last year amid soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. hello and welcome to bbc world news. we begin with developing news from south korea. it s reported that 120 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. 100 have been injured. the incident happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities in a busy bar district. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in the popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party goers. it s feared the number of dead could rise. videos show medical teams giving cpr treatment to rows of people lying in the middle of crowded streets. earlier on the programme, my colleague david eades spoke to an eyewitness a freelance journalist raphael rashid. let s hear what he said. 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 itae
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