duncan laurence performed the winning piano ballad called arcade, which came through to the top of theer a dramatic public vote. there were none of the feared protests inside the arena, but after calls for the show to be boycotted, small groups of demonstrators did clash with authorities on the city's streets. this report from david sillito in tel aviv does contain some flashing images. from tel aviv, israel, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest, 2019! it was from the beginning trademark eurovision — inside the auditorium. chanting: taking part in eurovision means you join a racist mission. but in amongst the throngs of fans, there were also protests and argument that because of israel's actions in the occupied territories, it should not be hosting the eurovision song contest. 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 a reminder of the israel that wasn't on show. and in jerusalem there were chaotic scenes. a police charge agains

.# the bookies' favourite, duncan laurence of the netherlands, came out on top. yes! australia's swaying performance didn't go unnoticed. # it's like an angel sighing # i have no choice # i hearyourvoice...# the interval act — madonna, but her performance was thought by some to be a little... well, flat. # oh, god, i think i'm falling...# and it wasn't just the queen of pop who left an impression. the organisers said iceland's eurovision act could face punishment after displaying palestinian flags during the live broadcast. # because i can feel the universe # i'm feeling you breathe...# and while the uk's michael rice sang with gusto, he ended up in last place, with just three points from the public vote. # i won't give up that's it from us. the next news on bbc one is at 5:30pm. bye for now.

duncan laurence, with his song arcade, was the bookmaker‘s favourite to win.ly came second and russia third. the uk entry, came last, withjust 16 points. the songfestival, held in israel, also featured a guest appearance by madonna. now on bbc news, this week's our world looks at the rise of the right in europe. across europe, the far right is on the rise, taking on governments, promising to end migration and shake up the eu. i don't want to be part of the minority in my own country. are these parties fueling hate? i think their aims are absolutely dangerous. i'm jean mackenzie and i'm travelling through the continent to try and understand their success. meeting people behind the movements, and those fighting to stop them. we march for europe. let's go. with european elections up ahead, a nationalist alliance is forming. they are saying we are living in a dictatorship, that there is less and less freedom day by day. will this change europe as we know it? a saturday evening in april, and amidst tight security, germany's far—right party, the afd, the alternative

the netherlands won with duncan laurence's song "arcade." next year it will be in the netherlands.uestionable songs and entries and some catchy songs as well. netherlands was the odds-on favorite to win it. although italy gave them a run for their money. >> a great assignment there in tel aviv. the backdrop incredible. we're jealous. we're going to change our backdrop, too. we're there with you, too now. what were some of the breathtaking, some bizarre performances. >> yeah, eurovision is well known for its grand stagecraft. australia, they had -- it was a performer was in this big outfit that kind of reminded me of the glenda the good witch from the wizard of oz. it looked like she was flying through the air. other incredible performances including from norway, included some traditional norwegian singing. >> thank you so much. thanks for the great background, too. >> we had to steal you because we're so envious of your assignment there. >>> thank you, everyone, for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm natalie allen. >> and i'm george howell here in the cnn center in atlanta. news continue

the winner was duncan laurence of the netherlands, and among the fans he had been a firm favourite fromyear's change to the railway timetable caused over a month of misery for commuters, and led to a massive £5 million fine for one train operator. today there's another major update to the timetable and rail companies say they're making every effort to avoid a repeat of the chaos. anthony smith is chief executive of the independent passenger watchdog, transport focus, and joins us now from our london newsroom. good morning. how nervous are you? a lot of lessons learned hhopefully from last year, the rail industry and government got battered last year. there has been a huge amount of planning, a huge amount of effort put into this but the proof will be today and in particular tomorrow morning when the monday morning commute starts. i think passengers should be a bit nervous, check ahead, make sure your regular train is at the time it is, check the trains are running 0k and fingers crossed. yes, let's be blunt, last time it was a complete shambles. how reassuring are you? what reassu ra nc

the winner was duncan laurence of the netherlands, and among the fans he had been a firm favourite fromavourite from the beginning. a fun night for some. in the run—up to next week's eu elections we have been taking a look at big issues across the uk. this morning our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, reports from peebles in the borders to see what voters there would like politicians to prioritise. scotla nd 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 hear in the borders, six seats are up for grabs. we are starting with mountain bikers, in a race around the issues affecting voters. this spot 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 thatis 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 representa

the winner was duncan laurence of the netherlands, and among the fans he had been a firm favourite fromst of the isle of wight yesterday has been safely detonated. that was the moment the navy's bomb disposal team pressed the button. the explosives had been there for 70 plus years. the seven—foot wartime german sea mine was picked up by a fishing boat off the needles. that must have come as a bit of a surprise. no surprises in the weather forecast, here's surprise. no surprises in the weatherforecast, here's darren bett. a bit more warmth in the sun has led to showers developing widely over the past are or two and then those shoppers will linger into the evening and become wider overnight, there is a lot of low cloud in the north sea, lapping onto coast and that will head further inland so a misty and murky start to the morning. that triggered some showers, quite a few for northern ireland, down the spine of england, temperatures similar to today. on monday it may start off chilly out towards western areas of the uk, fewer showers, most places will be dry, one or two showers developing

duncan laurence, with his song arcade, was the bookmaker‘s favourite to win.ame second and russia third. the uk entry, came last, withjust 16 points. the songfestival, held in israel, also featured a guest appearance by madonna. atjust after 2:30 on bbc news it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week... "we're having a little squabble with china, but we always win," so says president trump. is the squabble little, and which side will win? economic sanctions and military firepower. it's all sticks, no carrots in us policy on iran now. and delivering brexit. if not theresa may and her withdrawal deal, then who and how? my guests today are bari abdel atwan, arab affairs analyst, writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman, isabel hilton of the news website china dialogue and political commentator steve richards. welcome to you all. "we have all the advantage," said a confident president trump last week. our economy is fantastic — their‘s is not so good. paper tiger, deluded colonialist, retort chinese state media.

the winner was duncan laurence of the netherlands, and among the fans he had been a firm favourite frome isle of wight yesterday has been safely detonated. there you go, that's quite a sight, isn't it? that was the moment the navy's bomb disposal team pressed the button. the seven—foot wartime german sea mine was picked up by a fishing boat off the needles. which must have come as something of a surprise, but no surprise in the weather forecast. hello there. a bit more warmth in the sun has led to showers developing widely over the past hour or two and those showers will linger into the evening and become fewer and lighter overnight. we will keep a lot of cloud across the north and west of scotland into northern ireland. there's a lot of low cloud in the north sea, it's been lapping onto the coast and that will head further inland so a misty and murky start to the morning, a bit like this morning and then the sun comes out. that triggers some warmth which in turn triggers some showers, quite a few for northern ireland, over the hills of scotland and wales, down the spine of england, tem

.# the bookies' favourite, duncan laurence of the netherlands, came out on top.ance didn't go unnoticed. # it's like an angel sighing # i have no choice # i hearyourvoice...# the interval act — madonna, but her performance was thought by some to be a little... well, flat. # oh, god, i think i'm falling...# and it wasn'tjust the queen of pop who left an impression. the organisers said iceland's eurovision act could face punishment after displaying palestinian flags during the live broadcast. # because i can feel the universe # i'm feeling you breathe...# and while the uk's michael rice sang with gusto, he ended up in last place, with just three points from the public vote. # i won't give up # and i won't let go...# there we are, just a flavour of the eurovision song contest. from that to another competition, well, football, i suppose, to another competition, well, football, isuppose, we to another competition, well, football, i suppose, we can talk about manchester city. olly foster can tell us about vincent company parting company with man city. very good, after

the winner was duncan laurence of the netherlands, and among the fans he had been a firm favourite fromn 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 new national rail summer timetable comes into effect today — train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer. a bbc investigation finds a fall in the number of prosecutions for revenge porn even though there are more reported incidents. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly. news that will interest to manchester city fans. yes, this all moved very quickly this morning, after many years at manchester city vincent company has played his last game for the club, he made the decision after the unprecedented domestic treble with victory over watford in the fa cup final yesterday. in an open letter to the fans he says the time is right and to the fans he says the time is rightand in to the fans he says the time is right and in the last couple of minutes he announced what doing next. h

duncan laurence from the netherlands with his song "arcade."was the bookie's favorite to win the competition although italy with their song was a wrap in italian and arabic, they were the close second runner ups. the netherlands took it with 492 points. this of course means that euro dlgs vision that is watched around the year will be hosting it next year. >> so obviously the back drop there was in tel aviv. middle east politics always a hot topic. even though eurovision has rules inserting politics into their performances, there were a few instances pr it did. >> reporter: george, that's right. eurovision has strict rules to deep apolitical. last night we saw a few instances of politics. there were calls for people to boycott competing. all of them competed. madonna at the end of her second song, she made a statement but without any words. two of her dancers, one of them had an ice railly flag on their back and one with a palestinian flag walked off arm in arm. they said they were going to do some sort of political statement unveiled the banne

this year's winner, duncan laurence, kept it simple with a ballad and a piano. dreaming big, to music first. >>> a new "american idol" gets crowned tonight. for the first time ever, the winner will be named on the same night as the final singoff. some idol vets show them how it's down. adam lambert will perform bohemian rhapsody. carrie underwood will also take the stage as with the judges,bry lionel richie. it all kicks off tonight at 8:00 right here on abc. watch who gets crowned idol before who gets the iron throne. >> way less violence. thank you, diane. appreciate it. see you next week. stay tuned for george. t. see you next week. stay tuned for george. or george. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm chris nguyen. in just a few minutes, thousands of runners will take off in the bay to breakers. this is what it looked like before the runners arrived at the starting line about two hours ago. that's when a steady rain soaked the area. once the runners start moving, they'll follow the race's traditional route across san francisco. that includes climbing the hay stre

the winner was duncan laurence of the netherlands, and among the fans he had been a firm favourite fromo, there is also been a lot of low cloud, this was the scene at scarborough. showers have been developing over the past few hours, and as it has brightened up we have seen showers arriving as well. for western scotland, still cloudy. a lot of cloud for northern ireland. signs of brightness allowing the odd shower. some brightness, most of the showers arriving through the midlands towards central and southern england. showers could be heavy and thundery. this evening and overnight the showers become fewer and lighter. many places turning dry. low cloud and misty weather along north sea coasts will push inland tonight. it is pretty mild. into monday, almost a repeat performance of today. after a misty start it will be warm in the sunshine. showers may be heavy and thundery. and again, slow—moving. we have mist and fog in the morning, that lifts, sunshine develops more widely triggering more showers. showers in northern ireland, the high ground of scotland, the hills of wales. misty over

the winner was duncan laurence of the netherlands, and among the fans he had been a firm favourite fromwall of china? every year, for twenty years now, they've been doing exactly that, as the bbc‘s tim allman explains. there are marathons, and then there are marathons. this is about as grueling as it gets. but hey, the scenery is not bad. nearly 700 competitors from dozens of different countries took part in this year's full marathon, there were plenty of ups and downs, and there were steps, lots and lots of steps. probably the most stupid idea i had in my whole life. this is knackering. quite. but there were officials along the way offering moral support. you're the best! yay! although these may be the single most dispiriting words in the english language. halfway, halfway. depending on where you're going. but eventually, after mile after mile of pain and exhaustion, tears and sweat, the finishing line came into sight. every thing i hoped it would be, brutal, flawless fun, lots of incline, lots of resistance, probably the toughest race i've ever done, and it was, once you fire a cross

the winner was duncan laurence of the netherlands, and among the fans he had been a firm favourite fromit is almost 12 minutes past seven. —— 7:12 a.m. that means you up—to—date with the news this morning. they‘re known as invisible illnesses, but inflammatory bowel diseases, which include crohn‘s and colitis, are debilitating conditions. it‘s thought they affect more than 300,000 people in the uk. causing symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhoea, fatigue and weight loss. there is no known cure, but surgery can be relieve some people of the symptoms. we‘re joined now by sarah sleet from crohn‘s and colitis uk. good morning to you. today is world ibd day. world irritable bowel disease day. inflammatory bowel disease. right, sorry. this is why we talk about crohn‘s disease and colitis. so it is all part of this it takes guts campaign. it is interesting because all this week we have been having —— covering menopause. we werejust have been having —— covering menopause. we were just saying in the morning meeting... it is this thing about taboos, and this is the ove rla p we thing about taboos

and after 8:30, the netherlands' duncan laurence joins us on the sofa, fresh from his eurovision victoryeurovision? i'm going to have to ask why we came last. it's not his fault. i'm bitter about it. we may have lost another five points yesterday. really, really last. it looks like the end of the line for theresa may, with the prime minister expected to reveal a date for her departure in the next few hours. after a backlash by her own mps against her latest brexit plan, one senior minister has told the bbc it would be "unforgivable" for her to try to hold onto power. this morning mrs may is meeting with senior backbench mp sir graham brady to discuss her future. it feels like the day announcement is going to come. i lost track of the number of times that moved to spoken about the pressure theresa may is under but it feels like it's got a different mood to it today for a couple of reasons. tory mps in their dozens have been abandoning their dozens have been abandoning the prime minister after she announced that new brexit plan earlier this week. cabinet ministers are unhappy as well and a

the contest top four is unchanged, and duncan laurence from the netherlands stays the winner with histion of theresa may's revised brexit withdrawal bill will not take place tomorrow. downing street says the prime minister remains focused on delivering brexit. an apology from the health minister after an undercover investigation by panorama finds vulnerable patients being mocked, taunted and intimidated by staff. voting gets under way for elections to the european parliament. results will be announced on sunday in the business news: four pharmaceuticalfirms have been accused of illegally colluding to restrict the supply of an anti—nausea tablet, driving the price paid for it by the nhs up by 700%. the drug is often prescribed to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. one of the firms named, alliance, denied the allegations. the pound is the worst—performing major currency so far this month, having lost 3.3% of its value against the dollar. the pound has also weakened for 14 consecutive days against the euro. a new home for avon — it's to be sold to brazilian cosmetics group natura,