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
country didn t compete. alesia michelle is one of those super fans. tonight she is the host of a large eurovision watch party here in washington, which she livestreamed on youtube. this was the moment when it became clear sweden was the winner. and alesia is with me now. you have been watching and live streaming all night. we saw that loreen was crowned champion. what was your reaction? just saw it, you seemed pretty excited. i reaction? just saw it, you seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, i seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, i had - seemed pretty excited. i had to take a moment, i had to - seemed pretty excited. i had to l take a moment, i had to breathe in, i had to breathe out. you know, considerthat in, i had to breathe out. you know, consider that the thing. i know some people were maybe just thinking sweden isjust going to walk away with it, but let s be realistic. she did not walk away with this win. finla
favourite. i can say that now, the competition is over. and in terms of the televoting it was the winning song, but it s just not quite enough to win the entire thing. but i know that everyone who is watching is going to think, look, all the performances were amazing and the show was amazing and liverpool has put on such a fantastic eurovision. everyone has been saying it, and i have to say, at the end of what has been a fantastic week, it has been a fantastic week, it has been one of the best eurovision is we have ever had. is we have ever had. well, it looks like is we have ever had. well, it looks like you is we have ever had. well, it looks like you have - is we have ever had. well, it looks like you have been - is we have ever had. well, it. looks like you have been having a great time there. the people of liverpool have been having a fantastic time. of course, we know that ukraine was meant to be hosting this year, because they won last year. just talk about the atmosphere i
so liverpool and the uk stepped up so liverpool and the uk stepped up and stepped in. and you really mark the fact that it should have been in ukraine, they have been references signposting. there has been a real embrace of ukrainian culture, ukrainian music, ukrainian food. everywhere you walk in this wonderful city, you see the blue and yellow of the ukrainian flag. you see photography exhibitions of ukrainian photographs, you see bands playing ukrainian music. really, a lot of ukrainians that i have spoken to who have come here from all over the country to liverpool to be part of it have told me that liverpool feels to them like they are at home, and that really is a wonderful thing to behold. and also, in the show, there was a lot of referencing to ukraine as well. it all kicked off with the band from last year, and of course ukraine s performer had a stunning performance. didn t do as well as they did last year, but a great performance nonetheless. i but a great performance noneth
want to do. never an easy solution want to do. never an easy solution in want to do. never an easy solution in that want to do. never an easy solution in that region. . want to do. never an easy - solution in that region. khaled elgindy, seniorfellow solution in that region. khaled elgindy, senior fellow at the middle east institute and director of the programme on palestine and israeli palestine affairs, thank you so much for your perspective. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. for the vast majority of places saturday turned into a mostly sunny and very warm day. many parts of western england, wales, northern ireland, and scholars at temperatures up to 21 degrees. however, in eastern england underneath the stubborn area of cloud some places only got to 10 degrees. that stubborn area of cloud still with us for sunday morning, but it should break up more effectively for the day had to allow more sunshine and warmth khaled elgindy. at the same time as cold front was here from