we start in the uk, where the wait is now over for eurovision fans. in the last hour in liverpool, the winner of this year s eurovision song contest has been annouced, with sweden taking the crown for the seventh time with loreen s song tattoo. this was the moment her victory was announced. loreen was already the bookies favourite but she now becomes the first woman to ever win the contest twice, after her victory in 2012 with the track euphoria. well, loreen led the way from the start of the jury vote. here she is with her winning performance of tattoo earlier. # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # no, i don t care about the pain. # i ll walk through fire. # and through rainjust # to get closer to you. # you re stuck on me. # like a tattoo. # no, i don t care about them. and here she is accepting the award. only the second person to win eurovision twice. how does it feel? this is overw
palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt. it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but it is worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder, though, that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding. in the past few minutes the white house has issued a st
and the militant islamichhad went into effect. crowds celebrated in the streets. emergency services and civil defence vehicles had their sirens blaring and lights flashing. the truce came into effect a few hours ago, signalling an end to the worst episode of cross borderfire in the last years. the agreement, brokered by egypt, follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 35 people, all but one of them palestinians. there has been no comment from the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, or other officials since news of the truce emerged. a palestinian source told the bbc that the new agreement included a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations. israel has been demanding a complete halt to rocket fire by islamichhad at its civilians. for more on this i spoke earlier to khaled elgindy, senior fellow at the middle east institute and the director of its programme on palestine and palestinian israeli affairs. it would seem the ceas
to win eurovision twice. how does it feel? this is overwhelming. i m so happy and i am so thankful. thank you for this. this is for you, thank you. we are so happy foryou, loreen, bringing eurovision to sweden for abba s 50th anniversary year. it s so, so special. just after loreen was announced as the winner i spoke to our chief presenter maryam moshiri, who has been watching all the action in liverpool. it is so exciting, what a show. it is so exciting, what a show. it was absolutely extraordinary, and ijust love extraordinary, and i just love the extraordinary, and ijust love the way that eurovision keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very last minute. all through the end, all through the voting, thejury through the end, all through the voting, the jury voting, sweden kept getting 12 points, 12 points, 12 points, over and over again. 12 points, 12 points, over and overagain. finland 12 points, 12 points, over and over again. finland were around fourth or fifth place, over a
only the second person to win the eurovision contest twice, johnny logan being the first, now you. how does it feel? this is overwhelming. i m so happy and i am so thankful. thank you for this. this is for you, thank you. we re so happy for you, loreen, bringing eurovision to sweden for abba s 50th anniversary year. it s so, so special. while it s called eurovision, the song contest has plenty of fans here in the us as well. and this year, for the first time ever, americans and fans from anywhere in the world could actually vote even if their own country didn t compete. alesia michelle is one of those superfans. i caught up with her after a large watch party here in washington and asked her why she thought sweden s loreen was a two time winner.