Soccer the lawsuit filed by 28 womens players accuses their employer the u. S. Soccer federation of institutionalized gender discrimination after the world cup finals the 2 sides will begin mediation with consequences that may as well beyond the stadium we understand that the eyes are kind of on us and its kind of in a magnify situation the fight for equal pay for american women have all hmong history off the field in fact equal pay has been required by law for more than 50 years but still today an American Woman on average makes 0. 80 on the dollar compared to men the case of this team which wins everything which is more viewers and fans of she makes more money just sort of puts the lie to all the typical justifications about why its ok. Pay women less than men the situation is worse in some other parts of the globe with a reported half of all professional Women Football players earning no salary at all but at least here in the u. S. There are signs of change just ask these boys 2. Ra
Ellen white thought shed scored an equaliser. But replays showed shed handled the ball in the build up. It finished 2 1. I just think maybe there was a carry on from the semifinal and emotion. And the two goals, actually, probably sparked us into a bit of life. After that, i dont think ive seen us play better after that, after that first 20 minutes. I thought the courage to keep going forward, the energy at the end, both teams were on their knees, to be fair. They gave everything. We gave it our best shot, we fell short. And weve just got to make sure next time were better. So while englands tournament is now over, one of the usa and the netherlands will win the trophy this afternoon. They meet in lyon with the defending champions very much the favourites. They only qualified via a play off, but despite not bringing their best football to the tournament, they are on the verge of a first world title. They know they are up against formidable opponents, they will be the underdogs. The usa
Dateline london discusses whether hong kong is losing the battle for hearts and minds following thejuly 1st protests. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The Trump Administration has been labelled inept, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the uk ambassador to washington. Sir kim darroch said that the white house was uniquely dysfunctional and divided under donald trump. But the ambassador also said in the memos that mr trump should not be written off. The Foreign Office says the leak of diplomatic cables was mischievous, but hasnt denied their authenticity. Speaking to andrew marr, the justice secretary said that ambassadors should be free to give frank assessments to their government. I think its very important that ambassadors give honest, unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that it has been leaked, but we should expect our ambassadors to tell the truth as they see it. Justice secretary, david gauke. Our correspondent andy moore has been at the us
Still living in limbo all these issues have not been given serious enough attention or by the Iraqi Government. The Iraqi Government says its doing all it can and asking International Partners to help rebuild the city human agencies estimate it could take tens of millions of dollars in 10 years just to remove mines and explosives. Most of the capital of isis self declared caliphate in iraq and its leader. Is only public appearance from the city. It was a tough fight in an urban terrain and pulled the challenge to the iraqi army which had earlier treatment from mosul but iraqs Security Forces had 2 important allies a u. S. Led coalition and iran backed shia militias and back then the United States acknowledged their efforts right now there they had a great role in liberating iraq what is their next role i dont know without me thats a decision for the government of iraq it was an uneasy convergence with so on enemies fighting on the. Side against a common target when we should kill more
In the independent process. Warwick university apologises to female students who faced online rape threats but one victim says being sorry is not enough. Andy murrays comeback dream is over even his tie up with serena is not enough. And coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, new zealand book their place in the World Cup Final after india fall short at old trafford. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. It started as an Anglo American diplomatic row, but now its taken centre stage in the political fight between the rival camps in the conservative leadership race. Britains ambassador to washington, sir kim darroch, resigned this morning, saying he could not carry out his duties after president trumps unprecedented attacks on him. But supporters ofjeremy hunt say the top diplomats decision was linked to frontrunner Boris Johnsons refusal to give him full support during last nights tv debate. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has the story. His report con