For a song contest trying to avoid politics, Eurovision 2024 is proving challenging

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Security in the city of Malmo is tight. But despite the security presence, some are nervous. Others still only have the music on their minds ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest.

'Boycott Eurovision' a man shouts into a microphone, 'shame on Eurovision'. For a song contest striving to avoid politics, Eurovision 2024 is proving challenging. Thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors gathered in Malmo today to demonstrate against Israel's inclusion in the contest as the war in Gaza rages on. Read more: Everything you need to know about this year's show Tonight, Israeli entrant Eden Golan will find out if she's through to the final.

This year's song contest has prompted one of the biggest police operations ever in Sweden. Against the backdrop of two wars and the recent Moscow terror attack, they are not taking any chances. 'We are aware that Sweden as a country is at a four on a five-point terror-threat scale and we obviously have that with us in our planning,' Jimmy Modin, a spokesperson for Swedish police, said.

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