false claims after moscow said uk forces helped with a drone attack on russian fleets near the crimean port of sevastopol. there s major disruption to rail services across scotland due to a 24 hour walkout by scotrail workers. more than 2,000 rmt members are on strike. coming up at 5.40pm, we ll bring you the latest technology news in click. i m maryam moshiri. the household energy supplier 0ctopus energy has reached a deal to buy bulb, which was one of the largest energy companies to collapse last year because of soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. the government has spent billions of pounds keeping the company afloat since it went into administraton. the agreement means 0ctopus will take onboard bulb s one and a half million customers. our business reporter ramzan kamali has the details. bulb is the biggest - green energy company. it was the biggest energy company to go bust. last november, bulb found itself in administration. it was only kept going by the govern
we begin with developing news from south korea. it s reported that at least 59 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. it 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 a popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party goers. more than 150 people are injured and 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 freelance journalist raphael rashid. let s hear what he said. it isa it is a night out for a lot of people, including myself. iwas in the area. when i arrived to ward 7pm it was very clear that there were so many people here, probably the most i have ever seen in this district, and the crowds were just gathering more and more and towards ten p m or 1
russia says it is suspending its participation in an internationally brokered deal to allow grain exports from ukraine. the announcement was in response to what the russian army called a massive ukrainian drone attack on russian ships in occupied crimea. ukraine has called that a false pretext for blocking the grain corridor. earlier, the un secretary general urged all parties to renew the deal on ukrainian grain exports, which was due to expire next month. before the deal was in place, blockages led to food supply issues globally. joining us from dnipro in central ukraine is our correspondent james waterhouse. james, what have the russians been saying? james, what have the russians been sa inc? ~ , james, what have the russians been sa in: ? ~ , ., ., james, what have the russians been sa in? ~ ,., ., ., saying? well, there is a lot going on here, saying? well, there is a lot going on here. but saying? well, there is a lot going on here, but they saying? well, there is
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
Near London Bridge. Tom symonds. Police have put in a large cordon. You can see the furthest blue, flashing light, a short distance from the Borough Markets area. Are market is a Farmers Market where people go for lunch. It is surrounded by bars and restaurants. It is opposite London Bridge station where people go to head home after a night out in Central London. Putting together eyewitness reports, only eyewitness reports, which can be wrong, but the eyewitnesses we spoke to say a van ploughed into people on the southern end of London Bridge, i was told by people in a pub that it was told by people in a pub that it was on the corner of the bridge, that grey, possibly four man, got out, armed with knives. Three, possible four men,. One was mediterranean in terms of skin colour and had a black and red top on and had a long knife. I asked if it was a breadknife sized weapon and the eyewitness said he felt it was a long kitchen knife. They ran towards London Bridge and, sorry, Borough Mar