russia suspends a deal on ukrainian green exports. moscow says the move is in retaliation for a drone attack on its navy. the agreement had been helping ease the global food crisis. ah, and welcome to our viewers around the world on michael oak who, south korea has declared a period of national mourning for the victims of a crowd surged during halloween celebrations in the capital. so the crush happened in a district of the south korean capital called it t one. it's a popular night life area and often attracts large numbers of visitors to crush happened in a narrow alley way. an investigation is now under way into what caused the tragedy . a warning that this report includes distressing image. oh, it was a night of youthful revelry. that turned into a real life or a story. when a crush him a south korean capital sole left over $150.00 dead. around 800000 people, a thought to have flocked to the narrow alley ways of it's. i won what happened next. in the streets remains of clear butcher's, dozens of young people collapsed. strangers administered cpr to those in need. witnesses described scenes of chaos unfolding on the streets around them. toys we came here around denby, m. what we saw was like a scene from a movie in front of the hotel over there. exactly. was like things that happened using a wall. they were doing cpr and people were rushing around and nothing was being contained and it was completely out of control. why it wasn't on the, on the cerebral or it, it will. i turn around and i had told the crowd, if i come this way, people are dying. your 3rd in there. oh that it was south korean president units ok, all visited the scene before announcing a period of national morning nurse, who mila angel as president, who was responsible for people's lives and safety. how my heart is heavy and i struggled to cope with my grief chamberlain the golden rule, designate the beard from today until the accident is brought under control as a beard of national morning, had all gone roach off and replace top priority and administrative of as share was in recovery and follow up measures. ones how boys were, who's octo chair, tradition una over 350 missing person. reports had been filed since saturday night. so while the country begins to come to terms with a national tragedy for the families of those and accounted for, all they can do is wait for the news. nobody wants to hear joining us now. josh smith, senior correspondent for borders in the south korean capital, sol. josh, what a horrible scene can you give us the latest on what is known about why this disaster happened? so investigators have still not pinpointed any specific incident or even whether there was something specific that spark woman. but what we've heard from witnesses has been that basically people were cramming into that tight alley way all through the evening. and then eventually it got to a point where people at the top of the kind of slope filled there begin to ball creating a crush of bodies. and basically at the bottom of that tight alleyway where you had to be credibly heartbreaking scenes of emergency workers trying to pull people free from a literal pile of bodies. some people are conscious of some people and others who were injured in that some weaknesses. we said they were trapped in there for as much as an hour and a half and so incredibly, seem to be so kind of here the whole. now in that 153, there continue to be some seriously injured people in the hospital. so that could still ride, you can understand why survivors are likening it to a movie scene. we also understand that many people have been reported missing and their relatives are desperately wanting to hear news about them. how are the authorities dealing with the search? fortunately by this evening, we've been told that the vast majority of the people who died happening identified and there's only a small handful where they're still trying to contact family members. however, when we visited some of the missing persons facilities throughout the city today, they were certainly heartbreaking of desperation by parents and other family members. friends seeking any kind of word from their loved ones. in many cases, these were community centers that are staffed by bureaucrats. normally do things like registered birth certificates or new apartments and they were pressed into helping gather information and collect information. i'm missing persons and are dealing face to face with really distraught and parents and family members who are finding after the 1st time that in many cases the children had been i can't imagine that much else is being talked about today in south korea. how is the country reacting to what happened? it's certainly a bit of a state of shock. we've seen a lot of cancellation of bearing festivities. this was, of course, part of our hollowing celebration, which is not really a big holiday in south korea. but it's been kind of increasingly become part of the goal, taking part in different parties and cost and parties, things like that over the weekend where we had major companies as well as schools, things like that. cancel a bunch of following thing, activities and other promotion. so we're expecting to see that last, at least through the period that our president would have designated as a period of morning and also ex answers to the political by students. how did this happen? what was the official response, including an apparent lack of some police crowd control in that area? right? josh smith, corresponding for reuters. many, many thanks. western powers have criticize russia's decision to halt a deal allowing ukraine to export grain from ports in the black sea. the kremlin says it suspending the agreement in retaliation for a drone attack against its fleet board off the coast of occupied crimea. u foreign policy chief, joseph burrell, called on russia to reverse its decision to help avoid a global food crisis. and u. s. secretary of state antony blinking, urge moscow to stop weapon ising food. the un brokered grain deal has seen more than 9000000 tons of grain export from ukraine during the war and help to bring down surging global food prices. now joined by volta fighting, a former brigadier general in the austrian army who's now president of the vienna base think tank the center for strategic analysis. welcome sir. again, russia says the deal is off because of an attack on its black sea fleet. what more details do we have about this attack? and many things about it because we know in both times it is not possible to have an investigation. so you have to rely on the information you get from there or official media. and we know we are in a for down the hall, so no more because at the moment. but i would say me to generally seen it is possible to except such a tech. well, as you surely know, without providing any evidence, russia claims the british military help the ukrainians in the attack. how likely is that? that's a very important point because it is the same story because nobody can, can check it, so to speak. and in times of propaganda war, it is very easy to blame the officers to make them responsible for them. think that nobody can check again. so it is not very likely from my understanding because what would be the strategic goal of that? do not see any strategic sayings in such a behavior. russia is also accusing the british military for taking part in blowing up the north stream pipelines in the baltic sea last month. what do you make of those claims? i would say again, what could be the political aim to strategic game of it? and we have already a response from the military side from u k side and a u. k. maybe not even in a position to take such a take. so they cannot do it as long as we have you here, we want to take advantage of your expertise and talk about what's going on in the battle field. what is the state of fighting right now as far as you know, it, and what is likely ahead? it's an interesting point because we saw because he to ation was changing nearly to the opposite that we have seen in may. what is here? what they're missing? we see, but the russian side is not really in a position to continue it takes on the ground. so perspective she nowadays, the 1st part of it is to defend into control the territory already conquered. and the 2nd part is to put the rest of ukraine at the terminal pressure, sending them close me as rockets and drones and so on. so keep them away. one part and in consorting to charity, you have already on the russian side and the ukranian side. i see a strong attempt to achieve more on the ground. so we have, it takes you to know the use of khaki to go blast in the south. the castle because the russian side has a still a strong breach it based on based on pop that never riva and it is what is it take by ukraine inside. and that is going to important not to freeze the conflict from understanding, but to gain momentum. and to continue tex votter fighting her the center for strategic analysis in vienna. many thanks a round up now of some of the other world news headlines somalis, presidents, as at least a 100 people, were killed by 2 car bombs on saturday in the capitol. mogadishu, hundreds more were injured. the attacks took place as the president prime minister and other top officials meant to discuss efforts to combat violent extremism. polling stations have opened in brazil's divisive presidential run off election. the pits for right president j your ball, so narrow against left, his former president, louise in nazi o lula. that silver or than a 120000000 brazilians are expected to cast ballots. polls show lula has a slight advantage, but analysts predict a tight rates in the buddhist legal reigning champions, buying munich, hosted minds, knowing victory would send them back to the top of the table by ins. critics say they've lacked a cutting edge this season, but in an 8 gold thriller, the bavarian showed they still pac serious firepower by ins. players welcome mines to the alley and serena, hoping the raucous home atmosphere would lift them to a 3rd straight boon is lea, a victory? 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