the eurovision song contest final. hello. i m nancy kacungira. ukrainian president volodimir zelensky has arrived in the italian capital rome, where he ll meet italian political leaders and have an audience with the pope. we are showing you live shots at the president s residence in rome. italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni, has been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons. mr zelensky tweeted that it was an important visit for what he said was the approaching victory for ukraine. those live pictures there, in rhyme. live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. well, zelensky has said this is an important visit for his approaching victory. what message will he be trying to send? victory. what message will he be trying to send? president zelensky has landed in trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome about - tr
this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome, where he was greeted by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this, he met italian prime minister giorgia meloni. she s been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons. as are some of her coalition partners. live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. out, members of the rmt union are back on picket lines. another 24 hour strike at their long running dispute, with live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. president zelensky has had a meeting with his counterparts. this private meeting lasted for 25 minutes and some of these things discussed were economic functions against russia, the kidnapping against ukrainian children, and they need to set up. after the meeting, president zelensky said i want to thank italy each italian one by one for to show italy s continued support for ukraine. quite a few sym
this is bbc news, the headlines. a people killed in violence spawned by a corruption case against imran khan. palestinian militants for the hundreds of rockets into israel following wave of air strikes in gaza. the campaign is been are launching a campaign to try to solve the cases of some of europe s unidentified murdered women. we ve only just begun we ve onlyjust begun on the eurovision contest. we spoke and he spoke to italy s interests tend to make entry to the contest. what is your vision without its many fans who come outside regardless of the wind, rain, sunshine regardless of the bus, let s cross to my colleague in the eurovision village. meet the swedish ladies! does for a bit of gender balance, here sjonathan! be shy. we have the swedish ladies unsurprisingly from. and jonathan, where you come from? norway. let s start with you ladies. first of all, how are you finding the eurovision fan village? fan village? fantastic. very good arrangement fan village? fantast