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Months Nations League matches agAinst greece and finland. Its the striker� s First Call up since his one and only Cap Back in 2017, when he was a substitute agAinst brazil. England Manager Lee Carsley has also recalled kyle walker, Phil Foden and jude bellingham, while harry maguire, tino livramento, Jarrod Bowen and Eberechi Eze all miss out. With the squad that weve got, weve got so many talented players. Always looking at finding the right balance, you know, who complements who in terms of the way that we play. I try not to get too caught up in positions and to positional. Its more the attributes and the way we can potentially attack the opposition. Meanwhile, kylian Mbappe Isnt in the France Squad for their upcoming uefa Nations League matches despite being back to fitness. The Real Madrid forward missed his sides draw with Atletico Madrid last weekend because of a thigh injury, but then did come off the bench in their surprise Champions League Defeat to lille. So hes seemingly ready to play, but the France Head Coach Didier deschamps agreed to rest mbappe for their matches agAinst Israel And Belgium in order to protect him from further issues. On to cricket, and at the Womens T20 World cup, pakistans hopes of making it to the Knockout Phase for the first time in nine attempts were given a boost as they beat Sri Lanka. It was a low scoring affAir, though. Batting first, pakistan were helped by fatima sanas 30 offjust 20 balls as they made 116. In reply, Sri Lanka never really got going, with just two players reaching double figures. Sadia iqbal was the pick of the pakistan bolwers, taking three for 17 as they won by 31 runs. In the tournaments opening match, bangladesh beat scotland. Having won the toss and elected to bat, bangladesh made a modest 119 7 thanks in part to sobhana mostery� s 36. In reply, that innings was eclipsed by Scotland Opener Sarah bryce. She made an unbeaten 49 from 52 balls to give the scots a chance of victory in sharjah, but regular wickets to the bangladeshi spinners meant Scotland Couldnt build a match winning partnership and they fell 17 runs short on their first ever World Cup outing. Finally basketball, and preparations for the new Nba Season are ramping up with the defending champions the Boston Celtics facing the denver nuggets, who won it the year before, in two preseason games in abu dhabi. The Celtics Star Player Jason Taytum is expecting the top teams to be stronger than ever for the new campAign. Its going to be tough. Teams of gotten better, but i think for us, taking the mindset of not skipping any steps, thats what we did it really, really well last season. 0bviously what we did it really, really well last season. Obviously it hit me ship is the goal, but we cannot skip to that. Weve got to start and just try to get little bit better every single day. 0ne Football Update for you and porto have equalised, to have into at Manchester United in the Europa League tonight. And thats all the sport for now. You are watching the context. It is time for our new weekly segment, Ai decoded. Welcome to Ai decoded, when we look in depth at some of the most eye catching stories in the Fast Moving and ever changing world of Artificial Intelligence. This week, we look at one of the most exciting, but also controversial arenas of Artificial Intelligence the world of text to video creation. Its being called a revolution in Film Making because Ai-technology'>Ai Technology takes away some of the traditional barriers faced by Movie Makers trying to crack hollywood, most notably Film Production costs. Ainment-giant'>0ne EntertAinment Giant embracing Ai is lionsgate, which has recently announced a partnership with artificial Intelligence Company Runway to allow a new Ai-model'>Ai Model to be trAined on their extensive Film And Tv archive. But at what cost, asks the guardian . Some Film Producers have now joined forces to develop Best Practice for the use of Ai'>Generative Ai in factual storytelling. This is currently one of the more organised efforts in hollywood to grapple with the ethics of a technology that could prove devastating forjobs, which is why there are now calls for better transparency around the use of Ai, with the fallout from hollywood likely to reach the eu soon, according to euronews. Film industry workers are warning agAinst the unregulated use of Artificial Intelligence and demanding Ai-tools'>Ai Tools to be used only to assist, and not replace, original human creativity. With me is our regular Ai-contributor'>Ai Contributor samir mallal, ceo of Ai-creative'>Ai Creative company one day. Samir, explAin to us this significance of this Lionsgate Deal with al Company Runway and the wider implications for the film industry. We saw this with the hollywood strikes as others are really worried about equipment yeah, and i see this from two sides. 0n the one hand, it is an opportunity for this next generation to come up and to start doing things that they would never have thought possible before. But on the other hand, you people who have devoted their whole life to it specific craft, and here lionsgate is saying we are going to trAin these new models with all of our old catalogue and are they going to be compensated . What happens to the future of those jobs . These are all questions that we need to figure out, and i think the bigger implication here is what is albert relationship with these Intelligence Machines . Weve never encountered anything like this. Whether you are a creative or a doctor, weve never encountered machines like this before and i think we are trying to figure it out. And right now its the technologists that are really driving the change and its moving so fast. And i think we as a Culture Kind of need to step up in a Culture Kind of need to step up and out. And right now its the technologists that are really driving the change and its moving so fast. And i think we as a Culture Kind of need to step up and especially creative need to say we need obsolete. Yeah, lets have a closer look at what it does look like. Well, we are very lucky to have one of the most exciting programme. Players in the Ai-video'>Ai Video generation on tonights programme. They are called Pika Labs, and lets Take A Look at their latest product. Music. Music. Sirens. Sirens. Whos ceo of Pika Labs Ai. Pika. Pika. Lets now speak to demi guo, understand video and can generate video. In a way, the users generate video. In a way, the users interact with this model, there users interact with this model, there are users interact with this model, there are many ways. The most of the there are many ways. The most of the way there are many ways. The most of the way is a user can type into of the way is a user can type into the of the way is a user can type into the description of what it wants into the description of what it wants so into the description of what it wants. So for example the user can type wants. So for example the user can type in, a giant mouse is walking can type in, a giant mouse is walking in can type in, a giant mouse is walking in the street of new york, walking in the street of new york, So Walking in the street of new york, so the Ai will be able to generate york, so the Ai will be able to generate a clip where there is actually generate a clip where there is actually a generate a clip where there is actually a mouse walking the streets actually a mouse walking the streets of new york. 30 actually a mouse walking the streets of new york. Actually a mouse walking the streets of new york. So its as sim Le Streets of new york. So its as simple as streets of new york. So its as simple as that, streets of new york. So its as simple as that, you streets of new york. So its as simple as that, you type streets of new york. So its as simple as that, you type what| simple as that, you type what you want and Ai visualises it quite brilliantly if that video is anything to go by, and it is all at a very minimal cost. How much was something like that cost for example . Much was something like that cost for example . Yes, so right now it costs. Cost for example . Yes, so right now it costs. There cost for example . Yes, so right now it costs. There are now it costs. There are different now it costs. There are different varieties of Cost Budget definitely if you want to make a Feature Length Film, it wilt to make a Feature Length Film, it will probably only cost like at most it will probably only cost like at most a couple of thousand dollars. At most a couple of thousand dollars, which is very a huge difference between the actual right difference between the actual right now for making a Feature Length Film, it might cost Feature Length Film, it might cost a Feature Length Film, it might cost a couple of hundred million cost a couple of hundred million dollars or tens of millions. Millions. So 2000 is incredible. Millions. So 2000 is incredible. How millions. So 2000 is incredible. How do i millions. So 2000 is| incredible. How do you millions. So 2000 is incredible. How do you see that im act in incredible. How do you see that impact in the incredible. How do you see that impact in the creative impact in the creative industries . Thats a huge cost difference, and how do you think that creative a goalie playing a role in the future . What is your vision for this . Yes, i really believe that al is hot yes, i really believe that al is not replacing traders what is not replacing traders what is really is not replacing traders what is really about helping or serving is really about helping or serving creators. Because we all know serving creators. Because we all know right now whether you are creating a film or a short video. Are creating a film or a short video. Its are creating a film or a short video, its a very competent process video, its a very competent process. There is a huge gap between process. There is a huge gap between your creative idea to the execution. So essentially what the execution. So essentially what at the execution. So essentially what Ai is doing what we want to do what Ai is doing what we want to do is what Ai is doing what we want to do is you help save the creators to do is you help save the creators time by really letting them creators time by really letting them to creators time by really letting them to be able to focus on the creative them to be able to focus on the creative idea part. Not the Mantral Creative Idea part. Not the manual part of creating a video manual part of creating a video. , � ,. ,. , video. So surely its going to cost a lot video. So surely its going to cost a lot of video. So surely its going to cost a lot of jobs. Video. So surely its going to cost a lot of jobs. Thats video. So surely its going to| cost a lot of jobs. Thats what cost a lot ofjobs. Thats what the hollywood creators are really worried about, the writers and so on and the Film Makers. Writers and so on and the filmmakers. Writers and so on and the filmmakers. Yes, the webby think about filmmakers. Yes, the webby think about it, filmmakers. Yes, the webby think about it, i filmmakers. Yes, the webby think about it, i dont filmmakers. Yes, the webby think about it, i dont think i think about it, i dont think people think about it, i dont think people are losing jobs as more its creating a new kind ofjob its creating a new kind ofjob it witi its creating a new kind ofjob it will change the way people do their it will change the way people do theirjob. So you can imagine. Do theirjob. So you can imagine, you know, basically people imagine, you know, basically peopte irr imagine, you know, basically people in the past that may go to a film. People in the past that may go to a film, now they are able to direct to a film, now they are able to direct it to a film, now they are able to direct it at to a film, now they are able to direct it. At their computer. So basically, like, another analogy so basically, like, another analogy is al is essentially a toot. Analogy is al is essentially a toot. So analogy is al is essentially a tool, so its kind of like you tool, so its kind of like you. The creative ideas are coming you. The creative ideas are coming from a creator see you stilt coming from a creator see you still need coming from a creator see you still need a human to come up with still need a human to come up with the still need a human to come up with the creative ideas and to guide with the creative ideas and to guide the Ai i want to do. So Ai-guide'>Ai Guide the Ai i want to do. So m can guide the Ai i want to do. So Ai can enable all possibilities but it Ai can enable all possibilities but it requires the human to tell the but it requires the human to tell the Ai what to do, and this tell the Ai what to do, and this is tell the Ai what to do, and this is still a job for the human this is still a job for the human and still a job for creative human and still a job for creative teams. I human and still a Ob For Creative Teamsh Human and still a ob for creative teams. I think thats a big concern creative teams. I think thats a big concern with creative teams. I think thats a big concern with creative. Creative teams. I think thats a big concern with creative is the process is how we get to the process is how we get to the product, right . By going through the process, we learn what it is, we shape it, we bring our taste in our vision and so now this process is completely changed, right . So what you were hitting on as i think what people are concerned with. Now the technology is definitely impressive, and the new model is great. So i can see the potential of it, you know, but i think that creative art rightfully concerned and we want to be and still want to mAintAin our process. Especially when the trAining and the Data Sets have been trAined on previous copyrighted material, that some people have owned. So how do you respond people say are you going to be giving Attribution Or Acknowledgement for that . What are your thoughts there . Yes. Are your thoughts there . Yes, financially are your thoughts there . Yes, financially our are your thoughts there . Yes, financially our hope, are your thoughts there . Yes, financially our hope, i are your thoughts there . Yes, financially our hope, i begin i financially our hope, i begin this financially our hope, i begin this company because im really passionate about Content Creation, so our hope is not to clAim creation, so our hope is not to clAim any creation, so our hope is not to clAim any contribution or anything. Were just making a toot. Anything. Were just making a toot. A anything. Were just making a tool, a platform for the creators. So we dont want, we dont creators. So we dont want, we dont clAim creators. So we dont want, we dont clAim any ownership of the content thats created on the content thats created on the platform. So this is all going the platform. So this is all going to the platform. So this is all going to the creators, but we are just going to the creators, but we are just trying to design a toot are just trying to design a toot so are just trying to design a tool so that creators can create tool so that creators can create more content or create more create more content or create more interesting content. But i mean in your more interesting content. But i mean in your trAining more interesting content. But i mean in your trAining model, l more interesting content. Emit i mean in your trAining model, in your data model, if copyrighted material was used to trAin the model, do you have any plans to compensate those creators . Yes. Compensate those creators . Yes, for sure. Went compensate those creators . Yes, for sure. Went to compensate those creators . Yes, for sure. Went to work compensate those creators . Yes, for sure. Went to work with compensate those creators . Yes, for sure. Went to work with and we do for sure. Went to work with and we do have for sure. Went to work with and we do have various partnerships, so we work with and open partnerships, so we work with and open to new partnerships with and open to new partnerships with the and open to new partnerships with the Content Creation Ainment'>Industry And EntertAinment industry. Industry and entertAinment indust. , Ainment'>Industry And EntertAinment indust. , Ainment'>Industry And EntertAinment indust. ,. Industry. Can i ust ask you a cuick industry. Can ijust ask you a quick question . Industry. Can ijust ask you a quick question . That industry. Can ijust ask you a quick question . That video l industry. Can i just ask you a i quick question . That video was a couple of minutes long but really we are at the very beginning of this whole Ai revolution. Do you foresee a day when you might have a whole movie, 90 minutes, two hours, completely created by Artificial Intelligence . Yes, we see that Artificial Intelligence . Yes, we see that so Artificial Intelligence . Yes, we see that so much Artificial Intelligence . Yes, i we see that so much progress has been we see that so much progress has been made in the Ai-world'>Ai World for the has been made in the Ai-world'>Ai World for the video creation, and i do think for the video creation, and i do think there will be a future do think there will be a future. And i think it is not going future. And i think it is not going to future. And i think it is not going to be a very long from now going to be a very long from now we going to be a very long from now. We see right now the Ai-video'>Ai Video now. We see right now the Ai-video'>Ai Video toot now. We see right now the Ai-video'>Ai Video tool is still hard for the Video Tool is still hard for the at Video Tool is still hard for the Ai-tool'>Ai Tool to create a full Feature Length Film that you can see Feature Length Film that you can see in the cinema but we do see that can see in the cinema but we do see that so can see in the cinema but we do see that so much progress is in al see that so much progress is in at industry see that so much progress is in Al Industry might be able to Ai-industry'>Ai Industry might be able to come Ai-industry'>Ai Industry might be able to come true in the short term. Thats come true in the short term. Thats a come true in the short term. Thats a little way off perhaps still, but anyway we will see what happens most of thank you so much for and we will talk to you a bit more in a couple of minutes. Coming up after the break, well be speaking to Ai Film Maker pj accetturo, who says our fears over Ai our overblown and who clAims its actually a good thing in the Long Run for Film Makers and creators. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Welcome back to Ai decoded. Looking at the artificial Intelligence Revolution when it comes to making movies in particular. Our regular Ai-contributor'>Ai Contributor samir mallal. Thank you for being with us once agAin. Now for those who work the Film And Tv commercials industries, the cost of getting an idea off the ground and bringing it to fruition can be a costly and time consuming process. Now, with the advent of Ai, what would usually cost a studio or a client 100,000 can now be done for under 100. Well, at least thats what our next guest is clAiming. Before we bring him on, lets show this trAiler of his most recent Al Film and video creation. Music. My prince, are you prepared to learn what fate the stones foretold you . Yes. There is evil at work in the land to the west, prince ashitaka. My name is ashitaka ive travelled far from lands to the east go away i dont want to fight you im a friend Princess Mononoke, princess of the spirits of ghouls, beasts and ancient gods. The world stole her soul, and now she lives to kill it. Youre beautiful. Why cant the humans and the forest live together . Why cant we stop this fighting now . Im going to show you how to kill a god. You cannot alter your fate, my prince. Ashitaka however, you can rise to meet it if you choose. There we are, another product of Ai, quite amazing. Lets speak to one of The New Breed of Ai Film Makers and Video Content creators, pj accetturo, Whos Ceo of filmport Ai, who joins us from portland, oregon. Thanks very much for being with us. Extraordinary really what can be done and agAinjust us. Extraordinary really what can be done and agAin just talk us through the process so we are really clear about how something like that that we have just seen, which looks really beautiful and impressive, how was that made so simple he . So simple he . Yeah, its been an amazing so simple he . Yeah, its been an amazing and so simple he . Yeah, its been an amazing and wild so simple he . Yeah, its been an amazing and wild process. | so simple he . Yeah, its been| an amazing and wild process. I started an amazing and wild process. I started out on youtube and grew michelle started out on youtube and grew michelle to A Million subscribers and went to hollywood and lost my own Tv Series Hollywood and lost my own Tv Series so hollywood and lost my own Tv Series. So the now play with tools series. So the now play with tools like series. So the now play with tools like that, the truly soft is based tools like that, the truly soft is based on a famous movie called is based on a famous movie called Princess Mononoke by the legendary studio ghibli. An experiment to see how close are we to experiment to see how close are we to photorealism and how far off our we to photorealism and how far off our way into making can adapt off our way into making can adapt any Film Or Concept or story adapt any Film Or Concept or story is adapt any Film Or Concept or story is about process for creating story is about process for creating that was a programme called creating that was a programme called Midjourney Midjourney and wrote the stuff and used a programme to generate the image and compile that into the trAiler and compile that into the trAiler. ,. , trAiler. Give us an idea how much that trAiler. Give us an idea how much that would trAiler. Give us an idea how much that would cost. TrAiler. Give us an idea how much that would cost. Roughly. A couple of hundred bucks or less a couple of hundred bucks or less not a couple of hundred bucks or less. Not a lot. 30 a couple of hundred bucks or less. Not a lot. Less. Not a lot. So its interesting less. Not a lot. So its interesting because i less. Not a lot. So its| interesting because do less. Not a lot. So its interesting because do you feel like in the process that we are missing something in terms of Emotion And Connection . What i meant seeing this, im impressed with the tools and what you been able to do but in terms of that Human Connection that i feel that we get from whether its a high End Tv commercial or whether a tv show, ifeel like we commercial or whether a tv show, i feel like we are still far off from that and i think you have to do notjust with the technology but it has to do with the process, going through the creative process and that something that right now i think is missing in al and personally im trying to solve is how do we bring back the creative process into the Ai-creation'>Ai Creation process. What are your thoughts on that . Thoughts on that . Yeah, i will hundred percent thoughts on that . Yeah, i will hundred percent agree thoughts on that . Yeah, i will hundred percent agree and i thoughts on that . Yeah, i will| hundred percent agree and im trying hundred percent agree and im trying to hundred percent agree and im trying to approach all of this experimentation with a lot of curiosity experimentation with a lot of Curiosity And Humility because like you Curiosity And Humility because like you talked about in the previous like you talked about in the previous segment, it can represent a threat and i dont want represent a threat and i dont want to represent a threat and i dont want to underplay the fact that there want to underplay the fact that there is want to underplay the fact that there is a want to underplay the fact that there is a huge industry, the tv and there is a huge industry, the Tv And Film industry, that can be disrupted. What analogy that i be disrupted. What analogy that i like be disrupted. What analogy that l like to be disrupted. What analogy that i like to use is pAinters were very i like to use is pAinters were very disrupted by photographers and they very disrupted by photographers and they thought it was maybe cheating and they thought it was maybe cheating or was too easy and at the same cheating or was too easy and at the same time the world has been the same time the world has been better for photography, that kind of democratize the art process. And i view it in the art process. And i view it in the same art process. And i view it in the same way that kind of youtube experienced the proliferation of taking what only proliferation of taking what only studios can do back in 2004 only studios can do back in 2004 and then digital cameras come 2004 and then digital cameras come about and now 20 years later, come about and now 20 years later, 80 of the content on the internet is user generated content the internet is user generated content. So i think thats actually content. So i think thats actually the future of what we are going to see with narrative films are going to see with narrative films as are going to see with narrative films as well is studios will continue films as well is studios will continue to make content and will figure out a way forward that will figure out a way forward that trAins ethical Data Sets, but were that trAins ethical Data Sets, but were actually going to see a switch but were actually going to see a switch from studios being the primary a switch from studios being the primary of most of our Narrative Content and its actually Narrative Content and its actually going to go into the hands actually going to go into the hands of creators and i think thats hands of creators and i think thats a hands of creators and i think thats a really beautiful thing because thats a really beautiful thing because i spent 20 years try to work because i spent 20 years try to work up because i spent 20 years try to work up my way up the Hollywood Ladder Work up my way up the Hollywood Ladder and almost got divorced and almost went through bankruptcy. It is a grind. You are overworked and underpAid as are overworked and underpAid as a Hollywood Trader and then you have a Hollywood Trader and then you have a a Hollywood Trader and then you have a i a Hollywood Trader and then you have a 1 chance or less of eventually. Have a 1 chance or less of eventually. Have a 1 chance or less of eventually. You say that but clearly people eventually. You say that but clearly people like eventually. You say that but clearly people like to clearly people like to agreement is guilty went on strike and probably went on strike and probably went on strike over this issue Ai are really, really worried. Youre actually right, really, really worried. Youre actually right, and really, really worried. Youre actually right, and agAin really, really worried. Youre actually right, and agAin i. Actually right, and agAin i dont actually right, and agAin i dont have all the answers but i dont have all the answers but i would dont have all the answers but i would like to imagine that we i would like to imagine that we seen i would like to imagine that ive seen so many stories of people ive seen so many stories of people who go in hollywood because they want to be a writer because they want to be a writer and a director of their own writer and a director of their own Films Writer and a director of their own films and it 20 years later they own films and it 20 years later they are own films and it 20 years later they are burnt out because they were they are burnt out because they were only they are burnt out because they were only able to hold a lie or to run were only able to hold a lie or to run coffee or run cars. I hear to run coffee or run cars. I hear them to run coffee or run cars. I hear them say this is not what i hear them say this is not what i got hear them say this is not what i got into hear them say this is not what i got into the industry i know that i got into the industry i know that its i got into the industry i know that its almost impossible to et that its almost impossible to get my that its almost impossible to get my films made and now anvone get my films made and now anyone is able to make that. And anyone is able to make that. And if anyone is able to make that. And if you anyone is able to make that. And if you can figure out a way to have and if you can figure out a way to have these tools be ethically sourced, i think it ethically sourced, think it actually ethically sourced, i think it actually can be a really good thing actually can be a really good thing in actually can be a really good thing in the Long Run for creators. | thing in the Long Run for Creators Thing in the Long Run for creators. ,. , creators. I agree with you there in creators. I agree with you there in the creators. I agree with you there in the sense creators. I agree with you there in the sense that i creators. I agree with you there in the sense that if| creators. I agree with you i there in the sense that if we are giving creators opportunities to tell their own stories in a way that they have not been able to before, then i think the potential is really amazing. I think, think the potential is really amazing. Ithink, though, that just because everybody can do it does not mean that a good story is not a good story. And storytelling requires craft and requires time and requires diligence and it requires i think a kind of personal connection to the material. When we express ourselves creatively, we are putting something in of ourselves, some kind of insight that we want to express and show to the world, right . So how does this fit in with this new Ai-kind'>Ai Kind of way of working . How do you see that personal voice translating . Bond personal voice translating . And im afrAid youve personal voice translating . And im afrAid youve only got about 30 seconds to answer it. Sure, i got it. For the same trend sure, i got it. For the same trend of sure, i got it. For the same trend of youtube and tick tock to where trend of youtube and tick tock to where there is were to where there to where there is were to where there is to where there is were to where there is would be a lot of content there is would be a lot of content. Cambrian explosion of content, content. Cambrian explosion of content, and maybe some is less than content, and maybe some is less than mediocre and there is good to be than mediocre and there is good to be a than mediocre and there is good to be a bunch its good in a few to be a bunch its good in a few that to be a bunch its good in a few that are great. And i believe few that are great. And i believe we are seeing a future where believe we are seeing a future where a believe we are seeing a future where a single creator will be able where a single creator will be able to where a single creator will be able to create A Billion Dollar Franchise able to create A Billion Dollar Franchise within the next ten Years Franchise within the next ten years it franchise within the next ten ears. �. Franchise within the next ten ears. ,. , franchise within the next ten ears. ,. ,. , years. A great short answer, very concise years. A great short answer, very concise. You years. A great short answer, very concise. You must years. A great short answer, very concise. You must be i very concise. You must be Artificial Intelligence, thank you so much, pj accetturo. Thank you so much for being with us once agAin a fascinating subject to talk about it and we could talk about it and we could talk about it and we could talk about it for many hours and im sure well come back to it. Youre watching bbc news. Good evening. Well, after a chilly start today, we all got the long awAited Sunshine Weve been craving after such a wet september. This was staffordshire a little earlier on, but it was a fAirly familiar story right across the country all thanks to High Pressure, which is slowly starting to drift its way steadily eastwards. And it will allow the door to open to this Weather Front into the northwest, bringing some showery outbreaks of rAin. It will prevent temperatures from falling too far, but elsewhere, under those clear skies, expect the temperatures to fall away once agAin. Low single figures in sheltered rural areas of england and wales. A touch of frost and patchy fog is likely first thing in the morning. But as we go through the day, well continue to see this North South Divide across england and wales. After that sunny start, well have fAir Weather Cloud developing. But temperatures are still likely to peak between 15 17 celsius. Maybe cloudy skies and a few scattered showers into the isle of man, more overcast and damp across northern ireland, with showery outbreaks of rAin into western scotland. Sheltered eastern areas should stay driest for longest. Highs here of 13 14 celsius. So, as we move out of friday into the start of the weekend, the High Pressure continues to lose its grip and allows Anotherfront To Push in this one will bring some more heavy and persistent rAin with it. So, once agAin, well see double digits to greet us first thing on saturday. But still a chilly start for england and wales thats where well have the best of the sunshine throughout the day on saturday. Some of this rAin could turn quite heavy, though, on saturday, through northern ireland and into scotland, gradually pushing its way steadily northwards and eastwards. The Wind Direction Swinging around to a Southerly It might feel a degree or so warmer, despite the temperatures suggesting a similar story, 14 17 celsius. But Saturday Night is the night where that front will continue to push its way quite widely across the country, and it will bring a spell of wet weather as it does so. So, wet and windy through the early hours of Sunday Morning that trAils away, and you can see how itll stay pretty unsettled with plenty of showers developing. And thatjust opens the floodgates for yet more unsettled weather as we move through the week ahead, particularly from wednesday onwards. Thats it, take care. Hello, im ben brown. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Do you support israel striking irans oilfacilities, sir . Were in discussions on that. I think that would be a little. Anyway. Some now more than speculation that Irans Oil Infrastructure could be targeted. Now, it really depends on what part of that infrastructure. Export facilities in iran are probably those at greatest risk in the aftermath of what happened on tuesday night. 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