if this is my lisbon. the needs are beautiful and sassy resolute even a touch extrovert a lovely woman with a feel for style a woman who makes an impression of her that's what lisbon does to much of what will come from my. mom. there are countless songs about lisbon always worshipping the city as a woman as a radiant mistress. you can but there is one commodity that lisbon has in abundance light it is reflected in our faces in our smiles and in the delight of those who visit us. possible that is like. joe's a cupboard outrange is a bank clock but he packed in his job bought a second hand camera and decided to try his luck as a freelancer. something since it's said that when we do something we like best we're running a risk that of being happy is if he's that's how i still feel today and see the thing. josey is currently taking photos for promotional campaign commissioned by the city of lisbon every day he keeps an eye out for interesting faces against the backdrop of urban motifs. josie's job is to find on

if this is my lisbon. needs are beautiful and sassy resolute even a touch extrovert a lovely woman with a feel for style a woman who makes an impression and that's what lisbon does too much for this will come from my. mom. there are countless songs about lisbon always was shipping the city as a woman as a radiant mistress. you can but there is one commodity that lisbon has in abundance light it is reflected in our faces in our smiles and in the delight of those who visit us. possible that is like. joe's a cupboard outrange is a bank clock but he packed in his job bought a second hand camera and decided to try his luck as a freelancer. something soon he said that when we do something we like best we're running a risk that of being happy is if least that's how i still feel today i see that there. josey is currently taking photos for promotional campaign commissioned by the city of lisbon every day he keeps an eye out for interesting faces against the backdrop of urban motifs. josie's job is to find ambassado

act lisbon gears up to host your a visit. and balancing act professional slack line a leading tuna tiptoes across dizzying heights. we start off with everyone's favorite swedish export last week abba shocked i'm delighted fans by now and saying they've been back in the studio after more than three decades out of the limelight but the joy was coupled with confusion as the band stated that while they would be touring the world they wouldn't themselves be on stage rather they would use holographic avatars or as they call them abba taz piano vegas was at the album museum in stockholm to present a new exhibition so my colleague mike a kuga set off to sweden to find out more. it's the event journalists have been waiting for but whether the opening of a new permanent exhibition at the end of a museum which is now five years old would have done so much international media attention is questionable reporters are hoping your innovations will drop some nukes. about new recordings or about the avatars slated to stand in for the band on t

while lisbon is known for its beauty its property market was ignored for a long time that has changed in recent years investors have been pouring money into lisbon's real estate sector in twenty fifteen investment in commercial property more than doubled from the previous year to eight hundred seventy six million euros and the levels have remained truly truly high since then. real estate prices are also rising in the portuguese capital from the city's historic center they increased sixty seven percent between twenty seventeen and two thousand and eight according to local real estate experts so affordable housing is harder to find and some residents are becoming more marginalized in twenty fifteen be authorities cleared slums on the outskirts of lisp and while that may have offered some property investors a better view locals when given an alternative critics say so portugal's property boom is also leaving many behind. time to take you for a drive through downtown nairobi is a small revolution happening on the streets of the kenyan capital men once dominated the taxi sector now women o

eurovision has arrived in lisbon. and now with a smile, please. laughter.l atmosphere. france and germany... and even the huge semifinal shows now shown around the world. # i thought we'd be together... but viewers in china did not see this. to have been blurred. of its eurovision rights. notjust of song, but a celebration of diversity and tolerance. # hey brother, do you remember when we were kids with no fear? but it is still a competition. the uk's hopeful this year is surie and she has many supporters. go, surie! however... does britain stand a chance? no. once upon a time, the uk was a eurovision superpower. the last 20 years? not so good. # hold your head up, don't give up, no, no... but in this festival of diversity, there is always hope. have you thought about if you win? come bust into just litter and feathers because that's eurovision. feathers because that's eurovision. # don't give up. david sillito, bbc news, lisbon. time for a look at the weather. here's helen willets. the weather looks better in lisbon. we will not have a repeat of last weeke

in 2015, the authorities cleared slums on the outskirts of lisbon.le that may have offered a better view, locals were not given a better view. portugal's property boom is also leaving many behind. helena: that to brent now, in a shocking -- and a shocking report on the air we breathe. brent: a new study has revealed that 7 million people die each year from diseases caused by air pollution. the study also shows that poor countries. the brunt of these deaths. while air country has improved in european cities, low income cities in asia and africa has seen the air become more contaminated. reporter: air pollution. an visible threat that infects -- invisible threat that affects almost everyone in the planet. the world health organization has described the situation as unacceptable. >> nine out of every 10 persons around the world are breathing in air that is not respecting the recommended guidelines for air quality. so it is going beyond. that is very dramatic. reporter: while few have access to fewer air, air quality -- to pure air, -- 90% of air polluti

day in lisbon on saturday really thought that they'd. also on thursday festivities marking hamburg harvest eight hundred twenty ninth anniversary got underway beginning with the traditional both parades. over one hundred ships ranging from naval vessels to tall ships sailed into pools. even commemorates the founding of the port back in devon eighty nine several hundred thousand visitors are expected to attend events through sunday in the port city this is partly country for the celebrations in south africa. the royal windsor horse show began on wednesday it's the largest in britain with over three thousand doors and ponies the series sees its seventy fifth anniversary . the show comprises a variety of tournaments held on the royal family's private grounds next to windsor castle it's a lovely day out a lovely experience is there any time that the private grounds of the conflagrations the pub. the royal windsor horse show continues through sunday. we keep things up to date now with another look at the cannes film festival the annual event

this year the song contest organizers even provided him with a plan of the venue in lisbon along with other images alexandra de gette felt configures the lego version himself and there's one particularly tricky challenge to master. oh it's these both that i'm doing right now they're going to go back stage and around in the air and then they're in no position. what are called angle with well and that's really hard because they're really big they're even bigger than the actual stage here so that's the big challenge i mean challenge. it's a labor of love and one that takes up a considerable amount of leisure time he's been working on the new model since september it will ultimately incorporate one hundred fifty thousand bricks he has his own system for calculating the number of required. three dots like this would in reality me a meter so if i know that the it's about i think this is forty two meters in reality this bow out here and then i know it's supposed to be round and then i need as many of these as many of these and i can count that in my hand super super nerd. alexandra krueger d

and jubilation in lisbon as israel wins the euro vision song contest with a song inspired by the need to movement. to support. him at the cost and welcome to the program french president emmanuel mccall has vowed the country will not quote yield an inch to the enemies of freedom after one person was killed and several wounded and a knife attack in central paris authorities say police shot the assailant debt witnesses said the man shouted god is great in arabic during the attack near the city's famous opera house paris has been under higher security. recent years after a string of deadly islamic extremist attacks police are investigating the attack as an act of terrorism the so-called islamic state has described the attacker as one of its soldiers. to iraq now where voters in the country have voted in the first parliamentary election since the government declared victory over islamic state militants turnout was low at less than forty five percent amid high tensions and high security the vote went off largely peacefully but at least three people were reportedly killed in a bomb attack j

thousands of fans have descended on lisbon to support their country's entries, many dressed to impress. here's a look at some of the fashion on display. all about the pink! would you like to try it on? i love sparkle. it's about self expression, flamboyancy, having a crack. this sequinned mini is actually a top. i didn't like it as a top so ijust shimmied it down and turned it into a skirt. and this, actually, the top is a swimsuit. we came via turkmenistan

inspired by the me too movement — but a stage invader during the uk's performance causes drama at the lisbond it's official — a picture of the queen's formal

absolutely, mine the atmosphere in lisbon is incredible. atmosphere in lisbon is incredible. three names in the frame. names in the frame. countries you think are going to do it. it. this year there is eight or nine in with a chance. in with a chance. introducing the semifinal stage has made a difference to the contest? made a difference to the contest? ” think it has. think it has. songs of the ones that were submitted. submitted. been good at weeding out some of the weaker songs taking part. weaker songs taking part. to make the final even more exciting. the final even more exciting. and we have some great songs on show. show. stage, what do you make of surie's entry? entry? best singers who has represented the uk for many years. uk for many years. good mid of the road pop song but she lifts it to another level. she lifts it to another level. every time she performs the crowd go wild. time she performs the crowd go wild. along with her more than any other song. song. let me ask you then, to chance your neck on this one, predictions? your neck on this one, predictions? the t

and jubilation in lisbon as israel wins the euro vision song contest for. israeli artists won the competition held in the portuguese capital with a song inspired by the need to movement. and welcome to the program we begin in indonesia where more than a dozen people have been killed and scores more injured after multiple suicide attacks the bombings were carried out by members of the same family including two young children they attacked three christian churches in the country's second largest cities. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility is the deadliest series of terror attacks in indonesia in over a decade. places of worship placed on high alert after a series of coordinated bomb attacks left more than a dozen people dead and scores more injured all carried diets by the same family. i suddenly heard the explosion from nowhere and. i saw people trying to get out from the church but security blocked them until the police arrived and evacuated them. the perpetrator was riding a motorcycle to try and get through the gate of the church and se

while lisbon is known for its beauty its property market was ignored for a long time that has changed in recent years investors have been pouring money into lisbon's real estate sector in twenty fifteen investment in commercial property more than doubled from the previous year to eight hundred seventy six million euros and the levels of remain true to lehigh since then. real estate prices are also rising in the portuguese capital from the city's historic center they increased sixty seven percent between twenty seventeen and two thousand and eight according to local real estate experts so fordable housing is harder to find and some residents are becoming more marginalized in twenty fifteen be authorities cleared slums on the outskirts of lisp and while that may have offered some property investors a better view locals when given an alternative critics say so portugal's property boom is also leaving men behind. for the first time kenyan film is set to be screened of a cotton field festival but the kenyan government isn't happy that's right they had kenya has actually banned a film that

david sillito reports from lisbon. eurovision has arrived in lisbon. and now with a smile, please. france and germany... and even the huge semifinal shows are now shown around the world. # i thought we'd be together...#. but viewers in china did not see this. and even a brief glimpse of a rainbow flag appears to have been blurred. the chinese broadcaster, mango, has now been stripped of its eurovision rights. because this goes very much to the heart of what has become the eurovision spirit, a week—long festival, notjust of song, but a celebration of diversity and tolerance. # hey brother, do you remember when we were kids with no fear?# but it is still a competition. the uk's hopeful this year is surie and she has many supporters. go, surie! however... does britain stand a chance? no. once upon a time, the uk was a eurovision superpower. the last 20 years? not so good. # hold your head up, don't give up, no, no...# but in this festival of diversity, there is always hope. have you thought about if you win? i'll probably just spontaneously comebust into just glitter and feathers beca

the euro vision song contest takes place in the portuguese capital lisbon time nights guide you through the fight. i'm still going to welcome to the program the polls have just closed in iraq which has been holding its first parliamentary election since the government declared victory over these nomic states that militant group on the eve of today's polling at least a four people were shot dead in a suspected i asked attack in northern iraq but today's vote proceeded without any major incidents. iraqis have gone to the polls i cited strict security controls and border fencing insite though a high priority for the voting public and the candidates in the ballot the influence of neighboring iran. several mean runners have close ties with turan wins from them in gains from shia muslim candidates iran's dominant faith could bolster support for the regime the fight for power is mainly split between the pro western incumbent prime minister had a body and had a midi from the iranian backed militia popular mobilization forces seen as having led the fight against islamic state. armory is close to

he's in lisbon ahead of tonight's final.ripped down some of the flashier elements of the show. no led screens, that's the thing this year they're making a big thing about. it is a straightforward stage with straightforward lighting and it is letting the music do the talking. i think after the win for salvador sobral for portugal last year with a very simple, traditional song without any gimmicks or flashy things going on stage, i think they are trying to focus back on the songs rather than necessarily on the gimmicks. i think that is working well for them. yeah, music is feeling, i think he said at the time, didn't he? maybe that message has got across. nonetheless, it is a big party, isn't it, as well as music? it is a tremendous event and it has become more so in recent years. absolutely. the atmosphere in lisbon at the moment is incredible. i have been here all week and day by day it has got a little bit more exciting as more and more fans have arrived. this year it is such an open contest. normally by this stage on the s

song competition twenty six nations are competing in the final of the euro vision song contest in lisbon portugal among the favorites as stony as entry is a trained opera singer wearing a giant adorned with three hundred sixty elaborate projections cyphers as the bookmakers favorite with a class a cup track called for a go. up to date now on d w thanks for watching. we make up oh but we watch as old as. the two pipes. this summer the surface of the game wants to shape the continent's future. part of it and join the dumpsters as they share their story their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent platform for charging. me for you. when you're playing out. in. groups you. meet me you know. you. going to. a. relentless. eleven . eleven. eleven . was moved to an. eleventh . eleven. eleven . to a. remark about to move. thanks. alex. eleven eleven eleven eleven . eleven . eleven eleven. eleven. the lol. in the. lead. up to a. really. long. list of. players. told. told plenty. glue illegibly . thanks. glenn. the election. the lead. the lead . glenn. glenn. the and. glenn. glenn. g

channels has been barred from airing the euro vision song contest in lisbon mango t.v. censored gay themed elements during his broadcast of choose the semifinal in lisbon the station also chose not to air ireland's performance which is about a romance between two men the european broadcasting union says the censorship is not in line with its diversity values that speak to my calling so how raman who is in the portuguese capital of lisbon so how big is the audience for eurovision in china it's very big obviously in europe in other parts but is it big in china. well there are specific figures for china itself but that is a small niche market t.v. small cable operator and it has to be said that your vision beyond the borders you're not straightly no where it's very popular is a relatively small market however the program is being broadcast in the united states of a smaller cable channel that also on radio but worldwide is expected over two hundred million viewers will chew an ear on saturday night and the issue here about the irish entry in reality and i've seen the song b

let's get caught up with what's happening around europe and today's express we're making stops in lisbon and can but first we look at the upcoming role wedding from a different perspective. and in the british town of windsor a city basing the upcoming wedding of prince harry and make it mark. with a specially built replica of windsor castle. it's located just five kilometers from the original casa where the royal couple will tie the knot on may nineteenth alongside lego figures of the bride and groom the seaming through its miniature visions of the royal family as well as invited guests and onlookers eleven model make is you some sixty thousand bricks to build the replica. let the euro visit and so god does try to it's. the first of two semifinals for this year's euro bijan song contest took place in lisbon on tuesday evening ten of the nineteen participants qualified for the grand finale being included big favorite. representing israel with their song toy. and any of the singing for you go for cyprus the total of twenty six candidates who compete in saturday's fun. the seventy first can

the first of two semifinals for this year's euro vision song contest took place in lisbon on tuesday evening ten of the nineteen participants qualifying for the grand for not being included big favorite . representing israel with their song toy. and any foreigner singing for a goal for cyprus the total of twenty six candidates will compete in saturday's final. the seventy first cannes film festival kicked up on tuesday with a star studded red carpet featuring the likes of martin scorsese and kristen stewart but the spotlight was focused on five years back then and penelope cruz the oscar winning actor has played the lead in the festival's opening film everybody knows from iranian director as. it's one of twenty one films competing for the palme d'or the festival runs until may nineteenth. have you have of course a movie as a film festival and this week's audience survey we want to know how you most like to enjoy films so add to our website dot com slash lifestyle and join in by taking part you'll be entered in our prize draw and in with a chance of winning a euro max wristwatch. now

the eurovision song contest the annual event has been taking place for sixty three years this time lisbon portugal where performers from twenty six countries took the stage for the grand final israel sing on that one the competition with us on toy unusual dancing and frenzy cost you she delivered a massive that matched the your vision theme of diversity perfect let's have a listen. thank you mr bacile i got a hero's welcome at the airport in tel aviv after winning this year's year a vision song contest to go. put it quickly sounds good how message and chicken dance moves the twenty five year old ensure that israel will host next year's music competition. i mean this is a great moment for me for us as a delegation and for us as a country that doesn't have many reasons to be happy at the moment. but in small. business makes me happy to understand that we brought a reason to be happy to see back. this is my. first song toy as a denouncement of sexual harassment and an anthem of female empowerment. its message is for women to accept themselves as they are and one of the jury and she was from

david sillito, bbc news, lisbon.d out—of—town superstores have changed that tradition. in the town of dumfries in south—west scotland, the community appears to have hit upon a novel way to regenerate its high street, as our correspondent lorna gordon has been finding out. it's a familiar image — a high—street lacking shops and homes, and getting emptier by the year. look at it! we've got more shops that are empty in dumfries than we have got that are occupied at the moment. this high street, though, is fighting back, and evie copland is part of a group of locals leading the charge. it's a real sad state of affairs, but we have got a dream to change the face of our high street and bring a bit of love back to dumfries town centre. and you are from dumfries, aren't you 7 so this must be something you really care about. absolutely, lifelong doonhamer. i'm so proud to come from here. all i want to do is make it somewhere for everyone to be proud of. the challenges here are not unique, but the people driving this project t

david sillito, bbc news, lisbon. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at 5.30. bye for now.hing the bbc news channel. let's return now to our main story. the former labour cabinet minister tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she'd been diagnosed with brain cancer in may 2017. dame tessa was a leading figure in the government of tony blair, serving as minister for culture and sport. she was also a driving force behind london's successful bid to host the olympics in 2012. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been speaking about her legacy. i think ithink in i think in government, pushing for sure start, which made such a difference to so many children posed by clients, the idea that all our children can achieve things together, and you bring the family in haswell, so it is that sense of community, she brought back to it. that is one of the greatest achievements. the other was working with a very wide range of people to help bring the olympics to london and see it all the way through, and i have never forgotten her earnestly at a meeting with the parliamentary labour party ab

and have won over the jury and he was from forty three countries at the eurovision grand final in lisbon on saturday. this was. the first. but his song and chicken dance have really cool song for weeks they've been making the rounds on social media even israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a fad and. some experts believe the track one people caution as quickly as many european when it has been in the past. the sun has lots of moments like this plucking chicken sounds which stay with you and make it likely and there's a choreography that goes along with the basic ingredients first summer here that will stay with us. your vision train. you eighteen featured fiery stage shows loving projection dresses. and quiet tunes as well as punk rock sounds. just fine every year as a royalty of musical styles are represented exhaustion singer says a samson came and said it's. the end if you're a ten second singing for cyclists. who found this one foot israel by a large margin. yet not really there were lots of pyrotechnics i could pay for your vision but there were plenty of ballots to be on th

inspired by the me too movement — but a stage invader during the uk's performance causes drama at the lisbonit's official — a picture of the queen's formal consent for prince harry's marriage to meghan markle has been released ahead of the ceremony next saturday. and at 11:30: what are the implications of president trump's withdrawal from the iran nuclear deal? the dateline panel discuss this and next month's north korea summit, in 30 minutes. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the former labour cabinet minister tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she'd been diagnosed with brain cancer in may 2017. dame tessa was a leading figure in the government of tony blair, serving as minister for culture and sport. she was also a driving force behind london's successful bid to host the olympics in 2012. the prime minister has paid tribute to tessa jowell. over a photograph of the two of them together, she said, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has also paid tribute: leila nathoo looks back on her career. and the games of the 30th olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of london! the words they w

inspired by the metoo movement, but a stage invader during the uk's performance causes drama at the lisbon. it's official — a picture of the queen's formal consent for prince harry's marriage to meghan markle has been released ahead of the ceremony next saturday. and there is more wedding excitement in 30 minutes. the royal wedding singalong follows a group of amateur singers as they prepare a unique gift for the happy couple. that's coming up at 10.30am. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the former labour cabinet minister tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she had been diagnosed with brain cancer in may 2017. dame tessa was a leading figure in the government of tony blair, serving as minister for culture and sport. she was also a driving force behind london's successful bid to host the olympics in 2012. well, in the last few moments, the prime minister has paid tribute to tessa jowell. over a photograph of the two of them together, she said that the dignity and courage with which dame tessa confronted her illness was humbling and it was inspirational. she also describes dame tess

david sillito, bbc news, lisbon.nce harry's marriage to meghan markle has been released. the formal record is handwritten by one of the crown office's own artists, and signed "elizabeth r" by the queen. it will be presented to the couple after their wedding next weekend. and i could really put the pressure on byrne and ask about the weather next weekend. but how is it looking at the rest of this weekend? i have only got a minute, i couldn't possibly get all the way to next weekend. actually, at this stage, it doesn't look too bad but we will keep a close eye on it between now and then but as far as things go for today, a nice looking day in many places, good spells of sunshine around, a bit different around north—east scotland, some outbreaks of rain here and through the afternoon, the cloud breaking up for eastern england end here, some clouds out west and the small chance ofa clouds out west and the small chance of a heavy shower in northern ireland. tonight, under clear skies, it will turn chilly, some cloud into

hopefully i will be able to get out to lisbon at some point and join my friend who is already there!ng as. no problem. we will keep you updated on bbc news if we hear any more, but try to speak to your airline if you are due to fly later today. a landslide vote in favour of overturning ireland's abortion ban gives "hope" to northern ireland, that's according to penny mordaunt, the ministerfor women and equalities. the referendum result has sparked calls for the issue to be reassessed in northern ireland, where laws are much stricter than the rest of the uk. ireland's prime minister said those who had voted against repeal would be unhappy but that a "quiet revolution" had taken place. for me, it's also a day when we say no more. no more to doctors telling their patients that there's nothing can be done for them in their own country. no more lonely journeys across the irish sea. no more stigma, as the veil of secrecy is lifted. and no more isolation as the burden of shame is gone. i spoke to our ireland correspondent, chris page, who began by explaining the strict abortion laws in nort

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