Myanmar Earthquake: How does aid get to where it’s needed?

缅甸地震:援助如何抵达需要之地?

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2025-03-29

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Myanmar's military leader, Min Aung Hlaing, has made a rare request for international help after a powerful earthquake hit the centre of the country, flattening buildings and bridges. The US vice president, JD Vance, has accused Denmark of underinvesting in the security of Greenland and leaving it vulnerable. The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, says he has told Donald Trump that Ottawa will impose retaliatory tariffs on American goods from early April.
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  • Hello and welcome to the World Business Report here on the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Rahul Tandem.

  • Plenty coming up on this edition.

  • Of course, there will be conversations about tariffs.

  • And the U.S.

  • vice President J.D. vance lands in Greenland and starts a new row.

  • He says Denmark has under invested in the territory.

  • Is he right?

  • Denmark is investing quite a bit every year in Greenland.

  • Subsidies through block grant to Greenland is quite significant amount of money.

  • And we'll be telling you a little bit more about that phone call between the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Donald Trump where guess what?

  • Tariffs came up in the conversation.

  • But it was around midday local time when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck in central Myanmar.

  • The epicenter was about 10 miles from the country's second city, Mandalay.

  • And soon reports began to emerge of deaths, injuries and collapsed buildings.

  • That was the sound of a pagoda near Mandalay being destroyed.

  • And according to this man involved in the rescue effort,

  • it was one of many examples of buildings not being able to withstand the force of the quake.

  • The view of Mandalay as we began our rescue was very horrific.

  • Most of the buildings have collapsed.