live from london. this is bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky is visiting berlin as germany pledges its largest weapons package for kyiv. you have won the eurovision song contest 2023. the swedish act, loreen, wins the eurovision song contest — becomimg the first woman to triumph twice. the people of turkey are voting in one of the most pivotal elections in the country's modern history hello and welcome. for the first time since russia's invasion of ukraine,

volodymyr zelensky — the president of ukraine — is visiting germany. in the last hour, he was greeted by the german chancellor olaf scholtz, with whom he is now holding talks. germany has just announced its biggest sum of military aid to ukraine yet — 3—billion dollars. that's about £2.1i billion. earlier, mrzelensky was received by president frank—walter steinmeier. the trip comes just a day after a visit to italy, where he met the italian pm, the president — and the pope. let's cross to our correspondent jenny hill in berlin. thank you forjoining us. germany is certainly pulling out all the stops for the visit of president zelensky? indeed. first of all from the formalities and ceremonial prospective he has had the thought

military honours at the chancellery and he met the german president early this morning. and while he was there, president zelensky thanked there, president zelensky thanked the german people, describing germany as a true friend under a reliable ally. he is now holding talks with the chancellor olaf scholz and the streets around here are closed, snipers on the rooftops, special police going up and down the river, security as you expect very tight. president zelensky had his plane escorted by german air force fighterjets. that was the formalities, the ceremony. but then germany is also really pulling out the stops as you put it in terms of what it is offering ukraine and what a welcome gift. 2.7 billion euros worth of weapons including tanks and anti—aircraft systems. that approximately doubles what germany had given so far in terms of

military aid to give you an idea of the size of the package and that is something which will no doubt have gone down very well with president zelensky as he is talking with olaf scholz at the moment. we expect those talks to conclude in the next ten minutes or so, interesting to see how much they had to say, not quite sure how much we will hear about what they said but we hope to bring import later on. what about what they said but we hope to bring import later on.— bring import later on. what is behind the — bring import later on. what is behind the way _ bring import later on. what is behind the way the _ bring import later on. what is behind the way the fact - bring import later on. what is behind the way the fact that l bring import later on. what is - behind the way the fact that german support for ukraine is evolving, there was backlash from other western countries when germany was hesitant to provide ukraine with leopard tanks but now we see a $3 billion military package. if we leopard tanks but now we see a $3 billion military package.— billion military package. if we had had the conversation _ billion military package. if we had had the conversation over- billion military package. if we had had the conversation over a - billion military package. if we had had the conversation over a year. billion military package. if we had i had the conversation over a year ago neither of us would have believed that germany would be sending weapons into an active conflict zone, that went against every principle in post—war modern

germany. this country really has evolved during the course of this conflict. from being very hesitant about what kind of support it was prepared to send, at first it said and it was ridiculed for sounding helmets to the ukrainian army. then all the way through a debate about whether or not it should send battle tanks, germany extremely reticent, all this at the back of those saying they did not want to commit those kind of trips and now there's a debate about fighterjets. germany debate about fighter jets. germany amongst debate about fighterjets. germany amongst the nato members he does not think that is a good idea at the moment, one of the arguments as they are concerned about supplying ukraine with the kind of weaponry that means it could in effect attack russia on russian soil although ukraine has vehemently denied any suggestion that it would want to do that. these will be the kind of discussions going on in the

chancellery between president zelensky and olaf scholz but it's interesting when you look at the meeting with the german president earlier this morning, a lot has changed in the last year. you might remember kyiv initially made it clear to the german president who was planning a trip to the city that he was not welcome and that was in part because of the german hesitancy over its stance and weapon deliveries but also because of the previous involvement of germany when it came to trying to resolve some of the conflict in eastern ukraine. frank—walter steinmeier is formally one of the architects of the minsk agreement, attempts by france and germany to get ukraine and russia to sit down and try to come to some kind of ceasefire if not a longer lasting agreement to stop the conflict in eastern ukraine, that seems like a long time ago. it appears to be water under the bridge

between the two men, that it has all changed. we don't know a great deal of what was said between the men, perhaps we will hear more about that later but it gives you an idea of how much has shifted in this country and within that relationship over the last year. and within that relationship over the last year-— and within that relationship over the last year. and within that relationship over the last ear. ., ~ . ., the last year. thank you so much for the last year. thank you so much for the context- — the last year. thank you so much for the context. and _ the last year. thank you so much for the context. and what _ the last year. thank you so much for the context. and what you _ the last year. thank you so much for the context. and what you see - the last year. thank you so much for the context. and what you see on i the context. and what you see on screen next to me is what we are expecting to be a press conference from president zelensky and the german leaders that he has been meeting with so we will keep an eye on that and of course bring you any lines that come out of that as we have said, president zelensky is an germany meeting with chancellor olaf scholz and we will have all the latest for you as it comes in. the eurovision song contest 2023 has a winner.

# no, i don't care about them all # cause all i want is to be...# sweden's act loreen obtained 583 points with her pop anthem tattoo. it was the favourite going into the competition — and she's only the second person to win it twice. her first victory on the popular contest was in 2012 with "euphoria". the uk's entry, mae muller, came second from last in the final standings but said she would "never forget this journey". for the first time, fans from around the world were allowed to vote in the competition. let's cross live now to the bbc�*s culture reporter sophie van brugen who is in the eurovision fa nzone in liverpool. the morning after the night before — how are things looking and people feeling? there good morning! as you say it is the morning after the night before and it has been an incredible

competition here and liverpool put on a fantastic show. literallyjust some hours ago there were people queueing up around here, still celebrating, the fun zone was filled with people really enjoying the competition, for queen loreen as she is now being known amongst eurovision fans, winning for the second time, neck and neck with johnny logan, the only other person to win the contest twice. seven victories for sweden, the fans going crazy, absolutely alive, the atmosphere wonderful and now everything feels quiet and deflated. what is interesting we were talking about the voting, the public will really behind finland and they got the majority of the votes. 526 in total but they were the most popular amongst the fans and everybody dressed up in all the colours of thin land in the fans on earlier and you could get a sense of who the

public loved but loreen, eurovision royalty, she has done this before and put on a very slick act in the arena and the crowd inside, it was electric. a little bit of sadness for countries like germany coming bottom. and of course the uk fans, because mae muller put on a brilliant performance so people really shocked and surprised she did not capture the jury vote or the public vote with just 2a points in total. i think there was a sense of disappointment but at the end of the day as graham norton said, it is a singing competition and the voting could go anyway and we thought things might change given that people from across the globe could vote this time but it didn't seem to have any kind of reflection. we still got some of the block voting with the jury votes and again, you can never tell, it is how they perform on the night and they have three minutes to capture the public

attention and sometimes for singers like mae muller, when she is up against someone like loreen and alessia from norway, those were really strong power ballads so some fans were saying she did not stand as good a chance as she might have donein as good a chance as she might have done in another competition but at the end of the day, it was joyous, we hosted really well on behalf of ukraine and the fans and the people of liverpool said it could not have gone better from that point of view so i think the overriding opinion is it has been a hugely successful eurovision song contest this year and it'll be interesting to see where in sweden they host because next year marks 25 years since about one with waterloo. how nice is that, a full—circle moment for sweden? they have done this many times before, it looks like it will be a good one. thank you so much.

the ukrainian electronic duo — tvorchi — with their song, "heart of steel", came sixth. their hometown in ukraine was hit by russian missiles moments before the band took to the stage in liverpool. the mayor of ternopil said two people were injured. our ukraine correspondent, hugo bachega, told us more about last night's attacks in ukraine. as eurovision started the air raid siren started across the country and the city of ternopil came under attack and i think what we are seeing is air defence system is playing a key role in intercepting many of the drones and missiles that were launched by russia again targeting cities and towns away from the front line. what is also important is that this is happening is the ukrainians are preparing a major counteroffensive. today president zelensky essen germany talking to the leaders of the country and yesterday germany announced a package worth nearly $3

billion, another military package for the ukrainians. billion, another military package forthe ukrainians. i billion, another military package for the ukrainians. i think this specific package includes more tanks but also air defence systems so that the ukrainians can continue to protect cities and towns from these russian air strikes. a severe cyclone that forecasters fear could be the worst in more than a decade, is making landfall between the coast of bangladesh and myanmar. hundreds of thousands of people in bangladesh have been moved to emergency shelters in preparation for cyclone mocha. concern is also growing for close to a million rohingya refugees in the world's largest refugee camp who remain in flimsy shelters, which could be close to the path of the storm. from south east bangladesh, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent us this report. sirens. this is bangladesh's tourist police, and they're patrolling the beach

here in cox's bazar in the southeast of the country to move tourists away from this beach. you can see that the waves are starting to become more intense and the rain is already coming down here ahead of cyclone mocha. and there are still quite a lot of people out and about, which is why they want people to clear off the beach. and we'll be going soon as well. now, authorities here have been issuing announcements telling people to be in their homes if they're secure or move to a emergency, an emergency shelter. and we were at one shelter yesterday, which is a school. we saw hundreds of families all crammed in to the classrooms there. somebody even bought their cattle and their chickens, their livestock with them as well to see this storm out. now, this part of the world is no stranger to cyclones, and this is actually the start of the annual monsoon season.

but forecasters fear cyclone mocha could be one of the worst they've seen in well over a decade. there's also huge concern about close to a million rohingya refugees who stay over an hour from where we are right now in the world's largest refugee camp, because those rohingya refugees live in very flimsy bamboo structures with tarpaulin roofs, they have very little protection. now, the authorities in bangladesh don't allow the refugees to leave the camps, so they're staying there through this storm. and there's huge concern, even though humanitarian agencies say that they've moved some of the refugees within the shelters to places they feel might be a little bit safer. so we're going to get off this beach now along with all the others as the weather gets worse in anticipation of cyclone mocha. in one of the most pivotal elections in its modern history, turkey is voting on presidential and parliamentary elections. the future of the current president, tayyip erdogan, with 20 years

in power, is uncertain. his main rival, kimil kilicdaroglu, has a real chance of winning — after being chosen as the leader of a broad opposition alliance. our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, is in antakya. allah has sent us this report. hundreds of thousands in fact, probably hundreds of thousands of people probably had to leave the area after the earthquake back in february and they had to come back here to cast their votes today. —— anna. there are just behind the camera at least 100 buses that have been arriving here all morning discharging passengers who then are dealt with in these tents, people with big sheets of paper and pens,

people telling them where to go and putting them on smaller buses to get them to the local area for a they must vote and if we look behind me all these apartment buildings you might see the damage in the roofs, these are empty, nobody lives here now and it gives you an idea of the difficulty of voting in the selection for people in this part of the country, millions of people desperate to have a say in the future of turkey who have experienced devastation in the last few months but have to go through so much today. one woman i spoke to came 18 hours on the bus from istanbul in order to build and it gives you an idea of the difficulty of voting in the selection for people in this part of the country, millions of people desperate to have a say in the future of turkey who have experienced devastation in the last few months but have to go through so much today. fine last few months but have to go through so much today. one woman i soke to through so much today. one woman i spoke to came _ through so much today. one woman i spoke to came 18 _ through so much today. one woman i spoke to came 18 hours _ through so much today. one woman i spoke to came 18 hours on _ through so much today. one woman i spoke to came 18 hours on the - through so much today. one woman i spoke to came 18 hours on the bus i spoke to came 18 hours on the bus from istanbul in order to build a cheap to make a difference. talk to us about the main figures in the presidential race because we've got president erdogan who was the incumbent and this could be the first real challenge he is facing in

a very long time. you first real challenge he is facing in a very long time.— first real challenge he is facing in a very long time. you are right, 20 ears as a very long time. you are right, 20 years as president _ a very long time. you are right, 20 years as president and _ a very long time. you are right, 20 years as president and he - a very long time. you are right, 20 years as president and he is - a very long time. you are right, 20 years as president and he is a - years as president and he is a figure, he has been in turkey, a well—known figure for years and he stayed in powerfor 20 years well—known figure for years and he stayed in power for 20 years and thatis stayed in power for 20 years and that is starting to wane but even on the geopolitical scene he is well known for meeting the us president biden but also the chinese president, and turkey occupies a really important geopolitical space, they have these relations with different countries but the economy and the handling of the earthquake means at home his popularity has dived so in steps the challenger kimil kilicdaroglu representing the nation alliance, basically most of the opposition parties, all coalescing around a single candidate and they have very different visions for the future of the country but what they want is to remove president erdogan from power. it is an enormously close race, the biggest challenge that the sitting president has had in recent years.

the polls are open and people are casting their votes and we expect to hit late tonight or early tomorrow what impact the votes will have had and perhaps have a clearer idea what the future of turkey might look like. turning to uk politics now, lots to discuss. rishi sunak�*s pledges on the economy and migration, and the labour manifesto proposal to give millions of eu citizens the right to vote, if they return to power at the next general election. straight to our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. tony, rishi sunak�*s critics have been particularly vocal this week. what have we heard from the government today? yes, they have. there was a conference yesterday of a new grassroots organisation within the conservative party, another conference in the coming days, not dissimilar. a debate going on about where the party goes from here and

whether this is the right direction as well as the leadership of rishi sunak. yesterday we heard from some very senior conservatives very closely associated with boris johnson calling for a change in direction and things like lower taxes, maybe a harder line on brexit, a closer relationship between grassroots conservative party members and the leadership in central office. today we have had the first real response from that, grant shapps, the energy secretary has been out doing the media rounds this morning and he was asked about that and he referred to what has really been the central set of promises from rishi sunak since he became prime minister, by pledges he made which are having inflation, growing the economy, reducing national debt, cutting waiting lists and stopping boats across the english channel. and what grant shapps said in response to the criticism was the government remains

focused on those pledges even if they are proving tough to meet. i accept they are difficult and very detailed — accept they are difficult and very detailed pledges, these are not big numbers_ detailed pledges, these are not big numbers but... we have put numbers to what_ numbers but... we have put numbers to what we _ numbers but... we have put numbers to what we have promised. secondly, i thought— to what we have promised. secondly, i thought it _ to what we have promised. secondly, i thought it was always going to be difficult _ i thought it was always going to be difficult and we still are absolutely committed to those five pledges _ absolutely committed to those five led . es. ., ., absolutely committed to those five ledues. ., ., , ., pledges. you hurt there from grant sha s. pledges. you hurt there from grant shapps- for— pledges. you hurt there from grant shapps- for the _ pledges. you hurt there from grant shapps. for the moment, - pledges. you hurt there from grant shapps. for the moment, the - shapps. for the moment, the government saying there is no change at all here and i think partly that is a reflection of the fact given everything that happened to the conservatives last year and we have had three prime ministers in less than a year, i think rishi sunak feels for the moment his leadership is on pretty safe ground. the feels for the moment his leadership is on pretty safe ground.— is on pretty safe ground. the other interestin: is on pretty safe ground. the other interesting thing _ is on pretty safe ground. the other interesting thing we _ is on pretty safe ground. the other interesting thing we should - is on pretty safe ground. the other interesting thing we should talk. interesting thing we should talk about, reports about the labour party extending the right to vote in the uk for eu citizens? yes. party extending the right to vote in the uk for eu citizens?— the uk for eu citizens? yes, this has been sparked _

the uk for eu citizens? yes, this has been sparked today - the uk for eu citizens? yes, this has been sparked today by - the uk for eu citizens? yes, this has been sparked today by this, | the uk for eu citizens? yes, this - has been sparked today by this, this splash in the sunday telegraph newspaper which suggests the labour party is considering giving 16 and 17—year—olds a vote. at the moment, the minimum age is 18 but also and perhaps more controversially for some anyway, giving settled eu citizens in the uk of which there are many, the right to vote as well. at the moment they can only vote in local or mayoral elections. there's been lots of talk around this this morning. on the bbc laura kuenssberg programme, it was the turn of jonathan reynolds, the shadow business secretary for the labour party to be asked about this. he did not confirm it but neither did he deny it and he said this. we don't want to strengthen _ deny it and he said this. we don't want to strengthen democracy . deny it and he said this. we don't| want to strengthen democracy and make _ want to strengthen democracy and make people make a contribution to the country— make people make a contribution to the country if they live here, there's— the country if they live here, there's an _ the country if they live here, there's an argument for having them involve _ there's an argument for having them involve but _ there's an argument for having them involve but we will set out in

detait — involve but we will set out in detail. this is part of how we make policy, _ detail. this is part of how we make policy, a _ detail. this is part of how we make policy, a democratic process involving _ policy, a democratic process involving the birth of the map and better— involving the birth of the map and better people are making a contribution to the uk let's celebrate that.— contribution to the uk let's celebrate that. you heard from jonathan reynolds _ celebrate that. you heard from jonathan reynolds not - celebrate that. you heard from i jonathan reynolds not confirming celebrate that. you heard from - jonathan reynolds not confirming it or rolling it out but clearly there is a discussion under way within the labour party but it will be i think it very involved in controversial decision if we got to that and that assumes that labour will win the next election.— next election. tony, good to get those updates _ next election. tony, good to get those updates and _ next election. tony, good to get those updates and thank- next election. tony, good to get those updates and thank you. i pablo picasso was one of the most famous and influential artists of the twentieth century. famous for his experimental style — he helped develop collage and cubism. but one of his earliest works has now come under intense scutiny — for a secret image hidden for more than a century. tim allman has the story.

picasso painted this picture when he was just 19. picasso painted this picture when he wasjust19. at picasso painted this picture when he was just 19. at first glance, by his standards it seems fairly conventional. but what is this? that dark shape at the bottom of the painting? is it a chair, perhaps a jacket? no. it turns out it was originally meant to be a dog. what originally meant to be a dog. what we know is — originally meant to be a dog. what we know is in _ originally meant to be a dog. what we know is in many— originally meant to be a dog. “lariat we know is in many instances picasso painted aspects of the composition and then subsequently obliterated them and transform them into other compositional elements. this was really part of his practice. experts long suspected there may have been something hidden away in the painting, but it was only when they used a new technique called x—ray fluorescence imaging spectroscopy that the earlier image was revealed. why the playful and occasionally mercurial artist chose to alter the painting is unclear, but the presence of a dog in the foreground may well have changed the way a viewer might interact with the image.

one can only speculate why picasso would have concealed this, but certainly now my eye is drawn to all these wonderful figures in the composition. so no longer is the dog there to, kind of, monopolise our view. le moulin de la galette has recently been fully restored, but the mysterious canine remains hidden away. it was apparently intended to be a cavalier king charles spaniel, which seems sort of appropriate roundabout now. most people who are about to celebrate their 100th birthday are looking forward to a quiet day, maybe some bubbly, and a card from king charles. but that's all too tame for annie duplock, who achieved her lifelong dream of having knives thrown at her during a live circus show. the 99—year—old said she "really

enjoyed" the experience. i don't think the word injury is quite the word i would be using for something like that. let's remind you of one of the stories breaking this hour, these are pictures coming from berlin, we expect a press conference because president zelensky is visiting berlin, his first visit since the russian invasion of his country. he flew to germany over night and his plane was escorted by german air force fighter jets, they have ruled out the red carpet for him in germany and he has met the president of the country and is expected to hold talks with the chancellor olaf scholz. that is happening now and we expect to hear from the menjust happening now and we expect to hear from the men just after that in that press conference. germany did announce yesterday that it will supply about 2.7 billion euros worth of weapons, $3 billion worth of weapons to ukraine so we are

following that as well. stay with us here on bbc news. and remember you can find all the stories on the website. hello. so far this morning it has been misty and murky across central and eastern areas of england but things should improve. some sunny spells developing through this afternoon and we also find the warmest of the weather today. further north and west we have outbreaks of rain, steadily moving from scotland, northern ireland. some sunny spells developing later in the day, some showers cropping up across central area spot in central, eastern and south—eastern areas, the club will bring back, some sunshine and temperatures reaching about 20 or 21 degrees but, in the north—west. yesterday it was 20 or

21 degrees, to date 1a or 15 degrees. tonight the area of rain spreads to the south—east, staying relatively mild with temperatures reaching 10 degrees but clear skies, we see temperatures at three or 4 degrees, a chilly start first thing monday morning across central scotland. high pressure situated to the west and around an area of high pressure the air travels in that direction so it means for the uk we will see north—westerly winds bringing showers across western scotland, northern ireland and wales through the morning. in the afternoon showers will be concentrated in northern and eastern areas of the uk, a little bit drier the further west you are but as you see sunny spells for many of us and can ever making its way into the south—east of england so temperatures you're dropping by eight feet degrees compared to today. on tuesday more of the same, try for most, some sunny spells,

some showers scattered for scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. temperatures will start to come up a little as we go through the rest of the week, 15 or 16 degrees, feeling nippy in the far north and north—east of scotland but high pressure will be dominating through this week which means it will be mostly dry and settled. some weather fronts brushing across the north as we go towards the end of the week bringing some showers in the week bringing some showers in the forecast of the week bringing some showers in the forecast but broadly speaking, sunny spells for many of us. temperatures will continue to rise so by thursday and friday, we see temperatures getting up friday, we see temperatures getting up to around 18 or 19 degrees, feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine. that is all from me. goodbye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: ukraine's president zelensky is in berlin, on his first visit to germany since the start of the war. the german government has announced it will supply weapons worth around $3 billion to kyiv. the swedish act loreen has won this year's eurovision song contest in liverpool, after surviving a last—minute surge in votes for finland. the singer made history as the first woman to win twice. turkey's leaders have cast their votes in one of the most pivotal elections in the country's modern history. recep erdogan is trying to retain the presidency, after 20 years in power. the most powerful cyclone to affect the bay of bengal for more than ten years has made landfall on coastal areas in bangladesh and myanmar,

bringing record levels of flooding.