has separated from someone that they're previously known - to work with, they cannot help but i compare their success to these other previous people they've worked with. _ and even though they might have affection and support for one - another, there's still that - element of self—esteem wrapped up in your work. and yourfandom. so we see this quite a lot- with people comparing things like the number of people who are following them i on social media. that becomes this metric to look at.| # fly me to the moon # let me play among the stars # and let me see what spring is like # onjupiter and mars.# liam payne's rise to stardom began with the tv programme x factor. liam first auditioned for the x factor when he was 1a. he didn't make it through the audition. simon cowell said to him, "go away, finish school, keep practising and come back." and he did. the expectation was that this is an opportunity and you have to grab it

by everything that you have. 50 contestants would audition, the days would be incredibly long, they wouldn't have much chance to talk with family and friends because, if they made it past the audition stage, then they all got to live in a house together. and that was intense because they'd be off to photo calls and interviews, as well as practising for the lives that were on the saturday. so it was a really intense, micromanaged schedule. what are you going to sing today? i'm going to sing cry me a river. he came back at 16 and - re—auditioned, and then was put in the band with the other boys to form one direction. - # and now you say you're lonely # you cried the whole night through # well, you can cry me a river # cry me a river # i cried a river over you.#

they were all very, very young boys. . they were 16, 17 — - boisterous, constantly play—fighting, taking - the mick out of each other. it was hard sometimes to get them to settle l down and do an interview. but liam actually - was the one that stood out quite differently from all the rest. i he was the one that took those interviews really seriously. - every person develops during their teenage years and it's a really key time to your future development of your personality, everything. so you're taking a lot of feedback from the people around you. now, when those people around you are fans — millions of fans — but also management companies, people who have a vested interest in sort of fluffing you up, that can really mess with your self—perception. one direction released five studio albums. they won a string of awards. it's incredible.

i mean, we can't believe we've come over to the us, and, you know, we've got fans waiting outside our hotel and stuff. it's unbelievable. we never expected anything like this. we just found out this is number six that - we've won over the time we've been doing this, l which is amazing. when we used to interview them, we'd get to the building and already the whole street would have to be shut down by police because all the fans would be outside screaming. you just can't overstate that level of success. they catapulted into the world after x factor. they broke america. they broke the global market. they made millions. they racked up billions of streams. they had four world tours. they became millionaires as a result of their work. they got awards. they got brit awards, mtv awards. they were worldwide known. and just so very, very famous and successful. # you like midnight driving with # the windows down...# one direction�*s success undoubtedly came with huge pressure. the schedule of anything like a world tour

is absolutely insane often. the amount of travel, the constant changing of location. the fact that you're kind of stuck with this small group of people and you're dependent on getting on with them because they're your bandmates, so any problems you have, they're kind of stuck within that scenario as well. so there's not really a time to decompress or to step away, to get that kind of moderation of your emotional experience. so i think it does become a real pressure cooker. now, let's talk more about one direction, because fans might be reeling from reports in the sun newspaper today that they're splitting up next year. there's no official comment from the group yet. in 2016, the band went on an extended hiatus. they called it an extended hiatus, i think, to - avoid the word split - or break—up to try and soften the blow for fans. i hate it so much. it's just so devastating and heartbreaking. so, i don't think there's ever a question or not whether we're going to come back. ithink, you know, we've just been working very hard for the last five years, and we just need a bit of time to kind of regroup, i guess _

otherwise i feel like we'll lose sight of it. liam talked publicly about how tensions within the group had on at least one occasion sparked a physical confrontation. i think it was well known within the band that i don't like taking... at a certain point. i made it very obvious. i'm not going to tell you how. and there was one moment where there was an argument backstage and someone, one member in particular, threw me up a wall. so i said to him, if you don't remove those hands, there's a high likelihood you'll never use them again. with the rate at which they were going — four world tours, 70 million albums sold, movies about them, documentaries about them and their fans — it was an intense schedule, and i don't know how most people, let alone young people, could cope with that level of scrutiny and work all the time personally.

in 2020, liam wrote a letter to his ten—year—old self. he read it aloud on bbc radio 1. you're now famous and it feels like you've peaked way too early, you cocky little hugger. but you've barely even started yet. take it down a notch and remember it's a marathon, not a sprint. you'll have the most amazing time of your life, travel the world and live a life you barely imagined. then it will end for a while and you will be left with nothing but the steering wheel. it will feel scary, like you're alone, but you are not. there's been an outpouring of grief from fans. they've been sharing posts online. one direction fans have always called themselves the directioners, and they really built this online community that was kind of like nothing else that had come before, and they've now reunited. they've been leaning on each other for support. a lot of them have had vigils. there was a vigil outside the hotel where liam died, and they were singing one direction songs, lighting candles, and it's very much brought the community back together again as they deal with this grief. one direction may have

been the last boy band to truly achieve global superstar status — and as part of that, liam payne's life was always under the spotlight. we may never know all the details about what led to his death here in buenos aires, but we do know from the outpouring of grief that we've seen that this is notjust deeply affected his friends and family, but his many fans around the world, too. if you have been affected by some of the issues raised in this film, details of help and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

that programme is also available on the bbc iplayer. formula 1 fans have been gathering in austin, texas, for the united states grand prix at the circuit of the americas. there are just six races left of the season — and the gap between the top two drivers is getting closer. emily brown reports. after a four—week break, formula 1 has returned — to austin, texas for the us grand prix at the circuit of the americas. formula 1 has grown enormously in popularity in the us over the past few years, largely because of the success of netflix series drive to survive. there are now three american races on the formula 1 calendar, and america takes big sporting events very seriously. this weekend will be no exception. the post—race concert will be headlined by sting and eminem. now, excitement has been building forfans going into this race because the gap between the drivers in first and second

place on the leaderboard is getting closer. mclaren�*s lando norris heads into the final six races of the season 52 points behind red bull's max verstappen. and mclaren�*s car performance has notably improved over the season. so norris needs to outscore verstappen on average byjust under nine points per race until the end of the year. so still a big challenge for mclaren, but certainly not impossible. and this weekend will see a change of drivers as red bull's reserve driver liam lawson takes rb�*s daniel ricciardo�*s seat for the rest of 202a. austin is the fourth of six sprint events this season. brazil and qatar hosting the final two. and, if you want to keep cross this weekend's grand prix, you can follow for updates on the bbc sport website and app. you certainly can. a thanks to emily brown for that. an amateur historian has

discovered a long—lost short story by the dracula author, bram stoker. gibbet hill was published in the dublin edition of the daily express in 1890, but has remained undocumented since then. brian cleary came across it at the national library of ireland last year. he described how he found the story. archival research to to pass the time in the national library of ireland, and during that process, which took me several weeks, i found an advert for this story and i read the words gibbet hill, and i knew that

that wasn't a bram stoker story that i'd ever heard of in any of the biographies or bibliographies, and i was just astounded, flabbergasted. i couldn't believe it that i was potentially looking at a lost ghost story from bram stoker, and especially a lost story from bram stoker around the time he was writing dracula, and that had elements of dracula in it. now let's bring you up—to—date with all of the weekend weather. hello! we've been seeing some pleasant autumn weather across many parts of the uk this afternoon, but for the second half of the weekend things look very different. our first named storm of the season, storm ashley. and particularly for the west of scotland, this brings the threat of severe gales. coastal flooding disruption is looking pretty likely. now, on the satellite picture you can see this storm developing, this vast shield of cloud in the atlantic, an area of low pressure which is going to be deepening as it approaches our shores, see more and more isobars forming in the centre of this low. where we see a low deepening rapidly as it approaches the uk, that always brings with it the threat of some strong winds. and so we have this met office amber warning that's been issued for western scotland for tomorrow.

70—80 mph wind gusts are looking likely. this afternoon, things are a lot calmer. we've had this band of rain across some eastern parts. that's continuing to clear. some good spells of sunshine. small chance of a shower. and temperature—wise, north to south 13 to 17 degrees. as we head into this evening briefly, things will turn quite chilly under those clear skies, but we see cloud and rain gathering out towards the west, heavy rain at that pushing its way eastwards, and through the second half of the night gales will start to develop across some western coasts. temperatures by the end of the night: 8 degrees in aberdeen, 14 degrees in plymouth. some mild air in association with our storm system, which will be approaching from the west. this band of heavy rain driving its way quite quickly eastwards. some sunny skies behind, but some hefty, thundery downpours into northern ireland and western scotland. and here the winds really ramping up through the afternoon. it's going to be a windy day for many places, but those gusts of 70, 80mph — perhaps a bit more across those western parts of scotland — so that is likely to bring travel disruption, coastal flooding. temperatures: 12—18 degrees for most of us. now, as we head through sunday evening, you can see this area

of low pressure passing to the north of scotland. still a real squeeze in those isobars. so still some very windy and showery weather for a time. things slowly calming down on monday, although we do have the chance for some rain to push in across the south east of england. elsewhere, though, things looking drier, quieter and a bit calmer.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel's military carries out a series of air strikes in the southern suburbs of beirut after the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu's home is targeted by a drone from lebanon. there's been no let—up in israel's offensive against hamas in gaza, with dozens of palestinians killed in refugee camps across the strip in the past 2a hours. the un says over 20,000 people have fled the jabalia refugee questions for the metropolitan police over its handling of accusations made against mohammed al fayed. should the harrods owner have faced criminal

charges before he died? donald trump and kamala harris both campaign in the key battleground state of michigan. with just two weeks to the us presidential election, we'll have a special report from georgia. liam payne's father reads tributes outside the hotel in argentina where the one direction star died. hello, welcome to the programme. the israeli military has carried out a series of air strikes in the southern suburbs of beirut. the idf issued evacuation warnings to residents in several districts in the area, which it says is a base for hezbollah. this latest strike comes after the home of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu was targeted by a drone from lebanon. a spokesman said neither the prime minister nor his wife were in the building at the time, and that there were no casualties. the seaside home is in the town of caesarea. these pictures show police outside the building