welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is reged amhad. our top stories: at least 12 people and the attacker are killed in a shooting at a government building in the us state of virginia. a mexican delegation heads to washington after president trump threatens tariffs on all goods crossing the border. british retail tycoon sir philip green has strenuously denied four counts of assault in the us, relating to allegations of inappropriate touching. football fans fork out a fortune as liverpool and tottenham prepare for the champions league final in madrid.

12 people have been killed at a shooting at the town municipal centre 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 also dead. our north america correspondent david willis reports. the chilling aftermath of another mass shooting. this one the work of a disgruntled employee who walked into a municipal building shortly after 4pm on friday and opened fire his colleagues. they said to stay in there the cops got to let us come out, there was probably about 20 of us out, there was probably about 20 of us in an office, crammed in, we barricaded the door. did you hear

any gunshots? yes. yeah, we did. after shooting indiscriminately the gunmen died after trading fire with police. long—time employee, officials have yet to release his name. i can tell you that we have an additional victim to report, we now have 12, one victim succumbed to the injuries on their way to the hospital. we also have four additional victims being treated at area hospitals, and we have reports that others may have self transport. the vin —— virginia beach municipal centre whether shooting occurred is home to a number of local city agencies, including offices of public works, where it is thought the gunmen worked. the building also houses the police department, but for their prompt response, this tragedy could have been far worse. this is a horrific day for the commonwealth of virginia. 0ur

this is a horrific day for the commonwealth of virginia. our hearts ache over the senseless violence that has been inflicted upon the virginia beach community today. my deepest condolences and prayers go to the families of those who left home this morning and will not return tonight. this is thought to be the 150th mass shooting in the united states this year. president trump has been briefed on the situation and the white house says it is monitoring events in virginia beach closely. a delegation from mexico led by the country's foreign minister is heading to washington, after president trump announced tariffs on all goods coming across the southern border. mr trump said he'll impose a 5% tariff in ten days' time — which will rise if he doesn't feel mexico is doing enough to stop illegal border crossings.

mexico's foreign minister marcelo ebrard says he's spoken to senior white house adviser jared kushner and secretary of state mike pompeo by phone. there'll be face—to—face talks on wednesday. sophie long reports from the us border with mexico. it's 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 at el paso, in 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 certainly the ability and the legal authority in which to deal with it and 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 counterproductive,

damage economies and result in more people fleeing north. mexico won't 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 just crossing from mexico into the us. a couple of months ago people here hung their heads in horror when president trump threatened to shut this border completely. people said he couldn't — and he didn't. but again, people living and working on either side of this border are asking themselves same questions. can he do it? will he do it? and if he does, what does it mean for me? ever—increasing tariffs will almost certainly mean they will pay more for products, from fresh produce to machinery, to cars. it's going to affect

american consumers. and i'll give you a for instance, all the toyota tacomas from the north american continent are produced in tijuana. so those go back and forth about four times for content and product and all of that so it is good cross—border trade. but those prices are going to go up 5% or 10%, ultimately 25% — the american consumer pays that, not the government. but some here support their president and are prepared to feel short—term pain, small price, they say, for long—term gain. i don't agree with tariffs generally speaking, but i think the fact that the president is using it in this form right now to address this issue for unvetted immigration coming across the border, with a country that could stop that from happening, you know, like mexico, i think it is necessary right now. but other normally loyal supporters of the president say 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. the british 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 woman inappropriately while staying at a resort in arizona. a spokesman for sir philip says he's "strenuously denied" the allegations. sarah walton reports. he is one of the biggest names in retail, a british billionaire whose company owned stores across the world. now sir philip green is accused of repeatedly touching a woman inappropriately. it's claimed the incident happened at a luxury resort in tucson in the us state of arizona in 2016 and 2018. fitness instructors as the businessman touched and grabbed her as well as slapping her behind. in ourfaces

four counts of misdemeanour assault, a charge which carries a potential sentence of up to 30 days in jail. this is not the first controversy involving the tycoon. last year he took out an injunction, banning british newspaper the daily telegraph and reporting allocations of misconduct against him by employees, allegations he denied. he later dropped the injunction. —— allegations. it is also a difficult time for sir philip 0sma company arcadia which is due to close 50 stores including all 11 topshop and topman outlets in the uk —— us. a spokesman for sir philip says: a date for the first court hearing in arizona has been set for the 19th ofjune. 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 are well—trained and battle hardened. 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 group made its last stand. 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. meanwhile in neighbouring syria, government forces have been engaged in a long offensive against militants in the north—west. it's resulted in a massive wave of people fleeing idlib and hama provinces. earlier i spoke to dr ahmad tarakji who is the president of the syrian american

medical society. he returned from idlib a few months ago and i asked him what state the city was in. when i was there a few months ago people were a bit sceptical about the ceasefire that was in place. they were concerned the international community did not support it to the necessary extent. having said that, they were trying to get the best out of it as they rebuild their houses, their highways, may be the local markets to activate the local economies in idlib and areas around. now that we are hearing this offensive has intensified, what are people doing for food and medical care? how are they surviving? i want to describe three scenarios of what is going on in idlib which will give you a picture of what is going on. over the last few weeks, more than 28 attacks have occurred on hospitals in the north—western part of syria, basically around idlib

and the southern part of idlib. that has caused significant disruption of the medical infrastructure in that area, and has certainly pushed a wave of people being displaced out of this area. the concern that people have, but at least eight of those hospitals, the co—ordinates of those hospitals were shared with the united nations, to protect those hospitals from attacks. when people are seeing that those hospitals are not being protected, as a matter of fact they are being destroyed, they get the message that this is going beyond what the un would want to protect. presumably a lot of people are wanting to flee, they want to get out. where can they go to find any sort of safety? so at this time, more than 300,000 people have fled the southern part of idlib and they are positioned right now close to be syrian turkish border and those villages.

what they are seeing right now, the air strikes and the shelling are constantly destroying the cities that are emptied, thousands are empty in southern idlib. those cities are not places that people can go back to. they have been pushed out of the neighbourhoods to the borders. and the borders, we run the largest medical hospitals in those areas. the area is saturated with people. tenants are standing next to tents, there is barely half a metre of distance between each tent. at this time, it is so crowded that it costs a family $100 to rent a place under a tree where there is shade so that they can put up their tent. $100 for displaced people, just to get shade. stay with us on bbc news —

still to come: is the writing on the wall for the icelandic cave ruined by tourist. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the momemt 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 7a. 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. yes, he did. 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 world news, the latest headlines: 12 people have been killed in a shooting at a council building in the us state of virginia. a british man has been found guilty by a court of the murder of a french film producer who was beaten to death in the republic of ireland more than 22 years ago. ian bailey, a formerfreelance journalist who still lives in county cork, was tried in his absence for the murder of sophie toscan du plantier. she was found dead near her country home outside the town of schulljust before christmas 1996. ramzan karmali reports it isa

it is a victory forjustice, a victory for truth... the reaction today from sophie toscan du plantier‘s son. his mother was murdered over 22 years ago when ireland. today, french courts convicted british man. he was not there as the courts handed out a 25 year sentence. today, everybody must know, understand that ian bailey is a murderer. and we must denounce it. sophie toscan du plantier‘s what he was found on christmas eve 1996 near her holiday home in county cork. she suffered what had obviously been an extremely violent assault. ian bailey, who live nearby was an early suspect that the irish authorities ruled there was not enough evidence to prosecute. the french thought otherwise. there had been too thwarted extradition attempts. ian ba iley‘s thwarted extradition attempts. ian bailey's legal team had been

unimpressed by the french court's action. the procedure to accuse in absence has rarely been used in the past. i predicted that this injustice would happen. it has happened and it is an outrage. it is a grotesque abandonment of our criminal justice system a grotesque abandonment of our criminaljustice system to a country which does not have a criminal justice system for which i have any respect. mr bailey has repeatedly denied any involvement in the killing. but in the trial this week threejudges were shown killing. but in the trial this week three judges were shown evidence that convinced them of his guilt. now that he has been convicted in his absence there will be a further bid to have him extradited from ireland. but under the law, if he is wrought to france, ian bailey will have the right to a completely new trial. 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. 0ur 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. meanwhile, although thousands of fans are heading to madrid for the final — many don't have tickets. natalie pirks reports. there is nothing greater, nothing greater in life. it means more than so many things. you've got the atmosphere, soaking up the sun. ijust wouldn't miss it, you just wouldn't miss it.

football, like music, invokes passion, and people do extraordinary things for love. stressful, thursday morning... you've got 12,000 miles, you are coming, i don't think it's actually possible to be further away. but after 30 hours travelling from new zealand, lifelong spurs fan michael blackman had to unpack in the corridor as his room was still in use. but at least he has a ticket, right? i've got a ticket to madrid, but not so much to the game. literally, i am going to lose all dignity, seriously. i'm going to do whatever i can and if it comes down to cash, just deal with it at the time. he is far from the only one with hope in his heart. everywhere you turn are desperate fans, with black—market tickets going for up to ten times the face value of official ones. a field day for those looking to cash in. but it's notjust the cost of tickets — merely getting here and staying here has

cost fans a fortune, with the businesses accused of profiteering off passion. but is it outrageous, or merely supply and demand? in my opinion it is normal that you put up the prices, the demand is very high, but not so much, not so much. i think they are abusing it a bit. madrid is expecting an extra 800 flights this weekend, but what about those who couldn't fly? 100 euros a night has bought mike's family a patch of tarmac for their tent and pick—up truck 12 miles outside the city. it's a life dream, it's something i've been wanting to do since i was five, six, seven years old. so excited recently, we found out a while ago that we were going, and it's been such an excruciating wait. that wait is almost over. but tonight we are hearing the dream is almost finished for others thinking they had bought tickets from resale sites, only for them to fail to materialise. they're here on a wing and a prayer,

football their religion. keep across all of that here on bbc news. one of iceland's most beautiful natural attractions has been left in ruins after years of uncontrolled tourism. the leidarendi cave near reykjavik has seen many of its stalactites and stalagmites destroyed — and much of the walls have been covered in graffiti. conservationists say local tourist companies are to blame. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. it is an age—old dilemma, when nature and commerce meet head—on. this cave was only unearthed in 1990, but it is estimated that since then, hundreds of thousands of tourists have paid a visit. a delicate coating of fungus that covers the walls has been damaged by people writing graffiti. stalactites and stalagmites have been broken off. translation: i have come to the conclusion that a natural wonder of this magnitude and importance should have some sort

of natural rights, like human rights, so it would be illegal to use it without limitations. the cave has proven to be highly lucrative, with claims some tourist companies charge more than $130 per trip. with thousands of people visiting each year, you're talking about a lot of money. local authorities say they are working on an action plan to try and put things right. translation: we will start inside the cave and try to repair the damage. regrettably, some people do not show respect for their surroundings. we need to know how many people visit because that gives us an indication of the plans we need to make. if tourist numbers are not controlled, the damage to the cave is likely to continue and potentially get worse. but the clue might have been in the name. "leidarendi" means "end of the road."

much more coming up here on bbc news. stay with us. 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 cloud 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 diving 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 or 20. 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 1a. that's it. goodbye.

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12 people have been killed after 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 indiscriminitely‘ at workers inside the offices. the mexican foreign minister is on his way to washington for talks, after president trump threatened to impose tarifs 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 he touched a woman "inappropriately". frank bowling studied painting alongside david hockney