ones who everyone knows have signed this letter to tony hall, the names include claire balding, sarah montagueussain, victoria derbyshire, angelo britain, kirsty wark, i derbyshire, angelo britain, kirsty wark, lam derbyshire, angelo britain, kirsty wark, i am talking about significant figures. understandably, the warning to tony hall is, do something now. so this out. it is unreasonable, u na cce pta bly so this out. it is unreasonable, unacceptably and frankly anachronistic for there to be this divide. if wimbledon men's and women's singles finals get paid the same, why can't people at the bbc? it is not that difficult concept. same, why can't people at the bbc? it is not that difficult conceptm is the question of equivalence. the argument is these people aren't doing the same job exactly but you look at those numbers and there is quite a lot of reason to be very angry. there is a really important line in this story as well. they are actually going to insist, these women want to insist that thousands of rank and file staff, producers, engineers, support workers will also have a pay review bo

i'm sarah montague.john tavener composes music for god, even referring to it as a form of divine dictation. in doing so, he has become one of britain's most celebrated living composers. a0 years ago, his work was sometimes dismissed as bland, populist and new age. since then, he has defied the critic the protecting veil was one of the biggest selling classical cds ever. many years ago, he had a heart attack which nearly killed him. since then, everything has changed — his music, his outlook on life and his faith. what happened and how did he change? sirjohn tavener, welcome to hardtal thank you. what happened to your music after you nearly died? it nearly vanished altogether. because i was taken ill in switzerland. they didn't not know whether i was conscious, whether i was brain dead or not. my wife came over from england. she played me mozart and i started conducting, like that. the doctors realised my brain was not dead. i did not become conscious after that. but they realised i reacted to mozart's mu

i'm sarah montague.our arab nations that cut all ties with qatar, because they accused it of funding and supporting terrorism, have toned down their demands of the gulf state. they've replaced a list of 13 specific demands with six principles. they include — combating extremism and terrorism, preventing financing and safe havens, and suspending all acts that incite hatred or violence. so, will it resolve the crisis that has gripped the gulf? my guest today is from one of those four countries. omar saif ghobash is one of the uae's top diplomats. is his country guilty of hypocrisy, and what do they hope to achieve by isolating qatar? omar saif ghobash, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. 13 demands replaced with six principles. what has changed? well, the 13 demands were actually presented in a confidential manner to the mediator, the emir of kuwait. they were never meant for publication. it was qataris who, i think, within an hour of receiving the list, publicised that. and so, we really feel that that was ki

i am sarah montague.arab nations that cut ties with qatar because they accused it of funding and supporting terrorism have toned down their demands of the gulf state. they have replaced a list of 13 specific demands with six principles. they include combating extremism and terrorism, preventing financing and safe havens and suspending all at that incite hatred 01’ suspending all at that incite hatred or violence. so will it resolve the crisis that has gripped the golf? my guess today is from one of those four countries. he is one of the uae's top diplomats. is his country guilty of hypocrisy and what do they hope to achieve by isolating qatar? omar saif ghobash, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. 13 demands replaced with six principles. what has changed? well, the 13 demands were actually presented in a confidential manner to the mediator, the emir of kuwait. they were never meant for publication. it was qataris who, i think, within an hour of receiving the list, publicised that. and so, we really feel that

it'll be interesting to see on the today programme, sarah montague, john humphrys, what do they get paidests. just a reminder we take a look at tomorrows front pages every evening at 1040 here on bbc news. hello. yesterday was cloudy and damp for many. think brightening up from the north today, good spells of sunshine to be had here but that's not. we come on the south that uk we have some thick cloud, bringing with it outbreaks of light and patchy rain. we see the satellite sequence here. worsley food tastes central —— roughly that sweeps through the south with the odd spot of rain in wimbledon. behind it, by the skies and sunshine, a breeze in north scotland and mostly dry in the afternoon. 19 degrees in aberdeen, similar temperatures in belfast. 19—21d in northern england and more on the way of sunshine coming through in the north of wales. the main area of cloud further south. the rain by the stage light and patchy but the risk of rain in the wimbledon area. later on today, and a lot of cloud generally. it will be dry much of the time but a bit of rain later on. the wind is quite lig

welcome to hardtalk i am sarah montague. fall arab nations that cut all ties with qatar because they accused it of funding and supporting terrorism have toned down their demands of the gulf state. they have replaced a list of 13 specific demands with six principles. they include combating extremism and terrorism, preventing financing and safer havens, and suspending all a cts safer havens, and suspending all acts that incite hatred or violence. so, will it resolve the crisis that has gripped the gulf? my guest today is from one of those four countries, omarsaif is from one of those four countries, omar saif ghobash, who is one of the uae's top diplomat. is his country guilty of copper —— hypocrisy and what have they achieved by isolating qatar? omar saif ghobash, welcome to hardtalk thank you. 13 demands replaced with six principles. what has changed ? replaced with six principles. what has changed? well, the 13 demands we re has changed? well, the 13 demands were actually presented in a confidential manner to the mediator t

sarah montague is a senior presenter on that programme.e as long asjohn, but she has over 100 programmes a year and she is not on the list. how did that happen? i cannot go into individual details, but the lowest paid person... that is not what i am asking. she has been on that programme for more than 12 years and somehow she is not on the list. is that a mistake? that is one of the things we will look at. i am sticking with the today programme. 0ne presenter gets a very lucrative offer from lbc and they come to you and say, i have had a very lucrative offer, do you say, that is fantastic, go. or do you give them more money? suddenly the pay parity goes completely out the window. it depends. sometimes we let people go all we walk away from negotiations. that has happened recently in terms of news presenters. normally we say there is a market value here, does it change the value of the people? if that puts the parity completely out the window and there is a terrible imbalance, would you give them more money as well? the key criteria is valu