:00:00. > :00:08.Another government minister signals that the 1% cap on public sector pay
:00:09. > :00:16.Michael Gove says the Government should listen to the recommendations
:00:17. > :00:18.of those bodies, amid growing pressure on the Prime Minister
:00:19. > :00:25.Plans to restrict foreign fishing boats' access to British waters,
:00:26. > :00:30.as the Government prepares to pull out of a key agreement.
:00:31. > :00:39.The civilians caught up in the final stages of the bid
:00:40. > :00:41.to retake Mosul in Iraq - from IS extremists.
:00:42. > :00:44.Stephen Hawking's dismay at Donald Trump over climate change -
:00:45. > :00:46.he says pulling out of the Paris agreement could doom
:00:47. > :00:51.And - tennis star Petra Kvitova talks about returning to Wimbledon,
:00:52. > :01:16.There's growing pressure on the Prime Minister
:01:17. > :01:19.and the Chancellor over public sector pay rises,
:01:20. > :01:23.after another Cabinet minister raised the prospect of the current
:01:24. > :01:26.The Environment Secretary Michael Gove said the recommendations
:01:27. > :01:29.of public sector pay bodies - which review pay increases -
:01:30. > :01:34.One of those bodies has warned that the present cap is putting
:01:35. > :01:43.Here's our Political Correspondent Iain Watson.
:01:44. > :01:51.For every year that there's been a pay freeze or a public sector pay
:01:52. > :01:53.cut, first under a coalition government, then under the
:01:54. > :01:57.Conservatives, there's been a demonstration. But since the
:01:58. > :02:01.government lost its majority, protesters have become more hopeful.
:02:02. > :02:04.Not one day more was the slogan this weekend, as they marched through
:02:05. > :02:08.Parliament Square, and there are signs that some of the government
:02:09. > :02:12.are listening. Today the Environment Secretary said ministers should
:02:13. > :02:15.accept recommendations on pay from independent review bodies. I think
:02:16. > :02:19.that we should listen to the pay review bodies who govern each
:02:20. > :02:43.individual area of public sector pay.
:02:44. > :02:47.These pay review bodies have been set up in order to ensure we can
:02:48. > :02:49.have authoritative for advice on what's required to make sure the
:02:50. > :02:51.public services on which rewrites are effectively starved and the
:02:52. > :02:53.people within them are effectively supported. Around 5 million public
:02:54. > :02:56.sector workers have had effectively a 1% cap on pay rises since 2013.
:02:57. > :02:59.This is set to last until the end of the decade, meaning by was in 2000
:03:00. > :03:01.sector pay would be no higher in real terms than it was there are
:03:02. > :03:04.eight independent pay review bodies which make. They can call for
:03:05. > :03:05.increases above 1%, but the government isn't bound by the
:03:06. > :03:09.recommendations. Decisions on police pay and teachers pay are expected to
:03:10. > :03:13.be taken later this month. Theresa May's cabinet is split over the
:03:14. > :03:15.principle of whether to. They can call for increases above 1%, but the
:03:16. > :03:17.government isn't bound by the recommendations. Decisions on police
:03:18. > :03:20.pay and teachers pay are expected to be taken later this month. Theresa
:03:21. > :03:22.May's Cabinet is split over the principle of whether to lift sector
:03:23. > :03:25.pay gap, but it could be dismantled bit by bit. It's widely expected
:03:26. > :03:27.that some of the pay will recommend increases government minister close
:03:28. > :03:31.to the process has told, and a government minister close to the
:03:32. > :03:36.process has that government is prepared to accept those cap should
:03:37. > :03:41.be but not everyone in government is convinced a pay cap should be pay
:03:42. > :03:43.for our public services it's very important that we keep budget
:03:44. > :03:49.discipline, because it's impossible to pay for our public services
:03:50. > :03:53.place, we have saved around 200,000 public sector a growing economy.
:03:54. > :03:55.What we have done on public sector pay, by having that cap in place, we
:03:56. > :03:59.have saved around 200,000 public sector lifting the pay gap former
:04:00. > :04:02.nurse, who is now a Conservative MP, says the government could pay an
:04:03. > :04:04.even higher price if it keeps it in save ?6 billion but a former nurse,
:04:05. > :04:10.who is now a Conservative MP, says the government could pay an even
:04:11. > :04:13.higher price if it keeps it in long I know of colleagues who have left
:04:14. > :04:15.nursing. I know of people who are taking early retirement, for
:04:16. > :04:17.example, because it's a tough job and and they can get other jobs
:04:18. > :04:22.with, less responsibility for similar at so we've got to look at
:04:23. > :04:27.the the public service. Labour said it would simply scrap the cap
:04:28. > :04:31.entirely. We're saying to the pay review bodies get rid of the 1% cap
:04:32. > :04:35.and give a fair pay rise. I think they should consider giving people a
:04:36. > :04:37.pay rise in line with earnings. These demonstrators happens across
:04:38. > :04:40.the public service. Labour said it would simply scrap the cap entirely.
:04:41. > :04:43.We're saying to the pay review bodies get rid of the 1% cap and
:04:44. > :04:52.give us their pay rise. I think they should consider giving people a pay
:04:53. > :04:54.rise in line with earnings. These demonstrators seeded in ending
:04:55. > :04:55.austerity but they might give two cheers if the government eases the
:04:56. > :04:57.cap on public sector pay. The Government has announced it's
:04:58. > :05:00.withdrawing from a 50 year old convention that allows some
:05:01. > :05:02.other countries to fish close It says the move will help Britain
:05:03. > :05:06.determine its own fishing policy. But the European Commission
:05:07. > :05:08.says the convention no Here's our Business
:05:09. > :05:11.Correspondent Joe Lynam. A fortnight after the formal Brexit
:05:12. > :05:14.talks started, there's a new front The UK is quitting a 53-year-old
:05:15. > :05:17.convention which allowed countries like France and Belgium to fish
:05:18. > :05:20.right up to the British coastline. We are giving notice
:05:21. > :05:23.that we intend to quit that. It's a provision in the agreement
:05:24. > :05:25.that enables us to do that This is important to give
:05:26. > :05:29.us the legal clarity. We're absolutely clear that
:05:30. > :05:31.when we leave the EU, we leave the Common Fisheries
:05:32. > :05:34.Policy, and we will take control for managing fisheries
:05:35. > :05:36.resources in our own waters. That's right out to 200 nautical
:05:37. > :05:38.miles, or the halfway So what is the London
:05:39. > :05:43.Fisheries Convention? At the moment trawlers
:05:44. > :05:46.from France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany and Ireland can fish
:05:47. > :05:48.to within 6 nautical miles Boats from these countries
:05:49. > :05:52.catch 10,000 tonnes of fish But that's a tiny fraction
:05:53. > :05:57.of more than 700,000 tonnes a year Almost all of that fish is caught
:05:58. > :06:04.in the much wider 200 nautical miles But the decision has angered
:06:05. > :06:10.the Irish government, which has the only land
:06:11. > :06:12.border with Britain. Its Fisheries Minister
:06:13. > :06:14.described the move as And scrapping the convention
:06:15. > :06:20.could also be meaningless. The EU Commission said today
:06:21. > :06:24.that the London Convention had been superseded by EU rules covered
:06:25. > :06:28.by the Common Fisheries Policy, What it does is make a strong
:06:29. > :06:37.commitment to achieving sovereignty, taking sovereignty over our waters,
:06:38. > :06:41.which international law states is ours at the moment of Brexit,
:06:42. > :06:44.and this is just another statement of intent that that
:06:45. > :06:54.will be what happens. So, some welcome the Government
:06:55. > :06:56.taking back control, others may view fisheries as a tiny
:06:57. > :07:00.part of Britain's economy to be used as a bargaining chip in the frosty
:07:01. > :07:02.relations between Britain The Government has identified
:07:03. > :07:12.a further 32 high rise buildings that have failed fire safety tests,
:07:13. > :07:15.taking the total number to 181. Tests are continuing nationwide,
:07:16. > :07:20.in an attempt to identify buildings encased in cladding similar to that
:07:21. > :07:23.used on the Grenfell Tower. According to the figures,
:07:24. > :07:25.Salford has the greatest number of high rises that
:07:26. > :07:29.have failed tests. At least 19 people have been killed
:07:30. > :07:32.in a suicide car bombing in the Syrian capital,
:07:33. > :07:35.Damascus. The bomber was in one
:07:36. > :07:38.of three cars that had been The other two car bombs
:07:39. > :07:44.were intercepted and destroyed. Iraqi special forces have
:07:45. > :07:47.recaptured more territory in the Old City of Mosul,
:07:48. > :07:52.in the final stages of the operation to drive out
:07:53. > :07:54.so-called Islamic State. Troops and police are now
:07:55. > :07:56.closing in from three sides on the militants,
:07:57. > :07:58.who captured the city But Iraqi commanders say as many
:07:59. > :08:02.as 50,000 civilians may be trapped behind IS lines,
:08:03. > :08:10.as Orla Guerin reports from Mosul. Safe at last from the dying days
:08:11. > :08:15.of battle against IS. Traumatised civilians
:08:16. > :08:20.are fleeing with a little more than the clothes they stand up in,
:08:21. > :08:25.some newly bereaved by the conflict. "Every day you ask me how I am",
:08:26. > :08:37.she says, "And we sit together. The civilians here have just managed
:08:38. > :08:46.to escape the fighting, they're hungry and tired
:08:47. > :08:53.and they look scared. They've been caught between the two
:08:54. > :08:56.sides at risk, both from both Islamic State and the operation
:08:57. > :08:59.against them, but the troops They want to make sure that no one
:09:00. > :09:03.has emerged who could be a risk. They are concerned that suicide
:09:04. > :09:06.bombers could be trying to come out We're fine to carry
:09:07. > :09:12.the women and the kids out, but if it is a medical emergency,
:09:13. > :09:14.it's better if we have British volunteer Sally Becker
:09:15. > :09:18.is here with a medical charity. A veteran of war, she says
:09:19. > :09:23.nothing compares to Mosul. We've got the snipers, we've got
:09:24. > :09:29.the vehicle borne explosive. Even a woman yesterday,
:09:30. > :09:35.which makes it extremely dangerous now for us,
:09:36. > :09:37.because most of who we carry And many come here,
:09:38. > :09:44.to a field hospital nearby. Doctors say they have
:09:45. > :09:47.been losing children to mortars and shrapnel,
:09:48. > :09:49.but soon hundreds They see dozens per day
:09:50. > :10:00.who are severely malnourished. Much of the civilians' suffering
:10:01. > :10:03.here has gone unseen, but three years of IS rule have
:10:04. > :10:08.deeply scarred Mosul and its people. From this one street in
:10:09. > :10:12.the Old City, IS executed four men. "Sometimes I worry they'll be
:10:13. > :10:17.back", says this lady. "When I hear fighting at night,
:10:18. > :10:24.I hope I can forget them." A military victory looks close here,
:10:25. > :10:28.but there are fears about IS sleeper cells and about the future that may
:10:29. > :10:33.await this broken city. Stephen Hawking has told the BBC
:10:34. > :10:44.that Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate
:10:45. > :10:47.agreement, could doom the planet - and future generations will have no
:10:48. > :10:51.choice but to find life elsewhere. He was speaking on the occasion
:10:52. > :10:54.of his 75th birthday - a milestone he says he never
:10:55. > :10:56.thought he'd reach. Our Science Correspondent
:10:57. > :11:12.Pallab Ghosh reports. . When I was diagnosed I was told it
:11:13. > :11:19.would kill me in two or three years. Now, 54, I was told it would kill me
:11:20. > :11:21.in two or three years. Now, 54, albeit weaker and in a wheelchair,
:11:22. > :11:26.I'm still working and producing scientific today, Stephen Hawking
:11:27. > :11:32.celebrates his 75th birthday. It's been a got through only with a
:11:33. > :11:35.lot of help from my family, colleagues and which I have got
:11:36. > :11:42.through only with a lot of help from my family, colleagues and his
:11:43. > :11:49.scientific at an event at Cambridge University to pay tribute to his
:11:50. > :11:52.life, he was applauded for his scientific being inspired today, so
:11:53. > :11:54.there will be ten-year-olds today or the legacy will be the scientist he
:11:55. > :11:57.inspired, and there will be thousands of them, and they're still
:11:58. > :11:59.being inspired today, so there will be ten-year-olds today or eight-year
:12:00. > :12:02.olds who are reading about the work he did and may go on to be the
:12:03. > :12:05.Stephen and reading about the work he did and may go on to be the next
:12:06. > :12:09.Einstein, we in an exclusive interview with BBC News, Professor
:12:10. > :12:11.Hawking told me he was worried about. In an exclusive interview
:12:12. > :12:20.with BBC News, Professor Hawking told me he was worried about from
:12:21. > :12:23.the Paris climate agreement and what of our species. What are your views
:12:24. > :12:25.on President from's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate
:12:26. > :12:30.agreement and what impact do -- do you think it will have on the we are
:12:31. > :12:32.getting to the point where global warming is Donald Trump's action
:12:33. > :12:41.could put the earthDonald Trump's action could put the Earth over the
:12:42. > :12:45.bridge. Reigning sulphuric acid. Stephen Hawking has three children.
:12:46. > :12:52.His daughter Lucy says his life is an inspiration, and not just to
:12:53. > :12:55.scientists. People who have lived in really extreme circumstances seem to
:12:56. > :13:00.find something very inspirational in his example of perseverance and his
:13:01. > :13:05.ability to rise above his suffering and still want to communicate at a
:13:06. > :13:11.higher level. His ideas have transformed our understanding of the
:13:12. > :13:15.cosmos, but what's being celebrated is his determination and humanity.
:13:16. > :13:18.Pallab Ghosh, BBC News, Cambridge. With all the sport, here's
:13:19. > :13:21.Olly Foster at the BBC Sport Centre. Andy Murray says he's fit
:13:22. > :13:26.for Wimbledon fortnight. A hip problem has hampered his
:13:27. > :13:28.preparations but he'll start the defence of his title
:13:29. > :13:32.on Centre Court tomorrow. Playing straight after him
:13:33. > :13:35.is Petra Kvitova, the Czech is one of the favourites for the women's
:13:36. > :13:37.crown again, but has only recently returned to the tour
:13:38. > :13:40.after she was injured in a knife David Ornstein has
:13:41. > :13:48.been to meet her. She's a two-time Wimbledon champion
:13:49. > :13:52.whose life was turned upside down. Just days before Christmas,
:13:53. > :13:55.Petra Kvitova was attacked in her own home by an intruder
:13:56. > :13:59.with a knife. She suffered career threatening
:14:00. > :14:02.injuries to her playing hand. The recovery has been
:14:03. > :14:04.remarkable, but the scars, I had all my fingers cut,
:14:05. > :14:13.so it was a difficult time for me. The lowest point,
:14:14. > :14:20.it's tough to say... I mean, of course, I had some
:14:21. > :14:23.bad dreams afterwards. I was still a bit tired
:14:24. > :14:26.from everything that Kvitova underwent an emergency
:14:27. > :14:31.operation lasting almost four hours, but still faced an anxious wait
:14:32. > :14:37.over the outcome. I told my doctor I would
:14:38. > :14:41.like to lie, I'm very nervous, I may throw up a bit,
:14:42. > :14:43.so I'm sorry. He said I could lie,
:14:44. > :14:48.and that's helped me, actually. And it wasn't as bad
:14:49. > :14:54.as I thought it would be. By March, Kvitova was able to hold
:14:55. > :14:58.a racket again and two months later She prepared by winning
:14:59. > :15:16.in Birmingham and now incredibly she's being tipped by many
:15:17. > :15:18.for the title. It was my dream, my motivation to be
:15:19. > :15:22.here, to step on the court and play The people probably think,
:15:23. > :15:31.but I'm not here to win it. I've already won the biggest
:15:32. > :15:34.fight before, and I won Welshman Gerraint Thomas is still
:15:35. > :15:50.in the leaders yellow jersey He and his teamate, the reigning
:15:51. > :15:54.champion Chris Froome, were caught up in a crash
:15:55. > :15:57.on the second stage today but both managed to rejoin the peleton
:15:58. > :15:59.and Froome remains sixth overall. A sprint finish in Liege saw
:16:00. > :16:02.Germany's Marcel Kittel win the England's cricketers
:16:03. > :16:05.have their second win They beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
:16:06. > :16:09.in their latest group game. Captain Heather Knight
:16:10. > :16:10.and Sarah Taylor shared a partnership of 148 in Taunton,
:16:11. > :16:13.to leave them fourth in the standings with four
:16:14. > :16:15.more games to play. The top four will qualify
:16:16. > :16:24.for the semi-finals. And that is all your support for
:16:25. > :16:25.now. Thank you. That is