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Weekend: Death toll from Morocco earthquake rises to more than 2,000

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Death toll from Morocco earthquake rises to more than 2,000

10/09/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Death toll from Morocco earthquake rises to more than 2,000

Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors under the rubble after a huge earthquake

Rescuers are scrambling to find survivors under the rubble after a huge earthquake.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to more than 2,000, with a similar number injured. The interior ministry says more than 1,400 have serious injuries, and the heaviest casualties are in provinces just south of Marrakesh. King Mohammed VI has declared three days of national mourning and ordered shelter, food and other help for survivors.

Also in the programme: The US president Joe Biden travels to Vietnam to sign a partnership agreement; and we hear from the actor Louis Garrel who has been a star of French cinema for 20 years.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more are Charlotte Leslie, director of the Conservative Middle East Council, and Bilal Sarwary, an Afghan journalist in exile in Canada.

(Picture: Hundreds of people sleep outside on Jemaa el Fnaa square after a powerful earthquake hit Morocco. Credit: Yoan Valat/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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