we start in the uk, where the wait is now over for eurovision fans. in the last hour in liverpool, the winner of this year s eurovision song contest has been annouced, with sweden taking the crown for the seventh time with loreen s song tattoo. this was the moment her victory was announced. loreen was already the bookies favourite but she now becomes the first woman to ever win the contest twice, after her victory in 2012 with the track euphoria. well, loreen led the way from the start of the jury vote. here she is with her winning performance of tattoo earlier. # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # no, i don t care about the pain. # i ll walk through fire. # and through rainjust # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # no, i don t care about them. and here she is accepting the award. only the second person to win eurovision twice. how does it feel? this is overw
palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but it is worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder, though, that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding. in the past few minutes the white house has issued a st
hello, i m carl naussman. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations . in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder though that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding.
televoting changes everything, and clearly audiences from not only europe but around the world, even audiences in the us, could vote for eurovision, and they voted in their droves for fin that. so at one point and that was in the lead, but at the very last minute sweden s audience votes were counted. they needed 187 points to beat finland, and they got over 200 points, so history is made. loreen, eurovision legend, already the queen of eurovision, is now a two time winner. 0nlyjohnny logan from ireland has done that before. this also means that sweden is now a seven time winner of the eurovision song contest, and that puts it, again, on an equal footing with ireland. that puts it, again, on an equalfooting with ireland. so i guess next year we re going be heading to sweden. hopefully we can no be heading to sweden. hopefully we can go there be heading to sweden. hopefully we can go there together. - be heading to sweden. hopefully we can go there together. i - we can go there togethe
in the us could vote for eurovision, and they voted in their droves for finland. so, one point, finland was in the lead but at the very last minute, sweden s audience votes were counted. they needed 187 points to beat finland and they got over 200 points, so history is made. loreen, a eurovision legend, already the queen of eurovision, is now a two time winner. onlyjohnny logan from ireland has done that before. this also means that sweden is now a seven time winner of the eurovision song contest and that puts it, again, on an equal footing with ireland. so, i guess next year, we re going be heading to sweden. i can t wait! while it s called eurovision, the song contest has plenty of fans here in the us as well and this year, for the first time ever, americans and fans from anywhere in the world could actually vote, even if their own country didn t compete.