but they are no ordinary band. they re from ukraine, a country in the midst of a bloody war. in the lead up to the contest, all the band members faced a difficult decision. now their winning song has become a powerful statement of defiance. and they hope their global stardom will help ukraine s plight. i m viktoria zhuhan, i work as a journalist for bbc in ukraine. i don t normally cover eurovision, especially when there is a war raging in my country. but kalush orchestra isn t an ordinary, typical eurovision contestant. but after following the kalush orchestra for ten days, i ve learned that, for them, this is much more than a singing competition. it s a way to tell the world about the war that s destroying ukraine. we are on our way to a rehearsal in the north of the country. oleh, in the pink hat, the group s front man finds it hard to take in what he sees. it s tima, the band s vocalist and flute player who realises he s been here before. only weeks earlier, russian troop
more than 100 cases have been reported across 11 countries outside africa, where it s most common. first identified in monkeys, the disease typically spreads through close contact. now on bbc news our world eurovision: ukraine s victory. music plays. this is kalush orchestra, winners of this year s eurovision song contest. but they are no ordinary band. they are from ukraine, a country in the midst of a bloody wall. war. in the lead up to the contest, all the band members faced a difficult decision. now, their winning song has become a powerful statement of defiance. and they hope their global starter will help ukraine s plate. p plate. iam i am viktoriia zhuhan, i woke is a journalist for bbc ukraine. they don t normally cover eurovision, especially when war is in my country, but kalush orchestra isn t atypical eurovision contestant. but after following the kalush orchestra for ten days, i ve learned that for them this is much more than a singing competition. it s a
and they hope their global stardom will help ukraine s plight. i am viktoriia zhuhan. i work as a journalist for bbc in ukraine. i don t normally cover eurovision, especially when there is a war raging in my country, but kalush orchestra isn t an ordinary, typical eurovision contestant. but after following the kalush orchestra for ten days, i ve learned that for them this is much more than a singing competition. it s a way to tell the world about the war that s destroying ukraine. we are on our way to a rehearsal in the north of the country. oleh, in the pink hat, the group s frontman, finds it hard to take in what he sees. it s tymo, the band s vocalist and flute player, who realises he has been here before. only weeks earlier, russian troops were pushed back after a barbaric onslaught. they left mass graves and even evidence of torture. vladimir putin, the president of russia, has started the largest war in europe since world war ii. non stop shelling and a ground invasion
victory for every ukrainian. a ukrainian rap group takes the prize in the song contest. and we begin with a senseless tragedy that s become just all too common in the united states. another mass shooting. mis police say ten people were killed when a 18-year-old white male opened fire in a grocery store in a largely-black neighborhood. they re calling the attack racially motivated, and witnesses are describing a scene that was both horrifying and heartbreaking. i seen a guy in a full army suit, just shooting shots at people. and i seen a security guard run in the store. and then i seen the guy go in, army style, bent over, just shooting at people. and i heard him shooting at people. and i saw three people laying down, and i didn t have a phone on me, so i was just screaming at somebody to call the police and came out. he put the gun to his head, to his chin, then he dropped it, then he took off with a bulletproof vest and got on his hands and knees and put his hands behind
latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. a suspect is behind bars following a deadly mass shooting that set the community of buffalo, new york on edge. 18-year-old payton has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of at least 10 people. he pleaded not guilty. police call it racially motivated. it happened in a largely black neighborhood. investigators are also reviewing a 180 page manifesto in which he describes his perceptions of the dwindling size of the white population. governor hochul condemned the racial extremism. here she is. military-style execution targeting people who simply want to buy groceries in a neighborhood store. it strikes us in our very hearts to know that there is such evil that lurks out there. police say the alleged shooter wasn t from the area and traveled hours to carry out the shooting in buffalo. this was pure evil. it was straight up racially motivated hate crime from somebody