live from london. this is bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky is visiting berlin, as germany pledges its largest weapons package for kyiv. the swedish act, loreen, wins the eurovision song contest — becomimg the first woman to triumph twice. turkey's leaders cast their votes along with the people — in one of the most pivotal elections in the country's modern history. i'm anna foster in antakya, where president erdogan, and his challengers are facing their biggest test — as the turkish public cast their votes.

hello, i'm nancy kacungira. let's ta ke let's take you straight to berlin where the german chancellor olaf scholtz and president zelensky are holding a press conference. he said he will continue to support the ukraine as long as needed. he said more than1 million refugees ukraine as long as needed. he said more than 1 million refugees are ukraine as long as needed. he said more than1 million refugees are now living in germany. those are some of the lines coming out of that press conference where we are watching president zelensky who has been meeting with his german counterpart, the german president frank—walter steinmeier and he has now met chancellor olaf scholtz and this is the conference they are holding. who will bring you more as they come in. let's cross to our correspondent

jenny hill who is in berlin. jenny, what more are we hearing from president zelensky and the german chancellor? figs president zelensky and the german chancellor? �* , , ., president zelensky and the german chancellor? ~ , president zelensky and the german chancellor? a , ,, chancellor? as you say, the press conference _ chancellor? as you say, the press conference is _ chancellor? as you say, the press conference is still _ chancellor? as you say, the press conference is still ongoing. - chancellor? as you say, the press. conference is still ongoing. broadly speaking, olaf scholtz has reiterated, emphasised german support for ukraine that is underpinned by the announcement that germany is to send 2.87 billion worth of weapons. give you an idea of how large that is, it is roughly double what germany has sent altogether by now. it is a big gesture and president zelensky for his part has expressed time and again during his press conference gratitude notjust to the chancellor and government but to thank the german people, german families and regions, tax—payers for all they

have done. as i say, the press conference is still ongoing but i think one of the important points which we havejust think one of the important points which we have just started to hear about is the issue of the fighter jets. as you know, mr zelensky is very keen to get his hands on modern western fighterjets. germany is one of the nato countries which really doesn't want that to happen. there are other allies, such as poland, very keen on sending and has pledged to send them. they secured permission from the german government because they were originally owned and manufactured by germany. germany is the self is very reticent on this point. once this conference is over, president zelensky and olaf scholtz will sit together with a security council comprising of foreign minister of germany and defence minister. they have all pledged to keep supporting ukraine, olaf scholtz and that press

conference saying that they will for as long as necessary. but mr zelensky says he wants to create an alliance of allies who will provide modern fighterjets. he said he will bring the subject up at that meeting this afternoon and very much hope is that germany willjoin such an alliance. we have heard in recent reports that britain perhaps, in denmark might be considering something like that themselves but no one has made a concrete pledge yet. that is the one to watch really. germany has more than shown willing and as has been pointed out by both leaders become the second biggest donor of aid to ukraine, the us being the largest. president zelensky and ukraine want fighter jets, will generally now be prepared to acquiesce to that request? at the moment it doesn't seem so but we will see what happens during the afternoon talks.—

afternoon talks. could you 'ust contextualise i afternoon talks. could you 'ust contextualise the i afternoon talks. could you 'ust contextualise the political h contextualise the political atmosphere in germany around support for ukraine? yesterday we saw president zelensky in italy who had strong support from the prime minister, giorgia meloni. but there is division across the political spectrum when it comes to how far to support ukraine. what is the situation i can germany? politically, by and large, everyone is behind ukraine, wants to keep supporting it militarily, financially. it is hugely important to point out that over the course of the last year, just over a year, this country has seen huge shift in its attitudes, it would have been unthinkablejust its attitudes, it would have been unthinkable just over a year ago for germany to be sending weapons into an active conflict zone. germany post—2nd world war has considered itself very much committed to keeping peace in europe via

diplomatic rather than military means. that is all changed. dramatically changed in the course of the last year or so. publicly too, publicly the majority of german polls suggest support for the support of germany. however there is a significant proportion of the population who have concerns about that. they say is a bit too much now. that is something shifting a little bit but by and large, if you look at the surveys, the majority of germans think it is the right thing to do. what i think it's something of focus and perhaps the elephant in the room at that press conference is that the government here is a coalition government but olaf scholtz and his party the social democrats were very criticised for the closeness of their political relationship to russia in the past. interestingly, didn't get to hear the answer because i had to come on

air but a journalist has just asked president zelensky whether he really trusts olaf scholtz and germany. it has been interesting to see a shift within the social democrats, a lot of people who were initially very sympathetic towards vladimir putin and perhaps some would criticise being rather soft when it came to defending ukraine, they have really become very quiet. one leading politician here said they are so embarrassed they don't dare show their faces any more out and about. some of them still remain but i think that is why olaf scholtz is very keen to emphasise his support for ukraine and when you look at the size of the package he is offering today, looking at the ongoing financial and military support, it is clear when it comes to putting his money where its mouth is, olaf scholtz wants to make sure that germany is doing its best to support ukraine. wow thank you.

the eurovision song contest 2023 has a winner... 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 more than a decade ago. she won the overall contest in 2012 with her song "euphoria". the uk's entry, mae muller, came second from last in the final standings but said she would "never forget this journey". our correspondent luxmi gopal is at the liverpool museum. everything is being taken down now, isn't it? ., �* ,

isn't it? that's right, the eurovision _ isn't it? that's right, the eurovision fan _ isn't it? that's right, the eurovision fan village - isn't it? that's right, the - eurovision fan village behind me is being dismantled, all the glitter is being dismantled, all the glitter is being swept away at the end of a fantastic eurovision week and build up fantastic eurovision week and build up here. yesterday, the fan village was full of around 15,000 people because it was a ticketed event to see the eurovision sinus greened on the big screen here. but all week there has been performances and everything to do with eurovision and music taking place here in the fan village behind me. throughout the week, tens of thousands of people have come here. it was all about last night though, the eurovision final. the opening act, last year's winners ukraine has a surprise appearance with princess catherine playing the piano as part of it. there was some real fan favourites as there have been throughout the week that really got the fan village roaring. that was finland's with cha

cha cha, they didn't as you saw last night when, they came second place. the uk came in second from last. the uk hosting on behalf of ukraine. even though it was a bad night for the uk, overall it has been considered a really good week with lots of fans i have spoken to praising how liverpool has hosted the event. i spoke to lots of regular eurovision goers who said this is the best experience they have had of eurovision being hosted and the build—up to it. i spoke to lots of people living in the city who even if they weren't fans said the sense of excitement and energy that has been around the city all of this week has been like nothing they have experienced before and have been very proud of how this event has showcased the city. i've also been speaking to ukrainian refugees

who moved here in the past year and they were amazed by how much liverpool showcased ukraine and hosted on behalf of ukraine. hotels have been full, bars and restaurants have been full, bars and restaurants have been full, bars and restaurants have been busy and liverpool city council has put a forecast of around £25 million being brought into the local economy with all the tourists and visitors. that is not a final figure but a forecast but of course it is about more than just the financial benefit. eurovision is so much more than simply a song contest. it is a statement of togetherness and judged that liverpool has done that really well. next year to sweden's turn to take that role. just in time for the 50th anniversary of abba winning eurovision.— anniversary of abba winning eurovision. , ,, ., eurovision. yes, sweden might have won the competition _ eurovision. yes, sweden might have won the competition but _ eurovision. yes, sweden might have won the competition but it _ eurovision. yes, sweden might have won the competition but it feels - won the competition but it feels like everyone who took part felt

like everyone who took part felt like a winner. 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. in cox's bazar in bangladesh, half a million people have been forced to take shelter with nearly 1 million people have been forced to take shelter with nearly1 million rohingya refugees living in flimsy camps in the region. our correspondent sent this report just before the cyclone made landfall. 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 the 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, 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. live now to our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, from antakya. two hours ago you were in a hub where thousands of people we spoke to a couple of hours ago when you are in a hub with thousands

of people arriving on buses to cast their votes. tell us where you are now. , , ., ., their votes. tell us where you are now. , ., , ., now. this is one of the places that they come — now. this is one of the places that they come to _ now. this is one of the places that they come to next _ now. this is one of the places that they come to next when _ now. this is one of the places that they come to next when they - now. this is one of the places that they come to next when they get i now. this is one of the places that l they come to next when they get off they come to next when they get off the buses and here in turkey people vote in schools. this one you can see is very damaged and unsafe to go back inside. instead, you have this row of containers, one for every classroom that would have been where people are going in and casting their votes. there have been long queues here all day, a steady stream of people coming back to this earthquake area to cast their votes because if they didn't register in the past parts of turkey and now, they couldn't vote. this is a pivotal election and we have been trying to get a sense of the issues, the things in people's minds when they cast their votes. the economy is another big one. here is what some voters had to say when i talked

to them in a downer. translation: i hope good things will happen and god| willing, it'll be good. we expect chp to win. there is no tolerance for any sort of criticism right now. we're going through troubled times. as i'm talking to you, ifeel anxious because i could be arrested tomorrow. but it's all right. they can't scare us with prison sentences. translation: i'm voting for consistency, stability. j but i'll respect whoever the society cheese is. i'm all for democracy and its principles. i will respect whoever wins. translation: | think - the earthquake will affect the outcome of the election seriously because people feel resentful of the government. | many of us share this feeling in aldana. - we think if another earthquake hits | here, there won't be anyone tryingj to rescue us. this grim concern shows a sharp shift in votes. i that was the thoughts of some of the voters in our old banner. the first

man you heard what was a student talking about being arrested and it is very difficult to find people about the issues. it makes them really nervous because freedom of speech has been one of the issues here in turkey over the last few years. the economy, the earthquake, all of these things have made it a tight competition. president erdogan has been in powerfor 20 years. kemal kilicdaroglu, the opponent represents a group of opposition parties who come together in an unprecedented way. they have different visions for the future of turkey, different things they want to do after the election but one thing that brought them together behind a single candidate was there wish to and —— unseat president erdogan. wish to and -- unseat president erdouan. , ., , .,, i. erdogan. listening to the people you talk to there. — erdogan. listening to the people you talk to there, one _ erdogan. listening to the people you talk to there, one being _ erdogan. listening to the people you talk to there, one being so _ erdogan. listening to the people you

talk to there, one being so fearful i talk to there, one being so fearful of the state of democracy in the country and the fact there are issues on their mind, their recovery from the earthquake, what are the two leaders offering?— two leaders offering? president erdo . an two leaders offering? president erdogan has — two leaders offering? president erdogan has stayed _ two leaders offering? president erdogan has stayed in - two leaders offering? president erdogan has stayed in power. two leaders offering? president| erdogan has stayed in power for two leaders offering? president - erdogan has stayed in power for 20 erdogan has stayed in powerfor 20 years and it is important to say that because for a long time he was a popular leader and perceived to be doing a good job of running the country. a lot of people are unhappy with the way he handled the economic crisis. for many people, it is the creeping role of religion in society as well. the way that turkey has moved from being a more secular country to religion being woven all the way through it in its laws, in what people can say, a prime example is the mosque in istanbul which was originally a cathedral but a couple of years ago was turned by president erdogan into a mosque where he ended his election campaign making a

speech yesterday evening. it represents his very religious views whereas kemal kilicdaroglu is seen as a more secular candidate. it is probably too reductive to say that one is about religion one is not but kemal kilicdaroglu has focused on regular voters in a secular agenda. he talks about a more democratic turkey with power being shared rather than focused on one at the top. it has been so interesting to see how in the next 2a hours or so which of those visions of the future turkey voters to choose. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh. hello from the bbc sport centre. chelsea have reached an agreement to make mauricio pochettino their new manager. he'lljoin in the summer after what will be the club's worst performing premier league season in nearly 20 years. pochettino still has a home in london after managing spurs until 2019... and would be the second full time appointment made by chelsea's new american owners. graham potter lasted just seven months in thejob before frank lampard then became the club's

third manager of the season on an interim basis. chelsea are 11th in the table despite spending around 600 million pounds on players since the takeover. manchester city and arsenal are separated byjust a point as they prepare to play their next match in pursuit of the premier league title today. arsenal host brighton after leaders city travel to everton which comes in between their two—legged champions league semifinal with real madrid. but pep guardiola says his team won't underestimate the challenge at goodison park. the players are humble and respectful. they know exactly how difficult everton is because they limit know it and know who they are playing for. i am pretty convinced there will be... an english women's fa cup final at wembley will be sold out laterfor the first time. less than a decade ago the women's

final was played in front of fewer than 5,000 people. but chelsea and manchester united will be watched by close to 90,000. among them will be katie gornall who's there for us. another landmark occasion for the women's game. two globally recognised clubs but very different recent histories in women's football. exactly, it feels like we are talking about that a lot at the moment. we have had huge crowds over the last few years for women's football especially after england won the euros in the summer. we are set for another milestone this afternoon. we are here at wembley where they are finishing the final touches and checking the sand out. excitement is building ahead of this final. the first time they have sold out and we are expecting 90,000 people here, doubling the record for the previous. fittingly, we have got top two teams in england separated

byjust top two teams in england separated by just a top two teams in england separated byjust a point at top two teams in england separated by just a point at the top two teams in england separated byjust a point at the top of top two teams in england separated by just a point at the top of the table. byjust a point at the top of the table. ~ ., ., ., table. we are quite grateful that the national _ table. we are quite grateful that the national anthem _ table. we are quite grateful that the national anthem will- table. we are quite grateful that the national anthem will only . table. we are quite grateful that the national anthem will only do j table. we are quite grateful that - the national anthem will only do one verse in rehearsal, not necessarily a bit later on. let's hope the rehearsal is over for now. to globally recognised clubs in their entirety but very different recent histories in women's football. exactly, look at manchester united. what an occasion for them, their first time in an fa cup final. a very young side, onlyjoining five years ago and started out in the championships so had to get promoted and rose to this position, fighting for a potential double. they have their work cut out for them against chelsea in a very different position historically. this potentially could

be their third successive fa cup final win and theirfirst be their third successive fa cup final win and their first appearance at wembley that. they know all about this occasion and have done it before. they are serial winners and will be favourites. they have world—class talent on their side so it will be a huge statement for manchester united if they were to beat chelsea today. but whatever happens, history has already been made here at wembley. and that's all the sport for now. to thailand's national elections that are also happening today — pitting the country's conservative, military—backed government against two pro democracy opposition parties. the incumbent leader, prayuth chan—ocha, first seized power in a coup in 2014 before being elected prime minister five years later.

his ruling coalition faces a strong challenge from the pheu thai party of former prime minister thaksin shinawatra — but also rising in the opinion polls is the party �*move forward', who've been seeking to mobilise the youth in the election. let's hear from our southeast asia correspondent, jonathan head who's in bangkok. voters feel they're being given a pretty clear choice at this election. you've got two pro—reform parties polling very strongly indeed. one of them, move forward, offering some quite radical ideas about how things should change. they're saying that we should no longer have the military intervening in politics, as it has repeatedly over the last 80, 90 years. they're saying that the monarchy, which is sacred, untouchable in this country, couldn't even be discussed before, should actually notjust be discussed, but its powers should be clear to the people. it should be accountable. its spending should be accountable. these are very, very new ideas. and so the election is a test of how popular those ideas are.

anecdotally, i can tell you, an awful lot of thais, notjust young ones, do feel that profound change is needed. and there is a different attitude to the monarchy these days. remember, there's a new king, or relatively new king, vajiralongkorn. he's been on the throne for the last six and a half years. he just doesn't have the same kind of reverence that his father did. so there has been a shift in attitudes anyway. let's ta ke let's take you back to our top story, olaf scholtz and president zelensky have been holding a press conference in president zelensky�*s first visit to germany since the conflict. translation: , ., ., conflict. translation: ., ., translation: this all for has a -- awful war has _ translation: this all for has a -- awful war has severe _ translation: this all for has a -- awful war has severe impacts - translation: this all for has a -- awful war has severe impacts for i awful war has severe impacts for

everyone. women, children and older people have found protection here in germany. we stand in full solidarity to the people who have fled from the brutal attacks. hello there. so far this morning, it's been rather misty and murky across central and eastern areas of england, but things should improve here. there'll be some sunny spells developing throughout this afternoon, and that's where we'll also find the warmest of the weather today. but further north and west, we've got some outbreaks of rain, and that rain has been steadily moving its way through scotland, northern ireland. there'll be some sunny spells developing later in the day here. a few showers cropping up across central areas. but on the whole, towards central, eastern, south—eastern areas, the cloud will burn back towards the coasts, there'll be some sunshine, and those temperatures getting up to about 20 or 21 degrees. but it will be cooler in the north—west. here, yesterday, 20 or 21 celsius. today, we're looking at about 1a or 15 degrees.

now, through tonight, the area of rain will continue to spread into the south—east. it will stay relatively mild here. temperatures down to about 10 degrees. but elsewhere, with the clear skies, we'll see those temperatures getting down to about 3 or 4 celsius, so a little bit of a chilly start first thing on monday morning across central scotland. now, we've got 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're going to see that north—westerly wind bringing some showers in across western scotland, northern ireland and wales through the morning. by the afternoon, those showers perhaps more concentrated towards northern and eastern areas of the uk. it will be a little bit drier the further west you are but for many of us, there will be sunny spells and that cool air will have made its way to the south—east of england. temperatures here dropping down to a few degrees cooler than today. for tuesday, more of the same. dry for most with sunny spells, one or two

showers around scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. temperatures will start to come up a little bit as we go through the rest of the week. 15, 16 celsius, a bit nippy in the far north of scotland. the high pressure pushing its way through most of england with a few low pressure france towards the end of the week. that will bring one or two showers in the forecast. broadly speaking, sunny spells for money and temperatures will continue to rise. we will see temperatures going up to 18 or 19 celsius. feeling pleasant in the sunshine.

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 twenty years in power. the most powerful cyclone to affect the bay of bengal for more than ten