“How many hours has it been?”
For days after a deadly earthquake left their village in ruins, residents of Douar Tnirt, a remote village in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, were left alone to dig out and bury the victims. Officials and emergency workers were nowhere to be seen.
By the time rescuers arrived late yesterday afternoon, with a human chain of volunteers in fluorescent vests and a trained dog to sniff out bodies, villagers had already spent the past three days rescuing – and burying – the people they loved. kept.
Some were furious, pointing to the commercial flights others had made to help with the recovery long before officials arrived. “People came from all over – we buried people, we saved people,” shouted Omar Ouchahed, a local resident. “Tell the truth: how many hours has it been?”
Official response: Morocco’s government has pushed back on criticism, saying the response to the earthquake had been strong, but some residents desperate for basic services say they feel abandoned.
Hundreds of people have been killed in floods in Libya
Deadly floods swept through northeastern Libya last weekend, killing more than 300 people and leaving as many as 6,000 missing in the eastern port city of Derna. The floods were apparently caused by the collapse of dams, according to a spokesman for the Libyan National Army, which controls eastern Libya.
Heavy rainfall in the northeast of the country caused water levels to rise beyond the riverbanks last weekend. Officials say the force of the flood waters swept away hundreds of homes and washed away roads. Stranded residents said they were trapped in homes and cars, according to images on social media.
The exact number of deaths was unclear because searches were still ongoing, a spokesman for authorities in that region said. The internationally recognized authority in western Libya, in Tripoli, said it had sent ambulances, rescue convoys and doctors to the area, and declared three days of mourning for the flood victims.
Context: Libya is divided between two rival governments and prime ministers: an internationally recognized government based in Tripoli, and a separately governed region in the east.
Kim Jong-un visits Russia by private train
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un will make a rare trip outside his home country in the coming days, visiting Russia to meet with Vladimir Putin, the country’s leader. North Korea could provide Russia with much-needed ammunition for the war in Ukraine. In return, North Korea seeks food aid and advanced technology.
Mode of transport: The Kim family has long preferred to travel on a huge bulletproof train that is so heavy it can barely reach 55 miles per hour.
For decades, physicists have searched for a “theory of everything” that would finally explain the physics that defines the entire universe.
But as Dennis Overbye, science reporter for The Times, writes, a “theory of everything” still can’t explain everything. The universe is so big that even if we knew all the rules, there would never be enough computing power to accurately track all its particles – leaving many things about our future and our past a mystery.
Lives lived
Ian Wilmut, the British scientist who led the team that cloned Dolly the sheep in the 1990s, has died at the age of 79.
SPORTS NEWS
European transfers: The football moves you might have missed this summer.
Basketball World Cup: Germany triumphed first against the USA and then, in the final, against Serbia, for the biggest victory in the team’s history.
Evan Ferguson: Guest columnist Alan Shearer writes about the Irish football superstar.
Women’s football in Spain: Following the resignation of the country’s football chief, accusations, accusations and an investigation continue.
ARTS AND IDEAS
What are we eating?
Choosing dinner for the evening is difficult enough; in September it can be downright scary. Emily Weinstein, editor-in-chief of our food and cooking section, has put together 100 recipes that can ease the stress of mealtime.
They are all relatively simple and only take 30 minutes to make. “I had children in mind when choosing these recipes, but the truth is, no matter how old you are, or where you are in life, September has a hold on us all,” Emily wrote.