Rescue teams struggle to reach remote areas after Morocco 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: music and memory in four 20th century composers; and bird song from an ancient forest.

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: A woman carries belongings out of a damaged building, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Morocco. Credit: Hannah McKay/Reuters)