when graham was opening that envelope, i was like, oh, my goodness, please, please! oh, i m ecstatic, it s marvellous! of course, this eurovision should be taking place in ukraine, and it is now for liverpool to prove that while it can t take place in ukraine, this is going to be a eurovision for ukraine. liverpool s already had the endorsement of its twin city, odesa, and this year s winner, the kalush orchestra have offered their congratulations to a city that wants eurovision to be a citywide party and a celebration of music and peace. wejust had a real moment, haven t we, in this city, where we ve won eurovision? and it feels like the whole city kind ofjumped in the air at exactly the same time tonight. and now we ve got seven months to deliver something that will be truly astonishing, incredible for ukraine, our sister city odesa, but also incredible for the whole uk, so we are delighted. but tonight liverpool, it will be absolutely buzzing, it will be incredible. and
tonight at 10: ukraine s president zelensky urges the world to act swiftly to stop the nuclear threat from russia. as his forces continue to regain [and taken by the russians, he says president putin is not ready to use nuclear weapons, but his rhetoric is dangerous. they begin to prepare their society. that is very dangerous. they are not ready to do it, to use it, but they begin to communicate. we ll bring you more on the bbc s interview with the president in kyiv. also on the programme. overwhelmed by grief parents and relatives mourn their children murdered in thailand by a former police officer. the conservative mp conor burns has been sacked from the government following what it said it is a complaint of serious misconduct. european champions take on the world champions as england play the united states in night s and the bbc announces which city will host the eurovision song contest next year. liverpool. congratulations! and coming up on the bbc news channel: england
florence pugh at a screening of her new film the wonder. the daily mail focus on health and a new nhs diet to beat diabetes. the mirror looks at the new covid surge with the headline boosterjab crisis with only one in five over 50 boosted. and the telegraph leads with of the sacking of conor burns with the headline minister sacked in new tory sleaze row. the guardian also goes with that story, going with minister sacked for serious misconduct welcome back to you both, let s start with that story in the guardian of conor burns. before we go into the details, let stress that conor burns is fully cooperating with the probe and intends to clear his name. ~ ,,., , , with the probe and intends to clear his name. ~ , , , his name. absolutely, this is the comment he s his name. absolutely, this is the comment he s issued, his name. absolutely, this is the comment he s issued, he - his name. absolutely, this is the | comment he s issued, he intends his name. absolutely,
entrepreneur and youtube jamaal edwards says her son from cardiac arrhythmia after taking recreational drugs. a man who remained a member of the neo nazi equipped national action after it was banned in 2016 has been jailed action after it was banned in 2016 has beenjailed for eight action after it was banned in 2016 has been jailed for eight and a half years. good afternoon. tens of thousands of rail workers will stage three days of national rail strikes later this month, the rmt union has announced. it ll be the largest outbreak of industrial action in the industry in a generation and will shut down the entire rail network in england. with all the details i m joined by our correspondent, jon donnison. dramatic means. tell us more. the union said it would involve a many batch as many as 50,000 workers coming out for a strike in three days. that will be a 21st, the 23rd and the 25th ofjune. that gap in between each of them it s a tuesday, thursday and saturday. it s going to c