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
Hinders its counter offensive, the top ranking us Military Officer says. Speaking to the bbc, general mark milley said colder conditions would make it much harder for ukraine to manoeuvre. It comes as kyiv was attacked by russian drones early on sunday and debris fell in several districts, ukrainian officials say, but no casualties were reported. At least ten explosions were heard in the capital and Air Raid Sirens signalled that residents should take shelter. Lets go live now to kyiv and speak to our correspondent paul adams. Before to our correspondent paul adams. We talk about ti wa nt before we talk about the fighting, i want to talk about this agreement in delhi, which is not strongly worded, about the war in ukraine. Doesnt criticise russia, Sergey Lavrov has welcomed it and call that a milestone. What has the response from ukraine beam . fix, milestone. What has the response from ukraine beam . Milestone. What has the response from ukraine beam . A rather critical one. The resp
Its very good to have your company. We start in morocco, where rescuers are scrambling to find survivors under the rubble after a huge earthquake on friday. The death toll has just been updated and its risen to 2,122 people. There are also more than 2,000 injured. Small Rural Communities remain cut off by rock falls and there are reports of entire villages flattened. 0ur Correspondent, nick beake, has made it to a community in the Atlas Mountains and sent us this update. Sniffer dogs have been brought in. They belong to spanish firefighters who are the First International rescue teams to arrive here. Im talking in a really quiet voice because in a different part of this devastated village, theyre listening out to see if there are any signs of life. But really, hope is fading extremely quickly. Weve been told that 200 people used to live here. 90 are confirmed to have died. Lots more are missing and the remainder are in hospital. When you look at this, you realise you simply couldnt hav
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