the moroccan army has cleared one of the main roads to the areas worst affected by friday's earthquake, allowing vital assistance to reach people, as the death toll climbs to more than 2,000. uk prime minister rishi sunak warns the chinese premier of his concerns about beijing's interference, after the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying. world leaders formally adopt thejoint declaration at the 620 summit in delhi, as india passes on the presidency to brazil. president biden arrives in hanoi to sign a new strategic partnership, nearly half a century after the us withdrew from the vietnam war. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we start in morocco, where three days of national mourning have been declared following the powerful earthquake in which 2,000 people are now known to have died.

these pictures show the moment the quake struck the city of marrakesh late on friday, prompting people to sprint for the streets. the city is reporting a lower death toll than other areas, but considerable damage to buildings. thousands of moroccans have spent a second night sleeping outside on the streets, fearing aftershocks. some have been describing their fears and sense of loss. translation: i returned to my house and noticed many cracks in the walls. i cannot sleep there. i'm asking the authorities to help me and bring in an expert to assess whether it's possible for me to return to the house or not. look where all these people are sleeping. there's no help for us. 0ur houses have been cracked, others destroyed, like my daughter's house, which has collapsed. we are in a chaotic state. it's painful to enter the ancient- city and witness the collapsed homes and see people in great suffering. it's a painful experience when this happens to your brother or sister. i it's really painful.

live now to marrakesh. we can speak to our correspondent, anna holligan. take us through what you're seeing there. iam inside i am inside the historic heart of marrakesh. i am inside the historic heart of marrakesh-— i am inside the historic heart of marrakesh. ,. ., ~ ., ., marrakesh. the unesco world heritage site. surrounded _ marrakesh. the unesco world heritage site. surrounded by _ marrakesh. the unesco world heritage site. surrounded by these _ marrakesh. the unesco world heritage site. surrounded by these piles - marrakesh. the unesco world heritage site. surrounded by these piles of - site. surrounded by these piles of rubble. ijust want site. surrounded by these piles of rubble. i just want to give you site. surrounded by these piles of rubble. ijust want to give you a full picture of what is happening in the city because we are outside this famous mosque and you can see the minaret is partially collapsed. but rubble is being brought from across the city and amongst the bricks and clay, you have bits of porcelain. if i can take you over here, you can see the force of the quake brought down street signs, over here, you can see some of the rubble has crushed cars on the bonnet of this land rover. just behind here, there

are actually some rescue teams working on the rooftops. people in these restaurants have talked about these restaurants have talked about the force of the quake. we've been speaking to tourists who said they thought it was some kind of terror attack, a bombing, such was the strength. but really, now the rescue efforts are focused on those remote areas and the red cross has said the next hours will be critical in reaching any survivors who are still trapped beneath the rubble of their clay homes around the epicentre of the atlas mountains. and you have this strange juxtaposition because here in the old city, people are setting up their stalls again. they are trying to resume a sense of normality amidst the chaos. some tories are waiting to get out, but they are struggling to get flights. —— tourists. a lot of people have told us they are not hearing from the authorities. good news that the

army has managed to clear one of those access routes to reach those remote rural communities most affected in terms of the destruction, but also of course the death toll. amidst all of this, we are also hearing stories of hope. and of people coming to help from right across the country. footballers, members of the moroccan national team have been giving blood. and encouraging others to do the same. because as well as the more than 2,000 people now confirmed dead, thousands of others have been injured, some of them are in a critical condition. so that help is vital. i'mjust critical condition. so that help is vital. i'm just going to bring you round here to show you a bit more of the damage. there are homesjust over here, the entire facade has been completely destroyed, diggers are taking away some of the debris. all around this historic heart of marrakesh, people were camping out overnight, they brought sheets and

blankets to try and have some form of protection. because many people here are still afraid of aftershocks, they are afraid for the next 2a hours or so, there is still a risk. so until that risk has passed, until they are sure they can be saved, they will remain outside, along with many of the tourists who are here. wejust spoke along with many of the tourists who are here. we just spoke to an australian couple who said when the quake struck, they dived under the bed and then they, along with thousands of other people, came out of their hotels, their homes and reacts and just look for shelter in the open air. reacts and just look for shelter in the open air-— —— riads. there are huge concerns for areas outside the city. these pictures show the damage and devastation to the community of taroudant. there are reports that entire villages have been flattened. here, soldiers — alongside residents — have been searching the rubble for survivors.

roads to many of the worst—hit areas have been blocked by landslides and debris. earlier, we heard from caroline holt, a director of global operations at the international federation of red cross and red crescent. she told the bbc about the challenges they face in trying to reach the worst—affected areas. the challenges are vast, we are still less than 36 hours since that impact and therefore, that search and rescue effort is absolutely the priority at the minute to make sure that we reach as many as people as possible who are still stuck under the rubble. at the same time, of course, access to those more remote places six extremely challenging and trying to get the heavy machinery in those routes so we can access those worst affected areas where epicentre was higher up in the atlas mountains is key. of course, in taking care of those who have survived is absolutely critical and that work is going on in parallel. we know the number of people have suffered a number of people have suffered a number of people have suffered a number of injuries, everything from broken bones to severe head wounds

and really trying to prioritise and make sure those people who are worst affected receive the medical attention that they need. but our teams on the ground and certainly the moroccan red crescent, our partner on the ground, are really working in first aid and looking after those people. moving them away from the areas that are still of course experiencing huge aftershocks and the destabilisation of buildings and the destabilisation of buildings and the destabilisation of buildings and the potential for those buildings to collapse has not disappeared, so making sure that we protect those people as well from any future events. the psychological trauma of this of course is absolutely huge and every single aftershock will start to bring those memories back and that trauma back with those people, so we are doing a lot of psychosocial support with them and mental health care, too. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has warned the chinese premier of his "significant concerns" about beijing's interference in democracy. it follows the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying. mr sunak met li qiang

at the g20 summit in delhi, hours after news of two arrests in the uk under the official secrets act emerged. mr sunak has been speaking in the past couple of hours. well, i have is they can't comment on the specifics, but with regard to my meeting with li qiang, what i said very specifically is i raised a range of different concerns we have in areas of disagreement and in particular, may very strong concerns about any interference in our parliamentary democracy, which is obviously unacceptable. a short time ago, i spoke to our political editor chris mason, who's travelling with the prime minister, and he gave me this update. so what's happened here, as the 620 comes to a conclusion, in the final hours, rishi sunak, the prime minister, has met the most senior chinese official here, li, the premier is not here, but he has

raised concerns about the prospect of chinese interference in british parliamentary democracy. the contents of this is a report in the sunday times exposing the fact that two people have been arrested in the uk under the official secrets act, and the paper says that one of them is a former parliamentary researcher, with links to several conservative mps, including a minister, security minister tom tugendhat, and conservative mp alessia kearns, who chairs the foreign affairs select committee. that means that we have got this new row bursting back out again in public within the conservative party over what is the appropriate relationship to have with china. the foreign secretaryjames cleverly was in beijing in the last couple of weeks and his argument is the uk has to be pragmatic in its dealings with china. there are other senior conservative figures like iain duncan smith, who thinks

that the attitude of the uk has to be much more cautious, much more hawkish. the context of these arrests in this report on the sunday times, alongside what we are hearing from the british prime minister in his conversations with the chinese, gives you some sense of the concern at the heart of government about what has happened in recent months. these arrests date back to march, and what it might say about what china is trying to do in terms of interference, in terms of evidence—gathering potentially within the british parliament, and how that should recalibrate, as some would see it, the relationship that london has with beijing. yes, so going forward, then, how do they do that in the coming months, especially when they look towards an election? it's really tricky. really, really tricky. what we have seen in the uk in the last six or seven years, and excuse the noise because we're at the airport here in delhi. there is a plane which i need to get in a few minutes and it is taxiing past us,

hopefully not about to take off! but the dilemma is one we have seen playing out over the last few years, which is this, what do you do about china? it is this colossus, geopolitically and economically. david cameron, former prime minister, wanted a really close relationship with china and he invited the president over to the uk. they were pictured having a pint together. the attitude now is much, much more circumspect, but the view is you have to maintain a relationship. hence the visit of the foreign secretary recently. whilst there are others making the case that that is, in their view, naive and the uk should be much, much more cautious. and those who make that argument, i think, will feel at least to a degree vindicated by news in the sunday times of these arrests and these allegations. chris mason there. afghanistan's taliban rulers have criticised the closure of their main border point with pakistan this week, after clashes between the two sides' security forces. they said the halt in trade would see heavy losses for businesses on both sides.

the busy torkham crossing was shut on wednesday, after troops started firing at each other. each side blames the other for the flare—up. my colleague zari kargar has been following the developments. yes, the torkham border has been closed since wednesday, it has been the fifth day today, large queues of lorries full of goods and the trade material has been building at the border on both sides. and at the same time, hundreds of people, mainly afghans, are waiting to get into pakistan because they go for treatments, especially for treatments, especially for treatments of cancer. because they don't have resources in their own country. and also, at the moment because the weather is very hot, traders have been talking about how their goods and fruit that they were taking to pakistan have been rotting because of the heat and because they have been waiting for almost five

days now. it is one of a key transit points for both countries. and for people. it is a historic point. there has been clashes last wednesday between the pakistani border guards and the afghan taliban and it is reported that one taliban security force man and a civilian have been killed in the clashes. talks between pakistan and afghanistan have been going on, but it feels like, or it seems like they haven't reached an agreement to open up haven't reached an agreement to open up the border. it is not the first time the border has been closed. it is a view times, there is a history of pakistan closing the border to afghan refugees when there has been war or instability in the country. 0rfor war or instability in the country. or for people because war or instability in the country. 0rfor people because issuing war or instability in the country. or for people because issuing visas is very difficult now from the pakistani side for afghans. so it is

almost affecting the livelihoods of people on both sides, but mainly for afghans. zari people on both sides, but mainly for afuhans. . . ., ., ~ people on both sides, but mainly for afuhans. . . . . ~' , ., people on both sides, but mainly for afhans. . . . . ~' , ., ., afghans. zari kargar, thank you for the update — now it's time for a look at today's sport. mike is in beautiful marseille in the south of france. another tough day! it is heaving in the heat, the squares are full of excited scotland and south africa fans getting ready for the huge clash in marseille this evening, before that, we have wales in fiji and bordeaux. the other talking point is the us open and incredible performance from american teenager coco gauff, she has won the title and this grand slam after a remarkable win over aryna sabalenka. in new york. the i9—year—olds came from a set down to do it as well to wow the home support. she clinched a 2—6, 6—3,

6—2 win against sabalenka, who had been looking to win her second grand slam title of the year. gauff was overcome with emotion as she won the first major title of her career. later, she also revealed something of a stubborn streak. sometimes, people have different personalities and some people need to shut off the comments and not look at them, but i'm an argumentative person. i'm very stubborn, my parents know, they know i like to, if they tell me one thing, i like to do the other. so i really told myself... literally up until, like, ten minutes before the match, i was just reading comments of people saying i wasn't going to win today. and thatjust put the fire in me. there are three more games in the rugby union world cup later, with scotland taking on three—time winners south africa in marseille, in possibly the most eye—catching of the games. the boks have beaten the scots seven times in a row, and 23 times in the last 28 games, but scotand have one

of the most dangerous attacks in the world at the moment, as they showed with convincing wins over england and wales in the six nations earlier this year. it is the biggest opportunity you will get. world cup game, playing the world champions. and we believe we've been building to our best performance. and i know that is a continualjourney performance. and i know that is a continual journey and we performance. and i know that is a continualjourney and we will say it again as we go to the tonga game, but really, this is where it will count for our players to deliver what they have been delivering in training and what they've been delivering in other games and in games we've played this year. we have every faith and belief that they will be able to do that. 0bviously they will be able to do that. obviously going to be a massive obviously going to be a massive challenge, something we are really excited _ challenge, something we are really excited for and something i believe we will_ excited for and something i believe we will he — excited for and something i believe we will be up for. on the winner, i think_ we will be up for. on the winner, i think it _ we will be up for. on the winner, i think it is — we will be up for. on the winner, i think it is something that we as a team _ think it is something that we as a team have — think it is something that we as a team have been embracing. we allot prefer— team have been embracing. we allot prefer the _ team have been embracing. we allot prefer the heat to the rain, so i think— prefer the heat to the rain, so i think the — prefer the heat to the rain, so i think the guys been really happy

enjoying — think the guys been really happy enjoying the heat and i think we have _ enjoying the heat and i think we have adapted well. here's a check on all of sunday's matches. japan take on chile in group d, in the first game in toulouse. then it's that clash between scotland and south africa, followed by wales v fiji in pool c. on saturday, england put in a remarkably resilent display to beat argentina. they made the worst possible start — with tom curry�*s yellow card for a dangerous tackle in the opening minutes, upgraded to a red on review — but despite playing nearly the whole match with ia men, england dug deep and george ford was inspired, kicking all of his side's points in a 27—10 victory. his ability to think clearly in the highest pressure circumstances is i think exemplary. those players seem to have more time. he is kicking those drop goals, it felt like he had mobile time. he is kicking those

high balls, it felt like he had more time than other players do and i think that is the sign of a real top quality player. and it's not long to go now until the cricket world cup gets under way in india, with teams continuing their warm—up. england and new zealand havejust got under way in the second of four one day internationals in southampton. new zealand won the first game easily on friday. india, meanwhile, are taking on pakistan in an asia cup match in colombo. pakistan won the toss there and chose to field. a few moments ago, there were 53 without loss in the ninth over, so going well. without loss in the ninth over, so going well-— without loss in the ninth over, so auoin well. . , , , going well. that is the build-up -- that is it is — going well. that is the build-up -- that is it is the _ going well. that is the build-up -- that is it is the build-up _ going well. that is the build-up -- that is it is the build-up continues | that is it is the build—up continues in marseille between south africa and scotland in the heat later on. thanks very much and i will talk to welsh rugby fan following the action in france later in the programme. let's turn to delhi, where india has formally handed over

the g20 presidency to brazil at the closing ceremony of the group's annual summit. prime minister narendra modi completed the transition by passing the ceremonial gavel of the presidency to the brazilian president luiz inacio lula da silva. earlier, the leaders gathered for a ceremony at the memorial of mahatma gandhi, india's independence leader. on saturday, the group issued a joint declaration on the war in ukraine, but the statement made no mention of russian aggression. live now to delhi, and we can speak to my colleague, christian fraser. hello, samantha. yes, the leader is jetting out of new delhi this hour at the end of two days of the g20 summit and i would think immense satisfaction on the part of the indians that they got the communique across the line because when the leaders arrived 48 hours ago, there was a giant gap in that text, specifically in relation to ukraine. there were 200 meetings to find the right language that would find consensus in the room. but today, as the gavel was passed to brazil, that communique adopted in full. early in

the day, though, a lot of it was about the ceremony. the leaders were out and about in new delhi. first, let's focus on rishi sunak who went to hindu temple, a proud hindu himself, of course, with his wife, akshata murty. this was a temple in new delhi, he prayed there and they were shown around the temple. then he made his way to the memorial for mahatma gandhi, he was assassinated in 1948, just after india secured its independence from the british empire. this is the spot where mahatma gandhi was cremated all those years ago and all 20 leaders joining in the rain, monsoon weather here in india today, in the rain to present their memorial to mahatma gandhl present their memorial to mahatma gandhi. interesting because of course, he was a man who was very much focused on self—reliance, he made his own clothes, he didn't want to pay taxes to the british empire,

mahatma gandhi. and there is a little bit of that in narendra modi, he talks about india becoming self—reliant and there is a theme in the way he approaches the indian economy at the moment. but for him personally, mr modi, in the run—up to an election next year and a third term, i would think he would be very pleased with what he has got out of the weekend. but let's talk specifically about the ukraine passage because that is where most of the focus has been. particularly how it has been watered down when you compare it to the documents they agreed in bali a year ago. so gone is deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the russian federation against ukraine and inserted in its place, we reiterated our national positions, all states must refrain from the threat of the use of force to seek territorial acquisition. sergei lavrov has been giving a press conference just an hour ago at a hotel here in new delhi, clearly well satisfied with the language they secured, but he

spoke specifically about the black sea initiative, the supply of grain which they have cut off, they walked away from that deal and renewed their bombardment of the ukrainian port which was widely condemned here. sergei lavrov said it is possible to revive the black sea initiative, as long as the west removes obstacles to the export of russian grain and fertiliser. here is the response from the british prime minister, rishi sunak. the 620 is obviously a large collection of countries that don't necessarily same —— share the same values _ necessarily same —— share the same values and _ necessarily same —— share the same values and objective, but it's important the 620 has come together and issued _ important the 620 has come together and issued strong condemnation for the impact — and issued strong condemnation for the impact of the war in ukraine on food prices — the impact of the war in ukraine on food prices and energy security. that _ food prices and energy security. that is — food prices and energy security. that is something i was keen to highlight, — that is something i was keen to highlight, i'm glad that is there in the statement in black and white and there is— the statement in black and white and there is very strong language highlighting the suffering of the war, highlighting the suffering of the war. the — highlighting the suffering of the war, the impact it is having on food prices _ war, the impact it is having on food prices and — war, the impact it is having on food prices and the need for russia to rejoin— prices and the need for russia to rejoin the — prices and the need for russia to rejoin the black sea grain initiative and to stop attacks on civilian — initiative and to stop attacks on civilian infrastructure in ukraine. that _ civilian infrastructure in ukraine. that is _ civilian infrastructure in ukraine. that is something i wanted to make

sure we _ that is something i wanted to make sure we did — that is something i wanted to make sure we did here, that is something that has— sure we did here, that is something that has happened and that is something i think everyone has taken notice _ something i think everyone has taken notice of _ there was some speculation the g7 was forced to relent on the language, but i think you have to see it in the round. india is an independent voice neutral on the issue of ukraine, but crucially independent within the brics group so it stands independent from russia and china in that grouping and it is part of the card which is gaining importance in the eyes of the us administration. —— the quad. joe biden put a lot of emphasis on the south china sea and they want prime minister modi to be a part in that and it is interesting president biden left ear before the completion of the third session is applied to vietnam where he will give his press conference in hanoi later this evening, that tells you how important this region is to the us administration and maybe gives a clue as to why they gave so much on that document.— clue as to why they gave so much on that document. christian, more from ou that document. christian, more from you throughout _

that document. christian, more from you throughout the _ that document. christian, more from you throughout the day, _ that document. christian, more from you throughout the day, but - that document. christian, more from you throughout the day, but for - that document. christian, more from j you throughout the day, but for now, thank you. on day three of the rugby union world cup, wales will begin their campaign against fiji, when the two teams clash at the stade de bordeaux. wales have reached the knockout stages of the world cup on the last three occasions, getting to the semi—finals in 2011 and 2019 and will harbour hopes of making it to the final this time around. we can go live now to bordeaux where we can speak to ifanjones — a welsh rugby union fan who has travelled to france to watch "his" team play in the world cup. what you think are the chances of making it to the final this year? well, we have faith and anything is possible on the day. what well, we have faith and anything is possible on the day.— well, we have faith and anything is possible on the day. what made you travel there — possible on the day. what made you travel there for _ possible on the day. what made you travel there for the _ possible on the day. what made you travel there for the games? - possible on the day. what made you travel there for the games? it - possible on the day. what made you travel there for the games? it is - travel there for the games? it is something _ travel there for the games? it is something i— travel there for the games? it is something i was _ travel there for the games? it 3 something i was wanted to do, attend the world cup, and with it being in france, it made the possibility much easier logistically.— easier logistically. what is the atmosphere — easier logistically. what is the atmosphere like? _

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hello. the september heatwave continues for many of us today, particularly towards the south. but we're also going to see some heavy and some thundery downpours that are going to work their way gradually further northwards through the day. now, the last six days in a row, we've had temperatures above 30 celsius. yesterday was the hottest day, at 33.2. we're probably going to see the seventh day above 30 degrees today. so heat and humidity for many of us. but those thundery downpours on the cards, too. over the next few days, things change a little, as we've got this waving, fairly slow—moving weather front, which just slowly creeps its way southwards. and by around about tuesday, we're going to start to see that cooler air filtering across all parts. but it will take a while for the hot and humid weather to get out of the way from the southeast. for anyone running the great north run today, i think it's looking dry through the morning, the threat of some heavy showers and some thunderstorms into the evening hours. and it certainly will feel quite hot

and humid for running into the afternoon. we'll see heavy showers affecting wales, through the midlands, perhaps into parts of central southern england as well. still some sunshine for east anglia in the southeast, sunshine for central scotland, northern ireland as well. and the weather will improve for the likes of devon, cornwall, somerset as well. here's where we'll see the heavy showers and the thunderstorms. if you do catch one, particularly through parts of northern england, later on, northern ireland and southern scotland, it could be really torrential. so a lot of rain in a short space of time and the potential for some localised flash flooding. it's cooler where we've got the rain working in across the north—west of scotland, just 14 for stornoway, mid—20s for many northern areas, but up to 32 for london and the southeast again. now, through the evening hours, heavy showers and thunderstorms affecting northern ireland, northern england and scotland for a time. and that band of rain creeps its way further south. so it's looking pretty wet for parts of scotland in particular, drier further south, some mist and fog and muggy conditions again, but not quite as hot as recent nights. into monday, then, and still some showers around across parts of northern england, north wales.

and for northern ireland and scotland, cloud and patchy outbreaks of rain further south and east. across england and wales, you're likely to stay dry. and for the likes of east anglia and the south—east, 27 or 28 degrees. so, still hot, still humid, but not quite as hot as we've seen over the past week or so. and then cooler, fresher air reaches all areas by around about tuesday. and it's going to be a mix of sunshine and showers through much of the week ahead. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the moroccan army has cleared one of the main roads to the areas worst affected by friday's earthquake, allowing vital assistance to reach people. a landslide had blocked the road to the town of asni in the atlas mountains. the death toll currently stands at more than than 2,000. president biden has arrived in vietnam to sign a new strategic partnership, nearly half a century after the us withdrew from the vietnam war. the deal would significantly upgrade their diplomatic relations. both the united states and vietnam are trying to counter china's influence in the region. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has warned the chinese premier of his "significant concerns" about beijing's interference in democracy. it follows the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying. those are the headlines here on bbc news.