the bbc star football player gary lineker hasn't suspended over social media comment he made as over social media comment he made i, , l, over social media comment he made a, , a, a a, made as editor in chief of the bbc i think— made as editor in chief of the bbc | think one _ made as editor in chief of the bbc i think one of _ made as editor in chief of the bbc i think one of our - made as editor in chief of the i bbc i think one of our founding principles is impartiality and that's what we are delivering on. �* , , , a, a , that's what we are delivering on. asylum policy was also centre stage _ on. asylum policy was also centre stage at _ on. asylum policy was also centre stage at a _ on. asylum policy was also centre stage at a later- on. asylum policy was also - centre stage at a later summit in paris where the uk promises france hundreds of millions of dollars to deal with illegal channel crossings. missing the warning signs, officials in germany state police spoke to the suspect and thursday's hamburg shooting a month before the attack. and hollywood's big

night is on sunday at the oscars. we will look at who could be taken home the coveted gold statues. hello and welcome. the bbc is in crisis tonight after forcing its highest paid and most recognised presenter gary lineker to step back from fronting its flagship football programme after he criticised the british governments migration policy. the broadcaster said that linacre, a former england captain, would not present his popular programme, match of the day, until an agreement was reached over his social media use. in a tweet, he compared the language used by the uk government to settle its plan to that used by germany in the 1930s. the bbc said linacre should keep away from taking sides on party political issues under its

impartiality guidelines. well, ponder and some commentators have said they won't take part in the programme and solidarity with linacre and some players are thought to want to boycott post—match interviews after the games. bbc staff are expected to remain impartial and not express personal opinions in public. some depending linacre have said that as a freelance sports present to, those rules do not apply for him. media correspondent david stiletto. they went on to say it was immeasurably cruel and the language used notjust similar

to that used by germany in the 30s. the corporation says this breaks their guidelines on impartiality and in a statement said, if guy linacre breached guidelines. _ said, if guy linacre breached guidelines, why _ said, if guy linacre breached guidelines, why didn't - said, if guy linacre breached guidelines, why didn't you . said, if guy linacre breached i guidelines, why didn't you sack him? have you just kicked it further down the line? itruieiiii him? have you just kicked it further down the line? well i think we have _ further down the line? well i think we have had _ further down the line? well i i think we have had constructive discussions. the statement is very clear and that's where we are. as editor in chief of the bbc, i think the founding principle is impartiality and thatis principle is impartiality and that is what we will deliver. gary lineker only yesterday said he wasn't fearing suspension. do you fear getting suspended? suspension. do you fear getting summed?— suspension. do you fear getting suspended? ha. and he was suspended? no. and he was lookin: suspended? iiru and he was looking forward to presenting this weekend. among those furious with the bbc is alastair campbell, who has a

podcast produced by gary lineker as production company. gary lineker is not bound by the rules but there is a clause in the rule saying that if you have a high profile there is an extra responsibility. if have a high profile there is an extra responsibility.— extra responsibility. if you allow the _ extra responsibility. if you allow the most _ extra responsibility. if you allow the most highly - extra responsibility. if youj allow the most highly paid presenter on the bbc to breach the guidelines in a way that the guidelines in a way that the bbc says he has, then why should anybody else who has paid less obey the guidelines? and the bbc has to be impartial and perceived to be impartial.

for the bbc, there is another issue hanging over it. its chairman. there is an ongoing inquiry into richard sharp's role in a loan made to boris johnson, which has raised many questions about his appointment and impartiality. this weekend, it's all about guy linacre, with presenters lining up to say they won't be replacing him. match of the day will take place tomorrow with no presenters and no pundits. earlier i spoke to a reporter sean dilley who has been following development on social media. he talked me through how divisive this has become. fin divisive this has become. on social media, _ divisive this has become. q�*i social media, ian wrote said

fellow pundit and former player alan shearer also tweeted that he would not be attending. now a familiar name, jeremy clarkson, the former bbc presenter replied to ian wright saying good on you mate. looking at other reaction, the mirror, the newspaper, our online platform as i should say, have started a petition calling for linacre as reinstatement. last time i looked up about 20 minutes ago it 70,000 signatures. so looked up about 20 minutes ago it 70,000 signatures.— looked up about 20 minutes ago it 70,000 signatures. so we saw some former _ it 70,000 signatures. so we saw some former players _ it 70,000 signatures. so we saw some former players there - it 70,000 signatures. so we saw some former players there in - some former players there in support of gary lineker. we understand through bbc sport but a number of players might not actually take part in those post—match match of the day interviews. tim david did tell the bbc�*s numbing a bar that match of the day would continue as normal this weekend and that about an hour or so later we found out that it is anything but that. this raises big questions about one of the bbc's questions about one of the bbc�*s most—watched programmes. the bbc has been hit before and they do crisis management. i think it was harold wilson, the former prime minister who use

the expression events dear boy, events. so you can imagine, can't you, the scene this evening, bbc sport producers and frantic dialogue, possibly on phone calls, zoom calls, maybe in person meetings, trying to reinvent or at least adopt and dynamically reform a format that has been very well known to audiences for a long time. gary lineker has been presenting since 1999, which is a very long time. it's a presenter lead and studio programme. it does have pundits, but now the bbc says it won't have any of these elements of presenters or pundits. it will focus on action from matches. there is not 'ust action from matches. there is not just disquiet _ action from matches. there is notjust disquiet in _ action from matches. there is notjust disquiet in the - action from matches. there is notjust disquiet in the world | notjust disquiet in the world of sport there. this is not a pond, sean. this has turned into political football. pond, sean. this has turned into politicalfootball. quite literally, you have a clear dividing line between labour on one hand and the conservatives about how they are reacting to the story. what of the politicians been saying? this is exactly — politicians been saying? this is exactly the _ politicians been saying? ti 3 is exactly the position the

bbc, or did according to their charts and position don't want to be in. it started on social media with a tweet by a very high—profile bbc presenter, describing the conservative government policy on asylum is beyond awful and comparing language use to that of germany in the 1930s. the former secretary, a close ally of borisjohnson, has been boris johnson, has been speaking borisjohnson, has been speaking on her talk tv show. people are paying gary lineker salary — people are paying gary lineker salary of — people are paying gary lineker salary of {1.3 million a year. a licence _ salary of {1.3 million a year. a licence fee payers, and they do not — a licence fee payers, and they do not all_ a licence fee payers, and they do not all agree with gary lineken _ do not all agree with gary lineker. i think the bbc, do not all agree with gary lineker. ithink the bbc, and i don't — lineker. ithink the bbc, and i don't know_ lineker. ithink the bbc, and i don't know whether you agree, has a _ don't know whether you agree, has a responsibility to possibly use gary lineker as a line in— possibly use gary lineker as a line in the _ possibly use gary lineker as a line in the sand to say to all the — line in the sand to say to all the others that you can't do this — the others that you can't do this if_ the others that you can't do this. if you are working for the — this. if you are working for the bbc, _ this. if you are working for the bbc, you have a responsibility when you are public— responsibility when you are public facing, whether is your facetwok— public facing, whether is your facebook events or your 20 feet or whatever, to still retained

an element of impartiality. to reall an element of impartiality. trr really hammer home that point you are making, somebody tweeted chilling to see a great public broadcaster cowering to white rain fanatics. democracy is made of tougher stuff than theirs. the bbc should get a grip and put gary lineker back on on match of the day where he belongs. on on match of the day where he belonas. ., v on on match of the day where he belonas. ., �*, , .,, belongs. that's the problem, isn't it? the _ belongs. that's the problem, isn't it? the bbc— belongs. that's the problem, isn't it? the bbc is— belongs. that's the problem, isn't it? the bbc is being - isn't it? the bbc is being accused of killing the governments line. now they say they are defending impartiality. there been applications on many broadcasts and from unions and other people about the double standard, the role of the bbc chairman at the moment. there are those _ chairman at the moment. there are those questions. _ chairman at the moment. there are those questions. the - chairman at the moment. there are those questions. the bbc i chairman at the moment. there are those questions. the bbc isj are those questions. the bbc is are those questions. the bbc is a public service broadcast. it's by design independent of government but there have been questions about the appointment of the bbc chairman richard chart. now the appointment of the chairman is made by the

government of the day, and i mr sharp's case the poor by minister borisjohnson. questions have been asked about introductions mr sharp made between mrjohnson and a man who went on to guarantee a loan for the former prime minister. now again, this latest impartiality controversy follows a high—profile bbc presenter sharing personal views on a party political policy. this will be a deeply uncomfortable position for trust conscious bbc.- uncomfortable position for trust conscious bbc. let's step back from — trust conscious bbc. let's step back from all _ trust conscious bbc. let's step back from all of _ trust conscious bbc. let's step back from all of this _ trust conscious bbc. let's step back from all of this and - trust conscious bbc. let's step back from all of this and look l back from all of this and look at how this could die down. you have on one hand gary lineker, who was the fifa player award winner. he seen as a very fair person. then you have people like roger mosley and other bbc executives all saying the same thing, they had to do something about this. you have to defend impartiality. these comments went too far. so how could all of this die down?— of this die down? good question- _ of this die down? good question. i— of this die down? good question. i spoke - of this die down? good l question. i spoke earlier of this die down? good - question. i spoke earlier to richard eyre, the former editorial director of editorial

policy of the bbc many years ago, very experienced journalist. he has written publicly about the difficulties the director general, tim david, i put to him the idea that there are people who do express political opinions. he is not a journalist. he's not a presenter. but he does often share his views on politics. another name that may be known to bbc audiences is andrew neil, the former political presenter, often in the spotlight for his writings outside of the bbc. here's what he suggested on the bbc�*s newscast. he suggested on the bbc's newscast-— he suggested on the bbc's newscast. g ., , , newscast. my reaction is its ri . ht to newscast. my reaction is its right to sort _ newscast. my reaction is its right to sort it _ newscast. my reaction is its right to sort it out - newscast. my reaction is its right to sort it out and - newscast. my reaction is its right to sort it out and to i right to sort it out and to agree _ right to sort it out and to agree what the rules of engagement are. as a sports presenter, he's not subject to the same _ presenter, he's not subject to the same rules as i was where you were _ the same rules as i was where you were or you are now or i was _ you were or you are now or i was when _ you were or you are now or i was when i was in the bbc. but he is _ was when i was in the bbc. but he is still— was when i was in the bbc. but he is still the face of the bbc _ he is still the face of the bbc so— he is still the face of the bbc. so i would suggest there has to— bbc. so i would suggest there has to he _ bbc. so i would suggest there has to be some rules. what

these — has to be some rules. what these rules should be should be a matter— these rules should be should be a matter of agreement between him and — a matter of agreement between him and the bbc. but it should be started out. it's currently not working. he should know for his peace — not working. he should know for his peace of mind what the parameters are, in the bbc should _ parameters are, in the bbc should know for its peace of mind — should know for its peace of mind what the parameters are as well _ mind what the parameters are as well. ., .., mind what the parameters are as well. ., .. ., mind what the parameters are as well. ., ., ., ., well. you can hear all of the newscast on _ well. you can hear all of the newscast on the _ well. you can hear all of the newscast on the bbc- well. you can hear all of the j newscast on the bbc sounds well. you can hear all of the - newscast on the bbc sounds up. now, it marks the largest banking failure in the us since the 2008 financial crisis. regulators in the us have shut down silicon valley bank, one of the major lenders to tech companies and startups. our business correspondent michelle flory has been explaining how it happened. flory has been explaining how it happened-— it happened. many people are drawin: it happened. many people are drawing these _ it happened. many people are drawing these parallels - it happened. many people are drawing these parallels or- drawing these parallels or referring to the global financial crisis because that is the last time we actually saw a us banking failure, at least anywhere on this kind of scale. that was washington mutual. this is america in 16 largest bank. so in some ways,

the situation is somewhat different. regulations have changed since then and banks have become more diversified. and so they aren't affected by the kind of problems that we are seeing at this specific bank. so that is where there is a difference between then and now. but it is a reminder that when you go from a period of rock—bottom interest rates to a period when rates are climbing, it has the sort of unexpected consequences where things can kind of stress the financial system and that is exactly what happened. it has change evaluation of some of their bonds, which this bank sound itself in a situation where they had to sell them at a loss. they then try to raise money, and that triggered a panic amongst its customers and shareholders. when you're dealing with in each bank, with this one was, it specifically lends to those in the tech sector. you get this sort of credit panic much faster because you have one friend talking to another. hey, i've just withdrawn my funds because i'm nervous. and that word

quickly spreads about and you get this panic and around the bank. ., ., ~ . ., bank. thanks to michelle for that. determining _ bank. thanks to michelle for that. determining now, - bank. thanks to michelle forl that. determining now, which police and the city of hamburg say a done man has killed seven people, including an unborn child. at a religious service forjehovah's witnesses. they say the attacker, who is a former member of the community, acting alone and took his own life. jenny hill has the details. in the quiet of a suburb, a man prepares to kill. caught on a mobile phone as he peers through a window, readies his gun. inside, jehovah's witnesses had gathered to worship. oblivious to his presence, his intentions. gunshots. translation: i was filming - with my phone and only realised through the zoom that someone

was shooting at the jehovah's witnesses. by the time police arrived, he was inside, a deadly rampage under way, but then he turned his gun on himself. it's emerged that he once belonged to this community, but he'd left the jehovah's witnesses on bad terms. translation: it's a horrible act, a very cruel deed. - we've seen a few things in hamburg, but a mass killing on this scale is new to us. we knew it from tv, but we didn't imagine it could happen in our city. and he brought terror to these streets. casualties rushed to safety, no time for stretchers. at this point, no—one knew whether he was acting alone. by first light, a terrible tally — seven people shot dead, among them an unborn baby. bodies brought out as investigators scoured the building. revelations emerging, too. police confirmed they once investigated and dismissed

a tip—off that the attacker, who legally owned a gun, was mentally unstable. this is a city in mourning, but it's a country in shock, too, shock which deepens with every fresh, distressing revelation. and one question persists here — why? jenny hill, bbc news, hamburg. a big diplomatic breakthrough to tell you about now. iran and saudi arabia have agreed to establish diplomatic reservations after a seven—year interruption. they are also going to open the respective embassies within two months. the announcement came after discussions in china. both sides have been recorded praising beijing's role. the countries have had no formal ties since 2016 when the embassy was attacked. following the saudi execution of a sheer cleric. the king has made his

youngest brother, prince edward, the new duke of edinburgh. it is a title strongly associated with their father prints philip who was duke of edinburgh for more than 17 years. prince edward will hold the title for his lifetime. do stay with us on bbc news. thanks for your company. still to come —— let's give you the headlines first. one of the bbc's flagship headline programmes, match of the day is in crisis after gary lineker is suspended over social media comments he made over the british government asylum policy. and police in germany say a man shot dead seven people in hamburg and was visited by officers last month after a tip—off raise concerns about his mental health. now, britain has more than doubled the amount of money it will give to friends over the next three years to pay for more french help in stopping migrants crossing the channel on small boats. the deal was agreed at a summit in paris between the uk prime minister

but she to french president emmanuel macron. our political editor chris mason reports now from paris.

heading overseas by train, the early service to france, arriving in the courtyard of the elysees palace... is france a friend ori foe, prime minister? a reminder that relations have been bumpy of late. but look at this, a warm parisian breeze, pleasantries and handshakes, arm in arm, hand in hand. the two leaders met for an hour and 20 minutes, although we were eased out rather sooner. later, they almost gushed in mutual admiration. i believe today's meeting does mark a new beginning, an entente renewed. the french president said the summit was exceptional and a moment of reunion, of reconnection. and the prime minister set out why they thought a new deal for dealing with migrants was necessary. emmanuel and i share the same belief — criminal gangs should not get to decide who comes to our countries. within weeks of my coming into office, we agreed our largest ever small boats deal. and today, we've taken our cooperation to an unprecedented level to tackle this shared challenge. today's new deal will see more than double the number of personnel deployed here in northern france. this will be paid for in part by the uk more than doubling its annual funding for this. some of the money will help build a detention centre in france, too, although it

won't be fully up and running until the end of 2026. all part of the efforts to cut the number of people trying to cross the channel like this. the same question to you both, if i may — do you think you'll ever be able to arrange a deal where migrants leaving france for the uk are returned to france? what you've seen today is an unprecedented level of cooperation on tackling this shared challenge, cos that's what it is, it's a shared challenge. and going forward, there will be more that we can do. we started that last november. we've built on it today. first, i think we focus on what we have to do in the short run. second, this is not an agreement between uk and france, but an agreement between uk and the eu because to be in agreement are no more in a situation to be implemented. so this is something now to be negotiated. in other words, a returns agreement isn't happening. brexit has been something of a stone in the shoe of uk—france relations for years, but the prime minister hopes he has shaken it out, with his personal relationship with the president and that new brexit deal for northern ireland which has improved relations with the european union. but, on the issue of small boats, rishi sunak acknowledges there is no simple solution to resolve the issue. and remember, this is one of his key promises —

resolving the issue. personal relationships aren't everything in diplomacy, but they do matter. bromance under a shared brolly tells you rather a lot about how things have changed. but ultimately it's what it delivers that really matters. chris mason, bbc news, in paris. a british muslim convert who allegedly travelled to syria for terrorism has pleaded not guilty to a string of charges. he was arrested last august. daniel sanford has more.

today for the first time he was asked to plead guilty or not guilty that to those charges and he pleaded not guilty to all three offences. those are possessive of a firearm, which gives a regional bull suspicion but that was connected with terrorism, inviting people to provide money for the purposes of terrorism, and entering into an arrangement with his then wife and others to make money available for the purposes of terrorism. now the case does go forward and thejudge terrorism. now the case does go forward and the judge said the next hearing would be on april the 18th and aine davis will remain in prison until that hearing. remain in prison untilthat hearing-— remain in prison untilthat hearinu. ., hearing. daniel sanford there. get our hearing. daniel sanford there. get your popcorn _ hearing. daniel sanford there. get your popcorn out. - hearing. daniel sanford there. get your popcorn out. it's - get your popcorn out. it's oscars weekend. while everything everywhere all at once looks like an obvious front runner for the top prize of best picture, and some of the acting categories the races appear to be a lot closer. here is our los angeles correspondent sophie long with a look at some of the nominative films.

as we enter the final furlong, it's looking very good for michelle yeoh, for everything everywhere all at once. her nod for best actress is one of 11 nominations the eccentric hit with a big heart that bent people's minds has bagged. a win for her would be historic. it's beyond me being recognised as an actress. it's like a whole community of asians coming forward and saying, "you're going to do this for us, you have to do this for us." while it's well—positioned to take best picture, it left some traditional oscars voters a bit baffled, so it's still possible they could give the top prize to top gun: maverick. and they might feel more comfortable rewarding cate blanchett for her role in tar. it has six nods, including best picture and best director. she's already won two oscars,

but that doesn't mean another won't come her way. why'd you gain all that weight? someone close to me passed away~ - when it comes to best actor, everyone's talking about brendan fraserfor his role in the whale. internal organs arei two feet in at least. but elvis has not left the building yet. it's been nominated for nine oscars, including best actor for austin butler, who, in the words of the late lisa marie presley, embodied the heart and soul of her father so beautifully. now i'm sitting here next to you, and if you're going back inside, i'm following you inside. and if you're going home, i'm following you there, too. colin farrell is also in the running for his role in the banshees of inisherin, which has nine nominations, including best picture and best supporting nods for three of his co—stars. quieter contenders for best actor are paul mescal for aftersun and the ever gracious bill nighy, nominated for the first time for his beautifully british understated performance in living. best supporting actress, now,

that's quite a field. they're all first—timers, except angela bassett for black panther: wakanda forever. and they're all super nice and rooting for each other. you know, there wasjust, like, things i didn't know about all these women and just really, like, lovely. yeah. i was really happy for them. and jamie lee curtis, i met her very early on and she was lovely to me, and angela bassett, too. it has nothing to do about winning. - it's just about artists _ connecting, women connecting, mothers connecting. and it was glorious. and laughing. i mean, kerry is hilarious. but last year's ceremony was remembered for a showstopping sense of humour failure when will smith showed the world that at the academy awards, anything can happen. sophie long, bbc news, hollywood. hostjimmy kimmel say they are not expecting blood to be poured on the champagne rug.

champagne coloured carpet, do tweet what colour you would have chosen for the carpet. thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. hello. snow has been dominating the weather story over the past few days and whilst it does turn milder for many through the weekend, there's still snow in the forecast for some. and it's a cold, frosty and icy start to saturday for a large swathe of the uk, with temperatures for some down to minus ten or —11 celsius, particularly where we've seen the snow. for many on saturday, it's mainly dry, particularly the further east you are. more snow moving into northern england and scotland though, and for many it will turn milder through sunday. so this is how saturday shapes up a good deal of sunshine for many through the morning. but you'll notice of the cloud gathering across northern ireland, wales and south west england. some outbreaks of rain and hill snow

here, maybe a few showers across far north of england and into southern scotland, likely to be snow, particularly over the higher ground. but for many it's dry, the best of the sunshine. the further east you are, temperatures generally between three and seven celsius, could see 10 to 11, maybe 12 celsius across the far south west of england. this round of rain and then increasingly snow moves its way north and eastwards through northern england and into scotland overnight. behind it, we'll see some clearer skies and also some milder air. so actually, frost and ice free for a large swathe of northern ireland, england and wales as we head into sunday morning. still cold, frosty, and potentially icy for the north of scotland. so this is sunday, another atlantic system moving in. notice the squeeze in the isobars. so the winds will be strengthening through the day. once again, a good deal of sunshine to start, but rain will soon move england and scotland, moves into northern scotland. likely to see some snow here once again, the further east you are likely to stay mainly dry. but with those winds strengthening all the while and feeling milder for many, particularly for england and wales, we could even get into double figures. but still on the cold side, particularly for the far

north of scotland. so through sunday into monday, here's our atlantic system sweeping its way across the uk. again, those isobars really close together and we could potentially see some gales across the southern half of the uk through monday. certainly an unsettled start to the week with bands of showers or longer spells of rain working their way north and eastwards. could still see a little bit of snow over the highest ground of scotland. but it's a mild start, much milder start to the new week. but it doesn't last for long because on tuesday some colder air starts to dig back in and further rain to come in the week ahead. bye— bye.

fellow broadcasters and commentators have said they will not work on the flagship sports programme much of the day after the host gary lineker is taken away from his duties for criticising the asylum policy. britain will increase his payments to france to stop illegal migrations across the channel, including funding for new detention centre to remove people from the french coasts. the news came at the end of the first summit between the two countries for five years. us regulators are shut down silicon valley bank, a major lender to tech companies after it ran into financial trouble. it's the largest banking failure in the united states