Day in the Premier League. Good day in the Premier League. Morning. After the war the good morning. After the warmest of the year yesterday, today will be warmer in the east changes in the west with thunderstorms. I will bring you all the details shortly. Good morning. Its sunday may 12. Did you stay up late . Maybe you did switzerland has won the Eurovision Song Contest in a competition marred by controversy and politics. The singer nemo triumphed with the song the code. The uks Olly Alexander came a disappointing eighteenth. There was booing for israel in the arena, while earlier, thousands of pro Palestinian Protesters marched outside. Our arts correspondent David Sillito has more. Switzerland, winning one of the most extraordinary Eurovision Song Contests of all time. Fans had to file into the arena amidst a small melee of police and protesters, the presence of israel in the final has provoked demonstrations and discomfort from some of the competitors. But when israels eden golan t
Afghanistan and said get ready to report to designated evacuation spots, the u.s. is working hard to get out as many american citizens as possible in the last few hours and days. kate? thank you very much for that. i want to go to sam kylie in kabul for us, again, this evening. sam, are the taliban emboldened tonight? reporter: they have been emboldened since they were able to race through the country, capture the capital city and humiliate a super power. we re watching a miraculous feat of logistics with 50,000 people being moved in a small amount of time, particularly over the last few days and a consequence the taliban perhaps have reasserted control over the situation by saying that local afghan people can no longer make their way to the airport. ironically, of course, making it easier ultimately for the americans to meet the deadline. that may have been part of the taliban reasoning in this. not only do they want to prevent
Receding are now back. more people are wearing their masks. we see less folks outdoors. and i think a lot of that has to do with rond desantis s disastrous approach. but really kudos to president biden, who today took control of the situation that even was harming him and his administration. let s make no mistake. the success or failure of the biden presidency, you can even argue the success or failure for the united states is about containing the covid virus. with the delta variant spread, that was harming president biden. how do we know that? because his approval ratings were dropping and they were tracking his approval ratings on his handling of the virus. today, though, as you heard dr. roy mention, they have reasserted control. these mandates on masks and vaccines for federal employees i think will start to set a tone. and how do we know this is working? because in the state of kentucky right now mitch mcconnell, that s right, republican minority leader mitch mcconnell, is paid fo