on residents to donate blood. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck in a remote area in the atlas mountains, around 45 miles south of the popular tourist destination, marrakesh. tremors were also felt in the capital rabat, some 350 kilometres away. president biden said he s deeply saddened by the events. china s president xi has also sent a message of condolence. charlotte wright has this report. collapsed buildings and rubble strewn streets. the aftermath of a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8, leaving many hundreds dead across morocco. this is one of the country s biggest cities, marrakesh, a popular tourist destination, and 45 miles from the epicentre. as emergency workers picked their way through the debris, there are reports of families still trapped and many more injured. the floors were shaking, the walls were shaking, things were falling off shelving. i just didn t even know what to think. i then went into a slightly more open space in my main bedroom and just co
what they looked like. i want to search for clues about their world. i ll investigate their ancient sites, delving deep into their secret tombs and sanctuaries. oh, my goodness! indiana jones, eat your heart out. wait till you see this. i m tracking down the leading experts doing new research who will help me build up a picture of the nabataeans. they did not use slave. it s a respectful job. the secret nabataeans possessed is the knowledge of the great deserts around them. and i m going to meet the people who are living here now to try and understand what life was like then in this remarkable landscape. this is what enabled the nabataeans to trade and they re beautiful. join me as i uncover the secrets of the nabataeans. the nabataeans forged a successful empire around 300 bce. that s towards the end of the civilisation of the far better known ancient egyptians. they were nomads and traders who took control of the lucrative incense route all the way from modern day yemen, t
rebuilding of gaza. the us has worked with mediators to negotiate an end to the war in which more than 36,000 gazans have been killed according to the hamas run health ministry. it began after an attack on israel by hamas and other armed groups on october seven which killed 1200 people. for more details, our middle east correspondent sent this report. he said israel had submitted a comprehensive new proposal for a ceasefire to end its war with hamas. it includes a first phase which would include a six week temporary ceasefire in gaza that would see the release of some hostages being held in gaza, in exchange for palestinians being held in israeli jails. this would pave the way for a second phase, and this is the key point in this proposal. president biden talked about a permanent ceasefire. in other words, the end of the war in gaza. that the americans would guarantee this permanent ceasefire. president biden also said hamas has been degraded to an extent that it doesn t have
all sport voice-over: this is bbc news. we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. i m alice morrison, an adventurer and writer. i ve cycled across africa and run across the sahara. now i m on the trail of a mysterious and forgotten arabian civilisation the nabataeans. are we standing in the birthplace of written arabic? i think i would say that, yes. they were nomads who forged a rich civilisation here in the harsh desert conditions of western arabia from the fourth century bce. they ruled for around three centuries until they were swallowed up by the roman empire. now all that s left are the enigmatic remains of their great desert cities of petra and hegra in modern dayjordan and saudi arabia. and this is where i have come to explore, to find out how they survived and thrived here, who they were, and even what they looked like. i want to search for clues about their world. i ll investigate their ancient sites, delvin
A look at what weve got coming up with how a pizza baker from burkina faso is taking italy by storm and could be pro, be the future currency for the african continent. Will hear from the artist who created it. Well, we start off with a Young Musician whos shaking up the pop music scene. Calvin jones has written numerous hits in recent years and has millions of fans on the internet. But is this man behind the music that makes you want to get up and dance . Well, calvin jones was born in them bob way. He grew up near london, and then he moved to berlin and thats where we caught up with them to hear more of his moving story. With his beef get right under your skin. Zimbabwe, a musician kelvin jones has achieved worldwide stardom. Now people recognize him on the street. Just like here in berlin. But that wasnt always the case. As a child, he felt like he didnt belong though that the times where i felt really like alone was scared was actually, it was moments at school. I was the only black