Hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. Rescue teams in morocco are battling to reach people still trapped Underneath Rubble following the earthquake which struck the country on friday night. Nearly two and a half thousand people are now known to have died, but many remote areas remain hard to reach and cut off to rescuers. Four countries the uk, 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 dig by hand. Tom bateman reports. Dawn lights up the destruction in this village. Morocco s most remote hillside have become encampments for the 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 are staying in the street, i feel bad for m
Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. China unveils its latest Economic Growth numbers in just china unveils its latest Economic Growth numbers injust over an hour a Strong Performance is predicted. And we find out why cadbury has lost taste for Chocolate Making in new zealand. Good morning. Glad you could join us for this monday edition of Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We are counting down to new data from china which will reveal how much of its economy grew in the first three months of this year. And there are positive signs with the rebound in exports, a rise in Government Spending on infrastructure and housing prices continuing to soar. Many believe todays numbers could come in comfortable it higher than the governments estimate for the year at 6. 5 . China is still motoring. Do received wisdom for growth in its economy, gdp at the beginning of 2017, is it will come in at around 6. 8 . This is the main reason for that continued buoyancy. Construct
What hard landing . China reveals its economy is growing nicely, so were we worried about nothing . We tell you what the experts are saying now about the worlds second biggest economy. Chocolate wars. Cadbury grapples with a nationwide backlash in new zealand, as it prepares to move its factory there to australia. Welcome to World Business report, im sally bundock. Also in the programme lloyds is poised to set up a European Base in germany. Details in a moment. But first so what has all the fuss been about . The latest numbers from china show its economy has grown by 6. 9 in the first three months of this year. That is better than most were predicting, and slightly ahead of the governments own target of. 5 growth. So do we need to be concerned anymore about the state of the worlds second biggest economy . Well, if we take a look at last year, it grew by 6. 7 . That was its slowest pace in 26 years. And last month, premier li keqiang said the government was cutting its Economic Growth t