Global warming. Hello. We start with a developing story from morocco. At least 296 people have been killed and many more injured in a powerful earthquake. Thats according to the countrys interior ministry. The 6. 8 magnitude quake struck in the early hours of saturday morning, localtime. Vision from marrakesh the closest major city to the epicentre shows crowds gathering outside, damaged buildings and piles of rubble lining streets. The quake s epicentre was in a remote area of the high Atlas Mountains, and tremors were also reportedly felt in the capital, rabat, some 350km away, as well as casablanca and essaouira. Here you can see more of the aftermath. Hospitals in marrakesh are reported to be treating many of those injured. Were following this story and will have more later this hour. Leaders from around the world are gathering in delhi, india for this years g20 summit. The g20 is comprised of 19 countries and the european union. Together they account for an estimated 86 of the wor
About the situation in morocco. As you can see, the numbers of casualties are rising. There are over 600 now. We started with 30. Then over 300, and the number is now reaching over 600, and we are unfortunately expecting these numbers will get higher and higher with some estimations that numbers will exceed 1000 very soon. As the report said, the epicentre was out outside marrakesh old city, and the epicentre was the on the high atlas mountains, and these mountains are full of poor and Old Buildings and villages that will be really difficult to reach. As you can see, the whole attention of the world turns to morocco. Condolences and offers of support came from india, from germany, from france, and everybody is trying to stand with and try to offer support to morocco. Yes, as you say the area affected is huge. This happened less than 12 hours ago, and lots of countries offering to help. What immediately though is available in terms of Rescue Efforts from the moroccan authorities . The R
over the weekend in india s capital delhi, including global food security, climate change, trade and the war in ukraine. india s prime minister narendra modi would like the summit to promote his country as a major global power but russia s war in ukraine may be standing in his way. india is looking to put aside disagreements over ukraine, hoping it won t derail concerns of the global south and developing countries. in one of his first official duties as host, mr modi met with us presidentjoe biden for a 52 minute meeting. the two leaders discussed india s recent moon landing and investments in indian technology. they released a joint promise to deepen their relationship saying it was, quote, based on trust and mutual understanding. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye is in delhi and has more. ahead of the 620 summit, we saw presidentjoe biden meeting with indian prime minister narendra modi and soon after that meeting, the trade disputes between the two countries wa
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