内容摘要："With any technology that is sufficiently new or hard to understand, people are probably appropriately scared of it initially, until they better understand it so that initial response is not particularly surprising."

"With any technology that is sufficiently new or hard to understand, people are probably appropriately scared of it initially, until they better understand it so that initial response is not particularly surprising."

Maybe fans have underestimated Remember Monday's chances because West End show tunes are an untested quantity at Eurovision - but the UK's track record doesn't bode well.We'll have to wait and see what the hell (just) happens.

In a setback for Donald Trump, his fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives have failed to pass the president's "big, beautiful" package of tax breaks and spending cuts, starkly exposing the party's budgetary divisions.The 1,116-page bill - officially known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, invoking how Trump's own description - failed on Friday to advance through the House budget committee, the final hurdle before a full floor vote.The president took to social media to urge Republicans to "stop talking and get it done!" But several of them argued the cuts did not go far enough and torpedoed the measure.

Let's take a look at where the disagreements lie.Among the primary sticking points in the negotiations is just how much to slash from the budget bill, with several conservative congressmen demanding steeper cuts.

As things stand, the measure's tax breaks total about $4.9tr (£3.7tn), partly paid for by cuts to the public health programme known as Medicaid, as well as to green energy tax breaks approved by former President Joe Biden.

Four right-wing lawmakers withheld their support, arguing that the cuts should be steeper to avoid swelling America's public debt, which currently stands at $36tr. A fifth lawmaker also voted no, citing procedural reasons.We spoke to the six contestants with the best odds, to find out what makes their Eurovision entries stand out.

KAJ are the first Finnish act to represent Sweden at the Eurovision, hailing from the coastal town of Vörå, where Swedish is still the main language.A comedy troupe who met at school, they've been performing together for more than 15 years – and were the surprise winners of Sweden's Melodifestivalen, where the public selects the country's Eurovision entry, earlier this year.

Their song, Bara Bada Bastu, is an accordian-led tribute to sauna culture (Finland has more than three million saunas, one for every two people)."It felt like a natural thing to sing about," says Kevin Holmström. "We really like the sauna. It's universal."