Newspapers updated their websites this morning to report on the deadly earthquake that occurred overnight in Morocco.
World echoing the scale of the earthquake in the Marrakesh region, “ but also felt in Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Essaouira », and even in Algeria. “ On photos and videos published by Internet users “, said the newspaper,” We can see the remains of significant houses in the alleys of the Marrakesh Medina. But also a car hit by a rock. » « I was in bed when everything started shaking », said a Frenchman living in Marrakech, “ I thought my bed was going to fly… I went out into the street half naked, it was complete chaos, a complete disaster “.
Libération, for its part, gathered the testimony of a 25-year-old British tourist, who was in a restaurant with friends when, he said: the table starts shaking, plates start flying, we panic… when the adrenaline wears off, we realize that we are very lucky to be alive “.
This was not the first time Morocco had been hit by an earthquake, he recalled Release And World. “ On February 24, 2004, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook Al Hoceima province, 400 km northeast of Rabat, killing 628 people and causing significant material damage. And on February 29, 1960, an earthquake devastated Agadir, on the country’s west coast, and left more than 12,000 people dead, or a third of the city’s population. »
Also in the news this morning, the G20 summit in New Delhi, and the ambitions of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
“ Modi’s bulldozer », the title itself Release. An allusion to the operations carried out in the capital of India, before the arrival of the great men of this world. “ The city of New Delhi has been cleaned or beautified according to official regulations » explained the newspaper. “ Some popular environments are hidden behind big green panels in G20 colors, and others simply disappear. Thousands of homes have been arbitrarily bulldozed in recent months “. But Narendra Modi’s ambitions do not stop at the image the capital gives him, he is also preparing for next year’s legislative elections, and ” want to impress every Indian that this prestigious and rotating presidency (G20 presidency) is the result of their diplomacy and thanks to Modi, the world will come to them. “, explain Release. “ Narendra Modi will then be able to represent himself before the Indian public with his preferred image of a “world guru” as his party calls him. “.
“teacher of the world”, an expression that Le Figaro also took over…
But for Le FigaroHe “ India who dreams of becoming a world teacher “. As Releasethe newspaper echoes the work done in New Delhi: “ The construction of 109 fountains…refurbished sidewalks and European-style street lights on the road between the airport and the city center…the government has also erased all traces of poverty in the south and east of the capital by tearing down dozens of neighborhoods. .. bulldozers dug holes, demolished and buried the homes and belongings of 4,000 residents, daily workers and small farmers “. “ This forced operation », continues Le Figaro« is part of the image that Modi’s India wants to present to the world: a self-confident nation, a great power that vows to eradicate poverty on the centenary of its independence in 2047, and whose voice resounds in a concert of nations “…
Rugby at last, and France’s victory over New Zealand, opened the World Cup…
“ Really Kif » exclamation on the front page Parisian… « This blues has the face of a good champion », added the newspaper, which began to dream. “ They are not world champions yet, far from it, but they still have a profile close to it… the blues not only succeeded in their debut last night… they opened up horizons for themselves of gold which, we hope, will bring they ascended the throne on 28 October “. Team for his part, salute with the French allusion Fer (fer) on French flairFrench style of play encompasses speed… and clairvoyance…
Finally, Release interested in the South African selection, the reigning world champions, and which one “ presenting a squad with only a third of non-white players… a huge imbalance inherited from the apartheid divide “, says the newspaper… However, the situation continues to develop if we take into account the year 1995, “ only one black was part of the winning home team “. Therefore, black and mixed races represent only a third of the current national team. “ Little remains “, underlined Release“ while black and mixed races represent more than 90% of the population of this nation of 60 million “.
