by friday's earthquake, allowing vital assistance to reach people, as the death toll climbs to more than 2,000. uk prime minister rishi sunak warns the chinese premier of his concerns about beijing's interference, after the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying. world leaders formally adopt thejoint declaration at the 620 summit in delhi, as india passes on the presidency to brazil. the leaders are on their way home. there is great satisfaction here in india with what was achieved, but in ukraine, disappointment with the final document and the language that relates to the war. the russian foreign minister says the summit was a success. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we start in morocco,

where search and rescue crews are working to reach people in the areas worst—affected by friday night's 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, it's notjust possessions. many lives have been lost here, too. and just talking to someone a short time ago, they estimate at least 150 people have died,

and that is a conservative estimate because ever since this earthquake struck, people have been trying to work through the rubble to find signs of life. if you just look up the road here, you get a sense of why people have been sleeping out overnight once again, because even if houses haven't been completely destroyed, the walls have caved in, in many cases, roofs have given way, and people are just very fearful of going back into their houses, extremely worried that there could be another earthquake or aftershocks in the coming hours. in terms of reaching this place, our path was strewn with debris, with rocks. and of course, that is a much more important, more significant thing for the rescuers, the emergency services who are trying to get here. the reality is further up into the mountains, many more people have died, and reaching those communities is proving extremely difficult. and that is the focus of the effort here in morocco today.

let's speak to remy bossu, who's a director of the european—mediterranean seismological centre. he joins us from france. welcome, thanks for being with us. now, the strength of this earthquake is unusual for this region, now, the strength of this earthquake is unusualfor this region, do we know the causes behind it? is unusual for this region, do we know the causes behind it? well, we know the causes behind it? well, we know the causes behind it? well, we know the cause. _ know the causes behind it? well, we know the cause, the _ know the causes behind it? well, we know the cause, the cause _ know the causes behind it? well, we know the cause, the cause is - know the causes behind it? well, we know the cause, the cause is the - know the cause, the cause is the collision, so the tectonic plates motion, so the african plate is moving north in collision to the euro asian plate at a speed typically of if few millimetres a year. so it is unusually strong for the region because we have basically a seismic catalogue of recorded earthquake since the 1960s, so it is far too short to characterise the situation in such a region, so it is unusual to have such a large

magnitude in this region, but that is simply because our recall is too short and that's why there are a lot of investigations on using the geology. geomorphology as we call it. to try to find records of past earthquakes to better characterise the seismicity of the region. mas earthquakes to better characterise the seismicity of the region. was it ossible to the seismicity of the region. was it possible to predict _ the seismicity of the region. was it possible to predict this _ the seismicity of the region. was it possible to predict this earthquake | possible to predict this earthquake at all? ., , ., possible to predict this earthquake atall? .,y ., ,, , at all? clearly not because there is no earthquakes — at all? clearly not because there is no earthquakes that _ at all? clearly not because there is no earthquakes that we _ at all? clearly not because there is no earthquakes that we are - at all? clearly not because there is no earthquakes that we are able i at all? clearly not because there is no earthquakes that we are able to predict. so it is an area where we know that the seismic hazard is significant, so we know it is an area where there can be an earthquake. if you look at the map, you see it as mountains and you see further to the south west, there is agadir. agadir was flattened in 1960 by an earthquake which was much smaller because it was typically 5.8 probably, this one is around 6.8, so it means 30 times smaller. so when you increase the magnitude by the energy released by the earthquake

released was increased by a factor of 30. so basically 1960, the earthquake was just below the city, so that's why it was totally flattened. and again we have always to compare the relative strength of the earthquakes. it is clearly a major earthquake. traditionally very significant within 40, 50 metres of its epicentre. up to 150 kilometres, its epicentre. up to 150 kilometres, it produces more localised damage. so it is very significant. but the earthquake of february into earthquake of february into earthquake was 7.8. and it produced damage 300 kilometres around. i want to ask ou damage 300 kilometres around. i want to ask you about _ damage 300 kilometres around. i want to ask you about the _ damage 300 kilometres around. i want to ask you about the possibility of aftershocks because there is a lot of fear across the country and many hundreds of thousands of people sleeping outside still.— sleeping outside still. well, it is not a probability, _ sleeping outside still. well, it is not a probability, it _ sleeping outside still. well, it is not a probability, it is _ sleeping outside still. well, it is not a probability, it is a - not a probability, it is a certainty. we already have recorded approximately 25 earthquakes, so there are many other earthquake

aftershocks which have not been felt. the last one was 4.5, so significant, three hours ago approximately. and there will be others. it will last for days and weeks. and especially in the mountain regions, people have to be very careful with the buildings because the buildings may have been weakened so if there is any doubt, people should not go back in the house. , �* .,, , people should not go back in the house. , �*, ., ~ i. people should not go back in the house. , �*, ., ~ ,, , house. remy bossu, thank you very much for being _ house. remy bossu, thank you very much for being with _ house. remy bossu, thank you very much for being with us _ house. remy bossu, thank you very much for being with us and - house. remy bossu, thank you very much for being with us and for - house. remy bossu, thank you very much for being with us and for your| much for being with us and for your expertise. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has warned the chinese premier of his "significant concerns" about beijing's interference in democracy. it follows the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying. mr sunak met li qiang at the g20 summit in delhi hours after news of two arrests in the uk under the official secrets act emerged. mr sunak has been speaking in the past couple of hours. well, i obviously can't comment on the specifics of an ongoing investigation, but with regard to my meeting with premier li, what i said very

specifically is that i raised a range of different concerns that we have and areas of disagreement and, in particular, my very strong concerns about any interference in our parliamentary democracy, which is obviously unacceptable. chris mason is travelling with the prime minister, and he gave me this update. so what's happened here, as the 620 comes to a conclusion, in the final hours, rishi sunak, the prime minister, has met the most senior chinese official here, premier li. the president xi jinping is not here, but he has raised concerns about the prospect of chinese interference in british parliamentary democracy. the context of this is a report in the sunday times exposing the fact that two people have been arrested in the uk under the official secrets act, and the paper says that one of them is a former parliamentary researcher, with links to several conservative mps, including a minister. security minister tom tugendhat.

and conservative mp, alicia kearns, who chairs the foreign affairs select committee. that means that we've got this new row bursting back out again in public within the conservative party over what is an appropriate relationship to have with china. the foreign secretaryjames cleverly was in beijing in the last couple of weeks, his argument is the uk has to be pragmatic in its dealings with china. there are other senior conservative figures — like iain duncan smith, a former party leader — who thinks that the attitude of the uk has to be much more cautious, much more hawkish. and i think the context of these arrests in this report on the sunday times, alongside what we're hearing from the british prime minister in his conversations with the chinese, gives you some sense of the concern at the heart of government about what has happened in recent months. these arrests date back to march.

and what it might say about what china is trying to do in terms of interference, in terms of evidence—gathering potentially within the british parliament, and how that should recalibrate, as some would see it, the relationship that london has with beijing. yes, so going forward, then, how do they do that in the coming months, especially when they look towards an election? it's really, really tricky. really tricky. and what we've seen in the uk in the last six or seven years... and excuse the noise, we're at the airport here in delhi. the uk delegation plane which i need to get in a few minutes is taxiing past us, hopefully not about to take off! but the dilemma is one we have seen playing out over the last few years, which is this — what do you do about china?

it is this colossus, geopolitically and economically. david cameron, former prime minister, wanted a really close relationship with china, invited the president over to the uk. they were pictured having a pint together. the attitude now is much, much more circumspect, but the view is you have to maintain a relationship. hence the visit of the foreign secretary recently. whilst there are others making the case that that is, in their view, naive and the uk should be much, much more cautious. and those who make that argument, i think, will feel at least to a degree vindicated by this news in the sunday times of these arrests and these allegations. chris mason there. let's turn to delhi, where india has formally handed over the g20 presidency to brazil at the closing ceremony of the group's annual summit. prime minister narendra modi completed the transition by passing the ceremonial gavel of the presidency to brazil's president. earlier, the leaders gathered for a ceremony at the memorial of mahatma gandhi, india's independence leader. on saturday, the group

issued a joint declaration on the war in ukraine, but the statement made no mention of russian aggression. my colleague christian fraser is in delhi at the summit and sent us this update. yes, the leadersjetting out of new delhi this hour, at the end of two days of the g20 summit. and i would think immense satisfaction on the part of the indians that they got the communique across the line, because when the leaders arrived here 48 hours ago, there was a giant gap in that text specifically in relation to ukraine. there were 200 sherpa meetings to find the right language that would find consensus in the room. but today, as the gavel was passed to brazil, that communique adopted in full. earlier in the day, though, a lot of it was about the ceremony. the leaders were out and about in new delhi. first, let's focus on rishi sunak, who went to a hindu temple — proud hindu himself, of course — with his wife, akshata murty. this was the akshardham temple, in new delhi. he prayed there, they were shown around the temple. and then he made his way to raj ghat, which is the memorial

for mahatma gandhi who, of course, was assassinated in 1948, just after india had secured its independence from the british empire. this is the spot where mahatma gandhi was cremated all those years ago. and all 20 leaders joining in the rain, monsoon weather here in india today, in the rain to present their memorial, their wreaths to mahatma gandhi. interesting because, of course, he was a man who was very much focused on self—reliance. he made his own clothes, he didn't want to pay taxes to the british empire, mahatma gandhi, and there's a little bit of that in narendra modi. he talks about india becoming self—reliant itself, and there is a theme there, in the way he approaches the indian economy at the moment. but for him personally, mr modi, in the run—up to an election next year and a third term, i would think he'll be very pleased with what he's got out of the weekend. but let's talk specifically about the ukraine passage, because that's where most of the focus has been. and particularly how

it's been watered down, when you compare it to the document they agreed in bali a year ago. so gone is "deplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the russian federation against ukraine", and inserted in its place, "we reiterated our national positions, all states must refrain from the threat of the use of force to seek territorial acquisition". sergei lavrov has been giving a press conferencejust an hour ago at a hotel here in new delhi, clearly well satisfied with the language that they secured. but he spoke specifically about the black sea initiative, the supply of grain which they've cut off, they've walked away from that deal and they've renewed their bombardment of the ukrainian ports, which was widely condemned here. mr lavrov said it is possible to revive the black sea initiative, as long as the west removes obstacles to the export of russian grain and fertiliser. here's the response from the british prime minister, rishi sunak. the 620 is obviously a large collection of countries that don't

all necessarily share the same values and the same perspective, but it is important that the 620 has come together and issued very strong condemnation for the impact of the war in ukraine on food prices and energy security. that's something that i was keen to highlight. i'm glad that that is there in the statement, in black—and—white. and there's very strong language, highlighting the suffering that the war is doing and the impact it's having on food prices, and the need for russia to rejoin the black sea grain initiative and to halt attacks on civilian infrastructure in ukraine. that's something that i wanted to make sure we did here, that's something that has happened, and that's something that everyone has sat up and taken notice of. uk prime minister rishi sunak there, speaking at the 620 in delhi. presidentjoe biden has hailed a "greater era of cooperation" with vietnam, as he arrived on a visit that aims to bring the two countries closer than they've ever been and counter the rising influence of china in south—east asia. hanoi and washington are expected

to sign a new partnership agreement, less than 50 years after the end of a conflict that left millions of vietnamese and 58,000 us service people dead. some breaking news from manchester united. their winger anthony has been allowed a leave of absence in order to address allegations against him of violence towards women. the 23—year—old. dropped from the brazil squad after accusations of physical aggression on a number of occasions since january against his former girlfriend which are being investigated by police in which he denies. manchester united have said in a statement, manchester united acknowledges the allegations made against antony, players who have not participated in international matches are due back in training on monday. however, it has been agreed with antony that he will delay his return until further notice in order to address the allegations. we will have more on that story in sport in a few minutes. here in the uk, a terror

suspect who was on the run for more than three days — sparking a major manhunt — has now been returned to custody. 21—year—old daniel khalife, a former soldier, escaped prison in south london on wednesday. he was caught on saturday, while riding a bike along a canal tow path in west london. detectives say they had more than a hundred calls from people offering information. 0ur reporter vincent mcaviney sent this update from scotland yard. well, the metropolitan police are continuing to question daniel khalife at a police station in west london. now, that four—day manhunt involved hundreds of officers and helicopters up searching parts of west london, like richmond park and chiswick. they received hundreds of tip—offs from the public as to where he was. but in the end, it was actually a plainclothes police officer in northolt, in north—west london, who spotted khalife on a bicycle going along a towpath on a canal. now, he was wearing different clothes, he had a bag with food and he had a sleeping bag nearby as well. now, that plainclothes

officer pushed him off the bike and detained him. he says he didn't put up any kind of fight and went willingly in the end. this is what the head of the met�*s counter terrorism police had to say about it all. one of the officers engaged in our operation to locate daniel, a plainclothes officer, saw him on the canal towpath, on a pedal cycle, a push bike, and was able to pull him off that push—bike and arrest him. we've been really focused, with the public support and also the support of the media, in trying to find daniel. now we've found him and he's back in custody. we will move our resources now back into the investigative effort to identify how he came to escape from wandsworth prison and support any criminal charges that might follow. well, he was found about 14 miles from wandsworth prison and the police saying, really, all that public support helped them track him down. but there are still many questions. they're trying to figure out what exactly happened over the last few days, if he received help both inside and outside prison.

he's likely to face more charges and be taken not back to wandsworth, but to the high—security belmarsh prison, where many say he should have been in the first place. time for a look at today's sports news now. hello to you. the defending champions will enter the fray at the rugby world cup today. but before south africa, the opening match of the day at the tournament in france brings togetherjapan and chile. it's in pool d, the same group that saw england beat argentina on saturday. chile took the lead in toulouse, despite being underdogs. they were not fancied even in this encounter, butjapan have taken charge since encounter, but japan have taken charge since then, encounter, butjapan have taken charge since then, they have just started the second half, 21—7. later, it's wales v fiji in pool c. but between the two, scotland take on south africa in marseille. that is possibly the most eye—catching of the games, partly because only two of scotland, south africa and ireland can make it out of pool b and into the quarter—finals. the boks have won the

last seven meetings. but scotand have one of the most dangerous attacks in the world at the moment, as they showed with convincing wins over england and wales in the six nations earlier this year. it's the biggest opportunity you'll get, world cup game playing the world champions and we believe we've been building to our best performance. and i know that is a continualjourney performance. and i know that is a continual journey and we performance. and i know that is a continualjourney and we will say it again as we go to the tonga game. but really, this is when it will count for our players to deliver what they have been delivering in training and what they've been delivering in other games and games we've played this year. we have every faith and belief that they will be able to do that. obviously auoin to will be able to do that. obviously going to be _ will be able to do that. obviously going to be a _ will be able to do that. obviously going to be a massive _ will be able to do that. obviously going to be a massive challenge, something that we are really excited for and _ something that we are really excited for and something that i believe we will be _ for and something that i believe we will be up _ for and something that i believe we will be up for. on the winner, i think— will be up for. on the winner, i think it — will be up for. on the winner, i think it is — will be up for. on the winner, i think it is something that we as a team _ think it is something that we as a team have — think it is something that we as a team have been embracing. we a prefer— team have been embracing. we a prefer the — team have been embracing. we a prefer the heat to the rain. sol think— prefer the heat to the rain. sol think the — prefer the heat to the rain. sol think the guys been really happy, enjoying — think the guys been really happy, enjoying the heat, and i think we

have _ enjoying the heat, and i think we have adapted well —— we a lot prefen — saturday's game in marseille produced a resilient england display to beat argentina. they made the worst possible start — with tom curry�*s yellow card for a dangerous tackle in the opening minutes, upgraded to red on review — but despite playing nearly the whole match with 14 men, england had george ford to thank for kicking all of their points in a 27—10 victory. his ability to think clearly in the highest pressure circumstances is, i think, exemplary. those players seem to have more time. he's kicking those drop goals, it felt like he had more time. he's kicking those high balls, it felt like he had more time than other players do, and i think that is the sign of a real top quality player. manchester united winger antony has been allowed time off by his club to answer allegations made against him of violence towards women. the brazilian was due to return to training on monday, having been dropped from his national squad after claims made by his former

girlfriend which are being investigated by police and which he denies. but united say he'll have a leave of absence until further notice. given antony has not been charged or arrested, his club don't consider this a suspension and he remains on full pay. she is the first homegrown champion at the us open for six years and coco gauff says her first grand slam title proves you should never let go of your dreams. the 19—year—old came from a set down to beat belarus's aryna sabalenka, who was looking to win her second major of the year. gauff is the first teenager to play in the us open final since serena williams in 2001 and afterwards revealed something of a stubborn streak. sometimes, people have different personalities and some people need to shut off the comments and not look at them, but i'm an argumentative person. i'm very stubborn, my parents know, they know i like to, if they tell me one thing, i like to do the other. so i really told myself...

literally, like, up until, like, ten minutes before the match, i was just reading comments of people saying i wasn't going to win today, and thatjust put the fire in me. sir mo farah finished fourth in the final race of his illustrious career at the great north run in england. the 13.1—mile race was won by ethiopia's tamirat tola in 59 minutes 58 seconds. farah finished three minutes and 29 seconds later. britain's four—time olympic champion had won the race six times previously. kenya's peresjepchirchir, the olympic marathon champion, won the women's race. you can head to the website for all and those stories including the rugby world cup as it progresses through sunday. and that's all the sport for now. more now on the rugby union world cup, and as we were hearing there are three matches today. live now to our reporter grace harbage, who's in marseille. good to see. first, take us through became the site between england and

argentina. became the site between england and araentina. , ., ., , ., argentina. yes, the emotions today are one ofjoy _ argentina. yes, the emotions today are one ofjoy and — argentina. yes, the emotions today are one ofjoy and relief— argentina. yes, the emotions today are one ofjoy and relief for- argentina. yes, the emotions today are one ofjoy and relief for the - are one ofjoy and relief for the english side. there was huge pressure going into this game and it didn't look good after within the first four minutes, tom curry got a yellow card which was then upgraded to a red card. so seven minutes with 14 men. but that was when george floyd really stepped up to the mark and scored all of england's 27 points and has been described as a colossus in kicking his penalties and landing numerous drop goals. maro itoje also had a great game and he will be pleased with the result, he will be pleased with the result, he had said before the game england had been prematurely written off before kicking the ball and it was a great game for the whole pack. courtney lawes moved up when tom curry was sent off. steve borthwick will be vindicated with his decision to start alex mitchell at

scrum—half, only his second starting for england. he had a great game. so probably safe to say england have won the hardest game in the group. but there are plenty of questions to be answered. but english fans and the english rugby team will be very encouraged in that performance, they will be looking to replicate it. next sunday, when they play. grace, we will leave — next sunday, when they play. grace, we will leave it _ next sunday, when they play. grace, we will leave it there, _ next sunday, when they play. grace, we will leave it there, the _ next sunday, when they play. grace, we will leave it there, the sound - we will leave it there, the sound quality is unfortunately not very good, but thanks for that. prince harry has opened the invictus games in the german city of dusseldorf, where 550 injured military personnel from 21 nations will compete. today, competitors are taking part in athletics, wheelchair rugby and powerlifting events. speaking at the opening ceremony, the duke of sussex said more and more nations were taking part.

more and more people have joined the invictus community, colombia, israel and nigeria arejoining as this year, which is fantastic, but every year, we end up going to a different country. and with that, we take the invictus message and community, the core values and the principles of which we as service people learned and tried to continue for as much as we can. and encourage people from all around the world to join this invictus community, but also to be inspired by these people. this year's golden lion award at the venice film festival has gone to the british—made poor things about a woman who's brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist. it's the latest quirky black comedy from the greek director yorgos lanthimos. he said everyone was disappointed that its star and producer emma stone couldn't be in venice, because of the actors' strike. that's it for me, you can reach me on social media, thanks for watching.

hello. the september heatwave continues for many of us today, particularly towards the south. but we're also going to see some heavy and some thundery downpours that are going to work their way gradually further northwards through the day. now, the last six days in a row, we've had temperatures above 30 celsius. yesterday was the hottest day, at 33.2. we're probably going to see the seventh day above 30 degrees today. so heat and humidity for many of us. but those thundery downpours on the cards, too. over the next few days, things change a little, as we've got this waving, fairly slow—moving weather front, which just slowly creeps its way southwards. and by around about tuesday, we're going to start to see that cooler air filtering across all parts. but it will take a while for the hot and humid weather to get out of the way from the southeast. for anyone running the great north run today, i think it's looking dry through the morning, the threat of some heavy showers and some thunderstorms into the evening hours. and it certainly will feel quite hot and humid for running. into the afternoon, we'll see heavy showers affecting wales, through the midlands, perhaps into parts of central

southern england as well. still some sunshine for east anglia and the south—east, a bit of sunshine for central scotland, northern ireland as well. and the weather will improve for the likes of devon, cornwall, towards somerset as well. here's where we'll see the heavy showers and the thunderstorms. if you do catch one, particularly through parts of northern england, later on, northern ireland and southern scotland, it could be really torrential. so a lot of rain in a short space of time and the potential for some localised flash flooding. it's cooler where we've got the rain working in across the north—west of scotland, just 14 for stornoway, mid—20s for many northern areas, but up to 32 for london and the south—east again. now, through the evening hours, heavy showers and thunderstorms affecting northern ireland, northern england and scotland for a time. and that band of rain creeps its way further south. so it's looking pretty wet for parts of scotland, in particular, drier further south, some mist and fog and muggy conditions again, but not quite as hot as recent nights. into monday, then, and still some showers around across parts of northern england, north wales. and for northern ireland and scotland, cloud and patchy

outbreaks of rain. further south and east across england and wales, you're likely to stay dry. and for the likes of east anglia and the south—east, 27 or 28 degrees. so, still hot, still humid, but not quite as hot as we've seen it over the past week or so. and then cooler, fresher air reaches all areas by around about tuesday. and it's going to be a mix of sunshine and showers through much of the week ahead. bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the army clears a main road leading to the area worst—affected by morocco's deadly earthquake — allowing vital assistance to reach people. a landslide had blocked the way to the town of asni in the atlas mountains. the death toll currently stands at more than than 2,000. british prime minister rishi sunak has warned the chinese premier of his "significant concerns" about beijing's interference in democracy. it follows the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying. a top—ranking us military officer has told the bbc that ukraine's army has no more than 45 days of fighting left before autumn rains hamper its offensive. general mark milley said the ukrainian attack was going more slowly than hoped, but was progressing at a steady pace.

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