to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim bruin hube letter ahead on cnn newsroom, south korea is in mourning right now. more than 150 people in seoul killed in a crowd surge celebrating halloween. a week and a half to u.s. midterm elections, and early ballots are coming in by the millions. one battleground state, see where else each party s heavy hitters are campaigning. the white house accuses russia of weaponizing food. a grain deal to feed much of africa and the middle east now in jeopardy. we re live in kyiv and johannesburg with the fallout. south korea has declared a national day of mourning of a of ap aft chaotic crowd surge claimed the lives of at least 151 people. thousands of partygoers had gathered for a celebration, but the turn ute so large and the space so small, many people got crushed in the middle of the crowd. here s how one witness described the scene. i saw the people going to the left side. i act
part of the u.n. deal to get this deal off the ground was to give sanctions relief to russia. russia essentially given sanctions relief to get it to sign up to this in the first place. all right, nic robertson, thank you so much. we want to go to david mckenzie in johannesburg. what impact could this have on developing nations, including many in africa? reporter: kim, global impact. as nic says, a lot of this is believed to be leverage from the russians to try and squeeze ukraine and the group of nations that is supporting it. it is worth noting that the nation that has received the single-biggest shipment of product has been spain. there is a sense that the developing countries haven t received necessarily as much grain as has been talked about. but that doesn t really paint the real picture here. there s two aspects to this. one is the physical grain that
ap aft chaotic crowd surge claimed the lives of at least 151 people. thousands of partygoers had gathered for a celebration, but the turn ute so large and the space so small, many people got crushed in the middle of the crowd. here s how one witness described the scene. i saw the people going to the left side. i actually saw the person actually getting to the opposite side. so actually, the person in the middle, they got jammed. and they have, you know, no way to communicate. you know, they cannot breathe. cnn international correspondent paula hancocks is live at the scene. paula, as people are now trying to grapple with the scope of this enormous tragedy, describe what s happening now as some families are still looking for loved ones and for answers. reporter: that s right, kim. we ve heard from officials that
suffering the heartbreak of losing loved ones. reporter: it is a very somber atmosphere here in the heart of seoul s entertainment district of itaewon. people have been coming to lay flowers to show their respects. kim? all right, just so tragic. paula hancocks live in seoul, thanks so much. i want to discuss this a bit more with keith still, analyst of crowd safety and risk. he joins us this hour from england. thanks so much for being here with us. so why do you think this was so deadly. i mean, talk to me about the physics of what made this such a deadly event. certainly. i mean, the analogy here is, like a tachometer in a car. when you rev the engine in the red, there s a high chance of engine failure. same with crowd density. once the density, the packing density, the number of people per square meter increases above six or seven, there s a high
to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim bruin hube letter ahead on cnn newsroom, south korea is in mourning right now. more than 150 people in seoul killed in a crowd surge celebrating halloween. a week and a half to u.s. midterm elections, and early ballots are coming in by the millions. one battleground state, see where else each party s heavy hitters are campaigning. the white house accuses russia of weaponizing food. a grain deal to feed much of africa and the middle east now in jeopardy. we re live in kyiv and johannesburg with the fallout. south korea has declared a national day of mourning of a of