South Korea: Seoul Halloween crush kills 151, injures 82

South Korea is in mourning following the deaths of more than 150 people who'd been celebrating Halloween. President Yoon has promised a thorough investigation of the crush in a narrow alley in the capital, Seoul.

The final round of left versus right in Brazil's presidential election.

And we speak to a woman who became a mayor in Afghanistan in her early twenties. She fled after the Taliban took over. But she maintains some optimism for the future of her country.

Today, we're joined - for the rest of the programme - by Azadeh Moaveni, an Iranian-American writer and director of the Gender and Conflict Project at the International Crisis Group think-tank and by Simon Lancaster, a British speechwriter and author.

(Photo: A woman buries her face in her hands as she awaits news about a missing family member at the centre. Reuters)