live from washington, this is bbc news after days of deadly exchanges, a ceasefire between israel and islamichhad militants in the gaza strip appears to be holding. volodymyr zelensky and the pope hold talks at the vatican, but the pontiff stops short of directly condemning russia s invasion of ukraine. 215 points we have a winner! a historic end to eurovision, with sweden s loreen becoming the first woman to win the contest twice. hello, i m carl nasman. palestinians poured out on the streets in gaza city as a ceasefire between israel
the seven cities shortlisted to host the 2023 eurovision song contest are: birmingham. glasgow. leeds. liverpool. manchester. newcastle. and sheffield. and that is it. that was really tense. those are the seven cities who could be hosting eurovision next year. there are many people listening right now, leaping up and down. the shortlisted cities were whittled down to two
i tried to get tickets, i ve had some before but not been able to get flights, i couldn t afford in 98 for birmingham, too young for 82. this is my year. this is my year so liverpool, here we come. i m having an amazing time. i m worried i am peaking too soon. we haven t even got there yet and i m ready having the best time of my life. ona train! how often do we get to say that in this country? not very often. this is the official opening ceremony of this year s eurovision song contest. sandwiched between slovenia to my right and cyprus to my left. all 37 acts from the 37 countries participating have now arrived in liverpool. they are walking this red carpet which is actually turquoise for sponsorship reasons. around 3000 tickets were made
we have a massive fan base for the eurovision song contest in the united kingdom. it rates the normally on the bbc. it rates the phenomenally on the bbc. it is not a surprise for us that the united kingdom secretly loves the eurovision. it hasn t perhaps been as pronounced as it is now. i think sam ryder did a fantasticjob and we are experiencing a resurgence in the uk, which is fantastic. sam ryder was going to be hard to follow, but in march we found out he would be stepping into their shoes in competing for the uk. i am so excited and it is a dream come true and for it to be in liverpool, iconic setting. i hope you guys like the song. can t wait to see you. # when you said you were leaving. 25 year old may muller