moscow where putin spent this morning trying to justify his war in ukraine to the russian people. you know, keir, for his part, president biden seemed to speak directly to the russian people, saying putin chose this war. the west was never planning to attack russia, but my understanding is russian tv didn t air biden s speech. so what did the russian people hear from their president? reporter: for president putin, it was an uncompromising and at times, hard to comprehend speech, chris. he used the word, war, a number of times and folks who pay close attention will know that s usual for putin. he calls the invasion of ukraine his special military operation and described this as a war with the west. a war for russia s survival. suppose you could say in that one respect, one word, there was agreement between president biden and putin. the word war. and i suppose you could also say some agreement that this is more now than a conflict over territory. it s a conflict over ideas.
the longest distance ever travelled for a north korean test flight. the missile went far enough that it would have reached the us island of guam with a different trajectory. and so there was a swift response. the united states and south korea conducted a precision aerial bombing exercise to demonstrate seoul and washington s will to respond sternly to the threat from pyongyang. and tokyo was also incensed. translation: north korea s launch of a ballistic missile is a reckless act that absolutely cannot be allowed. japan will be on the highest alert and respond quickly. speaking to the bbc, the us counsellor of the department of state derek shalet said it will take a complete international effort to achieve denuclearisation on the korean peninsula. well we are going to continue to press forward with sanctions against north korea and enforcing those already on the books pursuing new ones perhaps, but also importantly working with our allies and partners and also other members
This was the moment the quake struck the unesco World Heritage listed city of marrakesh prompting people to sprint for the streets. The city is reporting a lower death toll, but considerable damage to buildings survivors have been describing their experiences. Walls started shaking, Picture Frames started falling off the walls. I realised we were going through some sort of a shake, an earthquake, obviously. People started screaming, i could hear all the. My windows were open, i could hear all the neighbours screaming. I opened the door, everyone was running out of their flats, running downstairs. Lots of panic, people screaming and shouting, screaming for their families, ladies screaming for their kids, where is my son . Where is my daughter . I would say for about 15, 20 minutes, it seemed like hours. But there are huge concerns in particular for the areas outside the city. These incredible pictures show the damage to the community of taroudant. Here, soldiers and residents have been