live from london, this is bbc news. president zelensky thanks germany for its �*fantastic solidarity�* on his first visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. a powerful cyclone crashes into coastal areas of bangladesh and northern myanmar, with windspeeds of more than 200 kph. the people of turkey are voting to decide if recep tayyip erdogan remains president after 20 years in power. get some eu citizens have a say in british elections? the opposition labour party say they may consider the idea.

hello. ukraine's president zelensky has thanked germany for its �*fantastic solidarity�* on his first visit to the country since russia invaded ukraine. it comes after germany pledged a further military aid package worth more than $2 billion. mr zelensky has renewed his call for fighterjets ahead of a planned counter—offensive against russia�*s invasion. the german chancellor 0laf scholz said he would continue to support kyiv for as long as is needed. translation: this war has severe geopoliticall consequences for everyone, but mostly for the men and women of ukraine. more than 1 million of them — women, children and older people have found protection here in germany. 0ur citizens here stand in full solidarity to the people who have fled from the brutal attacks. mr zelensky thanked

the german government for their support. above all, i would like to thank you, sincerely, really sincerely. and the entire german people for your help, for every ukrainian life saved. i would like to emphasise that germany�*s help this protection, protection of life, of the people who live there, protection. defence of the people who defend what they have with the help of the defence so that social life in ukraine can continue. and also, yourfinancial help is very important. and also, yourfinancial help is very important. let�*s cross to our correspondent jenny hill in berlin. so as far as president zelensky goes i presume he had everything he needed to hear? it is i presume he had everything he needed to hear?— i presume he had everything he needed to hear? it is a good point. i think, you —

needed to hear? it is a good point. i think, you know, _ needed to hear? it is a good point. i think, you know, even _ needed to hear? it is a good point. i think, you know, even as - needed to hear? it is a good point. i think, you know, even as he - i think, you know, even as he arrived overnight, escorted by two german fighterjets, mr arrived overnight, escorted by two germanfighterjets, mrzelensky german fighter jets, mr zelensky cannot germanfighterjets, mrzelensky cannot have been any doubt about german levels of support. that is because on the eve of his visit, the german government announced that it was going to send weapons worth 2.7 billion euros to kyiv including more tanks, more anti aircraft, anti—air defence systems. so he was aware that that support would be coming. he knows that germany has already sent quite a lot after an albeit extremely hesitant start in terms of financial aid and military aid and don�*t forget, too, that germany has hosted well over a million ukrainian refugees but these visits are all about sending messages, are in and the message, of course, to the ukrainian people has been one of the assurance and that is why we had 0laf that that support for ukraine would continue for as long as necessary but it is also about sending a message to vladimir putin,

that message mean that he cannot count on ukraine�*s ally support waning as this goes on. what is interesting is that mr zelensky would be once fighterjets. modern fighterjets from as allies and that is something that 0laf scholz does not want to allow. he is one of a number of nato countries who do not thatis number of nato countries who do not that is a great idea. all sorts of objections. some people say the training of staff to use those fighterjets, the maintenance and so one might be tricky, logistically problematic but i think the chief concern perhaps even germany is the idea that they don�*t want to supply ukraine with a type of weapons they can be used to target russia. ukraine has always said it would not do that but even today, as mr zelensky said he was hopeful that he could persuade germany to join an alliance of people who would provide fighterjets, 0laf scholz, the german chancellor said he would

stick to the line and his line is that he is only prepared to supply so—called defensive weapons to ukraine. it would be very interesting to be an aeroplane which we think is probably in the area now carrying mr schultz and mr zelensky to the western city of aachen and they will have plenty to discuss no doubt during thatjourney. the going there because a little later, mr zelensky is to be were awarded a prestigious prize, the charlemagne prize, considered to be a very high on other people who have made a special effort to foster european unity. special effort to foster european uni . g , special effort to foster european uni ., , ., ~ special effort to foster european uni ., , . , unity. jenny hill, thank you very much indeed, _ unity. jenny hill, thank you very much indeed, thank _ unity. jenny hill, thank you very much indeed, thank you. - jenny hill, thank you very much indeed, thank you. the home city of the ukrainian band, tvorchi, which came sixth at eurovision, was hit by russian missiles last night. the attack happened just before the duo took to the stage in liverpool. the mayor of ternopil said two people had been injured. the kremlin says it was targeting western arms depots and ukrainian troops. the eurovision song contest

was won by sweden�*s act loreen with her song tattoo. she�*s only the second person to win it twice. her first victory in the contest was more than a decade ago in 2012 with her song "euphoria". sweden�*s win in saturday�*s eurovision means the nordic nation has now equalled ireland for having the most eurovision wins per country — seven in total. social media is already buzzing with swedes debating which city will host the competition next year. let�*s talk to our reporter maddy savage who�*s in the swedish capital stockholm. lovely to see you there. first up,

reaction to last night�*s when? lovely to see you there. first up, reaction to last night's when? there is a hue reaction to last night's when? there is a huge buzz _ reaction to last night's when? there is a huge buzz here _ reaction to last night's when? there is a huge buzz here in _ reaction to last night's when? there is a huge buzz here in the _ reaction to last night's when? there is a huge buzz here in the city - is a huge buzz here in the city help, i think, is a huge buzz here in the city help, ithink, by is a huge buzz here in the city help, i think, by the fact is the hottest weekend of the week so far. the swedish capital a lot of people were out late having parties and being able to wear shorts for the time. sweden is a country that take your revision seriously. there is a big six week contest which chooses the winner and so sweden is incredibly proud to have matched ireland�*s seven when centre the only woman who has won the contest two times. and already something of a legend here. a lot of people really got into eurovision, they say, through her performance in 2012. and if you look at social media, people are praising her performance, they are praising her performance, they are praising her performance, they are praising how hard you train. she admitted she had not had a drink in six months. billy the weather keeps being repeated again and again and again here is queen. they really think she is the queen here. 50

think she is the queen here. so where are we likely to see the competition being held? what is being discussed? this competition being held? what is being discussed?— competition being held? what is being discussed? this is the debate on social media. _ being discussed? this is the debate on social media. the _ being discussed? this is the debate on social media. the last _ being discussed? this is the debate on social media. the last time - being discussed? this is the debate on social media. the last time the i on social media. the last time the contest was held in sweden but here in stockholm in 2016. previously to that, it was in malmo in the south of sweden to a lot of people are rooting for gothenburg on the west coast, sweden�*s second largest city. the last summit hosted the contest for sweden was back in 197a. a lot of people are also wondering if there will be another connection. 2024 marks 50 years since abba won the competition in the uk in brighton. abba have recently been seenin brighton. abba have recently been seen in london as hologram type images, performing. could they play a role in next year�*s eurovision? they will have to wait and see but there is a buzz and excitement here as she is the second ever person to win twice as a woman and the swedes

are really excited about that. find are really excited about that. and the weather _ are really excited about that. and the weather really does look gorgeous. thank you very much indeed. thank you. thank you. people in turkey are voting to decide if recep tayyip erdogan remains president after 20 years in power, in one of the most pivotal elections in the country�*s modern history. president tayyip erdogan voted in istanbul. long queues formed early at polling stations. and this is his key rival — kimil kilicdaroglu. he�*s the leader of a broad opposition alliance opposing mr erdogan. live now to our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, from antakya. nice to see how has voting been going? nice to see how has voting been auoin ? ., nice to see how has voting been hoin ? ., ., , nice to see how has voting been hoin? ., , nice to see how has voting been uuoin? ., , ., nice to see how has voting been hoin? ., , ., ., going? voting has been, we are told, --oular going? voting has been, we are told, pepular across _ going? voting has been, we are told, popular across the _ going? voting has been, we are told, popular across the country. _ going? voting has been, we are told,

popular across the country. really - popular across the country. really long queues at polling stations. really high turnout. 0f long queues at polling stations. really high turnout. of course we won�*t know any of these things for sure until polling closes and round about an hour�*s time and those ballot papers start to be processed but when you look at those long queues, and they do have them here, thousands of people have been passed back to the space to cast their vote but it is a real contrast to this and this will be very much in the mind not here but voters right across the country. this is the old city. this is one of the places that was most devastated in the earthquakes in february and these are the images that voters will be thinking about. images of devastation. images of three months on, parts of the country that were known for being so vibrant and so historic still lying in ruins. it has been one of the big things that recep tayyip erdogan the current president has been trying to deal with. he has been doing a lot of election rallies in the country. he has launched a big infrastructure building programme and they talked about putting people back into properly built buildings but in

fact, when you travel around here, many many people are still intense containers and it looks like they will be for the long term living in these prefabricated buildings there were things like the economy, the number of refugees that turkey hosts, images like this on issues like this will really be at the forefront of peoples minds as they are casting their votes today. can very quickly. _ are casting their votes today. can very quickly, just remind us again of the two main figures leading this race. 50 of the two main figures leading this race, ,., of the two main figures leading this race, y., ., . , race. so you have the incumbent recep tayyip _ race. so you have the incumbent recep tayyip erdogan. _ race. so you have the incumbent recep tayyip erdogan. a - race. so you have the incumbent recep tayyip erdogan. a man i race. so you have the incumbent. recep tayyip erdogan. a man who race. so you have the incumbent - recep tayyip erdogan. a man who has beenin recep tayyip erdogan. a man who has been in power human turkey for 20 years now first as prime minister and then as president, who are slowly really focused and concentrating in the hands of the presidency. and then you have the challenger. somebody who all of the opposition parties, even though some of them have very different visions of them have very different visions of how they want turkey to look they have come together with a common aim

and that is to try and unseat recep tayyip erdogan from power. it is a really close race. 0n election day we can�*t talk about predictions, we can�*t talk about polls but we do know that this is the tightest race in years and in the next few hours, when the polls close on those ballots not be counted, it really will be anybody�*s two when. if nobody gets more than 50% of the votes it will go to a run—off in two weeks�* time. there is really a lot to guess at this stage and very little to know for sure but we�*re going to be following this over next few hours here and we will keep you right up to date with all the news coming out of turkey particularly when we start to get an idea of how those polls might look.— those polls might look. thank you ve much those polls might look. thank you very much indeed. thank - those polls might look. thank you very much indeed. thank you. - a powerful cyclone has crashed into coastal areas of bangladesh and northern myanmar with windspeeds of over 200 kilometres per hour. aid workers are worried about the risk to around a million rohinga refugees living in camps in the town of cox�*s bazar in bangladesh. about a quarter of a million

people have fled their homes. the cyclone arrived with force. winds gusting at high speed as it moved towards the myanmar coastline. hundreds of thousands of families forced to leave their homes to safety. this school is just one of the temporary cyclone shelters which the temporary cyclone shelters which the government has urged people to come to for safety. we were just take un and this is one of the classrooms. all of the questions absolutely packed. many of them are mothers with tiny babies. there are the elderly here. many people have come here and they are sick. there�*s real desperation in this room, though. people say there is food here and they are in very uncomfortable positions. and for many were able to seek shelter close to a million living in the world�*s

largest refugee camp or not. the bangladesh government does not allow refugees to leave the camp. stuck in their shelters, refugees to leave the camp. stuck in theirshelters, made refugees to leave the camp. stuck in their shelters, made of bamboo and tarpaulin, with little protection from the storm. as the cyclone passes, the threat of flash floods and landslides remains. extreme weather once again pummelling this coastline and leaving hundreds of thousands at risk. former residents are being invited to screenings to see if they can spot themselves.

life in the 19405 and �*50s in bournville, a garden village in birmingham developed by the cadbury family in the late—1800s to alleviate cramped living conditions. these amateur films — including the model boating pool — have been unearthed by bournville village trust. how much has it changed? well, in some ways, very little, i think, in the historic films we�*ve seen. the model boating lake is a hive of activity, with people enjoying the facilities that are present. and today, that�*s still very much the case. we want to share them with people because so many people have fantastic memories of bournville. but also, we want to know more. we want people to approach us if they recognise a family member or have recollections and memories of a special time in bournville. dell wilford and sheila allen live in bournville and they�*ve never seen these films before. they�*re watching the annual bournville village festival, which dell still organises today. what none of us know is that dell�*s about to spot her nine—year—old self. that's me there. she�*s the second girl dancing around the maypole. what was it like, seeing yourself?

horrible. surely not? she looks lovely. oh, it wasn't too bad. it brought back the memories of everybody having - to wear the white dresses. and changing all together, and all excited. _ sheila allen started working at cadbury aged 15 and met her husband bob there. well, it brought - back a lot memories. not just the the maypole, - the area, you know, watching, seeing all the buildings, _ and nothing's really changed at all. this is dame elizabeth cadbury, wife of one of the chocolate factory�*s founding fathers, george cadbury, at selly manor. incredibly, selly manor here once stood a mile away, in selly oak, and it was threatened with demolition. and in 1912, george cadbury had it taken down piece by piece and rebuilt here in bournville, and now it�*s a museum.

dell remembers meeting dame elizabeth cadbury, and she�*s still got a spoon presented to her. she used to come to school sometimes for assembly, and especially if it was an occasion. and then, she gave us all the village spoon, which i kept. screenings of the films have been arranged injuly, and bournville village trust really wants to hearfrom people who recognise themselves. joanne writtle, bbc news. now it�*s time for a look at today�*s sport. we are going to start in the english premier league. manchester city chasing their treble. their focus premier league. manchester city chasing their treble. theirfocus is on keeping hold of their premier league title arsenal breathing down their necks. they are playing at everton. it is goalless. the managers made four changes from the side who drew against real madrid in the champions league. west ham are guaranteed premier league safety if

they win where it is also goalless. arsenal start the day just a point behind city. they play brighton in the late game following their defeat at city arsenal have won two in a row which keeps them in title contention and their opponents brightons have a shock defeat to everton last weekend but i�*m still chasing european football which is why the manager is not taking it lightly. irate why the manager is not taking it liuhtl . ~ ., ., why the manager is not taking it liuhtl .~ ., ., , lightly. we are full of enthusiasm to t to lightly. we are full of enthusiasm to try to get _ lightly. we are full of enthusiasm to try to get that _ lightly. we are full of enthusiasm to try to get that prize _ lightly. we are full of enthusiasm to try to get that prize in - lightly. we are full of enthusiasm to try to get that prize in the - lightly. we are full of enthusiasm i to try to get that prize in the best possible way do that we have to win our matches and that is what it is going to make it really complicated. chelsea reached an agreement for their new manager. he willjoin in their new manager. he willjoin in the summer after the club�*s was performing premier league season

nearly 20 years. he managed tottenham for five years until 2019 champions final. he will be chelsea�*s sixth permanent manager in five years following the sacking earlier this season. the interim bossis earlier this season. the interim boss is currently in charge of the club who are 11th in the league. talking of chelsea and the women�*s side is in the fa cup final which kicks off shortly at wembley. manchester united are their opponents. they�*re looking to win the trophy for third year in a row with united playing in theirfirst women�*s final. katie is therefore arise. what an occasion this is for them. this is the first time in an fa cup final them. this is the first time in an fa cupfinaland them. this is the first time in an fa cup final and they are very young side. they only be formed as a senior women�*s side five years ago and started out and had to get promoted and their rise is remarkable, really, for them to be in this position and fighting the silverware and fighting for a potential double. they�*ve got their

work cut out for them, though, against chelsea. very different position historically. this could potentially be their third successive fa cup final win and it is their fifth appearance at wembley in the eight finals that have been held here so they know all about this type of occasion. they have been here, they�*ve done it before. they are serial winners and they will be favourites for this tie. against manchester united. they got world—class talent on their side. it will be a huge statement for manchester united if they were to beat chelsea here today but whatever happens in this game, whatever happens in this game, whatever happens out on the pitch, history has already been made here at wembley. it certainly has. ten minutes to go until kick—off and we�*ll keep you updated that is all your support for now. back to you. labour could give millions of eu citizens the right to vote, if it wins the next election. the plan would apply to migrants who live permanently in the uk and pay taxes. it�*s among a number of proposals the party is looking at to extend voting in parliamentary elections. the government�*s accused labour of "re—opening the brexit settlement".

let�*s get more on this with our our political correspondent, tony bonsignore. yes. there were something like just under 3 million eu citizens in the uk have been granted settled status. they can vote in all sorts of elections but not, crucially, in general elections. now, back in 2021 star kier starmer was standing to be the leader of the labour party said at the time he wanted to give all eu citizens in the uk full voting rights and what we have learned todayis rights and what we have learned today is a confirmation that this is something now under active discussion within the labour party. although, as you are about to hear, this is from the shadow business jonathan reynolds, he said no decision has yet been made. we do want to strengthen our democracy, we believe if people

make a contribution to this country, if they live here, there's an argument for having them involved in the process. but we will set that out in detail. as i say, this is part about how we make policy, it is a democratic process involving the whole rest of the labour movement. but people are making a contribution to the uk, let's celebrate that. as you heard him say that no decision has yet been made but we understand there will be a package of proposals put forward. it could be politically quite contentious. already they�*ve heard from the conservative party today who say this is an attempt to break the electorate, so they say, to pave the way for labour wanting the uk to the eu. ., ~ , ., y way for labour wanting the uk to the eu. ., y . ., way for labour wanting the uk to the eu. thank you very much for that. thank you- _ thank you. the british academy television awards are being held in london later today, with bbc dramas �*the responder�* and �*this is going to hurt�*, leading the nominations. also in the running is paddington�*sjubilee tea with the queen — nominated in the most memorable tv moment category and entertainment show �*the traitors�*. live now to lizo mzimba, our

entertainment correspondent, who is at the royal festival hall, where the ceremony is taking place. you have got some cracking weather there. , , ., ., ., , there. yes, it is looking very sunn . there. yes, it is looking very sunny- we — there. yes, it is looking very sunny. we will _ there. yes, it is looking very sunny. we will see - there. yes, it is looking very sunny. we will see some - there. yes, it is looking very sunny. we will see some of| there. yes, it is looking very i sunny. we will see some of the biggest stars on television coming down this red carpet over the next few hours ranging from ant and deck to tess and claudia from strictly. now, as you say, we�*ve got some interesting programmes leading the way. the responder is a great little police drama. of course there are so many police dramas out there it is hard to make them stand out so you have to do something of real quality because it is such a well mined area and what they have done is taken this really well—made show, set in liverpool, with some incredibly good central performances from the likes of martin freeman produced, you know, really gritty drama about a

police officer who is having difficulties notjust with hisjob at with his home life. it felt very real, very, very relevant. just behind it in terms of nominations you�*ve got something like another drama like like sherwood. that is set in and around nottinghamshire mining village where they feel the reverberations of the miners strike decades earlier set around a series of murders and again, some of the performances in that including the actor are nominated. the other end of the spectrum you�*ve got something like the comedy am i being unreasonable which stars daisy may cooper who is a bafta nominee in the past i�*ve alongside a relative newcomer. a bill touching comedy there. a two hander between the two of them for much of it. a programme that lots of people have been talking about from 2022, has three nominations, the traitors. including one for its host. that is a new

entertainment format that was very much talked about and is returning for another series in the very near future. it must be said that when we look back at 2022 it probably won�*t be looked at as a classic classic era of television. some really well—made programmes in there but if you look back at baftas from previous years last year you had it is a sin leading the nominations. the show that had a real social impact and the year before that you had may i destroy you with its themes of assault again had a real social impact. nothing like that they share but some beautiful moments in there. the queen and paddington nominated for a must see moment we will speak to some of the stars hopefully on the red carpet later this afternoon.— stars hopefully on the red carpet later this afternoon. thank you very much indeed- _ thank you very much indeed. stay with us here on bbc news.

all of the top stories can be found on the bbc news website. we are back in amazement. hello there, it has been sunny this weekend and has actually felt quite warm. temperature into the low 20s but a band of rain crossing the country as we speak. that is introducing some cool air. for the new week, it looks mostly dry with a few showers around and high pressure dominating. the dry weather does persist. it remains rather cool on monday and tuesday and the start of wednesday but signs of it warming up a little bit towards the end of the week. this rain band, this cold front with the cooler air behind it slowly working its way eastwards across the country. splashes of rain as it slowly travels eastwards. behind it, a cooler day for scotland and northern ireland, a bit of sunshine and blustery showers and ahead of it, good spells of sunshine and a brighter, sunnier, warmer day for east and south—east

england compared to yesterday. could be up to 20 or 21 degrees, generally the high teens for england and wales and low to mid—teens behind the weather front. when that weather front journeys eastwards during sunday night, higher pressure continues to dominate. for most, it will stay mostly dry but we have this blue hue on the chart and we are all into some slightly fresh air. any rain cloud clears away from the south—east early on monday and then it is a bright day with sunny spells and scattered showers. most of these northern ireland, scotland, northern and eastern england. more of the breeze across the north sea coast of the south—east. better chance of staying dry towards the south—west. a cooler day for all, low to mid—teens. high pressure still with us for tuesday, these were the fans got across the north of the uk generating showers across scotland, perhaps northern ireland

and northern england into the afternoon. the southern half of britain should stay dry with variable cloud, some sunny spells. lighter winds here so temperatures could be up to 16 or 17 degrees in the warmer spots but for most, mostly low to mid—teens once again. very little change as we head into the middle part of the week, high pressure still with us and few isobars on the charts so the winds will be lighter. you also notice that blue hue beginning to disappear across the country. temperatures will be climbing slightly towards the end of the week — no heatwave by any means but it will feel a little bit warmer, drier weather with some sunny spells and greater chance of seeing showers towards the north the uk.

this is bbc news. the headlines: ukraine�*s president has described germany as a "true friend" in his country�*s fight against russia. speaking on his first visit to berlin since moscow�*s full—scale invasion began, volodymyr zelensky said german support had saved lives. germany�*s announced a new military aid package for kyiv worth nearly $3 billion. a powerful cyclone has crashed into coastal areas of bangladesh and northern myanmar, with wind speeds of more than 200 kilometres per hour. trees were uprooted and a telecom tower was brought down. in bangladesh, hundred of thousands of people have been forced to take shelter. millions of turks are voting in one of the most pivotal elections in the country�*s modern history — to decide if recep tayyip erdogan