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Weekend: Powerful earthquake hits Morocco

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Powerful earthquake hits Morocco

09/09/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Powerful earthquake hits Morocco

The country's interior ministry says that at least 296 people have died

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 has struck central Morocco overnight. The country's interior ministry says that at least 296 people have died and 153 were injured. Marrakesh - a historic city much loved by tourists - appears to have been badly hit, with images emerging of rubble in the streets and people forced to camp out in the open.

Also in the programme: The G20 Summit gets underway today in Delhi, with India keen to show it has 'arrived' as a global leader on the world stage. We hear about the ambitions of the hosts and the concerted push to add the African Union to the group of nations.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are Aida Alami, a Moroccan journalist based in Rabat, and Christopher Marquis, the Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at Cambridge University.

(Picture: People look at debris in the aftermath of an earthquake in Marrakesh, Morocco. Credit:  Al Maghribi Al Youm/via Reuters)

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