Are battling to reach people still trapped in rubble, following fridays earthquake. Nearly than 2,500 people are known to have died. Four nations britain, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. The epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. The struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to keep digging by hand. We can now bring you live pictures from the scene in marrakesh. These images show you long lines of people waiting to give blood in the wake of the earthquake. Of course, many Field Hospitals are also being set p Field Hospitals are also being set up in the remote areas, and there are many people injured as well, thousands injured in the earthquake, so people there, as you can see, long queues of people, waiting in the heat there, in marrakesh. They are ready to donate blood for those who need it. Our middle east correspondent tom bateman is in the atlas mountains. Atlas mountains. Miraculously, in this vill
Are we bring you news and interviews on bbc news. We begin with the latest from morocco. Teams in morocco are battling to reach people still trapped in rubble following fridays earthquake. Nearly two and a half thousand people are known to have died. Four nations britain, spain, qatar and the uae are now sending aid. The epicentre was to the south of marrakesh, along the high atlas mountain range. The struggle to get through roads blocked by boulders has led some villagers to keep digging by hand. 0ur middle east correspondent is in the Atlas Mountains and sent this report. Dont lights up the destruction in this village. Morocco s most remote hill site has become encampments for survivors. This lady has lost contact with her son who fled the village to get help. She was already grieving, her husband had been sick and died before the earthquake came. Translation we and died before the earthquake came. Translation translation we are staying in the street, i translation we are staying in
Downplay it as a rift with china. More emphasising the close ties with vietnam. It is no doubt that there is a significant repercussion for china and the international influence of china after signing the steel because it is a new and Historic Deal between the us and vietnam and joe biden travelled to hanoi to sign the agreement of the back of the 620 summit of the 19 biggest economies in the world plus the european union. Thats at wrapping up and ending up with a couple of agreements as well and the African Unionjoining The 620 Summit in the future and also that controversial paragraph written on ukraine. We will have some analysis on that later. You can see the United States of america written outside the plane, that is Air Force One and the us President Joe Biden heading back to the us after what from a us perspective will be seen as a successful trip, strengthening those ties with vietnam. Lets ta ke lets take it to morocco now. We can see the live pictures, Big Heavy Equipment rea
The moroccan government says it has accepted aid from four countries britain, spain, qatar and the uae but would accept others as needs developed. Villagers in the Atlas Mountains have been using their bare hands to help rescuers search for people who may have survived under the rubble. Joe inwood reports. High in the Atlas Mountains the grim work of recovering bodies continues. These remote communities did not stand a chance against one of the most powerful earthquakes this country has ever seen. More than 2000 people are already known to have died and that number is expected to rise. The bodies of my number is expected to rise. The bodies of my son number is expected to rise. Tue bodies of my son and number is expected to rise. Tte bodies of my son and his wife are under the rubble, there was no one there to recover the bodies. We ask you to make our voice heard by the authorities. We want to open the road. In we want to open the road. In imine tala close to the epicentre it has been
And will it be contes chelsea or wengers arsenal who win this weekends fa cup final . In sportsday, well be live at manchesters great city games, where some of britains top athletes have come to compete in athletics. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Britains top Counter Terrorism officer says they have captured a large part of the Terror Network involved in the Manchester Arena attack, where 22 people died. Mark rowley said immense progress had been made in the investigation, but there were still important lines to pursue and arrests to be made. It comes ahead of a Bank Holiday Weekend where more than 1000 Public Events are taking place. The Terror Threat remains at a critical level, which means another attack may take place imminently. Daniel sandford reports. And already vast investigation, still expanding. Each day Counter Terrorism detectives raid more properties in manchester, cutting through the shutters at this moss side barbershop. The shop was run bya moss side