Lights, camera, Bangaranga: Highlights from Eurovision

Bulgarian singer Dara stormed to victory in the contest, while Ukraine broke the record for the longest note ever sung at Eurovision. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Bulgarian singer Dara in a split screen with violinist Linda Lampenius from Finland. Bulgarian singer Dara in a split screen with violin player Linda Lampenius from Finland. Lights, camera, Bangaranga: Highlights from Eurovision Eurovision 2026 has come to a close, with Bulgaria crowned winner and Israel in second place after a nail-biting public vote. The UK finished last after receiving no points in the public vote, and history was made by Ukraine's entry for holding the contest's longest ever note. US fans of the Eurovision Song Contest gathered in Washington DC to cheer on their favourite European acts. The BBC's Jessica Parker visits Pripyat, which was abandoned in 1986 after an explosion at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Officials say the restrictions are for public safety, but businesses and the public are feeling the impact. A proposed three-year deal with Paris is aimed at stopping migrants crossing the Channel on small boats. The pro-EU leader's Tisza party has won a landslide victory, bringing to an end Viktor Orbán's 16 years in power. US exhibition squad, the Harlem Globetrotters, met the pontiff in the Vatican, helping him to spin a basketball on the tip of his finger. Video released by the Italian fire brigade shows the wolf being rescued from under a bridge. Onlookers watched as the cooling tower of the decommissioned Frimmersdorf power plant in Germany collapsed. Jessica and Jacques Moretti are under criminal investigation for involuntary manslaughter, as well as bodily harm and arson through negligence. The BBC's Paul Kirby reports from outside the court in Oslo, where Marius Borg Høiby denies rape and many other serious charges. Norway's royal family has been embroiled in recent scandals, including Crown Princess Mette-Marit links with Epstein. More than 1,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes on the Italian island. Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure have left millions without power in freezing temperatures. The US president held a charter-signing ceremony for his "new international oversight body", though several key allies were not present. Parts of Kamchatka Peninsula have been buried under its heaviest snowfall in 60 years, as scientists say the winter blast could be due to climate change. The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe visited the scene, where a large police cordon is in place. Gary and Sonia Brown will travel around Europe in their 1959 Mercedes wedding day car from 1985. The limited deployment involves Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands and the UK. The trains are designed to boost public morale and provide some comfort, as a bitter winter coincides with intensifying Russian attacks. The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler hears from Greenlanders, whose island is embroiled in a geopolitical storm. Russia launched one of the biggest air strikes on Kyiv since the start of the war with several apartment blocks hit. The Princess of Wales received an enthusiastic welcome from Italian crowds, on her return to overseas visits following her treatment for cancer. The BBC's Russia editor reports from Moscow, where the annual Victory Day display was quieter than usual. The BBC's Guy Hedgecoe reports from Tenerife, where some locals fear the ship's arrival could bring health risks. People on Tenerife in the Canary Islands have told the BBC they are concerned about the arrival of MV Hondius. The Ukrainian army spotted the woman using a drone and sent the machine to her rescue as she was trying to leave her war-torn village. One of the charity draw organisers tells BBC Radio 4's Front Row about calling the painting's new owner. Rajini Vaidyanathan broadcasts from outside Hungary's parliament as crowds hear about the prime minister's concession. The BBC's Europe Editor Katya Adler reports from Prime Minister Victor Orbán's home town of Felscút. The mother of a 16 year old girl who was killed by a scrambler has said life has been a "living nightmare" since. Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has said that she wishes she had never met late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein A commercial flight from Dubai arrived in Dublin on Wednesday night - the first in a number of days after the United States-Israeli attacks on Iran. The men, who are on the run, told of the horrors they witnessed on the Russian side of the front lines in Ukraine. A town in northern Italy has started celebrating carnival with its annual Battle of the Oranges where people hurl the fruit at each other for fun. Ms Pelicot reveals it is "inconceivable" that the man she shared her life with "could have committed these horrors". Storms Marta and Leonardo have caused widespread flooding in Spain as thousands have been displaced. Nazar Daletskyi's relatives were told he had been killed in 2022, the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports from the outskirts of the Russian capital, where Lt Gen Vladimir Alexeyev was shot and wounded. Italy's capital city has introduced a €2 fee to access the viewing area of its iconic fountain, which had previously been free to visit. Residents in the Ukrainian capital are finding joy in unusual places, despite power cuts caused by Russian attacks and freezing winter temperatures.