john sudworth, bbc news, washington. a reminder of our top story. a number of people have died in morocco has now hit 1037. state tv are quoting the interior ministryor more update are quoting the interior ministry. you canjoin us for more update on that story happening there on morocco. hello there. if, like me, you're finding it too hot and humid, relief is on the way, but not for most of us until after the weekend. so it stays very warm, very muggy, there will be thundery showers and there are warnings out from the met office. more details on our website. but again, we'll have another day with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees celsius. so again, the record is broken. today looks like it might well be the hottest day of the year so far, just getting a little bit ahead of thursday's 32.6 degrees celsius. widely warm, very warm, infact, and humid. temperatures not quite so high in the north and west, purely because we have this weather front approaching, so more cloud, bringing rain into the western and later northern isles, showers ahead of it. and this afternoon, because we have that mix of the heat as well, some home—grown downpours, torrential