Morning Filter: Seoul crowd surge kills 151

At least 150 people dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 150 people and injuring 150 others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years. Emergency workers and pedestrians desperately performed CPR on people lying in the streets after the crush in the capital’s leisure district of Itaewon Saturday night. Brazil will hold a runoff vote between Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva This Sunday, Brazilians will be casting their votes to elect a new president for the South American country, among right-wing current president Jair Bolsonaro and leftist challenger (and former President) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. On Saturday, the two faced-off in a final debate before their runoff election. Elon Musk plans to start job cuts at Twitter within days, NYT says World’s richest man Elon Musk plans to begin layoffs at Twitter Inc. within days of acquiring the social media platform for $44 billion, the New York Times reported. While the exact number of job cuts couldn’t be determined, it is said to take place across the company. Tussle between Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and AAP-led Delhi government intensifies Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government over the ‘Red Light On, Gaadi Off’ campaign intensified on Saturday, with AAP workers protesting outside the residence of the L-G, who later in the day sent the file seeking approval for the drive back to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. All eyes on TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao when he addresses public meeting on Sunday The meeting, which is a part of party’s by-election campaign in Munugode constituency, has assumed significance in the background of Mr. Rao’s stoic silence so far over the attempts of agents allegedly of the BJP to turn over four TRS MLAs to the party. Calls for U.K. to probe reported hacking of Liz Truss’s phone U.K. opposition politicians called for an investigation Saturday after a newspaper reported that suspected Kremlin agents had hacked ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss’s cell phone when she was foreign minister. [logo] The Morning Filter 30 OCTOBER 2022 [The Hindu logo] Welcome to the Morning Filter newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories and events to follow today. [[Arrow]Open in browser]( [[Mail icon]More newsletters]( Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today At least 150 people dead after Halloween crowd surge in Seoul [Rescue workers treat injured people on the street in Seoul, South Korea, on October 30, 2022. People were killed and injured after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korean officials said.]  A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 150 people and injuring 150 others in South Korea’s worst disaster in years. Emergency workers and pedestrians desperately performed CPR on people lying in the streets after the crush in the capital’s leisure district of Itaewon Saturday night. Brazil will hold a runoff vote between Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [This combination of pictures created on October 28, 2022 shows Brazilian former president (2003-2010) and candidate for the Workers’ Party (PT) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) and Brazilian President and reelection candidate for the Liberal Party (PL) Jair Bolsonaro before the start of the television debate at the Globo TV studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 28, 2022. ] This Sunday, Brazilians will be casting their votes to elect a new president for the South American country, among right-wing current president Jair Bolsonaro and leftist challenger (and former President) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. On Saturday, the two faced-off in a final debate before their runoff election. Elon Musk plans to start job cuts at Twitter within days, NYT says World’s richest man Elon Musk plans to begin layoffs at Twitter Inc. within days of acquiring the social media platform for $44 billion, the New York Times reported. While the exact number of job cuts couldn’t be determined, it is said to take place across the company.  Tussle between Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and AAP-led Delhi government intensifies Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government over the ‘Red Light On, Gaadi Off’ campaign intensified on Saturday, with AAP workers protesting outside the residence of the L-G, who later in the day sent the file seeking approval for the drive back to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. All eyes on TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao when he addresses public meeting on Sunday The meeting, which is a part of party’s by-election campaign in Munugode constituency, has assumed significance in the background of Mr. Rao’s stoic silence so far over the attempts of agents allegedly of the BJP to turn over four TRS MLAs to the party. Calls for U.K. to probe reported hacking of Liz Truss’s phone [Liz Truss. File.] U.K. opposition politicians called for an investigation Saturday after a newspaper reported that suspected Kremlin agents had hacked ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss’s cell phone when she was foreign minister. 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