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What is the economic impact of the Morocco earthquake?

Nearly 2500 people in Morocco are now known to have died as a result of Friday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake.

The interior ministry of Morocco says nearly two-thousand five hundred people have died following Friday's earthquake. Rescue teams are still battling to find survivors trapped in the rubble. We look at the economic impact on the country.

The EU is considering scrapping plans to impose regulations designed to improve animal welfare in the farming industry, over concerns about the impact it could have on food inflation.

Lab-grown meat can be labelled kosher and halal as long as its cells are derived in methods compliant with religious standards, according to two panels of experts commissioned by the industry.

(A man is searching for his belongings in what remains of his house in the city of Amizmiz, located just a few dozen kilometres from the epicentre of the earthquake that shook Morocco. Photo Credit: Getty Images)

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