popular ime to cheesiest song competition twenty six nations are competing in the final of the european song contest which takes place in lisbon portugal tonight amongst the favorites estonia's entry. trained officer no wearing a giant down adorned with three hundred sixty elaborate projections. cyprus is the bookmakers a diverse with a classic club track called for you. that's it you're up to date more of the top of the hour or so a good day. look blessing. and a curse. for supposed nature and in this.

eurovision song contest that regardless of what country you're from who you are what gender you are everyone's welcome and has a great time but it's much. less been it's rolling up the carpet and european blue for your a vision on the banks of the targets in front of the mosque the new museum for art architecture and technology this is where the euro vision song contest will officially open. country really like three yeah we are open to the world and we are not. close so we don't have. the bar there we don't have borders that's how we we would like to be in the world. the monument to the discoveries. the most say a compass rose in front of it portugal six centuries of seafaring history are reflected everywhere and lisbon so the graphic design for your a vision also plays with maritime motifs but you're a vision arena is right on the tigris river on the former grounds of expo nine hundred ninety eight this year is motto of all aboard was coined by gonzalo my die . oceans mean everything for as india seemed all the way of living with our different cultures beliefs and dollars and races so that's where we got to these all aboard should mean everything inclusive imperative i mean but if th

be a cultural test over attitudes to jerusalem this time next year too after israel won the european song contest last night when he gets to stage the next event after triumphing with a song toy which was inspired by the anti arrest me to campaign sing and that invited everyone to jerusalem the invite was echoed by the israeli prime minister too but with feelings running high over jerusalem and its territory people have been speaking out on twitter over it how can your vision celebrate diversity and inclusion when steps away palestinians are getting shot in the head your vision is about to get very ugly absolute joke by the way let's not go to jerusalem until they stop murdering palestinian children israel is celebrating diversity through shooting unarmed protesters in gaza with snipers how will your vision be open for real diversity next year in jerusalem can all city residents celebrate equally i'm following anyone who says that attend your a vision in jerusalem next year yes yes it's just a music competition i'm sure all of the palestinian children that die in the next year will see the distin

songs on the road across europe and the u.s. in the near future but now to a distinctly european phenomenon michelle show tim has become a huge star since his performance at this year's eurovision song contest in portugal despite not winning his entry was an immediate hit on the download charts in eight countries here he is again with you let me walk alone a touching tribute to his dead father. it's. a non close call movie. it's when you. see the smile. to see. thomas bone from. me. if you. choose in. this role. in. this room you knew. a riveting performance there can't wait to see how short it progresses since his success at eurovision and you'll be the first so hear about any news but now here's our app dave's on the latest developments. the german music scene. back is in the news for the wrong reasons out again this time around a german rapper has posted a track online physically threatening far right politician police are vital. to muslims to move on to stunning. news looking at the controversy has its roots in april's german music awards where five bang was a co-winner for an album making distasteful references to holocaust victims. victim isn't seeburg the book about the future of tho

song. the european broadcasting union offered the singer the chance to perform again, but she decided not to. our reporter adrian bradley is at the contest'm not entirely sure the audience knew what was happening. we heard a voice, a male voice, over the speaker. the crowd were really loving the song and getting into it. surie did an incredible performance and carried on. the crowd just carried on and loved it. the security is very tight here. you get surged on the way in. we are banned from taking things like battery packs for phones. it is very surprising that this was able to happen at all. i was at kiev last year wear and other stage invasion happened. they will be asking what more they need to do to stop it from happening. do we know more about the person who managed to get on the stage? very little at the moment. i understand he is a man who has been arrested and i understand he was making comments about the media and the nazis of the uk media. beyond that, as i say, it all happened very quickly. the main thing was, she carried on with the performance incredibly well. voting is under way. we have four points at the moment. thatjoin

song. the european broadcasting union offered the singer the chance to perform again, but she decided not to. bbc journalist adrian bradley is at the contest over the speaker, but the crowd were loving the song and getting into it. surie gave an incredible performance and carried on, the crowd carried on and loved it. what is the security like there? have we lost adrian? you are not allowed to take water in. let me ask you again, what is security like at the venue? very tight. you get thoroughly searched on the way in, we could not take in battery packs for phones, so surprisingly it was able to happen. i was in kiev last year with the same thing happened, with a stage invasion, the second time in two years this has happened. they will be asking what more they need to do. what do you know about the person who got onto the stage? we know very little. i understand he has been arrested and he was making comments about the media and the nazis of the uk media but beyond that, it was all very confusing and happened very quickly. but she carried on with her performance very well. she was given the chance to sing again. she was. if something happe

song contest nine go t.v. censored gay themed elements during his broadcast of tuesday's semifinal the station also chose not to air islands performance which is about a romance between two men the european broadcasting union says censorship is not in line with its diversity values. i un envoy has condemned what she says is a growing culture of racism in the u.k. since the breaks in vote on slave reports. people all over the u.k. like the bits of multiculturalism that make their lives nicer like for instance for food but nowadays it seems foreign people are not anything like as popular pieces lived in the u.k. for twelve years and regards himself just as much british as polish but recently he took his kids to the park where they were given a stark reminder of how some in this country view outsiders one boy which was some of them yourself english only. he was very. is a nine year old boy yeah yeah i think it came from his parents officials it istic from the british government show a steady rise in racial or religious li aggravated offenses over the last five years showing peaks for instance of the shirley abdo shootings in paris they didn't over three thousand incidents a month but betwee

song contest mango t.v. censored gay themed elements during its broadcast of choose the semifinal the station also chose not to air ireland's performance which is about a romance between two men the european broadcasting union says censorship is not in line with its diversity values those are the headlines the news continues here in al-jazeera after all nakba life and. palestinians view the british mandate of the authority and british troops on the ground as siding with the jews. more and more palestinian farmers expelled from farm lands began to join newly formed revolutionary groups. and nine hundred twenty one allison ians organized a large demonstrations against jewish immigration. at that time the palestinian leadership was in effect hereditary within one family the grand mufti of jerusalem amino husseini inherited his position at the age of twenty five following the death of his brother who hadn't succeeded their father. in leadership send successive delegations to london to discuss the palestinian question. of how to come up again for the sake of the other girl at the time but i learnt that you must say for sure that the four out of here follow us a little bit a player pretended. w

song contest in lisbon mango t.v. censored gay themed elements during its broadcast of tuesday's semifinal the station also chose not to air ireland's performance which is about a romance between two men the european broadcasting union says censorship is not in line with its diversity of values so the koreans work longer hours than people in most other developed countries but a controversial new law will limit the working week from a maximum of sixty eight hours and bring it down to fifty two hours the government says it will help work life balance but some businesses say it's going to make them less competitive more bright reports from seoul it's four in the afternoon and these workers are already thinking of home time that's because unlike most south korean companies this office has imposed district nine to five routine the company says limiting the working week to thirty five hours makes people more productive and you're more. used to have a typical south korean corporate culture with long meetings and unnecessary paperwork now executive simply give verbal reports and meetings have to finish within an hour an employee seem happier to come five o'clock be uncertain queue gets a warning on his sc

attitudes about to the status of jerusalem will be tested this time next year after israel won the european song contest on a saturday i means it gets to host of the next event and winning singer took the top spot with her song toy which was inspired by the anti harassment me two campaign which then welcomed everyone to jerusalem in two thousand and nineteen an invite that was echoed by the israeli prime minister but with feelings running high over the holy city some people have been voicing their disapproval on twitter. how can your vision celebrate diversity and inclusion when steps away palestinians are getting shot in the head you have vision is about to get very ugly absolute joke by the way let's not go to jerusalem until they stop murdering palestinian children israel is celebrating diversity through shooting unarmed protesters in gaza with snipers how will your vision be open for real diversity next year in jerusalem can all city residents celebrate equally following any one he says that attend your a vision in jerusalem next year yes yes it's just a music competition i'm sure all of the palesti