and, a new zulu king is crowned in south africa in the first such ceremony since apartheid. south korea s president, yoon suk yeol, has declared a period of national mourning following a crush in the capital, seoul, that is now known to have killed 151 people, and injured dozens more. huge crowds of teenagers and young people had jammed into the narrow streets of the itaewon district to celebrate halloween. the area is known for its busy nightlife. earlier, on social media, people had spoken of the streets being so busy that they felt unsafe. our correspondent in seoul, jean mackenzie, has this report and a warning you may find some of the images distressing. young people out to party, having fun, until things suddenly change. oh, my god! by the end of the night, bodies lined the street, some in costume. others were carried into ambulances lifeless and barefoot. the chilling sign of people who have tried to run but not been able to. the crush started in a small alleyway i
vital grain exports from ukraine. and, a new zulu king is crowned in south africa in the first such ceremony since apartheid. hello and welcome to bbc news. south korea s president has declared a period of national mourning following a crush in the capital, seoul, that is now known to have killed 151 people, and injured dozens more. president yoon suk yeol visited the scene early this morning. he said that such an accident should not have happened and that it will be investigated thoroughly. he also said the government would pay for the medical care of those injured and the funerals of those who died. huge crowds of teenagers and young people had jammed into the narrow streets of the itaewon district to celebrate halloween. the area is known for its busy nightlife. our correspondent in seoul, jean mackenzie, has this report and a warning you may find some of the images distressing. young people out to party, having fun, until things suddenly change. oh, my god! by the end of
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least one person has been shot dead in the iranian city of zahedan, as anti government protests continue in much of the country. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the cracked on by security forces across iran and killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, shot in the head and apparently has been killed and we haven t gotten exact figures for how many people have died and now many people have been injured today but the footage that we saw, we can say that certainly, they open fire again with live ammunition. what started as a protest over the death of a young woman in custody bec
the prospect of another election, after parties failed to reach agreement on a return to power sharing. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the commander of iran s powerful revolutionary guards has warned protesters that saturday would be their last day of taking to streets. iran has been gripped by protests since the death of 22 year old kurdish woman mahsa amini in police custody last month. today s serious warning follows the fatal shooting of a protester in the iranian city of zahedan. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city. robin brant reports. six weeks in, and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite, in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the cracked on by security forces the crackdowon by security forces across iran and killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscrimin
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 someth