live from london, this is bbc news. villagers in morocco's atlas mountains are using their bare hands to dig out people following friday's deadly quake, as the death toll rises to more than 2,000. us presidentjoe biden visits vietnam to sign a new diplomatic partnership amid china's growing influence in the region. we're not looking to hurt china, sincerely. we are all better off if china does well, if china does well by the international rules. and the 620 summit in delhi closes with world leaders formally adopting the joint declaration, as india passes on the presidency to brazil. hello, i'm rich preston.

very good to have your company, welcome to the programme. we start in morocco, where search and rescue crews are trying to reach people in the areas worst affected by friday night's powerful earthquake. more than 2,000 people are now known to have died. three days of national mourning have been declared. this is the small town of asni in the atlas mountains, about 30 miles or 45km south of marrakesh. very few buildings have been left undamaged by the 6.8 magnitude quake in asni. meanwhile, let's bring you these live pictures from amizmiz which is about 55 kilometres south of marrakesh, also at the foot of the atlas mountains. we can see those yellow tents which have been set up in the background there as people get into the region, aid starts to come into the area and rescuers

making that very much their base as they head into the towns and villages which have been worst affected by this quake. we can speak to our correspondent anna holligan. she is in the city of marrakesh and joins us live. good to see you, bring us up to speed with the picture where you are. we bring us up to speed with the picture where you are. we are in the historic heart — picture where you are. we are in the historic heart of— picture where you are. we are in the historic heart of marrakesh - picture where you are. we are in the historic heart of marrakesh inside i historic heart of marrakesh inside the medina, you may be able to hear the medina, you may be able to hear the calls to prayer. the mosque has been partially destroyed, but there are some positive news. we are hearing some of the international teams are starting to arrive, search and rescue teams coming in from spain and the czech republic, british aid charities due to arrive tomorrow. and the moroccan military is a distributing food supplies to some of those worst affected areas. they are also managing to clear some of the landslides that have prevented the search and rescue

teams from reaching the worst affected communities in the atlas mountains. we can see some of the destruction now. in the foothills of the atlas mountains, the small town of asni, a community crushed and crumbling. rescue teams are struggling to access these remote villages close to the epicentre, where hundreds of people are still feared to be trapped under the ruins of their fragile clay homes. translation: there are a lot of blocked roads. i a lot of people can't find their parents and a lot of people are still under the rubble. everything went down on them — the mountains, their homes. in the historic heart of marrakesh, shards of cultural heritage lie strewn beneath the crumbled minaret of the djemaa el fna mosque. electric cables and shutters hang precariously over the famous market souks. adam smith, a british tourist from sheffield, recalls the moment the tremors struck.

gathered our belongings as fast as we could. we heard the entire room shaking, the glass was shaking in the doors. we grabbed our passports and ran out. all the guests were doing a similarthing. there was plaster coming down from the ceiling. 0nce everyone congregated in the front of the hotel, we just had to wait it out for the remainder of the night. thousands of people have set up makeshift camps in the open air, too afraid of aftershocks to go home. for so many people, there is simply no home left to return to. but it's beyond the walls of this medina where the earthquake's most deadly damage has been inflicted. the red cross has warned that the next 2a hours are critical for reaching any survivors in time. we are inside unesco world heritage site here and the un cultural agency

has said it will work with morocco to try and come up with a strategy to try and come up with a strategy to repair some of these damaged buildings and preserve these assets which attract tourists from around the world. this is really the gateway to the rest of morocco and so we are speaking to tourists here on the ground, some have been donating blood, and they're taking water to people camped out on the streets with nowhere else to go. find streets with nowhere else to go. and tell us, streets with nowhere else to go. and tell us. what — streets with nowhere else to go. and tell us, what are people in marrakesh being told by officials? we have been speaking to some of the stallholders here inside the souks, the markets that are synonymous with marrakesh. there is a gentleman down here selling spices and he told us here selling spices and he told us he would rather be at home with his family at this time but he has no choice, he needs the money and has come out to work. he had a message for the international community and tourists, come to marrakesh, we need you more than ever. but we are

hearing these stories of resilience and people here are telling us we got through the pandemic, that was two years this was like a desert for tourism, and now they believe they can get through this. there is still a fear of aftershocks and that will continue for the next 12 to 2a hours. in terms of what officials are saying, it is still the majority of efforts, the focus from the authorities, remains in those hard to reach mountainous villages where it is the cliche, the race against time to find people, survivors, who are still trapped beneath the wreckage. if they find them within the next 2a hours there is still some hope. people here are not hearing much from the authorities, they are really focusing on those villages in the foothills of the atlas mountains.— villages in the foothills of the atlas mountains. ., ~ , ., , atlas mountains. 0k, thank you very much for nova _ atlas mountains. 0k, thank you very much for now. really _ atlas mountains. ok, thank you very much for now. really crucial- atlas mountains. 0k, thank you very much for now. really crucial 24 - much for now. really crucial 2a hours ahead there. live now to alice morrison, a journalist who lives in the atlas

mountains close to the quake epicentre. tell us where you are joining us from. tell us where you are “oining us from. �* ., ., ., ., from. i'm “oining from one of the areas from. i'm joining from one of the areas that _ from. i'm joining from one of the areas that was _ from. i'm joining from one of the areas that was hit, _ from. i'm joining from one of the areas that was hit, 30 _ from. i'm joining from one of the | areas that was hit, 30 kilometres from the epicentre. this is a little tented camp that the villagers set “p tented camp that the villagers set up because many houses have been destroyed and those that have not been destroyed have huge cracks in them so everybody, including me i have to say, is scared to sleep inside. it is segregated here so the men are sleeping here and the women's tents havejust men are sleeping here and the women's tents have just been put up in that direction. women's tents have 'ust been put up in that direction.— in that direction. what are people doinu , in that direction. what are people doing. you _ in that direction. what are people doing, you mentioned _ in that direction. what are people doing, you mentioned there - in that direction. what are people doing, you mentioned there was. in that direction. what are people i doing, you mentioned there was this segregated tented living, is there also a rescue operation under way? people thought to be buried under rubble? what is the picture? teddi; people thought to be buried under rubble? what is the picture? today i travelled down _ rubble? what is the picture? today i travelled down from _ rubble? what is the picture? today i travelled down from my _ rubble? what is the picture? today i travelled down from my own - rubble? what is the picture? today i travelled down from my own valley l travelled down from my own valley bike bike and came to this area

which is badly affected and what i have seen is of course neighbours pulling neighbours out of the houses, i have seen a funeral is being set up by the side of the road. in asni, the main town which is its kilometres that way, they have set up a military hospital, a big tent encampment and there are ambulances travelling up and down the road and if you go down to badly affected areas that way, rescue and search operations are under way. horst search operations are under way. how many people — search operations are under way. how many people live in the area where you are? many people live in the area where ou are? ., , , ., , you are? right now, this is a tiny villaue, you are? right now, this is a tiny village. so _ you are? right now, this is a tiny village. so typically _ you are? right now, this is a tiny village, so typically i _ you are? right now, this is a tiny village, so typically i think- you are? right now, this is a tiny village, so typically i think this i village, so typically i think this is quite hard for people to understand, we are looking at lots of small villages are strung together along the atlas mountains and that is one of the things that is making it so difficult for people. i spoke to a moroccan gendarme who said when he got to a

village everything was destroyed, it was as if the mountain behind the hamlet had almost fallen on the hamlets because all of these villages are very small. these are very small places. you mentioned rescuers and _ very small places. you mentioned rescuers and officials _ very small places. you mentioned rescuers and officials have - very small places. you mentioned| rescuers and officials have already reached some of the small towns and villages, but of course regular supplies are still needed, food, water, sanitary supplies. how is that going? is there enough to go around? mr; that going? is there enough to go around? g , ,, ., , ., around? my impression is that the moroccan government _ around? my impression is that the moroccan government is _ around? my impression is that the moroccan government is doing - around? my impression is that the moroccan government is doing a l moroccan government is doing a fantasticjob and the people of morocco are all working together. this is a very communally based society, everyone would rather give you their water than drink it themselves. and we are in villages that are very self—sufficient, there is agriculture, water in this region, so those things are good. tents are definitely needed, people have been making do but there are probably not enough tents and blankets because it is boiling hot now but the minute the sun goes down it freezes. i think really is the

issueis it freezes. i think really is the issue is in many small villages traditionally built from clay, the houses have collapsed and they are destroyed and people cannot get to them or it is hard to get to them. in the bigger areas they have been well supplied. haifa in the bigger areas they have been well sopplied-_ well supplied. how big a fear is that of aftershocks _ well supplied. how big a fear is that of aftershocks and - well supplied. how big a fear is that of aftershocks and more i well supplied. how big a fear is - that of aftershocks and more quakes to come? ~ ,,., ., that of aftershocks and more quakes tocome? ~ ., g to come? absolute terror. my neighbour. — to come? absolute terror. my neighbour. my _ to come? absolute terror. my neighbour, my landlady, - to come? absolute terror. my neighbour, my landlady, my l to come? absolute terror. my - neighbour, my landlady, my friend who is normally the happiest, funniest person, she took me down to see her house which has cracks all through the walls and she is shaking still two days after. people here are genuinely frightened and it is a very religious society, everyone believes in god and we are in the hands of god, but no one wants to go backin hands of god, but no one wants to go back in their homes when there are big cracks and the king hasjust announced a programme whereby he was sending structural engineers into all the villagers to see whether houses can be repaired or whether they need to be destroyed and

rebuilt. �* . ., , ., rebuilt. alice “oining us from the foothills of — rebuilt. alice joining us from the foothills of the _ rebuilt. alice joining us from the foothills of the atlas _ rebuilt. alice joining us from the foothills of the atlas mountains, thank you for making the time for us and i hope yourfriends thank you for making the time for us and i hope your friends and neighbours are able to stay safe and well. thank you. let's ta ke let's take a look at these pictures from 55 kilometres south of marrakesh, we can see these temporary tents like the ones alice were describing their which have been set up. these will be used as a something of a rescue base, used to house people, take blood donations, store food and water and to be used as a distribution point. as alice mentioned, one of the issues with this earthquake is there are towns and villages which have been affected which are often small, sparsely populated and spread out along these rocky roads and just getting to these towns and villages has been a big part of the challenge, so the death toll currently standing at over 2000, but

unfortunately, we are anticipating that that will rise, potentially significantly as some of these towns and villages are reached. we will leave those pictures that are now and keep you up—to—date with the latest on this story on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. 0f website and the bbc news app. of course plenty to follow on the latest developments there. on a visit to vietnam, president biden has defended the united states' engagement in the pacific against a background of rising chinese influence in the region. mr biden said that american actions were not about containing or isolating china, but about maintaining stability in accordance with international rules. the centrepiece of his visit to vietnam is an upgraded strategic partnership between the two countries, almost 50 years after the end of the vietnam war. mr biden has met the communist party leader, nguyen phu trong, and is due to have further talks on monday. look, i think china has a difficult

economic problem right now for a whole range of reasons that relate to international growth and the lack thereof, and the policies that china has followed. and so i don't think it's going to cause china to invade taiwan, as a matter of fact, the opposite, it probably doesn't have the same capacity that it had before. but as i said, we're not looking to hurt china, sincerely. we're all better off if china does well, if china does well by the international rules, grows the economy. but they have had some real difficulty in terms of their economy of late, particularly in real estate, that end of the bargain, and i think the actions that they're going to have to take are ones they are in the process of deciding right now. and i'm not going to predict what will come out, but we're not looking to decouple from china. what i'm not going to do is i'm not

going to sell china material that would enhance their capacity to make more nuclear weapons or engage in defence activities that are contrary to what is viewed as, most people think is a positive development in the region. but we're not trying to hurt china. mr biden is in vietnam after having been to the g20 in delhi. the summit is now finished and india has formally handed over the g20 presidency to brazil. prime minister narendra modi completed the transition by passing the ceremonial gavel of the presidency to brazil's 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.

my colleague christian fraser is in delhi at the summit and sent us this update. the leaders 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 here 48 hours ago, there was a giant gap in that text specifically in relation to ukraine. there were 200 sherpa 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. earlier 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 a hindu temple — proud hindu himself, of course — with his wife, akshata murty. this was the akshardham temple, in new delhi. he prayed there, they were shown around the temple. and then he made his way to raj ghat, which is the memorial for mahatma gandhi who,

of course, was assassinated in 1948, just after india had 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, their wreaths to mahatma gandhi. for him personally, mr modi, in the run—up to an election next year and a third term, i would think he'll be very pleased with what he's got out of the weekend. but let us talk specifically about the ukraine passage, because that's where most of the focus has been. and particularly how it's been watered down when you compare it to the document 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, clearly well satisfied with the language that they secured. but he spoke specifically about the black sea initiative, the supply of grain which they've cut off, they've walked away from that deal and they've renewed their bombardment of the ukrainian ports, which was widely condemned here. mr 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's the response from the british prime minister, rishi sunak. the 620 is obviously a large collection of countries that don't all necessarily share the same values and the same perspective, but it is important that the 620 has come together and issued very strong condemnation for the impact of the war in ukraine on food prices and energy security. that's something that i was keen to highlight. i'm glad that that is there in the statement, in black—and—white. and there's very strong language, highlighting the suffering that the war is doing, the impact it's having on food prices, and the need

for russia to rejoin the black sea grain initiative and to halt attacks on civilian infrastructure in ukraine. that's something that i wanted to make sure that we did here, that's something that has happened, and that's something that i think everyone has sat up and taken notice of. the prime minister rishi sunak there, speaking at the g20 in delhi. just before we move on i want to give you a quick update on the morocco earthquake. the death toll has now risen to 2122, that has come into us from the afp news agency quoting officials in morocco. the earthquake of course struck on friday night in the atlas mountains. it has devastated lots of towns and villages around that area but was felt as far away as rabat, capital and a popular tourist town of marrakesh as well. downing street confirmed

prime minister rishi sunak met his chinese counterpart on the margins of the g20 summit in india for an informal discussion on sunday. 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. well, i obviously can't comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation, but with regard to my meeting with premier li, what i said very specifically is that i raised a range of different concerns that we have and areas of disagreement and, in particular, my very strong concerns about any interference in our parliamentary democracy, which is obviously unacceptable. with more on this, political correspondent nick eardley. who has been arrested and what for? two macro men were arrested, one in 0xfordshire and one in edinburgh. it happened in march this year, it

happened in march this year, it happened a few months ago butjust emerging now but it is the latter man we are particularly interested in because a suite of various people who work in parliament, it is a parliamentary researcher, someone who has had contact with some pretty senior conservative mps actually, people like the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, people like the security minister, although my understanding is this contact was before he had that cabinet role of security minister, but it has raised three key concerns i think. 0ne security minister, but it has raised three key concerns i think. one is about the level of scrutiny and vetting that goes on for parliamentary pass—holders. the other is the level of contact that some mps have with researchers who they perhaps do not know a great deal about and the third, the big debate that i think it's starting to reignite today is about the uk government's position on china, because the uk has been having more contact with china in recent weeks

thanit contact with china in recent weeks than it has for years stop the foreign secretary james cleverly was in beijing just a couple of weeks ago. there are a lot of conservative mps who are furious about that frankly and are going to use this situation, this arrest and allegation that this man has been arrested over spying claims linked to china, they are going to use that to china, they are going to use that to reignite that debate and say we need a much stricter approach when it comes to the regime in beijing. aha, it comes to the regime in beijing. a few years ago if you talked about foreign interference in democratic movements, in the uk or the us, fingers would have been pointed out russia. how much does it feel that is now moving towards china? i do not think the _ is now moving towards china? i if not think the russian element of it has gone away at all. still considerable concern at westminster about russian influence in british politics, there has been a lot of criticism actually from mps that the government does not do enough to monitor russian influence, but there is certainly a growing concern about

the chinese element of this. you might remember injanuary last year mis might remember injanuary last year mi5 took a pretty unprecedented step, or certainly a rare step, of identifying a woman called christine lee saying she had significant links to the chinese communist party. that was significant because she had been involved with a number of politicians and had donated money, so there is no doubt that that concern about chinese influence is increasing. you see it from everything from technology in the huawei link and the government banning some huawei devices from the sg banning some huawei devices from the 5g network in the uk to those political cases as well. the man who is on bail, the case is active and they are continuing to look into it but there is no doubt this debate will heat up again.—

but there is no doubt this debate will heat up again. nick, thank you very much- — here in the uk, a terror suspect who was on the run for more than three days, sparking a major manhunt, has been returned to custody and charged with the offence of escaping. 21—year—old daniel khalife, a former soldier, escaped prison in south london on wednesday. he was caught on saturday while riding a bike along a canal towpath in west london. he will appear at westminster magistrates�* court on monday. meanwhile, thejustice secretary alex chalk has confirmed that "approximately" a0 prisoners have been moved from wandsworth prison, following daniel khalife's escape. he told sunday with laura kuenssberg that the initial findings of a report into the escape have shown that the necessary security arrangements were in place at the jail. it's clear that the relevant security protocols were in place. the relevant security staff were in place. so there were enough staff and they did follow all the rules, including on vehicle searches? now, this is the point.

so the real question is, were the relevant protocols followed to the extent that they should be? chilean protesters and police clash in the capital santiago on the 50th anniversary of the military coup in chile, which ousted socialist salvador allende and gave rise to the dictatorship of augusto pinochet. past anniversaries have regularly been marked by demonstrations, some of which turned violent. the 1973 coup deposed the democratically elected president, salvadorallende, and led to 17 years of military rule. more than 3,000 people were killed or forcibly disappeared. about 38,000 were tortured. investigations into what happened began in 1998, and 250 agents of the dictatorship have been imprisoned, but the fate of hundreds of victims remains unknown. more than 1,000 human rights cases are still ongoing in chilean courts.

and these are live pictures coming to us from santiago. protests commemorating 50 years of the pinochet coup. that happened on the 11th of september 1973. we will keep you posted on this story. sorry, let me get my right script, there we go. and at the rugby world cup, japan edged past chile 112—12 to secure their openinig win and take the lead of pool d. they face england next sunday. and now in the south of france, in marseille, south africa and scotland are facing each other. after half an hour into the game, the score is 6—0. two macro penalties converted. stick with us here on bbc news. hello there.

the storm clouds have been brewing today. we've had some intense downpours already. it'll be quite nasty on the road. so the met office do have warnings out for those thunderstorms which are likely to give some sudden flash flooding, frequent lightning. more details on the website. but as i say, there are some quite torrential downpours out there. no surprise really when you consider today has been the seventh consecutive day where temperatures have reached 30 degrees or above. that's a record for september here in the uk and it's really quite unbearable for some. but behind this weather front in the north, there is relief on the way behind. much fresher air as we start to introduce winds down from the north and the west. but it's going to take probably until tuesday to clear the south, but it is going to eventually freshen up through the next few days. but for this evening, some fairly widespread thunderstorms, possibly even more further south to start with. and then our weather front, which has been more potent in the north as well today, will start to push southwards. so there will be some unsettled weather around, some tricky driving conditions through this evening and overnight.

and for most, again, it will be really quite uncomfortable and close for sleeping because the humidity remains high. so there's mist and fog around first thing in the morning, which will take a while to clear. then we'll see some brighter skies, butjust generally more cloud, i think, for england and wales tomorrow. 0ur weather front close by to northern ireland and southern scotland and northern england for much of the day, brighter skies with a few showers behind and fresher here across the north of scotland. but for most, again, the humidity is high and we'll still see temperatures into the mid to high twenties for the south and east. however, it's unlikely that we're going to see 30 degrees again. then through monday evening and overnight, that weatherfront may well pop up again. now, there'll be a few thunderstorms anyway developing during monday ahead of this weather system, combining with that further weather front slipping south. so, again, another humid night in southern areas, but in the north, much fresher in scotland, northern ireland, even a touch of ground frost potentially in the glens in the north this week. tuesday again sees that weather front pushing southwards. it will eventually reach more southern areas later in the day. ahead of that, some brightness

lifting the temperatures into the low 20s, but for most, it will be a more manageable day. the humidity gone, quite pleasant with the sunshine in the north, scotland and northern ireland much, much brighter. but you can see the outlook. the temperatures are a little lower. the humidity�*s gone, but it's a generally changeable, showery picture.

this is bbc news. the headlines... villagers in morocco's atlas mountains are using their bare hands to dig out people, following friday's deadly quake. they've been working with rescuers to search for others who may be alive under the rubble. the death toll currently stands at more than 2,000. us presidentjoe biden visits vietnam to sign a new diplomatic partnership, almost 50 years after the end of the vietnam war. mr biden has met the communist party leader, and is due to have further talks on monday. the visit comes amid china's growing influence in the region. a top—ranking us military officer warns that ukraine's army has little more than 30 days left of fighting before the weather hinders its counter—offensive. general mark milley told the bbc that the ukrainian attack was going more slowly than hoped, but was progressing at a steady pace. you are watching bbc news.