welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: after a meeting that went into the early hours of the morning, eu leaders have reasons to smile. they have reached an agreement on migration. a gunman opens fire at a local newspaper in annapolis, maryland, killing five people, injuring two more. this person was prepared today to come in, this person was prepared to shoot people. his intent was to cause harm. a wave of deadly violence in mexico. more than 130 politicians have been murdered ahead of sunday's elections. we have a special report. england loses 1—0 to belgium, finishing second in their group, meaning their next match will be against colombia. plus: majestic michaeljackson, how the singer wanted to be seen. a new exhibit reveals his last portrait. hello and welcome to bbc world news.

let's start with some breaking news now from brussels. within the past few minutes, donald tusk has said that european leaders have reached an agreement on immigration. the italian leader had threatened a veto unless his country was offered what he called an a cce pta ble was offered what he called an acceptable deal. european union leaders have indicated that italy and greece, where most migrants arrive, will be able to set up migrant centres on their soil on a volu nta ry migrant centres on their soil on a voluntary basis. all this after nearly ten hours of talks. we are just showing the leaders leaving

now. we expect at some point that they will speak, and we will take you to that as soon as we have it. they have been talking for nearly ten hours. austria's leader had said, just in case you justjoined us, that european leaders have agreed italy and greece can set up migrant centres on their soil if they want to. the polish leader has said the eu migration accord includes clauses on voluntary hosting of migrant and reform of the asylu m hosting of migrant and reform of the asylum system by consensus, according to the polish prime minister. angela merkel, germany's chancellor, who is under great pressure at home over the issue of migration, said it is a good signal that european leaders have agreed a common text. we will bring you more details on that text and exactly what has been agreed at that crucial summitjust what has been agreed at that crucial summit just as soon what has been agreed at that crucial summitjust as soon as we have more. five people have been shot dead in the newsroom of a local paper in the us state of maryland. two more were injured as the gunman fired with a shotgun through a glass

door into the office of the capital gazette in the city of annapolis. a suspect is being interrogated. police say he is a white man in his late 30s. no known motive so far, although at a press conference within the last hour, anne arundel county acting police chief bill krampf told reporters they believe it was a targeted attack. we mentioned before about the improvised explosive device. that is not an ied. it was actually canisters of smoke grenades that he used inside of the building when he entered the establishment. so this person was prepared today to come in. this person was prepared to shoot people. his intent was to cause harm. and, as i stated before, the investigative part of this is going to be thorough. and it's going to take some time.

let's get more now from the bbc‘s nada tawfik, who is at the scene. officials have described this as a targeted attack. they say the gunman came prepared to cause harm, and while they haven't identified him specifically, they say that he is a male in his late 30s. but us media are reporting that he is jarrod ramos, a maryland resident. and officials are giving a clearer picture of the moments of the attack. they said that the suspect entered the building, setting off a smoke grenade before shooting. and we've heard from reporters inside detailing those terrifying moments. one of the paper's crime reporters, phil davis, said it was like a warzone, that the gunmen came in, shooting multiple people, reloading his gun, and that it was absolutely terrifying as several of his staff

hid under desks. police are searching the suspect‘s home and looking into social media accounts that may belong to the suspect, who made general threats to the paper earlier today. now, as far as the staff here, they have been tweeting updates, and have vowed that they will have a newspaper out tomorrow. earlier i spoke to paul farhi, who is media reporter with the washington post. i asked him what he made of this incident. a terrible episode for the news media in america, and yet another tragic shooting, that seem so common in america these days. the media is not exempt, and we are subject to the same things that children and adults have faced for many, many years in this country. this paper, it's really quite a small newsroom,

isn't it, and community papers seem to be particularly vulnerable. they are set up to welcome the public. people come in, they bring stories and advertising to the front desk. i've worked with them, many reporters have. and the idea is that the public can come and go. they're not screened off, they're not secure, in some sense. you could walk in off the street, it was fairly common. it doesn't appear that this shooter had a lot of trouble getting in, although it appears he did shoot out the front doors as he entered. we don't know that what the motive was. the white house press secretary, sarah sanders, has condemned a violent attack on journalists. but this is a hostile environment for journalists. we have seen the president calling journalists enemies of the people. to a lot of people, it feels as if he has been inciting violence againstjournalists for some time.

well, i don't want to go that far. i don't want to say that the cause of this was incited by the president's rhetoric, although we in the news media have been alarmed by that rhetoric. there are multiple possible causes, and it could have been just a beef between him and the reporter, personal. we're not really sure what it is, so we're not going to leap to any conclusions and say the president bears any responsibility. absolutely, i'm not suggesting that either. it's notable the nypd has deployed counterterrorist squads, media organisations. we are all very much alarmed by this, we are on edge. we now know, if we didn't before, that it could happen to others. my office is sending out emails to everyone to be alert, to be cautious, not to panic.

but we are as vulnerable as anyone is these days. america is an open country, and there are a lot of guns in this country, and people unfortunately seem to settle their disputes with firearms. and i think the us has suffered, what, 154 mass shootings just this year, so far. it's a terrible problem, and we're not numb to it. we're all shocked by it. this one has particular resonance to us in the news media, of course, but we're all part of a society and a community that has been scarred by these things, and it gets your attention every single time, and every single time, it's no less worse than the last time. let's get some of the day's other news: a three—year investigation by a committee of british mps has found that intelligence officers in the uk had tolerated the inexcusable treatment of detainees by american agents

after the 9/11 attacks. the intelligence and security committee said it was beyond doubt the agencies knew what was happening. the findings have sparked fresh calls for an independent, judge—led inquiry. president trump and vladimir putin are to hold a summit in the finnish capital, helsinki, next month. the meeting will take place on 16july. the white house said the two presidents would discuss us—russian relations and a range of national security issues. a team of specialist british divers have landed in thailand to help in the search for 12 teenagers and their 25—year—old football coach who remain trapped in an underground cave network. the boys went off to explore the caves after their usual saturday morning football practice. but a sudden rainstorm flooded the entrance to the caves, leaving the youngsters stranded inside. prince william has laid flowers at the tomb of princess alice, the duke of edinburgh's mother, at the church of mary magdalene. the prince also prayed at the most sacred site in judaism

when he visited the western wall in jerusalem's old city. the visit came on the last day of william's historic five—day tour of the middle east. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, in the last few minutes, the president of the european council, donald tusk, has said eu leaders have reached agreement in that key summit on migration. the italian prime minister, who heads the new populist right—wing government in rome, had threatened to veto any end to communicate for the eu summit in brussels unless his country was offered an acceptable deal —— communique. italy and greece will be able to set up migrant centres on their soil on a voluntary basis. the spanish prime minister is saying the union has agreed to assign more funds for managing migration. polish

prime minister more or less repeating that. angela merkel, under great pressure internally, because she had to come up with a deal to prevent new arrivals because her interior minister, who is from her coalition partner, the csu, had given her until this weekend or he said he would again turning away migrants from the border in his home state. chancellor merkel said it is a good signal that the eu leaders have agreed on a good text for migration. we hope to hearfrom them live shortly. we don't have that yet, we will take you to it only get it. -- yet, we will take you to it only get it. —— when we get it. an oil tanker truck has caught fire in nigeria's commercial capital, lagos. emergency officials say nine people are confirmed to have died, but that number is expected to rise. an official has blamed a brake failure on the tanker. a rescue operation is ongoing. lebo diseko has the story, and just a warning — you may find some of the pictures upsetting. this should have been a normal rush—hour on one of the main highways in lagos.

instead, it was a scene of death, grief and fear, after a fuel tanker crashed and caught fire. the flames spread from car to car, engulfing more than 50 in total. rescue teams have been working desperately to try and free anyone still trapped, but as the hours go by, the chances of finding people alive seem less and less likely. this incident comes after three people were killed in a truck accident last week. it has led to calls for the movements of big vehicles to be regulated. the state governor says his prayers are with everyone affected and in a statement, he insisted authorities would not relent in putting measures in place to ensure the safety of lives.

but, for many, this is a hollow comfort. they are asking instead how something like this could have happened at all. lebo diseko, bbc news. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: the joy of making it out of your group. we will have all the latest from the world cup, in russia, as teams battle to make it into the final 16. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. the huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly,

that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit, at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: european leaders say they have agreed to be able to deal with the

continent's migration crisis. police say a gunman who killed five people at a local newspaper in annapolis, maryland, carried out a targetted attack. this sunday, mexico goes to the polls in the country's general election. for the candidates and their party supporters campaigning has been deadly. 132 people have been killed — in deaths directly linked to politics. but it is notjust political violence that is spiking in mexico. by the end of may, there had been more than 13,000 murders across the country. clive myrie has been talking to candidates risking their lives for democracy. a security camera captures a political assassination in mexico. supporters of the congressional candidate in federal elections gather after a rally. at the bottom—right of the screen, fernando puron poses for a selfie with a voter. but circled on the left is his killer, who calmly walks up behind and shoots him in the head. in the southern town of zumpango, in the most violent state in mexico, some believe bullets, not the ballot box, should dictate elections. mario chavez knows

he is a marked man. he is running for mayor of a town were drug cartels and criminal gangs jostle for influence and power. translation: they've tried to kill me several times, and i've heard they've hired assassins to kill me before the campaign is over. i'm scared, but i'm going to continue, for these people who are with me today. they want to see real change. they have hope, a dream, a desire to change this town. political violence has marred these elections like no other in modern mexican history. thousands of candidates running at local and federal level know they are in danger if their name is on the ballot.

pamela turan, adolfo serna, omar gomez — just some of the more than 130 candidates and politicians killed in the election by criminal gangs. these men and women were not corruptible. they couldn't be bribed, so they were murdered. jose remedios was 35 and running for mayor of a small town when he was shot dead in broad daylight, after a political rally. he left behind a wife and three children. their grieving has barely begun. jose was murdered little more than six weeks ago. for carmen and the kids, the pain is still raw. his daughter, just four, holds tight a memory. translation: do you know what this blanket means to her? she says it smells of her father, and she will never let it go. carmen visits her husband's grave once a week.

attending the memorial prompts a nagging question. what would he do, in her position, to best protect their children? translation: when he was a kid, his father died young, and he always told me it was hard not to have a father figure. and now, i see the story repeating itself with my children. it's hard, it's very hard. but here i am. her tears symbolise a land tortured by so many untimely deaths, lives cut short by violence. in the first five months of this year, more than 13,500 people have

been murdered across mexico. and no—one seems to know how best to beat the criminal gangs that are fighting turf wars and killing at will. the candidates in the all—important race for the presidency have few ideas. carmen will be a victim no longer. she is taking her husband's place. she is running for mayor. translation: i'm tired of insecurity, and i know you are too. enough. to our communities, we are going to bring back peace and tranquillity.

here i am. i am standing for my husband's dreams. my husband wanted a safe and peaceful town. and that is why, as a woman and as a wife, i want to finish what he started. carmen is now at risk of assassination herself, but she is adamant her husband would have wanted her to run. translation: i'm not scared. there are two types of fear — the one that paralyses you, and the one that gives you strength. her painful calculation — that the security of every child means she must make a stand. translation: my husband wanted the best for his children, that they grow up free of the problems we're all living with. clive myrie, bbc news, southern mexico. now to the latest

from the world cup. england lost 1—nil to belgium in their final group match. they will now face colombia in the last 16. earlier, japan made it through to the next stage of the competition, despite losing 1—nil to poland. austin halewood reports. senegal were carrying the weight of africa on their shoulders and against the colombians, they had the better of the first half. the team bringing the chances, their fans bringing the chances, their fans bringing the chances, their fans bringing the colour. in volgograd, the stands weren't filled with the same enthusiasm but after the break, poland shook things up, a goal hammered in. already out of the competition, their fans had hammered in. already out of the competition, theirfans had finally something to celebrate. japan had been top of the group but as it stood, they were heading home. back in samara came the next twist in the tale, the colombians back in the world cup and with that, the

senegal, it slipped away. the end of the road for the africans, out of yellow cards. the first time in 36 yea rs yellow cards. the first time in 36 years that no team from the continent was in the last 16. the colombians topping the group while in volgograd, the news broke. even in defeat, japan were through, just. group chief, much simpler. england and belgium already through but after a dull first half, a moment of brilliance was the difference. belgium through to playjapan as group winners. he was the "king of pop", but michaeljackson was also in his own words "a great fan of art." now on the ninth anniversary of his death, a new exhibition at the national portrait gallery in london, explores how he inspired many contemporary artists. among them , kehinde wiley, who painted the recent portrait of the former us president barack obama. will gompertz met the artist — who was the last person to paint the singer before he died. michaeljackson, the child star, who became a global sensation,

and then a pop culture icon, and a go—to subject for artists. the likes of andy warhol, keith haring, david lachapelle and gary hume have all had a run at capturing the enigmatic showman. this exhibition is a bit like one of those tv detective shows, insomuch as we're given all these different views of the great pop performer, but it's up to us to create our own three—dimensional portrait of him, that goes some way to answer the central question of this show, which is — who was michaeljackson? well, he's a trickster. ..says the artist who painted this riff on rubens, the singer's last commissioned portrait. michaeljackson is the one who shows you one face and says, "do you like that? watch this, i've got 20 more". and we're not talking about plastic surgeries, we're not talking about the changing of race. we're talking about him showing a mirror to society and saying, not only do i change, but so do you. there was that question of, well, what skin tone should i paint? what era within his evolution

are we talking about? i arrived at the moment we have here. he's not quite as light or dark as you might see him at either extreme of his career, but he's, in my mind, the michael that i know. it is a painting where there is, some of the changes he undertook are evident — the thinner lips, the thinner nose. which brings to call questions around race, self—love, notions of white beauty standards, and all this. these are really complicated questions, that deserve to be talked about, and i love that painting can be a provocation for that. michael was troubled and talented and beautiful, all at once. and elusive, as this exhibition shows. it is difficult for us to get beyond his public persona. maybe it was for him, too. to get us to drop our guard... # because this is thriller...# ..to reveal ourselves. will gompertz, bbc news. the brussels summit, leaders have

agreed to extend sanctions against russia for annex in crimea and backing government troops in east ukraine but on my grecian, which is causing a lot of problems because italy and greece where most migrants arrive had been saying they would veto a ny arrive had been saying they would veto any and statement unless they got some help to deal with the burden. we are now hearing that eu leaders have allowed italy and greece to set up migrant centres on their soil on a voluntary basis and also germany's chancellor, who is under great political pressure from home, her coalition partners, but she has not surprisingly welcomed the deal. much more on that to come.

on thursday, all four nations of the uk recorded a temperature above 30 degrees, so can we keep that up through the next few days? well, it is going to stayjust about dry, there'll be some sunshine around, but northern areas are going to turn just a little bit cooler. high pressure still with us, but it is drifting northwards. the flow of winds around high pressure in this clockwise direction, and that will allow us to tap into some slightly cooler air, sitting a long way up to the north, but some of that is just going to try to fringe its way in towards parts of scotland in particular. with that, some extra cloud into eastern areas as we start off friday morning. still mild, though, in glasgow to start the day, 15 degrees, similar temperature in london. as we go on through the day, some of this cloud will linger close to these eastern coasts. whereas over the last few days, it has burnt back out to sea, i think we will see a bit more cloud encroaching into these eastern areas.

as a consequence, it will be cooler. scotland generally a little bit less hot than it has been over the last day or so, so 26 degrees in glasgow on friday afternoon. further south, those temperatures still up into the high 20s. parts of wales, perhaps the western side of northern ireland, could still get up to 30 degrees. now, we go through friday night, and we're going to bring that cloud in eastern areas a little bit further west. it'll spread across parts of the midlands, northern england. clear skies out west, temperatures dropping to between 9 and 1a degrees. temperatures dropping to between 9 high pressure, then, still with us as we start off the weekend. there are a couple of subtle weather features that may change things a bit — one frontal system which try to will bring a bit more cloud into the north—west, and this area of low pressure, which will come into play through the second half of the weekend. but saturday a nice—looking day. in fact, even for those eastern areas, there'll probably be more sunshine on saturday than there will be on friday. and in the sunshine, those temperatures still doing pretty nicely.

mid—to—high 20s for most places, still a bit cooler close to those north sea coasts. now, i mentioned that area of low pressure down to the south. as get on into sunday, it is going to try to fringe a cluster of showers towards southern and western parts of the uk. so across the south—west, wales, perhaps northern ireland, there could just be some showers and perhaps some thunderstorms during sunday. further east, a lot of dry and sunny weather, and we start to bring the winds in from the near continent. levels of humidity are going to start to rise, temperatures back up to 30 degrees, maybe a little higher than that across parts of the south—east. and we stick with that slightly more humid feel as we go on into the new working week. a lot of dry weather, some spells of sunshine, just the chance of the odd shower in the south and west. this is bbc world news. within the last few minutes, the president of the european council, donald tusk, has said that eu leaders have reached an agreement on migration. italy had threatened to veto a communique unless it was offered more help to deal with asylum seekers and economic migrants arriving on its coastline. police in the us state of maryland

say five people have been killed in a shooting at the offices of a daily newspaper. officers say the gunman, who has been arrested, was carrying out a targetted attack. us media have identified the suspect as 38—year—old jarrod ramos. the date and location are officially set. president trump will meet vladimir putin in helsinki on 16 july. the two have been together at international summits, but this is the first planned trip for bilateral talks. now on bbc news, hardtalk.