russell trott, bbc news. after a closely—fought race with cyprus. onto the stage during a performancet. tim allman has more. # i still have faith. # i still believe in chasing... didn't exactly go as planned. surie was performing her song storm when this happened. # storms don't last... nazis of the uk media, we demand freedom! to shout, "nazis of the uk media, we demand freedom". he was then taken away by security to be questioned by police. away from there, it was the usual fare, a little high—energy pop... a dash of angsty guitar rock... and something involving that looked like a giant cupboard. # wonder woman, don't you ever forget... toy. and eleni foureira, who performed fuego for cyprus. rather than songs. where some things never change... 12 points to cyprus. cyprus, 12 points! it came down to israel and cyprus. for the israelis. i think i'm pretty sure that means that netta... has won. yes, they've announced it, they've called it. i'm so happy! laughter. thank you so much... for choosing different. thank you so much for accepting differences between us. thank you for celebrat

russell trott reports.ing was always going to be perfect. 82 women working in world cinema walking slowly, silently on the red carpet, they said to symbolise the underrepresentation of female filmmakers at an event meant to celebrate the global nature of the industry. we demand that our workplaces are diverse and equitable, so that we can best reflect the world in which we actually live. a world that allows all of us, in front and behind the camera, all of us to go shoulder to shoulder with a male colleagues. the global nature of cannes exemplified by the purest white, from chinese directorjia zhangke. he's one of 21 directors in the running for the palm d'or. only three of those are women. in a lighter and more anarchic moment, the legendary director jean—luc godard appeared on the small screen, turning a cannes news conference into what one critic called "a weird cinematic event". the 87—year—old appeared via mobile phone, taking questions on everything from geopolitics to the future of cinema. such is th

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russell trott reports. at first glance it does not appear to be the most flattering of images.it gets. a portrait of his mistress and model, maria to raise walter, by one of the 20th century‘s greatest artists. the painting, called golden muse, being shown in public for the first time in 20 yea rs, public for the first time in 20 years, is estimated to be worth as much as $50 million. 1932 is the golden year in which he really has a profoundly intimate relationship with marie—therese. so paintings from that era in particular are much more calm, tender, sleet, and as his relationship of her became a little more staid and slightly more antagonistic, his depictions of her became a bit more aggressive. there isa became a bit more aggressive. there is a reason the painting is being exhibited alongside a collection of dutch and flemish works in hong kong. art lovers here and in mainland china and taiwan cannot get enough of these old masters. collectors in asia for all the masters have tended in the past to come from hong kong. more and more we see them coming from mainland china, fr

russell trott reports.der to cross into the united states greeted the trump administration's decision with regret and disbelief. america's temporary protection for some immigrants is finally coming to an end. translation: don't get rid of this law. hopefully it weighs on the president's heart. we are all humans will stop hondurans had helped the united states growth. human rights groups and the governments of honduras say the country went be able to cope with the repatriation of tens of thousands of people. free legal support has been pledged for up legal support has been pledged for up to 60,000 who could be vulnerable to deportation. after el salvador, hondurans are the second largest nationality to lose their temporary protection status. bello the 60,000 —— the protection status. bello the 60,000 -- the 60,000 protection status. bello the 60,000 —— the 60,000 honda and is hit trump wa nts to —— the 60,000 honda and is hit trump wants to kick out of the us are potentially going back to the country that to

russel trott has the story.ing a new kind of surfboard. somewhere along the line, i took my engineering talents, coupled them with the surfboard, and stand—up paddleboard design work i was doing and we came up with the hydrofoil surfboard, stand—up paddleboard, like you see in the background here. high—tech, computer—designed, but needs testing on the waves. cue the beach boys. # let's go surfing now, everybody's learning how # come on on safari with me...#. of course, technically, it's not surfboarding, it's foilboarding. either way, it's quite a ride. you feel like a little kid, you know? you're having so much fun. like, today, we went out and it's probably the worst conditions and we had a blast. the board works like a hydrofoil. the wing under the water helps it rise up into the air as it gains speed. and because there's less drag, it can travel much faster, even on the smallest of waves. just a lot of lift, you are literally feeling like what an aeroplane wing would do when it lifts up, you feel it in your

russel trott has the story.d, stand—up paddleboard, like you see in the background here. high—tech, computer designed, but needs testing on the waves. cue the beach boys. of course, technically, it's not surfboarding, it's foilboarding. either way, it's quite a ride. you feel like a little kid, you know? you're having so much fun. like, today, went out and it's probably the worst conditions and we had a blast. the board works like a hydrofoil. the wing under the water helps it rise up into the air as it gains speed. and because there's less drag, it can travel much faster, even on the smallest of waves. just a lot of left, you are literally feeling like what an aeroplane wing would do when you lift up, you fill it in your body and your feet. the foilboard is by no means perfect, you'll still fall off every so often. and it's probably a little more awkward to carry home. a bank in northern ireland is putting a new spin on bank notes. ulster bank is issuing vertical five and ten pound notes from next year. the ban

russell trott, bbc news. in a moment the business news.e hopes he will. and facial recognition systems used by police have been found to have a failure rate of more than 90%. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. fashion chain new look says it will review its prices after customers expressed dismay that for some garments prices seemed to rise with size. the chain said it was hoping to "ensure pricing differences like these" did not happen in future. the row began after one shopper noticed a pair of trousers in its curves range was being sold for 15% more than an identical pair in the main collection. wages are rising faster than inflation for the first time in more than a year — that‘s according to the office for national statistics. in the three months to march wages grew at 2.9%, while inflation was 2.7%, but while the squeeze on living standards is officially over, there may be a long way to go before people feel better off. vodafone‘s chief executive vittorio colao is to step down in october after a decade at the helm. he w