Very good to have your company, 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 or 45km south of marrakesh. Very few buildings have been left undamaged by the 6. 8 magnitude quake in asni. Meanwhile, lets bring you these live pictures from amizmiz which is about 55 kilometres south of marrakesh, also at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. We can see those yellow tents which have been set up in the background there as people get into the region, aid starts to come into the area and rescuers making that very much their base as they head into the towns and villages which have been worst affected by this quake. We can speak to our correspondent anna holligan. She is in the city of marrakesh and joins us live. Good to see you, bring us up to speed with the picture where you are. We bring us up to speed with the picture where you are. We are in the historic Heart Picture where you are. We are in the historic heart of picture where you are. We are in the historic heart of marrakesh picture where you are. We are in the historic heart of marrakesh inside i historic heart of marrakesh inside the medina, you may be able to hear the medina, you may be able to hear the calls to prayer. The mosque has been partially destroyed, but there are some positive news. We are hearing some of the International Teams are starting to arrive, Search And Rescue teams coming in from spain and the czech republic, british Aid Charities Due to arrive tomorrow. And the moroccan military is a distributing Food Supplies to some of those worst affected areas. They are also managing to clear some of the landslides that have prevented the Search And Rescue teams from reaching the worst affected communities in the Atlas Mountains. We can see some of the destruction now. In the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, the small town of asni, a Community Crushed and crumbling. Rescue teams are struggling to access these remote villages close to the epicentre, where hundreds of people are still feared to be trapped under the ruins of their fragile clay homes. Translation there are a lot of blocked roads. I a lot of people cant find their parents and a lot of people are still under the rubble. Everything went down on them the mountains, their homes. In the historic heart of marrakesh, shards of Cultural Heritage lie strewn beneath the crumbled minaret of the Djemaa El Fna mosque. Electric cables and shutters hang precariously over the famous market souks. Adam smith, a british tourist from sheffield, recalls the moment the tremors struck. Gathered our belongings as fast as we could. We heard the entire room shaking, the glass was shaking in the doors. We grabbed our passports and ran out. All the guests were doing a similarthing. There was plaster coming down from the ceiling. 0nce everyone congregated in the front of the hotel, we just had to wait it out for the remainder of the night. Thousands of people have set up makeshift camps in the open air, too afraid of aftershocks to go home. For so many people, there is simply no home left to return to. But its beyond the walls of this medina where the earthquakes most deadly damage has been inflicted. The red cross has warned that the next 2a hours are critical for reaching any survivors in time. We are inside unesco World Heritage site here and the Un Cultural Agency has said it will work with morocco to try and come up with a strategy to try and come up with a strategy to repair some of these damaged buildings and preserve these assets which attract tourists from around the world. This is really the gateway to the rest of morocco and so we are speaking to tourists here on the ground, some have been donating blood, and theyre taking water to people camped out on the streets with nowhere else to go. find streets with nowhere else to go. And tell us, streets with nowhere else to go. And tell us. What streets with nowhere else to go. And tell us, what are people in marrakesh being told by officials . We have been speaking to some of the stallholders here inside the souks, the markets that are synonymous with marrakesh. There is a gentleman down here selling spices and he told us here selling spices and he told us he would rather be at home with his family at this time but he has no choice, he needs the money and has come out to work. He had a message for the International Community and tourists, come to marrakesh, we need you more than ever. But we are hearing these stories of resilience and people here are telling us we got through the pandemic, that was two years this was like a desert for tourism, and now they believe they can get through this. There is still a fear of aftershocks and that will continue for the next 12 to 2a hours. In terms of what officials are saying, it is still the majority of efforts, the focus from the authorities, remains in those hard to reach mountainous villages where it is the cliche, the race against time to find people, survivors, who are still trapped beneath the wreckage. If they find them within the next 2a hours there is still some hope. People here are not hearing much from the authorities, they are really focusing on those villages in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Villages in the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. , ~ ,. , Atlas Mountains. 0k, thank you very much for nova Atlas Mountains. 0k, thank you very much for now. Really Atlas Mountains. Ok, thank you very much for now. Really crucial Atlas Mountains. 0k, thank you very much for now. Really crucial 24 much for now. Really crucial 2a hours ahead there. Live now to alice morrison, a journalist who lives in the Atlas Mountains close to the quake epicentre. Tell us where you are joining us from. Tell us where you are oining us from. �. ,. ,. ,. , from. Im oining from one of the areas from. Im joining from one of the areas that from. Im joining from one of the areas that was from. Im joining from one of the areas that was hit, from. Im joining from one of the areas that was hit, 30 from. Im joining from one of the | areas that was hit, 30 kilometres from the epicentre. This is a little tented camp that the villagers set P Tented Camp that the villagers set up because many houses have been destroyed and those that have not been destroyed have huge cracks in them so everybody, including me i have to say, is scared to sleep inside. It is segregated here so the men are sleeping here and the womens tents havejust men are sleeping here and the womens tents have just been put up in that direction. Womens tents have ust been put up in that direction. In that direction. What are people doinu , in that direction. What are people doing. You in that direction. What are people doing, you mentioned in that direction. What are people doing, you mentioned there in that direction. What are people doing, you mentioned there was. In that direction. What are people i doing, you mentioned there was this segregated tented living, is there also a Rescue Operation under way . 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You mentioned rescuers and very small places. You mentioned rescuers and officials very small places. You mentioned rescuers and officials have very small places. You mentioned| rescuers and officials have already reached some of the small towns and villages, but of course regular supplies are still needed, food, water, sanitary supplies. How is that going . Is there enough to go around . Mr; that going . Is there enough to go around . G ,. ,. , around . My impression is that the moroccan government around . My impression is that the moroccan government is around . My impression is that the moroccan government is doing around . My impression is that the moroccan government is doing a l moroccan government is doing a fantasticjob and the people of morocco are all working together. This is a very communally based society, everyone would rather give you their water than drink it themselves. And we are in villages that are very self sufficient, there is agriculture, water in this region, so those things are good. Tents are definitely needed, people have been making do but there are probably not enough tents and blankets because it is boiling hot now but the minute The Sun Goes Down it freezes. I think really is the issueis it freezes. I think really is the issue is in many small villages traditionally built from clay, the houses have collapsed and they are destroyed and people cannot get to them or it is hard to get to them. In the bigger areas they have been well supplied. Haifa in the bigger areas they have been Well Sopplied well supplied. How big a fear is that of aftershocks well supplied. How big a fear is that of aftershocks and well supplied. How big a fear is that of aftershocks and more i well supplied. How big a fear is that of aftershocks and more quakes to come . ~ ,. ,. , that of aftershocks and more quakes tocome . ~. , g to come . Absolute terror. 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Alice joining us from the foothills of the atlas rebuilt. Alice joining us from the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, thank you for making the time for us and i hope yourfriends thank you for making the time for us and i hope your friends and neighbours are able to stay safe and well. Thank you. Lets ta ke lets take a look at these pictures from 55 kilometres south of marrakesh, we can see these temporary tents like the ones alice were describing their which have been set up. These will be used as a something of a rescue base, used to house people, take blood donations, store food and water and to be used as a distribution point. As alice mentioned, one of the issues with this earthquake is there are towns and villages which have been affected which are often small, Sparsely Populated and spread out along these rocky roads and just getting to these towns and villages has been a big part of the challenge, so the death toll currently standing at over 2000, but unfortunately, we are anticipating that that will rise, potentially significantly as some of these towns and villages are reached. We will leave those pictures that are now and keep you up to date with the latest on this story on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. 0f website and the bbc news app. Of course plenty to follow on the latest developments there. On a visit to vietnam, President Biden has defended the United States engagement in the pacific against a background of rising chinese influence in the region. Mr biden said that american actions were not about containing or isolating china, but about maintaining stability in accordance with international rules. The centrepiece of his visit to vietnam is an upgraded Strategic Partnership between the two countries, almost 50 years after the end of the vietnam war. Mr biden has met the Communist Party leader, nguyen phu trong, and is due to have further talks on monday. Look, i think china has a difficult economic problem right now for a whole range of reasons that relate to International Growth and the lack thereof, and the policies that china has followed. And so i dont think its going to cause china to invade taiwan, as a matter of fact, the opposite, it probably doesnt have the same capacity that it had before. But as i said, were not looking to hurt china, sincerely. Were all better off if china does well, if china does well by the international rules, grows the economy. But they have had some real difficulty in terms of their economy of late, particularly in real estate, that end of the bargain, and i think the actions that theyre going to have to take are ones they are in the process of deciding right now. And im not going to predict what will come out, but were not looking to decouple from china. What im not going to do is im not going to sell china material that would enhance their capacity to make more Nuclear Weapons or engage in defence activities that are contrary to what is viewed as, most people think is a positive development in the region. But were not trying to hurt china. Mr biden is in vietnam after having been to the g20 in delhi. The summit is now finished and india has formally handed over the g20 presidency to brazil. Prime minister Narendra Modi completed the transition by passing the ceremonial gavel of the presidency to brazils Luiz Inacio Lula da silva. Earlier the leaders gathered for a ceremony at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, indias independence leader. On saturday, the group issued a joint declaration on the war in ukraine, but the statement made no mention of russian aggression. My colleague Christian Fraser is in delhi at the summit and sent us this update. The leaders jetting out of new delhi this hour, at the end of two days of the g20 summit. And i would think immense satisfaction on the part of the indians that they got the communique across the line, because when the leaders arrived here 48 hours ago, there was a giant gap in that text specifically in relation to ukraine. There were 200 sherpa meetings to find the right language that would find consensus in the room. But today, as the gavel was passed to brazil, that communique adopted in full. Earlier in the day, though, a lot of it was about the ceremony. The leaders were out and about in new delhi. First, lets focus on rishi sunak, who went to a hindu temple proud hindu himself, of course with his wife, akshata murty. This was the akshardham temple, in new delhi. He prayed there, they were shown around the temple. And then he made his way to raj ghat, which is the memorial for Mahatma Gandhi who, of course, was assassinated in 1948, just after india had secured its independence from the british empire. This is the spot where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated all those years ago. And all 20 leaders joining in the rain, monsoon weather here in india today, in the rain to present their memorial, their wreaths to Mahatma Gandhi. For him personally, mr mod