good afternoon. the bbc has cancelled two of its football shows, football focus and final score, after a number of presenters and pundits refused to take part, as controversy continues over the corporation's decision to take gary lineker off match of the day. the presenter will not be hosting the programme tonight after criticising the government's language about migrants on social media. former bbc director general greg dyke said the corporation had made a mistake and undermined its own credibility. last night the bbc said that

gary lineker would be stepping back until there is an agreed and clear position on his use of social media. our media correspondent david sillito reports. when gary lineker left home this morning, it wasn't his normal saturday schedule.— morning, it wasn't his normal saturday schedule. morning, it wasn't his normal saturda schedule. . ., ., , saturday schedule. have you had any discussions... _ saturday schedule. have you had any discussions... the _ saturday schedule. have you had any discussions... the decision _ saturday schedule. have you had any discussions... the decision by - saturday schedule. have you had any discussions... the decision by the . discussions... the decision by the bbc to dmp _ discussions... the decision by the bbc to drop him _ discussions... the decision by the bbc to drop him from _ discussions... the decision by the bbc to drop him from match - discussions... the decision by the bbc to drop him from match of i discussions... the decision by the | bbc to drop him from match of the day for tweets, a lot of which described a statement by the home secretary as, beyond awful, has had repercussions. me secretary as, beyond awful, has had repercussions-_ repercussions. we have got big games- -- _ repercussions. we have got big games... match _ repercussions. we have got big games... match at _ repercussions. we have got big games... match at the - repercussions. we have got big games... match at the date - repercussions. we have got big| games... match at the date will repercussions. we have got big - games... match at the date will go ahead without _ games... match at the date will go ahead without presenters. - games... match at the date will go | ahead without presenters. pundits, many of

ahead without presenters. pundits, man 0“ , . , ., ahead without presenters. pundits, man �*, _ ahead without presenters. pundits, many of decision by the bbc to drop him from match _ many of decision by the bbc to drop him from match of _ many of decision by the bbc to drop him from match of the _ many of decision by the bbc to drop him from match of the day - many of decision by the bbc to drop him from match of the day for - him from match of the day for tweets, one of which described a statement by the home secretary is beyond awful, has had repercussions. match of the day will tonight go ahead without presenters, pundits, many of its best—known commentators and post—match interviews. and the disruption has spread to other programmes. alex scott said she wouldn't be presenting football focus. the bbc has replaced it with bargain hunt. and a former director general of the bbc, who himself left thejob general of the bbc, who himself left the job after general of the bbc, who himself left thejob after a run—in general of the bbc, who himself left the job after a run—in with the government of the time, feels the corporation has handled this badly. there was a long established precedent at the bbc that if you are an entertainment presenter or you are a — an entertainment presenter or you are a football presenter then you are a football presenter then you are not_ are a football presenter then you are not bound by those same rules.

and i_ are not bound by those same rules. and i think— are not bound by those same rules. and i think what the bbc has done, actually, _ and i think what the bbc has done, actually, the real problem of today is that _ actually, the real problem of today is that the — actually, the real problem of today is that the bbc has undermined its own credibility by doing this, because _ own credibility by doing this, because it looks like the perception out there _ because it looks like the perception out there is that the bbc has bowed to government pressure. the out there is that the bbc has bowed to government pressure.— out there is that the bbc has bowed to government pressure. the bbc pass view is that it _ to government pressure. the bbc pass view is that it has _ to government pressure. the bbc pass view is that it has rules, _ view is that it has rules, presenters with a particularly high profile have, it says, an extra responsibility to be impartial, and for the current director—general this is crucial for what he says is a cornerstone of the bbc, impartiality. if a cornerstone of the bbc, impartiality-— a cornerstone of the bbc, impartiality. a cornerstone of the bbc, imartiali . , ~ impartiality. if gary lineker reach the guidelines, _ impartiality. if gary lineker reach the guidelines, why _ impartiality. if gary lineker reach the guidelines, why didn't - impartiality. if gary lineker reach the guidelines, why didn't you . impartiality. if gary lineker reach i the guidelines, why didn't you sack him? _ the guidelines, why didn't you sack him? we _ the guidelines, why didn't you sack him? . . . , , the guidelines, why didn't you sack him? . . , the guidelines, why didn't you sack him? ~ . , ., .,~ him? we always look to take precautionary _ him? we always look to take precautionary action, - him? we always look to take precautionary action, that. him? we always look to take precautionary action, that is| him? we always look to take - precautionary action, that is what we have — precautionary action, that is what we have done. i don't want to add to the statement. i think we have had very constructive discussions. the statement — very constructive discussions. the statement is very clear and that is where _ statement is very clear and that is where we — statement is very clear and that is where we are. as editor in chief of the bbc, _ where we are. as editor in chief of the bbc, i— where we are. as editor in chief of the bbc, ithink where we are. as editor in chief of the bbc, i think one of our founding principles— the bbc, i think one of our founding

principles is— the bbc, i think one of our founding principles is impartiality, and that is what _ principles is impartiality, and that is what we — principles is impartiality, and that is what we are delivering on. and for the sac, _ is what we are delivering on. fific for the bbc, there is what we are delivering on. fific forthe bbc, there is is what we are delivering on. elic 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 to boris johnson stop so it was only a day or two ago that gary lineker said he thought all of this was beginning to abate. events have rather gone in the opposite direction. it says that for programme makers, editorial staff, reporters or presenters primarily associated with the bbc, their public expressions of opinion have the potential to compromise the bbc�*s impartiality and to damage its reputation. this includes the use of social media and writing letters to the press. opinions expressed on social media

put onto the public domain and can be shared and are searchable. "the risk is greater where the public expressions of opinion overlap with the area of the individual�*s work. the risk is lower where an individual is expressing views publicly on unrelated area, for example a sports or science presenter expressing views on politics or the arts." shadow culture secretary looser layback lucy powell spoke earlier to the breakfast programme. i think the bbc has got itself into a real mess here in bowing to a tory campaign to cancel somebody who disagreed with their views. what evidence do you have of that? what evidence do you have that this is a tory campaign pressuring the bbc, telling the bbc what to do with one of its presenters? i think that is fairly clear for everyone to see. i don't think it is clear. how is it clear? well, we have had ministers on the airwaves, conservative mps on the airways, boosted

by their friends in the right—wing media with a particular campaign about a presenter on the bbc which initially the bbc did not respond to in this way. so the sort of time that it has taken them to respond in this way, i think, shows that they have capitulated to a tory council culture. the same mps and ministers, by the way, who only last month were standing in the commons saying that they were the standard bearers of free speech. and i think this is a misinterpretation of what impartiality is. impartiality is independence, particularly i think showing independence from pressure from the government of the day, and conservative mps and ministers. and impartiality is about taking a principled position of an overview, not about individuals's comments outside of their bbc presenting job, unless they are, like you are, in news and current affairs. and i think there is that distinction.

our correspondent, damian grammaticas, is in front of the bbc headquarters outside the building here in central london. match of the day will have no presenters, no pundits, possibly no players talking to it, no commentators. the schedules are in disarray, aren't they? because other programmes have come off there as well. yes. they? because other programmes have come off there as well.— come off there as well. yes, so riaht come off there as well. yes, so right now _ come off there as well. yes, so right now what _ come off there as well. yes, so right now what should - come off there as well. yes, so right now what should have - come off there as well. yes, so l right now what should have been come off there as well. yes, so - right now what should have been on air wasn't, so there you had football focus which should have been mid—day, replaced by bargain hunt. finalscore been mid—day, replaced by bargain hunt. final score programme bringing all the results in later in the afternoon, that is also off air. as you say, the highlight show then later, the match of the day show, none of the pundits there. that is because all of those commentators, presenters, pundits are backing gary lineker and saying they will not go on air while they see him treated this way. so a big problem for the director general and the schedulers there. they have been putting

entertainment grabs in as well instead. it is unclear where that goes after today. presenters tweeting saying they hope it is resolved for next week. so we will see there. but equally, as you were hearing from lucy powell there, and david sillitoe, this has sort of snowballed wider than that into questions about tim davie, his own impartiality, his own decision making, is he being seen to act under political pressure. he says this is all about the impartiality that he really values about those questions then being raised about the bbc�*s own chairman, richard sharp. and you had david refer to those, richard sharp appointed by borisjohnson when he was prime minister, at the time of the appointment richard sharp had gone to borisjohnson to help him arrange an £800,000 loan facility. richard sharp did not disclose that two mps who were scrutinising the process.

that came out and it was reported to those mps were very critical. the last 2a hours, those same mps have been raising that question about impartiality there. that issue is being looked into. but it also puts again the bbc and the director general in a difficult position. and all of this now under a real glare of scrutiny while football programmes are struggling to find presenters and pundits to appear on. and if we talk about the timeline of this. gary lineker did his tweets on tuesday the seventh, and then after that the bbc said they were speaking to him, didn't they? and then a few days later, and in the meantime he thought that he was presenting match of the day this weekend, he said as of the day this weekend, he said as much. and then later on, we heard a few days later that he wasn't going to be presenting it, the bbc�*s the said. initially said they were going to work out an agreement over his social media use. it is the delay and the mixed message, i suppose,

which is raising these questions? certainly, that is exactly what the labour party, lucy powell, were saying, that they view that delay as a sign, between the tweets and the action, they say what was in that delay? it was criticism and pressure from conservative mps, and what lucy powell was calling their friends in the press. she says it looks like the press. she says it looks like the bbc was reacting to that pressure that why it took that time. hence the criticism, she says, about the bbc impartiality not applying in this case and this seeming to be somebody cancelled because of their views that were critical of government. the bbc, tim davie, said he will need to sit down and talk to gary lineker to sort out and a great position for the way that gary lineker will tweet his personal

opinions, but there is no sign that gary lineker will either apologise or limit what he wants to say. it is difficult to see how this is resolved. difficult to see how this is resolved-— difficult to see how this is resolved. ., ., .., difficult to see how this is resolved. ., ., , ., resolved. david grammatical is from us there. britain _ resolved. david grammatical is from us there. britain has _ resolved. david grammatical is from us there. britain has more - resolved. david grammatical is from us there. britain has more than - us there. britain has more than double the want of money it will give to france over the next three years to pay for more french help in stopping migrants. the deal was agreed at a summit in paris between the uk premiere list and the french president emmanuel macron. 0ur political correspondent has the details. rishi sunak and emmanuel macron, two leaders who seem happy to do business together after years of strained relations between the countries they lead. they met yesterday in paris to discuss shared problems. they both want to clamp down on migrants crossing the channel. they have announced a deal they hope will do just that. the uk will fund a new detention centre in france but won't be operational until late 2026. there is to beat hundreds of extra french law

enforcement officers and enhanced surveillance technology, including drones, will be introduced. france will make a larger contribution but this will all cost the uk around £500 million over three years, good value, insists the prime minister. emanuel and i share the same belief. criminal gangs should not get to decide who comes to our country. within weeks of my coming into office, we agreed our largest ever small boats deal and today we have taken our cooperation to an unprecedented level to tackle this shared challenge. but unprecedented level to tackle this shared challenge.— unprecedented level to tackle this shared challenge. but the deal does not include any _ shared challenge. but the deal does not include any agreement - shared challenge. but the deal does not include any agreement allowing | not include any agreement allowing the uk to return anyone to france. not all conservative mps are sold on this new deal. not all conservative mps are sold on this new deal-— this new deal. automatically not enthused about _ this new deal. automatically not enthused about the _ this new deal. automatically not enthused about the prospect - this new deal. automatically not enthused about the prospect ofl enthused about the prospect of subsidising the french police force even more — subsidising the french police force even more. we have given them a lot of money, _ even more. we have given them a lot of money, a _ even more. we have given them a lot of money, a lot of kit, a lot of joint _ of money, a lot of kit, a lot of joint intelligence. the think that is really— joint intelligence. the think that is really going to make the

difference is, when the french police — difference is, when the french police in — difference is, when the french police in their british taxpayer funded — police in their british taxpayer funded dune buggy, intercepts a group _ funded dune buggy, intercepts a group of— funded dune buggy, intercepts a group of migrants, they are arrested and their— group of migrants, they are arrested and their claims are processed by the french— and their claims are processed by the french police.— the french police. labour want to see more done _ the french police. labour want to see more done to _ the french police. labour want to see more done to break - the french police. labour want to see more done to break up - the french police. labour want to l see more done to break up criminal gangs. i see more done to break up criminal ans. ~' , , see more done to break up criminal iians, ~' , , , �* ., , gangs. i think this 'ust isn't a big enou:h gangs. i think thisjust isn't a big enough agreement _ gangs. i think thisjust isn't a big enough agreement for _ gangs. i think thisjust isn't a big enough agreement for the - gangs. i think thisjust isn't a big i enough agreement for the problem gangs. i think thisjust isn't a big - enough agreement for the problem is that we are facing. rishi sunak has failed to get a returns agreement and many of the border cooperation measures look like they won't come into place for several more years, even though the challenges are now. the prime ministers pledged to make progress on this issue before the next election. if he fails, he could face quite the political storm. david wallace lockhart, bbc news. the us treasury has moved to reassure investors after the largest bank failure since the financial crash of 2008. the collapse of silicon valley bank, a major lender to tech companies, triggering a share sell—off in other banks linked to the sector. joining me now is our business

correspondent. can you talk as to how and why this happened? lii< how and why this happened? iiif; viewers probably haven't heard of silicon valley back before yesterday. its main business is supporting tech start—ups, small businesses with funding as they get going. i did it collapse? banksy are in the us typically hold a lot of government debt, bonds on the balance sheet, that's fine but when the cost of borrowing goes up the cost of those bonds go down. in theory, they are sitting on some pretty big paper losses. the trouble for sv b is it simply ran out of money for the day—to—day operations was forced into a fire sale of the response. it then went to the markets to try to raise money with a share sale. that kind of failed. and then of course companies try to take their money out, they were spooked, and there was a bit of a run on the banks. the us regulators stepped into effectively take over and shut the bank down. but they get their money? we have heard from the

founders of of these start—ups frantically trying to withdraw their money. 0ne frantically trying to withdraw their money. one said hejust managed to wire the money out with a0 minutes to spare before the deadline. another said it was a crazy situation, like trying to dodge a bullet. the federal deposit insurance corporation typically protect deposits up to a quarter of $1 million, so they have said they have taken charge of around 175 billion in deposits so it said banks would be open, clients should be able to get their money no later than monday morning. bud able to get their money no later than monday morning. and what about the concern about _ than monday morning. and what about the concern about this _ than monday morning. and what about the concern about this spreading - than monday morning. and what about the concern about this spreading to - the concern about this spreading to other banks? and also, just in the last hour, we have been hearing for maybe the bank of london that the british clearing bank might step in? silicon valley bank does have a uk subsidiary, a small bank here. the bank of england said that will be put into insolvency tomorrow. it will stop accepting deposits are making payments. a bit like america, can be paid up to £85,000 from the

uk deposits insurance scheme. the bank says sv b has a limited presence and is trying to reassure customers here. and as you say, there are rumours the bank of london might be weighing a rescue bid now. we will bring more is that develops. that is not even confirm to really yet. it isjust that is not even confirm to really yet. it is just a rumour. that is not even confirm to really yet. it isjust a rumour. they that is not even confirm to really yet. it is just a rumour. they worry here is contagion, that it could spread to other financial institutions. economists say it really is a problem with a individual bank. as you mentioned earlier, it is pretty much the biggest bank failure since 2008. at the moment is unlikely to trigger similar problems in other banks. that said, there was a heavy slide in the share prices of many uk banks yesterday. berkeley is down 3.7%. so i think all at major stock market indexes were hit. the next few days will be really important to try to

restore some faith this can be contained. officials in the german city of hamburg say the gunman, who dead seven people at a jehovah's witness meeting hall on thursday, was a former member of the religious group. it's believed that the attacker killed himself shortly after a specialist police unit stormed the building. are correspondent, jenny hill, is in hamburg and has been telling us about the ongoing investigation into the shooting. fresh revelations have been emerging over the last 2a hours, and i think in many ways they are compounding the shock and grief of people here in the city of hamburg. first of all, the revelation that the killer had been a member of this jehovah's witness community. the police say that he had left that community voluntarily about a year and a half ago on terms that the police they were not good. we've learnt more about what happened inside that hall on thursday night.

the gunman firing around 100 shots at his victims, one of those victims of course an unborn child. we have also learned that the authorities here in hamburg had received an anonymous tip—off. we don't know who it came from. but that was a letter which warned the police that the killer had a gun. of course, he legally owned the weapon that he used to carry out this atrocity. but this letter went on to warn the police that they considered him to be mentally unstable and that he was angry with the jehovah's witnesses. the authorities here say they did as they would in such a situation. they paid him a visit, they spoke with him, they made an assessment but they found that there was no reason to take any further action. so we've heard a lot from the authorities over the coming days, but we're hearing of course more from the people in this community, too, who have been affected.

all morning, we've seen people coming to lay flowers to the entrance to this hall. 0ne couple arrived and said they were distantly related to someone who lost their lives here on thursday night. they didn't understandably want to speak to us in any great detail. they said, "we cannot look inside that man's head but we clearly think there was mental instability." a great deal of shock and grief. in the words of one senior politician here, "we see this kind of thing on tv, it happens in other countries, we never thought it could happen here." jenny hill. the man nominated as prime minister by china's president has been formally elected by the country parliament. li qiang is the former communist party leader of china's biggest city, shanghai. a close ally of president xi, he is considered a pragmatic and business friendly appointee to manage the challenge of reviving the country's flagging economy. mr li is one of a number of loyalists whom the president is expected to install in key positions,

following his re—election on friday. 0ur beijing correspondent, steve mcdonell, has been explaining the significance of the appointment. well, the story of this congress is the story of xi jinping shoring up his already considerable grip on power. and the latest step has been the appointment of the new premier. many were surprised when li qiang was put into this number two position in the chinese government system. and that's because he was in charge in shanghai during the disastrous covid lockdown. very poorly handled. however, before that, he was known to many in business there as a reasonably good leader. for example, he was able to get tesla into the city, the us car—maker, he promoted shanghai's free trade zone. either way, one thing we do know about him is that he's a very clear xijinping loyalist. he was xi's chief—of—staff when the two were previously based

in zhejiang province, and so the question is now that he's in charge of the chinese economy will he be able to get things done with xi's backing, or will he be a figure who is afraid to give the frank advice that xijinping needs to get because he's afraid of upsetting the person who put them there? to brazil now, where deforestation in the country's amazon region rose in february to the highest level on record for the month. the figures highlight the challenges faced by the left—wing government of president lula da silva. she was once a waitress at the oscars, but now her movie is nominated for no fewer than nine awards. we have been following lesley paterson because her story is such a remarkable one.

0ur entertainment correspondent, colin patterson — no relation to lesley — caught up with her once again in hollywood. got the hollywood sign behind us! how does that make you feel, when you see that? oh, it's so iconic, it'sjust amazing. it's very weird to think i'm here and sort of going for the oscars. like, what? lesley paterson, the scottish triathlete in the running at the oscars. hello! good to see you, man. and she is loving los angeles. oh, my gosh, this is amazing, isn't it? this is pretty much beverly hills. cheering for 16 years, the five—time off—road triathlete world champion used her prize money from races to keep alive her dream of a new film version of all quiet on the western front. finally, in 2022, it was made, with her script translated into german.

now it's up for nine oscars and she's nominated for best adapted screenplay. what's the best photo you've taken this season? tom cruise. you got cruise? no, no, so, check this out. so i went up to tom cruise and i said, "hi, tom, my name's lesley paterson, writer of all quiet on the western front". and he said, "i know your story". he said, "how many hours a day do you train?" iwas like... "you are..." no way! to be honest, just trying to soak it in, you know, it's so bizarre. i'm at the four seasons trying on dresses for the oscars. like, who would've thought that? should we try this one, see if it fits? just to make a statement. i think this is ok. so how are you finding all this, then? yeah, it's all very strange, all very strange. custom—made this, custom—made that, getting dressed, getting pampered, getting makeup and hair and this and that. so a long way away from the mud. i'd like to see you do a triathlon in one of those. could you imagine it?

0n the bike as well, that'd be pretty hilarious. but it's not actually the first time lesley�*s been to the oscars. i waited tables at the governers ball in 2005. so, i had judi dench and jennifer lopez on my table. so let's see who's going to be waiting me. i'll have a wee chat to them. they'll be like, "you'll never guess! i waited tables, lesley paterson was at mine!" lesley paterson, not for the first time in her life, is going for gold. colin paterson, bbc news, hollywood. such a lovely story. to indonesia, where a volcano has erupted spewing ash clouds up to seven kilometres into the sky. the country's disaster management agency says the eruption at the merapi volcano in yogyakarta began at midday, emitting a lava flow of 1.5 kilometres. indonesia has more volcanoes

than any other country. merapi is nearly 3,000 metres high and is the nation's most active volcano. it violently erupted in 2010, killing more than 350 people. that's all from me for now. hello. milderairand a thaw is on the way for tomorrow. but for today — well, later on we could see some snow again. parts of northern england into scotland, more especially on the hills, the chance of some disruption again, nowhere near as much as we saw through recent nights, but up to ten centimetres — lower ground, more hit and miss. and it's all because this weather front is going to be pushing into the colder air that we have at the moment. the front�*s already been producing rain or drizzle across parts of south—west england, south wales, increasingly so in northern ireland, too. a little bit of sleet and snow over higher ground before that turns back to rain and into the afternoon parts of north west england, the midlands towards central southern england, even the south—east could see some rain arrive.

away from that, though, many other parts will be dry. just the odd snow flurry in scotland. chilly day for most — 11, 12 degrees across the south—west and into the channel islands. now, through this evening and overnight as that rain pushes away northwards, turns easily to snow, as i said, across the hills of northern england and scotland, even to lower levels before turning back to rain later on. and what we'll see later in the night are temperatures actually rising rather than falling. this is how it looks as we start sunday morning. so a much milder start to sunday compared with this morning. the weather front still producing some rain, sleet and snow in the north—east of scotland to begin with. and ahead of the next one, we're into a quieter spell for a while, but then those south to south—westerly winds pick up and the milder air really does start to work its way in. so some of the driest conditions will be during the morning for many. but northern ireland and scotland quickly seeing outbreaks of rain develop more widely as we go through the day. some rain into the north—west of england, wales and the south—west later on, good part of central eastern england staying dry and sunday, some sunny spells, often large amounts of cloud into the afternoon, the breeze a south to south—westerly one. and look at the temperatures to finish sunday, maybe up to 13, 1a degrees.

the thaw setting in, a risk of some minorflooding, too, especially when we see more wet and increasingly windy weather spread its way in through sunday night and into monday. so, for monday, whilst we could still see some snow on the higher ground of northern scotland, for most outbreaks of rain coming and going through the day, some heavy thundery showers in the south—west. winds will be touching gale force if not more. 60 mile an hour winds across the north of scotland, same too towards the south. it will be a pretty windy day for all on monday, but across southern areas, a pretty mild one. a chilly one, though, in the far north of scotland. see you again soon.

this is bbc news. i'm lucy grey, and these are the headlines: the bbc�*s football programmes are in disarray as on—air staff from various shows pull out of saturday's broadcasts in support of presenter gary lineker, who was told to "step back" after criticising the uk government's asylum bill. the corporation's director general tim davie insists the decision is to uphold impartiality rules. but the opposition labour party accuses bosses at the bbc of bowing to government pressure and says it's a mess. the us treasury has moved to reassure investors after the largest bank failure since the financial crash of 2008. the collapse of silicon valley bank triggered a share sell—off in other banks linked to the sector. officials in the german city of hamburg say the gunman

shop who shot dead seven people at a jehovah's witness meeting hall