内容摘要：But after being asked to create costumes for the Swiss singer and songwriter Zoë Më - whose country is hosting this year's contest - the 30-year-old has found herself at the heart of the musical mayhem.

But after being asked to create costumes for the Swiss singer and songwriter Zoë Më - whose country is hosting this year's contest - the 30-year-old has found herself at the heart of the musical mayhem.

US Vice-President JD Vance told an audience in Washington on Wednesday that he was not yet pessimistic that the Russians did not want an end to the war."We would like both the Russians and the Ukrainians to actually agree on some basic guidelines for sitting down and talking to one another," he said.

President Donald Trump's administration has been accused of trying to push Ukraine into making painful concessions in a bid to reach a ceasefire, while exerting far less pressure on Moscow.Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a "significant increase in pressure on Russia", after an attack on Kyiv killed a woman and her son.Emergency services were deployed across Ukraine, including in the Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Kherson and Dnipro regions.

Earlier this month, Zelensky warned that Ukraine could not guarantee the safety of anyone travelling to Moscow for the parade."We cannot be held responsible for what happens on the territory of the Russian Federation," he said.

He indicated the Kremlin might organise provocations during the Victory Day commemorations in Russia to discredit Ukraine.

Ukraine's foreign ministry has warned against the participation of any foreign troops, calling it "unacceptable" and helping Moscow to "whitewash its war crimes".It will be a wait to see if it works, and it’s currently putting a lot of emphasis on measures which may take a long time to deliver.

Seven Labour MPs have had the whip suspended for six months after voting against the government on an amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap.Ex-shadow chancellor John McDonnell was among the Labour MPs who voted for an SNP motion calling for an end to the policy, which prevents almost all parents from claiming Universal Credit or child tax credit for more than two children.

Mr McDonnell backed the SNP motion alongside Richard Burgon, Ian Byrne, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Imran Hussain, Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana.MPs rejected the SNP amendment by 363 votes to 103, in the first major test of the new Labour government’s authority.