s in west london for us this evening. good to see you. a rather strange statement, suspending key activities can i suppose you have to understand what the cbi does to make sense of that. maybe you could explain it to les. the cbi is really one of the bigger lobbying groups that polices between business and government. cbi has had a bit of a reputational hit, even before all of these allegations. we will get to those in a moment. a lot of people were wondering whether the cbi had become, had lost its effectiveness, given the last governments attitude towards business. rehabilitated itself a little bit, couple of the things that cbi had been looking for, like childcare provisions did make it into the last budget, but that seems a different era now. so many company picnic companies have deserted the cbi the last coup
welcome back. the justice secretary and deputy prime minister has gone, but he has not gone willingly. in an unrepentant resignation letter today, mr raab said he wanted to keep his word that he would stand down if the report found against him but he claims the process was flawed and that it sets a dangerous precedent. we will dicuss that further tonight, with our panel the global trade expert rebecca harding and from california, republican, lanhee chen who was policy director for mitt romney s presidential campaign. and we could hardly have a better panel, for our deep dive tonight, into the profound changes we are seeing in world trade. there is new global map that has emerged since february last year, on which countries are dividing into two distinctive trading blocks. what does that mean for you and me. also tonight we are keeping our eye on the us supreme court, a ruling expected in the coming hours on the abortion drug mifepristone, after a court in texas suspende
as the controversy grows over the home secretary suella braverman and allegations of security breaches, her cabinet colleagure michael gove says she deserves a second chance . voting is under way in brazil, will they elect luiz inacio lula da silva, seen here voting, or stick with jair bolsonaro, the incumbent? and england s women crush australia in a rainy encounter in the rugby union world cup quarterfinals. if you have joined if you havejoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. it is good to have your company. thousands of families in south korea are trying to trace relatives they fear might have died in a crush in the capital seoul. at least 153 people are known to have died, most of them teenagers and young adults celebrating halloween in an area full of nightclubs and restaurants. it s thought the crush began in a narrow alley when people in the crowd fell over. from seoul, here sjean mackenzie. as the bodies are counted and the victims are identified, devastating account
how was this crowd allowed to get so out of control, and what could have been done to stop this terrible tragedy? but for now, this country is mourning the death of so many of its young. jean mckenzie, bbc news, seoul. here, a border force immigration facility in dover had at least two firebombs thrown at it this morning. police said there was one injury and it s been reported that a man s killed himself. it comes amid pressure on the home secretary suella braverman over the numbers of people arriving in small boats across the channel and how they are handled as well as continuing questions over her reappointment. 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
she gave of sending government documents to people unauthorised to see them. and we ll get latest results from the premier league and women s rugby world cup in sportsday at 6:30. good evening. a period of national mourning has been declared in south korea after more than 150 people were crushed to death while out for halloween festivities in the capital seoul. most of the victims were teenagers and young adults who had gone to the itaewon district, known for its nightlife and restaurants, and were caught up in the disaster while in a narrow alleyway that runs down the side of a hotel. 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. this is where most people died. most people died