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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Ruth Michaelson

Morocco earthquake: Macron tries to soothe tensions after frosty response to offer of aid

Aid workers and aid parcels
An aid donation point in Marrakech after the earthquake. Moroccan authorities declined to accept aid from several countries including France.
Photograph: Jalal Morchidi/EPA

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has attempted to soothe tensions with Morocco over the supply of humanitarian aid, after a deadly earthquake centred high in the Atlas mountains.

Search and rescue teams backed by the Moroccan military continued a frantic search to locate and airlift the wounded from remote mountainous villages in the Atlas mountains where the 6.8 magnitude quake struck last Friday. But as rescue efforts continued for a fifth day, the chances of finding survivors were fading.

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