more than 2,000 people are dead after the strongest earthquake in decades devastates parts of morocco. leaders at the 620 summit issue a joint declaration promoting peace in ukraine, but critics say it doesn't go far enough in condemning russia's invasion. hello, i'm helena humphrey. we begin in morocco, where more than 2,000 people are dead and many more are missing following the earthquake that struck the country early on saturday. entire villages are reported to have been flattened, like here in taroudant. rescuers are scrambling to save families trapped under the rubble. it's a challenge made harder by the fact that roads to many of the worst—hit areas have been blocked by landslides. in many remote towns, like here in tansgart,

buildings are made of traditional materials like mud brick, and nearly every one was damaged. ten people here were killed and the survivors face sleeping out in the cold mountain air for a second night. as rescuers dig to find victims, families rush to dig graves. islamic tradition requires bodies to be buried as soon as possible. in the past few hours, morocco's king, mohammed the sixth, held an emergency cabinet meeting. the government has told local authorities to stockpile tents, food and drinking water. authorities are also rushing to reinforce the national stock of blood, and people have been queuing up to make donations. the bbc�*s nick beake sent this report from marrakech. first, the panic as they run for their lives. then the chaos as debris rains down and dust consumes the streets. this is marrakesh in the moments after the quake. late—night diners

flee their tables. at this mosque, screams as the tower seems to sway, but doesn't succumb. but many other buildings in the city crumbled. they'd stood for hundreds of years and collapsed in seconds. but it is in the atlas mountains where there is the greatest damage and the greatest loss of life. in this province more than 500 now confirmed dead. isolated communities hard to reach with roads broken and blocked. in marrakesh, we saw the damage there and found those trying to prise their possessions from the wreckage. yusuf tells us he was sitting with friends and then suddenly dust fell from the sky. then everything came down, he says. all we could think

of was to run. with no power, no phone signal, many decide to take shelter out in the open, fearful there could be aftershocks of the force. and the 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. to the south of the epicentre... ..hands and hammers tackle the rubble. no official help here. further west, there were teams of rescuers searching for families still trapped in their homes. back in marrakesh this is the medina, the ancient part of the city, a symbol of morocco's history, shaken and the future for thousands now uncertain. nick beake, bbc news, marrakesh.

earlier i spoke to journalist martin jay. martin was inside his home in marrakesh during the quake. i'm at the foothill of the atlas mountains and you could argue it's one of the worst hit small towns in the entire region. it has a population of about 30,000 peoples but today i'm hearing reports of more than 200 dead and still a lot of people being pulled from out of people being pulled from out of under the rubble. it's interesting in your report, we touched on what was going on in marrakesh, in the old city with some of the property but now the focus of the moroccan

government, the police, is to look at the south, the deep south with the small towns and villages because that's the region where there is the main damage done. flan region where there is the main damage done-— region where there is the main damage done. can you describe to us at the _ damage done. can you describe to us at the moment _ damage done. can you describe to us at the moment when - damage done. can you describe to us at the moment when that| to us at the moment when that earthquake struck, what you yourself experienced? horror, actuall . yourself experienced? horror, actually- i— yourself experienced? horror, actually. i don't _ yourself experienced? horror, actually. i don't think - yourself experienced? horror, actually. i don't think i've - actually. i don't think i've ever been quite so frightened, confused and vulnerable altogether. the sensation of having your bedroom shaking and floor shaking underneath you while you are still almost asleep is pretty terrifying. within a second or two, i grabbed my wife's hand, pulled her across the bed and we got out in seconds, in one or two seconds, rushing past, an entire wall collapsed one metre

in front of my bedroom door, so wejumped over these bricks we jumped over these bricks that wejumped over these bricks that had left a huge hole in the wooden suspended floor, got out immediately and it still took a couple of minutes for it took a couple of minutes for it to actually thinking that we'd experienced an earthquake. living in morocco, you tend not to think the earthquakes can happen. it's not one of those countries that would too frequently have earthquakes. many locals are feeling confused, the same thing, just totally confused, frightened and very, very, very grateful to be alive and to get out that when you consider the number of poor people today who have lost their lives or people who have lost their families.— lost their families. utterly terrifying. _ lost their families. utterly terrifying, the _ lost their families. utterly terrifying, the description| lost their families. utterly - terrifying, the description you are giving us there and i'm just wondering speaking to those people who have been affected, people who have lost their homes, what are they

doing now? you say they have beenin doing now? you say they have been in shock but where are they staying if their homes have collapsed? its they staying if their homes have collapsed?— have collapsed? its a good question- _ have collapsed? its a good question. the _ have collapsed? its a good question. the emphasis i have collapsed? its a good| question. the emphasis on have collapsed? its a good - question. the emphasis on the operation has been on getting public sector departments into these villages and towns, getting the army involved in the air force sending helicopters around the atlas region, looking for the next disaster zone. region, looking for the next disasterzone. i region, looking for the next disaster zone. i think in the scramble to do that, there have been a few oversights and one of them is one you have touched on, a lot of people who have lost homes have nowhere to go. we are hearing reports that there are motions in play to create refugee centres, shelters of some sort, where you can get a bed, blanket and something to eat that we have not seen that yet. i think and i hope that the king and his advisers will be having meetings today to discuss the

bigger picture and how to tackle this problem and that they will actually include some programme which will quickly address the number of people who have not got homes. there's an awful lot of people in morocco refusing to go back into their homes, refusing point blank, because we've had warnings from both the moroccan government and the us embassy that there will be further tremors for today and this evening so that spooked an awful lot of people. so, you know the situation is a bit up in the air and nobody knows what to do next.— in the air and nobody knows what to do next. martin, thank ou for what to do next. martin, thank you for sharing _ what to do next. martin, thank you for sharing those - what to do next. martin, thank you for sharing those insights. you for sharing those insights with us and please take care. thank you. world leaders have agreed on a joint declaration at the g20 summit in delhi, calling for a durable peace in ukraine. the text 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. it reads in part:

the text from last year's summit reads in part: disagreements over that language on ukraine threatened to overshadow the g20 this year as south asia correspondent yogita limaye explains. during the g20 summit in bali last year member countries took a very long time to agree on the wording regarding the war in ukraine, so that was expected this time around as well. in fact, there were worries about whether there would be consensus on any statement at all. and so it's quite clear that given that the statement has actually come out earlier than expected, a day earlier than expected, that negotiations on what could be said in that paragraph about the war

in ukraine started actually before the meetings in delhi began, a significantly watered down from what we saw in bali last year. no mention of russia, the russian federation or of moscow, mainly saying that states shouldn't be using force against territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of other states. also saying the threat of use or the use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible. but if you compare that to what was said in bali last year, where they didn't really have a form of wording that reflected everyone's opinion. so there were sentences like most countries deplore what was described then as russian aggression in ukraine. so it's unsurprising that ukraine is disappointed by the statement and saying that it's nothing to be proud of. when asked about the watering down of that portion of the statement, india's external affairs minister, sjaishankar said

it's a different time this year compared to last time. the circumstances are different. he also said developing countries have taken the lead this time around to accomplish consensus on that wording. the other big outcome of this meeting in delhi is the inclusion of the african union as a permanent member of the g20. this is something that india and its prime minister, narendra modi, have been advocating very strongly for. prime minister modi had written to members of the g20 saying that multilateral institutions and groupings they need to be more representative and fair. so domestically in india, this is a big win. it's going to market it as a big win, especially since it wants to project itself as the voice of developing countries around the world. for more on the g20, i spoke with with ravi agrawal, the editor in chief of foreign policy. thanks for being with us here on the program. now, the spokesman for ukraine's foreign ministry said that that

statement is, quote, "nothing to be proud of". why do you think that the g20 leaders agreed to more watered down language on ukraine this year as opposed to last year's stronger statement which condemned russia ? well, you know, joint statements such as the one we've just seen often reflect the characteristics of the host country. and i think the g20 communique this past weekend, it not only reflects india's stance as being on the fence on the war in ukraine, but it also mirrors the divisions that exist in the world when it comes to this war. as the g20 expands to include the african union, which represents 55 countries, these divisions are only going to increase and come out into the open. and that is why groups such as the g7, for example, which mostly has rich industrialised countries, tend to be more cohesive and they are the ones who have criticised russia for the war in ukraine. so that really seems to be where the g20 is headed towards being more inclusive of countries in the global south, but unable really to criticise

things that, for example, the united states has been championing, such as trying to sort of restrict russia's options around the world. now, all of that said, the g20 is using its inclusivity for some good. the language in the joint declaration to reform big multilateral banks, for example, things like that, i think will emerge in the coming days as advances that could be useful for the world. but what about for the ukrainians? is this a blow for the ukrainian government, would you say? i think it is. and that it's symbolic. it is symbolic that a group such as the g20 is unable to strongly criticise russia. remember, the g20 does include russia. so just as this group is unable to come out strongly against russia, so too with the united nations and as such, what what all of this reflects is a fracturing of multilateralism in the world.

a breakdown of the world into blocs that operate sometimes against each other in competition with each other. this is not ideal, to be clear, but such is the world we are headed towards, where you have countries in the global south that essentially take the stance of saying, well, what about us? what about our wars? what about our conflicts that don't get as much attention? this is not to say that they are right in saying those things. this just reflects the mood in india, in many countries, in much of the global south. well, in the face of that, we've seen president biden nurturing his relationship with indian prime minister narendra modi, both at this summit and, of course, recently at a visit to washington. how do you see that relationship progressing? this is a relationship that is transactional, that is based on hard—headed realism. the united states needs india.

if you were to imagine america's nightmare scenario in terms of geopolitics, it would be that india moves closer to china. so as a result of imagining that nightmare scenario, the united states has to do what it can to bring india onside, which means increased defense ties, increased technology ties, cooperating on the quad and other such blocs and alliances as the world. as the world fractures in the way i was just describing for india as well. you know, one of its greatest foreign policy challenges today is its unresolved border dispute with china. so, you know, for india as well, if you put on a hard sort of realist hat, it makes a lot more sense to ally more closely with the united states while still continuing to pick and choose various areas where you speak out on issues the united states wants you to. so climate change, for example, india seems to be all in on cooperating

with the united states. but when it comes to russia, as we were just discussing, maybe not. all of that said, this relationship seems to be going from strength to strength in both countries that is immensely domestically popular to champion the relationship between the world's two biggest democracies. and one other dynamic i do want to briefly touch on. we did see a handshake between president biden and saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin salman, which, of course, we know he avoided when visiting the kingdom last year. what did you make of that? i mean, talk about hardheaded realism. this is a relationship, you know, that i think the biden white house realizes that they have to cultivate in some form, even though president biden himself has said that he would make saudi arabia a global pariah. far from it. you know, the biden and mbs fist bumped in riyadh

last year and now it seems to have been upgraded to a handshake. and this is again because washington needs riyadh when it comes to helping keep the price of oil low when it comes to emerging partnerships in the middle east. saudi's opening up to israel and other countries in the region, saudi arabia's immense sort of pockets and ability to influence infrastructure projects around the world. this handshake today was also in part because of a big infrastructure project, a rail and shipping line going from india through the middle east that involves saudi. that is going to be very good for the region. but also notably, it is something that goes against chinese efforts at infrastructure in the region. so ultimately, the way to see american foreign policy right now, to put it very simply, is anything that would further us interests against china seems to be the way that washington is seeing the world and acting out

its foreign policy. ravi agarwal, the editor in chief of foreign policy. great to talk to you. thanks so much. the g20 also welcomed the africa union as a permanent member on saturday, in a historic expansion of the economic bloc. the african union, a continental body of 55 member states, now has the same status as the european union. this marks the first expansion of the g20 since it was formed in 1999. meanwhile, on the sidelines of the g20, leaders announced plans to create a modern—day spice route linking europe, the middle east and india. the new rail and shipping corridor would help the flow of energy and trade by cutting shipping times, costs and fuel use. it will link middle east countries by railway and connect them to india by port. the rail project linking india and the middle east

is seen as an attempt by president biden to counter china's influence in the region. president xijinping is noteably absent from the g20 —— but us officials say they still hope to engage with china on several issues. a little earlier, we took a closer look at both china and ukraine, two countries front and centre at g20 discussions. joining me now is daniel russell, former us assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs. welcome to the programme. thanks for taking the time to be with us. the g20 summit has agreed to a joint declaration, including a statement on the war in ukraine. what do you make of the language itself? well, the language on ukraine and russia is sort of exquisitely cautious. it references the human tragedy, the suffering from the war in ukraine, but it doesn't specify who caused the war through aggression. so these are the kinds of compromises that need to be made in multilateral settings, after all, russia is a member of the g20 and india as the host i think is particularly careful about striking a balanced note.

i think it's fair to say that few people did even expect a joint declaration to be signed. is this a win for modi do you think? yes. no question but modi has been bolstering his status on the world stage and the fact that he has succeeded at the leader level in getting consensus around a joint statement, one that directly alludes to the war in ukraine, whereas the foreign ministers were unable to do thatjust a matter of weeks ago, i think is a credit to him in terms of his diplomatic heft. president biden, as we know, has also announced a shipping and rail corridor. this will link india with the middle east and europe. he says it will create economic growth, jobs in this region. how significant do you think it is in your assessment? i think it's one of the most important things that the biden administration has championed.

it works in the framework of the quad — us, japan, india, australia alignment. it actually comes out of the g7 as the partnership for global infrastructure and investment and now it's been expanded to at least a subset of the g20, this one involving saudi arabia, for example, along with the eu and india. and look, the world needs infrastructure, the world wants infrastructure and for some time, china in the form of the belt and road initiative has been filling that gap by doing so in ways that have created a lot of downstream problems — environmental problems, social problems and a huge debt problem. so this new partnership for high—quality and responsible investment and infrastructure

offers a really important and viable alternative. as the saying goes, you can't beat something with nothing, and now i think biden is helping the west to put something very meaningful. let me ask you this then, how important do you think this is in countering china? it's easy to see this like many other things in the strictly zero sum lens of great power, us—china rivalry, and there's elements of that, but i think more importantly it goes to the question of whether the west is perceived in the global south as bringing something to the table, as really adding value, as providing more thanjust finger—wagging lectures about human rights. in this case the answer is yes.

with the us leadership, the west is providing and offering exactly the kind of investment and infrastructure and in technology that low—income countries, the developing countries very much need want. countries, the developing countries very much need and want. the other big news to come out of the first day, mr modi formally inviting the african union to become a permanent member of the group. what do you think that will mean for the group? look, i think it goes to the point ijust made about the need for western countries and developed countries, industrialised countries, the g20, the leaders of the global economy to show that they are in fact working hand—in—hand, shoulder to shoulder with the developing world and africa is a young, growing, developing continent that has a lot of needs and has a lot to offer.

now, it's no easy task to integrate the interests of the african continent with those of the g20, but it's certainly a worthwhile endeavour. so then, president biden heading on to vietnam next after the g20, also in a bid to strengthen economic ties in south asia. what do you think president biden needs to achieve there? what does he need to accomplish in order to keep china at bay? china is going to continue to exercise its leverage to build its relationships, particularly its trade and economic relationships with countries in the indo—pacific. the us has been trying to stop that, but look at india, look at vietnam, these are two countries with a love—hate relationship with china and there's been a lot less love between them in the last

few years, and they've both found great value in aligning more closely with the united states. 0n the economic side, i think it's... the sky is the limit. biden is meeting with a whole group of tech and other us business leaders while he's in vietnam, so economics is a big part, technology is a big part but there's also a defence relationship. they're not going to talk publicly about it very much and it's very slow to progress, but it's important to both sides. daniel russell, thank you so much for your insights. thank you, helena. you can get more information on our top stories on our website. stay with us here on bbc news.

good morning, all. wow, what an incredible week of weather we have just experienced across the uk. for six consecutive days we saw temperatures on or above 30 degrees. that was a september record and on saturday, we saw the highest temperature we've seen this year, with 33 degrees. the weather story will change though over the next couple of days with the introduction of this pretty slow—moving weather front. it will gradually change the wind direction to more of a north—westerly, which is going to introduce, slowly, some fresher air from the north. but before that, we've got quite a muggy feel out there and some sharp thundery downpours pushing in from the south—west over the next few hours. temperatures first thing sunday morning will be sitting mid to high teens, quite widely across england and wales. a little bit fresher, particularly to the north—west of the great glen.

but please bear that in mind if you have got a ticket for the start line for the great north run. it's going to be a muggy old story and there will be a lot of sunshine around as well, both for the spectators and the athletes as well. we run the risk of some thundery downpours continuing to move their way steadily north as we go through the day, so it's going to be sunny spells and sharp showers. the showers pretty hit and miss though and with the sunshine, we will continue to see some warmth. some of those showers could once again be heavy and thundery as they're moving their way steadily northwards. into scotland, central parts of scotland and northern ireland, largely fine and dry and here is our weatherfront into the far north—west still producing some outbreaks of rain here. so a fresher feel here but elsewhere, we could still see temperatures into the mid to high 20s, perhaps peaking in the south—east 32, possibly 33 degrees once again, depending on how much sunshine we see. as we go through the evening and into the early hours of monday morning we'll see some sharp thundery downpours again drifting their way steadily northwards.

the thunderstorms will gradually ease and that weather front will gradually slip its way steadily south. temperatures perhaps into the mid—teens ahead of it but it's monday when we will start to see the signs of more of a significant change. as we go through the week ahead, it turns a little bit fresher and certainly more unsettled. that's it, take care.

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