tonight at ten: the bbc reveals the pay of its top stars, sparking fierce criticism, over high wages and sexism. the names of presenters on more than £150,000 have been made public. chris evans on up to £2.2 million a year, is the highest earner. we are the ultimate public company, so i think it's probably right and proper that people know how much we get paid. of the list of 96 best paid, only a third are women, and the top seven are all men. the prime minister has criticised the gender pay gap. also tonight: millions will have to wait a year longer to get their state pension, as the government speeds up plans to raise the retirement age. counting the cost of the four foot wall of water from flash flooding that devastated a cornish fishing village. a zoo in wiltshire joins the fight to save the northern white rhino which is perilously close to extinction. and a hat—trick forjodie taylor helps england's women

demolish scotland in their euro 2017 opening clash. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: maria lyle‘s won great britain's 21st medal of the world para athletics championships. she took bronze in the t35100 meters. good evening. for the first time, the bbc has unveiled the earnings of some of its highest paid stars. the move, forced by the government, means the corporation must outline how much it pays on air talent, earning more than £150,000. chris evans is the highest paid presenter on the list, with up to £2.2 million per year. gary lineker is next, earning up to £1.8 million. then comes graeme norton,

on £900,000, though that figure doesn't include his tv chat show. other well—known faces includejeremy vine who's paid up to £750,000, john humphreys on up to £650,000 and huw edwards, who earns between £550,000 and £599,000. but there's controversy over how many women make the list, just a third. claudia winkleman is the highest paid, with up to £499,000, then alexjones on up to £419,000, with fiona bruce receiving up to £400,000. well, the bbc‘s director general, lord hall has been defending the payments, saying the corporation is operating in a very competitive market. 0ur media editor amol rajan has the details. this report contains flashing images. good morning, friends, and thanks for tuning in... they entertain, report and thrill millions on the airwaves. but at what price? every name published today receives hundreds of thousands of pounds.

that's nice work if you can get it. reporter: hi, chris. how do you feel about bbc talent salaries being published? best paid is chris evans. we are the ultimate public company, i think. and therefore i think that it's probably, on balance, right and proper that people know what we get paid, i think. jeremy vine, his colleague on radio 2, was close to the top of the list. i've neverfor a second doubted how lucky i am to work in there and... i'm just sorry, i think the bbc‘s really hurting today. evans is paid over £2.2 million. gary lineker of match of the day is next on over £1.75 million. graham norton is paid over £850,000, though that doesn't include his tv show. and claudia winkleman is the highest—paid woman on over £a50,000. lineker, the former england captain, tweeted today about who came top of this league. but crucially the list isn't complete. we still don't know what big names like davids dimbleby

and attenborough or mary berry get paid, because they work eitherfor independent companies or bbc worldwide, a commercial entity. the bbc‘s director—general insisted value for money was his priority. these people have relatively straightforward jobs, they really enjoy doing them and they're paid colossal sums of public money. i think they are highly skilled jobs, i think you underestimate what it is to present a programme, to have a bond, a close bond with the public. this is the forth bridge, we are constantly assessing — and should be constantly assessing — the people, the job we are asking them to do, and are they getting the right pay, and thinking about that all the time. it is public money, we owe the public that. at a tour of the bbc‘s salford studios today there was scepticism about the cost of on—air talent. i think they're in privileged positions, basically. they probably should be well paid, they're doing high—pressure jobs, a lot is expected of them, but it's hard to imagine earning sums like that. i think the bbc should be

allowed to be competitive and pay competitive rates, because otherwise... well, we want people to watch the bbc and it's a national treasure, it's really important, so we should be able to pay competitive rates. but i'm a bit shocked at what chris evans gets paid. i mean, they are on large amounts, but i've noticed that the women are on a lot less than what the men are on, and ijust think a lot of them do just as good a job. just a third of those on the list are women, and of the top 20 paid stars, only five are female earning £350,000 or over. this is licence fee payers‘ money, they need to know where the money is being spent and that they're getting that value for money. and i think by having that transparency we have the opportunity to see where there's maybe gender pay gaps and where there's issues about bame presenters perhaps not being paid as much as others. of the top 20 on the list, none is from an ethnic minority background. george alagiah, trevor nelson and jason mohammad are all paid over £250,000. the people who run the bbc tell me that they operate in a hugely

competitive marketplace, that they're up against notjust other domestic broadcasters but the new digital giants like amazon and netflix. but many licence fee payers will still wonder whether or not people who present television or radio programmes could really command the same salaries elsewhere. come in, come in, come in. this is where it all happens? john humphrys, who presents the today programme and mastermind, is paid over £600,000. today he told me that it was right his salary is made public. what do i do? on paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money, if you compare me with lots of other people who do visibly... a doctor saves a child's life, or a nurse comforts a dying person. would you do the job for less money? yes, of course i would. and i have done it... iam... i know this sounds rather curious given the amount of money you've just read out, but i... i am doing it for less money. how much less would you do this job for? i've taken a couple of sizeable... a very sizeable pay cut just recently. with younger audiences flocking

online, the bbc needs to persuade a new generation to pay the licence fee. it can only do that if, on diversity class and gender, it reflects modern britain. but on today's evidence, it still falling short. amol rajan, bbc news. after the release of the pay figures, theresa may criticised the bbc, for paying women less than men for doing the same job, and she insisted the corporation must continue publishing its top salaries. elaine dunkley has more. a big welcome back to claudia!m a big welcome back to claudia! it is uncomfortable viewing. they are the bbc‘s top female presenters, watched by millions that paid less than their male counterparts. claudia winkleman is the highest—paid female earning over £450,000, followed by

alex jones earning over £450,000, followed by alexjones on the one show. they pull in the ratings but when it comes to the salaries, the bbc‘s biggest male stars earn four times as much. former wimbledon champion and bbc commentator martina navratilova has fought for equality in sport and on—screen. navratilova has fought for equality in sport and on-screen. it is disappointing because the stuff i do for the bbc, they say we cannot pay you more, the pound is too weak, thenit you more, the pound is too weak, then it is too strong, we already have a full field, there was always an excuse one way and have a full field, there was always an excuse one way and another and then you find out the numbers and 90, then you find out the numbers and go, really? on a day when those who read the news are the news, and current affairs and entertainment is scrutinised by licence payers and employees, critics are calling for a change in those at the top. people mean well. all the managers mean well. possibly when there are more female managers things move on faster but it is a big corporation

and changes difficult. but change, the corporation must. the bbc has difficult questions to answer over pay inequality, but the details of what on—air talent is paid, has exposed much wider issues. britain's gender pay gap across many industries has left women short—changed compared to their male colleagues, but progress has been slow. the bbc argues it is doing better than the rest of the country. the uk's national gender pay gap is just over 18%, that is the lowest since records began 20 years ago, when it was a staggering 27.5%. women in the 21st century are not prepared to put up with being discriminated against, and there have always been suspicions that the men are paying themselves and each other more, and that they are underpaying women. now it is out in

the open, and therefore, once the cat is out of the bag, it cannot be put back in the bag. this is the moment it will be solved. the biggest challenge in tackling gender inequality is proving it exists. next year, all private departments and companies will be forced to publish paid data. 0ur media editor amol rajan, is outside the bbc‘s headquarters here in central london. the focus inevitably today has been ona the focus inevitably today has been on a common the focus inevitably today has been on a common but they do come in an annual report that highlight other major issues for the bbc? absolutely, clive. the annual report highlights some near extent of dangers to the future of the bbc, from the flight of young audiences to online platforms, to the rise of tech companies like amazon and netflix who are investing billions in individual programming. inevitably, the focus of headlines will be on this issue of pay and what it reveals about the bbc. 0n

theissue what it reveals about the bbc. 0n the issue of gender equality, there is something like consensus that the bbc is not where it needs to be. on theissue bbc is not where it needs to be. on the issue of diversity, not a single one of the names in the top 20 of the list revealed today is from an ethnic minority background. and on class, we know staff at the bbc are twice as likely to be privately educated as the average licence fee payer. the danger for the corporation is if it doesn't get its house in order, it could come under renewed pi’essui’e house in order, it could come under renewed pressure for more transparency further down the line. based on conversations i have had with very senior people here, at westminster and in the industry, today could be the start of a very long and painful process, notjust for 96 talented broadcasters, but for 96 talented broadcasters, but for the bbc itself. thank you. you can see the full list of bbc presenters pay published today, on the bbc news website. that's at bbc.co.uk/news. millions of people now in their early 40s, will have to wait a year longer, before receiving

their state pension. the government says it's bringing forward plans, to raise the retirement age to 68. it's estimated 6 million people will be affected, those currently aged between 39 and 47, with the rise in the pension age being phased in from 2037, seven years earlier than originally planned. the government argues the change will save more than £70 billion, but labour says the policy isn't fair. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports. whether you are paid to dig the roads outside parliament or park your posterior on the green benches inside, millions of us will have to wait longer and pay more before getting the state pension back. secretary david gauke. today, i am announcing the government's intention to accept the key recommendation of the cridland review and increase the state pension age from 67 to 68 years from 2037. in other words, whether it's the cliche of taking

to the bowling green, looking after grandchildren, travelling the world or frankly anything else, another 6 million people are born in the ‘70s will have to work an extra year before the state will help support their old age. we have to face up to the fact that if we live longer, we can't expect the state pension age to be static. otherwise, the costjust builds up and builds up and become unsustainable and a government in future is forced to take some kind of panic measure and we don't want that to have to happen. what would you say, though, to younger voters who might look at this and say, "look, this is the tories again, protecting pensioners now and not caring enough about younger generations" ? if you try to ignore this, if you try to pretend there isn't an issue, it's not doing anybody a favour. what we believe in is a proper, dignified retirement, but also being fair to future generations of taxpayers.

annmarie lochrie is a music teacher in glasgow. as a 39—year—old, she is one of those who will have to keep going for longer before her pension kicks in. i wouldn't want to work full—time until i was 68. the thought of being forced to. some people will not be in the luxurious position of having enough cash saved to do so, you know, to stop early and perhaps wait it out for a few years. the tories have been accused of trickery by making this announcement after the election. they know it's not exactly appealing, telling millions of us we'll have to work longer, but they believe it is a must do rather than a political win. we think it's a real mistake. we want to look at a more flexible state retirement age, we want to take into account the nature of work, so some work being much more arduous, more physically demanding, but also in terms of how

people are, how long they contribute to the system. the government knows this is controversial and won't try actually to rewrite the law for months. notjust the change, but making it, will take some time. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity is at the department for work and pensions. if you are aged between 39 and 47 on the face of it it would seem like a bad day. if you are 38 or younger you will have to work until 68. we are concerned about the cost of paying pensions to middle—aged people because they will live longer and therefore the pension will be paid out for longer. but there's a contrast here. £74 billion is what the government expects to save. the co nverse of the government expects to save. the converse of that is that £74 billion is the amount being taken off that age group between 39 and 47. the

government will say — 0k, age group between 39 and 47. the government will say — ok, you have a year where you won't get your pension and paying more tax. 0n the other hand, because you will live longer you will make more than that back. you will get more than today's pensioners. we are hearing about growing inequality, not between rich and poor, but between different generations. you have a contrast between how the government is treating the older generation, raising the pension by at least inflation and making the younger generation pay higher tax to support that and how it's treating future generations of taxpayers that they will have to pay less. pensioners incomes have grown by 10% over the yea rs, incomes have grown by 10% over the years, people of working—age their incomes are less than they were ten yea rs incomes are less than they were ten years ago. andy thank you for. that andy verity there for us at westminster. the new leader of the borough at the centre of the grenfell tower disaster has been heckled and booed tonight while addressing survivors

and local residents. elizabeth campbell replaced the previous council leader nick paget—brown, who resigned in the wake of the tragedy. wyre davis has the details. protesters outside the first full meeting of kensington & chelsea council since the grenfell disaster. inside the new council leader, elizabeth campbell, trieded to assert her authority and legitimacy after her redcressor‘s resignation. ina chamber after her redcressor‘s resignation. in a chamber full of sceptical survivors, many of whom in temporary accommodation. we are talking to each and every one of you who have lost your home. we are working with you to fully understand your needs and we will keep an open mind and show flexibility and sensitivity to your preferences. from those survivors who spoke, desperate stories of anguish and guilt about the friends and relatives who died on the 14th june. in the friends and relatives who died on the 14thjune. in front of an almost embarrassed council chamber one woman jangled the keys to her

flat in which her daughter died. behind this memories, hundreds of people have been killed, have died. 0utside as they watched proceedings ona 0utside as they watched proceedings on a big screen, few were placated by the council's reassuring promises. despite a commitment from the new council leaderer for a promises. despite a commitment from the new council leadererfor a more sensitive approach and promises to build hundreds of new homes for many g re nfell build hundreds of new homes for many grenfell residents she and her cabinet have no legitimacy. 0ne survivor saying as long as they remain in post the wounds of the g re nfell remain in post the wounds of the grenfell disaster will not begin to heal. wyre davis, bbc news. president trump says republican senators should delay their summer holidays until america's affordable care act,

more commonly known as 0bamacare, is repealed and replaced. he was speaking at a lunch at the white house today, where he demanded lawmakers keep their campaign promise to ditch the legislation. here's our chief correspondent, gavin hewitt. nearly 50 republican senators travel on a police bus for a short trip to the white house. they had been summoned by president trump to try and break the deadlock over healthcare and salvage his reputation as a deal maker. donald trump began by tearing into president 0bama's healthcare legacy. 0bamacare was a big lie. you can keep your doctor, lie. you can keep your plan, lie. it was a lie, directly from the president. donald trump wants the senators to repeal and replace 0bamacare, but they're squabbling. you sense todayjust how important this is to the president's credibility. we shouldn't leave town until this is complete, until this bill is on my desk. so next week there is likely to be a vote to repeal 0bamacare, but with the outcome once again full of uncertainty. after six months, the trump administration says that they have cut regulation and are bringing back

jobs, but on the big promises like healthcare, tax reform and infrastructure spending, they haven't delivered so far, and all the time this white house feels under siege over the issue of russia. nice to be with you. the latest russian controversy refers back to the g20 meeting, ten days ago. president trump and president putin met for two hours, but now it's been revealed there was a second undisclosed meeting. it occurred at the dinner, the white house say it was a brief conversation, others say it lasted much longer, according to the man who broke the story. what really was notable was the duration. i mean, five minutes, ten minutes, not a big deal. one hour, over the course of this dinner, very big deal. the fact that no white house aides were present, it was just the russian leader and his translator, has raised questions again about president trump's judgment.

he's not creditable on this issue. the number of times this administration and this president has directly bent the truth, exaggerated and flat out lied about the meetings that have and haven't happened and what was in them and the rest, itjust begs the imagination. the president scarcely conceals his frustration at what he regards as fake news. liar. his core supporters applaud moments like this, promoting goods made in america, but after six months, this unconventional presidency seems mired in permanent crisis. gavin hewitt, bbc news, washington. throughout the day, residents of the fishing village of coverack, on the lizard peninsula in cornwall, have been counting the cost of yesterday's devastating flash floods. three hours of torrential downpours, sent a four—foot wall of water crashing through the area, with some people having to be rescued from the roofs of their homes by helicopter. jon kay reports from coverack.

look at the mess, all this mud everywhere. back home, but it's not the home they know and love. chris and penny's place has been trashed. the water was higher than their heads. they escaped upstairs. and here they are last night, as the water raged below, the couple airlifted to safety by the coastguard. ijust wanted to get out and get away. they told me it was heartbreaking to look down from the helicopter at their flooded property. it was just like the titanic sinking. you know, it was really upsetting. that made me upset and he was crying and upset, weren't you? he worked so hard and made it so nice and then we get mud in everywhere. well, you just give up, don't you? no, we don't give up. it all happened in minutes. torrential rain, then

tonnes of water thundering down from the hills, carrying everything in its wake. mary has found her elderly mother's walking frame among the piles of debris, next to it, even her kitchen sink. it's happened. we can't put it back, we've just got to get on and carry on and do what we can. we'll get back to normal. we're cornish, that's what we do. the mud and rocks can be cleared quickly, but major structural repairs will also be needed. the main road into coverack looks like it's been ripped apart by an earthquake. at this time of year, there'd normally be thousands of holidaymakers driving down this road every day to get to the harbour, but it's going to be a while before anyone can drive down here. caroline davis was rescued from this car, today she realised how close she'd been to where the road collapsed.

it's very, very shocking, it really is. to think one day you're just driving along in your little car and then this happens. they're used to bad weather here, but they hope they won't have to deal with anything too extreme for a while. jon kay, bbc news, coverack, in cornwall. a zoo in wiltshire is taking part in a radical plan to save the northern white rhino from extinction. there are just three left in the world, but at longleat safari park, the rhino's closest relatives are being drafted in to help. 0ur science correspondent, rebecca morelle, has this exclusive report. meet ebun, a seven—year—old southern white rhino, who could save a species from extinction. the one—and—a—half tonne animal is sedated. a little agitated at first, but soon she's sound asleep. she's ready to take part in an experimental

fertility treatment. scientists are harvesting her eggs to be fertilised in a lab, this is rhino ivf. this procedure is farfrom easy. the team here are keeping an incredibly close eye on this rhino, it's essential she stays under heavy sedation. over the last week or so she's been given hormone treatment, but what's being done today requires millimetre precision. egg collection is really only a technique that's been perfected over the last year. this is conservation science at its most extreme. here's the animal ebun could save, her closest living relative, the northern white rhino. 0nce widespread across central africa, today there are just three left on the planet, but they're unable to breed. back at longleat, in a makeshift labo, —— lab,

the researchers check for eggs — they find one. they'll take this southern white rhino egg and mix it with sperm from one of the last northern white rhinos, creating a hybrid. the scientists say it's better than losing the species altogether. the last three can die at any time, they're not as old, but anything can happen to them and then all the genetics would be lost. if we had at least 50% of this species preserved in a hybrid embryo, we would preserve at least half of this for future generations. with herjob done, ebun is soon back on her feet. the safari park is proud of the role she'll play. with the northern white rhino being sojeopardised in numbers, practicing techniques like this with the southern whites, it's a huge advance for science and conservation, i suppose. yeah, it's a real honour to be able to help. the eggs are now being rushed back to a lab in italy, there's a 20—hour window to prepare

them for fertilisation. they could be implanted back into ebun, but with her northern cousins so close to extinction, it's a race against time. rebecca morrell, bbc news. the government has won the right to ban prison officers in england and wales from taking any form of industrial action. the ministry ofjustice went to the high court after the prison 0fficers' association suggested its members should refuse to do certain tasks in a row about safety. the union says it will appeal. it's estimated hundreds of gay and lesbian people of south asian origin are thought to be under pi’essui’e to marry someone of the opposite sex. west midlands police say dozens of people have come forward seeking help after their families tried to force them into heterosexual marriages. 0ur midlands correspondent, sima kotecha, reports. cosmopolitan birmingham, a city which reflects much of the west midlands with its large

ethnic minority population, but in some cases social conservatism can cause problems. decades of pressure that you're put on as a child that you have to conform, that you have to marry a woman. it made me wish that i could be the straight son that he wanted. a gay sikh man who felt he was trapped in a lie until he told his family he was homosexual. his father won't accept it. still after me telling him that i was gay, he still said, "just get married, it's just a phase you're going through. once you get married, everything will be fine", and you get told that if you follow what your parents want you to do that, yeah, you will be cured or you will be straight. he eventually married his partner, but his father didn't go to the wedding. also affects our lgbt community... at a conference, police in birmingham talk about how strong anti—gay sentiments still exist

in many south asian families. homophobia is rife in some communities and to be seen as being gay or lesbian or bisexual, it can absolutely destroy the dynamic of that community. well, over the last week we've spoken to 22 gay and lesbian people of south asian heritage from here in the west midlands and all of them told us that at some point they were pressurised to marry somebody of the opposite sex. in many of those cases, they even said they considered doing so because they didn't want to bring shame on their family. 1,400 people asked the government for help last year about forced marriages and only 30 voluntarily said they were homosexual. police believe the true figure is significantly higher. 0fficers want religious leaders to speak out more against what's happening. islam is categorically against any

form of forced marriage. what's important is that you are sensitive towards the concerns of young people, including when it comes to matters of sexuality and that we provide them with the necessary support and care that they require to grow and become healthy members of society. homosexuality is illegal in parts of south asia. it's now hoped, by stressing the laws and practices here, entrenched attitudes can be changed to be in line with modern britain. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in germany on the second leg of their european tour. crowds of well—wishers greeted them at the famous brandenburg gate in berlin. earlier in the day, they met with the german chancellor, angela merkel.