Hello, you're listening to the free edition of the world in brief from the economist.

As a reminder, if you subscribe to the economist, you'll get access to a deeper look at the

day ahead, updated three times a day.

If you are already an economist subscriber, visit economist.com slash espresso, or visit

our espresso app to start listening.

Here's today's free edition.

This is the world in brief from the economist.

Our top stories.

King Muhammad VI declared three days of national mourning after an earthquake struck Morocco

late on Friday, killing at least 2,000 people.

Rescue teams continue to struggle to reach remote villages.

The Quake is the country's deadliest since 1960, with a magnitude of 6.8, it was also

the biggest in the area for at least 120 years.

Algeria, which severed ties with Morocco two years ago, said it would open its airspace

to allow aid to reach its neighbor.

This at the G20 summit in India unexpectedly agreed to a joint communique, after no high-level

G20 meeting had managed to reach consensus in the past year.

The statement did not denounce Russia's invasion of Ukraine, acknowledging that the G20

is not a forum for solving geopolitical issues.

Earlier, Narendra Modi, India's Prime Minister, invited the African Union to become a permanent

member of the group.

British police arrested Daniel Khalif in West London three days after the ex-soldier escaped

...