we've not had a lot of opportunities up here. everything's very london based. we have a lot of travelling down for auditions, stuff like that. now they have to come up to us. it's great. one estimate says this venue will add £1 billion to the local economy. putting money into culture can bring jobs and regeneration, but will aviva studios be a box office hit? katie razzall, bbc news, manchester. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. goodness, a red one in four parts of scotland? , , . . , scotland? yes, they are rare. is the hiuhest scotland? yes, they are rare. is the highest level— scotland? yes, they are rare. is the highest level of _ scotland? yes, they are rare. is the highest level of weather _ scotland? yes, they are rare. is the highest level of weather warning . scotland? yes, they are rare. is the| highest level of weather warning the met office issues. it basically means there is danger to life and there is that warning in force for parts of angus and aberdeenshire.

this is valid for thursday and into friday. deep floodwaters are possible, damage to homes and businesses from the flash floods and river flooding too. that is still to come. it's not happening at the moment. the weather is in the process of going downhill. this is the rainfall accumulation we have been showing you this graphic for the last two or three days. you can see the signs for a fair amount of rainfall, but there are distinct spots in the uk and it looks like the south—east could see heavy rain too. but it is really this part of the country we are focusing on. for today, the wet weather spreads into southern and western parts of the uk. the rain doesn't even necessarily have to be torrential at any moment, it is more that it will be very persistent in certain parts of the country over the next few days. early on thursday, the heaviest rain is across the north of england and the lakes in two parts of scotland and northern ireland. in the south, there is even a bit of

brightness in the afternoon, with some showers and thunderstorms. the winds will also be very nasty. and quite unusually, we will see a severe gale blowing out of the east or south east and it will be pushing in the rain clouds to the same place through thursday and friday. to look at that. for the bulk of the country, sunny spells in the downpour, but it is in the eastern parts of scotland, where we also have amber warnings. there are multiple warnings in force because different parts of scotland will experience different levels of weather severity. the orange areas are the rain for warnings, 100 miller meat as possible. you have also got an overlapping warning for severe gales on the coast of aberdeenshire. but we have to focus on the smaller red warning. this is a really serious warning for exceptional rain. and that is extensive flooding possible within this area, from flash flooding, river flooding, this area, from flash flooding, riverflooding, and this area, from flash flooding, river flooding, and that of course means danger to life if you are caught in the floodwaters. so please, please listen to weather updates over the next couple of days. that low pressure, storm babet, is with us over the next few

days. the weather will be changeable. no two days will be the same. on friday, the heaviest rain later in the day will be across southern and south—eastern areas, whereas by friday in parts of scotland, the weather will start to improve. so there is serious weather on the way for parts of the uk. and that's bbc news at one. hello and welcome to sportsday. england seal their place at next summer's euros, no attention turns to going all the way at a major tournament. make or breakfor way at a major tournament. make or break for manchester united's women. we will hearfrom break for manchester united's women. we will hear from their coach ahead of their clash in the women's champions league tonight. could

afghanistan be on their way to another shock at the cricket world cup? we will bring you the latest in their match with new zealand. england have qualified for the euros in germany next summer, after beating italy 3—1 at wembley. two goals from harry kane helped see them past the team who beat them in the last euros final, and the england captain says they must now continue their progress by going further at the next tournament. over the last couple of years we spoke about beating big nations and doing it on a consistent basis. to beat italy, home and away, shows where we have come. ultimately it comes down to doing it in the major tournaments. we can enjoy this, we deserve to have a good, ultimately we will be preparing for a major

tournament in the summer. we go there is probably one of the favourites. performances in major tournaments have shown that. ultimately it comes down to is performing when it matters. we have come close and we have had some good tournaments, but it is time for us tournaments, but it is time for us to take that next step and win one. that is our goal, but there will be a lot of talk until then but ultimately will be down to us when we perform when it matters and hopefully we will do that. one of the reasons england's chance at the euros have got people like harry kane excited is the performances ofjude bellingham, who was instrumental again at wembley last night. harry maguire says there's currently no better midfielder in the world than bellingham. i have been speaking highly ofjude now for years now, ever since he has come and train with the boys. you could see his mentality, his physicality, is incredible for such a young boy, to have the head on his shoulders and also to be able to deal with it physically. he looks

enormous out there. that is a credit to him. i know fora enormous out there. that is a credit to him. i know for a fact he is humble and he takes it in stride. kalvin phillips featured in england's win over italy last night, despite the talk surrounding his selection in the squad due to his lack of playing time at his club, manchester city. but the midfielder acknowledges that in order to keep his place in the international set up, a change at club level — whether an increase in playing time or new surroundings — could be needed. you just says, obviously, for me to keep my spot i have got to be playing games and that is what i want to do. i have agreed with gareth on that and i know that myself, that i need to be playing games, i need to be competing every single weekend. that is something i am going to have to make a decision on over the next few months.- on over the next few months. lionel messi became _ on over the next few months. lionel messi became the top _ on over the next few months. lionel messi became the top scorer- on over the next few months. lionel messi became the top scorer with i messi became the top scorer with both goals in a larger�*s 2—0 win over peru. he added a second with a spectacularfinish moments over peru. he added a second with a spectacular finish moments later. the 36—year—old now has 31 goals in

world cup qualifiers. luis suarez is 29 for uruguay. a survey by the professional footballers association released today has given an indication on how players in the english football league feel about various topics in the sport. amongst the findings, almost 60% of efl players do not support the new added time rules, and over three quarters say they feel there isn't a proper break between seasons. they are also split almost 50—50 on whether var should be introduced in the leagues below the premier league. staggeringly, more than 80% of players in the efl feel more should be done to identify those responsible for pitch invasions, harrasment of players and discriminatory chanting. ben wright from the pfa says that the numbers are a wake—up call. what we want is that members see that the visible reassurance and grounds that it is a safe place for them. ultimately some that requires assessment and strategic investment,

around specific pitches where we feel there might be an issue. that again is something that will be an ongoing conversation with the authorities. we can't have a situation where players feel that they are going into the place of work and being unsafe. what they are going into the place of work and being unsafe. what can the im act work and being unsafe. what can the impact the? — work and being unsafe. what can the impact the? can _ work and being unsafe. what can the impact the? can it _ work and being unsafe. what can the impact the? can it get _ work and being unsafe. what can the impact the? can it get to _ work and being unsafe. what can the impact the? can it get to the - work and being unsafe. what can the impact the? can it get to the right i impact the? can it get to the right people? figs impact the? can it get to the right --eole? �* , impact the? can it get to the right neale? �*, , , ., impact the? can it get to the right theole? �*, , , ., ., people? as the players union we are the --eole people? as the players union we are the peeple who _ people? as the players union we are the people who are _ people? as the players union we are the people who are in _ people? as the players union we are the people who are in the _ people? as the players union we are the people who are in the room, - people? as the players union we are the people who are in the room, we| the people who are in the room, we are at the table. it is all very well, the pfa is an institution saying that the players think x, y and z. where it becomes most effective, but we always say to our members, we see this in the women's game certainly is well as the men's, there is nothing more powerful when players make their own voices heard. when you have got people talking about the work they do with the pfa, not only gives a spotlight to the issues they are talking about, but

it means that when the pfa walk in these rooms to negotiate and represent the players, there is an awareness that we are doing it with their voice and we are doing it based on the data and statistics and findings, through surveys, so it is something we will keep doing throughout the season and beyond. that is ben right from the pfa, speaking to me earlier today. this to the women's champions league now where there's a massive mountain there's a massive mountain to climb for glasgow city. they're aiming to overturn a 4—0 defecit away at norweigan champions brann. meanwhile, manchester united travel to paris with the tie level at 1—1. their boss marc skinner says they need to be ruthless. we believe in ourselves, and that is not arrogance, that is a confidence born from our performances. we have got the experience to go into big stadiums and play football, but we know our game plan, we know how to adapt. we know how to evolve within the game. i trust and believe in us that we are going into this game because we know we have to win it, we are going in to try to win it. i don't think this team fears anyone.

that is the beauty of our team. we rebel in situations where we should fear, so i want to make sure we do that going into this game. to the cricket world cup now where the two teams who have beaten england in this tournament are up against each other. new zealand taking on afghanistan and it's the latter who've had the better of the early proceedings, taking three wickets in nine balls, to leave the blackcaps on the brink of collapse at 110 for four. but a solid partnership between captain tom latham and glen phillips of over 100 steered them towards a better score. new zealand finishing with 288 from their 50 overs. afghanistan are about to begin their reply, they need 289 for victory. england captain george williams will miss the first two matches of the mens rugby league series against tonga, after his ban was upheld by a tribunal. the half—back�*s initial one—game suspension for a shoulder charge playing for his club south warrington was doubled after a failed appeal. williams challenged the ban again

in the hope of having it overturned but that was rejected by a new three—person tribunal. to formula one now and daniel ricciardo will make his return from injury at this weekend's united states grand prix in texas. the 34—year—old australian has missed five grands prix since breaking a bone in his left hand in practice for the dutch grand prix in august. red bull decided against having ricciardo return for the previous event in qatar to give his injury more time to recover, saying there was no need to take any risks. after the news that flag football is amongst the new sports at the olympics, many nfl players hinted that they would be interested in playing at the games, and it could be on the cards. nfl executive peter o'reilly says the league will work with the players�* union on allowing current and former players to participate. ultimately that decision on the make up ultimately that decision on the make up of team usa is a decision of usa football, the national governing body, or the governing bodies around the world in similar roles, because

we are thinking about team usa, but there are also a lot of passports in there are also a lot of passports in the nfl, 113 foreign—born players is of week five, so that opportunity for athletes to represent their country, we understand the desire, but they have spoken out about, and what we will continue to do is work with the players, players association and the clubs, in the time ahead, to determine the process and work with usa football and ifa. that's all we've got time for on sportsday but for all the latest sports news you can go to our website. you can keep across the afghanistan chase of 280 i want to beat new zealand at the cricket world cup. all the reaction over glenn's win over italy. all the reaction over glenn's win over haw-— all the reaction over glenn's win over ital . ., . , ., over italy. for me and the rest of the team at _ over italy. for me and the rest of the team at the _ over italy. for me and the rest of the team at the sac— over italy. for me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport - over italy. for me and the rest of| the team at the bbc sport centre, bye for now.

you are live with bbc news. more now on the israel gaza war. during prime minister's questions rishi sunak said he was confident the police will act when violence or hate againstjews or muslims is incited. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, spoke about what he called the "disgusting" rise in anti—semitism and "appalling" surge in islamophobia. their comments came after the head of m15 said the security service is monitoring for increased risks to the uk as the conflict continues. ken mccallum was speaking at his first—ever joint appearance with counterparts from the so—called five eyes intelligence group. our security correspondent gordon corera has the latest. seen in public for the first time together, what are known as the five eyes. these are the security

chiefs of five allies, the us, uk, australia, canada and new zealand, appearing together in california to warn of the threat of secrets being stolen. but speaking in the shadow of violence in the middle east. this is the first time after all those years that we've ever chosen to come together in public. here from the uk is the head of m15, ken mccallum. before the event i spoke to him about the threats he sees, including those resulting from hamas�*s attack on israel. the scale and the monstrous nature of that attack is a shock. and what does it mean for the uk and for security in the uk? is there a risk of that conflict spilling over onto the streets of the uk? we've seen radicalisation being fuelled by various conflicts across the world over the last generation and clearly one of the things that concerns me most right now is to understand quite what the shape of uk impact will be, coming from the recent and ongoing

unfolding events in the middle east. the meetings focus was not the middle east but china. it was held at stanford university because it's at the heart of silicon valley, home of technological innovation. the message was that companies need to understand the risks of their work being stolen. if you're working today at the cutting edge of technology, then geopolitics is interested in you, even if you're not interested in geopolitics. but at the individual company level, what it can mean is that the precious assets that you have worked so hard to develop through your research, through your innovation, through your perspiration, those assets can be stolen from you pretty quickly by ruthless actors backed by states on the other side of the world. the challenge for m15 is dealing with competing threats. how do you balance the ability to track a teenage would—be terrorist consuming extreme right wing hate filled material in his bedroom and potentially considering buying a bladed weapon