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These pictures show the moment the quake struck the city of marrakesh late on friday, prompting people to sprint for the streets. The city is reporting a lower death toll than other areas, but considerable damage to buildings. Thousands of moroccans have spent a second Night Sleeping outside on the streets, fearing aftershocks. Some have been describing their fears and sense of loss. Translation i returned to my house and noticed many cracks in the walls. I cannot sleep there. Im asking the authorities to help me and bring in an expert to assess whether its possible for me to return to the house or not. Look where all these people are sleeping. Theres no help for us. 0ur houses have been cracked, others destroyed, like my daughters house, which has collapsed. We are in a chaotic state. Its painful to enter the ancient city and witness the collapsed homes and see people in great suffering. Its a painful experience when this happens to your brother or sister. I its really painful. Live now to marrakesh. We can speak to our correspondent, anna holligan. Take us through what youre seeing there. Iam inside i am inside the historic heart of marrakesh. I am inside the historic heart of marrakesh i am inside the historic heart of marrakesh. ,. , ~. ,. , marrakesh. The unesco World Heritage site. Surrounded marrakesh. The unesco World Heritage site. Surrounded by marrakesh. The unesco World Heritage site. Surrounded by these marrakesh. The unesco World Heritage site. Surrounded by these piles marrakesh. The unesco World Heritage site. Surrounded by these piles of site. Surrounded by these piles of rubble. Ijust want site. Surrounded by these piles of rubble. I just want to give you site. Surrounded by these piles of rubble. Ijust want to give you a full picture of what is happening in the city because we are outside this famous mosque and you can see the minaret is partially collapsed. But rubble is being brought from across the city and amongst the bricks and clay, you have bits of porcelain. If i can take you over here, you can see the force of the quake brought down street signs, over here, you can see some of the rubble has crushed cars on the bonnet of this land rover. Just behind here, there are actually some rescue teams working on the rooftops. People in these restaurants have talked about these restaurants have talked about the force of the quake. Weve been speaking to tourists who said they thought it was some kind of terror attack, a bombing, such was the strength. But really, now the Rescue Efforts are focused on those remote areas and the red cross has said the next hours will be critical in reaching any survivors who are still trapped beneath the rubble of their clay homes around the epicentre of the Atlas Mountains. And you have this strange juxtaposition because here in the old city, people are setting up their stalls again. They are trying to resume a sense of normality amidst the chaos. Some tories are waiting to get out, but they are struggling to get flights. Tourists. A lot of people have told us they are not hearing from the authorities. Good news that the army has managed to clear one of those access routes to reach those remote Rural Communities most affected in terms of the destruction, but also of course the death toll. Amidst all of this, we are also hearing stories of hope. And of people coming to help from right across the country. Footballers, members of the Moroccan National team have been giving blood. And encouraging others to do the same. Because as well as the more than 2,000 people now confirmed dead, thousands of others have been injured, some of them are in a critical condition. So that help is vital. Imjust critical condition. So that help is vital. Im just going to bring you round here to show you a bit more of the damage. There are homesjust over here, the entire facade has been completely destroyed, diggers are taking away some of the debris. All around this historic heart of marrakesh, people were camping out overnight, they brought sheets and blankets to try and have some form of protection. Because many people here are still afraid of aftershocks, they are afraid for the next 2a hours or so, there is still a risk. So until that risk has passed, until they are sure they can be saved, they will remain outside, along with many of the tourists who are here. Wejust spoke along with many of the tourists who are here. We just spoke to an australian couple who said when the quake struck, they dived under the bed and then they, along with thousands of other people, came out of their hotels, their homes and reacts and just look for shelter in the open air. Reacts and just look for shelter in the open air riads. There are huge concerns for areas outside the city. These pictures show the damage and devastation to the community of taroudant. There are reports that entire villages have been flattened. Here, soldiers alongside residents have been searching the rubble for survivors. Roads to many of the worst hit areas have been blocked by landslides and debris. Earlier, we heard from caroline holt, a director of Global Operations at the International Federation of red cross and red crescent. She told the bbc about the challenges they face in trying to reach the worst affected areas. The challenges are vast, we are still less than 36 hours since that impact and therefore, that Search And Rescue effort is absolutely the priority at the minute to make sure that we reach as many as people as possible who are still stuck under the rubble. At the same time, of course, access to those more remote places six extremely challenging and trying to get the heavy machinery in those routes so we can access those worst affected areas where epicentre was higher up in the Atlas Mountains is key. Of course, in taking care of those who have survived is absolutely critical and that work is going on in parallel. We know the number of people have suffered a number of people have suffered a number of people have suffered a number of injuries, everything from broken bones to severe head wounds and really trying to prioritise and make sure those people who are worst affected receive the medical attention that they need. But our teams on the ground and certainly the moroccan red crescent, our partner on the ground, are really working in first aid and looking after those people. Moving them away from the areas that are still of course experiencing huge aftershocks and the destabilisation of buildings and the destabilisation of buildings and the destabilisation of buildings and the potential for those buildings to collapse has not disappeared, so making sure that we protect those people as well from any future events. The psychological trauma of this of course is absolutely huge and every single aftershock will start to bring those memories back and that trauma back with those people, so we are doing a lot of Psychosocial Support with them and Mental Health care, too. The uk Prime Minister rishi sunak has warned the chinese premier of his significant concerns about beijings interference in democracy. It follows the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying. Mr sunak met li qiang at the g20 summit in delhi, hours after news of two arrests in the uk under the Official Secrets Act emerged. Mr sunak has been speaking in the past couple of hours. Well, i have is they cant comment on the specifics, but with regard to my meeting with li qiang, what i said very specifically is i raised a range of different concerns we have in areas of disagreement and in particular, may very strong concerns about any interference in our parliamentary democracy, which is obviously unacceptable. A short time ago, i spoke to our Political Editor chris mason, whos travelling with the Prime Minister, and he gave me this update. So whats happened here, as the 620 comes to a conclusion, in the final hours, rishi sunak, the Prime Minister, has met the most senior chinese official here, li, the premier is not here, but he has raised concerns about the prospect of chinese interference in british parliamentary democracy. The contents of this is a report in the sunday times exposing the fact that two people have been arrested in the uk under the Official Secrets Act, and the paper says that one of them is a former parliamentary researcher, with links to several conservative mps, including a minister, security minister tom tugendhat, and conservative mp alessia kearns, who chairs the Foreign Affairs select committee. That means that we have got this new row bursting back out again in public within the conservative party over what is the appropriate relationship to have with china. The foreign Secretaryjames Cleverly was in beijing in the last couple of weeks and his argument is the uk has to be pragmatic in its dealings with china. There are other senior conservative figures like iain duncan smith, who thinks that the attitude of the uk has to be much more cautious, much more hawkish. The context of these arrests in this report on the sunday times, alongside what we are hearing from the british Prime Minister in his conversations with the chinese, gives you some sense of the concern at the heart of government about what has happened in recent months. These arrests date back to march, and what it might say about what china is trying to do in terms of interference, in terms of evidence gathering potentially within the british parliament, and how that should recalibrate, as some would see it, the relationship that london has with beijing. Yes, so going forward, then, how do they do that in the coming months, especially when they look towards an election . Its really tricky. Really, really tricky. What we have seen in the uk in the last six or seven years, and excuse the noise because were at the airport here in delhi. There is a plane which i need to get in a few minutes and it is taxiing past us, hopefully not about to take off but the dilemma is one we have seen playing out over the last few years, which is this, what do you do about china . It is this colossus, geopolitically and economically. David cameron, former Prime Minister, wanted a really close relationship with china and he invited the president over to the uk. They were pictured having a pint together. The attitude now is much, much more circumspect, but the view is you have to maintain a relationship. Hence the visit of the Foreign Secretary recently. Whilst there are others making the case that that is, in their view, naive and the uk should be much, much more cautious. And those who make that argument, i think, will feel at least to a degree vindicated by news in the sunday times of these arrests and these allegations. Chris mason there. Afghanistans taliban rulers have criticised the closure of their main border point with pakistan this week, after clashes between the two sides Security Forces. They said the halt in trade would see heavy losses for businesses on both sides. The Busy Torkham Crossing was shut on wednesday, after troops started firing at each other. Each side blames the other for the flare up. My colleague zari kargar has been following the developments. Yes, the Torkham Border has been closed since wednesday, it has been the fifth day today, large queues of lorries full of goods and the Trade Material has been building at the border on both sides. And at the same time, hundreds of people, mainly afghans, are waiting to get into pakistan because they go for treatments, especially for treatments, especially for treatments of cancer. Because they dont have resources in their own country. And also, at the moment because the weather is very hot, traders have been talking about how their goods and fruit that they were taking to pakistan have been rotting because of the heat and because they have been waiting for almost five days now. It is one of a key Transit Points for both countries. And for people. It is a historic point. There has been clashes last wednesday between the Pakistani Border guards and the Afghan Taliban and it is reported that one taliban Security Force man and a civilian have been killed in the clashes. Talks between pakistan and afghanistan have been going on, but it feels like, or it seems like they havent reached an agreement to open up havent reached an agreement to open up the border. It is not the first time the border has been closed. It is a view times, there is a history of pakistan closing the border to afghan refugees when there has been war or instability in the country. 0rfor war or instability in the country. Or for people because war or instability in the country. 0rfor people because issuing war or instability in the country. Or for people because issuing visas is very difficult now from the pakistani side for afghans. So it is almost affecting the livelihoods of people on both sides, but mainly for afghans. Zari people on both sides, but mainly for afuhans. ,. , ~ people on both sides, but mainly for afuhans. ~ ,. , people on both sides, but mainly for afhans. ~ ,. ,. , afghans. Zari kargar, thank you for the update now its time for a look at todays sport. Mike is in Beautiful Marseille in the south of france. Another tough day it is heaving in the heat, the squares are full of excited scotland and south africa fans getting ready for the huge clash in marseille this evening, before that, we have wales in fiji and bordeaux. The other Talking Point is the us open and incredible performance from american teenager coco gauff, she has won the title and this grand slam after a remarkable win over aryna sabalenka. In new york. The i9 year olds came from a set down to do it as well to wow the home support. She clinched a 2 6, 6 3, 6 2 win against sabalenka, who had been looking to win her second grand slam title of the year. Gauff was overcome with emotion as she won the first major title of her career. Later, she also revealed something of a stubborn streak. Sometimes, people have different personalities and some people need to shut off the comments and not look at them, but im an argumentative person. Im very stubborn, my parents know, they know i like to, if they tell me one thing, i like to do the other. So i really told myself. Literally up until, like, ten minutes before the match, i was just reading comments of people saying i wasnt going to win today. And thatjust put the fire in me. There are three more games in the Rugby Union World cup later, with scotland taking on three time winners south africa in marseille, in possibly the most eye catching of the games. The boks have beaten the scots seven times in a row, and 23 times in the last 28 games, but scotand have one of the most dangerous attacks in the world at the moment, as they showed with convincing wins over england and wales in the six nations earlier this year. It is the biggest opportunity you will get. World cup game, playing the world champions. And we believe weve been building to our best performance. And i know that is a continualjourney performance. And i know that is a continual journey and we performance. And i know that is a continualjourney and we will say it again as we go to the tonga game, but really, this is where it will count for our players to deliver what they have been delivering in training and what theyve been delivering in other games and in games weve played this year. We have every faith and belief that they will be able to do that. 0bviously they will be able to do that. Obviously going to be a massive obviously going to be a massive challenge, something we are really excited challenge, something we are really excited for and something i believe we will excited for and something i believe we will he excited for and something i believe we will be up for. On the winner, i think we will be up for. On the winner, i think it we will be up for. On the winner, i think it is we will be up for. On the winner, i think it is something that we as a team think it is something that we as a team have think it is something that we as a team have been embracing. We allot prefer team have been embracing. We allot prefer the team have been embracing. We allot prefer the heat to the rain, so i think prefer the heat to the rain, so i think the prefer the heat to the rain, so i think the guys been really happy enjoying think the guys been really happy enjoying the heat and i think we have enjoying the heat and i think we have adapted well. Heres a check on all of sundays matches. Japan take on chile in group d, in the first game in toulouse. Then its that clash between scotland and south africa, followed by wales v fiji in pool c. On saturday, england put in a remarkably resilent display to beat argentina. They made the worst possible start with tom curry� s yellow card for a dangerous tackle in the opening minutes, upgraded to a red on review but despite playing nearly the whole match with ia men, england dug deep and george ford was inspired, kicking all of his sides points in a 27 10 victory. His ability to think clearly in the highest pressure circumstances is i think exemplary. Those players seem to have more time. He is kicking those drop goals, it felt like he had mobile time. He is kicking those high balls, it felt like he had more time than other players do and i think that is the sign of a real top quality player. And its not long to go now until the Cricket World Cup gets under way in india, with teams continuing their warm up. England and new zealand havejust got under way in the second of four one day internationals in southampton. New zealand won the first game

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