Welcome to the programme. We start in morocco, where Search And Rescue crews are trying to reach people in the areas worst affected by friday nights powerful earthquake. More than 2,000 people are now known to have died. Three days of National Mourning have been declared. This is the small town of asni in the Atlas Mountains about 30 miles 45km south of marrakesh. Very few buildings have been left undamaged by the 6. 8 magnitude quake. Live now to marrakesh, we can speak to our correspondent anna holligan. This is a un World Heritage site and the Culture Agency has offered to help morocco come up with a repair strategy. In marrakesh, 300,000 people, about a quarter of the population, has been affected. I just want to take you closer to give you the full picture. This is the mask and the minaret has crumbled. There are piles of rubble here earlier which have been removed by heavy machinery. Some of the street signs have been vented and twisted. Here, you can see some of the debris has f
Hello, im samantha simmonds. We start in morocco, where Search And Rescue crews are working to reach people in the areas worst affected by friday nights powerful earthquake, which is now known to have killed more than 2,000 people. Three days of National Mourning have been declared. This is the small town of asni, in the atlas mountains, where few buildings have been left undamaged by the 6. 8 magnitude quake. Rescue teams have reached asni, after the Moroccan Army cleared a landslide on the access road. But other small Rural Communities remain cut off by rockfalls and there are reports of entire villages flattened. 0ur correspondent nick beake has made it to another community in the atlas mountains. This is amizmiz, in the atlas mountains. And you can see the destruction here. These 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, its notjust possessions. Many lives have been lost
Where Search And Rescue crews are working to reach people in the areas worst affected by friday nights powerful earthquake, which is now known to have killed more than 2,000 people. Three days of National Mourning have been declared. This is the small town of asni, in the atlas mountains, where few buildings have been left undamaged by the 6. 8 magnitude quake. Rescue teams have reached asni, after the Moroccan Army cleared a landslide on the access road. But other small Rural Communities remain cut off by rockfalls and there are reports of entire villages flattened. 0ur correspondent nick beake has made it to another community in the atlas mountains. This is amizmiz, in the atlas mountains. And you can see the destruction here. These 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, its notjust possessions. Many lives have been lost here, too. And just talking to someone a short ti
the programme. hamas, regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk, says more than 30 people have been killed in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in gaza. israel says it s investigating whether its forces were operating in the area at the time. heavy fighting is continuing in the north of the territory, with the united nations warning nearly 1.5 million gazans have now been displaced. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports. night brings no peace to the purgatory of gaza. inferno is light the skies as israel pounds from the air. a listing that an israeli strike hit a refugee camp in central gaza late on saturday, killing at least 30. israel says it is looking into the reports. but night brings out anguish on the other side as well. in tel aviv, loved ones of the more than 240 hostages seized by hamas on the seventh of october demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor demand there return. 0ne missing chair for each demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor eac
on a sunny day, a ride around paris takes some beating, that s for sure. france s capital is transforming. in a few weeks time, the city will host the summer olympics and paralympics, and the organisers are busy turning landmarks into stadiums. so this beautiful building is the grand palais, and that is where the fencing and taekwondo are happening. still looks like they ve got lots of work to do on it. the organisers of this year s competition have promised it will have a lasting impact on this iconic city. i m steve brown and i m here to find out how paris is changing. from the suburbs. you can see it s really quite busy. there s so much hustle and bustle. ..to the seine. beautiful. ..and up into the sky. it s 2024 and this is paris. paris is already one of the world s most visited cities. but this year they re expecting around 15 million people during the competition. here at porte de la chapelle arena, it s the start of olympic and paralympic week. merci, monsieur. more