dolphins are being affected by the fast pace of development. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the head of the bbc has said he will ‘value the contribution‘ of more than a0 senior women, who signed a letter demanding the corporation tackle its gender pay gap. lord hall says work is already under way to address the pay disparity. his comments come after some of the bbc‘s most prominent women broadcasters, including claire balding and fiona bruce, wrote an open letter to their boss demanding ‘immediate action‘. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the pay gap was appalling . our media correspondent david sillito reports. alexjones of the one show, mishal husain and sue barker, more than a0 of the most famous female presenters at the bbc, calling on the corporation to act now to end its gender pay gap. good morning, friends, thanks for tuning in. that list was the trigger for the letter today, publishing the bbc‘s highest paid stars. in the top 20 names was only
gci’oss spent where, but this is a problem across a lot of industries, isn t it? we can t pretend somehow there are saints in this elsewhere. there are saints in this elsewhere. there are not. it s a problem everywhere, absolutely. the bbc is unusual in the fact it has been required to publish this information. no other employer in any other sector is being asked to do the same thing. although they are going to have to publish their gender pay gap is next year. the average figures. they will not be required to put names and numbers out in the public domain in the way the bbc has. but almost certainly, whichever organisation you go to, whether it is itv or sky, whether it is one of the big financial institutions or high street supermarkets, you will find gender pay gap is and you will almost certainly, i would think, find some pay irregularities. when you actually start to uncover the detail of it. back at the bbc, do you think lord hall can achieve what he says when he talk
including one israeli. security forces have sealed off the embassy which is in an affluent part of amman. the israeli authorities are not commenting on the incident, and for the moment have imposed reporting restrictions. our middle east editor alan johnson has more. the israelis are saying nothing about whatever has gone on at the embassy in demand. in fact they have imposed restrictions on reporting. what little we know has come from jordanian sources. they say there is, as you said, one local person, a jordanian man, killed in a shooting incident will stop an israeli was wounded. the area around the embassy is now a subject of a major security operation. we have no idea exactly what motivated this attack. what sparked this. but in the absence of more information, there s bound to be speculation in the region and beyond. that this incident was linked to the current tensions in jerusalem, and as you know, there are some very strong jerusalem, and as you know, there are some
it s 8am in singapore and 1am in london. we start in the philippines, where president duterte will deliver a second state of the nation address to a joint session of congress. he is expected to talk about the ongoing and controversial war on drugs, the conflict in marawi against islamist militants and economic policy. howard johnson has more from manila. this will be president duterte‘s second state of the nation address. his first one this time last year, when he came to power. it is a chance to him to set out his vision for the philippines in the years ahead. the president s spokesperson has said that he will be speaking about terrorism, he will be looking at the conflict in marawi, in the south of the country, on the island of mindanao. in the last two months, fighters allied to isis, the maute group have been fighting the philippines army and there have been more than 570 deaths there. he wil also talk about his extension of martial law on mindanao. at the weekend, cong
incredible success with record ticket sales and some fantastic cricket but the final took it to an entirely new level with almost 20,000 spectators inside the ground, the biggest for a women s cricket match in english history. india checked their progress and england after 50 overs were 228th. they were going smoothly with just 30 age runs with seven wickets in hand but then england turned the screw with anya shrubsole england turned the screw with anya shru bsole completing a england turned the screw with anya shrubsole completing a six wicket hole to guide her side to glory. england win the world cup, it is not often you can say that. it is not only a victory for them but for women cricket as well and it may prove a seminal moment for women sport. pure elation. i was it is better winning when you are out there with your team on the field. we have not one of the prettiest at times but tournament cricket is all about winning, it is about getting over the line. after 12 long y