British retailer sir philip green is charged in the us with four counts of assault relating to allegations of inappropriate touching. In madrid, thousands of football fans are gathering for the all english final of the Champions League. Yes, all roads lead to spain for a die hard liverpool yes, all roads lead to spain for a die ha rd liverpool and tottenham fa ns die ha rd liverpool and tottenham fans he for the centrepiece of European Club football. And we have a glimpse of the glory of frank bowling, the artist who came to britain from south america as a teenager. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, Johanna Konta becomes the first british woman since 1983 to reach the last 16 of the french open tennis. Good evening. President trump has announced new taxes on all goods coming from mexico, demanding that illegal immigration from mexico into the us is dealt with. The president warned that a 5 tariff will be imposed and will rise gradually, starting in ten days time. Imported goods s
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. Our arts editor, Will Gompertz has taken a look. These are Frank Bowlings early paintings, made when he was clearly influenced by francis bacons 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. 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 hap
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. We begin with some raking news this oui. We begin with some raking news this our. 11 people have been killed this evening in Virginia Beach in the us state of virginia. Six people are reported to have been injured. According to the Virginia Police chief the shooting suspect, a current city employee, is among the dead so as far as we know the shooter is among the dead. Patients at the scene was sent to hospitals among the area. A short time ago there was a News Conference and i think we can take a quick listen to that now. Right now ican quick listen to that now. Right now i can tell you we have multiple casualties in multiple fatalities. We have 11 deceased victims. At the scene we had six more for them is who were transported to area hospitals. I do not have the condition of those for them is 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 first. My corresponding chris buckley
Kyriazis will extol the delights of open air theatre, even during britains disappointing summer. After 12 00, well be debating whether dwindling british towns and cities should simply be left to decline. But before all of that, here are the latest news headunes that, here are the latest News Headlines with Polly Middlehurst i michael, thank you. Good morning to you. Will the top story from the newsroom is that the government is under renewed pressure now to tackle the migrant boat crisis after six people died crossing the English Channel yesterday. The home secretary Suella Braverman, described the incident as a tragic loss of life and confirmed she chaired a meeting with border force teams, officials. Campaigners also say officials. Campaigners also say the incident was an appalling and preventable tragedy. While and preventable tragedy. While mps from all parties are calling for action to stop criminal gangs profiting from the dangerous journeys, 59 people were rescued by french and
counter demonstrators. ukraine has condemned russia s assumption of the rotating presidency of the un security council as a slap in the face to the international community . ukraine s foreign minister urged council members to thwart any russian attempts to abuse the position. the presidency is largely ceremonial, although it oversees the agenda. now on bbc news, the media show geordie greig: britain s best connected editor. hello. what does the future hold for britain s newspapers? few people are more qualified to answer that question than my guest on the media show today, and it s rare to get an interview with him. welcome to the independent. thank you so much. lovely to be here. very nice to have you here. geordie greig has sat in the editor s chair at some of the country s biggest titles, the daily mail, the mail on sunday, as well as the evening standard, tatler magazine, and since january here at the independent geordie. geordie greig, welcome to the media show for th