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
Live from washington, this is bbc news. 243 215 points! we have a winner! a historic end to eurovision, with sweden s loreen becoming the first woman to win the contest twice. i m so happy and so thankful. thank you for this. this is for you, thank you. volodymyr zelensky and the pope hold talks at the vatican, but the pontiff stops short of directly condemning russia s invasion of ukraine. a ceasefire takes effect in the gaza strip after five days of fighting between israel and palestinian militants.