live from washington, this is bbc news. the first images are emerging of a powerful earthquake that's hit morocco. hundreds are feared dead. world leaders arrive in delhi as india prepares to kick off the 620 summit this week. georgia's fulton county releases its grand jury report in its investigation of alleged 2020 election meddling. hello i'm carl nasman. hundreds of people are feared dead and many more injured after a powerful 6.8 earthquake struck central morocco. the epicentre was 71

kilometres — or 44 miles — south—west of marrakech in the remote and sparsely populated high atlas mountains. it was so strong it was felt as far away as the capital city rabat. residents in marrakesh have told the reuters news agency that the earthquake toppled buildings in the old city — a unesco world heritage site. state tv footage shows brick and concrete rubble lying in the street, and crushing cars. unverified videos on social media shows people running out of buildings and walking through clouds of dust. these are images from morocco. the us geological survey says the quake hit at a relatively shallow depth of 18.5 kilometers — that's about 11 and a half miles deep. people have reportedly remained on the streets fearing major aftershocks. some additional minor quakes have been reported and shaking was also felt in the coastal cities of casablanca and essaouira.

do our main story now. leaders from many of the world's largest economies are gathering in india for the 620 summit that's getting underway. while the theme for the meeting is sustainable development, the leaders are expected to tackle an array of issues over the weekend in india's capital delhi, including global food security, climate change, trade, and the war in ukraine. india's prime minister narendra modi would like the summit to promote his country as a major global power. but russia's war in ukraine may be standing in his way. india is looking to put aside disagreements over ukraine, hoping it won't detrail concerns of the global south and developing countries. in one of his first official duties as host, mr modi met with us presidnetjoe biden for a 52 minute meeting. the two leaders discussed india's recent moon landing and investments in indian technology. they released a joint promise to deepen their relationship saying it was "based on trust and mutual

understanding." uk prime minister rishi sunak was also among the global leaders who arrived to delhi on friday. mr sunak made history, becoming the first prime minister of indian heritage to visit the country. his goal? a trade deal between india and the uk. mr sunak says he is hopeful, but that it will take time. well, both modiji and i are keen to see a comprehensive and ambitious trade deal concluded between our two countries. both of us think that there is a good deal to be done. but trade deals always take time. they need to work for both countries and although we've made enormous progress, there is still hard work to go and that's what we need to keep going through. the 620 is not the forum for those discussions. of course, i will touch on that with prime minister modi. notably absent from this weekend's gathering — china's president xijinping and russian president vladimir putin who both sent their respective foreign

ministers to attend in their place. it's mr xi's first time skipping the gathering with no explanation offered. their absense gives a potential opening to president biden, who is hoping to persuade other leaders to align with him on matters including ukraine and curbing china's dominance in the indo—pacific. mr biden first order of business? a meeting with mr modi for a 52 minute bilateral. the two leaders discussed india's recent moon landing and investments in indian technology. they released a joint promise to deepen their relationship saying it was "based on trust and mutual understanding." the white house says it still has concerns about mr modi's controversial human rights record, but those concerns appear to be on the back burner as the us looks to counter china's reach in the region. so a little refresher now on what exactly the 620 is. the group of twenty is a block of the world's 20 largest economies that was formed in 1999 in response to the 1997 asian financial crisis.

originally, the 620 was a forum for the finance ministers and central bank governors of member nations to meet to discuss global economic and financial issues. by 2008, heads of state and government began meeting to address the 2007 financial crisis. and in 2009, the 620 summit became an annualforum focused on not only economic issues, but sustainable development, health, environment, and anti—corruption. the 620 itself is comprised of 19 countries and the european union. and together its member nations account for an estimated 86% of the world's gross domestic product and two—thirds of its population. live now to tristen naylor, who is the assistant professor in history and politics at the university of cambridge. she is actually at that meeting in delhi. india has rolled out the red carpet, what have you seen so far on the ground, what is the atmosphere like? absolutely everywhere you go, everywhere you look here in new delhi, it is the 620. there is

not, without any exaggeration a single billboard that does not have modi's face on it with the 620 and some slogan related to the summit. this is a big thing for him in a big thing for india, and so india has rolled out all the stops, this is a moment for india to declare to the world and itself that they don't only belong at the top table of global governance, but they have the right to be leading this top table of global governance. figs leading this top table of global governance. leading this top table of ulobal covernance. �* , ., global governance. as we heard earlier, vladimir _ global governance. as we heard earlier, vladimir putin - global governance. as we heard earlier, vladimir putin not - earlier, vladimir putin not attending. how much focus do you think ukraine's allies will be putting on the 620 leaders at this gathering to try to issue that difficult joint statement condemning persian�*s war in ukraine? the statement condemning persian's war in ukraine?— war in ukraine? the war in ukraine. — war in ukraine? the war in ukraine, even _ war in ukraine? the war in ukraine, even though - war in ukraine? the war in ukraine, even though it i war in ukraine? the war in ukraine, even though it is| war in ukraine? the war in i ukraine, even though it is not on the official agenda, is

absolutely going to be all around their summit, it is going to be a primary issue in many if not most of the bilateral meetings held on the sidelines of the meetings, so even without the russian president and with the chinese president as well missing, the war in ukraine will be at the top of most people's mines here this weekend.— this weekend. how much do you think the war _ this weekend. how much do you think the war will _ this weekend. how much do you think the war will be _ think the war will be overshadowing the other elements of this agenda? the president has put out are a lot of other things he wants to focus on, the environment and development in the global south? . . ., , south? the war will certainly not be discussed _ south? the war will certainly not be discussed in - south? the war will certainly not be discussed in the - not be discussed in the leader's meetings itself, india has put together extraordinary expensive and ambitious agenda, and determined to see that that is what is discussed in the summit chamber itself, but on the sidelines, they have no control over what the leaders

speak about, and the war in ukraine will be discussed at length, but i expect at the end of the weekend, we will see some sort of outcome document that discusses all these other issues, from climate change to food security, digital technology, and its regulation, but that said, the war in ukraine is the number one international issue causing a variety of problems from global food security to surging interest rates, to rising energy prices, these are big issues that... need to be tackled and yet without the economy on the agenda, they can't substantively.— can't substantively. china's leader xi — can't substantively. china's leader xi jinping _ can't substantively. china's leader xi jinping also - can't substantively. china's leader xi jinping also not i leader xijinping also not attending the conference in the summits are often used as opportunities for leaders to get together to have these kinds of dialogues, so what

kinds of dialogues, so what kind of absence is this? how big will this loom over the 620? the leader of the most populous nation in one of the biggest economies in the world, not their. i biggest economies in the world, not their. . , not their. i imagine it will be a disappointment _ not their. i imagine it will be a disappointment not - not their. i imagine it will be a disappointment not to - not their. i imagine it will be | a disappointment not to have the chinese president here, but i think they will be able to judge how much of an effect that has had at the end of the weekend, if xijinping's absence means they cannot be a consensus agreement, a consensus agreement, a consensus communique at the summit�*s conclusion, then it turns out that it seems likely that his presence really matters for forging an agreement, matters forforging an agreement, but if the renderer modi is able to pull this thing off without the chinese president here, and in many ways it might actually make his job a little easier, then i don't think we will be talking about his absence that long after we have both flown away from new delhi. figs

after we have both flown away from new delhi.— from new delhi. as we have heard, from new delhi. as we have heard. the _ from new delhi. as we have heard, the us _ from new delhi. as we have heard, the us president - from new delhi. as we have heard, the us president willj from new delhi. as we have i heard, the us president will be there looking to try to counter china's influence. how do you think he will be looking to do that? not only is he in india, he is also looking to head to vietnam after the 620. this he is also looking to head to vietnam after the g20. this is a very important _ vietnam after the g20. this is a very important strategic- vietnam after the g20. this is a very important strategic trip| a very important strategic trip for him, forging partnerships and the reason with actors who are not china and indeed as you are not china and indeed as you are outlining, he is bilateral with the indian prime minister, last nightjust after he arrived, it was hugely important to have that meeting, they spoke at length, 52 minutes across wide range of issues and so that is a bilateral meeting of significance and this is exactly the sort of examination we will see from the americans after they leave here and had to be an arm.— to be an arm. briefly if you don't mind. _ to be an arm. briefly if you don't mind, there - to be an arm. briefly if you

don't mind, there are i to be an arm. briefly if you i don't mind, there are reports that the 620 may invite the african union to join the group, as we had the european union is already a member. how do you think that would change the 620? i do you think that would change the 620? ., �* 4' the 620? i don't think it will chance the 620? i don't think it will change that _ the 620? i don't think it will change that much. - the 620? i don't think it will change that much. the i the 620? | don't think it will. change that much. the african union has been an invited guest of the summit for many years, what this does change though is what this does change though is what the 620 means for the african union, it will no longer be a guest to this forum but a member in its own right, and that is significant, that is meaningful, and that is something of value. assistant -rofessor something of value. assistant professor of _ something of value. assistant professor of history _ something of value. assistant professor of history and i professor of history and politics at the university of cambridge in new delhi, thank you very much. well with many of the world's top leaders gathering in delhi this weekend, there has been some hope that the 620 summit could be an opportunity to make progress towards ending the war in ukraine. india expressed confidence on friday that world leaders will finalize a declaration at this weekend's summit.

however, sources say the wording about the war in ukraine is not yet resolved. negotiators are said to be having a difficult time crafting a comminique that all parties can agree on. sticking points include how important it is to get sign—off from moscow and beijing. so how willjoe biden navigate it all? i spoke earlier with illinois congressman mike quigley, who chairs the congressional ukraine caucus. committed ukraine. the war rages on there, russia launching an attack in the middle of the afternoon, killing civilians. we are heading into another winter, what is the assessment of whether war is out of the moment?— whether war is out of the moment? . , , . moment? that depends which way ou look moment? that depends which way you look at — moment? that depends which way you look at there. _ moment? that depends which way you look at there. if _ moment? that depends which way you look at there. if you _ moment? that depends which way you look at there. if you had i you look at there. if you had told me that days into this conflict that the war would have gone this way, i honestly would have been thrilled, because as you know everyone thought this would be a war

that lasted days or weeks only, and the russians would roll over kia. 0bviously, right now we want to see the counteroffensive working more effectively and quickly, but that's asking a lot, given the incredibly difficult defences that have been put in place. we have to remind ourselves of the history here, when the allied troops landed in normandy to retake the european continent, they did notjust sweep across europe, it took a long time, there were setbacks so we have to be realistic and how long this will take.— this will take. president biden, speaking - this will take. president biden, speaking of- this will take. president l biden, speaking of allies, this will take. president i biden, speaking of allies, is in india at the 620 summit forming an alliance with india to counter the might of china. what do you expect him to do to rally international support for the war in ukraine? he probably deserves as _ the war in ukraine? he probably deserves as much _ the war in ukraine? he probably deserves as much credit - the war in ukraine? he probably deserves as much credit as i deserves as much credit as anyone outside of ukraine for

the war moving forward successfully so far, i mean he has unified the west, so this is enough to continue that. i would like to see india do more, in particular, to have india help freeze out and hurt russia economically, for the war in ukraine, they have continued to expand into the groups outside of nato, that is foremost on his mind and critically important to accomplish by now. do you exect accomplish by now. do you exoect to _ accomplish by now. do you expect to see _ accomplish by now. do you expect to see some - accomplish by now. do you expect to see some sort i accomplish by now. do you i expect to see some sort that some sort of agreement on that come out of the 620? we some sort of agreement on that come out of the g20?— come out of the 620? we were crossin: come out of the 620? we were crossing our — come out of the 620? we were crossing our fingers _ come out of the 620? we were crossing our fingers and - come out of the 620? we were crossing our fingers and hoping crossing ourfingers and hoping for the best, i would like to think that they understand just how important this is. putin's aims are notjust awards ukraine, the extreme efforts are beyond that, so those agreements that are taking place with the expansion of bricks is concerned. i would like to think this is notjust an us versus them mentality, but i think reaching out to

entities countries like india, that have agreements with china and russia, that would help unify our relationships with them, and frankly keep them from even once removed, helping russia in this effort. president biden has asked you for 2h billion form of funding as part of our wider spending package. will you still see bipartisan support to send more arms to ukraine? i bipartisan support to send more arms to ukraine?— arms to ukraine? i think so. if the bills were _ arms to ukraine? i think so. if the bills were on _ arms to ukraine? i think so. if the bills were on the - arms to ukraine? i think so. if the bills were on the floor, i the bills were on the floor, they would pass, they would pass the house, the senate, on a bipartisan basis. 6etting a bipartisan basis. getting there is a little tricky. we saw the senate moving forward with spending bills rather quickly and i think there is going to be bipartisan support to accomplish that. i think the democrats and republicans, both

majority of which are in support in continued aid to ukraine, the problem is there is a small minority of republicans on the far—right, 10-20, republicans on the far—right, 10—20, who have disproportionate influence with the speaker because of the rules we live under and how narrow the majority is and i think they are putting at risk what is extremely important is to get those supplemental is passed, half of those are for the war on ukraine and the other half are protecting our southern border and supporting the united states dealing with all the man—made and nature made prices taking place, so they have to pass those bills, it has to get done very quickly. my concern with all of them is, can we find the government, can we move

forward? i am concerned if they are heading us into a shutdown because speaker mccarthy is not willing to confront them to get the aid to deal with these national disasters, protect our southern border and so forth. the problem with that is not only is shutting down a government disruptive, it is important to stress that perhaps the most important thing is that it shows the world we cannot govern and i think that has national security implications. i think the rest of the world watches us and if we cannot get our house in order i think it shows weakness on the west and i think it encourages china, russia and other governments's aggression. russia and other governments's aggression-— aggression. giving that time is not on your — aggression. giving that time is not on your side _ aggression. giving that time is not on your side to _ aggression. giving that time is not on your side to get - aggression. giving that time is not on your side to get that i not on your side to get that agreement, it sounds like you are preparing yourself? i have

been there — are preparing yourself? i have been there before, _ are preparing yourself? i have been there before, i - are preparing yourself? i have been there before, i have i are preparing yourself? i have | been there before, i have seen them come. frankly, it is up to speaker mccarthy to decide what is more important right now, solely defending his gavel in the control he has or doing what is right for our country and really the world as a whole. �* , ., whole. an intense a few weeks ahead in congress. _ whole. an intense a few weeks ahead in congress. thank- whole. an intense a few weeks ahead in congress. thank you | whole. an intense a few weeks i ahead in congress. thank you so much forjoining us.— much for “oining us. thank you, an much forjoining us. thank you, any time- _ former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, lost an effort to move his criminal case from fulton county, georgia, to to a federal court. meadows is charged along with 18 others, including former president donald trump, in connection with a 2020 election interference probe. this comes hours after a newly unsealed report indicates a special grand jury in the state also recommended charges against a powerful sitting senator and two ex—lawmakers among others in the investigation into former president donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the recommended charges against south carolina republican senator lindsey 6ra ham and former republican senators kelly loeffler

and david perdue of georgia were not pursued. in total the special grand jury recommended charges against 39 people. eventually 19 people, including mr trump, were charged. between june and december of last year, the special grand jury heard testimony from 75 witnesses. earlier, my colleageu caitriona perry spoke with tamar hallerman. she's an atlanta journal—constitution reporter covering the fulton county trump probe. a lot of information in this report. why was it released now? , now? this report was actually written in _ now? this report was actually written in december - now? this report was actually written in december of i now? this report was actually written in december of 2022, | written in december of 2022, finalised that january and it has been under seal since then. the district attorney asked the judge to keep it under wraps. she did not want to step on any indictment decisions was about to make and she argued it could

harm the due process, folks who were eventually indicted in all of this. she asked just to once those indictment was announced. thejudge said he those indictment was announced. the judge said he sought no reason to keep it private and here we. reason to keep it private and here we— reason to keep it private and here we. . , , , here we. charges were suggested auainst here we. charges were suggested a . ainst 39 here we. charges were suggested against 39 people _ here we. charges were suggested against 39 people in _ here we. charges were suggested against 39 people in this - against 39 people in this report but the da has only moved against 19. who were some of the others and what sort of charges were suggested to be brought against them? the recommendations - brought against them? tue: recommendations in this brought against them? tue recommendations in this report were very broad, much broader than i think most of us were expecting. you mention the three current and former us senators, some former state senators, some former state senators, the current lynn tennant governor, many people associated with the alternate republican electric, mark meadows, all sorts of names, some who are very familiar to us. 18 of those people and that are being indicted here in

georgia but many other names 6eorgia but many other names that didier decided to pass on at least for now. that said, this document was recommendation and they were not binding. —— the da. after spending 18 months collecting evidence, these were everyday citizens who know pretty much everyone else and they believed 39 people were worthy of indictment. it is a pretty strong statement. [30 indictment. it is a pretty strong statement. indictment. it is a pretty stron: statement. ~ :, _ strong statement. do we know by the da did not — strong statement. do we know by the da did not prefer— strong statement. do we know by the da did not prefer charges i the da did not prefer charges against those other individuals and could charges be brought at and could charges be brought at a future date?— a future date? very possible. there are _ a future date? very possible. there are considerations i a future date? very possible. there are considerations we | there are considerations we need to take into account. the first is a potential that immunity deals could have been struck. we know at least eight of the people on that list of the alternate republican electric do have deals in place and they could be more. ——

electoral. it is possible there was not enough evidence to prove the guilt and cold so it is not worth it. with some legislators, some constitutional concerns especially with senators who could have led to a giant headache to get this people to come in. lindsey 6raham went all the way up to the supreme court to try and fight testimony so maybe the da's office decided it wasn't not worth it. 19 defendants in this case and it is logistically complex and it becomes harder the more people you add to that. ~ :, :, , , that. what does this report tell us about _ that. what does this report tell us about this _ that. what does this report tell us about this sort i that. what does this report tell us about this sort of. tell us about this sort of argument the district attorney might bring to trial when it gets there? it might bring to trial when it gets there?— might bring to trial when it nets there? , , :, :, gets there? it depends on who ou are gets there? it depends on who you are going _ gets there? it depends on who you are going to _ gets there? it depends on who you are going to talk _ gets there? it depends on who you are going to talk about. i you are going to talk about. she alleged a widespread scheme

involving all sorts of different incidents in georgia in the aftermath which this special final report goes into, talking about the breach of election data in georgia, false testimony, the harassment of local poll workers, it depends who is in trial and right now there are different defendants trying to fracture somewhat to speed up the prosecution and others want to slow it down as much as possible and it is looking likely this prosecution might end up in multiple tracks, at least to potentially, so it is something to watch and it will impact the way the da's office will argue. it does not matter who is on trial, they have to improve the conspiracy existed. taste trial, they have to improve the conspiracy existed.— conspiracy existed. we heard from lindsey _ conspiracy existed. we heard from lindsey graham, - conspiracy existed. we heard from lindsey graham, has i conspiracy existed. we heard i from lindsey graham, has been any response from any of the others named in this report? we had from others named in this report? e had from kelly loeffler, and

she sees this as a prosecution of conservative political beliefs. she sees this as another political stunt using the legal system to go after conservatives. she has remained a prominent figure on the right here in georgia and her name is come up with potentially running for governor so she is one to watch.— running for governor so she is one to watch. 0k, thank you so much for _ one to watch. 0k, thank you so much forjoining _ one to watch. 0k, thank you so much forjoining us. _ and before we go, let's remind you of our top story: morocco's interior ministry says at least 296 people are dead after a major 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the center of the country. the extent of the damage is only starting to become clear. residents tell the reuters news agency that building in marackesh's old's city have been destroyed. state tv has shown footage of rubble and crushed cars. many people reportedly ran

into the street after the quake and stayed there, fearing further after—shocks. the epicentre was 71 kilometres — or a4 miles — southwest of marrakech, in the remote and sparsely populated high atlas mountains. but it was felt as far away as the capital city rabat. reuters is reporting that the interior ministry in its televised statement on the death toll, urged calm and said the quake had hit multiple provinces. the us geological survey said in a tweet that at 11 pm local time in western morocco, a shallow 6.8 earthquake shook the atlas mountains. many residences in the region are vulnerable to shaking. "our hearts go out to those affected." we will continue to monitor that breaking news and you can

find all the latest on our website. thank you for watching. hi there. for many, this weekend is going to be hot and humid again, especially for england and wales, with temperatures only slowly coming down across scotland and northern ireland. and as the cooler air starts to invade in there, we're likely to see increasing chance of thundery downpours, some of which could be quite heavy in places. certainly england and wales on sunday. now we've had some cloud drifting up from the south as we move into the early part of saturday, some mist and low cloud around some coasts of south—west england and wales. and it's here where we could see some showers or some thunderstorms, same too, across the north and the west of scotland. but elsewhere, it's a dry and a clear night. and again, another very warm and muggy one to start saturday morning with temperatures no lower than around 18 or 19 in one or two spots. so it's a very warm start to saturday, pretty much from the word go. we'll have sunshine around, but well, this weather front will be pushing into the north—west of scotland, bringing thicker cloud breeze, outbreaks of rain, a few showers elsewhere.

and there will be some scattered thundery showers developing across england and wales as we see temperatures peak at around 32 or 33 degrees in the south—east. so this could be the hottest day of the heatwave. but these showers and thunderstorms, although well scattered, could be pretty intense if you catch one and there's a chance of some localised flooding as well. but most places will be dry to take us into saturday evening. we could see further clusters of showers and thunderstorms running up from the south. again, it's going to be a warm and a muggy night, especially so for england and wales with temperatures beginning to come down across the north—west. now the great north run on sunday across north—east england looks pretty decent actually, although there will be some rain around. some of it could be thundery. these temperatures will be pretty comfortable for running in, but we could start off with some thundery rain in the morning and then into the afternoon. heavy showers could develop with a bit of sunshine in between. but sunday is another warm and humid one for england and wales,

with a scattering of thunderstorms developing into the afternoon. temperatures again up to 30 degrees in the south—east, but you'll notice the low 20s for scotland and northern ireland. so things are turning cooler and the trend as we head into next week is for this cooler, fresher, less humid air to spread southwards across the country. and that'll introduce north—westerly winds and also plenty of showers, particularly in the north and the west. it'll be much cooler by day, much fresher at night, but still some good spells of sunshine across the south.

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