the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, has been forced from office after he and his centre—right governmenturz recently ended his coalition with the far—right freedom party, when its leader was caught in a covert video sting that suggested he was open to corruption. bethany bell reports from vienna. the young rising star of europe was my conservatives, sebastian kurz, has suffered a major set back. his centre—right government has become the first in austria since 1955 to lose a vote of no—confidence. the government was sworn in just last week in the way of a scandal which engulfed his former coalition partner, the far right freedom party. technocrats replace the departing freedom party ministers but sebastian kurz and his government lost a vote of no—confidence supported by the opposition social democrats and the freedom party. they said mr kurz should bear some of the blame for the collapse of the coalition. mr kurz has been credited with turning around the fortunes of his conservatives and he led the party toa conservatives and he led the party to a clear win in the eu elections and said

‘enough is enough‘ — that's the verdict of austria's chancellor sebastian kurz who has dramatically pulledis governing coalition and called a snap election. it follows a scandal involving his deputy, the leader of the right wing freedom party. heinz—christian strache quit over an undercover video which appears to show him discussing government contracts with a russian investor. our vienna correspondent, bethany bell reports. this is the video that brought down a government. the man in the grey t—shirt is heinz—christian strache, who's just resigned as austria's vice chancellor. in this footage from 2017, he's seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. now, mr strache has stepped down, saying his behaviour was stupid, irresponsible and a mistake. translation: it was a typical alcohol—fuelled macho behaviour in which yes, i also wanted to impress the attractive female host and i behaved like a bragging teenager and embarrassingly overreacted. m

the young rising star of europe's conservatives, sebastian kurz, has suffered a major setback.ustria since 1955 to lose a vote of no—confidence. the government was sworn in just last week, in the wake of a scandal which engulfed his former coalition partner, the far—right freedom party. technocrats replace the departing freedom party ministers. but sebastian kurz and his government lost a vote of no—confidence, supported by the opposition social democrats and the freedom party. they said mr kurz should bear some of the blame for the collapse of the coalition. mr kurz, who has been credited with turning around the fortunes of his conservatives, and who led the party to a clear win in the eu elections, and said he'd be back. translation: today, parliament decided. but at the end of the day, in september, in this democracy, the people will decide, and i'm looking forward to that. austria's president, alexander van der bellen, now has to nominate a caretaker government to hold the fort ahead of fresh elections, which are expected in september. in the meantime, he has named the form

acro one denies any criminal wrongdoing for his coalition partner, chancellor sebastian kurz, the videohe has called for new elections. translation: i have nonetheless stayed, not ending the coalition over the first misconduct but after yesterday's video, i must say, honestly, enough is enough. austria's president alexander alexander van der bellen, condemned the video. translation: these are shameful videos and nobody must be ashamed of austria. i want to make it clear, we're not like that, this is not austria. several thousand we're not like that, this is not austria. severalthousand people gathered outside the chancellery in vienna to protest against the freedom party which up till now has been one of europe's most successful anti—immigrant movements. but now, just a few days before the eu elections, future is in question. —— its future is in question. bethany bell, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the former argentine president, cristina fernandez de kirchner, says she'll run as a vice—presidential candidate in national elections later this year. ms fernandez was wi

the young rising star of europe's conservatives, sebastian kurz, has suffered a major setback. since 1955 to lose a vote of no—confidence. the government was sworn in just last week, in the wake of a scandal which engulfed his former coalition partner, the far—right freedom party. technocrats replace the departing freedom party ministers. but sebastian kurz and his government lost a vote of no—confidence, supported by the opposition social democrats and the freedom party. they said mr kurz should bear some of the blame for the collapse of the coalition. mr kurz, who has been credited with turning around the fortunes of his conservatives, and who led the party to a clear win in the eu elections, and said he'd be back. translation: today, parliament decided. but at the end of the day, in september, in this democracy, the people will decide, and i'm looking forward to that. austria's president, alexander van der bellen, now has to nominate a caretaker government to hold the fort ahead of fresh elections, which are expected in september. in the meantime, he has named the former fin

last night, austria's chancellor sebastian kurz was all smiles.fidence in his government. this is the moment the president of the parliament announced it. mr kurtz looked reasonably relaxed eventually offering a handshake and leaving the room. earlier in the debate, this is what he said. we will not put obstacles in the way but support them. let's ta ke let's take a couple of minutes to recap. mr kurz‘s conservative austrian people's party has been in a coalition with the far right freedom party or the fpo as it is sometimes called. heinz christian streich. he was the vice chancellor of austria in that coalition government but had to resign a couple of weekends back after a secret video emerged. it appeared to show him offering public contracts toa show him offering public contracts to a woman that he believes is a russian investor. the suggestion is if she buys a large stake in an austrian newspaper, that newspaper can then support his party. after the resignation, his freedom party collea g u es the resignation, his freedom party colleagues all

sebastian kurz recently ended his coalition with the far—right freedom party when its leader was caughtcovert video sting that suggested he was open to corruption. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, on the travel show: it's ladies‘ night in the atlas mountains. i think this might be my wedding. wejoin the historic cavalcade of pancho villa. and i'm stepping up to the plate in new york. i don't know if i'm going to be able to hit it that hard, but i'm going to give it my best shot. no pressure at all. well, there's a little bit of pressure. we're starting this week by heading off to morocco, tojoin a high country that's on trend. around the world, some tour companies have reported that bookings for women's—only adventure trips up by a whopping a0%, so we sent cat moh to the atlas mountains to join a trekking group that's run solely for and by women. the berber tribes have lived in the atlas mountains for thousands of years, in villages and towns dotted across the slopes and valleys. so i've been to morocco before, but this is the first time i'm actually making it out into the m

sebastian kurz lost a no—confidence vote — 00:00:38,286 --> 2147483051:37:03,858 in the continuing fallout2147483051:37:03,858 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 a corruption scandal. now on bbc news we're heading to cannes for the world's most prestigious film festival. it's talking movies with tom brook. hello, from the french riviera and welcome to this special edition of talking movies. i'm tom burke. we look back at some of highlights from this year's cannes film once upon a time in hollywood, starring leonardo dicaprio and brad pitt. it was thought the film wouldn't be ready in time for the festival, but it was, and it made an impact. it is hard to overstate the sense of anticipation surrounding once upon a time in hollywood, it was the film it was the film of the festival, set in hollywood 1969, it is a buddy movie, central to the film is the relationship between a fading tv western cowboy played by leonardo dicaprio and the stuntman, cliff booth, betrayed by brad pitt. the actors found it easy to work with one another. i have to say, it was incredibly easy. incredibly easy working with brad.

austria is heading for another election — the chancellor sebastian kurz made the announcement hours afternation of his coalition partner and vice chancellor heinz—christian strache. mr strache, the leader of the freedom party, resigned over an undercover video which appears to show him discussing government contracts with a russian investor in return for campaign support. chancellor kurz says he can no longer govern in coalition with the freedom party. translation: i have nonetheless stayed, not ending the coalition over the first misconduct, but after yesterday's video i must say enough is enough. also if the methods to me are clearly contemptible, the content is just what it is. what's said about me in the video, from name—calling to the accusations and allegations, is secondary. the now former vice—chancellor addressed reporters a little earlier, where he apologised for his behaviour and announced his resignation. translation: today, at 11am, i had a conversation with chancellor sebastian kurtz. i offered my resignation from the function of vice chancellor of the republic of austria, a

translation: today at 11am, i had a conversation with chancellor sebastian kurz in which i offered mynction of vice chancellor of the republic of austria and he accepted this decision. i'm doing this in my responsibility for this project, to prevent any further damage to my family because that is the most important thing in life, my party and my office. heinz christian strache on his resignation there. markus becker is the eu correspondent of der spiegel — one of the publications that broke the story. he says the political fallout from this is no surprise. i think what you hear and what you see in the video is so scandalous, and so bad politically, that i'm not really surprised that chancellor kurz had to call a new election in austria. do you think it will damage mr strache's party, too? oh, yes, definitely. mr strache's party, the fpo, has always portrayed itself as the clean party, the clean alternative to the established parties, less corrupted, or not corrupted at all, less part of the established system. and now it looks like not only are they not better, they seem to be worse.

mr strache denies any criminal wrongdoing, but for his coalition partner, chancellor sebastian kurz,ation: i have nonetheless stayed, not ending the coalition over the first misconduct, but after yesterday's video, i must say, honestly, enough is enough. austria's president contain dilemma condemned the video. translation: these are shameful pictures, we are not like that. this is not australia. —— austria. several thousand people gathered outside the chancellery in vienna to protest against the freedom party, which up until now has been one of europe's most successful anti—immigrant movements. but now, just a few days before the eu elections, its future is in question. as austria deals with the collapse of its coalition with the far—right freedom party, germany's chancellor, angela merkel, has hit out at populist politicians. she said that europe needs to fight back against nationalism. it comes as italian deputy prime minister matteo salvini led a rally of far—right party leaders in milan. ramzan karmali reports. it was a show of force by italy's deputy prime minister, matteo salvi

but that wasn't enough for his coalition partner, austria's chancellor sebastian kurz.ckl should be sacked as well, as he was unfit to oversee the investigation into heinz—christian strache. translation: all of this has, in my opinion, led to a conflict situation. it would have been better if, along with heinz—christian strache, the interior minister resigned as well. that would have brought a watertight resolution to this. but he didn't take this step. but the freedom party said that if herbert kickl was fired all its other ministers would quit in solidarity. heinz—christian —— chancellor kurz has suggested otherwise. translation: had a very good in—depth conversation with the president. i'd told him that in my opinion and in the opinion of social democrats only an interim government made up from experts from all of the government positions, including that of chancellor, could resolve the very tense situation in russia. —— with russia. and his own future could be at stake. he faces a possible vote of no confidence in parliaments. a step which could lead to even more ch

sebastian kurz lost a no—confidence vote in the continuing fallout over a corruption scandal.ed by dangerously high levels of antibiotics. water samples from 72 countries revealed the presence of antibiotics in two thirds of cases. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk:

a snap election has now been called by the chancellor sebastian kurz. from vienna. austrian politics are in turmoil ever since this video appeared on friday. the man in the grey t—shirt is the former leader of the far—right freedom party, heinz—christian strache. in this footage from 2017, he is seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. mr strache resigned on saturday. but that wasn't enough for his coalition partner, austria's chancellor, sebastian kurz. he said the far—right interior minister, herbert kickl, should be sacked as well, as he was unfit to oversee the investigation into mr strache. translation: all of this has, in my opinion, led to a conflict situation. it would have been better if, along with heinz—christian strache, the interior minister resigned as well. that would have brought a watertight resolution of this. but he didn't take this step. but the freedom party said that if mr kickl was

a snap election‘s now been called by the chancellor sebastian kurz.in turmoil ever since this video appeared on friday. the man in the grey t—shirt is the former leader of the far—right freedom party, heinz—christian strache. in this footage from 2017, he is seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. mr strache resigned on saturday. but that wasn't enough for his coalition partner, austria's chancellor, sebastian kurz. he said the far—right interior minister, herbert kickl, should be sacked as well, as he was unfit to oversee the investigation into mr strache. translation: all of this has, in my opinion, led to a conflict situation. it would have been better if, along with heinz—christian strache, the interior minister resigned as well. that would have brought a watertight resolution of this. but he didn't take this step. but the freedom party said that if mr kickl was fired, all its other ministers woul

the deposed chancellor of austria, sebastian kurz, says he's looking forward to elections in septemberr kurz‘s coalition with the far—right freedom party collapsed last week when its leader was caught in a covert video sting that suggested he was open to corruption. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with brexit — first up the front page of the times, it says the brexit party's success is forcing the conservatives to take a tougher line on the eu as candidates to replace theresa may embrace the prospect of a no—deal brexit. but a different message on the front of the daily telegraph. one candidate at least — the health secretaryjeremy hunt — says a no—deal brexit would be suicide for the party. on to the business insider looking at one of the day's big business stories, talks of a tie—up between fiat chrysler and renault. but their article points out what a challenge it would be, with fiat‘s business structure already a complicated beast. a study on who's happiest in society makes the independent. it's found single

the chancellor, sebastian kurz, has called for a snap election.and financial support. in a national tv address, the chancellor listed other scandals involving the freedom party and said the video revelations had been the last straw. you may have been watching last night and you will know, but if you didn't... the netherlands has won the eurovision song contest for the first time since 1975. duncan laurence's song arcade had been the bookmakers favourite, and came out on top with 492 points. madonna also performed at the show after days of speculation. the uk's michael ball came last withjust 16 points. we are not going to say that is a reflection on michael.” we are not going to say that is a reflection on michael. i don't think so. you watched a bit of it. i thought it was a good song. he is walking around the stage doing his singing and all of the others are on p090 singing and all of the others are on pogo sticks and singing in the shower and all that stuff. it is a visual show as well as an audio show. we are going to be talking about this a b

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sebastian kurz lost a no—confidence vote in the continuing fallout over a corruption scandal.his story is getting a lot af attention on bbc.com. a new study has found that many rivers around the world are contaminated by dangerously high levels of antibiotics. water samples from 72 countries revealed the presence of antibiotics in two thirds of cases. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: nigel farage says he is ready to fight a general election, after his new brexit party topped the polls in the european elections. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. trump and trade. can the us president make any concrete progress over a deal on his final day in japan? pricey perk? would you pay $75 for this cup of coffee? yes, that's 75 bucks. find out why this brew carries such a hefty pricetag. it's a tuesday, everyone. good morning, asia, hello, world. glad you could join us for another exciting addition of asia business report, i'm rico hizon. lets kick off with japan, and as report, i'm rico hizon. lets kick off withjapan, and as us

the headlines: the chancellor of austria, sebastian kurz, has called an early election, hours after the resignation of his vice chancellor. heinz—christian strache resigned over an undercover video which shows him discussing government contracts in return for campaign support. australian prime minister, scott morrison, has pulled off a surpise win in the country's general election. opposition labour leader, bill shorten, admitted defeat after the governing centre—right coalition performed better than expected. morrison said he always believed in miracles. leaders of nationalist and far—right parties from across europe have promised to reshape the continent after the eu parliamentary election later this month. the main speaker at the rally in milan was the italian deputy prime minister, matteo salvini. the final of the 64th eurovision song contest is underway in tel aviv. the favourites include the netherlands and sweden, and there will also be a performance by madonna. now on bbc news, the rise of the right in europe — our world reports on those celebrating the success of populist parti

in a national tv address, the country's chancellor, sebastian kurz, said the latest corruption allegations against the leader of the far—right freedom party had been the last straw. he was caught on video allegedly making promises to a russian investor in return for political support. the netherlands has won this year's eurovision song contest. duncan laurence, with his song arcade, was the bookmaker‘s favourite to win. italy 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. l

the chancellor sebastian kurz had a good night last night. not such a good day today.european parliament election results in one area of the uk — the west midlands. there, the brexit party took more than a third of the votes and will have three meps — while labour, the conservatives, greens and liberal democrats each have one. the people of of wednesbury in the west midlands have been giving their reactions. i thought it was a whitewash for the brexit party. yeah, i think people are just so fed up of it all and theyjust want are just so fed up of it all and they just want somebody are just so fed up of it all and theyjust want somebody to say this is what's going to happen and get on with it. once and for all, this is what we've got. unfortunately it is not going to please everybody, but this is what we've got, let's stand together and achieve the objective at the end of the day, and steer this country where it needs to go. do what the people voted for, get we out with no deal. they want we more than we want them. no leadership at all. none at all. come on nigel, get u

austria chancellor sebastian kurz and his government have been ousted after opposition parties joined forces in a vote of no-confidence. it was a spectacular reverse for a leader who last night, was celebrating victory for his party in the european elections. austria's president confirmed he helped to have an interim government in place within a week. >>s ebastian kurz after losing a historic no-confidence vote. he is now the shortest serving head of government. he wasted no time and lashing out at his former coalition partners. >> in recent days, we've heard only one thing for the freedom party and the socialist party. kurz has to go. that is their entire program. i hate to disappoint youou, but i'm stil h here,. >> the vote of the confidence came after he kicked the freedom party out of the governing coalition and called no elections. the opposition claimed that was an abuse of power and some blamed him for reading a climate of high h drama and instability. >> you must answer for the first time questions about all of the chaos you have you -- unleashed. i hope you do that and don't

the austrian chancellor, sebastian kurz, has called for a snap election, after the resignation of hisr corruption allegations. a video showed heinz—christian strache — who'd been mr kurz‘s deputy — offering a woman posing as a russian oligarch's niece state contracts in return for political and financial support. in a national tv address, the chancellor listed other scandals involving the freedom party and said the video revelations had been the last straw. now this year's eurovision song contest had it all. you watch a bit, didn't you? yes. from russia's singing in the shower, australians on bendy poles and a half time performance from none other than madonna. it sounds really good. it was certainly a spectacle. a cornucopia of colour and noise. all of that. there was triumph for the netherlands who won for the first time since 1975, but despair for the uk who finished last. as well as talking about brexit every morning, here is the news that we report every year after eurovision has happened. we actually finish last. 0ur correspondent, david sillito was there. from tel aviv, israel,

translation: today at 11am, translation: today at "am, i had a conversation with sebastian kurz and i accepted this decision. i am doing this in my responsibility for this project, to prevent any further damage to my family because that is the most important thing in life, my party and my office. the austrian chancellor sebastian kurz says he can no longer govern in coalition with the freedom party. translation: i have nonetheless stayed, not attending the coalition over the first misconduct but after yesterday's video i must say honestly, enough is enough. also if the methods to me are curly contemptible, the content is just what it is. —— clearly intangible. the name call allegations. a man has died after a fight in a street in rochdale last night. he's believed to be in his early twenties. greater manchester police say a woman, who's 25, has been arrested in connection with the murder investigation. two migrant boats have been intercepted off the south coast of england. the home office says border force intercepted the first boat carrying 11 men across the channel. in a separate in

but the good fortunes did not last long in austria, where chancellor sebastian kurz was ousted afterst a confidence vote in parliament after a corruption scandal. that's all heinz-christian strache standout and his entire far right freedom party withdrew from the rulinwecoalition last . the crisis erupted after a video eurfaced showing strach ffer contracts and in return for government help. now to the u.k., where t were mixed messages in the sults on brexit, both for and against. the liberal democrats who want to stop brexit did well, coming in second, but the undoubted winner washe brexit party launched by nigel farage just six weeks ago. orbbc's political edaura kuenssberg has more on that part of the story. laura k.: to the winner, the spoils. it was his victory. nige,farage's brexit par maybe the brashest and the boldest, won the biggest last night demanding we leave the eu , as soon as is humanly possible. are you worried abou divisions we saw last night? nigel: you may not likththe result oelection, but you accept that and you live to fight another day. when we have had since

in a national tv address, the country's chancellor, sebastian kurz, said the latest corruption allegationsgainst the leader of the far—right freedom party had been the last straw. he was caught on video allegedly making promises to a russian investor in return for political support. leaders of nationalist and far—right parties from across europe have promised to reshape the continent after the eu parliamentary election later this month. the italian deputy prime minister, matteo salvini, addressed the crowd, along with the leader of the french national rally, marine le pen, and the dutch politician geert wilders. the partner of murdered journalist lyra mckee has made a public plea for same—sex marriage in northern ireland. sara canning told the crowds gathered outside city hall for the rainbow rally that a law change would be a "win" for everyone. ms mckee, a 29—year—old journalist and author, was shot dead by dissident republicans as she observed rioting in londonderry last month. the differences made, and the rights not extended to same—sex couples is not acceptable. it is not fair, it is

sebastian kurz said he could no longer rule the country in partnership with the far—right freedom partyts from vienna. it was all happening last night if you were watching eurovision. we had russia‘s entry singing in the shower for reason. australians on got —— on giant pogo sticks. big bendy poles. and madonna turning up in the half time interval. that's how you do eurovision! there was a triumph for the netherlands, who won for the first time since 1975. despair for the uk. we can last. from tel aviv, israel, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest, 2019! on stage, it was business as usual. but off—screen there were protests from those opposed to israel‘s occupation of the palestinian territories. chanting: taking part in eurovision means you join a racist mission! 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 injerusalem, police tackled 0rthodox protesters angered that the contest was being held on the jewish sabbath. in the end there were no major pro

the country's first woman chancellor, following the vote of no—confidence in the government of sebastian kurz elections are held in september. she promised to rebuild trust following last week's government crisis over a video sting. a baby born weighing just 240g — thought to be the smallest on record to survive a premature birth — has been discharged from hospital in the us. saybie weighed the same as a large apple when she was born at 23 weeks and three days in december last year. despite the slim chances of survival, she has now left hospital and is now healthy. i have some words for you. horripilation, kentledge and pa rochialism — just three of the words facing children competing in this year's national spelling bee in maryland. can their parents do any better? cani? we asked those brave enough to try — and also got some tips from the 2018 champion. so the first word is her revelation —— horripilation, horripilation, ok? horripilation? iam the i am the 2018 spelling bee champion. parochialism. what's? parochialism —— what? i don't know. yes? (buzzer sounds wrong) you have to work really

the country's first woman chancellor following the vote of no confidence in the government of sebastian kurzthe constitutional court, brigitte bierlein, will serve as interim chancellor until fresh elections are held in september. she promised to rebuild trust following last week's government crisis over a video sting. a baby born weighing just 2a0g thought to be the smallest on record to survive a premature birth has been discharged from hospital in the us. saybie weighed the same as a large apple when she was born at 23 weeks and three days in december last year. despite the slim chances of survival, she has now left hospital and is healthy. the trade war between the us and china shows no sign of easing up. from saturday, china is expected to impose increased tariffs on about $60 billion worth of us imports, including meat, cooking oil and vegetables. with me is our business reporter monica miller. tell us what sparked this latest round of tariffs. this is beijing's retaliation against washington, which slap don tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. the trump administration decid

the austrian chancellor sebastian kurz says he can no longer govern in coalition with the freedom partytheless stayed, not ending the coalition over the first misconduct, but after yesterday's video i must say enough is enough. also if the methods to me are clearly contemptible, the content is just what it is. what's said about me in the video, from name—calling to the accusations and allegations, is secondary. a man has died after a fight in a street in rochdale last night. he's believed to be in his early twenties. greater manchester police say a woman, who's 25, has been arrested in connection with the murder investigation. two migrant boats have been intercepted off the south coast of england. the home office says border force intercepted the first boat carrying 11 men across the channel. in a separate incident, kent police received a call from a vessel in danger south of folkestone. nine people, including men, women and a 12—year—old child were rescued and brought to dover. they are all believed to be a mixture of iranian and iraqi nationals. the us has warned that commercial airli

austria's chancellor, sebastian kurz, will meet the country's president later on sunday to ask for a snap election. it follows corruption allegations laid against the leader of the far—right freedom party. he was caught on video allegedly making promises to a russian investor in return for political support. vote counting has resumed in australia's general election which has delivered a surprise win to the governing centre right coalition. with a few seats yet to declare, scott morrison's liberal national party are just two short of an outright majority in parliament. the opposition labour party has admitted defeat. german chancellor, angela merkel, has hit back at populist politicians. she said that europe needs to fight back against nationalism. her comments came on the same day that leaders of far right parties across europe spoke at a rally in milan, led by italian deputy prime minister matteo salvini. 4:30 in the morning here on bbc news — it's time for click. this week: recognising faces years later. video from all angles. and the rise of the machines. theme music plays artific

earlier today, austria's chancellor, sebastian kurz, promised an independent inquiry into possible abusenation. translation: we will work together to create the necessary framework so a full and proper investigation can take place and we will make sure this is independent and transparent. furthermore, the president and i both share the same goal, namely the maximum degree of stability. austria's chancellor, sebastien kurtz. this year's eurovision song contest had it all. russia had singing in the shower, australians were on bendy poles and there was a half—time performance from madonna. the netherlands triumphed for the first time since 1975 — but it was despair for the uk's entry, which finished last. 0ur correspondent, david sillito was there. from tel aviv, israel, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest, 2019! on stage, it was business as usual. but off—screen there were protests from those opposed to israel's occupation of the palestinian territories. chanting: taking part in eurovision means you join a racist mission! i think the world should not allow israel to host

the country's chancellor, sebastian kurz, spoke of his surprise.ood result. now we go to the chancellor. translation: i must be honest with you, iam translation: i must be honest with you, i am usually not lost for words but i am almost speechless. we have been waiting a long time. we were optimistic but it is a brilliant result. there has been nothing like it. the best result of all time, the biggest gap between first and second of all time. it is simply incredible andi of all time. it is simply incredible and i think you and the voters above for the incredible support. it has been an interesting and surprising result. bethany is in vienna. how has it gone down? surprising for many people today because the austrian government itself is in the grip of a scandal, the coalition that he had with the far right freedom party collapsed about a week ago after a video sting emerged showing the disgraced leader of the freedom party apparently promising a woman posing as the knees of a russian oligarch of an contracts. it was expected that both the conservat

austria's chancellor sebastian kurz is facing a no confidence vote on monday following a corruption scandalago. but a secret recording emerged last week showing the freedom party leader offering government contracts in return for political favours to a woman he thought was a russian oligarch's niece. damian grammaticas reports from vienna. they call themselves the grannies against the far right. determined anti—fascists. austria's left—wing forces have been galvanised by ibiza— gate, since it erupted last week, the scandal has forced the far right out of government. but here, they want bigger changes. i came as a refugee to austria, 50 years ago. and it was a good country, and i think it should be a good country again, and i don't want no nonsense, no fascists, no right—wing politicians. i want new elections, one new government that is more liberal, that gives freedom back to the people, and frees people equally common amount of the gender, no matter if they are migrants are not, to have a fair government, a fair austria, to have a liberal austria. secret video recordings made in a visa hav

earlier today, austria's chancellor sebastian kurz promised an independent inquiry into possible abuse caused mr strache's resignation. translation: we will work together to create the necessary framework so a full and proper investigation think can take place and we will make sure this is independent and transparent. furthermore, the president and i both share the same goal, namely the maximum degree of stability. security sources in egypt say at least 12 people have been injured in a blast targeting a tourist bus. -- 17. the attack happened near the new egyptian museum close to the giza pyramids. the sources added that ten of the wounded are egyptians while seven are south africans. they have been taken to a nearby hospital, and they are all in a stable condition. this year's eurovision song contest had it all. russia had singing in the shower, australians were on bendy poles and there was a half—time performance from madonna. what they didn't have, u nfortu nately, what they didn't have, unfortunately, was a success for the uk. the netherlands triumphed for the first time since 1975

in austria, a day after surging to victory in european elections, sebastian kurz was ousted as chancellorhis head of a general election in september. kurz says he is starting his campaign to take back the chancellery. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. matt: -- anna: thank you. coming up on the program, the race to become the next leader and with the center ground holding, will the commission see its first female head. we will discuss. that is coming up next. remember, bloomberg radio is live on your device. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back, this is the european open. 16 minutes away from cash trading across europe and the u.k. looking at slight gains. one hundred playing catch-up after being off yesterday when other european indexes rallied. negotiations begin today over who gets to lead the european union. commissioneron represents the liberal block which got a boost in last week's elections. with alliances falling short of a majority, can she command the middle gr

auaustrian chancellor sebastian kurz dissolved his people's party's coalition with the freedom party following the resignation. the news comes as a blow to nationalist politicians in austria and across europe who are hoping to increasese their political power in the upcoming european parliament elections taking place later this week. tens of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across germany sunday to protest against the rise of nationalism head of the european parliament elections. it is alarming how many right-wing parties are active, not only in germany, but throughout europe. from soy must be learned it is our responsibility to go to the polls and stand against the right and demonstrate. amy: meanwhile, in france, as yellow vest demonstrators marked six months since the start of the anti-government protest movement, many also called for voters to stand against elite and corporate interests in the upcoming eu elections. >> we believed in europe. we believed in it completely, but we did not understand that europe is very much for the rich, meaning the first thing it d