miss gracie resigned from her position as china editor because she is paid less than men who are also today programme on radio 4. it's been very moving actually. the news of her resignation leaked out online last night. six months after the bbc was forced to reveal the salaries of some highly paid on air staff, miss gracie has been infuriated by the response to her grievance. she was offered a pay rise of £45,000 but declined it, saying equality is what she wants. she wouldn't be drawn on whether she wanted male colleagues to take a pay cut. when i started the china job, i said i will only do this job if i'm paid equally. injuly 2017, i discovered the enormous gap that the two men who were international editors were earning 50% more, at least, than the two women who were international editors. the bbc has completed two of the three pay audits it announced last year and found no evidence of discrimination. the final one will report in a matter of weeks. the corporation declined to put anyone up for an interview but, in a statement they said... the bbc talks about a gender pay gap. what

kind for many years. 32 crew members are missing, and around 140,000 barrels of oil is burning or has spilled into the sea. the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracies stepping down , citing unequal pay compared with her male colleagues. ms gracie accused the bbc of having a "secretive and illegal pay culture". an explosion in syria's northwestern city of idlib, said to have targeted the government opposition, has killed at least 18 people, the syrian observatory for human rights said ten people were injured in the attack. sydney in australia has experienced its hottest weather in nearly 80 years, with temperatures reaching 47 point three degrees celsius. in south australia, a fast moving bush fire has been burning out of control. at ten 0'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. first we continue our life stories season, with ‘celebrating life at 117‘ welcome to my great—grandmother's 117th birthday. right now, she is taking pictures of people who have come to see her and celebrate this big day with her. there is more than 90 years difference between me and her. she's 117 and i am just 23. i am priscilla ng'ethe. i am

kind for many years. 32 crew members are missing, and around 140,000 barrels of oil is burning or has spilled into the sea. the bbc‘s china editor carrie gracie a "secretive and illegal pay culture". an explosion in syria's northwestern city of idlib, said to have targeted the government opposition, has killed at least 18 people, the syrian 0bservatory for human rights said ten people were injured in the attack. sydney in australia has experienced its hottest weather in nearly 80 years, with temperatures reaching 47 point three degrees celsius. in south australia, a fast moving bush fire has been burning out of control.

real danger that if carrie gracie's letter leads to legal action, that bbc and bbc news could be generating headlines for all the wrong reasons. more than 30 people are missing tanker and a cargo ship off the east coast of china. the missing sailors — mostly iranians — are all from the tanker, which is still on fire. 136—thousand barrels of oil — worth around 60 million dollars — is either burning or spilling into the sea. rescue operations have been launched. the us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, has told abc that president trump's tweets against north korean leader kim jong—un are useful to ‘keep him on his toes‘. she also confirmed that there is a real risk of a nuclear standoff. we are not going to let them go in drama ties the fact that they have button right on their desk and that they can destroy america. we want to a lwa ys they can destroy america. we want to always remind them, we can destroy you, too. be cautious with your words and what you do. i know it's something that makes people nervous that if we didn't do it, we would be in an... stew think the tweet was a goodidea? in an... stew think the tweet was a good idea? i think he