And youll never guess what has upset ursula von der leyen, the president of the European Commission shes not particularly happy. Why people were forbidden from flying eu flags at eurovision. Yes, eurovision was more stringent on this stuff than the last night at the proms. Shes kicking off over eurovision, shes kicking off so her representative, one of the spokespeople at the European Commission, has accused eurovision bosses of handing a gift to their enemies of europe with this flag band. So were no European Union flags were allowed to be flown. And theyre saying this is handing, this is handing a gift to the enemies of europe , to the eurosceptics. Europe, to the eurosceptics. I love this quote. The quote from her official spokesman is it is certainly regrettable to ban the flag. That is the flag of all eu members and other council of union members. I cannot find why the logical explanation for why the ebu is doing this and what does this serve . Well, of course, the explanation is
This morning David Cameron, the foreign secretary, versus the bbc. He says the broadcaster should be describing hamas as terrorists. And hes quite right rather than what they say. A proscribed terrorist organisation, and then feeding sicknote breton a new study shows that obese people are twice as likely to take time off work, stifling Economic Growth. And we are going to talk a little bit about eurovision. Oh, little bit about eurovision. Oh, we were both mortified by that hideous british entry. Well, he couldnt sing. Lets lets be honest. His voice. Lets be honest. His voice. There were two songs either side of him which were amazing. And then you heard his voice. It was like it was shameful. The performance. Well and why was it in a public lavatory . I dont get it. I just didnt get it. Its disgusting. Yeah, i didnt get it. I voted for israel. I voted for israel. I voted for israel. I did too. Well, listen, make sure you get in touch with us. Gbnews. Com forward slash your say. But fi
Day in the Premier League. Good day in the Premier League. Morning. After the war the good morning. After the warmest of the year yesterday, today will be warmer in the east changes in the west with thunderstorms. I will bring you all the details shortly. Good morning. Its sunday may 12. Did you stay up late . Maybe you did switzerland has won the Eurovision Song Contest in a competition marred by controversy and politics. The singer nemo triumphed with the song the code. The uks Olly Alexander came a disappointing eighteenth. There was booing for israel in the arena, while earlier, thousands of pro Palestinian Protesters marched outside. Our arts correspondent David Sillito has more. Switzerland, winning one of the most extraordinary Eurovision Song Contests of all time. Fans had to file into the arena amidst a small melee of police and protesters, the presence of israel in the final has provoked demonstrations and discomfort from some of the competitors. But when israels eden golan t
Been killed after houses in the central area of the gaza strip were hit. Israel has also sent tanks north of there after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments. From jerusalem, paul adams reports. One by one, the people of rafah are leaving. Outlying parts of the city now all but deserted. I wasnt planning on going, hassan says, but since no one is left here, i decided to leave. I have to find out where my wife and daughter are. The un says 300,000 people have left already. Thats almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. Most are heading for the coast, to places barely able to sustain the un says 300,000 people have left already. Thats almost a quarter of those sheltering in rafah. Most are heading for the coast, to places barely able to sustain life, where exhausted, hungry people fend for themselves. Zainab and her children have brought their makeshift tent to the beach. Translation they dropped leaflets on us four times. After the fourth time, we came here. When i arri
The front pages, first of all. Now theres one story dominating the headlines , you the headlines, as you can imagine morning. Weve imagine this morning. Weve covered on breakfast. This is covered it on breakfast. This is in the telegraph and its in the sunday telegraph and its brand accused of rape and sexual abuse. Brand accused of rape and sexual abuse. Its actually an original abuse. Its actually an original sunday times story. So on the front, accused is Russell Brand, the sex predator who hid in plain sight. The observer has plain sight. The observer has a picture of brand on the front, but they go with a different story. Labour wants new eu links in a reset of foreign policy. Ill be discussing that with pat mcfadden on the front of the mail on sunday. Again, the brand story brand is accused of rape and grooming a girl of 16 again, sunday express puts a picture of brand on the front, but they go with millions. Ditch crisis hit nhs and go private. Sun on nhs and go private. Sun on