The United States not to interfere. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport olly foster. Weve already had british winners on the second day of wimbledon well head live to the all england club and also lyon and the lionesses as we count down to the world cup semifinal. Thanks olly, and thomasz has all the weather. The weather is lush. It is beautiful, just right. We will be talking about the european monsoon in halfan talking about the european monsoon in half an hour. Also coming up turning their backs on the eu meps from the brexit party stage a protest at the opening session of the European Parliament. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. Its been one of the major Sticking Points in the brexit negotiations but the two candidates vying to be Prime Minister have been outlining their plans for the irish border after the uk leaves the eu. In the latest conservative Party Leadership hustings in belfast, jeremy hunt said it would be impossible to have an eu withdrawal deal that included the current irish backstop provision. Boris johnson insisted there will, under no circumstances, be a hard border. He said the issue would be resolved in a free trade deal after brexit. Chris page has more. They both want to be the Prime Minister who takes the country out of the eu. And they are in the part of the uk that in many ways is on the brexit frontline. The union comes first, of course, but i believe that we should not be faced with that choice. And the solution must be for the whole uk to come out. Yesterday i met representatives from the Northern Ireland farmers union, the food and drink federation, people from the border towns around newry and they talked to me about their concerns about a no deal situation. The border is almost invisible, but looms large in the contest for number 10. Everyone involved in the brexit negotiations has agreed on the aim. They want the border to remain, in essence, as it is at the moment. Open with traffic free flowing and no checks. But there has not been agreement on how you achieve that and it has become the biggest Sticking Point in the whole process. The most controversial part of the current Withdrawal Agreement is the backstop which would guarantee no hard border if there is no big free trade deal between the uk and eu. It would mean the whole of the uk would share customs arrangements with the eu, and Northern Ireland would follow a number of european rules on trading goods. Borisjohnson thinks the issue should be dealt with in trade talks after the uk leaves. We should have a standstill, protract the existing arrangements and use that time, whether it is an implementation period or whatever, to do the trade deal and sort out the facilitations we will need. Jeremy hunt also wants rid of the backstop. The principle is the backstop that traps us into following eu customs tariffs until the eu give us permission to leave the customs union. And for a brexit vote that was about bringing back sovereignty to parliament, that is not acceptable. Both he and mrjohnson have suggested technology could help to avoid checks on the frontier. But the eu said it will not reopen negotiations and the backstop must stay. This expert warns the challenge is not getting easier. Teh change of Prime Minister does not change the reality of brexit. The choices that are difficult that the Prime Minister theresa may has had to face remain the same. The border brainteaser remains unsolved. Finding a solution will be one of the toughest tasks for the new man in downing street. Lets speak now to our assistant political editor, norman smith. Assistant political they assistant political both looked a bit uncomfortable at they both looked a bit uncomfortable at times. This will be crucial. It is perhaps the key issue in the whole brexit negotiations. But listening to both of them they are both pretty much in the same page when it comes to the backstop. They both say it has to go and they both wa nted both say it has to go and they both wanted renegotiated but they both know that the eu have already said no, we are not open to reopening the Withdrawal Agreement and getting rid of the backstop so they are both facing a huge task in convincing their own people and indeed the wider electorate that they can pull this off. But basically they are not very far apart when it comes to the backstop and even to brexit more generally. We have seen mr hunt in recent days coming closer and closer to borisjohnson recent days coming closer and closer to Boris Johnson is recent days coming closer and closer to borisjohnson is very hard line of this deadline in october 31 no saying pretty much unless the eu sends up to a new deal by september the 30th he too will leave come what may on october the 31st. The two men asi may on october the 31st. The two men as i think largely tonal. When you listen to mr hunt he has a tone of n regret rather than enthusiasm. Boris johnson is almost keen to get on to no deal, i think. He seems to see huge opportunities in the aftermath ofan huge opportunities in the aftermath of an ordeal. Interesting to on his sort of picture to those mps wary of no deal, saying he would love them up. In other words he is going to reach out to them and try to bring them on board even though we know within parliament there are some mps to thwart an ordeal including possibly the current chancellor at Philip Hammond who was asked what he would do if it came to no deal and the house of commons this afternoon. Let me say this. I think i have been consistently clear that i believe that leaving with a no deal exit will be bad for the uk, bad for the british economy, bad for the british people. We cannot, however, rule out that could happen because it is not entirely in our hands but i do agree with him that it would be wrong for a British Government to seek to pursue no deal as a policy and i believe it will be for the house of commons, of which i will continue proudly to be a member, to ensure that doesnt happen. The view of borisjohnson steam is that the appetite for confrontation over no deal is beginning to fizzle out in parliament and those tory rebels prepared to make a stand over no deal, the views of those around mrjohnson as they are beginning to wobble, in part because of mr johnson winds he will be a new Prime Minister so they will give him the space to try and sort out brexit and in parta space to try and sort out brexit and in part a sense of battle fatigue. People want this done and dusted so maybe when it actually comes to it Parliament May not be such a block to no deal. An investigation is under way after a suspected stowaway fell from a passenger plane into a London Garden where a man was sunbathing. Police say the stowaway fell from a Kenya Airways flight heading from nairobi to Heathrow Airport. Its thought the man had hidden in the planes landing gear. Its raised more questions about airport security. A warning that this report from our transport correspondent tom burridge contains an image some of you may find distressing. This is the Kenya Airways flight caught on a webcam on sunday. The plane was high in the sky over south london. A man believed to have hidden in the landing gear compartment shortly before take off at Nairobi Airport fell. His body landed in this propertys back garden. And this photo shows extensive damage caused to a concrete path where the body fell. According to a neighbour, the body, believed to be ofa man, hit the ground just a metre from a man who rents this property, who was sunbathing at the time. The man stowed away in the undercarriage of the plane would have fallen some 3,500 feet. Given the impact, the tenant at this property is lucky he wasnt hurt or even killed. The flight kq100 left nairobi at 7 19am on sunday. It landed more than eight hours later at 3 42 p m. Just minutes before that, police were called to clapham, where a body had fallen in someones backyard. Hiding in the undercarriage just before take off should be incredibly hard. Security checks like these at Nairobi Airport increased after 9 11. Typically, a pilot or engineer will carry out final checks roughly 45 minutes before take off. And he would have had to climb up as quickly as possible along this bit of metal and into the rear arch. But after a similar incident a few years ago, a bbc reporter shows in this documentary how someone could do it. But getting inside is the easy bit. To survive an entire flight in a part of an aircraft which isnt pressurised, someone would have to cheat an almost certain death. The undercarriage bay is outside the normal pressurisation part of the aircraft. So they are subjected to freezing temperatures and very little oxygen. In addition, they can be crushed by the undercarriage coming up. The chances of survival are very remote indeed. I would say it is almost nil on a long haul flight. Additionally, because they will pass out at high altitude, on the approach to land when the pilots lower the gear, they are not hanging on, so if they had survived the crushing and the cold temperature, they then fall to their death. The identity of the person who fell has not been released. British police are not treating it as suspicious. But there are questions over how he made it on board at Nairobi Airport. Some water, food and a bag were found in the undercarriage of the plane where the person hid before take off. What happened is a major breach of security and the man had next to no chance of surviving the flight. The Cabinet Office says it will investigate whether senior Civil Servants told a newspaper Jeremy Corbyn is too frail to be Prime Minister. Over the weekend the times said it was briefed by two officials with suggestions that the labour leader may have to stand down over health issues. Labour has rejected the governments offer and has demanded a full independent inquiry. Three women have now made the bbcs list of the highest paid on air talent. Zoe ball, Claudia Winkleman and Vanessa Feltz are among the top ten biggest earners, revealed in the bbcs annual report. This is the First Time Since presenter salaries were disclosed in 2017 that women have made the top 10 although zoe, claudia, and vanessa come in at numbers 8,9, and ten respectively. 75 stars received more than £150,00, 11 more than last year. The announcement comes at a difficult time for the bbc already under fire after the recent decision to scrap free tv licences for over 75s unless they receive pension credit, our media and arts correspondent David Sillito reports. The mp damian collins, chair of the digital, culture, media and Sport Committee joins me now from our westminster studio. The presence of those three women in the top ten is welcomed. Progress has been made. The bbc are still some way of achieving equal pay for men and women who do equal work of equal value but the fact we are having this debate is because there was transparency over what the high earners get. Something the bbc resisted but something im pleased to see now the recognised as necessary reform. To see now the recognised as necessary reform. Equal pay and the gender pay gap are two different issues. I wonder whats more you wa nt issues. I wonder whats more you want the bbc to do. I support the bbc objective should be equal numbers of men and women amongst the highest paid the bbc. There is a disparity not just highest paid the bbc. There is a disparity notjust on what men and women got paid in doing work of equal value but also the sheer number of senior men on high salaries. It is welcome to see more women in the high levels of bbc earners the top 20 bbc earners and the gender pay gap has been reduced but nevertheless there is still progress to be made. I think overall there is a question of the bbc why there is a question of the bbc why the overall pay bill for top talent has gone up. I think we were led to believe that whilst we would see increases for women who deserved a pay increase that would be offset by some senior man leading the organisation. We have seen some of those senior men leave nevertheless the total pay bill is going up. Is that not the irony of this that the argument in the past that these presenters are highly paid because they dont work elsewhere and eve ryo ne they dont work elsewhere and everyone says that as ridiculous. That is what has happened. Three very highly respected presenters have gone elsewhere for money which rather backs up the argument bbc has to stay with the competitors in terms of pay. I think given the sheer number of people on very high salaries at the bbc, i dont think a few people going doesnt suggest there has been a big shift. If you look at some of the salaries some people are being paid im not sure what broadcasters could match that. Who are you talking about . what broadcasters could match that. Who are you talking about . I dont wa nt to who are you talking about . I dont want to go through a list of names but there are a lot of people who have been at the bbc for a long time, radio and Television Presenters who have very high salaries and im not sure how many commercial operators in this country could afford to pay people those kind of salaries. I think that is why youve seen one or two people go and that could be other reasons but you have not seen big exodus. Transparency on senior pay has not really driven people away in any numbers at all. What it has done is exposed the big gap between what men and women were getting paid for doing similarjobs and also the sheer number of very senior men in very high salaries. I think because that transparency has been that we have seen that transparency has been that we have seen progress that transparency has been that we have seen progress because there has been a lot of public pressure for that progress to be made. Are you saying they should have cut mens pay rather than increased womens . No, the director general said that whilst women employees would see their salaries go up some senior men may see some of the pay go down. That has happened as well and some senior men have let the organisation altogether. Mike left. Senior men have let the organisation altogether. Mike left. The timing is not great considering there are over 75 is in this country who will be paying the licence fee where they have not done in the past. There are pensioners who will have to face the prospect of paying the licence fee in the future and they will look at some of these numbers and say why other so many people in such high salaries and why is the salary bill for talent going up rather than staying flat are coming down if the bbc is under such financial pressure . People will challenge it in that way. I also think that should be concern for the future for the decline of viewership across a Live Television channels and the biggest everfall and Live Television channels and the biggest ever fall and under 35 is watching Live Television so i think there are some serious longer term issues the bbc has to address. The bbc would say it is addressing that issue and anyone who once here knows thatis issue and anyone who once here knows that is very much at the forefront of Many Programme meetings. Is there an argument that perhaps the bbc never will, the media landscape has changed . Of the media landscape is changing. The bbc obviously has to change with the times and remain releva nt as change with the times and remain relevant as well and i know it is working hard to do that. If you look at the decline in audience numbers and younger people watching Live Television and the decline of Live Television and the decline of Live Television as a whole and the video on demand services such as iplayer which it is increasing increasing amounts then, that is a much more Competitive Landscape sold bbc share with things like amazon prime and netflix is declining. I think we can see the outlines of many of the challenges of the future of the bbc will face to remain relevant to the breadth of audience it wishes to sell. If you change are viewing and listening habits over the last four yea rs . Listening habits over the last four years . Like many people i watch programmes on catch up and doing the job i do programmes on catch up and doing the jobidoi programmes on catch up and doing the job i do i dont get to see many of the programmes broadcast live. Im sure it eight oclock this evening when we watch the lioness is playing sporting events to bring the country together. Like many viewers there are some things i would not want to miss seeing live and other things i watch and catch up. Of course the bbc has to look to compete against services such as netflix and amazon prime that were not on the landscape ten yea rs prime that were not on the landscape ten years ago. It is good to talk to you, thank you. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. Boris johnson and jeremy hunt make their pitches to be the next Prime Minister to conservative Party Members in Northern Ireland. An investigation is launched into how a man suspected to be a stowaway fell from this plane into a garden in south london. 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