this is bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: at least 11 people have been killed in a shooting at a council building in the us state virginia. president trump announces new taxes on all goods coming from mexico, demanding that illegal immigration into the us is dealt with. british retail tycoon sir philip green says he strenuously denies four counts of assault in the us, relating to allegations of inappropriate touching. excitement in madrid as liverpool and tottenham get ready to face off in the champions league final.

hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin with some breaking news this hour: 11 people have been killed at a shooting at the town municipal center in virginia beach, in the us state of virginia. six people are reported to have been injured. according to the virgina beach police chief the shooting suspect, who was a current city employee, is among the dead. patients from the scene were sent to hospitals in the region. a short time ago there was a police news conference. right now i can tell you we have multiple casualties and multiple fatalities. we have 11 deceased victims. at the scene we had six more victims who were transported to area hospitals. i do not have the condition of those victims at this time.

i can tell you that one of the individuals shot by the suspect is a police officer and he was saved by his vest the suspect is deceased. our correspondent david willis joins me from los angeles. what more do we know? we know that just after four o'clock local time this former city employee entered the municipal building there in virginia beach and started shooting indiscriminately as the police have put it. 11 people have been killed in that incident and at least six others were injured. the virginia beach municipal centre houses a number of local government departments including the police departments including the police department and in actual fact one police officer was involved in a shoot out and was injured and only

survived, we are told, because of his bullet—proof vest. the local mayor, robert dyer, has called this the most devastating day in the history of virginia beach. as to the identity of the gunman, they are not releasing details at the moment. all they say is that he was killed after trading fire with police officers. but they are not releasing his name. the very fact, however, that the police department is housed within the same municipal building where the same municipal building where the shooting occurred suggest that, clearly, officers were able to get there quickly and that otherwise this could have been far more devastating. we have had worse, by the way, that president trump is being briefed on the shooting and the white house continues to monitor the white house continues to monitor the situation. and of course these are now painfully familiar scenes to

americans. all-too-familiar and there is bound to be the usual call for some sort of gun restrictions or whatever but, you know what? those really do not stick. we have seen this far too many times before in this far too many times before in this country. of course, the priority now is getting information on the ground and trying to find out what caused this apparently disgruntled employee to bring, friday afternoon, a peaceful friday afternoon, to such a tragic end. just to recap that for the moment, 11 people killed in the us state of virginia and president trump is now being briefed on that shooting. we will keep across the story but for now we will move onto another story. president trump has taken his fight with mexico over illegal immigration to a new level — announcing tariffs on all goods coming across the southern border.

the president has warned that in ten days time he'll impose a 5 percent tariff — which will rise if he doesn't feel mexico is doing enough to stop border crossings. sophie long reports from the us border with mexico. it is scenes like this that anger president trump. this footage, released by the us customs and border protection shows the moment they say more than 1000 migrants from central american countries tried to cross the border in el paso, texas on wednesday. the white house says mexico could and should have done more to stop them. we are asking mexico to enforce their own laws to help stop the people coming in from central america. we have seen a massive influx of people coming from that region and they have the ability and legal authority in which to deal with it. we are simply asking them to do that. but critics say mexico is trying and the us imposing tariffs on all goods across the border, like stopping foreign aid to central american economies, will be counteractive. mexico will not take it lying down.

translation: i tell all mexicans to be confident that we will overcome this behaviour from the us government. they will have to correct themselves because the mexican people do not deserve to be treated like this. all these trucks are crossing from mexico to the us. a few months ago, a few people hung their heads in horror when president trump threatened to shut this border. he could not and he did not. yet again, people living on either side of the border are asking the same questions. can he do it? will he do it? and if he does, what does it mean for me? ever—increasing tariffs mean they will pay more for products from fresh produce to machinery to cars. it will affect american consumers.

for example, toyota tacomas from the north american continent are produced in tijuana. those go back and forth about four times for content and product so it is good cross—border trade. but those prices will go up 5% or 10%, ultimately 25% and the american consumer pays that, not the government. some here support their president and are prepared to feel short term pain. they say it is a small price for long—term gain. generally i don't agree with tariffs but i think the president is using it in this form right now to address this issue for unvetted immigration across the border with a country that could stop that from happening like mexico. it is necessary right now. but other normally loyal supporters of the president say that trade policy and immigration are different issues. and while they want a more secure border, tariffs are not the tools to use to build it.

mary beth sheridan, mexico correspondent for the washington post newspaper, says the announcement has surprised the mexican government. it was really a shock because while the trump administration has in quite critical of mexico for some time, it seemed like things were getting better. the stand—off over the us closing the border down had ended and donald trump had begun to say nice things about mexico's enforcement on immigration so this camea enforcement on immigration so this came a little out of the blue. what options does the president have in terms of curbing immigration? is it in his gift to help donald trump the way that donald trump wants to be helped? the mexicans are very

sensitive to the importance of the economic relationship with the united states. 80% of mexican imports —— exports go to the united states and they are keen for the new free trade agreement to be passed so they are eager to keep a good relationship and keep anything like this issue from popping up. so i think they will probably be willing to do something, the question is how much can they realistic do given their resources and how much, politically, are they willing to bend given that they could be backlash here in mexico. is there any suspicion there that president trump will go to an extreme to ratchet up the fear and then will later backed down, in other words do they think this is part of a negotiation? yes. i think that mexicans very clearly think that and in fact they have begun pushing

towards a negotiation. the foreign minister flew into washington today and he has already been on the phone with mike pompeo and with donald trump's son—in—law and they are aiming fora big meeting trump's son—in—law and they are aiming for a big meeting on wednesday in which they hope to diffuse the situation. i think they view this as donald trump's way to get some advantages but it is something that can be negotiated. retaliatory chinese tariffs on us goods have come into effect, as president trump's trade war with beijing continues to escalate. new duties of up to 25% have been imposed on $60 billion worth of us products. the measures were announced two weeks ago after mr trump declared he was hiking tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. the retail mogul sir philip green has been charged with four counts of misdemeanour assault in the united states. sir philip is the chairman of arcadia group, which owns a number of retail brands including topshop.

prosecutors say sir philip has been accused of touching a fitness instructor inappropriately while staying at a luxury resort in arizona. a spokesman for sir philip said he "strenuously denied" the allegations. with me is our news reporter ramzan karmali. tell us more about the allegations. there are four allegations of misdemeanour assault and each charge carries a maximum 30 days in prison and a $500 fine. a fitness instructor at the canyon ranch resort in tucson alleged he repeatedly touched her inappropriately on the buttocks. this is not the first time he has faced allegations. in february we found out that five employees of his made allegations and all received substantial payments after agreeing to not say anything more, signing a nondisclosure. an injunction was

eventually lifted. it is not the first time he has faced these sort of allegations but he is keen to stress he does deny all allegations and has pointed out that none of these allegations have any sexual content. he is quite keen to point that out. in terms of his business, generally, it has been a difficult time for him. yes. so philip green and his wife together own arcadia through a complicated structure but overall, about 4.8 lydian dollars, a huge business. shops in over 37 countries around the world, over 1100 of those are outside of the uk and they employ around 20,000 people but they do face difficulties. next week he needs to persuade shops, landlords and the uk pension regulator of a rescue plan closing 50 stores worldwide including 11 in

the us. he is facing challenges not only personally but also in his business as they face the threat of retailers like amazon that seem to be damaging the fortunes of retailers on high street. let's get some of the day's other news. a judge in the us state of missouri has temporarily blocked the government from taking action that would have closed down the last abortion clinic in the state. the clinic was facing losing its license to perform the procedure at midnight tonight. the legal battle in st louis comes a week after missouri signed a bill banning abortion in the eighth week of pregnancy. it's one of nine us states to pass anti—abortion legislation this year. three people have died in an apartment in the swiss city of zurich, after a gunman apparently tried to hold two women hostage. armed police stormed the building after a three hour stand—off to find two women and a man with gunshot wounds. all three died at the scene.

the un special raconteur on torture has warned britain not to extradite julian assigned to united states where he is wanted on charges of pushing us government secrets. he is currently serving a 50 weekjail sentence in britain for bail violation. it was said thatjulian assigned would not face a fair trial in the us. stay with us on bbc news — still to come: fans descend on madrid as liverpool and tottenham prepare for their champions league final. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given, the great guns of the tower shall be shot off. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali,

who has died at the age of 74. 0utspoken but rarely outfought, he transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times a world champion. he was a fighter and he fought all the way to the end, even through his illness. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles album sergeant pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as "the album of the century." this is bbc news, the latest headlines: 11 people have been killed in a shooting at a council building in the us state of virginia.

president trump has announced new taxes on all goods coming from mexico, demanding that illegal immigration into the us is dealt with. tensions between washington and tehran have significantly risen over recent weeks, with us warships and planes deployed to the gulf over what the trump administration describes as iranian threats. relations between the two countries deteriorated dramatically last year after president trump pulled the us out of the international iran nuclear agreement. caught in the middle is iraq — both a us ally and iran's neighbour. as our middle east correspondent martin patience now reports, washington fears that with iraqi help iran's influence could spread right across the region. iran's raw power on full display today in the heart of the iraqi capital, baghdad.

these iraqi militias are supported by iran. they've had huge influence here ever since the country collapsed into chaos following the us—led invasion. well, this is when you see the power of iran. and tehran knows these men will support it in any fight with america. with tensions soaring, there is talk of war. "we're with those who are righteous, and that's iran," says this man. iraq finds itself caught in the middle, and a clear example of that is at the syrian border, where wejoin iraqi border police. it was just beyond this ridge in syria where the islamic state with that battle now over, both america and iran are eyeballing each other.

one of the main reasons america is staying in iraq is because of the border. now, this crossing is closed, but when it opens, there could be a clear run all the way from tehran to beirut on the shores of the mediterranean. and what america fears is that iran could use this route to supply weapons across the region. washington is now sending more troops to the middle east. it wants to roll back iran's influence, but it's probably too late for that. translation: i don't want america interfering in iraqi affairs, and we don't want their troops here. any military presence is not acceptable. everyone says they do not want a war. but a miscalculation from any side could trigger one. the inquest into the deaths

of 8 people in the 2017 london bridge attacks has heard that there were "opportunities galore" to detect the plot beforehand. the lawyer representing some of the victims' families said there was evidence the attackers had been in contact for several months. police deny missing opportunities to foil the attack, as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. dumping a mobile phone to avoid any surveillance, just days before the attack. meeting in the street in the small hours of the morning. re—fuelling a hire van as they head toward central london on the night itself. this is what mi5 surveillance officers might have seen if they had been following the three men. representing the families of six of the eight people killed, gareth patterson qc said today, there were "opportunities galore" for this attack are planning to be picked up prior to the beginning of the attack.

the court has heard that khuram butt, the lead attacker, had been investigated by mi5 for two years, that police had seized his computers and phones eight months earlier, devices that showed clear support for the islamic state group, as well as a job application for the prince's trust. time and again, lawyers for the bereaved families emphasised how they believed that if khuram butt had been properly monitored by mi5, his relationship with the other two killers and their preparations for the attack could have been spotted. for the family of one victim, dominic adamson said butt was a dangerous man, who should have been treated as such at all times. a phone found after the attack had been used to search for westminster abbey and the palace of westminster before the destination was set as oxford street, suggesting the intended target kept changing. phones seized from butt‘s home

and his relatives showed how worried they were about him. one said: "let's look out for khuram, i feel he's a bit dodge, i think he is an isis sympathiser." the wait for the biggest game in european club football is almost over. thousands of tottenham and liverpool fans are descending on madrid for the final of the uefa champions league. liverpool hope to secure a sixth title — but for spurs this is all a new experience. our sports editor dan roan reports from madrid. no city has been home to the champions of europe more often than madrid. but here in the spanish sunshine, an english team is about to bask in such glory. runners—up last year, and winners of the premier league, liverpool are desperate to finally progress with the game's most prestigious prize. it is the obvious thing, the silverware, that's why we're here. we want to win it with all we have. but the things that have happened in the past, for me, i've still got confidence.

if tomorrow is half as dramatic as the semifinals it will be compelling. liveable overcoming barcelona in a game anfield will never forget, and spurs with just as miraculous a comeback against ajax the next night, manager mauricio pochettino unable to contain his emotions. reporter: looking forward to the game, mauricio? of course! today in madrid he was more relaxed, as his team prepares for a first—ever champions league final, which could prove transformational for the club. it shows just how far tottenham's come as a club. and i've managed to see it since, you know, many years ago, to where it is today. it's going to be a real special night for everybody involved in quite an emotional night as well, for everybody. the match sees two of the game's most popular and respected managers go head to head. pochettino has succeeded without the spending power of his counterpart, but klopp has reached more finals — this the fourth of his liverpool reign. both men, however, are yet to win silver for their respective clubs.

when tottenham and liverpool emerge from the tunnel here tomorrow evening, they will realise they are about to play one of the biggest matches that english club football has ever seen. 0n only one other occasion in european football's most prestigious club competition have two english teams contested the final. it simply doesn't get much bigger. liverpool are defined by success in this competition, winning it a remarkable five times. spurs don't have such a pedigree, and finished 26 points below their opponents in the league. i still think liverpool will win. i say that purely based on the season they've had, liverpool are so consistent. they play with high intensity, they beat tottenham twice. arguably they were lucky in the second one at anfield, but they have got the job done, time after time. this is a special period for english football, chelsea beating arsenal this week in the europa league final. now two more of its clubs stand on the verge of the ultimate prize.

frank bowling studied painting alongside david hockney 60 years ago — but he never reached the same level of prominence and acclaim, despite being regarded as highly influential in his own right. he was born in guyana in south america, but moved to britain as a teenager. now at the age of 85, his first major exhibition has opened at tate britain in london. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz has taken a look. these are frank bowling's early paintings, made when he was clearly influenced by francis bacon's expressionism and swinging 60s pop culture. he was part of the scene, a young london—based artist who had trained alongside david hockney. both were highly rated, both left for america. hockney went to la and became a star. building went to new york and became a teacher. bowling went to new york and became a teacher. spray adhesive on the stencil... and directly on the canvas. he continued to paint, of course,

but to no great acclaim. recognition had been a long time coming. how do you feel about the tate exhibition? er, well, i waited for such a long time for it to happen, that when it was announced that it was going to happen, i was told that the exhibition would be an exhibition that i wanted, and i quickly found out that once more, the language between myself and people like the tate, i hear one thing and they think they've said something else. well, it turns out that it's going to be the tate's show, not mine. he wanted the show to focus purely on the nature of his work, which has been a 60 year investigation into the effects of light and colour. not, as is the case, a broadly chronological exhibition tied to his life story and race.

that's it for the moment, you're watching bbc news, plenty more coming up soon. hello. well, saturday is almost certainly going to bring the warmest weather we will have seen so far this year, with temperatures expected to reach the high 20s, but not everywhere. in fact, just across a small part of south—eastern britain. the warm currents of air are coming in from the south, from portugal and spain. the warmth is spreading across france, germany, into eastern parts of europe as well. large swathes of europe will be under the influence of this high pressure. we're actually quite close to the low pressure as well, so there is rain in the forecast. it isn't looking sunny all through the weekend. in fact, starting off quite cloudy across some western areas first thing in the morning on saturday, but it is relatively mild. temperatures around 10—13 across the southern half of the uk,

maybe just about single figures in the north. saturday, between the high pressure and the low pressure out in the atlantic, there is this weak front here which will bring some light rain to one or two places during the course of saturday. we think increasing amounts of rain across wales, merseyside, maybe northern england, a few spots of rain here for a time, and a fair bit of cloud, at least at times, in northern ireland and western scotland. here we have the yellow colours with much fresher air — well, i say fresh, but it will still be quite muggy. 26 at least in london, it will probably reach 28 in one or two other spots. saturday evening, if you have any plans outdoors, it's looking dry across much of england and wales. scotland, too, before this rain here arrives on sunday. so the high pressure on sunday slips away towards the east, and instead we get this low pressure driving in off the atlantic. that is when the change will start happening, sunday morning across western parts of the uk.

the clouds roll in, the rain—bearing clouds. the winds will increase as well. in some areas the rain could be quite heavy and there might even be some cracks of thunder. through the day we will gradually see those clouds pushing through on the south—westerly wind, that wind will also squeeze the heat towards east anglia and the south—east. still very warm from lincolnshire into east anglia and london, but elsewhere, temperatures will be closer to 18 or20. that really sets the trend for next week. low pressure is very much in charge of the weather. 0ne slips away to the north, another weather front swings in from the south—west as well, so there'll be some spells of rain. it's not going to turn chilly. temperatures will probably still reach about 20 degrees in the south of the country. further north, maybe only around 14. that's it. goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: 11 people have been killed and six injured in a shooting at a government building in the us state of virginia. police said the suspect, a long—term employee at virginia beach municipal center was killed by police after ‘firing indiscriminately‘ at workers inside the offices. the mexican foreign minister is on his way to washington for talks, after president trump threatened to impose tarifs —— tariffs on all mexican goods crossing the us border. president trump wants mexico to halt the flow of migrants into the us. mexico's president says his government won't be provoked. the british retail tycoon sir philip green says he strenuously denies four charges of misdemeanour assault in the us. sir philip's arcadia group owns chains including topshop. the charges which each carry sentences of up to 30 days inprisonment relate to allegations of inappropriate touching.