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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 the 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. more now from the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. more than 1000 security officers have been deployed in rome today. this is the first time the president zelensky visits italy since russia invaded ukraine last year. he has had a meeting with his counterpart, the italian president. they had a private meeting that lasted for about 25 minutes and some of the things that they discussed were economic sanctions against russia, the kidnapping of ukrainian children, the need to step up the fight against pro kremlin fake news and ukrainejoining the european union. after the meeting, president zelensk ....
border wall and watched as hundreds of migrants were placed in a single file, put on white buss and processed and not quite clear how many were released. also fox news cameras captured migrants in brownsville, texas, yesterday after they were released yet the white house insists there s no mass releases happening. the way we see nah the way we see that is sabotage and it s clear and simple and cvp allowing and encouraging mass release of migrants is just categorically false. that s not occurring. reporter: it s also important to note that right now the government of mexico reporting there s 26,000 migrants on the mexican side of the border who are likely trying to make it into the united states or have already attempted to. as the sun comes up here in downtown el paso, you re likely going to be able to see much more activity here. this is a very busy area for migrants that are either released. they come here and they re fed and given shelter we re told inside of t ....
ahead of an audience with pope francis. trumpets play this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome. later he ll be meeting the italian prime minister giorgia meloni, and also travel to the vatican. a huge security operation has been launched, with over 1,000 police deployed and a no fly zone over rome. president zelensky is then due to travel to germany, and in the past few hours we ve heard that germany has pledged nearly $3 billion of military to ukraine. that s the biggest aid package from italy yet. that s the biggest aid package from germany yet. but back to italy first. let s cross to the newsroom now and talk to our europe regional editor correspondent paul moss. why has zelensky travel to rome? he s trying to shore up political support and military aid for his country but it s an interesting case. 0n the one hand the prime minister, meloni, has been very vocal with their support of ukraine. but on the other hand you have to look at wh ....
around the country. and overnight, more drone attacks, on the capital kyiv. welcome to the programme. across the uk people have been marking the end of the long coronation weekend, by getting involved in community events. members of the royal familyjoined in, with the volunteering for the big help out, which included beach our royal correspondent sarah campbell has more. right on target. five year old prince louis, on his first royal engagement, was more than happy to get involved volunteering at a scout hut in slough. do you think prince louis would make a good scout? yes. yes, definitely. why? because he is actually good at helping out and working together with scouts. and he was pretty good at archery. he was better than me! better than all of us! seeing little louis out there, he isjust amazing! i mean, it sjust marvellous that a little kid like him can do stuff like that. also helping with a spot of digging, his dad and big brother. as a former volunteer scout hers ....
revision song contest final thank you so much forjoining us. we began in pakistan with the opposition has been greeted back at his home by thousands of supporters after his release on bail on corruption charges. rejoicing firework. it s saturday the 13th of may. our top story: after months of preparation and build up, liverpool will host the final of the eurovision song contest tonight. more than 100 million people across the continent are expected to watch. the show will reflect the culture both of its host city and last year s winner, ukraine, who could not stage the show due to russia s invasion. our media and arts correspondent david sillito has been soaking up the atmosphere ahead of tonight s long awaited grand finale. liverpool has become a carnival. ..0f eurovision. everywhere you look there is a reminder of just what has arrived. the city is awash with glitter and, well, there is only one word for it rampe. just look at the queue for the eurovision village. and thi ....