amol rajan there.s year's emmy awards, which has kicked off as a virtual ceremony. two questions to begin with, number one who is winning and number one who is winning and number two, all of the remote connections working? well, amazingly, most of them are working quite well. there has been a few dodgy wi—fi connection but by and large, has actually been quite an entertaining show. i think entertaining show. i think entertaining because it is very different. we are still perhaps holding our breath for that unexpected, unscripted moment but so far has been pretty funny. in terms of who is winning, we have made emily's history tonight in terms of the comedy category which was first up, schitt‘s creek, which is the canadian said, winning seven out of the first seven categories. that is clean sweep of all of the comedy categories. that is the title of the show, deftly refers to a small town at the centre of the story. it is about a wealthy couple who hit on hard times and the small town as the last remaini

amol rajan there., with speeches and debates having to take place online because of coronavirus. it is keir starmer‘s first conference as leader. amid the challenges the party will now face under him is how to try and win back seats lost in the election last december. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports from scunthorpe. steel is part of the very fabric of scu nthorpe, an industrial town for decades represented by labour mps. but here, like elsewhere, many voters last year turned away from traditions that often run deep. i really couldn't ever see me voting conservative in my lifetime. i was a lifelong labour supporter. steve felt he had little choice but to switch sides. committed to brexit, he felt let down by labour's position. i think there is a london elite. they didn't know the depth of feeling about brexit, and it was hostile. you know, people in northern towns had had enough. could you ever see yourself voting for keir starmer‘s labour party? i don't think so, no. he was too much of

amol rajan there.arrested around the country during the latest demonstrations against president alexander lukashenko's disputed re—election. most of the arrests were in the capital minsk, where this was a sixth consecutive sunday of protest. one person is missing and dozens have been evacuated from their homes after torrential rain hit the south of france. as much as 35 centimetres of rain fell in parts of the gard region, near the cote d'azur. helicopters have carried out two rescue missions and around 200 people were moved to safety from two villages. a memorial service marking the battle of britain has been held at westminster abbey. it was a dramatic turning point in world war ii when 1,500 pilots and the crew lost their lives fighting against the german air force. the service was the abbey's first major event since lockdown. sarah campbell reports. the sights and sounds of 1940 as a hurricane and three spitfires flew over london today. 80 years ago, the stakes couldn't have been higher. sir winsto

amol rajan there.mmy awards, which will kick off as a virtual ceremony in around one hour's time. this year's nominations are led by hbo's superhero series watchmen and also drama succession. jeremy irons and brian cox are both up for best actor in a limited series and drama series respectively withjennifer aniston and laura linney battling it out for lead actress in a drama series. kato matthews joins us from los angeles. jimmy kimmel is largely speaking to an empty auditorium in los angeles. does this make the ceremony worse or better? i will tell you, in this make the ceremony worse or better? iwill tell you, in the beginning it was confusing because when it the chauffeur started about an hour ago, they kept doing cutaways to audience that would laugh and react to what he was saying. it was very confusing. where are all of these people? halfway through, he says of course they are not here. these are cutaways from prior years. so then he went to the audience and it was empty, nothing but place cards

here's our media editor, amol rajan.in a time of brutal recession across the country, these salaries are a bad look. on £1.75 million, gary lineker tops the list, but the 23% reduction in his new five—year deal means zoe ball on £1.36 million for her radio 2 breakfast show now earns slightly more. some of the published salaries don't include earnings from shows made by the bbc‘s commercial arm. the bbc has given some individuals, mostly women, big pay rises for taking on additional work. that's in an attempt to address the imbalance in gender pay. can we just say thank you so much, everyone, for listening... at 1%, the overall increase in stars' pay is below inflation. in other words, a real terms cut. lineker and others could, and do, earn much more for their work outside the bbc. this points to a tension within the corporation. it's a public sector institution engaged in a commercial war for talent. audiences flocked to the bbc‘s news and education services during the pandemic. iplayer viewing is sharply up, and the bb

amol rajan, bbc news.e home secretary, priti patel, suggested today that two families who mingle on the street in england and number more than six people, could be breaking the new coronavirus rule of six restriction. the rules are supposed to be clear and less confusing, but as our correspondentjon kay reports from plymouth, the results seems to be rather mixed. the kind of afternoon when you might stop in the sun and chat with friends. but what if you are now breaking the law? if you saw a bunch of six friends over there now, and they said, "sue, come and join us," but it takes it to seven, would you go and chat to them? of course i would. you're not going to ignore your friends, are you? if you are out in the open, you're safe. the home secretary would say that is mingling and therefore against the new rule of six. maybe, but i think most people are going to carry on and talk to their friends. it may not seem like a big deal but it actually is. best friends chloe and amelia say they would not mingle wit

both companies strongly deny this. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, explains what's behind this row between two superpowers, though it's been little noticed by voters dealing with a global pandemic. what started as a battle over trade escalated into threats over the exchange rate for the yuan and it's now a major conflict. as ever in battles between ideologically conflicting superpowers, america and china are vying for technological supremacy. two companies illustrate that battle — huawei, with its dominance of 5g, and tiktok, a young entertainment platform already boasting over 800 million users. # come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga. # i know you can't control yourself any longer... tiktok is owned by bytedance, now with $100 billion. its founder, zhang yiming, has pledged deep cooperation with the chinese communist party. that's why politicians of all stripes in america see tiktok, like huawei, as a national security threat, giving china access to the precious data and attention of american citizens. donald trump's demand that it be sold to a non—chinese company and that the us

publisher, author and at the time of his death, as reuters' editor—at—large. 0ur media editor, amol rajanebrated british editor of his generation, he personified the noblest possibilities of both journalism and social mobility in the 20th century. the son of a railwayman and grocery store owner, he came up through local papers, first on the manchester evening news, then as editor of the northern echo in darlington, aged just 32. harry evans fell out with rupert murdoch, but not before in 13 years at the sunday times, he redefined journalism itself. a master craftsman, he pioneered a form of brave, investigative, campaigning journalism, famously winning compensation for the survivors of thalidomide, a drug given to pregnant women who gave birth to children with serious birth defects. it was a landmark victory. it's the most importantjudgment, not only for the freedom of the press but the for the citizen's right to know in england. the most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, before the laws, they have got to do it now. david mason was the parent who first interes

our media editor, amol rajan, explains what's behind this row between the us and china.wers, though it's been little noticed by voters dealing with a global pandemic. what started as a battle over trade escalated into threats over the exchange rate for the yuan and it's now a major conflict. as ever in battles between ideologically conflicting superpowers, america and china are vying for technological supremacy. two companies illustrate that battle — huawei, with its dominance of 5g, and tiktok, a young entertainment platform already boasting over 800 million users. # come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga. # i know you can't control yourself any longer... tiktok is owned by bytedance, now with $100 billion. its founder, zhang yiming, has pledged deep cooperation with the chinese communist party. that's why politicians of all stripes in america see tiktok, like huawei, as a national security threat, giving china access to the precious data and attention of american citizens. donald trump's demand that it be sold to a non—chinese company and that the us treasury get

here's our media editor, amol rajan.e of brutal recession across the country, these salaries are a bad look. 0n £1.75 million, gary lineker tops the list, but the 23% reduction in his new five—year deal means zoe ball on £1.36 million for her radio 2 breakfast show now earns slightly more. some of the published salaries don't include earnings from shows made by the bbc‘s commercial arm. the bbc has given some individuals, mostly women, big pay rises for taking on additional work. that's in an attempt to address the imbalance in gender pay. can we just say thank you so much, everyone, for listening... at 1%, the overall increase in stars' pay is below inflation. in other words, a real terms cut. lineker and others could, and do, earn much more for their work outside the bbc. this points to a tension within the corporation. it's a public sector institution engaged in a commercial war for talent. audiences flocked to the bbc‘s news and education services during the pandemic. iplayer viewing is sharply up, and the bbc sounds

also saw him launch a successful magazine, become a book publisher and author. 0ur media editor, amol rajane most celebrated british editor of his generation, he personified the noblest possibilities ofjournalism and social mobility in the 20th century. the son of a railwayman and grocery store owner, he came up through local papers, first on the manchester evening news, then as editor of the northern echo in darlington, aged just 32. harry evans fell out spectacularly with rupert murdoch, but not before in 13 years at the sunday times, he redefined journalism itself. a master craftsman, he pioneered a form of brave, investigative, campaigning journalism, famously winning compensation for the survivors of thalidomide, a drug given to pregnant women who gave birth to children with serious birth defects. it was a landmark victory. it's a most importantjudgement, not only for the freedom of the press, but for the citizens' right to know in england. and most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, before the laws, they have got to do it now. david mason was the parent who

earrning £1.3 million, overtaking gary lineker who's agreed to a £400,000 pay cut. 0ur media editor amol rajan in a time of brutal recession across the country, these salaries are a bad look. 0n £1.75 million, gary lineker tops the list, but the 23% reduction in his new five—year deal means zoe ball on £1.36 million for her radio 2 breakfast show now earns slightly more. some of the published salaries don't include earnings from shows made by the bbc‘s commercial arm. the bbc has given some individuals, mostly women, big pay rises for taking on additional work. that's in an attempt to address the imbalance in gender pay. can we just say thank you so much, everyone, for listening... at 1%, the overall increase in stars‘ pay is below inflation. in other words, a real terms cut. lineker and others could, and do, earn much more for their work outside the bbc. this points to a tension within the corporation. it's a public sector institution engaged in a commercial war for talent. audiences flocked to the bbc‘s news and education services during the pandemic. iplayer viewing is sharply up, and the b

the announcement came as the bbc published its annual report. 0ur media editor, amol rajan, is here.and the caveats, we have learnt a lot in the annual report. at a time of suffering and hardship across the country, basically these salaries are quitea country, basically these salaries are quite a bad look for the bbc. the list of published names include sellers, some people are paid huge amounts of money and there were some huge pay rises, albeit for additional work. had huge pay rises, albeit for additionalwork. had been huge pay rises, albeit for additional work. had been three yea rs of reform additional work. had been three years of reform at the bbc where some individuals, especially that that exclusively men, had taken pay cuts and others, especially not explicitly women, have had writers. the pay bill has gone up by £1 million, but that is below inflation so it's a real terms cut. it was about addressing the outcry of the gender pay gap. the bbc has failed in its plan of eradicating that by 2020, it is around 6%, which is below the national average of around 1796. below the na

and land of hope and glory will now be sung during the last night of the proms. 0ur media editor amol rajan going to sing the lyrics after all. the bbc has a new director general tim davies and he is making his presence felt. he said that he wanted the bbc to be a universal public service in touch with every part of the country. he will be sensitive to the fact that bbc has had a week of damaging headlines from this slightly bizarre saga. 0ne sunday newspaper front page lambasted the bbc as being wet and woke in the bbc itself got into something of a tangle of a weather to sing the lyrics of this song which mentions slavery. the bbc avoided the question of principle, whether it was correct in principle to sing those lyrics. the director—general has taken a stance and this i think is relatively easy when for him, it will be seen as a decisive intervention underlined the bbc along with the opinion of the majority of people in the country. but there is the licence fee payers who fund the bbc and the one hand and then the enemies and critics of the bbc in westminster and in number ten with the

publisher, author and — at the time of his death — as reuters' editor—at—large. 0ur media editor, amol rajaney don't make them like harry eva ns a ny they don't make them like harry evans any more. as the most celebrated british editor of his generation, he personified the noblest possibilities ofjournalism and social mobility in the 20th century. the son of a railwayman and grocery store owner, he came up through local papers, first on the manchester evening you is, then as editor of the northern echo in darlington, aged just 32. harry evans darlington, aged just 32. harry eva ns fell darlington, aged just 32. harry evans fell out with rupert murdoch, but not before in 13 years at the sunday times, he redefined journalism itself. a master craftsman, he pioneered a form of brave, investigative campaigning journalism, famously winning compensation for the survivors of thalidomide, a drug given to pregnant women who gave birth to children with serious birth defects. it was a landmark victory. the most important judgment, not only for the freedom of the press but the citizen's right to know. an

our media editor amol rajan looks back at his life.ad left britain for america. on both sides of the atlantic, he achieved success asa atlantic, he achieved success as a brilliantjournalist and editor. but his greatest triumph had been a tooth turn the sunday times into a campaigning newspaper. and his greatest campaign was that on behalf of victims of thalidomide. the paper won them increase compensation and scored a landmark victory for freedom of the press in the european court to the editor's the light. tremendous, it's the most important judgement, not only for the freedom of the press but for the citizens right to know in england. the most distinguished group of judges have told the british government, reform the laws. they have got to do it now. after 13 years, he was banged out by the sunday times printers, a measure of the esteem in which his staff help them. rupert murdoch asked him to edit the times and it didn't work out. years later, he resigned, claiming the proprietor didn't give him the editorial independence he was pro

our media editor amol rajan looks back at his life.achieved success as a brilliant journalist and editor, atlantic, he achieved success as a brilliantjournalist and editor, but his greatest triumph was to turn the sunday times into a campaigning newspaper. and his greatest campaign was that on behalf of victims of thalidomide. the paper when then increased compensation scored a landmark victory for freedom of press in the european court, to the editor's delight. tremendous, it's the most important judgment editor's delight. tremendous, it's the most importantjudgment not only for the freedom of the press, but the citizens right to know in england. the most distinguished group ofjudges england. the most distinguished group of judges have england. the most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government to reform the laws and they have got to do it now. after 13 years, he was banged out by the sunday times printers. that measure the esteem they held me. rupert murdoch bought the paper and asked evans to edit the times but i

our media editor amol rajan looks back at his life.of the atlantic, he achieved success as a brilliant journalist and editor. but his greatest triumph had been to turn the sunday times into a campaigning newspaper. and his greatest campaign was that on behalf of victims of thalidomide. the paper won them increased compensation and scored a landmark victory for freedom of the press in the european court to the editor's delight. tremendous, it's the most important judgment, not only for freedom of the press but for the citizen's right to know in england. the most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, reform the laws, they've got to do it now. after 13 years, he was banged out by the sunday times printers, a measure of the esteem in which his staff held him. rupert murdoch had bought the paper and asked evans to edit the times. it didn't work out. a year later he'd resigned, claiming the proprietor wouldn't give him the editorial independence he'd been promised. he found america more congenial, later becoming a us

with me now is our media editor, amol rajan. what other main revelations?ny broadcasters, particularly men taking pay cuts, the likes of jeremy particularly men taking pay cuts, the likes ofjeremy vine and huw edwards and then some women, but not exclusively, people like lauren laverne and fiona bruce getting pay rises, crucially for extra work and that has adjusted the balance of that has adjusted the balance of that topless so that for the top ten highest earners are now women but fundamentally these are big salaries ata time fundamentally these are big salaries at a time of tremendous economic hardship with lots of people being made redundant or being on furlough and a lot of people will be shocked that some people have got pay rises. hence the difficult questions. the overall gender pay gap which the bbc aims to eliminate is still 6.3%, thatis aims to eliminate is still 6.3%, that is better than the rest of the industry but it will not be eliminated. 0n gary lineker, he is the top paid in terms of the figures we have got but he has taken this pay cut wh

amol rajan reports. harold evans in the early 1980s, after he had left britain for america.ampaigning newspaper. his greatest campaign was that on behalf of victims of thalidomide. paper won them increased compensation as good a landmark victory for peter —— freedom of the press in the european court to the editor's delight. tremendous, the most important judgement, not only for freedom of the press but for the citizens' rights to know when england was the most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, reform the laws, they have got to do it now. after 13 years, he was banged out by the sunday times printers. a measure in which the esteem his staff held him. rupert murdoch bought the paper and it didn't work out. a year later he had resigned claiming the proprietor wouldn't give him that it editorial proposal he wanted. he found america more congenial, later becoming a us citizen. the americans are enormously welcoming and opening. —— opens up it wouldn't, i don't think, get quite the same thing in london. the was overshadowed in the public eye by his yo

our media editor, amol rajan, looks back at his life.ished group ofjudges have told the british government, reform the laws, they‘ve got to do it now. after 13 years, he was banged out by the sunday times printers, a measure of the esteem in which his staff held him. rupert murdoch had bought the paper and asked evans to edit the times. it didn‘t work out. a year later, he‘d resigned, claiming the proprietor wouldn‘t give him the editorial independence he‘d been promised. he found america more congenial, later becoming a us citizen. the americans are enormously welcoming and open. you wouldn‘t, i don‘t think, get quite the same thing in london. by now, he was overshadowed in the public eye by his younger, more glamorous wife, tina brown. she was the fashionable and sometimes controversial editor, first of vanity fair and later of the new yorker. they were a power couple. from the clinton white house down, they were at all the best parties. eventually, harold evans was knighted. a fine journalist and editor, who‘d combined technical brill