Hundreds dead after earthquake hits Morocco

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 this programme: Apple has seen a hefty drop in its value after China banned government officials from using the the company's iPhone; and a new study published this week shows that the number of cancer cases among people under 50 appears to have risen sharply across the world in the past 30 years.

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: A damaged vehicle is pictured in the historic city of Marrakech, following a powerful earthquake in Morocco. Credit :REUTERS/Abdelhak Balhaki)