good morning, welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: as 6 weeks of cross party talks end in failure, the prime minister tries to find another way forward to break the brexit deadlock. the duke of cambridge urges more of us the duke of cambridge urges more of us to open up about grief. when you are bereaved at a very young age, any time really, but particularly at young age, i can resonate closely to that, you feel pain like no other pain. australians are voting in one of the most tightly—fought elections in years. and good morning from wembley on fa cup final day,

as manchester city aim to become the first english men's team to the domestic treble — but watford hope there will be a sting in the tail from the underdog, like there was in 2013. drenching downpours are part of the weekend weather story but not the whole story, they will be some warm sunshine as well. all the details coming up right here on breakfast. it's saturday 18 may. our top story: theresa may and jeremy corbyn are blaming divisions in each other‘s party for the breakdown of talks aimed at ending the deadlock over brexit. the conservatives and labour have been in negotiations for six weeks — mr corbyn said they collapsed because of "weakness and instability" within the government. mrs may blamed splits in the labour party over whether or not there should be another referendum. here's more from our deputy political editor john pienaar. odd to see them talking at all about a brexit compromise, but still bad news for mrs may

when they broke down. these talks have now reached what i believe to be a natural conclusion. the prime minister has announced the date she's leaving, there have been increasing noises offstage by conservative cabinet ministers and others who don't agree with much of the talks, or any of the discussion we're holding, so we are concluding the talks. so, no comfort here for a prime minister on borrowed time. helping her was hardly mr corbyn‘s priority anyway. what a time to promote the tories‘ faltering euro election campaign. 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. six weeks these talks went on. some concessions, but labour is split on a new referendum and the tories on sharing eu customs rules. there may soon be commons votes on brexit options and an attempt to pass legislation to leave. i think it's important that parliament takes a decision and i think that means every mp thinking in their conscience that perhaps they're going to have to accept their second or third preference,

to find the right compromise. if theresa may's last effort to get brexit passed here ends in failure, the next tory leader may well take office having promised a sharper break from the eu. the ca rd—carrying conservatives who will choose britain's next prime minister are by and large brexiteers. senior conservatives are convinced that the chances of britain leaving with no deal are as high now as they've ever been. parliament might oppose that, but constitutional experts say only the government could at a single stroke stop it happening. and later on breakfast we'll be speaking to the conservative mp nigel evans, to get his views on what is happening in the conservative party. that's at around 8:10. australians have begun voting in one

of the most closely fought general elections in recent years. final opinion polls put the opposition labour party slightly ahead of the liberal—national coalition, who have held power since 2013. voting is compulsory in australia. you get a fine if you don't do it. and a record 16.5 million voters will take part. 0ur sydney correspondent phil mercerjoins us now. the ruling party has had quite a lot of turbulence in terms of leadership, and there is an election every three years in australia. that's right, the electoral cycle here is pretty short compared to many other countries, including britain of course. the governing centre—right liberal have a national coalition has managed to work its way through three prime ministers in the last five or six years, it also is worth pointing out that it has been well over a decade since an australian prime minister managed to serve a full term in office, so certainly party dysfunction and party infighting have been concerns of voters in this concern, the

opposition labor party led by a former trade unionist by the name of bill shorten ‘s promising stability, and some voters believe him, he has beenin and some voters believe him, he has been in the opposition job for almost six years, when it comes down to the major issues in this campaign, the governing centre—right liberal have a national coalition is promising stern action on the economy, the opposition is wanting to spend billions on health and education. thank you very much, i think we will get the result around, i think voting finishes around eight o'clock, nine o'clock this morning. as huge statistical effort from trying to collect votes from country that huge. the duke of cambridge has described feeling pain like no other pain following the death of his mother princess diana. in a bbc documentary he discusses mental

health issues and pressures with former and present footballers. health issues and pressures with former and present footballerslj have thought about this a lot, i try to understand why i feel like i do, but when you are bereaved at a very young age, particular out a young age, ican young age, particular out a young age, i can resonate closely to that, you feel pain like no other pain, and you know that in your life it is going to be very difficult to come across something that will be even worse pain than that. but it also brings you so close to all those other people out there who have been bereaved. the united states and canada have agreed to drop tariffs on steel and aluminium imports imposed a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations and a telephone call on friday between donald trump and dunedin prime ministerjustin trudeau. —— canadian prime minister. it could pave the way for a new north american trade agreement. the governor of the us state of missouri, mike parson, says he will sign a bill which limits women's access to abortion. it would prevent almost all terminations after eight weeks of pregnancy. it comes just days after alabama introduced a near—total ban

on abortion, prompting country—wide protests from pro—choice supporters. the taxi hailing app, uber, is giving its customers the option to avoid small—talk during theirjourney by selecting a "quiet preferred" option when they book. it's currently only available to users of the luxury uber black service, which costs extra, but has already prompted lots of discussion on social media about the pros and cons of chatty taxi rides. i'm trying to see if it works on the bbc app. quieting down your co- presenter? we will have words. the final preparations are underway for tonight's eurovision song contest final in tel aviv. counting down to the party at your place. acts from 26 countries, including the uk, will take to the stage in front of a global tv audience of around 200 million. the biggest live music in the world.

but as our arts correspondent david sillito reports, the event is also a source of political tension in the region. welcome to the eurovision song contest 2019. israel, and the week—long eurovision party is now in full swing. live from tel aviv, israel. but remember, all this is happening against a background of considerable political tension on the border with gaza, which raises issues of security. will there be protests and also, will people turn up? as you can see, the crowds are here, but even among some of the entrants, there are questions. # svallid var homlulaust... this is iceland's hatari, and they have qualms about israel, but have been told "no politics", on or off stage. we've been warned. we've been told we reached the limit of the ebu's tolerance regarding politics. but at the same time,

we're told they can't change our views. indeed, eurovision bosses were today making their position more than clear. if a competitor staged a protest, what would you do? well, we would intervene immediately. we have very strict rules and policies. you'd shut the performance down? yeah, for sure we'd be shutting it down, and they would be punished afterwards. meanwhile, the first brief glimpse of madonna. after a week of doubts, one eurovision insider is now confident that she will perform. i have heard madonna's voice in that arena, and it wasn't a cd. you're confident, saturday night? i'm quietly confident. i'd put a shekel or two on it. that will be fun, eight o'clock it

starts. this is really sad news, you area big starts. this is really sad news, you are a big fan. grumpy cat, the feline famous on the internet for her permanent scowl, has died aged seven. she was so young! she was really young. so much more to give. grumpy cat is one of the funniest cats, she isa grumpy cat is one of the funniest cats, she is a grumpy looking cat, and she went viral in 2012, and do you know why she had that sour expression? it is caused by feline dwarfism, and she emerged online. her image quickly spread, leading to television appearances, lucrative advertising deals, and millions of adoring fans. tiffany wertheimer has more.

# memory, turn yourface to the moonlight... she was born tardar sauce but became an online phenomenon as grumpy cat, practically overnight, when photos went viral in 2012. the expression, it makes you smile, you can't be grumpy. i try to have a grumpy face, but you can't. but on friday her owners shared the sad news to grumpy cat's 4 million social media followers. grumpy encountered complications from a urinary tract infection that became too tough for her to overcome. she was seven years old. the news has prompted grumpy cat's fans to remember her life, and maybe there were nine of them, because her success was extraordinary. aside from the thousands of onlinejokes, grumpy cat travelled the world. there was merchandise, sponsorship, book deals, celebrity meet and greets. she has even been immortalised as a waxwork figure at madame tussauds in san francisco.

she was thrilled, as you can see. she is still thrilled. there was also a cameo appearance on the bbc. who is this? this isn't any old cat. this is grumpy cat. they are like grumpy cat. her owners say that grumpy‘s unique facial expression is due to a form of dwarfism, but it has made her one of the richest animals in history. grumpy cat's net worth is estimated to be in the millions of dollars. but now the internet is saying goodbye to a cat that taught us it is ok to be grumpy sometimes. it is 6:12 a.m.. thank you for joining us this morning. let's go to more trivial matters, the eu

referendum in 2016, 50 2% of people in wales voted to leave. next week those same voters will be back at the ballot box to elect meps in the forthcoming european elections. bbc wales political editor felicity evans has been talking to voters to gauge their reactions. italians were among the first europeans to come to live in the welsh valleys, and they brought cafe culture with them. the photographs here are showing the bakery as it was in 1980. joe and his chef tony have been serving coffee and community here for more than a0 yea rs. community here for more than a0 years. this is what was our living accommodation, when you see the kitchen, that is where we lived. the period decor and freshly baked produce is a big hit with customers, but with wales having voted to leave the eu in 2016, many people are fed up the eu in 2016, many people are fed up with politicians at westminster going around in circles. so will they use the european elections to let off stea m ?

they use the european elections to let off steam? we had a democratic vote, and what do we are now —— what do we do now? is it the best or do we use the democracy that we have got in this country, and stick with what we have got. every time you listen to the radio, it has changed, it has changed. there is no unity, they are all going off on tangents. i haven't heard a decent argument from any of them yet. people have their parties and they formed yet another party. that seems absolutely ridiculous to me, i mean, what is going on? how can people understand? it isjust going on? how can people understand? it is just madness. going on? how can people understand? it isjust madness. the heritage of the welsh valleys is one of coal mining as well as cafe ‘s, and labour as well, the dominant party in welsh elections for a century. can welsh labour's new leader keep the brexit party challenge at bay? the new first minister have —— new first minister of welsh labour, mark dracut, has a huge task on his

hands, given the huge divisions over brexit and whether there should be another referendum and what should happen in the future. he has still the very careful line, following his leader, jeremy corbyn s, but that is getting fragile as welsh labour has selected four candidates who support remain and are in favour of a second referendum. remain parties come in variety options, applied camry, the liberal democrats, the greens and change uk are all arguing for another brexit referendum. you kept once had enough support in wales to win seven seats in the welsh assembly, but opinion polls suggest these days leave voters find the brexit party are more appetising choice. in a further boost for the brexit party some form you get members of the welsh assembly have recently joined forces with members of the welsh assembly have recentlyjoined forces with nigel farage's new party, giving it

representation in uk parliament even before the european elections take place. as for the welsh conservatives, they fear voters won't like what they have seen of their party's won't like what they have seen of their pa rty‘s performance won't like what they have seen of their party's performance over brexit since 2016. on thursday, we will see just how hot under the collar welsh voters are, three years after the brexit referendum. and a bit later in the programme we will hear the views of voters in northern ireland ahead of those either you elections next week. all the details and analysis about that election, you can find that on the bbc news website. —— eu elections. treat good morning to you. a lovely afternoon yesterday. is donning. i was in manchester playing golf and a t—shirt. let's have more of that. what have you got for us, ben? good morning both. there will be some more warm sunshine this weekend but it's not the whole story. when is it

the whole story? some of those could be on the heavy side. what we've got at the moment is low pressure across the near continent and that as you can see is throwing these areas of cloud across the british isles. we've seen outbreaks of rain here. some quite heavy bursts of rain across the eastern side of scotland. as we gone through the day, any early mist and fog. the cloud would tend to break across england and wales. it will be a straight forward , wales. it will be a straight forward, scotland clinging to more cloud. by this afternoon, the rain across scotland a little lighter. temperatures around 12 degrees. still a noticeable breeze. some pudgy rain. equally some brighter glimmers and for england and wales, the extra of sunshine and

slow—moving showers. heavy, possibly thundery. equally, as you can see, blue skies overhead at times. temperatures around 1718 degrees. this evening, showers continue for a time and will tend to fade away as we going into the night. we will see some clear spells developing. equally mist and fog patches developing. still some pudgy rain up to the north—west of the uk, temperatures generally holding up between six and 11 degrees surface sunday, low pressure still in charge across the near continent but not many white lines in the chart. it means it's not going to be very windy. the winds fairly during tomorrow. remember, mistand windy. the winds fairly during tomorrow. remember, mist and fog across parts of eastern england which will break up and just about wherever you are, tomorrow is a day of sunny spells. showers hit and

miss. look at that, 20 degrees if we do get some sunshine between the showers. plenty of other places not too far behind. 0nce showers. plenty of other places not too far behind. once again, sunshine and showers. showers most plentiful across eastern and northern parts. into the low 20s. there will be some spells of warm sunshine and smells of showery rain at times. in a word, it's mixed. that isjust of showery rain at times. in a word, it's mixed. that is just a copout. no, it's true, that's what it is. it's pretty mixed. leave him alone. he is still protesting. i'm not surprised. we'll be back with the headlines at 6.30. now, it's time for the film review

with ben brown and mark kermode. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. what do we have this week? we have "john wick three: pa rabellum". keanu reeves prepares for war. birds of passage, a very impressive drama from columbia. and beats, a return to ‘90s rave culture. so why‘s it called "parabellum"? because if you want peace, prepare for war. and most of what happens in thejohn wick movies is fighting. this picks up — have you followed the first two movies? no. this picks up at the end of the second one, where he's about to be excommunicated from the secret society of killers, which once he is, everybody will be trying to kill him, and there's a $1a million price tag on his head. he can't trust anyone except his dog. here is a fairly low—key clip from the film, and it's one of the very few low—key moments.

new york public library. you got it. change of plan. the continental. can you see that he's received by the concierge? yes sir, mr wick. good dog. so he gets the dog to safety

so that he can engage in the main business of the film, which is fighting two, three, ten, 20 people at a time. sometimes in a library attacking them with books, and sometimes in a moroccan bazaar, in which dogs are involved. sometimes in a glass office entirely filled with glass cases, entirely filled with glasses skulls into which people can be smashed at regular intervals. and the interesting thing is — it's very violent but in a movie—violence kind of way. at one point there is an image of harold lloyd. and actually it's like that kind of harold lloyd slapstick, it's physical performance. some people are sniffy about keanu reeves' acting, but he's a great physical actor — if you look at things like the matrix. the fight sequences are choreographed like a hollywood musical. if you ever saw the raid, it's the same — it's like watching a musical dance number that happens to involve the fighting. the same way that sam raimi made the evil dead —

he said, "it's not a horror movie, it's a three stooges movie with blood and guts standing in for custard pies." and although it's a film that's full of destruction, it's cinematic, stylised destruction. i must say, i think it was really good fun. be honest, do you get bored of that kind of violence? i did not. in the previousjohn wicks, i have not enjoyed them as much. in the case of the matrix — which started at this really high point and tailed off — i actually enjoyed this the most. there's a couple of lulls, a couple of moments where you think you're getting exhausted with the sheer levels of fighting. but actually, one of the things i like about it is it takes its physicality very seriously. they play out in quite long shots. i like martial arts movies anyway, and i like the attention to detail. i like good fighting. i struggle to think of another movie which involved "death by book". it's interesting — there's kung fu, horse—fu, and dog—fu. so it's all the forms of fighting you can imagine. and book—fu? there you go. 0k, birds of passage — about the colombian drug trade? a terrific drama from the makers

of embrace of the serpent. it's a film with the epic sweep of the godfather, but also — as with embrace of the serpent — it's about indigenous people. it's about how the emerging drug trade changes the lives of the people in northern columbia. it starts with a young man who's asked for somebody‘s with their hand in marriage and told he needs to get the dowry, by which he sells marijuana and discovers he can make a lot of money doing it. but with that wealth comes change, and everything comes at a price. the brilliant thing is it's almost like a tone poem. it has a narrative, but as you watch it, the tones of the film — there's an earthy, natural tone at the beginning, with bright and very vibrant colors. but as the film goes on, those are kind of replaced by garish polyester shirts,

the glint of guns, and the sound of gunfire. it's also a film the opens and closes with song. there's a singing shepherd that is singing the story trying to remember this cultural story. much as i was talking before aboutjohn wick owing a debt to musicals, this has a brilliant soundtrack that seeps up from the ground. it's really rich and a really richly textured film, and you can see it as a drama about the two people, or about extended family — or you can see it as a wider story about a country changing during this period. it's dark, and it is about the culture being lost, but i thought it was really — i think you'll like it. it's a really smart film. it's on my list already. now, beats — 199a, rave culture. were you a raver? no. me neither. laughter. school disco, does that count? well, i don't dance at all.

it's about two teenagers in 199a having one last rave—y hurrah before life takes them different ways. timing is very important because 199a was the criminaljustice act that sought to outlaw illegal raves and referring specifically to impromptu meetings featuring music that consisted of "a succession of repetitive beats". that's how the law defined it. let's have a clip. to be governed is to be at every operation, noted, registered, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, authorised, admonished, prevented, forbidden corrected, watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked. in other words, listeners, sisters, brothers — they want us to get in line, but we won't cover the one is to be afraid of each other but we are not. we are better than this. the only good system is a sound system, and if i can't dance to it,

it's not my revolution. this is my revolution, listeners. this one... i dearly hope you will make it yours too. join us. wendy! 0i—oi! here, drink that. try to keep it together, all right? right. it's adapted from a stage play and being rewritten by the author, and i thought it was impressively done — not least because i know nothing about rave culture and nothing about the music. i've never been to a rave, but what the film manages to do is — as with birds of passage, it's a love story about these friends that will be torn apart. and on the other hand, it's a wider thing about the changing

political landscape. what it does is it manages to show you what's attractive about the rave. you saw that was in black—and—white — there's a section when the music takes over it and goes into this explosion of colour, which reminded me of the hallucinogenic sequences from the ken russel‘s film, altered states, which i love. and it also has the grit of a shane meadows film — you believe in the characters and their lives, they‘ re really well played. and also had something to do with — it's set at the end of — 199a is the dog end of rave culture. so it has that melancholia of withnail & i. it's really well done and very affectionate. like i said, people who know anything about rave culture say it's spot—on in terms of its detail. for me, as someone that was outside of that — the criminaljustice act of 199a actually amped up the video recordings act, which if you are a horror movie fan, was a big deal. this was very well directed. it is all in black—and—white? it is, except when they are in the —

when the music is playing in the rave, it suddenly goes into this explosion. it's really great because — for the first time, i understood the music. i thought, "ok, i get it". it does notjust sound like, to quote the law, "a succession of repetitive beats", it's something much more ecstatic than that. best 0ut? there is a re—issue of dr strangelove — we talked about a clockwork orange being back out in cinemas. there's a kubrick retrospective at the british film institute, there's an exhibition on at the design museum. dr strangelove's a satire about the end of the world and insanity of nuclear weapons, and the madness of international politics. made in 196a? it stars peter sellers in many roles and it's — i think it's really great black comedy. it has one of the best comedy lines of any film ever, which is, "gentlemen, you can't fight here, this is the war room". but it's a really terrific movie.

does it have anything to say about today's world at all? worryingly so. that's always terrifying. you look back at it and say, "wow, that is relevant". the design of the film is brilliant. best dvd? i like mary, queen of scots. i'm a fan of the movie, it didn't get universally good reviews. it's got great performances by margot robbie and saoirse ronan, and it has great directing. aside from one sequence that feels theatrical, it's really cinematic and has a really lovely score by max richter. you know how a great film score can really lift the drama ? it was one of those things that i thought the score was very subtly filling in so much detail. i thought it was a really good piece of work. my editor who studied history was very cross because elizabeth meets mary, and that never happened. that is the one scene that's very theatrical. they meet in what appears to be a laundry in the middle of nowhere. like a laundrette?

it's like an ancient laundrette, they're wafting between sheets. i know many historians are very cross about that, but that's the one scene that strikes a wrong note. artistic license. thank you very much, indeed. good to see you. that's it for this week, thank you so much for watching, been all the she and it's goodbye from both of us. hello, this is breakfast with jon kay and naga munchetty. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may and jeremy corbyn are blaming divisions in each other‘s party, for the breakdown of talks aimed at ending the deadlock over brexit. the conservatives and labour have been in negotiations for six weeks, but mr corbyn said they collapsed because of "weakness and instability" within the government. however mrs may blamed splits in the labour party, over whether or not there should be another referendum. the prime minister is now considering holding a series of votes for mp5, to try

to agree a way forward. australians have begun voting in one of the most closely fought general the duke of cambridge has described feeling "pain like no other pain" following the death of his mother, princess diana, 21 years ago. prince william made the comments in a bbc documentary in which he discussed mental health issues and pressures with former and present footballers. i have thought about this a lot and tried to understand how i feel like ido, but tried to understand how i feel like i do, but i think when you are bereaved at a young age, at any age, but particularly a young age, i can resonate with that, you feel pain like no other pain, and you know in your life it feels like you are coming —— going to come across worse pain and that, but also brings you closer to other people out there who have been bereaved. australians have begun voting in one of the most closely fought general elections in recent years. final opinion polls put the opposition labor party slightly ahead of the liberal—national coalition, who have held

power since 2013. voting is compulsory in australia — and a record 16.5 million voters will take part. the united states and canada have agreed to drop aluminium and steel tariffs that were imposed a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations and a telephone call on friday between president trump and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. it could pave the way for a new north american trade agreement. the governor of the us state of missouri, mike parson, says he will sign a bill which limits women's access to abortion. it would prevent almost all terminations after eight weeks of pregnancy. it comes just days after alabama introduced a near—total ban on abortion, prompting country wide protests from pro—choice supporters. the final preparations are underway for tonight's eurovision song contest final in tel aviv. also there is a party atjohn's

house. acts from 26 countries, including the uk, will take to the stage in front of a global tv audience of around 200 million. all contestants have been warned to keep the competition politics free, at a time of renewed political tension on the border with gaza. i'm sure there will be no politics involved in the voting. there is a lwa ys involved in the voting. there is always politics. never! it isjust us always politics. never! it isjust us to on the sofa this morning, it isa us to on the sofa this morning, it is a bit empty this morning. michael has gone to wembley. i am a leeds fan, it is a long time since leeds fan, it is a long time since leeds got to the cup final. it's fa cup final day and manchester city are one game away from an unprecented treble.

i had to step off the pitch because they had the sprinklers on, a danger of getting very wet, you know about me and water. manchester city are big —— aiming to become the first men's team to get the domestic travel. —— triple. they've already won the league cup and the premier league, and nowjust watford stand in their way of becoming the first men's team to win the domestic treble. they are known as the hornets, and they are hoping there will be a lasting in the tail and they can do what we can did here in 2013. john watson reports. serial winners, record breakers, another slice of history could the city's today, with the premier league and leg in the camp, common sense suggests more is to come. the wind is so addictive. when you prove it and you tasted, you say you want

more, something like, you know, you win, you want to take a shower, so i wa nt to win, you want to take a shower, so i want to win the next one. but football rarely follows logic, as this competition so often proves. 0n the brink of a semi—final exit, from 2-0 the brink of a semi—final exit, from 2—0 down, watford bounced back to force extra time and knockout wolves. and 35 years after their last cup final appearance, some faces may have changed, but they will hope the result does too. they suffered defeat to everton back in 198a. suffered defeat to everton back in 1984. and the goal is given! they will play the part of underdog in 2019. 35 years since the last time what that has ever been in a final, we have never won a cup, so it is a massive achievement to get there, but we are on the cusp of doing something unbelievable. city have won the game's oldest cup competition five times, this season they have been and they are unstoppable —— at their unstoppable

best. but as the last few weeks have proved, in football, anything is possible. he i was near the hospitality area here at club wembley and they needed someone to taste the desert. look at that, little football on top. we will be speaking to one of the head chef here very shortly, but the food here is exquisite, just overlooking the pitch. but let's run you through some of the morning's other sports stories. and england have wrapped up the one—day series against pakistan with a game to spare. they were set 3a1 to win at trent bridge, and looked to be heading to that total pretty easily as jason roy hit a quickfire century. they then had a slight wobble, losing a wickerts forjust 15 runs. but ben stokes steadied the ship with an unbeaten 71 to see england over the line and re—iterate just why they're favourites to win this summer's world cup. to another dominant

performance next, and that of the american brooks koepka at the us pga championships in new york. he was one of the favourite and he is certainly living up to his billing. he got the lowest score after two rounds in major history at bethpage black, and is now seven shots ahead of the field. he's the defendeing champion too. tiger woods though is out, he missed the cut. charlton athletic are through to the final of the league 1 play offs. they beat doncaster rovers on penalties — tommy rowe the unfortunate man to miss. charlton will play sunderland for a place in the championship at wembley a week tomorrow. it's a big day on the clay forjohanna konta. she plays in the semi finals of the italian 0pen after beating marketa vondrousova in the quarters on what was her 28th birthday. we will have more support, including the tae kwon do world championship results, a great night indeed for

great britain, a little later on, but first let's talk about the food, because a very important pa rt the food, because a very important part of the fa cup experience, it is not just the football, people come from days out to sample the delights of food and drink at wembley. those who are lucky enough to be here, and iamjoining who are lucky enough to be here, and i am joining here by harry lomas, let me come over to you, head chef here at club wembley. what time did you get up this morning, this must have taken weeks of preparation to get ready. i started six months ago, it isa get ready. i started six months ago, it is a flagship event, so all the work goes into it, i decided the menu, so i was in this morning about aam today to make sure it all comes together. 98 kitchens which is staggering inside wembley, give us a sense of the idea of the scale of the amount of food you had to prepare. i have got 7500 hospitality, so things like the potatoes, eggs and what have you, and down in the concessions area i

think we will be going through about 5000, 6000 burgers, so a lot of food has come into the building, a few tons of potatoes are in the buildings. the potatoes are in the building, that is good to hear. is there a difference in terms of taste, we have watford from the london, down south, manchester city from the north—west, the heartland of the north—west, is there a difference in taste between the different sets of fans? down the country you see, i am a northerner, iama country you see, i am a northerner, i am a biomass guy, up north we are into the home—cooked storage, down south they are a bit more into the flexible, they like the vegan and vegetarian, there is a bit of a different, today is a great day, it will be a clash of the food, north versus south, so working with the teams, over the last few months just getting the food together to make it right, lots of help from the club wembley members themselves, they have chosen some of these deserts and some of the menus, along with the fa, working together to get the right shout. i know you have a

winning recipe here in terms of the desert here, but before i start eating i will hand you back to the studio, i will let you get back to the kitchen, but look at this, a little football on top, it is very tasty. we are sitting here eating our porridge, you know it is a time in the morning when we have our porridge, sojohn in the morning when we have our porridge, so john and in the morning when we have our porridge, sojohn and i, we have raisins? i have got raisins.|j normally have porridge but i am eating the football now, football is going.. do you know what? let's put this down. you enjoy yourself. watford is my second team, and biomass works just as well —— pie and mash. we will be back with mike throughout the morning. now, it's one of the world's longest—running tv talent shows, and certainly the biggest. tonight, 200 million people

will tune in to watch the 6ath eurovision contest, an annual extravaganza of song and dance. but this year's event is not without controversy. it's taking place in israel, against a backdrop of increased political tension arising from the israeli—palestinian conflict. 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito has more. welcome to the eurovision song contest 2019. israel, and the week—long eurovision party is now in full swing. live from tel aviv, israel. but remember, all this is happening against a background of considerable political tension on the border with gaza, which raises issues of security. will there be protests and also, will people turn up? as you can see, the crowds are here, but even among some of the entrants, there are questions. we've been warned. we've been told we reached the limit of the ebu's tolerance regarding politics. but at the same time, we're told they can't change our views.

but while there has been talk of boycotts a nd but while there has been talk of boycotts and protest, so far it has been business as usual from the eurovision party. we need to talk properfor eurovision, eurovision party. we need to talk proper for eurovision, and we arejoined by we are joined by the man who knows. doctor eurovision, pauljordan, welcome. keep coming in. what are you thinking ahead of this particular contest? what should we be bearing in mind? it will feel different, wanted. it is the first time it has been in tel aviv, they have hosted in jerusalem time it has been in tel aviv, they have hosted injerusalem twice before, but tel aviv is a bit of a party down, and eurovision is in that bubble, they call it a bubble in tel aviv because you don't feel like you are in the middle east, or in israel. the semifinals were tuesday and thursday, we saw ten countries reach semi—final to qualify for the grand final, so the uk is part of the big five who are

already in the grand final, because we don't have to qualify. that is because we contribute so much money, and we have some of the biggest audience as well. so they want us in there, even if we don't get the votes. let's talk about the uk entry, it has become a better pattern over the past few years that we haven't done terribly well, but have we done a —— do we stand a better chance this year? michael wright is the singer, the song is called bigger than us, wright is the singer, the song is called biggerthan us, it wright is the singer, the song is called bigger than us, it is written by the swedish songwriter behind the swedish entry. —— michael rice. it isa swedish entry. —— michael rice. it is a bit of an swedish entry. —— michael rice. it isa bit ofanx swedish entry. —— michael rice. it is a bit of an x factor song that would have one ten or 15 years ago, but he has a very good singer. i think the public will enjoy it, i don't think it will be medically motivated against the uk because of brexit and politics. really? the organisers said they wanted to be politics free, they are talking about the situation in the middle east, but in terms of the bigger political picture, you can't take the politics out of eurovision, can

you make politics comes into any large—scale international event, the 0lympic large—scale international event, the olympic games, the world cup in qatar, eurovision is no difference. but when it comes to the winner the music does speak for itself, and is one of those events, it is one where people do set aside their political differences, they take to the stage for one night for a bit of a party, it is what your needs. how much of a surprise visit that madonna is performing? it was officially confirmed the other day because they we re confirmed the other day because they were all sorts of contractual negotiations, but it is not the first time we had a big star, we had justin timberlake in 2016... who needsit justin timberlake in 2016... who needs it more? madonna needs eurovision more than eurovision needs madonna, people still watch eurovision regardless, but she will be great, she is an icon, a legend. it chimes in quite nicely with her tour. it is a great launchpad for her, she knows what the audience is like, and regardless of what people think about the music, eurovision is a big event, 200 million people watching, it is massive. you are

therefore the semifinals, but you came for the final. he didn't want to stay for the big event?|j came for the final. he didn't want to stay for the big event? i had a nice time in tel aviv, but now it is time to come home and do some work, and relax! it is nice to watch on tv, and sit on the sofa and relax. good morning from the glitz and glamour of eurovision to the scottish highlands. we've seen ran across scotland. showers crossing up right across the uk. but between those showers, there will be sunshine in the sunshine stop feeling fairly warm. low pressure across europe, throwing cloud in the direction. that cloud has been producing outbreaks of rain. particularly heavy rain overnight. some patchy rain and other parts of

the uk and a lot of cloud the moment. mist and fog patches. here it isa moment. mist and fog patches. here it is a classic day of sunny spells and showers. we will cling on to more ina and showers. we will cling on to more in a way of cloud by this afternoon, the rain move east off. lighter and patchy. still a noticeable easterly breeze. patchy cloud and rain. sunny spells feeling warm the sunshine. the showers will crop up. when they do turn up, heavy and possibly thundery. equally, likely to see some blue skies and sunshine overhead. temperatures getting up to 17 or 18 degrees. this evening and tonight, the showers in the daytime all tend to fade away. we'll keep some patchy rain. mist and fog patches developing.

temperatures holding well above freezing. we should escape a frost into tomorrow morning. 0ne freezing. we should escape a frost into tomorrow morning. one thing you will notice, not many white lines. it means the winds will be quite light. they could become very snow —— slow—moving indeed. if a shower turns up where you are, you could see a lot of rain. should be a brighter day albeit with some of those heavy showers. temperatures between 16 and 20 degrees. again, you guessed it, that mixture of sunshine and showers. those temperatures, 17— 20 degrees. it will be wet in the showers but will feel fairly warm. we'll be back with

the headlines at 7:00. now it's time for click. artificial intelligence continues to play a bigger and bigger role in our lives so it is no surprise that the barbican summer exhibition charts our perception of computers, intelligence and artificial beings through the ages and through the lens of different cultures. the desire to create artificial life is old, very old.

it goes back at least as far as the legend of the gollum, created from dust or clay and brought to life through incantation. ai: more than human is a celebration and a critical examination of innovation — that's a lot of "ations" — showcasing the works of diverse digital artists and academic institutions around the world. see, in 100 years' time, we will all look like this. how computers perceive us using cameras is an overarching theme here. last week, we covered the uk police's increasing deployment of live facial recognition, from specially—equipped vans to cctv cameras and, in london, we caught an incident when one man refused to be scanned. if i want to cover my face, i cover my face. don't push me out of the way... the police said this was disorderly behaviour so they gave him a fine.

if i want to cover me face, i cover me face. it's not up to them to tell me not to cover me face. i got a £90 fine, here you go, look at that. £90 — thanks lads, £90, well done. and just this week, san francisco has banned law enforcement agencies from using facial recognition. it is a landmark decision in the security versus civil liberties debate surrounding this technology. well, we asked for your feedback and we were inundated with comments and questions. many of you were of the opinion that, if you've got nothing to hide, then there's nothing to worry about and this is another tool to help keep us safe. but some opinions expressed exactly the opposite, that this is another step on the way to a surveillance state. we've asked biometrics expert stephanie hare to answer some of your most prominent questions. stephanie, welcome. one of the questions that was asked the most was whether facial recognition could work with people who choose to wear face coverings. and in fact, we put this to the police — here's what they said.

it is not a problem. it is more of a challenge. the way the technology works, we need to — the starting point is the eyes — the eyes are really important in terms of facial recognition technology. often those eyes are visible. we have face cameras to include motorcycle helmets, so the technology does work with motorcycle helmets as well. i would suggest, operationally, it is not as efficient and effective with face coverings but it is not an impossibility. so stephanie, the police say that facial recognition technology will still work even if the face is partially covered. is that true? some facial recognition technology can indeed identify someone just using their eyes alone. that would require infrared capability and depth—sensing capability. that exists in your apple iphone x. it does not, to my knowledge, exist in the technology that the police are currently using, which is relying on 2d photographs in a data base, cctv and other public cameras, which tend to return quite low quality footage, and even body cams — not at the moment. so this technology is very much under development.

it illustrates though that it is possible. another question that came up a lot was about facial data and gdpr. now, we has seen some private companies building huge databases of facial data. a lot of people want to know how this can be allowed to happen? it's a great question. so in the show last week you featured a company called facewatch, and facewatch is maintaining its own watch—list of people it thinks are either criminals or suspected criminals, and it's sharing its own privately—gathered watch—list with the police, and then the police are sharing their database with facewatch. and the potential loophole within the gdpr is that the gdpr protects people's biometric data, but makes exceptions for things like national security, fighting fraud and fighting corruption. stephanie thank you very much for your insights and thank you so much for your comments and questions. don't forget, you can always get

in touch with us on twitter. here in the uk, the latest published data suggests that over 60,000 people under the age of 18 went missing in the space of a year. now, while 97% of those come home or are found alive and well, the unimaginably heartbreaking search for the remaining 3% continues. and here too facial recognition could provide an extra bit of hope, as lara has been finding out. this is six—year—old bleona mata. she disappeared from her family home in albania in 2010. and this is how she might look today at 15. after repeated sightings by albanians visiting, she is thought to be in the uk.

in her home country, hers has been a high—profile case so of course all conventional avenues of searching have been pursued, but now amazon's facial recognition software is being tried. it is part of a new system that aims to search the dark web, as well as all websites, to find any pictures that may bear a likeness. the dark web is what could be described as the hidden part of the internet. it provides anonymity to those using it and placing it is difficult. this engine casts its net wide. searching internationally for a likeness. when it gets ahead or receives a reported sighting, a poster is sent to screens in the vicinity, filling otherwise redundant advertising space.

the gmc engine is a very basic platform that allows currently 29 countries, law enforcement agencies and charities, to upload missing child photos and information so on social media, via e—mail, or on twitter. amazon's recognition works by extracting data from the face and representing that as numerical values so then it will do the same again with the other images that its searching for the person in. here we end up with a percentage possibility as to whether it is that same person. we don't actually store the faces, so we store a numerical representation of the faces. we encode that numerically and that is a one—way process. so there is no way to return and generate an image of the face from this numerical vector that we store. we have a customer called marinus analytics in the us that has rescued a 16—year—old girl in northern california that had been trafficked for sexual exploitation. inputting bleona's picture created no leads on this occasion but the system will continue

to search until it is told to stop. yet the pain of not knowing still continues for her family. this is early days for the technology and clearly it can be improved over time. we are looking to connect to other datasets. child sexual abuse material databases, or perpetrator databases, sex offenders data bases, or even cctv. if this system has the capacity and it's that easy to input a picture and within seconds it's going to do a search of the whole web, why isn't this being done for every single child who is missing? i think the system has the capacity, it's a matter of capacity in our own team or in policing to make sure that the system is used. at the moment, only our team has access to the gmc engine, and we so we basically need to make sure that our team has access to all the images of the outstanding missing children, say,

after three days and then run them through the engine to see if we can find them. as is often the case, the technology existing is just the first step. with the ability to search notjust the open internet but also the dark web, this could be the start of something far bigger. and back at the barbican's new exhibition, i'm becoming part of the show. no, this isn't a painting of flowers, but an ai looking at my hand and other objects through a camera. this is a demonstration of how a neural network can only interpret what it sees through a camera based on what you've already taught it, so if you only need a neural network images of waves, it will try and interpret what it can see through this camera in terms of seascapes but if, for example, you were to only feed it images of fire, then my hands would be interpreted in terms of flames.

pretty cool, or should i say, hot. learning how an ai perceives the world is an undercurrent running throughout the exhibition, and, with understanding, comes language. this is the waterfall of meaning, and it examines millions of sentences and looks at the way we use words to try and teach itself whether, for example, beer is expensive or cheap, whether it's bad or good, whether it's male or female. if there is an inherent bias in how we use words, that will show up the results. ai is just revealed the secret part of human so i think that this is a good opportunity to think about bias, because a! doesn't lie, ai doesn't excuse. a! just reveal everything. so then that's the reason, you know,

the bias getting problem. actually, we have the problem already. and that's it for the short cut of click, here at ai: more than human, at the barbican centre, in london. this is alter 3 and it's in no way freaking me out. don't forget the full—length version is available to watch right now on iplayer and you can get in touch with us any time you fancy. we live on instagram, youtube, facebook and twitter. thanks for watching. and i'm just going to step a little bit further away now. bye.