today at five — cross party brexit talks collapse without agreement after six weeks of negotiations. both sides blame each other asjeremy corbyn pulls the plug claiming the government is weak and unstable. the divisions mean the government is negotiating with no authority and no ability that i can see to deliver. we haven't been able to overcome the fa ct we haven't been able to overcome the fact that isn't a common position on labour over whether they want to deliver brexit or a second referendum which can reverse it. the other main 5pm. a police constable tells the inquests into the london bridge attacks how he tried to fight off all three killers — armed only with his baton.

the human cost of britain's knife crime crisis — 100 lives lost this year, most of them male and under 30. and coming up, i'll be taking a look at the latest film releases — including "john wick 3 — pa rabellum", that's on the film review, at 5:45. today at five — cross—party talks to try to find a compromise on brexit have collapsed without agreement. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, pulled the plug on the negotiations which have lasted six weeks. he said they had gone as far as they could and blamed what he called ‘the increasing weakness and instability‘ of the government. for her part, theresa may said labour hadn't been clear on whether it

wanted another referendum. it comes after the prime minister promised to set a timetable for leaving downing street. here's our political correspondent, chris mason. election events are usually full of whoops and cheers, but can you even see many smiles in this room? no, me neither. next thursday we will be holding european elections. the conservative party didn't want to be fighting these. we wanted to be out of the eu. in fact, if parliament had backed our brexit deal, we could have already left the eu. the prime minister is in bristol fighting an election she didn't want as talks with labour over a brexit compromise collapse. there have been areas we have been able to find common ground but other issues have proved to be more difficult, and in particular we haven't been able to overcome the fact that there isn't a common position in labour about whether they want to deliver brexit or hold a second referendum which could reverse it. for six weeks, 42 days to be precise, labour and the conservatives have been negotiating,

trying to find an island of agreement in a vast ocean of division. we shouldn't be that surprised that this morning jeremy corbyn said: these talks have now reached what i believe to be a natural conclusion. the pm has announced the date she is leaving, there have been increasing noises off stage by conservative cabinet members who don't agree with the talks and discussions being held so we are concluding the talks. so what on earth happens now? a gridlocked parliament in a divided country. there are only two ways out of the brexit crisis we have. either parliament agrees a deal or we go back to the british people and ask them to make the choice, and i think this brings the prospect of a confirmatory referendum closer, although there is not yet a majority for it in parliament. morning.

will you be running for leader, mr gove? one snazzy suitcase, one question on this answer. the most important thing we need to do is to focus on the fact that the government are drawing forward a bill which will allow us to leave the european union. a loyal non—answer, not a denial. another front door, the same question and no answer at all. but we do know boris johnson wants the job. the contest for the biggest prize in politics is under way, but before that, the slog of a search to sort brexit trundles on. our political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. so, the talks after six weeks have collapsed, what happens now and can the prime minister get this deal through parliament at the fourth

time of asking? certainly it is the case that labour have said they will not support this with the real deal when it comes to parliament in the first week ofjune unless there is a preapproved deal with the prime minister. the prospects look as grim as the weather has turned out to be here at westminster. there is a tiny glimmer of sunshine for the prime minister and here it is. although she said talks with the official opposition are over, talks with the labour mps ardent over and she hasn't said she has reached complete agreement with labour but there has been progress with things like workers' rights and environmental protection, so if things come forward that might appeal to individual mp blue and enough are able to help it get over the line, then there is just a chance able to help it get over the line, then there isjust a chance it might sneak through. especially when you add that to the possibility this might be the only vehicle for

avoiding no deal. what has been said privately in downing street today is that if this bill is voted down there is no other guaranteed way of avoiding a no audio scenario and potentially with a different conservative leader they could be on the road towards one and that is supposed to freak out some labour and conservative mps. and finally, the least likely option, maybe some of those contenders for theresa may's job who of those contenders for theresa may'sjob who think, of those contenders for theresa may's job who think, quite frankly, let's get this out of the way and pitch for a future trading relationship with the eu and just let this bill pass and be on its merry way. so it is not impossible the legislation is not dead but equally it is not looking desperately healthy either. thanks for the prognosis. joining me now is senior editor at the economist, anne mcelvoy and deputy political editor for the spectator, katy balls.

thank you for being with us. they question the first of all, is anyone surprised these talks collapsed? question the first of all, is anyone surprised these talks collapsed ?|j don't surprised these talks collapsed?” don't think really surprised. there was a sense both sides were going through the motions and i have lost count of the number of times a numberten count of the number of times a number ten spokesman said talks were constructive and the labour spokesman said talks were robust. but going through the motions, why? i don't think either party wanted to seem i don't think either party wanted to seem like they were the party walking away first, and both of those parties have a large voter base are want brexit delivered, toadies but also labour, so it is tricky but they were trying to come to some form of agreement. because both parties are so divided, it is ha rd both parties are so divided, it is hard to see where they would ever be able to find that common ground to agree on something and then to actually have the numbers to pass that. what happens next, do you

think? theresa may with her back to the wall, and we know she had a pretty terrible time with her own backbenchers this week. she managed to persuade them not to have a rule change to allow her to be challenged. the way i look at it now, you have a prime minister who is really in the departure lounge, so is really in the departure lounge, so you might as well as far as the cabinet is concerned, you concern is, how do you avoid this happening without gaining any benefit from it? that is the only way in which she can possibly approach trying to put through the west agreement again. if she simply says, it is either brexit with me or know brexit i don't think it will wash. there is something i saw, that she got some we are talking about something towards elements of a customs rain but it cannot be called a customs rain,

because as katie knows, following the conservative party in and out every day, they will not wear that, but it is temporary and you need something anyway to sort the backstop issue. so it is a case of theatres and that is your last score you might not get brexit. it might pull some people in line.” you might not get brexit. it might pull some people in line. i don't think any of us expected to be enough. could she get enough support to get the withdrawal agreement through? i don't see how it happens. downing street hopes nigel farage does really well to frighten people and that might put pressure on labour mps to come over, but the problem is, as the brexit party does well it makes all the conservative eurosceptics, some of whom have already voted for this deal, relu cta ntly already voted for this deal, reluctantly think, why would i vote for this again because voters want a clean brexit, and they worry passing a brexit deal could be seen as a betrayal by the brexit party or end up betrayal by the brexit party or end up with something worse than the current. and it would be hard to

take. whatever anyone says about nigel farage it looks as if he is leading the insurgency onwards and it is the party who have remain in their dna who are having more difficulty. so if you take it that we must pass some kind of semi—brexit it doesn't seem to be going with the events. so looking further ahead, boris johnson has said he is in the running to take over from theresa may, said he is in the running to take overfrom theresa may, will said he is in the running to take over from theresa may, will he get it and if not, who? we had a great spectator cover piece all about his strengths and weaknesses, and he has i'iow strengths and weaknesses, and he has now said it is something he wants to go for. i think the worst things are for the tory party the better for borisjohnson because lots of conservative mps don't like boris much, they think he is divisive and are annoyed at his behaviour over the last couple of years, but if

they think he is the best chance of keeping seats they will warm to him as an idea. we haven't got a cover of borisjohnson as an idea. we haven't got a cover of boris johnson but as an idea. we haven't got a cover of borisjohnson but i think there is some truth of that. boris needs a running mate who is more grounded and sensible. he has many strengths asa campaignerand and sensible. he has many strengths as a campaigner and also talking to labour, i think borisjohnson is the politician they most fear, because if you are a slightly left populist, you can see that borisjohnson may have that on the right. but i think he needs to settle down, mps do not like him en masse, and it is amazing how if you put someone in the mix that can look different, and if he had someone who agreed to run alongside him from more of a possession of soft brexit or being a former remain and seems reassuring, maybe he might be able to get those votes. thank you both.

and remember that all this week we've been interviewing representatives from parties contesting the eu elections. at 5:30, it's the turn of change uk mp chuka umunna, so if you have a question, send them in via text on 61124, tweet using the hashtag bbc ask this, or email. a police officer has been telling the inquests into the london bridge attacks two years ago how he took on all three killers as as they set upon him like a ‘wolf pack‘. wayne marques said he tried to keep fighting them ‘until the cavalry arrived.‘ pc marques, of the british transport police, was armed only with a baton and was repeatedly stabbed by the three men. he said the adrenaline took over as he was fighting for his life. our correspondentjon donnison is at the old bailey in central london.

remarkable testimony today. pc wayne marques had been out on a regular patrol that saturday night around about 10pm expecting maybe a little bit of trouble from people watching the champions league final that evening. he walked into so much more. the court heard that as he moved towards london bred she became aware there was some sort of panic going on. he saw one of the attackers attacking a man on the ground. he told the court he took a deep breath, knowing that he had to suckin deep breath, knowing that he had to suck in as much oxygen as he could. he knew he was in for a fight and he charged. he said adrenaline had taken over and his job was to try to just hold on and keep fighting until the cavalry arrived. as he took on that first attacker, he managed to

beat him to the ground. he says he took a blow to his head which felt like he had been hit by a crowbar. this was the second attacker and a third soon appeared. he took them all on and as he did he was stabbed eight times. eventually the three attackers backed off and fled. they we re attackers backed off and fled. they were shot dead by armed police just a few minutes late but crucially after pc wayne marques‘s investigation, no one else was killed. he has gone back to work and was awarded the st george medal last year by the queen. and evidence about the off duty nurse who dry, the angel of london bridge, she has been called. kirsty bowden, 28 years old and a nurse. she had been out with friends in the borough bistro just alongside london bridge. she said they were having a fun evening

planning for the future, they were talking about how she was going to become a bridesmaid at one of her friends weddings later that year. they then saw the attacker is‘ van crash into the railings and she got up crash into the railings and she got up within seconds to go and try to help. she then went to try to help one of the waiters who had been stabbed by one of the attackers and as she tended to his wounds, she herself was stabbed. she managed to move away and stagger off down an alleyway and then we have a statement read out by one of the friends she was worth, melanie. she said she knelt by her side but ki rsty said she knelt by her side but kirsty bowden was dead just a few minutes later. earlier today, we heard from james hodder, who was cut‘s fiance. heard from james hodder, who was

cut's fiance. kirsty love to people. she loves helping others, it is what she did throughout her entire life and career. and as soon as she saw that there was an accident her first instinct was to go and help people. no hesitation at all. she told her friendsjust to no hesitation at all. she told her friends just to stay where they wear while she could go and help people and give any kind of medical assistance she could. so today, more tales of bravery from all sorts of different kinds of people. the inquest continues. the headlines on bbc news. cross party brexit talks collapse — jeremy corbyn pulls the plug on them, blaming the weakness and instability of the government. a police constable tells the inquests into the london bridge attacks how he tried to fight off all three killers — armed only with his baton. the human cost of britain‘s knife crime crisis — 100 lives lost this year,

most of them male and under 30. and in sport, pakistan set england a target to wind the fourth and wet the series. the bowling has helped peg pakistan back at the end of their 50 overs. manchester city boss pep guardiola says the club are innocent until proven guilty after allegations of breaching financial fair play rules. and rory michael roy‘s wait for another major title look set to continue with a disastrous start to his second round. he may have mist the cut and not even make it to the weekend. back was morejust not even make it to the weekend. back was more just before 5:30pm. 100 people have now died from stabbings this year, according to figures we‘ve obtained from police forces around the country. almost half the victims were under the age of 30, and the vast majority were male.

the youngest to be killed was 14 years old, and the oldest was 80. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, reports. this is what a knife can do to a child‘s arm in a second. jack, who is 14, was robbed and stabbed by strangers in a park in dudley. he was very close to having an artery cut and that would have been very serious? yes. he is so lucky and if that had gone through his stomach, again he wouldn‘t be here. we have got to stop it. really have got to stop it. it is wrong. the 100 fatal knife attacks this year are concentrated in big cities. the west midlands has eight, that is a high number given its population.

a 19—year—old was stabbed right here in birmingham. thankfully he survived. the blood are still here on the steps. when we talk to the police and experts about what is causing this, you get all sorts of answers. drugs, social media, children excluded from school. but what about austerity? in 2009, a training session for gang mediators to try to intervene when rivals in birmingham are trying to kill each other. the murder rate fell but in 2012 the scheme was scrapped. it hurts in here, and the fact that something that was working so well was literally thrown away. so they stopped it because of funding? i felt they thought it was job done but the catalyst for that was austerity. and of course it wasn‘tjob done so they are having to reintroduce gang mediation. lack of cash is also hampering the police,

even on priority violent crime. unquestionably, the investigation won't move at the same pace as in the past. this is important? pace is hugely important so we prioritise that hugely but sometimes competing demands mean resourcing isn't always adequate. at this primary school in coventry, a new approach. the children teach each other to deal with conflict. he says he is going to take a knife into school to protect himself. the idea is it makes them more resilient before going to secondary school and more able to say no to peer pressure. if it starts a big argument it might start getting other people involved. this is what is sometimes called a public health approach to violence, immunising children to a disease which may be spreading. it‘s got the appearance

that those who may be inclined to violence are becoming more violent than they were previously. someone has to clean the blood from the streets. much harder to find ways of preventing the bloodshed. this year‘s fatal stabbings have been documented on the bbc news website. the page is updated as police investigations into the killings progress, and when court proceedings get underway. a right—wing extremist who planned to murder the labour mp rosie cooper has been jailed for life. 23—year—old jack renshaw, from skelmersdale in lancashire, must serve at least 20 years in prison. a judge at the old bailey said renshaw, who earlier admitted preparing an act of terror, wanted to "replicate" the murder ofjo cox.

doctors have used keyhole surgery to repair the spine of a baby with spina bifida — while still inside the womb. a team at king‘s college hospital in london performed the operation. it‘s not a cure for the condition, but for some children, it might mean they are eventually able to walk. here‘s our health correspondent, james gallagher. baby jaxson is just a few weeks old, but more than two months ago, he had pioneering surgery on his spine. doctors operated onjaxson while he was still inside his mother‘s womb. his mum, sherrie, said it was a shock to find out he had spina bifida. it was a very high—risk pregnancy from the start anyway, through being told i couldn‘t have babies, and everything. so any decision we‘ve had to make, i‘ve made it purely for the fact that he‘s meant to be here. you know, it‘s — he‘sjust — he‘s fought every day. it was these pregnancy scans that showed jaxson‘s spine and spinal cord were not developing properly.

spina bifida can lead to paralysis and affect bladder and bowel control, but surgery in the womb can reduce the risk of complications later in life. we are operating on very delicate structures. the foetus nerves, that they are exposed, the foetus itself is very small, and we are operating on a foetus inside the womb, so obviously it‘s a very delicate operation. this is how it works. three small incisions were made in sherrie‘s bump. a thin camera and small surgical tools were inserted into her womb, then surgeons put the spinal cord back in place and put a patch over the wound. spina bifida cannot be completely cured, but surgeons hope operating inside the womb can transform lives. it‘s quite important because certainly improving the function of lower limbs may be the difference between someone walking and someone not walking later in life, so a significant improvement in a significant number

of patients, but not a cure. jaxson‘s still being looked after in neonatal intensive care, but he should be ready to go home soon. his family hope they‘ve given him the best start in life. james gallagher, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, with stav. thank you very much. good evening, it has been a glorious day across the northern half of the country but the northern half of the country but the south a different story with cloud around. feeling cooler. this weekend looks more unsettled with low— pressure weekend looks more unsettled with low—pressure nearby, showers and longer spells of rain but the warmer spells of sunshine especially for england and wales but showers could be heavy. after a fine entity day across scotland and northern ireland, turning wetter with persistent rain during the second half of the night. further south, dry interludes with mist and fog

patches. nowhere particularly cold because of the cloud cover. saturday morning sees a reversal of fortunes with a much wetter and the damp start to the day. further south we see the sunshine breaking through the cloud as the temperature rises into the high teens, a scattering of showers developing, some could be sharp and slow—moving. a much cooler day to come. sunday is similar story with heavy showers around but feeling warmer still. you‘re watching bbc news at 5. lets get a round up of the day‘s sport, hugh woozencroft is at the bbc sports centre. manchester city manager pep guardiola insists he‘s had assurances from those running the club that they will not fall foul of fifa‘s financial fair play rules. guardiola‘s side could complete a domestic treble by winning tomorrow‘s fa cup final but face an inquiry over their acquistion of youth players. it is understood some uefa investigators want the club to be banned from the champions league

for a season if they are found guilty. we are innocent until proven, i am sorry. i have said that many times. if they decide we did something wrong we will be banned or punished or whatever they decide, but i spoke with the chairman, i spoke with the c0 andl with the chairman, i spoke with the c0 and i know exactly what happened and what we did and i trust them. and we will have all the build up to what, as always, will be a great day at wembley. with our final fa cup sportsday of the season there at 6:30pm here on bbc news. rudy michael roy‘s chances of making the cut have been dented after it‘ll start to the second round. he dropped five shots on his opening three holes, he is now five over

par. the world number one dustin johnson and jordan spieth are in a grip on three under, alongside tommy fleetwood who gets a second round under way in around ten minutes. england have been set 341 to win the fourth one day international at trent bridge against pakistan — a win that would give them the series win. after putting the hosts into bat, england‘s bowlers initially struggled with babar azam leading the way with 115 for the touring side. however, just as pakistan looked set for a really big score, they lost regular wickets. mark wood produced an astonishing piece of fielding to remove asif ali. he then did some damage with the ball as shoaib malik initally looked to be bowled. only on second glance do you see malik actually clattered his own stumps with his bat. england‘s reply has just got under way, they are seven without loss. they are eight without loss... you can find a full leaderboard on the website where

you can also find the latest ofjohanna konta‘s bid for a spot in the last four at the italian 0pen. bbc.co.uk/sport. don‘t forget our fa cup sportsday live from wembley at 6:30. in a week‘s time the uk will go to the polls, to vote in elections to the european parliament. now that of course wasn‘t supposed to happen due to brexit, but the delay in leaving the european union means we now have to take part and in the run—up to the vote on may 23rd, we‘re talking to all the main uk parties here on the bbc news channel, putting your questions to them. today taking your questions is chuka umunna from the party change uk. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. thanks for having us on your

show. we‘ve had a lot of questions as you have resigned from your original parties whose manifesto you were elected on, why haven‘t you called by—election in your constituencies please? when i actually stood on a different ma nifesto when i actually stood on a different manifesto in relation to brays up at a different document with colleagues that make up change uk which was previously the independent group. that was a labour manifesto? that was different. i was clear was going to sponsor a tory hard exit. part of the reason i left the labour party to facilitate prioritising brexit and something my constituents wanted. no, you‘re actually at first and foremost an individual and then you have a labour party label. my

constituency is scored the highest remain vote in the 2016 general election. why are you not confident enough to have a by—election and put that to the test? is not an issue of confidence is an issue of beer and a national emergency right now and what if we have parliamentary elections it‘s not going to solve anything which is why when parliament is considered whether to trigger a general election it won‘t solve this brexit catastrophe that‘s unfolding around us. i think that‘s what people want us to get on and deal with. we want to do that we are against exit. this is a disaster and we wa nt against exit. this is a disaster and we want to have a people‘s vote. back to the people and clear we would be campaigning to remain in the european union if we had a vote. 0k the european union if we had a vote. ok this is come from a few people. an anonymous text message. who funds change uk? and are they in anyway connected to tony blair? not that i know other. we have over

15,000 donations from kinds of individuals and we published the details and we were not required to do the under the law but we have done that and as a registered political party complied with all of the usual disclosure requirements. what has been the biggest donation? there are three donors that have publicly declared that they have contributed substantial sums and one isa contributed substantial sums and one is a formal liberal democrats and a tory donor. and then a previous contributor to the labour party that has also given to the former labour minister. we have been very open about the people that have given us money. this is a question from twitter. if you are able to get mps elected, in which political grouping

of the european parliament would you sit, or would your meps be independent? harry hayfield. ultimately we need to see whether, if they are elected we surely hope and then of course they will get to say and they are the ones that will decide which political grouping that would sit in. i seen some of the pollsters putting in the epp grouping of the european parliament and we have not made any decisions as to which group they would sit in. that is a decision they will make in due course. why are you not working with the other remain parties to present a single party at the elections? we are working very closely with the other remain parties but to stand on a joint ticket in these european elections that you infer from the

question we will have to merge to form one party that would be a step too far. for example if you look at the s in pe, they are nationalist parties that will break up the united kingdom and change uk is a unionist party. we want to keep the uk together. they potentially could have had a situation where they would‘ve stood down in favour of one another in different regions and they had indicated they would not agree to that. we have been doing that very closely in the house of commons. to remain in the european union and also actually recently our brexit spokesperson jointly put in an application for debates to campaignfora an application for debates to campaign for a people‘s vote to remain in parliament. where they can do that we did actually all managed to agree ourselves, we all came in

behind one single candidate but u nfortu nately behind one single candidate but unfortunately through no fault of the party that candidate decided they were not going to stand after being put on the pressure. people say all you are really doing is splitting the remain votes. we are not. we are actually adding to it. if you look at what the remain parties that the last european elections got they got about 17.9% if my calculations are correct. that‘s the liberal democrats, sap and greens and we will see the remain parties get a much bigger share of the vote and we are adding to that. finding that there is a lot of people supporting us that would not support the other parties. some people with the liberal democrats because they have issues with the 2010 and 2015 coalition cuts, most of ourmps are 2010 and 2015 coalition cuts, most of our mps are former labour mps that voted against those cuts. some people will not support the green party because they see them as a

single issue party. if you‘re the s&p and not a nationalist you will not vote for them. we help expand the reach if you like of the remain movement. you have the brazen party which is doing pretty well in the opinion polls, 34%. what are you just for simplicity sake call yourselves the remain party? because to change this country and to resolve our problems break that is not the answer in our view, and one of the reasons we are against brexit and wanta of the reasons we are against brexit and want a people‘s vote to remain is that we can move the issue off of the table and actually focus on the solutions to the problems we have. so why not call yourselves remain? because simply remaining on its own will not solve all of our problems. nigel would have you believe that exiting the european union and brexit will solve our problems. he‘s happy to call himself the brexit party we believe we have got to change politics. he relaunched with

quite a fanfare. press conference and so on. if you look at the poles you‘ve been getting about 5% in the brazen party getting 3a%? you‘ve been getting about 5% in the brazen party getting 34%? we are you‘ve been getting about 5% in the brazen party getting 3496? we are the youngest party on the block as it were. we are four weeks old. the brexit party was founded in january but built around the figure of nigel fa raj but built around the figure of nigel faraj and but built around the figure of nigel fa raj and has but built around the figure of nigel faraj and has been in politics for three decades. you have been around for a while. i have not been around for a while. i have not been around for three decades, my friend. we are a new party, we got around a supporters and as i said 15,000 people donated. 0ver supporters and as i said 15,000 people donated. over 130 supporters and as i said 15,000 people donated. 0ver130 events around the country and well attended rallies in every region. at the end of the day that a decision to make when electoral commission said to us if you want to run of the european elections will need to register and we went right, what‘s the timeframe? they said you need to do it now and we had a decision. with that we are not going to be cow cowardly and leave the field, we don‘t know how

we are going to deal, when we started off we were not even registered as a party. it‘s kind of david and goliath. we left our parties and the national interest to make an argument and we did not do it for high office, we did it because you have got to put national interests first and stand by your principles and we fundamentally believe the kind of politics offered by the hard right of the conservative party and the brexit party which is nationalistic and xenophobic and divides the country, we have no problem with that. they should not be able to hijack our nation in that way and take us down an avenue down which is a quite dark place. we thought we are going to fight these elections and make an argument. this one wants to know by e—mail. if you really want to change politics, why do you refuse to work actively with the lib dems?

we do. just take the local elections which were not able to register in time for. we endorse the liberal democrats and the green party tell mea democrats and the green party tell me a situation were you ever see another party do that. our leader went to see the invitation at the deputy prime minister, he went to see him —— she went to see him and she took the deputy leader and the leader of the liberal democrats with her. she did not need to do that. jointly tabling amendments together and house of commons. i would challenge anybody to give me an example of the level of cross party cooperation you have seen from the change uk party in respect to any other party. how important is it that, irrespective of which party is supported, that the remain vote is overall greater than the brexit party and ukip? would a poor turn out and a significant majority mean that any prospect of a second referendum is dead in the water? d barnett — blackpoo.

—— blackpool. -- blackpool. i don't think it's higher than ukip -- blackpool. i don't think it's higherthan ukip in -- blackpool. i don't think it's higher than ukip in the brexit party means we cannot get a people‘s vote. ido means we cannot get a people‘s vote. i do agree that people that don‘t like what is happening and think brexit is turning out to be a disaster, let‘s face it it‘s looking nothing like the fantasy that was promised three years ago. you have got to get out and vote and of course i would say if you are a remain minded person and want a vote please do vote for change uk, that‘s the most important thing. also important that the aggregate vote for all the remain parties is as high as possible. don‘t leave this thing about tactically voting there and here, the main thing is if you wa nt to and here, the main thing is if you want to stay in the european union you vote for a party, and you make that argument and get the aggregate vote share as high as possible.

the british public voted to leave by a majority of over 1.2 million. surely the only question now is how we leave, not whether we leave. shouldn‘t a second referendum be a choice between theresa may‘s deal and no deal? caroline on email. how we leave is interconnected and inextricably connected to whether we leave. because people were told in 2016 that we will definitely have a deal. and they were voting often on that basis. never told you can have all of the economic benefits of being a member of the european union outside of it in hell of the benefits of the club without paying a subscription fee in addition to the fact that there were told if you vote to leave £350 million per week voted. they voted to leave. but it was on the perspective that was entirely false. at that time it was

37% of registered voters of voted. how people feel now could be quite different and let‘s not forget the grouper that will be more affected by this than any other our young people. and more than 2 million young people can now vote who could not vote then that are going to have to live with the consequences of this longer than the rest of the older generations. they have not had any say at all the most undemocratic think would be to impose in the younger generations and pray so that they don‘t want that they will have to live with longer than any other group. something the most democratic thing is to overturn the referendum. you cannot fault the will of the people if the people get the final say. you would be thwarting if you just imposed a solution on them without reference back to the people, but if its actual people that determine what‘s going to happen it‘s not like you‘ve got borisjohnson at one of the spectrum and one person at the other end of sitting in the bella booth with that

person. every member of the public will get to determine our destiny, and it won‘t be a pro brexit delete made up by all of these people. thanks to chuka umunna from change uk there. well, all this week we‘ve been interviewing leaders and senior politicians from parties contesting the eu elections. we‘ve spoken to brexit‘s nigel farage, sian berry from the greens, the snp‘s ian blackford and on monday it‘s the turn of the conservatives, with ashley fox, mep for south west england and gibraltar. we‘ll also be hearing from the leader of the lib dems, vince cable on monday. so if you have a question, send them in via text on 61124, tweet using the hashtag bbc ask this, or email ask this at bbc.co.uk. rehearsals are under way, and the stage is set, for what‘s probably the most controversial eurovision

song contest ever held. the finals will take place in israel tomorrow night, and madonna is scheduled to perform. but pro—palestinian campaigners have called for a boycott of the contest, and organisers fear protestors may be planning to disrupt it. david sillito has sent this report from tel aviv. welcome to the eurovision song contest 2019. israel 2019, and the eurovision party‘s in full swing here in tel aviv. eurovision very much prides itself on being a celebration of inclusiveness, but the question this year is very much about exactly who‘s going to be coming to the party. this is hatari from iceland. they had doubts about coming to israel because of the palestinian conflict. and now they are here, they are under strict orders from the ebu, the european broadcasting union.

you‘ve been told no politics on stage. yes. which is impossible and a paradox. have you been told to stop talking about politics offstage? yes, but the line is blurry. we've been warned. we've been told we've reached the limit of the ebu's tolerance regarding politics. but at the same time, we've been told they can't change our views. oh, my god, we have to show the people what you‘re wearing. it‘s insane. so, despite a campaign from pro—palestinian groups for a cultural boycott, it‘s pretty much business as normal. but one reason for that is that eurovision has its own politics. the politics of equality, inclusiveness and diversity, a point championed by last year‘s israeli winner, netta. eurovision was founded in order to heal up everyone. you can see in eurovision on one stage people from every ethnicity,

gender, sexual preferences, religion, equal. and finally, madonna — has she signed the paperwork? will she actually performed? i spoke to a eurovision insider. i have heard madonna's voice inside that arena, and it wasn't a cd. you‘re confident, saturday night? i'm quietly confident. i'll put a shekel or two on it. david silito, bbc news, tel aviv. now on bbc news a look ahead to sportsday at 6:30 tonight. as you can see we as you can see we are as you can see we are at wembley for sports day later this evening on bbc news ahead of the 138th avenue cup final. manchester city chasing