the army clears a main road leading to the area worst affected by morocco's deadly earthquake — allowing vital assistance to reach people. a landslide had blocked the way to the town of asni in the atlas mountains. the death toll currently stands at more than than two thousand. uk's prime minister rishi sunak informs china's premier that he has "significant concerns" about beijing's interference in british democracy. it follows the arrest of a parliamentary researcher on suspicion of spying — amid growing concern about chinese espionage. a top—ranking us military officer warns that ukraine's army has no more than forty—five days of fighting left, before autumn rains hamper its offensive. general mark milley told the bbc that the ukrainian attack was going more slowly than hoped — but was progressing at a steady pace.

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hello, the storm clouds are now building and we are expecting the showers and thunderstorms to be more frequent throughout the rest of the day. it has now been the seventh consecutive day when temperatures have reached 30 degrees or more. they may challenge the 33.2 which we saw yesterday, making it the warmest day, the hottest day so far. but if it is too much for you like it is for me, it will become cooler through the week ahead. this weather front is going to meander its way towards the south and behind it we've got a change of wind direction and air mass. a cooler and fresher

source of our air. at the moment, it is still humid. intense thunderstorms developing across england. it will develop more widely, into parts of northern ireland and southern and eastern scotland. this will be the game changer. it is the weather front behind which we have the fresher air. for the rest of the day, it will be stifling. more sunshine across central and eastern areas, but even here there will be thundery downpours which could lead to sudden flooding. for wales and northern england and scotland as well. not for all. some places will have bright weather and sunshine and till the humidity is high. temperatures are not quite as high as yesterday because we've got more cloud. just in central and eastern areas where we see the temperatures above 30 degrees once again. as we go through the evening and overnight, the storms continue. starting to clear way from northern ireland and from southern and eastern scotland diminishing across england and wales. there will be some fog around.

the weather front will start to advance in the north. fresher behind, but for most of us, again, and uncomfortably again, an uncomfortably muggy night for sleeping. into monday, the weather front looks to fizzle out somewhat, but it will introduce more cloud as it heads towards the south. eastern and southern areas will have dry bright weather, very warm and humid, but not as high the temperatures. but not as high temperatures. fresher behind in the north, but it might change again as we go through tomorrow night. it is not a wash—out over the week. it will turn fresher and cooler and more unsettled. the warnings are online. live from london, this is bbc news.

the army clears a main road leading to the area worst affected by morocco�*s deadly earthquake — allowing vital assistance to reach survivors as the death toll rises to more than 2,000. us presidentjoe biden visits vietnam to sign a new diplomatic partnership almost 50 years after the end of the vietnam war. and the g20 summit in delhi closes with world leaders formally adopting the joint declaration, as india passes on the presidency to brazil. the leaders are on their way home. there is great satisfaction here in india with what was achieved but in ukraine, disappointment with the final document and the language that relates to the war. the russian foreign minister says the summit was a success. hello, i'm rich preston.

we start in morocco, where search and rescue crews