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 criticised a joint declaration from members at the 620 summit, which they say watered down its condemnation of russia's invasion. 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. hospitals in the region have seen an influx of wounded people,

and the authorities are calling on residents to donate blood. in the last few minutes morocco has declared three days of mourning, and the national flag will be flown at half mast 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. 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. 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. translation: there's nowhere for us to go, l 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. 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 kilometres, 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. well, earlier i spoke to carmen haid who lives in the village of tameslohte, close to marrakesh, and she told us about the devastation in her area. so many people have lost their homes, including people who work nearby. it'sjust homes, including people who work nearby. it's just a terrible terrible disaster. there nearby. it's just a terrible terrible disaster. there has nearby. it's just a terrible terrible disaster. there has not been a history like this in morocco, but may be 30 years was the last one

that was recorded, may be it was around, but not in marrakesh. it's quite devastating to see what is happening. we have to be as community bound to rebuild, power to help these people to get back on their feet. , . , ., help these people to get back on their feet. , ., , ., , their feet. yes carmen, your line is breakin: their feet. yes carmen, your line is breaking up — their feet. yes carmen, your line is breaking up slightly _ their feet. yes carmen, your line is breaking up slightly but _ their feet. yes carmen, your line is breaking up slightly but it's - breaking up slightly but its holding on quite well at the moment. we'll continue with the interview. tell us this about the situation with your neighbours, your friends, how are they coping at the moment? 0bviously how are they coping at the moment? obviously it's getting too night—time there in morocco. absolutely, well many people don't feel safe in their towns, they fled to medina, i have a whole shelter going on here in my house, accommodating everybody who needs shelter. people still sleeping out in the streets, there were a vibration still, the aftershock, we could feel it until this afternoon to be honest. but i guess that's normal, it's very very concerning, but at the same time i think we've

got to stay positive and try to build what we you're bringing your friends you're bringing yourfriends into your home, but what about the help from the government, aid agencies, what kind of help is coming to you where you are? at what kind of help is coming to you where you are?— what kind of help is coming to you where you are? at the moment, i am in a village — where you are? at the moment, i am in a village that's _ where you are? at the moment, i am in a village that's about _ where you are? at the moment, i am in a village that's about 30 _ where you are? at the moment, i am in a village that's about 30 minutes i in a village that's about 30 minutes from marrakesh, modena. and i've heard sirens, there have been helicopters, but you don't have that kind of support that you have in england. so it's a slow movement and a lot of my staff, the building collapsed, it was a total disaster, the neighbours died. whole family buried in the rubble, that'sjust a normal picture at the moment, it's so tragic and we will have hundreds and thousands of burials in the last few days —— next few days. in terms of aid, i think hospitals are quite overwhelmed but there are people...

whoever can pledge and, a charity rez chris red crescent which is very good. who has friends in morocco please speak to them and see how you can support. that please speak to them and see how you can support-— can support. that was carmen haid in the town close _ can support. that was carmen haid in the town close to _ can support. that was carmen haid in the town close to marrakesh. - 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, 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 citywide 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 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. i spoke earlier with our news correspondent greg mckenzie, who has been at the scotland yardand. have a listen. daniel khalifa was a wanted man, ever since they announced in the afternoon in the morning of his escape. 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 lock heathrow airport extra security, extra security at gatwick airport, dover port, even people being stopped in their cars and having their boot —— boots

checked. also id checked in certain areas of the capital. but daniel khalife was arrested this morning. it was a plainclothes officer who spotted daniel khalife on a canal path, ultimately 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. police want to know, the police want to know where he was, how did he get from wandsworth prison, it's about five and a half miles so they believe he's on foot. but was he assisted? this is a question they are trying to find the answers to. and will not speculate that he was given assistance from wandsworth prison to escape, all is being investigated and it's an ongoing investigation that the commander told me here in scott and —— cotton yard earlier.

the 620 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 620 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 620 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 620 have agreed a joint communique with very strong language about russia's illegal war in ukraine. something i said on my way here that 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. 6et—togethers like this give leaders the chance to catch up. but the truth is the 620 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 620 can give even the loosest sense of moving together on an issue like russia's 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 620 leaders changed their wording when referring to ukraine.

the war in ukraine was a sticking point during the summit. the 620 summit, which was held in bali last year and it took a very long time for countries there to reach a consensus on the wording and that was expected this time around as well. so the fact that we've 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 ministers jaishankar today reacting to a question about why that wording has been significantly watered down. he said, look, bali was last year.

new delhi is this year. there are different circumstances this year. he also said there were developing countries that actually took the lead, so suggesting india and other developing nations took the lead to get a consensus on the wording. but as we saw in that report, no mention of russia, you know, the language significantly watered down from what was said last year. and so unsurprisingly, a reaction coming in from ukraine that this statement is nothing to be proud of. unsurprisingly, ukraine will be disappointed with what's been said today. and another key development is the fact that the african union has now joined as a permanent member of the 620, what is the reaction there to that development where you are in delhi and how our african nations supposed to benefit from joining the 620? for supposed to benefit from “oining the 620? ., ., ., ., , , ., 620? for india that development is a bi win, 620? for india that development is a big win. india — 620? for india that development is a big win, india has _ 620? for india that development is a big win, india has been _ 620? for india that development is a big win, india has been advocating, l big win, india has been advocating, money has been advocating very strongly for the african union to become a member of the 620. he had written two members of the 620 urging them to allow this, and this is actually happen. in some ways it is one of the main, tangible outcomes of the 620 summit in india.

multilateral groupings, multilateral institutions, these need to be truly representative and fair of all countries around the world, notjust depending on how economically strong they are, but their voices should be diverse. will allow countries in africa to have more voice on various things, including for example, restructuring, lending, or really key issues. we will see this as a win, there are say that, one of the reasons and he wants to have support in africa is to counter china's growing influence in the continent. now it's time for a look at today's sport with lizzie 6reenwood—hughes. hello, we're starting at the rugby world where england are in action in their opening game. they've been going around a quarter of an hour and.

they've been going around a quarter of an hour and they're losing 3—0. earlier, ireland got their tournament off to a flying start, with a thrashing of romania for a bonus—point win. ireland scored 12 tries in stifling heat in bordeaux. captainjohnny sexton marking his return from injury and suspension with 2a points, including two tries, surpassing ronan 0'6ara as ireland's record world cup scorer. 82—8 the final score. ireland are the top—ranked side. australia comfortably won their opening game against 6eorgia 35—15. ben donaldson scoring two of their four tries in the bonus—point victory in paris. it's a first win for the former england head coach eddiejones since he returned to take charge of australia. italy were far too strong for namibia in st etienne. there were seven different try—scorers for the italians. 52—8 the final score, a bonus point win that lifts them to the top of pool a, above the hosts france who beat the all blacks in the opening match of the tournament. on to football, and the busy weekend of euro 2024 qualifying games continues.

but england's winning run has come to an end — they were held to a 1—1 draw by ukraine in wroclaw. 40,000 ukrainianfans watched the game in poland, giving it the feel of a home fixture, even though they are unable to play in their own country because of the war with russia. arsenal's 0leksandr zinchenko scored first for ukraine before kyle walker got his first international goal on his 77th appearance. elsewhere, so far today there have been wins for sweden and belgium. it's a huge night in new york for the american teenager coco 6auff who's bidding to win her first grand slam. she's playing in the us open final against aryna sabalenka from belarus, which gets under way in around 45 minutes from now. 6auff lost her only other grand slam final at the french open last year. while sabalenka, who'll become the new number one on monday, is aiming for a second major title of the year after winning the australian open injanuary. the winner gets $3 million in prize money.

the men's final will be between daniil medvedev, who beat the world number one carlos alcaraz, and novak djokovic. it's a repeat of the 2021 us open final which medvedev won to claim his only grand slam title. he is always better than the previous time he plays. for example, i beat him in the us open final, he beat me in a great match. carlos beat him in wimbledon, he beat him in cincinnati. so novak is going to be his best version on sunday and i have to be the best ever version of myself if i want to try to beat him. england's women's cricketers bounced back from their shock t20 series loss by thrashing sri lanka in the first one—day international of their best—of—three series. after winning the toss at chester le street and choosing to bowl, england dismissed sri lanka forjust 106. teenage debutante mahika 6aur took three wickets, including the sri lanka captain chamari

athapathu. england then chased down their modest target with 192 balls to spare and seven wickets intact. 6aur was named player of the match. if you had asked me a year ago, i would have never thought that all of this would happen, sojust trying to enjoy the journey, but yeah, really great. what's the message been from the england camp? just not to try anything different, just to do what got me here, which is just boil it on the stumps, try to hit the stumps. british and dutch rowers enjoyed a great day on the water on day seven of the world rowing championships in belgrade. british crews won five gold medals in belgrade, among them this win for the men's four. living up to their billing as favourites, defending their world title and ending the season unbeaten. and that's all the sport for now. 0n on that rugby, england have now had a player set off, so they were down

against the world cup match against argentina, and they are losing at the moment full. she's the queen of crime writing — but despite her world—wide fame agatha christie managed to keep her whereabouts under the radar. for more than a0 years the author was living in the 0xfordshire town of wallingford — unknown to many residents. a life—size statue has just been unveiled there in her honour, as katharine da costa reports. like the intrigue from one of her novels, agatha christie's love affair with the market town of wallingford was one of her best kept secrets. agatha christie made wallingford her home. she lived here for more than a0 years, from 193a until her death in 1976. but she was such a private person, many here wouldn't have even known that the queen of crime writing was living in their midst. it was special because it was

a place that she and her second husband, who was an archaeologist called max mallowan, actually were able to have privacy to themselves. they were able to live a more normal life. in the town, she only introduced herself to people as �*mrs mallowan�*. not everybody knew that she was agatha christie. i'm from the bbc. may i congratulate you on unintelligible put out by the mousetrap? do you think it is the best player you've written? i don't know! other people seem to unintelligible! while agatha may have shied away from the limelight, her work continues to bring in audiences around the world with kenneth branagh currently reprising his movie role as christie's famous belgian sleuth hercule poirot. come with me to a seance. spot the con i can't. detective, you are here to discredit me. more than two billion copies of her books have been published and read around the world and they are translated into hundreds of different languages.

she is incredibly well known and people from all over the world come to visit her grave at cholsey. they leave little gifts for her, little mementos, just to say how much they appreciated her writing. now, with permission from herfamily and the aid of an arts grant, the town's ready to celebrate its links to the novelist with a newly commissioned bronze statue. agatha christie is basically a generational — generation to generation, fantastic, iconic, wonderful thing and there it was, doing really nothing, so along came this project and i think, really, we've had to grasp it and grab it with both hands. it's taken sculptor ben twiston—davies over a year to design and create this life—size statue called a monument to imagination. i imagine that she's. sitting in the park and, as we all might do, if you take ten minutes to sit on a park bench -

and just relax from the kind of busyness of your day, . your imagination wanders. she's having a moment of inspiration at that sort of moment _ of the sculpture, if you like. what do you think she would've made, then, of this bronze statue being unveiled in her memory? she would have hated it, i think, actually, to be perfectly honest. this is the secret that's now out that, actually, she was a resident in wallingford for 42 years. this is where she lived, where she was an ordinary housewife, and enjoyed having a family life here. the finished work will be unveiled later today as part of a weekend of celebrations in memory of a local icon. katharine da costa, bbc news. just a reminder of our top story, more than a thousand people have died in an earthquake. you can go to our home page for an update on that

story. hello there. if, like me, you're finding it a little bit too hot and humid at the moment. 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 some thundery showers around. there are warnings out from the met office. more details on our website. but again, we are going to 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. it's widely warm. very warm, in fact. and humid. temperatures are not going to be quite so high in the north west purely because we've got this weather front approaching. so more cloud bringing rain into the western and later the northern isles. there are one or two showers ahead of it. and then, of course, this afternoon, because we've got that mix of the heat in there 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'll ease away for a time overnight, we've got some more moving in from the south, pushing into the south and the west and again, just increasing that humidity. so it's going to be another really close night and comfortable forsleeping, ishould imagine, for quite a few. so it's going to be another really close night uncomfortable forsleeping, ishould imagine, for quite a few. even further north, the humidity stays with us, which of course means that for the great north are not ideal conditions with that high humidity, the chance or increasing chance of a thundery shower as well, particularly for those running into the afternoon. so take on lots of water if you can. so the shower risk tomorrow, perhaps a little bit further north, as i say, than today. there will be some torrential downpours, lots of lightning with those showers. and then we've got our weather front popping up in the north and west as well. but in between, of course, lots of sunshine still very warm and still very humid. so temperatures might not be quite widely as high as they are today, but it's still humid and muggy, perhaps. so still in east anglia, in the south east, 31, 32 degrees celsius through the evening. and overnight, those thundery showers move their way northwards and eastwards.

0ur weather front�*s on the move as well. and it's behind that weather front where it's a little bit less humid, a fresher feel finally for the north and west of scotland. and that as we move through the course of monday and tuesday and hopefully by the end of tuesday will start to feel that slightly fresher air reaching southern and eastern areas. and then we're back to business as usual, really, a more unsettled looking picture.

this is bbc news — the headlines... morocco has declared three days of national mourning after a powerful earthquake left more than 1,000 people dead, with 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. ukrainian officials have criticised a joint declaration from members at the 620 summit in delhi, which they say watered down its condemnation of russia's invasion. the group called on all states to refrain from the threat or use of force but failed to mention russia.