Over 2,000 dead in Moroccan earthquake; consensus at the G20, and more

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. Readers 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 from Wandsworth prison, sparking a manhunt involving at least 150 police officers. Mr. Khalif appears to have attached himself to the undercarriage of a food delivery truck early on Wednesday morning. He was held at the prison ahead of a trial for terrorism offenses in November. Azerbaijan has said that its army had taken, quote, retaliatory measures after Armenian troops had fired at its forces, a claim Armenia denied. Tensions have been rising over Azerbaijan's blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is largely populated by Armenians but wholly surrounded by Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan has not allowed goods in for more than eight months, reducing the inhabitants to near-starvation. China's consumer prices tiptoed out of deflationary territory in August. They rose by 0.1% year-on-year after a 0.3 fall in July. In another encouraging sign, the annual rate of producer-price deflation eased from 4.4% to 3%. Chinese authorities have so far done little to stimulate a slowing economy weighed down by a property crisis. Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, called for a stronger relationship with North Korea on, quote, all fronts to mark that country's 75th anniversary. Mr. Putin and Kim Jong-un, the North Korean dictator, have drawn closer since Russia invaded Ukraine. This week, American officials claimed that Mr. Kim was planning on visiting Russia to seal an arms deal under which his country would supply ammunition to Russian troops. Namar broke the late-paylays record for the most goals scored for Brazil's male national football team, netting twice in a five-to-one defeat of Bolivia in a World Cup qualifying match to take his tally to 79. The striker, formerly of Barcelona and Paris, St. Germain, now plays his club football in Saudi Arabia, which has been enthusiastically buying talent from European leagues, and word of the week. Lusun, a Javanese word for impromptu neighborhood visits.