this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 103m: the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer says to break the bank imp as the government must include a public vote in any withdrawal agreement. australians wait to find out whether they will get that six new prime minister in as many years. prince william opens up over the pain he suffered after the death of his mother, princess diana, in a bbc documentary about mental health. when you are bereaved at a very young age, any time really, but particularly at a young age, you feel pain like no other pain. final preparations are being made for the 64th eurovision song contest in tel aviv, with michael rice flying the flag for the uk. manchester city face watford

in the fa cup final at wembley, as they look to become the first english club to complete the domestic treble. and, the travel show is in the new york with a behind the scenes looks of the new statue of liberty museum. that's in half an hour on bbc news. good morning. labour's brexit spokesman sir keir starmer has said the government should include a public vote in the withdrawal bill to end the political impasse. yesterday, cross—party talks between the conversatives and labour ended without agreement, with both theresa may and jeremy corbyn blaming divisions in the other‘s party for the failure to reach a compromise. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here with more.

leaving aside the blame game, the question is what happens next? we still expect a further attempt by the government to get the eu withdrawal agreement on the statute books. what difference does labour ‘s attitude make to the prospect? the prime minister it needs some, at least, the labour vote if she is to have any hope of getting her withdrawal agreement through parliament. it will come to a vote in the first full week ofjune in the shape of the withdrawal agreement bill, which is legislation that effectively puts her brexit deal into uk law. but it does give an opportunity for the government and mps on all sides to try to amend it, tweak it round the edges, and a little extras, which may encourage some mps to vote for it to have not done so the last three times of asking. but so keir starmer this morning set out his stall as one of labour ‘s loudest cheer leaders for another public vote, it is no surprise that he says the government

should do this, and there are differences of opinion, even in the shadow cabinet, n the labour party asa shadow cabinet, n the labour party as a whole, as to how keenly they support the idea of another public vote. but it is keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary is you that if the government did that, then it would be able to break the impasse. this is what he said this morning. the prime minister has got the option of going back to the eu and say what changes they would make... i think the political declaration, they would make changes to the withdrawal agreement. 0r, they would make changes to the withdrawal agreement. or, of they would make changes to the withdrawalagreement. or, of course, they could seek to break the impasse by putting a confirmatory vote on the face of a bill. whatever happens, they have got to find a way of breaking the impasse. we have got 5.5 months, which seems like a long time, in reality once we get to the summer recess time, in reality once we get to the summer recess will have only got two weeks this site and to fix in october. we don't want a cliff edge again. it is unlikely that the call

for the referendum to be included in the will change theresa may's mind. she has consistently ruled it out. if there was any sense she would consider that they would be howls of betrayal from the conservative backbenchers who dislike dp had the idea of a further referendum, and say it would be backtracking on the result of the referendum initially, which was in favour of leaving the eu. all the attention seems to have shifted to who will succeed theresa may. we have had borisjohnson, and an intervention by matt hancock today —— some see him as a possible leader, although the poll today suggests he might have a struggle to make the impact on the membership. definitely languishing amongst the also—ran in terms of that poll that you mentioned, which puts boris johnson in front with 39% of support, that is among conservative activists who were asked as part of

that poll for the times, second place is dominic raab, way back with 13%. and a handful of others all in single figures. but yes, matt hancock is an ambitious member and his morning today is that whoever ends up having thatjob, whether it is theresa may, even before the contest formally starts, should not call a general election because it would be disastrous for the conservatives and would risk not only putting jeremy corbyn into downing street and the conservatives suffering a collapse in parliament, but also risk brexit potentially not happening at all. i suspect the other contenders in that competition, and the vast majority of conservative mps agree with him on that, and the last thing they wa nt on that, and the last thing they want in the near future is a on that, and the last thing they want in the nearfuture is a general election. thank you. people in australia have been voting in one of the most closely fought general elections in years, after political infighting ousted the nation's fourth

leader in a decade. 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, and a record 16.5 million voters will take part.a tight race is predicted, with a record 96.8% of eligible voters enrolled to cast their ballot. our sydney correspondent hywel griffith joins me now. quite a lot of the polls around the country have closed. just remind us of how intense this battle has been, and why it has been that the government has been somewhat on the defensive in recent months? the coalition government has for years been slightly behind in the polls, changing leader last august has not helped its fortunes. but it has a lwa ys helped its fortunes. but it has always been a narrow gap between labour and the ruling coalition. the polls suggest that labour are on course to win a narrow victory, bill shorten could become the sixth prime minister in as many years. the coalition has been problematic in

persuading people that they are a united party, and given the turmoil we saw when the prime minister was changed last year, scott morrison has pretty much had to fight this election alone. he has been a one—man campaigning team for the government because so one—man campaigning team for the government because so many one—man campaigning team for the government because so many of his collea g u es government because so many of his colleagues were seen as toxic, as though losers rather than people who could help them win. politically, what difference could it make if there is a labour government in australia after this result? domestically, the key issues, and the polls suggest what voters have actually been discussing, is on climate change. labour has more ambitious targets when it comes to carbon emissions. they also want to redistribute, increased taxes, although they also claim tax cuts for others. the liberal national coalition government say it is all about the economy, keeping australia on track after 27 years without a

recession. however, one key thing that has not, at all in this campaign isa that has not, at all in this campaign is a foreign policy. we have not had any debates really about australia's relationship with china, the us, what australia makes of brexit and the potential future trade deal with the uk. those are not issues that the parties want to talk about. yes, they would have to do something about all of those when they are in government, but they have not been talking to voters about it. i hope we will touch base with you later in the morning, not least to get you to talk about that enormous ballot paper that has been carried behind you. quite a headache for people to fill out. thank you. the duke of cambridge has described feeling "pain like no other pain" following the death of his mother, princess diana, when he was 15. prince william made the comments in a bbc tv documentary about mental health. ramzan karmali has more. we've got to relax a bit and talk about our emotions because we are not robots. prince william in a frank discussion with football players, former football players, and the current english

manager gareth southgate. william is the president of the football association, england's governing body for the sport. he was taking part in a bbc documentary, a royal team talk, tackling mental health. one topic he spoke about openly was the hurt he felt when his mother, diana princess of wales died. william was just 15 at the time of her death in 1997. i think when you are bereaved at a young age, any time really, but particularly at 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 worse pain than that. but it also brings you so close to all that other people out there who have been bereaved. injuly 2017, the prince left the east anglian air ambulance service. his two—year experience as an air ambulance pilot had a profound influence on his outlook. raw emotional day—to—day stuff, where you are dealing with families

who are having the worst news they can possibly have, it leaves you with a very depressing, very negative feeling, where you think, death isjust around the door everywhere i go, that is quite a burden to carry and feel. prince william has made mental health the cornerstone of his public work. by speaking so honestly, he hopes it will encourage others to take this issue more seriously. in the eu referendum in 2016, 52% of people in wales voted for leave. next week, those same voters will be back at the ballot box to elect meps in the european elections. bbc wales political editor felicity evans has been asking voters about having to vote again. 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 in pontypridd 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 with politicians at westminster going around in circles. so will they use the european elections to let off steam? we had a democratic vote, what do we do now? is it the best of three, 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 left 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 is just madness. the heritage of the welsh valleys is one of coal mining as well as cafes, 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 of welsh labour, has a huge test 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 steered a very careful line, following his leader, jeremy corbyn, 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 a variety options, applied camry, the liberal democrats, the greens and change uk are all arguing for

another brexit referendum. ukip 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 a more appetising choice. in a further boost for the brexit party, some former ukip members of the welsh assembly have recently joined 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 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. that was the bbc wales political editor. we'll be hearing the views of voters in northern ireland later on the show. and you can find more details and analysis

on the eu elections over on the bbc news website. the headlines on bbc news: labour keir starmer says break the exit impasse the government should include a public vote on the eu withdrawal agreement. polls have closed much of australia as the country waits to find out whether they will get back six new prime minister in as many years. prince william opens up over the pain he has suffered after the death of his mother, diana, princess of wales, ina of his mother, diana, princess of wales, in a documentary to be broadcast tomorrow about mental health. sport now, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. a big day. it is fa cup final day, and manchester city are one game away from an

unprecedented domestic treble. they have already won the league cup and lip annually, but watford stand in their way at wembley today. serial winners, record—breakers — another slice of history could be city's today. with the premier league and league cup in the can, common sense suggests more's to come. winning is so addictive, so when you prove it and you taste it, you say, "i want more". it's something like, you know, you win, you go to take a shower, "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 down, watford bounced back to force extra time and knock out wolves. and 35 years after their last cup final appearance, some faces may have changed, they'll hope the result does too. they suffered defeat to everton back in 1984. oh, and sherwood didn't collect

and the goal is given! they'll play the part of underdog in 2019. 35 years since the last time watford was in a final. we've never won a cup, so it's a massive achievement, a, to get there, but, b, you're on the cusp of doing something unbelievable. city have won the game's oldest cup competition five times. this season, they've been and their unstoppable best. but as the last few weeks have proved, in football, anything is possible. going to wembley for the fa cup final is an incredibly special occasion for the fans. to support as he will be taking their seats at opposite ends of the stadium have spoken to mike about how much it means to them. it is amazing, to be at wembley again, i was here 15 yea rs at wembley again, i was here 15 years ago for that 1969, is a small boy, i hasten to add. we won that

cap against leicester city. that was the last great manchester city side. now we have got company, silva and aguero, and it never loses its charm. it is so exciting to be here and every manchester city loves it. for watford it has been longer since the last minute, you were very young when watford lost the last cup final. it must be emotional. really emotional. just walking through the town this week, it has been emotional. bunting everywhere, all the shops are decorated in yellow, red and black, and they don't get bored of coming to wembley. 1984 was the last time we were here in an fa cup final, this means an awful lot to the club and the people of watford. we have been looking forward it for weeks. i think there might be a view tear stained watford fans. a huge match in the women's game as well. a champions league final between barcelona and leon is being

held in budapest. plenty of british interest in the form of lyon's lucy bronze. it is a massive club, but on the women's team they are not known for that. people question why. i believe the process, i believed what they wanted to achieve, and i believe they have the resources and the facilities to do that. now i am sitting here had of the time his league final and i can say it has turned out well. we were the favourites to win the game, tony had beena favourites to win the game, tony had been a bit like, why are lyon the favourites? they are right, bus lane isa favourites? they are right, bus lane is a great team. lyon really like to pay this kind of football as well. charlton athletic are through to the final of the league1 play—offs. they beat doncaster rovers on penalties. charlton will play sunderland for a place in the championship at wembley

a week tomorrow. england ‘s cricket is wrapped up their one—day series against pakistan with a game to spare. they we re pakistan with a game to spare. they were set at 341 to win at trent bridge and look to be heading to that total pretty easily, as jason roy hit a quickfire century. they then had a slight wobble, losing four wickets from just 15 runs. but ben stokes steadied the ship with an unbeaten 71, to see england over the line, and reiterate just unbeaten 71, to see england over the line, and reiteratejust why unbeaten 71, to see england over the line, and reiterate just why they are favourites for this summers world cup. to another dominant performance, and it is that of the american brooks kafka at the pga championship in new york. he got the lowest score after two rounds in major championship history and is now seven shots ahead. he is also the defending champion. tiger woods is out after he missed the cut. a great night for britain at the world tae kwon do championships in manchester. bradley has become the first british man to win a world

title. bianca won a third world title. bianca won a third world title. it happened under controversial circumstances. she beat the olympic champion from china in the final, but bianca was booed after forcing her opponent into a series of penalties while well down on the scorecards. her opponent refused to shake her hand after the bout. i vowed to win. there are other ways, but the rule that if you get disqualified you are out. i did what i had to do, and i am champion. i can't take that away now. i am three—time world champion and i don't think many people have done that. i am overwhelmed. congratulations to her. glasgow are into their first pro 14 final since 2015. they thrashed ulster, running in seven tries in total. they now play either munster or leinster in the final at celtic park next saturday.

saint helens scored three tries in the last 15 minutes to clinch a dramatic 32—30 comeback win over salford red devils. that when extend their lead at the top of the league to six point. elsewhere, huddersfield beat hell. that's all the sport for 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 64th 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. i'm joined now from salford by pauljordan, who is a eurovision commentator known as "doctor eurovision". he's just returned from tel aviv where he watched the semi finals. welcome. i should ask you first of all to give some sense to people of

the importance of the semifinals. for the professionaljuries, as opposed to us at home, this is when they designed who they are voting for. yes, we have the two semifinals, whetherfrom each other semifinals, whetherfrom each other semifinals you have ten qualifiers that go forward to the grand final, which takes place tonight. the uk is pa rt which takes place tonight. the uk is part of the big five, along with spain, france, germany and italy, so we have automatic qualification. for some countries it is important and the ones that don't make it to a sometimes disappointed. for the ones that do, it is a moment of celebration and more hard work, and another chance to perform. why do you think people are so passionate about your vision? if you stood back and at one point it had ajake reputation, but now it is almost a cult thing. —— joke. what is it secret? the quality changes from year to year, according to which country is broadcasting it, never

mind the individual entries from around the competitors. i have lost the link. sorry, can you hear me now? you have summed up one of the problems! 0ften problems! often it was "hello, 0slo, can you hearus?". often it was "hello, 0slo, can you hear us?". why often it was "hello, 0slo, can you hearus?". why do often it was "hello, 0slo, can you hear us?". why do you think it is endearing in popularity? it is unique in the television yeah, it isa it is unique in the television yeah, it is a happy event, and one that thatis it is a happy event, and one that that is unusual. you have got countries that sometimes don't get on, and for one night of the year they put their politics aside and have a party. it is special. when you say that, but there is a lot of controversy you say that, but there is a lot of co ntrove rsy over you say that, but there is a lot of controversy over the fa ct you say that, but there is a lot of controversy over the fact it is being held in israel. they are entitled to hold the contest as they won last year, but a bit of an attack on madonna last night complaining about her decision to perform. presumably they must be

nervous. did you get a sense of nervousness in tel aviv, the broadcasters, about one of —— whether any of the bands might try to make a political point? they are not allowed to, and they have been asked not to. they try to keep politics out of it. but they do also believe in freedom of expression. the fact we are having this discussion now is because it is in israel. it is a good thing, it is a complex issue and important to look at it from a balanced perspective. but we may see singers making statements. madonna is not one to shy away from controversy, said she may also have an opinion. let's talk about the lad from hartlepool, michael rice, who has flown out to represent the uk. what are his prospects? he is a good singer, and he would have hopefully done well last night when the cherries were voting. i'm not sure if he is what the public will go for. he has a bit ofanx the public will go for. he has a bit of an x factor style anthem, but it

isa of an x factor style anthem, but it is a good song and i wish him all best. it is written by the man performing for sweden. talk about keeping it in the family! where is the smart money? the netherlands are the smart money? the netherlands are the hot favourites, alongside sweden. good outsiders are russia, azerbaijan, switzerland. it is a very open yeah. it could be iceland or australia. as you can tell, i have probably heard the songs to me time so! have probably heard the songs to me time so i have lost all sense of perspective! i'm sure you have good judgment. 0ne perspective! i'm sure you have good judgment. one final thing, perspective! i'm sure you have good judgment. 0ne finalthing, how important is the public date? the professionaljuries have already voted. does the public vote make a difference? it can do, absolutely. it will be interesting to see what the public go for. last year, we saw israel winning with public support and thejury israel winning with public support and the jury support. the previous year it was all over the place,

ukraine won despite not winning the public or thejury. ukraine won despite not winning the public or the jury. it will be interesting to see where the votes go tonight. it's clearly well. i wonder if having had an epic general election campaign, australians will be saying up to watch eurovision. i do hope they will. thank you for joining us. good to talk to you. pauljordan. that was his annual update on all things eurovision. the programme is tonight from 8pm. 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. next week, bbc news will be focusing on stories about middlesbrough and the people who live in the town. we are middlesbrough will run from monday with live broadcasts and special reports across the bbc‘s tv and radio outlets, and online. to introduce the week, bbc tees presenter amy 0akden and the bbc editorial director kamal ahmed have been asking local residents how they think the bbc should be reporting middlesbrough. hello and welcome to bbc tees for our first ever we hello and welcome to bbc tees for ourfirst ever we 0ur middlesborough. let's start off by asking you, how you think middlesbrough is portrayed in the media. the negative side has been more focused on, and in terms of the

disadvantage of middlesbrough, rather than reporting from the positive side of it. if you are running bbc news for the day, which frankly you almost will be, what would you like us to be doing? even though the town is passed as a deprived area, it is still a busy place. there are shops closing down, but there is still a lot of shops that are open and doing well, but they are not going to do well if people think that everywhere is closing down. can i bring you in? how has the view of the town changed over time, and over your life of living here? there is more history in middlesbrough than people actually realise. if iron or have not been found on the moorsjust outside, they wouldn't have been any british steel. it is now the entrepreneurs that are driving middlesbrough. it is just

entrepreneurs that are driving middlesbrough. it isjust a shame that some of the older buildings have been demolished. tell us a bit about the middlesbrough town you know, and some of the stories that flow from that experience. a small town with less than 140,000 people. but we have lots and lots of people who work collaboratively together, and a very passionate about where they live. i want to show that young people in middlesbrough are trying their best, despite all of the problems, despite all the issues they are facing in their day—to—day life. they also achieve quite a lot. is there enough here for keeping people engaged? there are jobs here. they need to be seated to all young people, so a lot of young people are wanting different career paths and there isn't much opportunity. there isa there isn't much opportunity. there is a lot of retail, voluntary work. there are charities, but we are a deprived area, we managed with what we have got. funding is getting cut,

so we have got. funding is getting cut, so people think there is nothing here and there won't be any money, we will be unemployed, so they are looking elsewhere because they want a successful life, notjust for the meantime. what i would want to showcase would be if the diversity that middlesbrough has. it has one of the highest number of asylum seekers per population so that is a lot of support for people that are fleeing persecution, fleeing violence in their own countries, and i would love to see the support that the town provides for those people. i think we have got a long list of things that we can try and get through and think about which ones we can pick on. i look forward to reflecting on what you have spoken to us about, and giving some coverage to this great area. thank you. and we'll be reporting live from middlesbrough from monday and through the week. and we want to hear from you — what are the stories you think we should be telling

about middlesbrough?