this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the headlines at nine: theresa may promises mps a bold new offer on brexit to try to get her deal through parliament before she leaves office. a bbc investigation finds a fall in the number of prosecutions for revenge porn, even though there are more reported incidents of it. # all i know, all i know, loving you is a losing game #. triumph for the netherlands in this year's eurovision song contest, but despair for the uk, who finished last. manchester city celebrate victory in the fa cup final, thrashing watford 6—0 to complete the domestic treble.

and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35. this morning's reviewers are the sunday times journalist, rosamund urwin, and thejournalist and commentatorjosie cox. good morning. the prime minister is proposing what she calls a "new bold offer" on brexit, as she prepares to bring her eu withdrawal deal back to mps for a final vote. extra protection for workers‘ rights is expected to be at the centre of the proposals, but both conservative and labour mps say they're sceptical about the prospects of the deal getting through the commons. let's have a look at the next steps in the brexit process. because the uk remains a member of the european union, this thursday, the 23rd of may,

british voters will take part in elections for the european parliament. the government has promised mps another chance to vote on brexit, by bringing forward the withdrawal agreement bill to the house of commons in the week beginning the 3rd ofjune. if that passes, the uk will leave the european union on the 31st october under the terms negotiated by mrs may. however if is passes with amendments changing the terms, these would need to be renegotiated with the eu, who have given no indication they would be willing to change the deal. if the withdrawal agreement fails in the commons, the uk is still on course to leave the eu at the end of october, but without a deal. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is here with more. the prime minister offering a bold

new deal, what is it? we have to wait, she has to do something because of the three heavy defeats in the house of commons, this is her last chance when the withdrawal agreement bill comes before parliament in a couple of weeks' time, formps to parliament in a couple of weeks' time, for mps to vote on her deal and for her to get it through and into law before she has promised to leave late on this year. and the brexit deadline, the end of october. we have some hence, easy wins for the prime minister along the lines of closer co—operation with europe, environmental protections and workers' rights, a lot of the things the things the labour mps will be happy to see and may persuade them to vote on her deal on the basis of being included. the bigger questions around the uk's future customs relationship with the eu, labour wa nts relationship with the eu, labour wants us to be in a competitive customs relationship, types of customs relationship, types of customs union. conservative mps say no, the comment says that would stop us no, the comment says that would stop us doing trade deals with other

countries around the world. they question around another referendum, downing street saying become policy of ruling that out is not going to change. the withdrawal agreement at the heart of this bill which contains the backstop and so many other things that mps have problems when is not going to change. there will be changes, whether there will be enough to get the deal through, farfrom certain. the talks between the gun and a labour party lasted six weeks, they collapsed last week. —— talks between the government and labour party. have they had things to agree on? saying that it actually is a said after those talks, the government had a clear understanding is what is need to get a deal across the line. even though the two sides were not able to come to an agreement, they did talk a lot about where they were policy areas and there were some areas of agreement. that will be informing what the tarmac discusses

what the tarmac discusses with her cabinet ministers later this week and eventually says in a speech —— the prime minister. she sees it as an improved and bold new offer and her last attempt to get the brexit deal over the line. jonathan blake, our political correspondent, thank you. and next week, we will be continuing our series of interviews with meps and leaders from the main parties standing in the european elections in a special ask this. you can send us your questions to put to them. on monday, we'll speak to conservative mep ashely fox and vince cable, the lib dem leader. then on tuesday we're interviewing gerard batten, the ukip leader, and on wednesday, it will be the turn ofjohn healey from labour and adam price, the plaid cymru leader. details of how to get in touch are on the screen. do you send us in your questions for all of those.

a bbc 5 live investigation has found that the number of prosecutions for "revenge porn" in england and wales has fallen, despite an increase in reported incidents. laws were brought in four years ago to tackle the problem. but while reports have more than doubled, the number of prosecutions has fallen by nearly a quarter. adrian goldberg, the presenter of 5 live investigates is in salford for us. adrian, what exactly is revenge porn? good morning. quite a clear definition, the posting online without your permission of images that could be videos or photographs of you with the intention of causing embarrassment or distress. the figures that you have seen show that in terms of the reported incidence of revenge porn, that is up, but the number of prosecutions is actually done. this law was only introduced in 2015. in the first year after it was introduced, more than 800 reports of revenge porn

reported to the 19 police forces who responded to our freedom of information request. over a four—year period, that had more than doubled to 1800 reports injust one year. however, the number of charges brought had fallen considerably. just 158 charges brought last year, over the four—year period that resonates the remark represents a 23% decline. —— that represents. one of the key issues according to campaigners is a question of ad immunity, revenge porn is not classed as a sex crime. that means if you bring a case of revenge porn, you're not guaranteed anonymity. people fear they will be shame to all humanity to public if they bring all humanity to public if they bring a case. based on the figures as we've seen, almost a third of people who bring forward a case for revenge porn eventually away because they fear that they will lose that

anonymity and they will be identified in public. what are the government saying about that? it is an interesting one, the ministry ofjustice said when they introduced a law in 2015 they ca nvass far introduced a law in 2015 they canvass far and wide and they said it isn't a sex crime because the intention isn't sexual gratification, it is about embarrassment, humiliation but in their view it should not be classed asa their view it should not be classed as a sex crime because sexual gratification is not the primary aim. campaigners say at the end of it if you are the victim, it feels very much like a sex crime and they are campaigning fora very much like a sex crime and they are campaigning for a change in the law. thank you very much for all of that. and you can hear more about this on 5 live investigates at 11 o'clock this morning. if you're catching a train today, you should be aware of major timetable changes which are coming into effect. train operators say they're adding more than 1000 extra services per week.

last year's changes led to weeks of delays and cancellations. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. tannoy: this service will remain here for approximately one minute. a huge overhaul of rail timetables last may resulted in huge disruption. govia thameslink and northern passengers were particularly badly hit. today's shake—up is a much smaller scale than a year ago. 1,000 extra services being added across the country, aimed at boosting the economy and catering for growing passenger numbers. the rail operators and network rail say they have been working together to make sure lessons they learned from last year are put into place. they say they'll be monitoring the situation closely this time around and will be able to respond quickly if any problems do happen. the group representing people who travel by train says they need the change to go smoothly. well, we will know by the end of the morning commute on monday, that is kind of the acid test when this is really seen,

whether it works or not. sunday is a trial run. monday morning is d—day for commuters, we will be watching on behalf of passengers and seeing how good the information is in particular. last summer's rail chaos led to apologies from the transport secretary and an inquiry concluded the rail industry needed to prioritise the interests of passengers. they are being advised to check before travelling but are also being assured plans are in place to minimise disruption. leaving on quite a high, winning the fa cup yesterday, completing the domestic travel and the league title with manchester city and after that game, the fa cup final, where they

thrashed watford 6—0, vincent kompany sang his team were the best in the world. vincent kompany is leaving manchester city this summer, according to an announcement from the club. we will have much more in that in our sports news a little bit later. vincent kompa ny leaving manchester city. just over three—quarters of votes in australia have been counted where the centre—right government of the prime minister, scott morrison, is well on the way to a surprise win in saturday's general election. in what mr morrison has called a miracle, his liberal—national coalition stands three seats short of the 76 seats needed for an overall majority in parliament. the labor leader, bill shorten, resigned in the wake of his party's defeat. joining us now from sydney is our news correspondent phil mercer. they are calling it a miracle, is australia in political shock?” think some of the bookmakers are, it

has been quite an expensive enterprise to them. australian politics is rarely dull, it is often petty and has been pretty unstable. more than a decade since an australian prime minister served out a full term in office and it is unpredictable to you for many, many months. the opinion polls were suggesting that the labour opposition would when saturday's election, but the liberal—national coalition has defied those gloomy projections to be returned for three more years. the big question now is can scott morris govern in his own right or will he be in a minority government and rely on independent, that big question should be answered in the next 2a hours or so. —— can scott morrison govern in his own right. everyone was chipping labour, why did voters in the turn their back on

labour? scott morrison was very deft and his campaigning, he made the vote a referendum between him and the opposition, labour leader bill shorten. in the last few moments, an avalanche of opinion polls here in australia, a bit of a national sport taking note of the snapshot of public opinion. what they did show consistently is that scott morrison was far more popular in the electorate than bill shorten. bill shorten was a former trade union leader and derided by many commentators as being a bit dull and boring. that was one key message that the government was trying to get across, that their man was full of that on the opposition leader wasn't. the government was very insistent that a labour government wouldn't do well for australia's prosperity, that it couldn't manage a faltering economy and in the end i think many australians were fearful

of change and they stuck with the status quo, stuck with what they had known, despite the fact that the liberal party has been in powerfor six years and it has been pretty dysfunctional at times. voters have ignored that, trusted the government on the economy and mr morrison is on his way. the status quo maintain, is that the political feature now for the next four years, just more of the same? how do you read the significance of the selection for australia as mike political landscape? theological cycle at federal level in the house of representatives, the lower house of representatives, the lower house of the australian federal parliament is pretty short. it is three years. we will black again in the next three years, if not sooner —— we will be back again. australia's have to fight, two votes, one is for the house of representatives, the other is for the senate, the other house of the australian parliament and an

exhaustive process. we will not know the make—up of the senate, possibly for a few more days. what we are looking at now is can scott morrison cobble together a minority government to continue or will he government to continue or will he govern in his own right? many australians will now be wondering what his agenda will be in the next three years, given that many australian voters are very concerned about climate change, we have just had the hottest summer ever documented here in australia, but many committees say the government's plans for climate change are not as ambitious as they might be. thank you very much indeed. you are watching bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may promises mps a bold new offer on brexit, to try to get her deal through parliament before she leaves office. the number of prosecutions for revenge porn has fallen — despite an increase in incidents,

a bbc investigation has found. the new national rail summer timetable comes into effect — with a thousand new services being introduced across the country. this year's eurovision song contest had it all. russia's singing in the shower, australians on bendy poles and a half—time performance from madonna. the netherlands triumphed for the first time since 1975, but it was despair for the uk's entry which finished last. our correspondent, david sillito, was there. from tel aviv, israel, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest, 2019! on stage, it was business as usual. chanting: taking part in eurovision means you join a racist mission! but off—screen there were protests from those opposed to israel's

occupation of the palestinian territories. i think the world should not allow israel to host events like this because having events like the eurovision here is masking away the reality of the occupation. and the heavy security of delhi make a reminder of the israel that is not in show. injerusalem, chaotic scenes. a police charge against religious protesters. they were objecting to eurovision taking place on thejewish objecting to eurovision taking place on the jewish sabbath. objecting to eurovision taking place on thejewish sabbath. but inside the event, there had been fears of protest but all passed off peacefully. with some considerable spectacle, the swaying performance from australia. the interval act,

madonna, who had faced criticism for playing israel but there were some doubts about whether this was a worthy performance. the thing that brings all of these people here tonight is music. that is never underestimate the power of music to bring people together. meanwhile, the uk's michael rice performed with gusto but once again it wasn't to be the uk's night. instead, the winner, the uk's night. instead, the winner, the netherlands. # loving you is a losing game and b and the eurovision song contest. austria is heading for another election. the chancellor sebastian kurz made the announcement hours after the resignation of his coalition partner and vice chancellor — heinz—christian strache. mr strache, the leader

of the freedom party, resigned after a video emerged appearing to show him discussing government contracts with an alleged russian investor. bethany bell reports. this is the video that brought down a government. the man in the grey t—shirt is heinz christian—strache, who has just resigned as austria's vice chancellor. in this footage from 2017 he has seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. now mr strache has stepped down, saying his behaviour was stupid, irresponsible and a mistake. translation: it was typical alcohol—fuelled macho behaviour, in which, yes, i also wanted to impress the attractive female host. and i behaved like a bragging

teenager, and embarrassingly, have reacted. —— overreacted. mr strache denies any criminal wrongdoing, but for his coalition partner, chancellor sebastian kurz, the video was the last straw. he has called for new elections. translation: i have nonetheless stayed, not ending the coalition over the first misconduct, but after yesterday's video, i must say, honestly, enough is enough. austria's president contain dilemma condemned the video. translation: these are shameful pictures, we are not like that. this is not australia. —— austria. several thousand people gathered outside the chancellery in vienna to protest against the freedom party, which up until now has been one of europe's most successful anti—immigrant

movements. but now, just a few days before the eu elections, its future is in question. as austria deals with the collapse of its coalition with the far—right freedom party, germany's chancellor, angela merkel, has hit out at populist politicians. she said that europe needs to fight back against nationalism. it comes as italian deputy prime minister matteo salvini led a rally of far—right party leaders in milan. ramzan karmali reports. it was a show of force by italy's deputy prime minister, matteo salvini. he was along for a rally, drumming up support for next week's european elections. he had invited far right and nationalist leaders and mps from 11 other countries across europe. they are all united underan anti—migrant, anti—islam and anti—bureaucracy banner. they are seeking historic results in these elections, in their bid to transform

european politics. translation: on the 26th of may, we will bring this revolution of common sense throughout europe. on the 26th of may, we will return power to the peoples. on the 26th, with us, europe will raise its head. long live italy, long live france, and long live the nations of europe. the organiser of the events told the bbc‘s ros atkins who he's backing in the uk. what did you say about mr farage? i am waiting for him. would you like him in your coalition? yeah, the new european parliament. but he wants to leave the european union. do you think he should? forthe moment, he is in. even though these parties are nationalist in their nature, unlike mr farage's brexit party in the uk, most want to stay in the european union. there are also differing attitudes towards russia from these populist leaders.

but they all want change in the way the eu is run. germany's chancellor angela merkel and other european leaders came under attack by salvini. he said they had betrayed the continent by constructing a europe of finance and uncontrolled immigration. but the german leader hit back, speaking at a rally in croatia. translation: being proud of one's homeland and building europe at the same time is not a contradiction. nationalism is the enemy of the european project. and this, my european friends, is what we have to make clear before the elections. around 2000 marched in milan against salvini and his fellow populist politicians, though they were clearly outnumbered by those who had come to support the deputy prime minister. however, more demonstrations against the far right have been planned across europe.

we'll have more of today's news and the sunday edition of the papers on the bbc news channel, first we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. the final phase of voting in india's general election is getting under way. today's voting draws to an end six weeks of elections and a long, bruising campaign. the ruling hindu nationalist party, the bjp is hoping to repeat its 2014 performance, when it won the biggest general election victory by any party in 30 years. for the first time, a congressman from the us republican party, has said president trump should face impeachment. justin amash says he came to that conclusion after reading the mueller report on russian interference in the 2016 election. he said donald trump had clearly attempted to obstruct justice, something the president has always denied. severe weather has hit the mid—west

of the united states, with tornados and severe storms causing widespread damage. parts of oklahoma and texas were particularly badly hit. a tornado touched down in the town of geronimo in oklahoma, flattening homes and uprooting trees. and in the town of abeline in texas, roofs were ripped from houses and debris scattered through the streets. the eu elections take place on thursday. this weekend, we've been looking at the key issues affecting voters in the uk's nations. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, reports from peebles in the borders, to see what voters there would like politicians to prioritise. scotland is one big constituency when it comes to the european elections. from the cities of the central belt to scotland's islands, from the mountains and the highlands, to here in the borders, six seats are up for grabs.

we are starting with mountain bikers, in a race around the issues that are vexing voters. this sport is a popular pastime in the countryside around peebles. there is a lot of work going on in this area at the moment to develop tourism, to really put the scottish borders on the map. and that is influencing how you vote in the eu elections? i think so. i feel that as long as we are in europe we clearly need to have representation. i think there can only be one core issue, really, in the european elections, and that is brexit. and i think that is probably how people will vote. so what of brexit? three years ago a majority in scotland voted to stay part of the eu, but there are strong feelings on both sides and the temperature of the debate remains high. i'll vote for anything that says they want out of europe, regardless of my allegiances to other parties in the past. we don't want to brexit, so that would be about it,

that would sum it up. that is the issue you will be deciding to vote on? we just want to stay as we are. i've got my voting card but i haven't a clue what to do. why is that? because i thought we weren't going to have any european elections! since the last european election five years ago, scots have gone to the polls plenty of times, including to vote in a referendum on scottish independence. that debate is ongoing. so might it play a role in the decision people face? over 60% of people voted to remain in this country and if they truly do want to remain i think there is only one real option for that to happen. what's that? independence. i disagree. that's fine. well, i'm welsh, i'm not scottish, i wouldn't vote for scottish independence, i don't think it's the right way to go. i think overwhelmingly for this particular election,

i would like to send a really strong message to westminster, you know, about how unimpressed we are about the way they've handled brexit. turnout for the european parliamentary elections tends to be low, but the mood music for this one — strong opinions from some, angerfrom others, and much wariness about the election ahead. and you can find more news and analysis on the eu elections over on the bbc news website. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello. we have another day of downpour dodging on our hands. yes, there are some sunny spells to be had, but also some pretty hefty showers with the odd flash of lightning, the odd rumble of thunder thrown in. so the rest of the day will pan out like this, increasingly bright conditions, with some spells of sunshine but that scattering

of heavy, thundery showers. it is likely to stay quite murky close to some of these eastern coasts. conversely, a brighter day than yesterday across scotland. northern ireland tending to hold onto a lot of cloud. but in the best of any sunshine, those temperatures up to around 18 or 19 celsius. this evening, the showers continue for a time, they then fade away. overnight, a lot of dry weather with some clear spells, but also some areas of low cloud developing once again, some mist and murk, temperatures between seven and 11 celsius. quite a mild start to monday morning. through tomorrow, really, we do it all again. cloud breaking up to reveal some spells of sunshine, a scattering of showers too, some of these heavy, some of these thundery, but in the sunshine it will feel warm, highs of 20 celsius.

hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: theresa may promises mps a bold new offer on brexit, to try to get her deal through parliament before she leaves office. the number of prosecutions for revenge porn has fallen, despite an increase in incidents, a bbc investigation has found. triumph for the netherlands in this year's eurovision song contest, but despair for the uk, who finished last.