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society where lady justice is blind and it doesn't matter if you're rich, poor, black, white, democrat or republican, if you violated the law, you're going to be charged. this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, and welcome, i'm michael homes, appreciate your company, we begin once again in morocco, a nation in shock and grieving after it was ravaged by it's deadliest earthquake in decadeses. more than 200 people have died around thousands
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injured, many in critical condition. emergency team shall combing there the rubble using picks, shovels and their bear hands to search for life. those that did not survive the disaster, they're already laid to rest as it tradition. and to honor them, morocco will observe three days of mourning. the disaster has affected more than 300,000 people in marrakech and surrounding areas. locals say thety's world heritage old city of madinah has seen extensive damage. >> people talk about the buildings that collapsed. it's, it happens just down this route too, and when you go, like, further and further, there's a lot of damage that happened to a lot of buildings, some of them are mosques, some houses. a lot of communities got hurt. one of
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the poorest areas in the city, and those people need help like food, water, blankets, or whatever, whatever you can help the royal morocco an armed service are mobilized to get support from evacuations to supplies. >> morocco's king declared three days of national mourning in marrakech and that is because his country has been completely devastated by an extraordinary earthquake, totally unexpect in cities like this. this is the scene in the most ancient part of this ancient city. here, a building clearly ripped away by this earthquake, but, the scenes have been even worse in the interior in the country where one woman who was trapped for some 12 hours was pulled from rubble in a remote village.
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there are 13 people dead in marrakech, across the country more than 1300 people have died and the authorities here expect the numbers to climb. the problem is getting out to the areas worst affected. the epicenter is 45 miles of marrakech. the areas devastated according to the local authority have been villages in the foot hills of the atlas mountains. into these are villages which have been completely flattened, with one or two houses remaining. that rubble, was once villages and it is in those areas where the authorities are most concerned that the numbers of casualties of the dead and injured will climb. but, of course, the other problem for the authorities is the getting to these locations is really going to be very, very difficult because they're saying large numbers of the roads, the communication networks have been severed by the earthquake which
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was completely unanticipated. no locals i've spoken to here in marrakech can remember any history of earthquakes here. elsewhere in the country, yes, but, here, they say they've never experienced, no tale or history, they say, of any kind of earthquake. but, this is the result. bedding, carpets left hanging over the edges of walls that have been utterly sliced away as this ancient city has been rebuilt over the last few decades. enormous amount of effort put into the reconstruction of marrakech, particularly here in the madinah, one of the prides of morocco. very much a tour erst destination but also a location of one of the king's major palaces, and it is very much the cultural center for many moroccoans, and this is what this latest earthquake has done. same kylie, cnn, in marrakech.
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>> some of the tourists in morocco during the quake are now returning home and talking about what it was like being there and the fear they felt. >> in fact, everything fell off. the decorations, the windows, the windows really moved it's like you were in a boat that's rocking. it's the first time i experienced this and it is very, very, hard psychological because i have my parents who live in marrakech and i couldn't reach them. so, you have a moment of panic and you tell yourself your time has come. >> there was a risk that the hotel would collapse on us. the earthquake threw us in the air, it was such a shock, i thought i was going to die. in the last minutes, i prayed and called my mother. that's all. >> anchor: now, the u.s. gological survey says the powerful quake struck at a relatively shallow depth making more destructive and among the
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factors now at play as the intensity of number of after shocks and also the weather. cnn's meteorologist jennifer gray breaks it down for us. >> reporter: so, the earthquake in morocco magnitude 6.8 occurred 11:11 local time. the depth was 11 miles which may seem deep but when talking about geol geological standards's a shallow quake, meaning you'll feel it more. 4.9 aftershock, 19 minutes later it was felt in algeria, and it was rare, since 1900 only nine earthquakes of magnitude five or higher have occurred. a lot it have people felt very strong shaking. almost 3 million people felt strong shaking and almost half a million people felt very strong to severe shaking with this particular earthquake. so,
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aftershocks of 5.8. there's normally an average of one, could see up to 100 earthquakes at a magnitude of 3.8 or greater in the coming days and even weeks after the initial quake. so, that's significant, especially because a lot of buildings, the structures are already compromised from the initial quake and so, um, any additional quakes could cause further damage and that's a big fear. another thing to can are is the weather moving forward with the recovery efforts, it's going to be brutally hot over the next couple of days, it will be dry but high temperatures in the low had 90s with lows in the mid-60s. >> now, offers of assistance are pouring into morocco for all around the world. germany offering rescue teams complete with sniffer dogs to help find victims. france has opened a crisis center and it is working with morocco authorities to determine the best ways to help.
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the u.a.e. has offered humanitarian aide and to establish a air bridge to help deliver critically needed supplies. and algeria has agreed to open it's air space to aid flightses. joe english joins me live from new york. and you're joining us because your teams, i know are busy, what are you hearing from them on the ground about the situation? yeah, good to be with you, michael. i mean, once again, an absolutely devastating earthquake. and we were speaking with our colleagues and this happened in the worst possible time, you know, 11:00 p.m. at night, just after when many families, children were at home, there in bed, and asleep. you can just imagine, waking up to your world turned upsidedown, the walls shaking, you know, parent's first thoughts are always, where are
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my kids? let me get them to safety. many families leaving their homes with just the pajamas and the clothes on their backs. and many of them are scared to return to their homes because of structural damage, the aftershocks as jennifer highlighted. we saw buildings continue to be damaged and destroyed and collapse the days after. so, it's a very real threat to children and to families. you know as we said there's now over 2,000 people killed and more than it thousand injured and the numbers will only go up. our estimate is that just understood a third of the population of morocco is children. so, sadly we think there'll be many children among the casualties. >> what are your fears for the kids in morocco right now? obviously, if they're casualties, but, also if they've lost their homes and schools and so on. >> well, this is it, you know,
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it's obviously the direct impact of the earthquake and you know, the first 72 hours in terms of search and rescue are absolutely critical. if you're going to get people out of the rubble, that's the time to do it. sometimes we see miracles, we saw a teenager in syria rescued after 10 days and a 10 day old infant rescued after 90 hours. the affects will continue on going, children have seen their schools and homes destroyed and damaged and are now living out in the street, without shelter, so, it's critical in terms of getting them safe drinking water, getting shelter and food and nutrition, it's to help families who have been threw this terror begin to process this trauma. >> absolutely. dealing with will be a massive issue as it always is. with much of the
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damage and casualties for that matter in remote areas, what are the challenges of even getting to those in most need? >> yeah, you know, any humanitarian responses always complicated and challenging. but, i think this really will be, you know, very much so. um, you know, many of these towns and villages, they're remote, they're hard to reach, they're on mountain roads, switchbacks, we know that the communications throughout, there are challenges that we face in humanitarian crises all around the world and it's possible to get in and provide the support, but, international solid darety and support is critical. and hearing the offers of support from around the world is always heartening, but, it's not a short-term recovery, this will continue for weeks, months, and sometimes even years ahead. >> absolutely. the ongoing need's vital. what are the immediate needs? and how can people help? you know,
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organizations like your's do such good work? >> yeah, sadly, i mean, if anyone wants to support unicef. large organizations like our's are critical which means we can respond quickly out the need for waiting for funds to pitch in. but, local organizations are hugely important in these crises, it's the community themselves, local organizations working through those, the first responders in the immediate hours. in sam's report he talked about people digging out rubble with their hands, you know, and so, all the support that we could provide to these folks is critical. we were working in morocco before the country sighs and we'll be here all the way through and we'll support children and families to recover after, but, we can't do it without public support and donations and all of it is critical. >> and organizations like
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your's do such great work. unicef communications specialist, jeff english, thank you so much for being with us. >> for more information of how to help victims of the morocco earthquakes through groups like unicef, go to cnn/. >> well, ukraine says g20 countries have nothing to be proud of after they failed to condemn the russian invasion. the group's summit in india with member countries struggling to come up with language they can all agree on. u.s. president joe biden was hoping to push more leaders to rally behind ukraine. but, in the end, a joint declaration issued saturday did not explicitly condemn moscow's invasion or even single russia out. despite that, the statement still earned
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praise from wash. now, joining me from new delhi. it's well short of what most western nations wanted it doesn't even mention russia or ukraine? >> yeah, i mean, heading into the summit, there was a real question of whether the leaders would be able to agree to any consensus language on ukraine at all. in that way, this was a victory, and you did hear the prime minister really kind of proclaim it from his podium at the summit yesterday. certainly, the ukrainians are disappointed and this does stop short of what the leaders were able to agree to last year in bahly, this statement is watered down in a way. it doesn't mention russia by name and doesn't explicitly condemn it's invasion of ukraine. it does talk about the importance of
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protecting sovereignty, territorial integrity. as you mentioned, the white house is trying to bolster the statement they say that it's consequential, that was the word that jake sullivan used and they made a point that this was a statement built in bali. p but, it does certainly underscore the divisions which are present at the g20. russia is a member and there are also members like brazil and south africa and the host country india hasn't taken a firm stance. and the statements always tend to reflect the host country's priorities. the statement stands for itself, you read it no condemnation of russia but the fact that it was able to be written and agreed to is
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accomplishment in it self. >> one of those something's better than nothing situations, i suppose. president biden will be heading to vietnam in the hours ahead actually in a moment when there are reports that vietnam is looking to buy arms from russia. how concerned will the u.s. be about that dynamic and threading the needle there? >> well, i think that is why president biden is trying to go and elevate the u.s. rip with vietnam. and one of the major center pieces of his visit will be a former elevation of the u.s./vietnam alliance. ratcheting it up. they do view it as an important work against china in the region. this is really in beijing's backyard. and certainly, american officials are trying to bolster
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american alliances across the region. trying to act ads a counter weight to china. they don't necessarily describe these efforts as related to china. they think that this is about american influence abroad and trying to make things better for these countries themselves, but, really, you can't look at this without kind of seeing this attempt, this chess game in this region to try and expand american influence at a time when china's military and economic aggressions are causing so much concern in this region, michael. >> including to vietnam. kevin, thanks. >> we'll take a quick break when we come back in the cnn news room, a complicated operation happening right now in turkey to rescue a man, deep under ground in thatav >> and also, a hurricane churning in the atlantic, why forecasters are using caution
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hurricane lee is still churning in the atlantic ocean with sustained winds of 105 miles an hour or around 165 kilometers an hour. according to the latest advisory, it is a category two storm right now, but, the national weather service says it will likely strengthen. it's expected to get to the virgin islands and puerto rico. in the next couple of days, those islands can expect dangerous surf and life-threatening rip currents. the forecast has the storm taking a hard turn to the north in the coming days and it's not clear where or even if it will make landfall, they say it will
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create hazardous conditions around the u.s. east coast. more than 200 rescuers have started a relegation to bring an american trapped in a cave in turkey. in a cave more than 3400 feet deep. dickey was on a exploration mission when he fell ill with intestinal bleeding. >> well, since the alarm bells sounded around mark dickey's health. the american caver has been seaing urgent medical attention in base camp more than 300 feet below ground. for what was a gas of intestinal bleeding. he is now in a stable condition but this is a complex
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- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don't know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael homes and you're watching cnn news room. more on the top story this hour, authority in morocco say more than 2,000 people have been killed in the deadliest earthquake to hit the country in decades. it has
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completely ravaged remote villages in the foot hills and high atlas mountains. homes have been completely flattened. rescue teams deployed to search for survivors under heaps of rubble, but the task ahead is daunting, so much so that one soldier was seen crying for his friend killed in the disaster. earlier we spoke with a humanitarian worker on vacation in marrakech and she described the devastation she saw after the earthquake hit. >> we saw some damage here but we're staying outside. but, i think most damages are in the more humble neighborhoods where the structures are not prepared for this kind of catastrophe. here you could see severe and serious damages. i think the
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worst is the outside this part. and, in the main square it's alls the jamal, there's a small mosque which is very famous and is very damaged, it's shocking, but, honestly, after what i saw in syria, i didn't see the real damages there, i think there are in this other, outskirts of the city. but, i can see people devastated, and, this is not about the rubble, because, the rubble can be removed. it is not quick or easy, but, from my experience, i believe that the real long-term problems are the most difficult rubbles to remove are the psychological ones. and people are panicking. the worst
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is yet to come, i think because we don't know what can happen. maybe, there wouldn't be anymore tremmers, but, there's a risk of collapsing. we need engineers and specialists to check the buildings and to measure the impact. and i'm not sure they have the capacity, especially in this poor neighborhoods. so, it's really risky that they go back home and we can expect more casualties like this. so, that's why people are staying on the streets because, or they cannot come back or they have already lost everything. but, even if their home are still there, and not demolished or, not devastated by this, it's still risky to come back. so, it's uncertainty, but, i think it's really terrifying. but,
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with something that we can not control, right, so, people are very confused, they don't know what to do. and, yeah, it is really traumatic. now, the government says morocco will observe three days of mourning to honor the victims. there'll still been no official request for international help, countries across the world are already offering assistance to morocco in the wake of the deadly quake. here's more on the aid being offered by the community of nations. >> the scope of the devastation from the earthquake in morocco may take days to become clearer, but, there's one thick that is certain, the country will need help to recover from this disaster. people in marrakech are lining up to donate blood after hospitals and health standards in the area made a plea to stock up. and that's just a tiny fraction of what the country urgently needs. additional rescue teams, heavy equipment, specialized doctors and medical supplies are often critical in
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relief efforts. and many nations are pledging their support. with india's prime minister offering his nation's resources at the g20 summit in new delhi. >> we pray that all the injured people get well soon. the entire world community is with morocco in it's difficult time and we're ready to provide them all possible assistance. >> reporter: the u.s., the uk, the uae, france, japan, and the united nations have also sent condolences and offers of help. similar vows of aid from germany with one agency making plans to deploy with highly trained sniffer dogs which are crucial in search and recovery efforts. >> the task will be if we have an international request for help and germany's offer is accepted that we are briefed with the local forces assigned this area and then go into the search.
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turkey which is still recovering from it's own powerful earthquake earlier this year which killed more than 45,000 people says it can send more than 200 aid workers and a thousand tents to affected areas. that same quake killed a thousand more in syria, and white helmets is a volunteer group that provided emergency service in that crisis is once again stepping up saying quote with our experience in search and rescue and in responding to earthquake disasters we confirm or readiness to aid in the morocco for those trapped under the rubble. israel which routinely sends supplies to rescue zones. even algeria which broke you have ties with morocco years ago said it would open it's air space for
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humanitarian and medical flights for morocco. help is on the ready when morocco asks for it. all right, u.s. president joe biden is wrapping up his final hours in india before leaving for vietnam. his last piece of official business is a wreath laying ceremony at the gahndi memorial. despite the notable abaccepts of the russian and chinese leaders, the u.s. delegation has expressed satisfaction with the summit over all. but, ukraine harshly condemned that statement for not explicitly condemning russia's invasion it said that the g20 had nothing to be proud of. live this hour from new delhi, which, you've been covering the summit. and, yeah, world leaders are visiting that
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memorial, before we talk more about the statement on ukraine, speak symbolism that we're going to see. >> that's the venue and the location that holds the founder of the nation, gandhi's ashes. today you're saying, almost all leaders who are here, converge at the in new delhi. the india prime minister is welcoming all of these global leaders here for the g20 summit and he's putting around their necks a scarf. highly symbolic, because, gahndi did endorse this hand-woven, spun scarf when he was trying to
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endorse the world ideal of being self-sufficient when fighting in india. we're seeing another motorcade pass behind us, we expect the u.s. president joe biden, i'm told that's joe biden's motorcade behind us. we believe he will be one of the last leaders to get there, michael, and the motorcade behind us is his. now, joe biden will be there moment from now. even former u.s. presidents, barack obama and donald trump have visited in the past. obama in the 2015, and donald trump in 2020. today you will see joe biden meeting with the prime minister at the rajcad. well, it's really interesting that the declaration came out yesterday, people weren't expecting it to be as prompt as yesterday, but, it was
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like you mentioned a watered down version of what the west wants. coming back where you see the uk prime minister as well. he will be greeted by the indian prime minister seconds from now. a symbolic gesture by all of these leaders who converged for the g20 in new delhi. to all the g20 leaders. we're watching emmanuel macron has just arrived, the french president and we'll keep an eye on who else is arriving. while we do that, let's talk more about that statement, there's been criticism about a statement that alludes to russia's attack on ukraine but doesn't mention the country. how important was it for mr. modi to have a statement of some sort? >> well, it's been a
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tight-rope walk for a few years now given the conflict that we've seep across the world. for him to keep russia and the u.s. happy, it hasn't been an easy task. and what you seen, yesterday's declaration, where modi was a coup to have russia and the u.s. and the u.s. allies sign off on that declaration. india will stand to gain from this. now gotten in his pocket through this declaration. it was yesterday that he did announce before the second session began at the g20 summit that the g20 leaders have come to some sort of consensus as far as the declaration is concerned. but, ukraine isn't happy and remember ukraine wasn't invited to the g20 summit. i want to quote what the foreign affairs
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person from ukraine had to say condemning the declaration. i'm quoting, ukraine is grateful for it's partners who tried to include strong wording but at the same time the g20 has nothing to be proud of about the aggression. obviously, the participation on the ukrainian side would allow the participants to understand the situation. nothing about ukraine, and ukraine remains as key as ever. that is the statement out of ukraine at this point. but, right now, our focus is on the session of the g20 summit, commences. back to you. >> you live there and cover india for us. how are ordinary indians reacted to the hosting of the summit? i'm sure that a lot of people like to see their country on the world stage. there's been some controversy with the poor being pretty much
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shoved almost literally to the background while the dignatrys are in town. >> a lot of people think this is a moment of national pride for the indian government and for the country. you have a lot of people, you know who have commended modi for pitching india as a global power and for succeeding to do what he wanted to in terms of bringing all the countries on the talking table. but, there is been a lot of controversy of how the government has tried to erase the poverty and thep poverty around new delhi, we saw yards of cloth covering slum areas,
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that was a way to hide the poverty that you see in new delhi. you see the delegations passing through, what you'll see are bill boards of the indian prime minister at every 10 feet believe it or not, with a huge image of him on the posters. the message going out is that this is something that he has been pushing for to put india on the global stage, but, along with that, what we need to be mindful of is that a law lot of people living below the poverty line have been kept to the periphery of delhi while the summit is held. that is not the delhi that you would see on a norm day, michael, this is the delhi, closed down for the v.i.p. movement to be seamless. back to you. >> fascinating stuff. i appreciate it. good to see you
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at the u.s. open in new york, a moment tennis fans in the united states at least have been starving for for years. an american winner at the u.s. open. coco gauff rallying from behind to claim her first career grand slam title. the crowd seemed to lift the 19-year-old's game with chants of "go coco."
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we have more from outside arthur ashe stadium. >> the crowd here at arthur ashe stadium was looking for any reason at all, the entire night, to stand on their feet and cheer on 19-year-old coco gauff, and as this match wore on, she started giving them more and more reasons to do so. it didn't start out that way. the first set was really tough for coco, her serve looked very shaky, she was overpowered by sabalenka who is one of the biggest hitters in the sport, but then, coco started to play so much better in the second set. she found confidence. she had clarity. and she started to blow sabalenka iaway. san len quay dives and dies by that power, she plays right on the edge, and she started overplayer, because coco was not missing. the rallies delighted the crowd. coco's athleticism on display. she's one of the greatest movers in the game. ill c i can tell you, the crowd went
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wild, and every subsequent point after that was met with a ferocious roar for coco gauff, the woman who many thought would win this slam, even at the ripe age of 15 years old, and now, at 19, finally, she was able to savor the moment. >> oh, my goodness. um -- it means so much to me. i feel like i'm a little bit in shock in this moment, you know, that french open loss was a heartbreak for me, but i realized, you know, god puts you through tribulations and trials, and that makes this moment even more sweeter than i can imagine. >> as you might expect, she was very emotional after the match. she called all her family members right on the court. she held her head in her hands at one point and thanked her parents who have been with her every step of the way. she recalled watching venus and serena williams here at the u.s.
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open, imagining what was possible. and she also thanked the doubters after this match was over, she said those who have criticized her more recently were fuel to her fire, which is interesting, when you consider everything that she's been through and how hard she has worked to retool her game over these last couple of months. seeing all that hard work come to fruition tonight, as she ends the night as a u.s. open champion. >> well, u.s. president joe biden wrapping up his final hours in india with a visit to a memorial to ma hat ma gandy. and we do have video in now of his visit. the -- this is live, as you see there, the indian prime minister narendra modi presenting biden, as he has with other world leaders, with a g-20 branded scarf. you see it around his neck there. it's made of indian handspun cotton. it's known as a hadi.
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through gandhi, hadi became a symbol of freedom, because by learning to make their own cotton, he thought indians would be able to boycott british textiles and become self-sufficient. the m would know the image of gandbegandhi sitting at a spinn wheel is one of india's most iconic and recognized symbols of the country's freedom movement. and you can see there, joe biden heading off after being greeted by narendra modi, as that visit continues in the next couple of hours, going to be headed to neat value. we'll discuss that next hour. i'm michael holmes, and there will be more "cnn newsroom" in a moment. so i started preparing physically and financially. then you came along and made every mile worth itit.
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this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, welcome, everyone, i'm michael holmes. we begin again in morocco, a nation in shock and grieving after being ravaged by its deadliest earthquake in decades. more than 2,000 people have died, thousands more injured, many of them in critical condition. emergency teams have been desperately combing through the rubble of flattened homes, using picks, as you see there, shovels, as well. even their bare hands to search for any signs of life. earlier, a woman was rescued after being trapped under a collapsed building for about 12 hours. those who did not survive the disaster are being laid to rest already, as tradition dictates, and to honor them, the government says morocco will observe three days of mourning. the world health organization says the disaster has affected more than 300,000 people in ma are kesh and the surrounding areas.
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locals say the city's world here taj heritage old city have seen extensive damage. >> people talking about, like, a lot of buildings that collapse, it's -- it happens just down this road, too, and when you go, like, further and further, there's a lot of damage that happened to a lot of buildings. some of them are mosques, some of them are houses. a lot of communities got hurt. one of the poorest areas in the city, and those people need help, like, food, water, blankets, all -- whatever you can help. >> the royal moroccan armed forces have been mobilized to provide much needed support from evacuations to life-saving supplies. let's get some more details now from cnn's sam kiley in m marr marrakech. >> i'm here in the old city, this is a very, very ancient city, and you can see, the
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remains, the glorious remains of its past and now, here is much of its present. this devastating earthquake killed 13 people here in marrakech. mostly here in the medina, because the city is ancient, and it is very tightly packed. there are buildings here that, if there's another quake, that are ridden already by cracks, that could come down. but elsewhere in the country, things have been even worse, because in the foothills of the atlas mountains, where the devastation was most keenly felt, there are whole villages that have been destroyed. utterly flattened. we've seen that in pictures coming into us from the authorities and from the local media. and those areas the government is desperately trying to get to. the king of morocco has declared three days of national mourning. the whole country has been
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mobilized to try to cope with this, but it is coming at a time when there have been serious aftershocks, particularly south of the city. if you look up through here, this is a building that has collapsed from within, i'm standing on what was up there. that black hole there is the sky. the whole thing just plummeted down and landed under where i'm standing. now, there is a fear, of course, that these walls could collapse in further so, as a result of that, this major tourist destination here in the medina is being evacuated. large numbers of tourists are being moved out, and that's for their own safety. so far, it's kind of on the edge of feeling like a ghost town, and, of course, it's a little bit frightening every time there's a fall of dust or rubble, but that wasn't enough to shock, it was just me being a little jumpy. >> sam kiley there. the u.s. geological survey says the powerful quake struck at a
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relatively shallow depth. that made it more destructive had it been deeper. and among the factors now at play as rescues are under way, of course, the number and intensity of aftershocks, also the weather. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray breaks that down for us. >> so, the earthquake in morocco, magnitude 6.8 occurred 11:11 local time friday night. the depth was around 11 miles, which may seem very, very deep, but actually, when you're talking about geological standards, it is actually a pretty shallow skwakquake. 4.9 aftershock, 19 minutes later. it was felt in algeria, portugal, so, felt very far away, and it's pretty rare. since 1900, only nine earthquakes of a magnitude five or higher have occurred, so, a lot of people felt very strong shaking, almost 3 million people felt strong shaking and almost half a million people felt
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either very strong to severe shaking with this particular earthquake. so, aftershocks, 5.8, there's normally an average of one, could see up to 100 earthquakes at a manager any tuesday of 3.8 or greater in the coming days and even weeks after the initial quake. so, that's significant, especially because a lot of the buildings, the structures are already compromised from the initial quake, and so, any additional quakes could cause further damage. and that's the big fear. another thing to consider is the weather, moving forward, with recovery efforts. it's going to be brutally holt over the next couple of days. it is going to stay dry, but high temperatures are going to be in the low 90s with lows in the mid 60s. >> jennifer gray there for us. now, some of the tourists who were in morocco during the quake are returning home and talking about what it was like being there, and the fear that they felt.
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>> translator: in fact, everything fell off. the decorations, the windows, the windows really moved. it's like you're in a boat that's rocking. it's the first time i've experienced this and it's very, very hard psychologically, because i have my parents who live in mara cech, and i couldn't reach them. you have a moment of panic and you tell yourself that your time has actually come. a lot of people startled reading from the koran, because we actually saw our time had come. >> there was a risk that the hotel would collapse on us. the earthquake threw us in the air. it was such a shock. i thought i was going to die. in the last minutes, i prayed and called my mother. that's all. >> offers of assistance are pouring in from around the world. germany offering rescue teams, complete with sniffer dogs to help find victims. france has activated local government funds. its embassy opening a crisis center, and it's working with moroccan authorities to determine the best ways to help. the uae has also offered
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humanitarian aid and to establish an air bridge to help deliver critically needed supplies. and algeria, which severed diplomatic relations with morocco in 2021 has agreed to open its air space to aid flights. joining us now, a cultural journ journalist based in casablanca, morocco. as a journalist, i know you've been reaching out and getting information. what are you seeing and hearing about the plight of people affected? >> hi. well, it's quite difficult to -- to have reliable information, we have a lot of testimonies of people right now in the villages. there's a huge shortage of food and water at the moment, and we still waiting to have instruction from the ngos. the efforts of the citizens at the moment are focused on
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raising money and donating blood. >> as a cultural journalist, i'm just wondering -- i've spent time in marrakech, it is one of the most beautiful cities, the medina in particular. as a cultural journal itist, i can't imagine how you feel when you see it's been imagined. >> yeah, at the moment, to be honest, it's the deadly iest disaster, so, we're thinking about the death toll that keeps rising. there are landmarks that have -- that have been damaged, but to be honest, at the moment, it is human lives we are focused on. >> of course, absolutely. that's the priority. do you have a sense of how quick the government and its emergency services are to handle the scale of what's happened? >> it's very difficult, we don't have regular updates on that matter. all we know is that we have accepted international help yet.
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the efforts have been deployed since yesterday during the night, i know that they're doing the best efforts, but they are outa outnumbered, and, yes, it's very difficult to have an actual grasp of what's going on. some villages haven't even seen the help yet, and the thing is, our regions are really remote, so, lacking a lot of in infrastructures. >> what are people telling you that they need most urgently? what are the gaps? >> to be honest, from the nonprofits i've been in contact with, they need everything. people lost everything, so from food to supplies to baby supplies, hygienic products, must of the people are going to be homeless, so, we're going to need tents and blankets. everything. everything. nonperishables, because they lost electricity, so, basically,
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we need to help to be able to feed people without the need to actually cook, so, yeah, it's a very difficult situation. >> i'm curious, you're there in casablanca, did you feel the quake there? it was fairly widely felt. >> yeah, it was -- it was pretty intense. and then when i -- my first reflex was to go on twitter and check. i thought it was a mild earthquake in casablanca. i was in total disbelief that i learned it was all over the country and it took us a few hours to understand the extent of the earthquake and to understand the severity. >> one of the -- one of the issues is, of course, that so many of the damage, the most impacted areas, are remote areas. i mean, there's, i think, only 13 deaths, horrible as that is, in marrakech.
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what are your concerns for those in the mountainous areas, and those who survived, are now having to stay outdoors, of course. >> well, indeed, that really stresses an issue that's been around morocco for awhile, for decades, actually. i don't want to jump to conclusion, but pretty much every winter is a natural disaster for this region. and i mean, this is not time to maybe talk politics and get into that, but i hope that this will also make us have the talk about those regions and their needs and the fact that they don't have hospitals, they don't have -- even kids don't have access to schools. so, yeah, it's going to be really difficult to relocate these people and house them. we're looking at months or years or of reconstruction, according to the red cross in france, yes. >> i just want to say, too, that
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there were, after a previous earthquake, there were new regulations put into place for construction and engineering. did you get a sense that that would have been followed through on, that new buildings are better than the old ones in that regard? >> i couldn't say, all i know, the remote villages that we're talking about are, like, already the most vulnerable areas of morocco, and they are definitely not following the regulations, so -- those who are suffering the most right now are -- were not protected to begin with, in my opinion. >> yeah, many of those places were hand-built by the owners, in many cases. with what they had on-hand. thank you so much, appreciate you taking the time and the work that you're doing. appreciate it. >> thank you. and for more information on how you can help victims of the morocco earthquake, go to
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cnn.com/ impact, and you'll find plenty of resources there that have been vetted and trustworthy, if you'd like to do that. the u.s. president joe biden is scheduled to depart india near the top of the hour, and then fly to vietnam for a series of high level talks with leaders in hanoi. he and other g-20 leaders have been paying their respects in the last hour or so at the memorial for mahatma gandhi. this was the place where the indian independence leader's body was cremated. a wreath-laying ceremony there has capped off the two-day summit of the g-20 in new delhi. now, the g-20 did manage to produce a final declaration after a lot of diplomatic wrangling, but ukraine was not happy with the language regarding the war. saying it fell far short of condemning russia's aggression.
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we have more now live from new delhi this hour. before we get to that, tell us a little bit more about the images, this visit and what this place means to indians. >> just moments ago, michael, you saw leaders representing the world's biggest economies converge at the location, the site, where mahatma gandhi, known as india's father of the nation, that's where his ashes lie, and that's where all these leaders were paying their respects. there was a wreath-laying ceremony, all these leaders maintained a moment of silence, as well, and after that, you could see indian prime minister narendra modi walking with the u.s. president joe biden, and alongside biden was rishi sunak. a symbolic visual of two global leaders who have strongly and repeatedly cob condemned
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russia's invasion of ukraine. but it was just yesterday that you saw a watered down version of what could have been a stronger condemnation of russia's invasion of ukraine in that declaration that was put out and announced by the indian prime minister. but also, very symbolic, what you're seeing, in moments from now, you'll see these leaders head to the venue of the g-20 summit, where the procession will commence. but you did a few moments ago even see modi put around the necks of these leaders a scarf, highly symbolic, again, because this scarf is a handwoven scarf made of a cotton material. and ma hat ma gandhi decades back endorsed this as part of the freedom movement that he started against the british in an attempt to boycott any of the textiles produced by the british here in india. it was a symbol of se
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self-sufficient si that he led. highly symbolic to see all the leaders, almost 40 representatives from india's -- from the world's top most economies, as well as leaders frominstitutes, maintaining a moment of silence and laying the wreath in memory of gandhi. >> yeah, yeah, very symbolic. i wanted to ask you, too, about that statement, there has been criticism. one that eludes to russia's war on ukraine, but doesn't mention either country. how important was it for narendra modi to have a statement, though? >> well, for india's leader, who has been talking about the g-20 summit for months now, there have been over 200 meetings that, you know, that relate to the g-20 in more than 50 cities across india, in the runup to the big summit.
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so, there's a lot of money that's been invested in the g-20 summit. we believe reportedly there's more than $100 million that was spent for this summit here in india, preparations that you see all across delhi and the other cities have been massive. so, for the indian prime minister, this has been a critical moment to push india and project india as a global power, and he has succeeded to a massive extent, really. because what he's done yesterday is actually get all these g-20 leaders on the talking table and bring about some consensus. there's been massive consensus on issues like climate change, but there hasn't been as much on russia's invasion of ukraine, as much as he would have liked. but it's been a balancing act for the indian prime minister. you know how close india is to russia. they've been partners for decades. along with that, the proximity between biden and modi has been immense in the last few months, as well. you saw that state visit of
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modi's to the u.s. a couple of months back, and that was a statement, indeed, of how close the two partners are getting. so, to have that statement has been critical for modi. he can now step up and be seen as a global leader, than's something he's really wanted to do. along with that, what he's done over the last year, he's tried to make sure that there's more representation of the global south at this g-20 summit. and to that, you have now seen the african union being a permanent member to this bloc. a huge, huge symbolic statement taken by the indian prime minister. many would say it's been a coup for him, but of course, there's been condemnation that this declaration is pretty watered down. more watered down, some experts would say, than the bali declaration last year, michael. >> yeah. yeah, a lot of people saying that. thank you so much. appreciate it. all right, coming up on the program, an update from pennsylvania, and the search for
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in england, the manhunt for that terrorism suspect who escaped from a prison in london is now over. the city's metropolitan police say they have caught and arrested daniel khalif. he's been on the run since wednesday. from the g-20 summit in india, the british prime minister rishi sunak expressing his gratitude. >> well, i'm very pleased with the news, and my thanks to the police officers for their fantastic work over the past couple of days. but also, to the public who came forward with an enormous number of leads to help the police in their inquiries. it's good news that we've
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recaptured the person concerned, as people already know, the justice initiated an inquiry into the circumstances of his escape, and that work will continue. >> now, that inquiry the prime minister mentioned will look into how khalif escaped, by strapping himself to the bottom of a delivery van while dressed as a chef. and in the u.s. state of pennsylvania, authorities are still locked in on their manhunt for an escaped convicted killer. the inmate crabwalked up a wall, got through razor wire, and took off from a prison near philadelphia more than a week ago now. cnn's paulo sandoval with the latest on the search. >> reporter: since the august 31st escape, authorities here in the state of pennsylvania have confirmed sightings almost on a regular basis. one of the most recent ones to happen was on friday afternoon, as the 34-year-old convicted killer was spotted, according to authorities, inside of the
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search perimeter here in chester county, pennsylvania, which is about 40 miles west of philadelphia. that is promising for authorities, as it tells them, or at least suggests to them, that this individual is potentially still inside of their area that has been locked down and has been searched now for well over a week and a half. on saturday, the pennsylvania state police also updated their search perimeter. now, most of it actually covers some botanical gardens, or at least includes some bowal yan gardens, but that facility, which is about 1,000 acres of gardens and meadows, has been closed because of this manhunt that continues. in terms of what we heard from authorities, lieutenant colonel george bivens saying recently that this particular fugitive had actually been able to elude authorities in brazil after he allegedly committed his first murder, actually hiding out in the jungles in south america, and eventually able to get away.
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the lieutenant colonel insisting that that is likely not going to happen here. this is what he said with some confidence. >> i will keep up this search at whatever tempo is appropriate for as long as we need to. he's a dangerous individual. we'll keep this up. we've done it in the past. i would think that history should allow people to see that we meet it when we say we're here to stay. >> and as helicopters continue to circle overhead in the community, there's a growing sense of not just frustration, but bewilderment, now well into a week and a half of this search, that cavalcante is still out of the reach of authorities. but when you hear from the pennsylvania state police, they will say with confidence, they believe that he is still here, and that they will find him sooner or later. polo sandoval, cnn, chester county, pennsylvania. new mexico's governor has ordered the suspension of laws allowing the open and concealed carrying of guns in albuquerque. the governor has declared gun
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violence and drug abuse a public health emergency, after a string of recent deadly shootings, some involving children. her emergency order temporarily banning the carrying of guns on public property is effective immediately. she cited the recent shooting deaths of three children, as well as two mass shootings in may. some in law enforcement and elected officials say the order goes too far. still to come here on the program, much more on the devastating earthquake in morocco. the challenges the country faces, and what people are doing to help, that's next. also, president biden wrapping up his visit to india for the g-20. we'll explain what came out of it, what did not, and we'll have a live report from new delhi, after the break. to weight loss. noom has taught me how you think about food has susuch a... huge impact on your relationship witith it. visit noom.comom and start your trial today.
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welcome back to our viewers around the world, i'm michael holmes. you're watching "cnn newsroom." more on our top story this hour.
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authorities in morocco say more than 2,000 people have been killed in the country's deadliest earthquake in decades. thousands more have been injured, and are in desperate need of support. the moroccan national football team has been stepping up by donating blood for the victims. players also urging others to do what they can to help. spain's national team showed its support by observing a minute of silence before a training session on saturday, and over the next few days, other teams in spain's top flight soccer league will do the same. earlier, we spoke with a humanitarian worker who was on vacation in marrakesh when the earthquake struck. she told us about devastation that the country has seen, and the risk it could still face. >> the worst is yet to come, i think, because we don't know what can happen, maybe there won't be anymore tremors, but there's the risk of collapsing. we need engineers and
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specialists to -- to check the building and to -- to measure the impact and i'm not sure they have the capacity, especially in this poor neighborhoods, so -- it's really risky that they go back home and we can expect more casualties like this, so, that's why people are staying on the streets, because -- or, either they cannot come back, or they already lost everything, but even if their homes are still there, and not demolished or not devastated by this, it's still risky to come back. so, it's an uncertainty, i think it's really terrifying. because it's something that we cannot control, right? so, people are very confused, they don't know what to do. and -- yeah. it's really traumatic. >> now, the world health organization says the disaster
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has affected more than 300,000 people in marrakesh and surrounding areas. the government says morocco will observe three days of mourning to honor the victims. now, although there's been no official request for international help, countries across the world are offering assistance to morocco in the wake of the earthquake. here's more on the aid being offered by the community of nations. the scope of the devastation from the earthquake in morocco may take days to become clear, but there is one thing that is certain -- the country will need help to recover from this disaster. people in marrakesh are lining up to donate blood after hospitals and health centers in the area made a plea to stock up. but that's just a tiny fraction of what the country urgently needs. additional rescue teams, heavy equipment, specialized doctors and medical supplies are often critical in relief efforts. and many nations are pledging their support, with india's
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prime minister narendra modi offering his nation's resources at the g-20 summit in new delhi. >> translator: we pray that all the injured people get well soon. the entire world community is with morocco in this difficult time, and we're ready to provide them all possible assistance. >> the u.s., the uk, the uae, france, japan, and the united nations have also sent condolences and offers of help. similar vows of aid from germany, with one agency making plans to deploy with highly trained sniffer dogs, which are crucial in search and recovery efforts. >> translator: the task will be, if we have an international request for help, and germany's offer is also accepted, that we are briefedly the local forces assigned the disaster area, and then go into the search. >> turkey, which is still recovering from its own powerful birth quake earlier this year, which killed more than 45,000
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people, says it can send her than 200 aid workers, and 1,000 tents to affected areas. that same quake killed several thousand more in syria, and the white helmets, a volunteer group that provided emergency services in that crisis, is once again stepping up, saying, quote, with our experience in search and rescue, and in responding to earthquake disasters, we confirm our full readiness to aid in the rescue efforts in morocco of those trapped under the rubble. israel, which routinely sends emergency personnel and supplies to disaster zones, says it is preparing to send a rescue team and humanitarian aid to the area. even algeria, which broke off ties with morocco two years ago, said it would open its air space for humanitarian and medical flights to morocco. help from all corners of the world is at the ready, if and when morocco asks for it.
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now, last hour, i spoke with joe english, an emergency communications specialist with unicef, based in new york. i asked him what he was hearing about the situation from his teams on the ground. >> many families are leaving their homes with just the clothes on their back. and many of them now are scared to return to their homes, because of structural damage, the aftershocks, as jennifer was highlighting there, after the bi earthquake in turkey, we saw buildings continue to be damaged and destroyed and collapse, you know, for days after. so, it's a very real threat to children and to families. and as we've said, there's over 2,000 people killed, more than 2,000 injured. these numbers are only going to go up, and our estimate is that just under a third of the population of morocco is children, so, sadly, we think that there will be many children among the casualties. >> i was just about to ask you
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that, your focus is children. what are your fears for the kids in more kok rocco right now? casualties, obviously, but if they are lost homes and schools? >> well, the direct impact, the first 72 hours of search and rescue are critical. they call it the golden period, because, if you are going to be able to get people out from under the rubble, that's the time to do it, sometimes we see miracles. with syria, turkey, we saw a teenage girl rescued ten days, an infant rescued after 90 hours. this is the critical time for that. children have seen their schools, their homes, destroyed, damaged, now loving out in the street without any shelter, so, it's critical, in terms of getting them safe drinking water, food and nutrition and
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longer-term, support to help children, families, parents, who have been through this terror, begin to process that trauma. >> absolutely. that psychological, dealing with that is going to be a massive issue. with much of the damage and casualties, for that matter, in remote areas, what are the challenges in terms of even getting to those in most need? >> yeah, you know, any humanitarian response is always complex and complicated and challenging. but i think this really will be, you know, very much so. you know, many of these towns, these villages, they're remote, they're hard to reach, they're down mountain roads, switchbacks, we know the communications are out, it's challenges that we face in humanitarian crises all around the world, and it's possible to get in and provide this support, but international solidarity, international support is absolutely critical, and hearing the offers of support from around the world is always heartening, but it's not just
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going to be a short-term recovery, you know, this is going to have to continue for weeks, months, sometimes even years ahead. >> absolutely. the ongoing needs vital. what are the immediate needs, and how can people help, you know, organizations like yours, that do such good work? >> yeah, sadly, if anyone wants to support unicef, donate.unicef.org. donations are critical, because that means we can respond quickly, without that need for waiting for funds to come in, but i would say that local organizations, you know, are hugely important in these kind of crises. it is the communities themselves, local organizations who are working, who are those very first responders, in the immediate hours, you know, in sam's report, he was talking about people, you know, digging out, you know, rubble with their hands, you know, and so, all the support that we can provide to these local organizations is critical. unicef, we were working in
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morocco before the crisis, we will be here all the way through and we'll support children and families to recover after, but we can't do it without public support and donations and all of this is absolutely critical. >> and organizations like yours do such great work. we appreciate it, joe english. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you so much, michael. now, after participating in the annual g-20 summit in new delhi, u.s. president joe biden is set to leave india soon for a one-day visit to vietnam. he and the other g-20 leaders have been paying their respects, meanwhile, at the memorial for mahatma gandhi. prime minister narendra modi presenting each person with a special scarf. the leaders also took part in a wreath-laying say moceremony. let's talk more about this g-20, kevin liptak is with us from new delhi. let's ask you first about the
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statement about the war in ukraine. well short of what a lot of western nations would have wanted, this terms of condemning russia, doesn't even mention russia or ukraine, the bali one did a year ago. almost going backwards. >> yeah, it was watered down language compared to a year ago, but in some ways, it was an accomplishment they were able to come up with a joint declare ration at all. heading into the summit, that had been the subject of quite furious negotiations among diplomats. and in fact, the indian official sort of responsible for corralling the other nations said this took, you know, 300 hours of talks, 15 drafts, and so, it wasn't necessarily a foregone conclusion that they would be able to come up with anything at all. that they did sort of reflects the divisions that still exist in this bloc. the language in there didn't call out russia's invasion, it didn't mention russia by name, instead, it referenced things like protecting sovereignty,
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territorial integrity, the importance of not using nuclear weapons. so, that is far short of what, for instance, the united states typically says about the war in ukraine and its european allies. the white house has been very favorable of this communique, they said that it was kons kwen he kons kwen herbal, and say that president biden is, of course, still working to obtain peace in ukraine. but one of the objectives, certainly, for the president here was to talk about this issue with the countries that haven't necessarily been as forceful in their condemnation. countries like brazil, south africa, and india, the host country, which still buys plenty of fuel from russia, it hasn't necessarily been as forceful in its condemnation of moscow. these leaders statements do tend to reflect the host country's prerogatives, and certainly, india is a country that has
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tried to maintain relations with washington and with moscow, and so, i think that is part of why this statement wasn't necessarily as forceful as last year's, but certainly the fact that it exists at all is itself its own accomplishment, michael. >> and the president, kevin, heading to vietnam, there have been reports vietnam's looking to buy arms from russia, they're close to china, despite some disputes over the south china sea. what is he hoping to achieve there? >> well, certainly the centerpiece of this visit to hanoi will be an elevation of the u.s./vietnam relationship. vietnam moving the united states from the lowest rung of its diplomatic rankings, to the highest, and it's interesting, the other countries on that highest rung are russia and china. and this is all part of president biden's effort to expand american influence in this region. and when you talk to a senior
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administration official, they say, this is not about countering china explicitly, and they do make the point that it would be impossible for vietnam to cut off ties with beijing. it is right in china's backyard, those ties have gone back for decades. but they say, it is about trying to expand american economic influence in these countries, trying to improve living conditions. and really trying to act as a counterweight in some ways to china's economic and military aggressions, and you see that president biden has done that with other countries, as well, including here in india and in the philippines. now, you mentioned that report about vietnam purchasing russian arms, that is, of course, has been long historic tie between those two countries. but i am told that tomorrow in vietnam president biden will make announcements about u.s. providing its own systems to vietnam potentially, trying to wean it from its dependence on
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russian arms, so, certainly, some things to watch as this visit proceeds, michael. >> yeah. could be a productive one-day visit. kevin liptak, thank you so much. all right, for more now on ukraine's reaction to the g-20's declaration, here's cnn's melissa bell. >> kyiv has condemned the final declaration coming out of new delhi at the g-20 leaders summit, saying that it goes nowhere near far enough. it had been a difficult compromise to reach, given that both russia and china needed to be onboard. in the end, a spokesman for the ukrainian foreign ministry said that the final language, reflecting the different views and assessments within the g-20 about the war in ukraine, should have condemned far more strongly russia's war of aggression, he said, and more strongly urged for it to come to an end. this as the counteroffensive continues here in the zaporizhzhia region, to make
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very slow progress. we've been following some of the artillery's effort, as it seeks to inch forward, through replies from russian positions. still, the ukrainian position is that the counteroffensive is making slow but steady progress, as it moves south. this, as in the occupied regions, the voting has been taking place, voting that's been happening around the russian federation, but also in those four regions that are now occupied by moscow, voting that's been described by kyiv as a sham, with ukraine urging ukrainian citizens not to take part. melissa bell, cnn, in zaporizhzhia. >> but russian president vladimir putin making a different argument to voters. he's urging them to take part in the elections, and have faith in online voting. he says that practice has become more popular. sunday is the last day of voting
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in russia, and the occupied territories of ukraine, where local and regional elections are being held. voters have the options to cast their ballots online or vote at home or at a polling station. coming up here on "cnn news newsroom", a complicated operation under way in turkey to rescue a man trapped deep underground in that cave there. we'll have a report after the break. tourist taking photos that are analyzed by ai. so reseaearchers can help life underwater flourish. ♪ hihi, i'm jill and i've lost 56 pounds on golo. hi, i'm barry and i've lost 42 pounds. jill and i are a team. if she tells me to do something, i usually jump on board. golo was doable, it's realistic, and it's something we cado the rest of our lives. nner! [sfx: phone ping] ♪
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nearly 200 rescuers have started a delicate operation to bring an american trapped in a cave in southern turkey to the surface. have a look at the moment mark dickey began descending into the morca sinkhole, a cave over 3,400 feet, about 1,000 meters deep. nada bashir with an update for us. >> reporter: a week on since alarm bells were first souned, an operation to rescue him from turkey's third-deepest cave is now under way. the american caver has been receiving urgent medical attention at base camp more than 3,500 feet below ground for what is said to have been a base of gastric intestinal bleeding.
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dickey has received a blood transfusion and is said to be in stable condition, but this will a complex operation and a lot of careful preparation has gone into this rescue mission. you can imagine how tricky this will be given the narrow and winding nature of many of these passages. the actual ascent is set to be divided into seven parts, according to the european cave rescue association, with each segment being overseen by different rescue teams. this truly is a multinational rescue effort. over 180 rescuers are on the ground from countries including turkey, hungary, poland, croatia, bulgaria, and italy. while this route would typically take an experienced caver around 16 hours to reach the surface under ideal conditions, dickey's
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rescue is expected to take days to ensure he remains in a stable condition throughout. still to come, england, australia, ireland, italy all big winners at the rugby world cup. we'll have highlights of day two of competition. also, still to come, a dream comes true for 19-year-old american coco gauff, winning what she has worked so hard for, her first career grand slam title and on home soil.
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president joe biden is leaving india for vietnam. he's just off the red carpet leading up to air force one there, saying good-bye to dignitaries, getting a few photos for those local, probablist embassy workers to
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put on their desks. he's going to be heading for vietnam after the g20 summit. he's not going to be there very long, just 24 hours. but he's going to be holding some high-level meetings with the nation's leaders and officials. so an important stopover in a country with ties to russia and china. american tennis fans are celebrating coco gauff's first career grand slam almost as much as she is. the 19-year-old had to overcome the pressure of high expectations for a few years now, but on saturday she rallied from behind to become u.s. open champion. the crowd seeming to lift her game with chants of "let's go coco." she became the first american teenager to win the u.s. open since serena williams did it in 1999. she defeated number two ranked
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sa sabalenka in women's world tennis. fans of england, australia, ireland, and italy are celebrating after wins at the rugby world cup. cnn "world sport" anchor patrick snell with more on day two of the competition in france. >> day two of action in the books at the rugby world cup in france after a superb opening night on friday in paris which saw the tournament hosts recording a thrilling come-from-behind win against three-time champions of the world new zealand on saturday. four matches taking center stage. the 2003 winners, england, began their campaign against argentina on saturday. marseille, the english had an early set to deal with, reduced to 14 men after three minutes of play when tom curry is sent off. this is by the bunker abuse system for a clash of the heads with juan cruz maria in that one. england had to dig deep and they
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did. after that it became the george ford show. the 30-year-old remarkably scoring every single point for his country in this game. all 27 of them, in fact. six penalties as well from him in total. england winners of 27 points, or put another way, george ford, 27, argentina, 10. welcome relief for all-star as they record their first win in six under head coach eddie jones following his return to the national team. a superb start here, wallabies, taking the lead within the opening couple of minutes. jordan patia going over in front of over 75,000 spectators saturday. the aussies running in a total of four tries, two of them coming from their fullback, ben donaldson, who scored 25 as his country record an emphatic win
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in pool "c." this just his fourth appearance at test level. 35-15 the final score in paris. top-ranked ireland beginning their campaign with victory over romania, and emphatic. 82-8 the final score. it will be remembered for a long time to come by skipper johnny sexton, who scored 24 points to make impressive return from injury to the report. he becomes his country's record world cup scorer. also scoring two of 12 tries as the irish recover from the shock of an early romanian score in this game. sexton's tally taking him to 102 points passing the irish record world cup scorer, the largest ever for the irish at a world cup. italy breezing past namibia on
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saturday. three matches on deposit sunday. first up, japan take on chile. defending champ south africa facing scotland. t wales and fiji meeting in "approximately c." >> he goes for england, guy for australia. thanks for spending part of your day with me. follow me on twitter, instagram, and threads @holmescnn. tourists photographing thousands of miles of remote coral reefs. that can be analyzed by ai in real time. ♪ so researchers can identify which areas are at risk. and help life underwater flourish. ♪ why do dermatologists choose dove?
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