live from london — this is bbc news. ukraine's president zelensky visits berlin — as germany pledges its largest weapons package yet for kyiv. the most powerful cyclone to affect the bay of bengal for more than ten years makes landfall — bringing record levels of flooding. turkey's leader cast their votes along with the people — turkey's leaders cast their votes along with the people — in one of the most pivotal elections in the country's modern history. the swedish act, loreen, wins the eurovision song contest — becomimg the first woman to triumph twice.

hello and welcome to bbc news. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, has said his country will continue to support ukraine in its war against russia for as long as needed. he was speaking after meeting the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky in berlin. let's hear a bit of what he said. germany announced yesterday it was supplying billions of dollars�* worth of supplies to ukraine. translation: this awful war has severe geopolitical - consequences for everyone. but mostly for the men and women of ukraine. more than 1 million of them, women, children and older people have found protection here in germany. our citizens here stand in full solidarity to the people who have fled from the brutal attacks. mr zelensky has described germany as a "true friend" and "reliable ally" and he thanked

the german government for what he called its "fantastic solidarity". on saturday berlin announced it would supply weapons worth around three billion dollars to kyiv. earlier, mrzelensky was received by president frank—walter steinmeier. the trip comes just a day after a visit to italy, where he met the italian pm, the president and the pope. meanwhile in ukraine — these pictures purport to show damage from last night�*s air strikes on the western ukrainian city of ternopil. this video from ukraine�*s state emergency services — i apologise, we don�*t have those pictures lets go back and to hear from our correspondentjenny hill with the latest from berlin. think what you have seen in germany is a very gradual shift over the last year or so. if we had this conversation back then just as the war began, it would have been unthinkable that a country like

germany would be sending weapons into an active conflict zone. here we are today and germany has just announced that huge package of weapons, 2.7 billion euros worth. to give you a sense of scale, that effectively will double its contributions militarily so far to keep. contributions militarily so far to kyiv. initially there were concerns amongst the ukrainians about the german position, its hesitation over sending weapons. post—second world war, germany saw itself as having a special responsibility to maintain peace over the continent diplomatically rather than militarily. olaf scholtz is a social democrat, he heads a coalition here. a lot in his own party were pro—russian, having with russia. sympathies with russia. that also changed quickly after the invasion.

there were concerns about olaf scholtz�*s government and his position when it comes to loyalties to ukraine. i think that has long gone and ukraine has been fairly satisfied for some time that germany has been a good supporter. it is the second largest donor of military and financial aid, second to the us. i think this trip was one of those occasions where not only was ukraine, president zelensky, able to elicit an ongoing commitment of support from one of its major allies, of course italy yesterday too, but olaf scholz and president zelensky to send a message to vladimir putin that despite the war is dragging on, costing lives, costing money and notjust in

ukraine, that they will stand resolute. we have had olaf scholz saying he will supports ukraine as long as necessary. and there is concern about how long that will be. ukraine does have this looming counteroffensive coming up and the sort of aids that germany is giving, these $3 billion of support, that sort of aid that germany is giving, these $3 billion of support, that will become increasingly important. yes, interestingly, we heard president zelensky in a press conference in the last hour saying that he hoped the war could end this year. it is of course just a hope. he has a peace plan, germany has said that it will support ukraine in whatever it wants to do in terms of ending that war. but it wants ukraine to take the lead when it comes to deciding the terms upon which it would end. as we know, ukraine is adamant that its territory and territorial

integrity must remain intact. in terms of the military support, this is one we will have to watch because as i have said, germany had been rather hesitant about sending weapons at all and then hesitated about sending battle tanks which ukraine had requested. now it is sending those tanks and a whole lot more air defences, president zelensky made it clear today that what he really wants our modern western fighter jets. germany does not want to give those at those stage, it is a native germany does not want to give those at those stage, it is a nato country that is reluctant to do so for all sorts of reasons including not wanting to supply weapons which couldn�*t be deemed essentially as defensive. we heard that from olaf scholz. president zelensky is undeterred and will hold talks with a security council here this afternoon and will try to persuade a so—called alliance of countries which will supply modern fighter jets to ukraine.

we can show you those pictures from ukraine now, reporting to show damage from last night�*s air strikes on the city of ternopil. this video from ukraine shows the aftermath of the russian missile strikes on a warehouse into noble. the kremlin says they were targeting western arms depots and ukrainian troops. this happened just moments before eurovision contest since ukraine took to the stage. ternopil is the town of the electronic duo that came sixth in last nights competition. speaking of that eurovision song contest, we have a winner for 2023.

sweden�*s actual obtained 583 points with a pop album tattoo. her first victory on the popular contest was more than a decade ago. she won the competition in 2012 with her song "euphoria". then there�*s the uk�*s mae muller with her entry "i wrote a song". she came second from last in the final standings but said she would "never forget this journey". for the first time, fans from around the world were allowed to vote in the competition. last night�*s eurovision was watched by an estimated global tv audience of 180 million. many also packed into the open—air fan zone on liverpool�*s waterfront to watch the long awaited final. our reporter luxmy gopal spoke to us as the fan village in liverpool was being dismantled.

the eurovision fan village behind me is being dismantled, all the glitter is being swept away at the end of a fantastic eurovision week and build—up here. yesterday, the fan village was full of around 15,000 people because it was a ticketed event to see the eurovision finals screened on the big screen here. but all week there has been performances, live music, dj sets, and everything to do with eurovision and music taking place here in the fan village behind me. throughout the week, several tens of thousands of people have come here. but of course it was all about last night though, the eurovision final. the opening act, last year�*s winners, ukraine�*s kalush orchestra had a surprise appearance with princess catherine playing the piano as part of it. there were some real fan favourites as there have been throughout the week that really got the fan village roaring. that was finland with cha cha cha, they didn�*t win, as you saw last

night, they came second place. the uk came in second from last, the uk hosting on behalf of ukraine. even though it was a bad night for the uk, overall it has been considered a really good week with lots of fans i have spoken to praising how liverpool has hosted the event. i spoke to lots of regular eurovision—goers who said this was actually the best experience they have had of eurovision being hosted and the build—up to it. i spoke to lots of people working and living in the city who, even if they weren�*t fans, said the sense of excitement and energy that has been around the city all of this week has been like nothing they have experienced before and have been very proud of how this event has showcased the city. i�*ve also been speaking to ukrainian refugees who moved here in the past year and they talked about how

emotional they were by how liverpool showcased ukraine and hosted on behalf of ukraine. hotels have been full, bars and restaurants have been busy and liverpool city council has put a forecast of around £25 million being brought into the local economy with all the tourists and visitors. that is not a final figure but a forecast but of course it is about more than just the financial benefit. eurovision is so much more than simply a song contest. it is a statement of togetherness and it�*s judged that liverpool has done that really well. next year it�*s sweden�*s turn to take that role, just in time for the 50th anniversary of abba winning eurovision. a powerful cyclone has crashed into coastal areas of bangladesh and northern myanmar with windspeeds of over 200 kilometres per hour in cox�*s bazaar in bangladesh,

at least a—quarter of a—million people have been forced to take shelter. particular fears have been expressed for the nearlyi million rohingya refugees living in flimsy camps in the region. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report from cox�*s bazar — just before the cyclone made landfall. sirens. this is bangladesh�*s tourist police, and they�*re patrolling the beach here in cox�*s bazar in the southeast of the country to move tourists away from this beach. you can see that the waves are starting to become more intense and the rain is already coming down here ahead of cyclone mocha. and there are still quite a lot of people out and about, which is why they want people to clear off the beach. and we�*ll be going soon as well. now, authorities here have been issuing announcements telling people to be in their homes if they�*re

secure or move to a emergency, to be in their homes if they�*re secure or move to an emergency shelter. and we were at one shelter yesterday, which is a school. we saw hundreds of families all crammed in to the classrooms there. somebody even bought their cattle and their chickens, their livestock with them as well to see this storm out. now, this part of the world is no stranger to cyclones, and this is actually the start of the annual monsoon season. but forecasters fear the cyclone mocha could be one of the worst they�*ve seen in well over a decade. there�*s also huge concern about close to a million rohingya refugees who stay over an hour from where we are right now in the world�*s largest refugee camp, because those rohingya refugees live in very flimsy bamboo structures with tarpaulin roofs, they have very little protection. now, the authorities in bangladesh don�*t allow the refugees to leave the camps, so they�*re staying there through this storm. and there�*s huge concern, even though humanitarian agencies say that they�*ve moved some

of the refugees within the shelters to places they feel might be a little bit safer. so we�*re going to get off this beach now along with all the others as the weather gets worse in anticipation of cyclone mocha. earlier, the united nations refugee agency representative in bangladesh— johannes van der klau — told us about the preparations to mitgate the effects of cyclone mocha. we have been working around the clock the last days to be prepared for this landfall of the cyclone today, which might be one of the most severe we have seen in the last decade. so we need to be prepared for the worst. insofar we can be prepared because we look at the refugee population in the camps and consider that they live in very, very flimsy bamboo shelters which cannot withstand a storm of this magnitude. but coming back to the preparations

we have put in place, first of all, we started with thousands of refugee volunteers to make population aware that this is coming. so they have been sending messages to all the tens of thousands of refugees to be prepared in the sense that when this comes, they need to seek shelter at higher level areas. they need to tie down the shelters. they�*ve got ropes for all this and they have organized simulations, how to evacuate from areas in the camp which are very prone to the floodings and to the storms, because this cyclone comes as heavy and intense rainfall, which leads not only to flooding but also to landslides. in one of the most pivotal elections in its modern history, turkey is voting on presidential and parliamentary elections. both main candidates

have cast their vote. this is current president, tayyip erdogan, voting in istanbul. he�*s been in powerfor 20 years. and this is his key rival — kimil kilicdaroglu. and this is his key rival — kemal kilicdaroglu. he�*s the leader of a broad opposition alliance. he is hoping to end president erdogan�*s time in power. our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, is in antakya — she�*s been visiting a hub where thousands of people were arriving in buses to cast their votes. and i spoke to her a little earlier. this is one of the places that they come to next, when they get off the buses. here in turkey, people vote in schools. this one that you can see is so badly damaged that it is not even safe to go back inside. instead, you have this whole row of containers, one for every classroom, that would have normally been where people were going in and casting their vote. there have been long queues here all day, a steady stream of people. they have been coming back to this earthquake area to cast their votes, because if they didn�*t register in the parts of turkey

that they are in now, they had to come back here in order to cast their vote, in what you rightly say is one of the most pivotal elections here in years. in the last few days i�*ve been really trying to get a sense of the issues, the things that are going to be on people�*s minds when they cast their vote. the earthquake is one of them, the economy, of course, is another big one. here is what some voters had to say when i talk to them in the city of adana. translation: i hope good things will happen and god| willing, they will be good. we expect chp to win. there is no tolerance for any sort of criticism right now. we are going through troubled times. as i am talking to you i feel anxious because i could be arrested tomorrow. but it is all right, they can�*t scare us with prison sentences. translation: i am voting for consistency, stability, i but i will respect whoever the society chooses. i am all for democracy and its principles. i will respect whoever wins. translation: | think - the earthquake will affect the outcome of the election,

because people feel- resentful of the government. many of us share this feeling. we think that if another earthquake hits here, . there won't be anyone trying to rescue us. _ this grim concerns causes a sharp shift in votes. - that was the thoughts of some voters in adana. worth saying as well, the first man that you heard there, the student, when he was talking about being arrested, actually it is really difficult to find people who are willing to talk on camera. many of them about the way that they are planning to vote. it makes them really nervous because freedom of speech has been one of the issues here in turkey over the last few years as well. the economy, the earthquake, all of these things have made this a really tight competition. president erdogan has been in powerfor 20 years, kemal kilicdaroglu, the challenger, represents really a whole group of opposition parties who have come together in an unprecedented way. they have different visions for the future of turkey, different things that they want to do, after the election. but one thing that brought them

together behind a single candidate was their wish to try and unseat president erdogan after two decades in charge. let�*s get some of the day�*s other news now. polls have closed in thailand in an election that could lead to the end of nearly a decade of military—back rule. the opposition is predicted to win most seats. but the military�*s control of the senate means it might dictate who forms the next government, whatever the result. around 200 people have marched in cuba�*s capital, havana, against homophobia and transphobia. crowds were dancing and celebrating in the streets. in september last year, the island voted to legalise same—sex marriage in a national referendum. cuba holds events at this time every year to mark international day against homophobia. a surfer is believed to have been killed in a shark attack off a remote beach in south australia. emergency services have been

searching waters about 650 kilometres from adelaide. police say the 46—year—old man was among a group of surfers in the water at the time. now it�*s time for a look at today�*s sport with chettan. chelsea have reached an agreement to make mauricio pochettino their new manager. he�*lljoin in the summer after what will be the club�*s worst performing premier league season in nearly 20 years. pochettino still has a home in london after managing spurs until 2019 and would be the second full—time appointment made by chelsea�*s new american owners. graham potter lasted just seven months in thejob before frank lampard then became the club�*s third manager of the season on an interim basis. chelsea are 11th in the table despite spending around 600 million pounds on players since the takeover.

manchester city and arsenal are separated byjust a point as they prepare to play their next match in pursuit of the premier league title today. arsenal host brighton later after leaders city travel to everton. this is the squad arriving a short time ago. city�*s game comes in between their two—legged champions league semi—final with real madrid. but pep guardiola says his team won�*t underestimate the challenge at goodison park. the players are humble and respectful. they know how difficult it is. i don�*t know what is going to happen but i think there will be incredible focus on their part. an english women�*s fa cup final at wembley will be sold out

laterfor the first time. less than a decade ago the women�*s final was played in front of fewer than 5,000 people. but chelsea and manchester united will be watched by close to 90,000. kick off is an hour and a quarter away. among them will be our correspondent katie gornall: the atmosphere is building here at wembley ahead of kick—off. we are set for a special day with a fans expected here at wembley. it will be a record crowd, almost double the previous record. alongside me is fa cup winner. this is a special day for women�*s football. you have seen a of big crowds in the game. what does this say about where the game that we are getting days like today? it's that we are getting days like today? it�*s phenomenal to think that they it's phenomenal to think that they women's — it's phenomenal to think that they women's fa cup final is going to be sold out— women's fa cup final is going to be sold out at— women's fa cup final is going to be sold out at wembley. when we talk about _ sold out at wembley. when we talk about dreams, this is what women have _ about dreams, this is what women have always dreamt of. it has become a reality— have always dreamt of. it has become a reality for— have always dreamt of. it has become a reality for everyone who purchased a reality for everyone who purchased a ticket _ a reality for everyone who purchased a ticket it _ a reality for everyone who purchased a ticket. it shows that people do

want _ a ticket. it shows that people do want to— a ticket. it shows that people do want to watch our game and the euros had a _ want to watch our game and the euros had a huge _ want to watch our game and the euros had a huge impact on that. winning here against the germans. they have certainly _ here against the germans. they have certainly stepped up another level and i'm _ certainly stepped up another level and i'm excited for this afternoon. and is_ and i'm excited for this afternoon. and is an — and i'm excited for this afternoon. and is an exciting day in more ways than one. two teams at the top of the wsl. man united didn�*t exist five years ago. what have you made of their rise?— of their rise? incredible, a team that started _ of their rise? incredible, a team that started out _ of their rise? incredible, a team that started out five _ of their rise? incredible, a team that started out five years - of their rise? incredible, a team that started out five years ago l that started out five years ago getting — that started out five years ago getting promoted in their first season— getting promoted in their first season and since they have come into wsl, _ season and since they have come into wsl, pushing for that top three. this year— wsl, pushing for that top three. this year along with chelsea, the two trest— this year along with chelsea, the two best teams in the league. we'll actually— two best teams in the league. we'll actually have a title that the two best teams are competing for. and chelsea have _ best teams are competing for. fific chelsea have never beaten manchester united. they are relentless. what is it about that chelsea side that makes them almost serial winners? there exactly are that. when you win, _ there exactly are that. when you

win, that's — there exactly are that. when you win, that's all you know how to do. they— win, that's all you know how to do. they find _ win, that's all you know how to do. they find a — win, that's all you know how to do. they find a way even when they are not performing well, they seize moments — not performing well, they seize moments where they haven't been great _ moments where they haven't been great and — moments where they haven't been great and continue to do that. fa cup can— great and continue to do that. fa cup can never be predicted. chelsea were favourites to win before and we beat them _ were favourites to win before and we beat them 1—0. ijust hope it will beat them 1—0. ijust hope it will he a _ beat them 1—0. ijust hope it will he a great — beat them 1—0. ijust hope it will be a great final today. that beat them 1-0. i just hope it will be a great final today.— beat them 1-0. i just hope it will be a great final today. that is one thin we be a great final today. that is one thing we can _ be a great final today. that is one thing we can say. _ be a great final today. that is one thing we can say. we _ be a great final today. that is one thing we can say. we don't - be a great final today. that is one thing we can say. we don't knowl be a great final today. that is one - thing we can say. we don't know how thing we can say. we don�*t know how it will turn out but we do know that history will be made here today at wembley. you really couldn�*t ask for more. and that�*s all the sport for now. pablo picasso was one of the most famous and influential artists of the twentieth century. famous for his experimental style — he helped develop collage and cubism. but one of his earliest works has now come under intense scutiny — for a secret image hidden for more than a century. tim allman has the story.

picasso painted le moulin de la galette when he was just 19 years old. at first glance, by his standards, it seems fairly conventional. but what�*s this, that dark shape at the bottom of the painting? is it a chair, perhaps a jacket? no, turns out it was originally meant to be a dog. what we know is that in many instances, picasso painted aspects of the composition and then subsequently obliterated them and transformed them into other compositional elements. this was really part of his practice. experts long suspected there may have been something hidden away in the painting, but it was only when they used a new technique called x—ray fluorescence imaging spectroscopy that the earlier image was revealed. why the playful and occasionally mercurial artist chose to alter

the painting is unclear, but the presence of a dog in the foreground may well have changed the way a viewer might interact with the image. one can only speculate why picasso would have concealed this, but certainly now my eye is drawn to all these wonderful figures in the composition. so no longer is the dog there to, kind of, monopolise our view. le moulin de la galette has recently been fully restored, but the mysterious canine remains hidden away. it was apparently intended to be a cavalier king charles spaniel, which seems sort of appropriate roundabout now. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. so far this morning, it�*s been rather misty and murky temperature it�*s been rather misty and murky since the low 20s band temperature since the low 20s but a band of rain crossing the country as we speak. that is introducing some cool air. we speak. that is introducing some coolair. forthe we speak. that is introducing some cool air. for the new week, it looks mostly dry with a few showers around and high pressure dominating. the dry weather does persist. it remains rather cool on monday and tuesday and the start of wednesday but signs of it warming up a little bit towards the end of the week. this rain band, this cold front with the cool air behind it working its way slowly easily goods across the country. splashes of rain as it slowly travels eastwards. i call a day for scotland and northern ireland and ahead of its good spells of sunshine and a brighter, sunnier, warmer day for east and south—east england compared to yesterday. could be up to 20 or 21 degrees, generally

the high teens for england and wales and low to mid—teens behind the weather front. and low to mid—teens behind the weatherfront. when and low to mid—teens behind the weather front. when that weather front journeys weather front. when that weather frontjourneys eastwards during sunday night, high pressure continues to dominate. for most, it will stay mostly dry but we have this blue hue on the chart and we are all into some slightly fresh air. any rain cloud clears away from the south—east early on monday and thenit the south—east early on monday and then it is bright days. more of the breeze across the north sea coast of the south—east. better chance of staying dry towards the south—west. a cooler day for all, low to mid—teens. high pressure still with us for tuesday, these were the fans got across the north of the uk generating showers across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. the southern half of britain should stay dry with variable cloud, some sunny spells. lighter winds here so temperatures

could be up to 16 or 17 degrees in the warmer spots but mostly low to mid—teens once again. very little change as we head into the middle part of the week, high pressure still with us and few isobars in the chancer winds will be lighter. you also notice that blue hue beginning to disappear across the country. temperatures will be climbing slightly towards the end of the week and no heatwave by any means but it will feel a little bit warmer, drier weather with some sunny spells and greater chance of seeing showers towards the north the uk.