.— villages in the foothills of the atlas mountains. ., ~ , ., , atlas mountains. 0k, thank you veryva _ 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

it is a very different picture up in the atlas mountains. have been hearing from many round her, there is a sense of relief that helpers are finally starting to get three. 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. 0bviously gathered our belongings as fast as we could. we heard the entire room shaking, the glass was shaki

back up in the atlas mountains, entire villages have been wiped out. and recovery is over, they will have to try and rebuild — both their homes and their lives. joe inwood, bbc news. let me show you this image. just minutes before the deadly earthquake struck on friday night, khadija's baby was born. she told the bbc that after being evacuated from a hospital in marrakesh they tried travelling to their home in the atlas mountains. but with roads blocked the family have since been living in a tent by the side of the road. she says, while her and her baby aren't hurt, they havn�*t received any help from authorities. an extraordinary story. let me take you back to these live pictures that we have from the rescue operation, international aid getting there but pretty slowly. at the moment it is largely in the hands of local rescue teams as they try to clear the rubble, trying to get an assessment of the damage because it is so significant and widespread. linda lyons is a scot who runs a guest house in marrakech called riad linda and shejoins me now. thank y

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jonah hull, al jazeera, in the atlas mountains, morocco.eth: we have more from ouirgane, a village near the atlas mountains. reporter: this is one of many makeshift camps in this area has been hit by the earthquake and there are many others in the desolate mountainous areas on the outskirts of marrakech. the authorities are saying that they are taking all the measures to provide immediate aid, supplies to the affected areas, brushing aside accusations that the response was slow. >> the king gave instructions first to rescue people and then provide all immediate needs for the affected communities, and the government would then start rebuilding the area. reporter: every hour that goes by diminishes the chances of finding survivors under the rubble. health officials say they are doing all it takes to cope with the magnitude of this earthquake. by sending helicopters, teams, rescuers, ambulances everywhere to provide help for those who need it. >> this is a complex operation. first, remember that this was a magnitude seven earthquake in a mount

nick beake, bbc news, in the atlas mountains.to jamal imerhane, who's president of the commune of asni in the atlas mountains, one of the most impacted areas by the earthquake. thank you for spending time to talk to us. what is the situation there? the situation, we can see the tents behind us since this morning, thanks to our team behind us since this morning, thanks to ourteam and behind us since this morning, thanks to our team and our government who give these to people so they can sleep because lots of people are just outside now, they do not find a place they can stay because all the houses are damaged. you know, we received some help this morning, some food, but it is still not enough for all the people, tents, they people are needing a lot. understood. how easy is it for supplies to get through to you, you are talking about food and water at this point? we are talking about food and water at this oint? ~ . ., ., , this point? we are in the mountains and to net this point? we are in the mountains and to get the _ this poin

the magnitude 6.8 quake struck in the high atlas mountains south west of the city of mark ash. most of the deaths were in remote mountain areas that are difficult to reach. as the death toll rises, a frantic search for survivors is now underway in towns and villages across morocco's high atlas mountains. the magnitude 6.8 quake is the strongest to hit the re sent in more than a century. the sitting comfortably at home, the scene of events, identity felt that tremor that's my home, right. because he has rocks funding and people screaming that one knows it. so i didn't know what was happening and this to him if he thought it was the apocalypse, a multi m, as the quick hit remote villages and densely populated tourist areas like this. cctv footage of patrons in america best restaurant 80 kilometers from the epicenter captures the moment the earthquake hit just after 11 pm on friday. it caused widespread panic and chaos, and the historic city and terrified residents to flee their homes. they cannot do the i'm devastated without looking at this is my home has been destroyed. the than

are on the verge of collapse, folding rocks, a slowing access to the epicenter in the remote atlas mountains. those were a lot of blocked roads. a lot of people can't find that parents, and a lot of people are still under the rubble. that's but they're still searching for their relatives and ready to go to quake rocks at the historic city, myra cache, destroying mosques and shops, streets, usually busy with tourists, were left lined with rubble. residents and travelers had been sleeping in streets and parks afraid of off to shucks. okay, really well now houses are cracked. they could fold down at any moment table, and that's why we can't go back to that and then say those moroccans a queuing to donate blood to treat the wounded. international assistance is also on the way. meanwhile, the digging continues here, not for survivors, but for grades as morocco, berries, it's thousands of dead stepping. corresponding odds of selves describe what sees been c as he's been in some of the hardest hit atlas mountain towns. we have seen a lot of rescue work as desperately searching for survive us. unfor

to stripe or rocco, in more than a century. rescuers are searching for survivors and the high atlas mountains, south west of the city of march tremors were felt as far away as southern spain. rocco's, king mohammed has announced 3 days of national mourning mountain villages, reduced to rubble. despite the scale of destruction survive, it was a remote g. a resident is pulled from beneath the degrees, badly injured by the lies. giving rescue is a rare moment to celebrate. this quite struck at nice, sending people running from their homes or stuck in their beds with them on the russian. i couldn't disguise because the roof fell on me. i was trapped. there's when i was safe, i mean they basically at the rubble of, with the bad hand. so what, let's, let's say always has to all the wounded would treated a make shift outdoor clinics. others have received no help at all. this man survived, but his injuries leave his family without an income of the food. we have no way to cook and they show that we cannot go back to him because of the danger of collapse that includes the residents are cause a damage t

: in the atlas mountains.s. the grief was unbearable. and found in every corner of this tiny community. their spirit crushed a little more every time news arrived of another body recovered. the bricks and stones of their traditional houses no match for the size of this quake. the village of tafeghaghte levelled in seconds. abu rahman was being comforted by everyone who saw him. he tells us he's lost his wife and his three boys. he wants to take us to where his family lived so happily until friday night. a walk through the rubble of this remote atlas mountain wilderness. "our house was up there", abu rahman tells us. "you can see the white blankets and the furniture, too. "everything else has gone." he ran home after the earthquake and says he started screaming out for his kids but there was nothing. "we buried them yesterday", he says. "i felt so sorry for them. "when we found them, they were all huddled together, "the three boys asleep. "they all went down with the earthquake." we've been told that about 200

our middle east correspondent tom bateman is in the atlas mountains.— atlas mountains.y, in this village. _ atlas mountains. miraculously, in this village, there _ atlas mountains. miraculously, in this village, there have _ atlas mountains. miraculously, in this village, there have been - this village, there have been survivors, butjust look at this village, there have been survivors, but just look at the wreckage. these homes are built either of a breeze block all they are this mud, brick and timber construction. they are not built to withstand earthquakes and you can see the result. this particular home here, there was a family of six, five of them were killed in the earthquake, only one survivor, the family of the household, we've been told by other residents here, but he is simply too distraught now to return to any of this. he is of in shock. that has been the emotion, the mood, suspect everyone here, that first, it is the trauma of what came in second, and has laid waste to this particular village, in the high atlas mountains, but at the same time, they are tryin

back up in the atlas mountains. _ them more. back up in the atlas mountains, entire _ them more.ins, entire villages - them more. back up in the atlas mountains, entire villages havel mountains, entire villages have been wiped out. once the rescue and recovery is over, they will have to try and rebuild. both their homes and their lives. joe inwood, bbc news. we can now speak to sonia omar, who is a ceo at education for all morocco. welcome to the programme. your charity provides the opportunity of a secondary education for girls from the high atlas mountain region. sonia, i know this is an anxious time for you. have your —— have you heard from your students and how have they been affected?— they been affected? sadly the area worst — they been affected? sadly the area worst hit _ they been affected? sadly the area worst hit has _ they been affected? sadly the area worst hit has been - they been affected? sadly the area worst hit has been badly| area worst hit has been badly affected, it has the boarding homes, sadly all the houses are damaged but because we were not yet in school

. lemma those in the worst affected areas up in the atlas mountains.— in the atlas mountains.. _ in the atlas mountains. anna in marrakesh, thank _ in the atlas mountains. anna in marrakesh, thank you. - there are huge concerns for areas outside the city. these pictures show the damage and devastation to the community of taroudant. there are reports that entire villages have been flattened. here, soldiers alongside residents have been searching the rubble for survivors. roads to many of the worst—hit areas have been blocked by landslides and debris. earlier we heard from caroline holt, a director of global of operations at the international federation of red cross and red crescent. she told the bbc about the challenges they are facing while trying to reach the worst affected areas. but in order to make sure we reach as many— but in order to make sure we reach as many people as possible who are still stuck_ as many people as possible who are still stuck under the rubble. at the same _ still stuck under the rubble. at the same time — still stuck under the rubble. at the same tim

this is amizmiz, in the atlas mountains. and you can see the destruction here.se were typically one and two—storey buildings that came crashing down, and people have been picking through the rubble for their possessions. but of course, it's notjust possessions. many lives have been lost here, too. and just talking to someone a short time ago, they estimate at least 150 people have died, and that is a conservative estimate because ever since this earthquake struck, people have been trying to work through the rubble to find signs of life. if you just look up the road here, you get a sense of why people have been sleeping out overnight once again, because even if houses haven't been completely destroyed, the walls have caved in, in many cases, roofs have given way, and people are just very fearful of going back into their houses, extremely worried that there could be another earthquake or aftershocks in the coming hours. in terms of reaching this place, our path was strewn with debris, with rocks. and of course, that is a much more important, more significant thing

a walk through the rubble of this remote atlas mountain wilderness.man tells us. "you can see the white blankets and the furniture, too. "everything else has gone." he ran home after the earthquake and says he started screaming out for his kids but there was nothing. "we buried them yesterday", he says. "i felt so sorry for them. when we found them, they were all huddled together, the three boys asleep. "they all went down with the earthquake." we've been told that about 200 people used to live here in this village. of those, 90 are already confirmed to have died. many more are missing, somewhere here beneath the rubble. others are in hospital. and when you look at this and try and take it all in, you realise people simply didn't stand a chance and this scene of devastation is replicated right across this vast mountainous region. sitting among the only possessions she now has left, we meet this woman, mourning her son—in—law. translation: we pray for god to help us - and the government too, and the king. the first professional emergency teams to arriv

i’ge affected, the ones who are up high in the atlas mountains.— in the atlas mountains.ntains. i've also seen reports that the _ in the atlas mountains. i've also | seen reports that the aftershocks have caused more debris to come onto the road, some of the roads to collapse in fact, are they also hampering aid efforts?- collapse in fact, are they also hampering aid efforts? yes, they are. but hampering aid efforts? yes, they are- itut the _ hampering aid efforts? yes, they are. but the government - hampering aid efforts? yes, they are. but the government insists i are. but the government insists there are efforts under way to clear there are efforts under way to clear the rocks from the blocked roads, especially the roads that lead to the most remote areas up high in the mountains, where aid is very hard to reach the most needed. so a lot of people say that they started receiving aid but a lot of them also say they haven't received anything at all, especially tents. we are in autumn here in morocco, and in the night the temperatures are dropping rapidly and up high in t

its epicentre was a sparsely populated region in the high—atlas mountains.rs are said to have been felt in the capital, rabat, more than 200 miles away. overnight, there were outages to the power, phone lines and internet. in marrakesh, crowds were left trying to sleep on the streets. translation: the force and intensity of this earthquake was felt _ in our building almost three times. people went out into the street just after this total panic. and there are families who are still sleeping outside because we were so scared of the force of this earthquake. outside the historic kutubiyya mosque in marrakesh, dust rises from the tower, prompting fears it might collapse. in the daylight, the extent of the destruction is clearer, including to parts of the medina, a unesco world heritage site. the room started shaking, there wasjust... - yes, the room started shaking! there's no other way. it was going backwards and forwards, and everything started moving - and pictures started moving. so we just grabbed some clothes |and our bags, and we raced out. | lauren, one

i'm nicholas hawk in the high atlas mountain. the area of with gun where aid is slow to come and villagers are taking matters in their own hands. a to is also coming from people, america tissue in many a chewing, to give blonde, to help us in choosing the quite the . so we begin an eastern libya with thousands of people of data and close to $10000.00 to missing off the floods almost completely destroyed. the city of done a, more than a 1000 bodies, have been recovered off the torrents of water comp, the path through the ports as he went to upstream. dan's best destroying and time neighborhoods, buildings collapsed. tom sort of attend and people were swept away when the heaviest rainfall and 4 decades fell. well 30 say at least a quarter of the city that has a population of about 100000, has been completely destroyed. administered in the eastern administration, visited the area and says bodies can be seen lying every with the death toll is expected to rise significantly. libya correspondence malik trying to begins our coverage. th

nick beake, bbc news, in the atlas mountains. situation in morocco, i'm joined by diletta gigli, who, along with a team of volunteers, have travelled to near the epicentre of the quake to bring aid and essential supplies. it's good to hear from you. what can you tell us about the situation there? �* , ., ~' there? hi, well, we've been working for the past — there? hi, well, we've been working for the past few _ there? hi, well, we've been working for the past few days _ there? hi, well, we've been working for the past few days to _ there? hi, well, we've been working for the past few days to collect - for the past few days to collect essentials, mainly from people, there are a lot of people who have donated from abroad. i work with a group of friends who are directly connected, and today we travelled to asni where we are now. we have set “p asni where we are now. we have set up camp. the situation here is a lot better than it was a couple hours ago. we continued our way up to the top of the mountain inaudible hard to get through,

we are south of the atlas mountains.t where marrakesh is, there is a big presence of emergency services where the city is. but the remote areas, we haven't seen any aid or people supporting them and thousands of other charities on the ground that we're working with. and what are people requiring? what sort of help are you having to give families and individuals there? it's absolute devastation. so the houses, obviously, there's debris around the dead bodies. they need essentials. any clothing, shelter, sanitation, food, supplies, baby clothes, crockery. that's what they're asking for. so cooking facilities, these are the needs that asking for the moment. and you say that there are no other groups helping this particular town that you're in at the moment. and clearly, we're days on from when the earthquake hit. is there any idea that authorities might be coming to their aid any time soon? not wherever on this side. i know they had to wait till sunday to get the green light for people to come and support. and we were on th

the magnitude 6.8 quake struck late on friday night and the high atlas mountains, about 70 kilometers from the city of morrow cache. a local official said, most of the debts occurred in mountain areas that are difficult to reach the homes damage the cars, crushed and george blocked by the deputy earthquakes truckload. uncle terrified residence 50 homes in the middle of the night shop. i'm panicked. now the state are due to my home has been destroyed, miserable. thank god was still alive, but it was very hard. the new us through the one of the guessing i was surprised by an intense vibration. everything in the house was moving, but we didn't know what happened that the liquid cascade, hundreds, hospitals were overburdened by the high influx of injured people. and many rushed. did you need blood? oh, nice women. wish those people on health centers and hospitals in need. this blog, i mean they made the call last night and as you can see this morning, the sheer number of people who came to donate blood to me. this is a good sign and i am confident that we will have enough stock until the

and what about further out and more rule areas in the atlas mountains, for example? yeah, that's probably one of the worst parts of this disaster is some of the most effective villages even difficult to reach and normal times, but now with the blocked roads with the debris all over the place. it's almost impossible to access these villages. and at the same time, we see pictures of the remote areas that are completely destroyed. almost every single house has destroyed. and we get reports from people that say that they're still waiting for rescue workers to help in the search. so plus the volumes and either in mar, cash or out in the rule mountainous areas. how concerned are people about aftershocks as they are concerns every where a moroccan geologist just said that that could be after sucks of a magnitude of 5 and higher. this is much below yesterdays. last night's 6.8, but it's still high ends can still cause considerable damage. and what is probably just as dramatic as events of people are very afraid they are traumatized. they fear the psychological stress this ca

nick beake, bbc news, in the atlas mountains. see military trucks and also buses full of soldiers heading up towards the mountains. turning to delhi now, where india formally handed over the g20 presidency to brazil on sunday, at the closing ceremony of the group's annual summit. prime minister narendra modi completed the transition by passing the ceremonial gavel to brazil's president, luiz inacio lula da silva. on saturday, the group issued a joint declaration on the war in ukraine — but the text made no direct reference to russian agression. moscow has since termed the meeting a success. from delhi, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. a poignant start to the final day of india's g20 presidency, a moment to remember the country's most revered leader, mahatma gandhi, and his message of peace. but war and regional conflict has meant the summit wasn't a full house. the presidents of russia and china didn't attend. and whatever national views these countries might hold about the war in ukraine, when it came d

it is really horrible, really catastrophic in the villages in the atlas mountains.ies and our ministers, they are doing a lot of effort to get access to the villages to help people. jamal imerhane, president of the asni commune. hundreds of emergency workers and soldiers continue to evacuate people from villages and towns affected by major flooding in central greece. they've been using boats and helicopters, which are also helping to supply cut—off settlements with food and drinking water. parts of the capital of the thessaly region, larissa, have been inundated, and there's a push to reinforce embankments of the pineios river. the flooding was caused by unprecedented rainfall brought by storm daniel earlier this week. our correspondent sofia bettiza who is in larissa — one of the towns most affected. she gave us the latest. there's a big search and rescue operation this morning in larissa in central greece. you can see behind me, two people have just been rescued and they are getting to safety. we have seen all morning volunteers getting on dinghies like this one,

this is in the atlas mountains. greeted by the sight of an elderly woman wailing, tears streaming down herface, and that wailing, tears streaming down her face, and that is because already they have recovered 18 bodies just in this place alone. this is the hospital, and you can see some people are outside waiting for news of loved ones who have been treated. lots of people are camping out for the night because they are too frightened to go back in, they are worried about aftershocks, they are worried that another earthquake will come. just talking to some people here, they say they are desperately short of food and water and they really need supplies. the trouble is it is difficult to get up here. on our route up here, all the roads were strewn with rocks and boulders and other debris, and boulders and other debris, and that is difficult for rescuers but also for people from the ambulance service. although we have seen some people from the red crescent just arrive here. it is night time now but as you can see, there

she filed this report from the atlas mountains. we've come to a different location today. this is the town of light. but here it is easier to get to there's more infrastructure around here, very much. also, a tourist pays for tours coming. we're trying to figure out what the situation is like here. we bumped into this gentleman david. uh yes. it is. okay. we're going to see a friend of his who is with him. david was here the night of the earthquake on friday night, and he says he hasn't heard from his friend. he's not answering the phone. so this town is uh, much more stablish than the other very remote villages. we've been to, but destruction here. so on a very large scale how much of the town has been damaged? this is as low as it might be. you've all done 50 percent, completely destroyed seats, minarette and crux. and again, here just goes to show again, the challenge of um, bringing heavy equipment into these areas. removing all of this and rebuilding, that is the main challenge, really everywhere. here we go, the frame for his friend is home and fine. next time onto y

we report from the high atlas mountains. we've been traveling through the mountains this past week and everything we see raises the question just how difficult it's going to be . to access these places, clear it and then rebuild the north korea's liter inspects bombers and a warship with russia's defense minister on his visit to the far east. and we meet the somali soldiers on the front lines as the army launches another offensive against. i'll shut off the nearly a week of the devastating floods hit eastern libya, bodies, a washing up on its shores, and others are still under the rubble. authorities are overwhelmed by the extent of the destruction. international agencies have promised help, but much of it has yet to arrive in the hardest hit port city of during the thousands of died and operations to recover the bodies continue or so sort. our reports from tripoli, a thousands of people are still missing and fears that buried under the mud and rubble or swept out to sea search to investigate. forced continues, but the chanc

nick beake, bbc news, in the atlas mountains.ow, north korea's kim jong—un is in russia for a meeting with president vladimir putin. state media report that mr kim is calling his visit across the border a clear show of the "strategic importance" of the two countries' relations. mr kim arrived by armoured train to the border town of khasan, greeted by senior russian officials. he then got back on the train and continued en route to an undisclosed location, where he is set to meet russian president vladimir putin. the pair are expected to negotiate a weapons sale to aid russia in its war in ukraine. the us has warned against any such deal. i spoke with the bbc�*s jean mackenzie in the last hour for more on what the meeting could mean for north korea, russia, and the west as well. do we know when these two leaders are going to meet or even where they will meet? at the moment, it is all still a bit of a mystery. as you said, kim jong—un crossed into russia on tuesday morning on his armoured train. we were expecting him to head to vla

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bbc news, in the atlas mountains. bbc news, in the atlas mountains. our other main story tonight.f sara sharif, the ten—year—old who was found dead at herfamily home in woking in august, has told the bbc that five children who travelled from the uk to pakistan with sara's father have been in his house since their arrival on august 10th. sara's father, stepmother and uncle left the uk with the children for pakistan, a day before sara was found dead in august. according to the postmortem, she had suffered multiple and extensive injuries. our correspondent caroline davis joins us from jhelum. this is a fairly extraordinary new turn. now we know that this home has been visited by police, by press, including us but we were never invited inside. we now know because mohammed sharif sara sharif's drained father said the children were here, they stayed within the house and the yard for that month after the 10th august when they first arrived in the country, surrey police have said they are aware of the media reports, they are liaising with their international partner, more on this extraord

nick beake, bbc news, in the atlas mountains.et's now talk to saleena johal, a charity worker in the atlas mountains. what have you seen and experienced?— what have you seen and experienced? what have you seen and exerienced? �* , ., experienced? i've been on the round experienced? i've been on the ground so _ experienced? i've been on the ground so i — experienced? i've been on the ground so i was _ experienced? i've been on the ground so i was actually - experienced? i've been on the ground so i was actually in - experienced? i've been on the ground so i was actually in the mountains when the earthquake and yes definitely, there has been difficulty reaching places that are very remote and you can only access them by foot, a lot of damage in the mountains and a lot of villages looking in the region of 7a villages completely devastated and very difficult to get to people, so people are getting together, i can see people getting together and working hard to get to these villages that are very, very difficult to access. for sure we

its epicentre was a sparsely populated region in the high atlas mountains. but tremors are said to have been felt in the capital rabat, 0vernight, there were outages to the power, phone lines and internet. translation: the force and intensity of this earthquake was felt _ in our building almost three times. people went out into the street just after this total panic. and there are families who are still sleeping outside and should show it to the west, rescuers worked through the night and reports of families still trapped and many more injured. some were taken to hospital for treatment. in the daylight, the extent of the destruction to marrakesh... some are left picking through what's left of their homes. translation:— through what's left of their homes. translation: , ., ., , ., translation: there is nowhere as for us to no, translation: there is nowhere as for us to go. there's _ translation: there is nowhere as for us to go, there's nowhere _ translation: there is nowhere as for us to go, there's nowhere for - translation: there is nowhere as for us to go

this is up in the atlas mountains.s we pulled up here, just a short time ago, we would greeted by the sight of an elderly woman wailing, tears were streaming down herface. the second day of the 620 summit has just begun with a ceremony at the memorial of mahatma gandhi, india's independence leader. and keeping cool in the pool — as saturday is decared the hottest day of the year so far in the uk. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. we begin this hour in morocco — where three days of national mourning has been declared following the powerful earthquake in which 2,000 people are now known to have died. this was the moment the quake struck the unesco world heritage listed city of marrakesh — prompting people to sprint for the streets. the city is reporting a lower death toll, but considerable damage to buildings — survivors have been describing their experiences. walls started shaking, picture frames started falling off the walls. i realised we were going through some sort of a shake, an earthquake, obviously. people started

a landslide had blocked the way to the town of asni in the atlas mountains.nd. 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. now on bbc news...the briefing

stephanie decker all g 01015 in the atlas mountains of morocco. so in many cases, the easiest way to deliver food in medicine is through helicopter, southern narrow cash is one of the hardest hit areas, houses here as hushing my whole bar sent us. this report was a rusty operation. it's still under way the army is deploying helicopters, carrying a medical supplies to the affected areas, the ambulances that you can see behind me. i'll bring you some of the people who retreat from under the level those injured and the way the loan to the hospitals in the city of mount rightcast. one of the biggest challenges with this rest to your operation is basically the fact that we're talking about that. so that vintage is the what hate by the quake. village is like, here's your car. that's in the cool, is the center of the escalade. and also we again, and it takes time to get to those places. the roads have been blocked for quite some time. the army, the engineers trying to clear some of those rows, but they have to do with capital in a way that does not block

a village near the atlas mountains. this is one of many men shift comes in this area that has been hit by the escalade. under the many of those in the desolate mountainous areas on the outskirts of cash. they look forward to seeing that they are taking all the measures to provide immediate aid supplies to the affected areas, brushing aside accusations, the response was slow to really give us the king gave instructions for us to rescue people and then provide all immediate need for the affected communities and the government and then started rebuilding the devastated data. yes. every, all of that goes by diminishes the chances of finding survivors and the bubble. health officials say that the doing all it takes to cope with the magnitude of face as quake by sending helicopters, teens rescues lenses everywhere to provide help for those who need it. damage. it said, oh my god, this is a complex operation. has it had the 1st one remembered that this was a magnitude 7 earthquake in a mountainous area where access is extremel

know how else you 0 in the atlas mountains. roku. how many hospitals across morocco are in dire need of plots to treat the injured? many people have responded to the cause for donations. stephanie jacob spoke to some of them in marrakech, as there is an intensive course happening here. what are the main hospitals in our cash for blood donations and people are coming to answer cool. people are lined up outside coming here to donate what is essential for the injured for the victims. and also for those were still expected to come. of course, the most heavily and seriously affected area is the mountains around 70 kilometers away from here. many of these areas, many of those people still haven't been able to reach the topic, some of the people here as to why their donations it's the very least i can do to give my blood, which will help people who are injured. so we try to give everything we can for our people to stay alive, to medication friday to send the receipt around 800000 dollars because they know they're here to help their fellow c

that's a village near the atlas mountains. this is one of many men shift comes in this area that has been hit by the escalade, under the many of those in the desolate mountainous areas on the outskirts of cash . they look forward to seeing that the taking all the message is to provide immediate aid supplies to the affected areas. brushing aside accusations the response was slow to really give us, the king gave instructions for us to rescue people, and then provide all immediate need for the affected communities and the government . and then start rebuilding the devastated data. yes, every, all of that goes by diminishes the chances of finding survivors and the bubble. health officials say that the doing only takes to cope with the magnitude of face as quake by sending helicopters, teens rescues lenses everywhere to provide help for those who need it. damage it's i believe my, this is a complex operation, hasn't had to 1st remembered that this was a magnitude 7 earthquake in a mountainous area where access is extremely difficul

she is live in are those and the atlas mountains. and stephanie, you are early a walking us through the destruction of just one of the villages that the yes we were trying to show you, but our, our connection is not working here. it is very remote here because we want to show you what's happened to people's lives. you have an elderly gentleman who are trying not to move too much, not to lose the signal again, who's just come and sit and look to what used to be his life. and i think also we need to remember the, i'm a zig people who live in these mountains for generations, living off the mountains, living off the land. and i think there's a big question now to all these remote communities that have lived, there is some tourism in these areas of course, but they have a very traditional way of life. and now some of these places they're not going to rebuild here. it's already clear that this is not going to be possible people, entire villages, entire communities are going to be moved away somewhere else. but even that is going to take ti

stephanie decker all g 01015 in the atlas mountains of morocco. us. we're down doing. nobody else is here as austin. hill bar who is in, we're a gun that's south of merrick cash. how should i'm taking a look at the, the scene behind you? what look like? tens. i'm assuming for people who have lost their homes. tell us about the community and we're gone. where you are, let's start their serial. the, the that comes that you can see behind me is part of what happened via and also the quick people living that homes last, the homes. and those who are still concerned about the potential for more of the shots. in fact, 3 hours ago, almost 4 hours ago, there was a 4.6 magnitude optis short according to the us geological survey. we felt it. and we saw some people leaving the areas and concerned about it, as we don't know to what extent a will have an impact on the rescue operation. because, you know, sometimes 4.5 uh, magnitude 4.5 off to show could, could lead to some land slides. it could lead to rocks. calling from the mountains blocking rose and happening the rescue operatio

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. it's very good to have your company. we start in morocco, where rescuers are scrambling to find survivors under the rubble after a huge earthquake on friday. the death toll has just been updated and it's risen to 2,122 people. there are also more than

stephanie decker, all g 0 will a but he, morocco's atlas mountains, north korean leader kim jong and has inspected russia's war plains, a naval fleet in the far eastern port city of level stock. he was joined by defense minister, so gay showing go during the last leg of his trip. while in russia came his also visited space and military facilities and met president vladimir proof in this trip has raised concerns that north korea may provide russia with weapons for its war and ukraine. options risk lawrence louise, following kim's trip from south korea's capital sol, florence will come to you in a moment. first though, let's bring in, daniel hawkins, who's in moscow. daniel, the messaging of this entire trip has been around military technology. is this just about the messaging or does moscow get something more out of this? what it's clear that messaging is a very key part of this visit us on the way that kings are tennessee and the images have been visiting the space for its military facilities. has been very carefully drip but to the media, knowing that the west is watching and the we