i worry about it s commitment to health disparities, to the ten year cancer programme, to five more years of a healthy life longevity commitment, to our whole commitment to making britain healthier. liverpool s hero. liverpool win the fa cup, beating chelsea 6 5 on penalties after a goalless game at wembley. and the eurovision final is getting started in turin. there are high hopes for the uk s sam ryder, but ukraine are favourites to win. good evening. russia s president vladimir putin has warned his finnish counterpart thatjoining nato and abandoning finland s neutral status would be a mistake . finland is expected to formally announce its intention tojoin the western military alliance tomorrow. as this map shows, russia and finland share a 800 mile border and russia says it has no hostile intentions towards finland and sweden, but has warned that their membership of nato would lead to the militarisation of the baltic region. the finnish president is said to have told pres
uk hopes are pinned on sam ryder, who hasjust performed. but ukraine are the favourites to win this year in sport, liverpool win the fa cup, beating chelsea 6 5 on penalties after a goalless game at wembley and in around half an hour we ll be taking an in depth look at the papers, with our reviewers shyama perera and andrew kidd. stay with us for that. good evening. our main news the mayor of kharkiv has told the bbc that russian forces have withdrawn from the city area and are heading for some breaking news just some breaking newsjust into us, ten people have been killed in a mass shooting in buffalo in new york according to reports from us media, thisjust into us in according to reports from us media, this just into us in the last minutes, so you let media reporting that ten people have been killed in a mass shooting in buffalo in new york. we will have more for you throughout the evening here on bbc news. the mayor of kharkiv has told the bbc that russian forces have wit
in the past, many looked upon eurovision as a graveyard for careers. but things have changed. for anyone who wonders what eurovision is all about, this is what it s all about. for mahmood, it s made him a star. and it s also done the same for last year s winners maneskin. well, we ve basically been touring nonstop, making new music. yeah. going all around the world. so it s been like basically all we dreamt of. music: stefania by kalush orchestra. and while the favourites for tonight are ukraine s kalush orchestra, there ve also been quite a few bets on a country that s rather struggled in recent years the uk. # i m up in space, man.# sam ryder and space man has won many admirers. i ll be completely honest, it s quite strange walking around as part of the uk delegation, with people going, you re
well, we ve basically been touring nonstop, making new music. yeah. going all around the world. so it s been like basically all we dreamt of. music: stefania by kalush orchestra. and while the favourites for tonight are ukraine s kalush orchestra, there ve also been quite a few bets on a country that s rather struggled in recent years the uk. # i m up in space, man.# sam ryder and space man has won many admirers. i ll be completely honest, it s quite strange walking around as part of the uk delegation, with people going, you re going to win, you re going to win! and we re like, what? ! # and i wanna go home.# winning is perhaps being a bit optimistic, but few expect another last place. the left side of the leaderboard for us is a win, put it that way. a top ten is a win. a top five is a homecoming bus tour, in my eyes. a win is panic stations
michelle, as first minister, i hope, we hope will meet with the tea shop in the course of the coming week also. taoiseach. the final of the eurovision song contest has started and thousands of fans are in italy for the big night. sam ryder is hoping to end a run of bad results for the uk, but ukraine is hotly tipped to win. our arts correspondent david sillito has been meeting some of the contestants. eurovision, and the fans are gathering. turin is this year s host and this is italy s hopeful, mahmood, and it s his second contest. you have fans here and everywhere. everyone knows you. have you got used to all of this, what eurovision has done to you? are you used to this fame? oh, you know, for me it s always a new thing, you know, because the emotion is always the same, so.yeah.