On an embryo. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news. Ill have details of a bronze medal for Tour De France winner chris froome at the time trial in the World Championships in norway. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A desperate search for survivors is under way in mexico tonight, after a huge earthquake struck the country, killing more than 200 people. Its the second earthquake to hit mexico in as many weeks and the deadliest in more than thirty years. The epicentre of the 7. 1 magnitude quake was some 75 miles south of the capital, mexico city, demolishing hundreds of buildings, among them a primary school. Our correspondent aleem maqool is in mexico tonight and sent this report. All over this part of mexico they are desperate for signs of life. Here a terrified boy trapped under the remains of his classroom. This was his primary school. It collapsed just after lunchtime when the earthquake struck on top of so many of its younger pupils. At least 20 are known to have
The earthquake in mexico. More than 200 people are known to have died in the disaster. Most of the casualties are in mexico city the epicentre of the quake was to the south of the city, in puebla state, approximately 120 kilometres away. The rescue operation continues most urgently at the Enrique Rebsamen Primary School in the south of mexico city. Aleem maqbool tells us what he can see. We have travelled across mexico city and have seen lots of places where there are piles of rubble and soldiers and volunteers trying to find signs of life in those places and we have seen volunteers, regular people with shovels by the side of the road when they hear there might be people trapped, they try to hitch lifts to places to try to help people. But this is where there is the greatest activity, whether Primary School is and it is just a couple of blocks back but this is where there are the most volunteers and soldiers, we have seen rubble being removed but there are lots of people here to suppor
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Claimed at least 200 lives. Dozens have been saved from the ruins of buildings which collapsed 2a hours ago. But the nation is mourning 21 children who were killed when their Primary School collapsed. Many others are still missing. Almost half of the deaths were in the densely populated capital, mexico city, where power lines and gas pipes have been cut. The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 7. 1 and the epicentre was around 120km south of the capital. Our correspondent aleem maqool is in mexico city where the rescue work is continuing. It is today the full scale of the destruction in mexicocity it is today the full scale of the destruction in mexico city has been revealed. More buildings weakened by the frightening force of the earthquake collapsed overnight. And this is just one of the terrifying dramas playing out here. Children trapped under rubble, confused and scared, but first one gets pulled out and then the other. They were among the young pupils trapped when their P
From the ruins of buildings which collapsed 2a hours ago. But the nation is mourning 21 children who were killed when their Primary School collapsed. Many others are still missing. Almost half of the deaths were in the densely populated capital, mexico city, where power lines and gas pipes have been cut. The magnitude of the earthquake was measured at 7. 1 and the epicentre was around 120km south of the capital. Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool is in mexico city where the rescue work is continuing. It is today the full scale of the destruction in mexico city has been revealed. More buildings weakened by the frightening force of the earthquake collapsed overnight. And this is just one of the terrifying dramas playing out here. Children trapped under rubble, confused and scared, but first one gets pulled out and then the other. They were among the young pupils trapped when their Primary School collapsed, it happened at lunchtime moments after the earthquake struck. At least 20 children ar