:00:00. > :00:07.More signals that the 1% pay cap for public sector workers
:00:08. > :00:13.With pressure on the Prime Minister, including from her own party,
:00:14. > :00:15.a Cabinet colleague suggests recommendations from independent
:00:16. > :00:23.I think that we should listen to the pay review bodies who govern
:00:24. > :00:27.each individual area of public sector pay.
:00:28. > :00:29.We'll be exploring how changes might be made,
:00:30. > :00:36.Also tonight: Plans to restrict foreign fishing in British waters,
:00:37. > :00:41.the UK says it's pulling out of an international agreement.
:00:42. > :00:43.A new wave of arrivals from North Africa, Italy struggles
:00:44. > :00:49.to cope with thousands of people heading to its shores.
:00:50. > :00:52.Petra Kvitova's return to Wimbledon after an attack that made her fear
:00:53. > :01:01.Of course, I had some bad dreams afterwards.
:01:02. > :01:08.I was still a bit tired, with everything that
:01:09. > :01:16.And the milestone Stephen Hawking thought he would never
:01:17. > :01:43.There is growing pressure on the Prime Minister
:01:44. > :01:46.and the Chancellor over public sector pay rises,
:01:47. > :01:49.after another Cabinet Minister raised the prospect of the current
:01:50. > :01:57.The Environment Secretary, Michael Gove, suggested
:01:58. > :01:59.that the recommendations of public sector pay bodies -
:02:00. > :02:01.which review increases - should be respected.
:02:02. > :02:04.One of those bodies has warned that the cap is putting
:02:05. > :02:11.Here's our political correspondent Iain Watson.
:02:12. > :02:18.They save our lives, they keep us safe, they teach our children. And
:02:19. > :02:21.when things do go wrong, that on the front line, dealing with the
:02:22. > :02:25.aftermath. But politicians from all political parties are now asking if
:02:26. > :02:30.enough is being done to repay the debt to public service workers. The
:02:31. > :02:33.Health Secretary and Education Secretary want to see limits on
:02:34. > :02:37.public sector salaries and relaxed. A former nurse, now Conservative MP
:02:38. > :02:42.says pressures on public services will increase if the government
:02:43. > :02:45.doesn't lift its pay cap. I know of colleagues who have left nursing. I
:02:46. > :02:49.know people who are taking early retirement, for example, because
:02:50. > :02:52.it's a tough job and long hours. And they can get other jobs with less
:02:53. > :02:58.hours, less responsibility for similar pay. We've got to look at
:02:59. > :03:05.the pay structure across the public service. Pay in the public sector
:03:06. > :03:14.has been strictly limited for most of the decade. If that continues as
:03:15. > :03:19.planned for two more years, the average pay of a public sector
:03:20. > :03:25.worker will be back at 2005 levels in real terms, adjusting for
:03:26. > :03:28.inflation. Eight independent public service pay bodies recommended level
:03:29. > :03:32.of increases for a whole range of staff, nurses, doctors, prison
:03:33. > :03:35.officers to judges. The government can either agree with them or
:03:36. > :03:40.overrule them. This month, ministers will be given recommendations on pay
:03:41. > :03:41.for teachers and police officers. The new Environment Secretary says
:03:42. > :03:43.colleagues should accept them. I think we should listen to pay
:03:44. > :03:45.review bodies who govern each individual area
:03:46. > :03:47.of public sector pay. These pay review bodies have been
:03:48. > :03:50.set up in order to ensure we can have authoritative advice
:03:51. > :03:52.on what is required in order to ensure that the public services
:03:53. > :03:55.on which we rely are effectively starved and the people within them
:03:56. > :04:08.are effectively supported. Theresa May's cabinet is split over
:04:09. > :04:15.the principle of whether to lift the public sector pay cap but it could
:04:16. > :04:20.be dismantled bit by bit. It is widely expected that some pay bodies
:04:21. > :04:23.will recommend increases above 1% and the government minister close to
:04:24. > :04:26.the process has told Ms government is prepared to accept those
:04:27. > :04:28.recommendations. But not everyone in government is convinced the pay cap
:04:29. > :04:38.should be eroded. It's very important to keep
:04:39. > :04:41.discipline. It's impossible to pay
:04:42. > :04:43.for our public services But what we have done
:04:44. > :04:46.on public sector pay, actually by having that cap
:04:47. > :04:49.in place, we have saved around But Labour say they would simply
:04:50. > :04:54.scrap the cap entirely. We're saying to the pay review
:04:55. > :04:58.bodies, get rid of the 1% cap Well I think they should consider
:04:59. > :05:06.giving people a pay rise Demonstrators were in Parliament
:05:07. > :05:08.Square this weekend, calling for an end to austerity. They won't get
:05:09. > :05:09.that, but they might get two cheers to any increase in public sector
:05:10. > :05:12.pay. And Iain Watson is in
:05:13. > :05:19.Downing Street now. One signal after another. If there
:05:20. > :05:24.is a change, how would that be funded? Some estimates suggest that
:05:25. > :05:29.lifting the public pay gap entirely could cost as much as ?6 billion,
:05:30. > :05:32.six times more than that DUP deal. You could understand why the
:05:33. > :05:37.Chancellor at number 11 Downing St could be weary. On hearing other
:05:38. > :05:41.Cabinet heavyweight could weigh in on this, piling on the pressure in
:05:42. > :05:44.the papers tomorrow. You might see a partial lifting of the pay cap on
:05:45. > :05:48.these pay review bodies are structured in such a way that
:05:49. > :05:52.ministers could decipher example to get nurses a pay increase but not
:05:53. > :05:55.senior managers. Rank-and-file police officers but not Chief police
:05:56. > :06:00.officers. Money needs to be found from somewhere. One former minister
:06:01. > :06:03.interestingly said they ought to be what he called careful tax rises.
:06:04. > :06:07.Dealing with the public sector pay cap isn't a cost free option but not
:06:08. > :06:08.dealing with it, the government could pay a big political price.
:06:09. > :06:13.Thank you. The government has announced it's
:06:14. > :06:15.withdrawing from a 50-year-old convention that allows five other
:06:16. > :06:18.countries to fish in waters close It's described the move as a first
:06:19. > :06:24.step towards a new post Brexit fishing policy,
:06:25. > :06:26.but one of the countries affected, Ireland, has called it
:06:27. > :06:28.unwelcome and unhelpful. Our business correspondent
:06:29. > :06:36.Joe Lynam reports. As formal Brexit talks set off,
:06:37. > :06:39.Britain has said it would be taking back control over who fishes
:06:40. > :06:41.in its waters. So, it's quitting a 53-year-old
:06:42. > :06:43.convention which allowed countries like France and Belgium to fish
:06:44. > :06:47.right up to the British coastline. We are giving notice
:06:48. > :06:49.that we intend to quit that. It's a provision in the agreement
:06:50. > :06:52.that enables us to do that This is important to give
:06:53. > :06:56.us the legal clarity. We're absolutely clear that
:06:57. > :06:59.when we leave the EU, we leave the Common Fisheries Policy,
:07:00. > :07:01.and we will take control for managing fisheries
:07:02. > :07:05.resources in our own waters. So, what is the London
:07:06. > :07:09.Fisheries Convention? At the moment, trawlers from France,
:07:10. > :07:10.Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Ireland can fish
:07:11. > :07:12.to within six nautical miles Boats from these countries catch
:07:13. > :07:35.10,000 tonnes of fish That's a fraction, just over 1%,
:07:36. > :07:37.700,000 tonnes a year caught by British fishermen.
:07:38. > :07:40.The real haggling between Brussels and London will be over this,
:07:41. > :07:42.the much wider 200 nautical miles of water around the UK.
:07:43. > :07:44.But the decision has angered the Irish Government,
:07:45. > :07:46.which has the only land border with Britain.
:07:47. > :07:48.Its Fisheries Minister described the move as
:07:49. > :07:55.And scrapping the convention could also be meaningless.
:07:56. > :07:58.Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, said in a tweet
:07:59. > :08:01.that the London Convention had been superseded by EU rules covered
:08:02. > :08:07.But fishermen welcomed the government's action.
:08:08. > :08:09.What it does is make a strong commitment to taking
:08:10. > :08:11.sovereignty over our waters, which international law states
:08:12. > :08:15.This is just another statement of intent that that
:08:16. > :08:36.So, while some have welcomed the Government's claim that it's
:08:37. > :08:41.They may not get their ultimate wish.
:08:42. > :08:44.Fisheries as a tiny part of Britain's economy to be used
:08:45. > :08:46.as a bargaining chip in the frosty relations between Britain
:08:47. > :08:51.A number of flights have been disrupted at Gatwick Airport this
:08:52. > :08:53.evening because of a "drone in the vicinity".
:08:54. > :09:00.Close to the runway. British Airways and easyJet were disrupted. Police
:09:01. > :09:04.are investigating. The government has identified
:09:05. > :09:06.a further 32 high rise buildings that have failed fire safety tests,
:09:07. > :09:10.taking the total number to 181. Tests are continuing nationwide,
:09:11. > :09:12.in an attempt to identify buildings encased in cladding similar to that
:09:13. > :09:15.used on the Grenfell Tower. According to the figures,
:09:16. > :09:17.Salford has the greatest number of high rises that
:09:18. > :09:23.have failed tests. Iraqi special forces have
:09:24. > :09:25.recaptured more territory in the Old City of Mosul,
:09:26. > :09:31.in the final stages of the operation to drive out
:09:32. > :09:34.so-called Islamic State. Troops and police are now
:09:35. > :09:36.closing in from three sides on the militants,
:09:37. > :09:38.who captured the city But Iraqi commanders say as many
:09:39. > :09:42.as 50,000 civilians may be trapped behind IS lines,
:09:43. > :09:44.as Orla Guerin reports From the dying days
:09:45. > :09:55.of battle against IS. Traumatised civilians
:09:56. > :09:57.fleeing with little more "Every day you ask me
:09:58. > :10:15.how I am", she says. The civilians here have just managed
:10:16. > :10:25.to escape the fighting. They're hungry and tired
:10:26. > :10:28.and they looked scared. They've been caught
:10:29. > :10:31.between the two sides, at risk both from Islamic State
:10:32. > :10:36.and the operation against them. But the troops here are being
:10:37. > :10:41.cautious, they want to make sure that no-one has emerged
:10:42. > :10:43.who could be a risk. They are concerned that suicide
:10:44. > :10:46.bombers could be trying to come out We're fine to carry the women
:10:47. > :10:50.and the kids out, but if it's a medical emergency,
:10:51. > :10:52.it's better if we have British volunteer Sally Becker
:10:53. > :10:56.is here with a medical charity. A veteran of war, she says
:10:57. > :11:02.nothing compares to Mosul. We've got the vehicle-borne
:11:03. > :11:09.explosives. People.
:11:10. > :11:10.Suicide bombers. Even a woman yesterday,
:11:11. > :11:14.which makes it extremely Because most of who we carry
:11:15. > :11:19.is women and children. And many come here to
:11:20. > :11:25.a field hospital nearby. Doctors say they have been losing
:11:26. > :11:29.children to mortars and shrapnel. But soon, hundreds
:11:30. > :11:32.could die of hunger. They see dozens per day
:11:33. > :11:34.who are severely malnourished. Much of the civilian suffering
:11:35. > :11:37.here has gone unseen but three years of IS rule have deeply scarred
:11:38. > :11:40.Mosul and its people. From this one street in
:11:41. > :11:54.the Old City, IS executed four men. "Sometimes I worry
:11:55. > :11:57.they will be back". "When I hear fighting at night,
:11:58. > :12:01.I hope I can forget them". A military victory looks close
:12:02. > :12:03.here but there are fears about IS sleeper cells
:12:04. > :12:06.and about the future that may 20 people have been killed
:12:07. > :12:24.in a suicide car bombing in the Syrian capital,
:12:25. > :12:25.Damascus. The bomber was in one
:12:26. > :12:28.of three cars that had been The other two car bombs
:12:29. > :12:39.were intercepted and destroyed. The UN refugee agency is asking
:12:40. > :12:42.European leaders to help Italy deal with the growing numbers of people
:12:43. > :12:45.who have been arriving Last weekend alone, almost 13,000
:12:46. > :12:49.migrants and refugees arrived. And it's estimated that so far this
:12:50. > :12:52.year, more than 2000 people have died in perilous
:12:53. > :12:57.Mediterranean crossings. Most of the migrants
:12:58. > :12:59.are from North Africa, trying to reach Italy and then
:13:00. > :13:02.travel on in Europe. Our correspondent Rami Ruhayem has
:13:03. > :13:04.witnessed the relief effort Rescuing migrants in
:13:05. > :13:16.the central Mediterranean. A delicate task, even
:13:17. > :13:20.in fairly calm waters. As the rubber boat deflates, people
:13:21. > :13:25.panic and the rescuers lose control. They come from across Africa
:13:26. > :13:40.and Asia, many fleeing extreme The boats leave from Libya,
:13:41. > :13:45.a country that has The fortunate ones can pay
:13:46. > :13:53.for wooden boats, but they, too, are We're on a rescue ship
:13:54. > :13:59.run by the charity So far, they've taken
:14:00. > :14:03.more than 600 people on board, from three
:14:04. > :14:07.different boats. There's another transfer that's
:14:08. > :14:12.ongoing at the moment. Most are men, but
:14:13. > :14:14.there are also women All have risked their lives to make
:14:15. > :14:24.the dangerous crossing. He tells me he is fleeing war
:14:25. > :14:37.for the second time. Others tell us they are simply
:14:38. > :14:44.desperate for work. In Morocco it's zero.
:14:45. > :14:51.Italia is good, Europa, too, is good.
:14:52. > :14:53.Charities began operating in the Mediterranean after Italy
:14:54. > :14:57.terminated its own search and rescue operation,
:14:58. > :14:59.which was replaced by EU missions with a bigger focus on
:15:00. > :15:07.Currently, MSF is trapped in a situation that is very difficult.
:15:08. > :15:10.Because we know we cannot stop the rescues for the moment.
:15:11. > :15:18.While we know it is not a sustainable solution either.
:15:19. > :15:21.With Sicily in sight, a sense of relief on board.
:15:22. > :15:25.But even as the UN sounds the alarm over the unfolding
:15:26. > :15:28.crisis, the Italian Government is pressing the EU for help
:15:29. > :15:31.and warning its ports may not remain open to the migrants.
:15:32. > :15:45.President Trump has been accused of inciting violence
:15:46. > :15:47.against journalists, after he tweeted a spoof video
:15:48. > :15:50.showing him physically assaulting a man with a CNN logo super-imposed
:15:51. > :15:55.He is shown slamming the CNN character to the ground
:15:56. > :16:01.Mr Trump regularly accuses CNN and other critical media
:16:02. > :16:10.outlets of broadcasting what he calls fake news.
:16:11. > :16:15.Our correspondent Laura Bicker is in Washington now.
:16:16. > :16:22.What's the reaction to this been like? CNN has taken the
:16:23. > :16:27.unprecedented step of issuing a statement condemning the president
:16:28. > :16:32.and saying that his tweet incites violence against reporters. They are
:16:33. > :16:35.backed by a number of journalists groups, even some right-wing
:16:36. > :16:38.commentators believe, on this occasion, Donald Trump has crossed a
:16:39. > :16:44.line. But the White House said there's nothing to be alarmed about.
:16:45. > :16:49.The homeland security adviser said this should not be perceived as a
:16:50. > :16:54.threat. Consider this. On Friday, the White House press spokeswoman
:16:55. > :16:57.rounded on the press, accused them of not covering policy. But if you
:16:58. > :17:02.like Donald Trump's Twitter habit, the one thing he tweets about most
:17:03. > :17:07.often is about the press. He describes his Twitter habit as not
:17:08. > :17:12.being presidential, but being "Modern presidential". It may keep
:17:13. > :17:14.his base happy, but while it continues, distracts from his
:17:15. > :17:18.agenda, to make America a great again. Laura, thank you.
:17:19. > :17:21.The two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has spoken of her fear
:17:22. > :17:23.that she would never play tennis again after being attacked
:17:24. > :17:31.Suffering serious injuries to her left hand, she faced a gruelling
:17:32. > :17:34.fight to regain her fitness and will be competing at Wimbledon -
:17:35. > :17:40.Our sports correspondent David Ornstein has been to meet her.
:17:41. > :17:42.UMPIRE: Game, set and match, Miss Kvitova.
:17:43. > :17:46.She's a two-time Wimbledon champion whose life was turned upside down.
:17:47. > :17:49.Just days before Christmas, Petra Kvitova was attacked in her own home
:17:50. > :18:09.I presume you're not drinking from it. Not yet. Waiting for a big
:18:10. > :18:10.party. She told me career threatening injuries to her plane
:18:11. > :18:13.had left physical and mental scars. All seven tendons on all five
:18:14. > :18:19.fingers. I mean, of course, I had some
:18:20. > :18:23.bad dreams afterwards. I was still a bit tired
:18:24. > :18:27.from everything that Of course, I had bad thoughts that I
:18:28. > :18:36.would never play tennis again. Kvitova underwent an emergency
:18:37. > :18:39.operation lasting almost four hours but still faced an anxious
:18:40. > :18:51.wait over the outcome. I was really worried, seeing my hand
:18:52. > :18:55.after taking the band off, for the first time. It wasn't as bad as I
:18:56. > :18:59.thought it would be. Is it right that you still can't fully close
:19:00. > :19:04.your hand? That's right. Which can't be easy for a tennis player. On the
:19:05. > :19:08.other hand, I'm lucky I'm playing tennis and not playing badminton,
:19:09. > :19:10.whatever, where the grip is much smaller. It's describing my
:19:11. > :19:14.situation. By March, she was able
:19:15. > :19:17.to hold a racket again and two months later she even made
:19:18. > :19:20.it to the French open. She prepared by
:19:21. > :19:25.winning in Birmingham and now, incredibly,
:19:26. > :19:27.she is being tipped I ready won the biggest
:19:28. > :19:38.fight before. Stephen Hawking is 75 today -
:19:39. > :19:46.a milestone he's said he never thought he would reach
:19:47. > :19:48.after being diagnosed with motor Today, he was honoured by friends,
:19:49. > :19:51.family and colleagues at Cambridge University,
:19:52. > :19:54.and he's been talking to our science When I was diagnosed at 21,
:19:55. > :20:03.I was told it would kill me Now, 54 years later,
:20:04. > :20:06.albeit weaker and in a wheelchair, I'm still working and producing
:20:07. > :20:15.scientific papers. Today, Stephen Hawking
:20:16. > :20:21.celebrates his 75th birthday. But it's been a great struggle,
:20:22. > :20:24.which I have got through only with a lot of help from my family,
:20:25. > :20:28.colleagues, and friends. At an event at Cambridge University
:20:29. > :20:31.to pay tribute to his life, he was applauded for his scientific
:20:32. > :20:37.achievements. The legacy will be
:20:38. > :20:45.the scientists that he inspired. And there will be thousands
:20:46. > :20:47.of them, and they're So there will be ten-year-olds
:20:48. > :20:50.today, or eight-year-olds, who are reading about Stephen,
:20:51. > :20:52.reading about the work that he did, and may
:20:53. > :20:55.go on to be the next In an exclusive interview with BBC
:20:56. > :21:03.News, Professor Hawking told me that he was worried about the future
:21:04. > :21:06.of our species. What are your views
:21:07. > :21:07.on President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate
:21:08. > :21:10.agreement, and what impact do you think that will have
:21:11. > :21:18.on the future of the planet? We are close to the tipping point
:21:19. > :21:20.where global warming Trump's action could push
:21:21. > :21:27.the Earth over the bridge, to become like Venus,
:21:28. > :21:28.with a temperature of 250 degrees His daughter Lucy says his
:21:29. > :21:39.life is an inspiration, People who've lived in really
:21:40. > :21:46.extreme circumstances seem to find something very,
:21:47. > :21:48.very inspirational in his example of perseverance and persistence,
:21:49. > :21:50.and his kind of ability to rise above his suffering, and still want
:21:51. > :22:01.to communicate at a higher level. His ideas have transformed our
:22:02. > :22:04.understanding of the cosmos. But what's also being celebrated
:22:05. > :22:21.is his determination and humanity. That's all from me,
:22:22. > :22:24.stay with us on BBC1,