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morocco has declared three days of national mourning, after a powerful earthquake left more than a thousand people dead, and hundreds more injured. and escaped prisoner daniel khalife — suspected of terror offences — is arrested by police in london, following a four—day search. ukrainian officials have said a joint statement has watered down its condemnation of russian aggression. hello and welcome, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start in morocco, where more than 1,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck late on friday night.
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hospitals in the region have seen an influx of wounded people, and the authorities are calling on residents to donate blood. and in the last few minutes we've been hearing that morocco has declared three days of mourning. and the national flag will be flown at half staff throughout the country. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination, marrakesh. tremors were also felt in the capital rabat, some 350 kilometres away. president biden said he's "deeply saddened" by the events. china's president xi has also sent a message of condolence. charlotte wright has this report. the horrifying moment a powerful earthquake hit morocco. cctv shows people running for safety as buildings begin to crumble in marrakesh. elsewhere in the city, diners frantically flee a restaurant.
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outside the historic kutubiyya mosque, dust rises from the tower, prompting fears it might collapse. marrakesh is 45 miles from the epicentre in the atlas mountains. those in the city said it was terrifying. the floors were violently shaking, the walls were shaking, things were falling off shelving. i just didn't even know what to think. i then went into slightly more open space in my main bedroom and just completely collapsed to the floor because you couldn't stand everything was shaking so much. the quake struckjust after 11pm yesterday. 0vernight, there were outages to the power, phone lines and internet, with crowds left trying to sleep on the streets. translation: the force and intensity of this earthquake was felt _ in our building almost three times. people went out into the street just after this total panic, and there are families who are still sleeping outside.
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south of the epicentre, the search for survivors. digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings. in chichaoua, to the west, rescuers worked through the night, with reports of families still trapped and many more injured. some were taken to hospital for treatment. in the daylight, the extent of the destruction in marrakesh is clearer, including to parts of the medina, a unesco world heritage site, where some are left picking through what is left of their homes. "there's nowhere for us to go, there is nowhere for us to stay," she says. as residents begin to assess the devastation, world leaders have pledged their support, amid fears the death toll will rise further yet. charlotte wright, bbc news.
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the red cross says the response effort to the earthquake could take years due to the level of devastation. these are some of the latest pictures we are getting from amizmiz. it's a village located approximately 55 kilometers, or 35 miles, south of marrakesh. people there have been digging graves for victims in this village, which has been severely affected by the deadly quake. live now to carmen haid who lives in the town of tameslohte— close to marrakesh. thank you very much forjoining us today. tell us about your experience, in the moment the quake hit. , ., , , ., , experience, in the moment the quake hit. , , hit. yes, it was deftly a very scary moment — hit. yes, it was deftly a very scary moment we _ hit. yes, it was deftly a very scary moment. we are _ hit. yes, it was deftly a very scary moment. we are sitting _ hit. yes, it was deftly a very scary moment. we are sitting at - hit. yes, it was deftly a very scary moment. we are sitting at homel hit. yes, it was deftly a very scary. moment. we are sitting at home in dinner, and all of a sudden it took us a few seconds to realise what was happening, and everything started to shake, you saw the wall moving,
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everything falling off... inaudible we took shelter, and luckily nothing happened, loads of people lost their homes, it was absolutely terrible, terrible disaster. these houses are not for earthquakes, and there has not for earthquakes, and there has not been in history and is quick like this in morocco. maybe 30 years ago was the last one that was recorded, and never in marrakesh. it is sad to see what is happening. as a community, we must rebuild and pledge as much as we can in our power to help these people get on there feet. just power to help these people get on there feet. , , ~ , ., there feet. just like there is no, our line there feet. just like there is no, your line is _ there feet. just like there is no, your line is breaking _ there feet. just like there is no, your line is breaking up - there feet. just like there is no, your line is breaking up a - there feet. just like there is no, your line is breaking up a little i
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your line is breaking up a little bit, but it is holding out for now, so will continue with the interview. how are your neighbours holding up, because obviously it is getting to night time there in morocco? maw; night time there in morocco? many --eole night time there in morocco? many peeple don't _ night time there in morocco? many people don't feel _ night time there in morocco? many people don't feel safe _ night time there in morocco? many people don't feel safe in _ night time there in morocco? many people don't feel safe in the - night time there in morocco? litany people don't feel safe in the town, so they fled the mid enough. i have a whole shelter here in my house, and an accommodating everybody who needs shelter, and people are still sleeping out in the streets. there were vibrations, the aftershocks, i could feel it until this afternoon, to be honest. i guess it is normal, it is very, very concerning, but at the same time, i think we have to stay positive and built up what we can do now. stay positive and built up what we can do nova— stay positive and built up what we can do now. �* ,, ., , can do now. and you are there trying to help your— can do now. and you are there trying to help your neighbours _ can do now. and you are there trying to help your neighbours and - can do now. and you are there trying to help your neighbours and friends, | to help your neighbours and friends, bringing them into your home. but how about any help from the government? from aid agencies? what kind of support is coming to you where you are? at kind of support is coming to you where you are?— kind of support is coming to you where you are? kind of support is coming to you where ou are? �* ., ., where you are? at the moment, i am in a village — where you are? at the moment, i am in a village that _ where you are? at the moment, i am in a village that is _ where you are? at the moment, i am in a village that is about _ where you are? at the moment, i am in a village that is about 30 _ in a village that is about 30 minutes from marrakesh medina, and i've heard sirens, there were some
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helicopters, but you don't have that sort of support you have in england. it is slow movements, and my staff, they are building collapse, it was a total disaster, the neighbours died, i whole family buried in the rubber. that is just the picture at the moment. it is so tragic. we've will have hundreds of thousands of burials happening, and in terms of aids, hospitals are quite overwhelmed, people are giving blood, which i think it's a good thing, but whoever can pledge, there is a charity called the red cross which is very good, and i can recommend, but whoever can pledge for local communities and has friends in morocco, please speak to them and see how you can support. you're talking about hundreds of funerals in the next few days. you are asking for people to help, there
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are asking for people to help, there are probably viewers around the world who are thinking what they can do to help people in morocco. what are the key thing is that they need to help you? i are the key thing is that they need to help you?— to help you? i think the key thing is to make _ to help you? i think the key thing is to make sure _ to help you? i think the key thing is to make sure that _ to help you? i think the key thing is to make sure that you - to help you? i think the key thing is to make sure that you yourself| is to make sure that you yourself are safe, because if you yourself are safe, because if you yourself are not safe you can't have anyone else. 0nce are not safe you can't have anyone else. once that is in place, try to do anything in your own power. if you have a home, give your home, if you have a home, give your home, if you have a home, give your home, if you have money, give money. contact the charities, contact the local town stations, and the town halls. it is really money that people need here to rebuild, because the structures here have earth materials, and it is not safe like this, so that's what i suggest we can do. ., ~ ,, this, so that's what i suggest we can do. ., ~ i. this, so that's what i suggest we cando. ., ~ . ., can do. thank you so much for “oininu can do. thank you so much for joining us _ can do. thank you so much for joining us today _ can do. thank you so much for joining us today in _ can do. thank you so much for joining us today in what - can do. thank you so much for joining us today in what has i can do. thank you so much for. joining us today in what has been can do. thank you so much for- joining us today in what has been a difficult day for you and your friends and neighbours. just to let you know, our audience, friends and neighbours. just to let you know, ouraudience, we friends and neighbours. just to let you know, our audience, we have a live page on the bbc website at the
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moment where we have all the updates from people on the ground there. we also have our correspondent, nick beek, who is on the ground in marrakesh, and you can keep up—to—date with this very important story. here, police have arrested missing terror suspect daniel khalife in west london, following his escape from prison four days ago. he was detained in the northholt area. police had said it was focusing on "intensive search activity" efforts in and around the chiswick area of west london, where he had been spotted by members of the public. the former soldier, who's 21, was in wandsworth prison awaiting trial, accused of trying to spy for an enemy state, understood to be iran. his family had urged him to give himself up. here's our home and legal correspondent, dominic casciani. a national manhunt now at an end. britain's most wanted man,
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daniel khalife, arrested at this spot in west london, a terrorism suspect back in custody after 75 hours on the run. this morning, police closed in on him as more and more intelligence came into scotland yard. this stately home and gardens on the edge of west london became the focus after reports that he'd been in the area in the middle of the night. a city—wide investigation getting closer and closer, and then just before "am, they got their man. a plainclothes officer tracking the 21—year—old saw him on a bike and pulled him to the ground. from the moment it was reported to the police, we've had a very substantial amount of resources on this investigation. it's been 75 hours since the moment of his escape to the time of his capture, and a huge effort has gone into that. i'm grateful to the public, officers and staff and the media for their help. on wednesday morning, khalife, who had been working in wandsworth prison�*s kitchen, escaped underneath a food delivery van. police say he was first seen near a major roundaboutjust a mile
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from the jail minutes after the escape. 0vernight, he was spotted in chiswick in west london wearing dark clothing. khalife was finally arrested 12 miles away on a canal path in northolt in west london. khalife will be settling back into a cell and heading back to the courts. now the attention turns to the government. how could a prisoner escape under a lorry? it's good news that we captured the person concerned. as people already know, thejustice secretary's initiated an inquiry into the circumstances of his escape and that work will continue. but this is obviously very welcome news and again, my thanks to the police, but also to the public. the police regard this as a textbook operation, the former soldier tracked down in a city of 8 million. the question is, how did the prison manage to lose just one man among 1,600, all supposedly locked behind bars? dominic casciani, bbc news.
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i spoke earlier with our news correspondent, greg mckenzie, who has been at the scotland yard have a listen. it was a major manhunt, one of the biggest that the metropolitan police have undertook for some years. daniel khalife was a wanted man ever since the police announced in the afternoon of the morning of his escape. he escaped just before 8am on wednesday morning. the media and the public were alerted by the afternoon, and a huge manhunt was under way. various ports were on lockdown. at heathrow airport, extra security, extra security at gatwick airport and manchester airport, dover port, even people being stopped in their cars and having their boots checked and also id checked in certain areas of the capital. but daniel khalife was arrested this morning, and having an operation come to an end this morning. it was a plainclothes police officer
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who spotted daniel khalife on a push bike on a canal path in chiswick, and ultimately arrested him, pushed him off the bike and arrested him. daniel khalife is now in custody in a police station in west london, where he is being interviewed. the police want to know where he was, how did he get from wandsworth prison to chiswick. it's about 5.5 miles, so they believe he was on foot, but was he assisted? this is the question they are trying to find the answer to. we will not speculate that he was given assistance from wandsworth prison to escape. all is being investigated, and it is an ongoing investigation, as the commander told me here at scotland yard this afternoon. there continues to be serious questions for the government as to how this even happened, how mr khalife was able
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to escape from prison. big questions as to how he escaped. we believe he managed to get under a food delivery truck on wednesday when it arrived into the prison. he is then believed to have strapped himself underneath the van, evading detection, and manages to get out of the prison. questions are already being raised as to how this was possible. now, it is believed he had about an hour head start of the police and the prison itself before the alarm was raised that he had absconded, escaped. wandsworth prison is a category b prison, he was there on remand awaiting trial for a number of terrorism offences, but managed to escape on wednesday, and now will be further charged with escaping from a prison institution.
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the g20 summit of world leaders has agreed a joint declaration, which includes calls for a durable peace in ukraine. the text, at the summit in india, says all states involved in the conflict must "refrain" from the "use of force" for territorial gain. but there's no reference to russian aggression, and ukraine says the g20 has nothing to be proud of. from delhi, our political editor, chris mason, reports. waiting for the world to arrive. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, is the host here. the stumbling block for the g20 has long been russia and its war in ukraine. vladimir putin isn't here, it's his foreign minister sergey lavrov instead. 0thers walking the red carpet, president biden and rishi sunak. the g20 have agreed a joint communique with very strong language about russia's illegal war in ukraine. something i said on my way here that
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i was keen to highlight was the impact that russia's war is having on food prices, notjust at home in the uk but around the world, impacting millions of vulnerable people. get—togethers like this give leaders the chance to catch up. but the truth is the g20 doesn't agree on russia's invasion of ukraine. the hosts, india, are effectively neutral on it. but the leaders have agreed, on paper at least, that one country invading another shouldn't happen. and mr modi acknowledged the global impact the war has had. he said there was a huge crisis of a lack of trust in the world and claimed the war had deepened this trust deficit. "when we can defeat covid," he said, "we can also overcome this "crisis of mutual trust." adding, "it is time for all of us to move together." but the only way a collection of countries like the g20 can give even the loosest sense of moving together on an issue like russia's
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invasion of ukraine is by adopting rather vague language. and the language in this year's declaration is sufficiently vague that the section about the war doesn't even mention russia. and when you compare that with what was said last year, there has been a hardening of positions and the words have been watered down. for the prime minister and narendra modi, the backslapping for the cameras was certainly fulsome. both hope to turn this warmth into a uk—india trade deal in the coming months. chris mason, bbc news, in delhi. earlier, i spoke to our south asia correspondent yogita limaye and i began by asking her to explain how g20 leaders changed their wording when referring to ukraine. the war in ukraine was a sticking point during the summit, the g20 summit,
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which was held in bali last year. it took a very long time for countries there to reach a consensus on wording. a consensus on the wording. that was expected this time around as well. the fact that we have actually had a joint statement that has been agreed upon by all members earlier than expected, a day earlier than expected, suggests that the negotiations on what it should say, specifically on the war in ukraine, they started even before the meetings that were held here in delhi. india's foreign affairs minister reacting to a question about why that wording has been significantly watered down said, "look, "bali was last year, new delhi is this year, "there are different circumstances this year." he also said they were developing countries that actually took the lead, suggesting india and other developing nations took the lead to get a consensus on the wording. as we saw in that report,
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no mention of russia. the language significantly watered down from what was said last year, so unsurprisingly, a reaction coming in from ukraine that this statement is nothing to be proud of. unsurprisingly, ukraine will be disappointed with what has been said today. another key development is the fact that the african union has now joined as a permanent member of the g20. what is the reaction there to that development where you are in delhi, and how are african nations expected to benefit from joining the g20? for india, that development is a big win. india has been advocating, its prime minister narendra modi has been advocating very strongly further african union to become a member of the g20. he had written to other members of the g20 urging them to allow this, and that has actually happened. in some ways, it is one of the main tangible outcomes of the g20 summit in delhi. india has been repeatedly saying that multilateral groupings
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and institutions need to become truly representative and fear truly representative and fair of all countries around the world, notjust depending on how economically strong they are, but that the voices should be diverse. i think what's happened today will allow countries in africa to have more of a voice on various things, including, for example, debt restructuring, lending, all really key issues. india will see this as a win. there are analysts who are also saying that one of the reasons india wants to have support in africa is to counter china's growing influence in the continent. now to ukraine, with hundreds of thousands of men now serving in its armed forces, and overfive million women having fled the country, there are few families which have escaped being split apart by the russian invasion. ukrainian scientists are warning this could have a long term impact of the country's population, with birth rates plummeting since the war began.
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but there are young couples who have decided to bring a new life into the world, in spite of the circumstances. 0ur ukrainian correspondent zhanna bezpiatchuk has been speaking to mothers and medical professionals in the town of bucha, the site of some of the wars most horrific atrocities. the site of some of the war�*s most horrific atrocities. 39—year—old natalya is a children's doctor in bucha, which has gone through the worst kind of mass deaths. discussing the impact of the war on bucha, and her decision to come back immediately after its liberation from the russian occupation, she starts crying. translation: all my life is here. bucha is my hometown. i grew up here. i needed to come back. this doctor used to register ten
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newborns on average per month. two years into the war, she gets one or two new patients. she sees that as a sign of hope. translation: parents feel the danger is still here. - to give birth now in ukraine is an exploit in itself. all mothers are heroic to me. 0ne—month—old mia is the third child for 38—year—old yuliya. mia is a quiet child, as if she feels how difficult the situation is for her mum. translation: you just get more hardened. - you get used to attacks and constant air raids. you get stronger. when i found out that i was pregnant, my husband and i decided to give birth to our third daughter. thejob natalya does in the bucha community is far beyond ordinary healthcare after the fear and despair of the occupation. doctors and midwives came back
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to bucha immediately after the liberation, because they were needed by their patients. one of the first signs of the normalisation is the birth of children by mothers who had to spend nights in bomb shelters to save their lives and the lives of their newborns. yuliya says she knew that giving birth in wartime would come with many risks. translation: it is already - a standard thing for me to get up at 2am to breast—feed mia and then silence her. it is so exhausting. doctors are concerned that stress suffered by ukrainian mums might cause their babies delays in speech and emotional disorders. translation: the levels of risks and danger are too high. - ukrainian pregnant women experience dual stress. pregnancy is in itself a stress. moreover, they live under constant uncertainty and anxiety, and the need to run
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to bomb shelters. parents in bucha, like anywhere else in ukraine, hope the war willjust be a story in a textbook for their babies. the government of nepal is cracking down on the harvest and trade of a fungus, known as the himalayan viagra, that grows out of the body of a dead caterpillar. thousands of people every year walk up into the mountains to gather the fungus, called yarsagumba. the move follows concern about excessive harvesting of the organism, that can fetch up to 5,000 dollars per kilogram in east asia, where it is regarded as an aphrodisiac. the proposals setting a personal limit of 30 days per person gathering the fungus, and the establishment of camps for the harvestors.
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the invictus games, famously initiated by prince harry, are taking place in germany, from today and until next saturday. the duke of sussex attended the opening ceremony of the games in dusseldorf. they're the sixth configuration of competitive sporting events designed to help rehabilitate soldiers — orformer soldiers — who've been injured, mentally or physically, in the course of their work. there are around 500 comptitors from 21 countries. today is provisionally the hottest day of the year so far in the uk. the met office said a temperature of 32.7 degrees celsius was recorded in heathrow, in west london. it beats the previous record set on thursday. however, it may be the last hot day for some areas of england and wales, stay with us here on bbc news.
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hello there. if, like me, you're finding it too hot and humid, relief is on the way, but not for most of us until after the weekend. so it stays very warm, very muggy, there will be thundery showers and there are warnings out from the met office. more details on our website. but again, we'll have another day with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees celsius. so again, the record is broken. today looks like it might well be the hottest day of the year so far, just getting a little bit ahead of thursday's 32.6 degrees celsius. widely warm, very warm, infact, and humid. temperatures not quite so high in the north and west, purely because we have this weather front approaching, so more cloud, bringing rain into the western and later northern isles, showers ahead of it. and this afternoon, because we have that mix of the heat as well, some home—grown downpours, torrential downpours continuing well into the evening. but quite well scattered. they could just cause some flash flooding locally. and then, even though they will ease away for a time overnight, we have
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more moving in from the south, pushing into the south and west. and again, just increasing that humidity. so another really close night and uncomfortable for sleeping, i should imagine, for quite a few. even further north, the humidity stays with us, that means for the great north run, not ideal conditions, with that high humidity. the increasing chance of a thundery shower as well for those running into the afternoon. so take on lots of water, if you can. so the shower risk tomorrow perhaps a bit further north than today. some torrential downpours, lots of lightning with those showers. and we have our weather front in the north and west. but in—between, lots of sunshine, still very warm and humid. so temperatures might not be quite widely as high as today, but it's still humid and muggy. perhaps still in east anglia and the south east, 31, 32 degrees celsius. through the evening and overnight, thundery showers move northwards and eastwards.
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0ur weather front is on the move as well, and it's behind that weather front where it is a little bit less humid, a fresherfeel for the north and west of scotland. and that, as we move through the course of monday and tuesday, i'm hopeful about the end of tuesday, we'll start to feel that slightly fresher air reaching southern and eastern areas. then we're back to business as usual, really, a more unsettled looking picture.
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live from london. this is bbc news. morocco has declared three days of national mourning, after a powerful earthquake left more than a thousand people dead, and hundreds more injured. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck around 45 miles south of marrakesh. hospitals in the region have seen an influx of patients and are appealing for blood donations. police have arrested 21—year—old daniel khalife, who escaped from a prison in london four days ago. the former british soldier — suspected of terror offences — was caught in chiswick, west london, after being seen in the area. world leaders met at the g20 summit in delhi, where the african union was invited to join the group as a member. they also issued a joint declaration, calling on all states
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