this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the bbc�*s director general, tim davie, says he won't resign but apologises for widespread disruption to the corporation's sports output today in the uk — after presenters and pundits walked out in support of the match of the day host, gary lineker. myjob is to serve licence fee payers and to deliver a bbc that is really focused on world—class, impartial, landmark output and i look forward to us resolving the situation, and i look forward to delivering that. the prime minsister rishi sunak said he hoped the controversy can be resolved but that it's a matter

for the bbc, not the government. the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start—ups. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today but says he won't resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening's match of the day programme — which he presents — for breaching the corporation's social media guidelines.

tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i'm very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry about that. we're working very hard to resolve the situation. and make sure that we get output back on air. how are you working to resolve the situation now? well, i won't go into too much detail about the exact discussion. i think everyone wants to calmly resolve the situation. i mean, i would say gary lineker is a superb broadcaster. he is the best in the business, that is not up for debate. i won't go through all the history but we are where we are and i think he is an outstanding broadcaster. he is a brilliant broadcaster and to be clear, success for me

is gary gets back on air and together we are giving the audiences that world—class sports coverage which, as i say, i'm sorry we have not been able to deliver today. sorry about the way you handled it? or sorry about the way that he was taken off air? i think we made decisions and i made decisions based on a real passion about what the bbc is and it is difficult. it is this balance between free speech and impartiality and i honestly do not believe, despite a lot of the commentary, that this is about left or right. it is about our ability. we are a fierce champions of democratic debate, free speech, but with that comes the need to create an impartial organisation. but gary lineker has made lots of comments before. you allowed him to criticise the qatari government on the bbc. why is this different?

absolutely not. this is nothing to do with anything to do with the specifics of where a tweet is sent, and i will talk in general terms but it is about getting involved in party political matters. what i would say is, i am listening hard. this is been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get the right outcome for this. we're working very hard to get that done and i would like to see gary lineker return on air on the bbc. now, with that, we have to listen. i think we have to do a bit of thinking about the balance between, you know, how you are delivering impartiality and also the ability for people to, particularly freelancers, to say things online. and we are in a new age. guidelines say the risk is lower

than an individual is expressing views publicly on unrelated area for example a sports presenter. i was ever someone who has made impartiality their thing but during that period you have not even agreed what impartiality is with your most high—profile and highest paid presenter. isn't that a catastrophic mistake? i think we are in an evolving situation where there is always some judgment and i have to listen, find a balance and reasonable solution where we have said people want to be able to express opinions. i understand that. i have only one objective which is to make sure the bbc is truly impartial. that we are doing that in a balanced way and we need to listen and reflect on the guidelines, and your points are valid. are we clear across the board? you're questioning his impartiality but there are lots of people who are questioning yours. they are saying that you buckled. under pressure from the uk

government, the conservative party of which you were once a member, an official, and the right wing press, to take action against gary lineker. is that true? is that the uk government, the right—wing press, all of that, that made it different for you this time? absolutely not. anyone who knows me, by the way, knows that we are in the bbc, and myself, are absolutely driven by a passion for impartiality. will not go through the hypotheticals of the past. what i would say very clearly is that we deal with these things on an ongoing basis. there are some questions coming from this period, which has

been difficult. there are some questions about making sure, and it is a fair challenge, are we totally clear on those guidelines for freelancers?— clear on those guidelines for freelancers? ~ , ., ., ~ ., freelancers? will you remove alan su~ar, freelancers? will you remove alan sugar. karren _ freelancers? will you remove alan sugar, karren brady, _ freelancers? will you remove alan sugar, karren brady, chris- freelancers? will you remove alan i sugar, karren brady, chris packham, all who give opinions online? i sugar, karren brady, chris packham, all who give opinions online?- all who give opinions online? i want to reflect on — all who give opinions online? i want to reflect on the _ all who give opinions online? i want to reflect on the guidelines - all who give opinions online? i want to reflect on the guidelines and - to reflect on the guidelines and draw a distinction between those people seen as pan— bbc figures who work on big events that are different to those that appear in their work on big events that are different to those that appear in their own work on big events that are different to those that appear in their own programmes. work on big events that are different to those that appear in their own programmes. i work on big events that are different to those that appear in their own programmes. i want work on big events that are different to those that appear in their own programmes. i want to work on big events that are different to those that appear in their own programmes. i want to make sure that, going forward, we have a workable solution. let's be clear, we have the best sports broadcaster in the world. we want to make sure that he can come back on air, and we will work together to make that happen, and everyone wants to see a reasonable solution to this, and thatis reasonable solution to this, and that is where i am. i am really focused on getting to a solution and working quickly together to make it

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impartiality is _ speech. my last question, impartiality is a _ speech. my last question, impartiality is a big - speech. my last question, l impartiality is a big principle speech. my last question, i impartiality is a big principle for the bbc but so is trust, and right now there are many people in the uk that simply do not trust you, do you think you should resign?— think you should resign? absolutely not. m 'ob think you should resign? absolutely not- my job is _ think you should resign? absolutely not- my job is to — think you should resign? absolutely not. my job is to serve _ think you should resign? absolutely not. my job is to serve licence i think you should resign? absolutely not. my job is to serve licence fee l not. myjob is to serve licence fee payers and deliver a bbc that is really focused on world—class, impartial, landmark output, and i look forward to us resolving the situation and look forward to delivering that. i'm joined now by our north america correspondent nomia iqbal — who has just interviewed the bbc director general. what were your key reflections you took from that interview with argh boss? i took from that interview with argh boss? ., ~' took from that interview with argh boss? ., ~ ., , ., boss? i would like to start off in the interest _ boss? i would like to start off in the interest of _ boss? i would like to start off in the interest of transparency, i boss? i would like to start off in the interest of transparency, to | the interest of transparency, to explain how the director general, yes, our boss, tim davie, granted me a few minutes to do the interview and anyjournalist a few minutes to do the interview and any journalist will tell you

that a few minutes is not always ideal. nonetheless i asked him the questions you heard in the interview. he did not see my question is, he was not briefed and did not have any say over this editorial. the interview thatjust went out on air, seven minutes, is the full interview, as it happened. yes he is my boss but i am a bbc journalist and he was treated like any other interviewee, without fear or favour so it is any other interviewee, without fear orfavour so it is important to establish that in the interest of transparency, one of our other key values at the bbc. in terms of my reflections on the interview, i think what was interesting was, the first question straightaway, i wanted to ask and had he lost control, and what we're seeing right now at the bbc in the uk is an unprecedented day of turmoil for bbc operations in support. he apologised for the disruption but he did not apologise when i pushed him on it for removing gary lineker from apologise when i pushed him on it for removing gary linekerfrom his role as a presenter. he said success

for me is getting gary back on air and he added he was prepared to review impartiality rules for freelancers like gary lineker, is not a member of staff, he is also not a member of staff, he is also not a member of staff, he is also not a news journalist. not a member of staff, he is also not a newsjournalist. i pointed out to him that the guidelines on social media and partiality were very confusing anyway. he has been director general to a half years, and it was quite extraordinary that in those 2/2 years, i said to him, that you have not established with your highest paid presenter what the rules are on impartiality. he also said that there had been no pandering to any political party. they're happy lots of from opposition parties that bbc executives had bowed down to pressure from number ten downing st, ministers, over that tweet from gary lineker which was an anti—government tweet but the director general said absolutely not. he said he would not be resigning, absolutely not, he said, but he admitted it had been a tough time for the bbc. it is

interesting _ tough time for the bbc. it is interesting that _ tough time for the bbc. it is interesting that you - tough time for the bbc. it is interesting that you had to in the interests of transparency at the beginning of the interview explain the context of it. you are abroad, you are in the united states, do you get the sense that trust is being eroded and when you pushed him on that, how did he come across, how did he answer that? i that, how did he come across, how did he answer that?— did he answer that? i think for a lot of peeple. — did he answer that? i think for a lot of people, it _ did he answer that? i think for a lot of people, it would - did he answer that? i think for a lot of people, it would be i did he answer that? i think for a lot of people, it would be a i did he answer that? i think for a j lot of people, it would be a case did he answer that? i think for a i lot of people, it would be a case of i am a bbcjournalist interviewing my boss, the director general, and, how can that be? we see it on social media, lots of claims that this is all set up, that he knew what the questions were, thatjust did not happen, it is nonsense quite rightly. that is why it is important to establish all of that, to be transparent. and yes, trust is a big thing for the bbc, and i put to him that so many people don't trust him right now, they don't trust that he

took the right decision, they don't trust him to manage the situation and if you haven't got trust, therefore, you haven't got that credibility and so, i asked him, should he resign? and he said absolutely not. we have to leave it there, but thank you very much indeed, nomia iqbal. meanwhile — the person at the centre of the crisis, joined the crowds supporting his home team today — leicester city — as they were beaten 3—1 by chelsea. he was seen relaxing and having his photo taken with fans. leicester city fans outside the king power stadium gave their reaction to the events of the past few days. he is a leicester legend and i think he has been very unfairly treated. i disagree with the whole banning element. i think he has a right to reflect what other people are thinking. i think it is fine. for somebody who has been on match of the day -

for over 20 years, ijust find it i disappointing all that has gone on, reauy. — but i support him. i'm glad to see that i other players and other pundits are supporting him so hopefully the bbc get i the finger about getting gary back on tv. - i'm disappointed with some of his comments, to be honest. i think he's let himself down. i do believe in freedom of speech. he should be able to say what he wants to say but, you know, think you have to take things into context and i don't think he has really done that. on his post he has not referenced match of the day. he said his opinion. i think it is outrageous. it is expressing an opinion which happens to be at loggerheads with what the government have said. and, for that, he has had to step down. leicesterfans outside the king power stadium. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, has issued a statement about the row.

he says, "as prime minister, i have to do what i believe is right, respecting that not everyone will always agree. that is why i have been unequivocal in my approach to stopping the boats. gary lineker was a great footballer and is a talented presenter. i hope that the current situation between gary lineker and the bbc can be resolved in a timely manner, but it is rightly a matter for them, not the government." paul siegert is the national broadcasting organiser for the uk's national union ofjournalists. he says the sports presenters and commentators who have boycotted other shows this weekend haven't done anything wrong. well, they are not protected legally because they are not taking strike action. they are standing up for a colleague. they're taking support for a colleague. they are withdrawing their labour for a colleague and it is up to the bbc, not the law, on how they deal with that but they're not doing anything

illegal because this is not organised action. and not on behalf of the trade union, it is just one colleague standing up for another colleague. match of the day and football focus are off the air but individuals are losing a days pay because of today and that is how strongly they feel about the action the dg has taken today. i have spoken to colleagues and they don't take action like this lightly. they have been put in a very difficult position by gary lineker�*s suspension, and it is something many of them have thought long and hard over but theyjust felt they had no option but to stand alongside him and other colleagues that announced they would not be appearing on match of the day and football focus earlier today. the amount of damage that has been done to the bbc�*s reputation, not just in the uk but around the world, you can't help feeling that it could all have been avoided and it is very difficult now to see a way out of it. it is hard to see the dg backing down. so i am not sure.

i can't imagine anyone has correctly answered the question you have been asking throughout the day because it does seem an impossible situation that the bbc has got itself into. paul siegert. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's karthi. hello and thanks forjoining us. in the english premier league, title rivals, manchester city have moved to within two points of league leaders arsenal, who don't play until sunday. city were aiming to keep the pressure on arsenal at selhurst park against crystal palace and a penalty from erling haaland gave city a 1—0 win. tottenham had a comfortable 3—1 victory over nottingham forest, with two of the spurs goals coming from harry kane. spurs are in fourth place. chelsea had a third win in a row, defeating leicester city 3—1. everton beat brentford i—o, while leeds and brighton drew 2—2. bournemouth move out of the relegation zone after a 1—0 win over liverpool. mo salah missed a penalty in a disappointing liverpool display.

the top three players in the world have had contrasting fortunes at golf�*s players championship. world number two scottie scheffler is currentlyjoint top of the leaderboard as round three gets underway but the world number one, jon rahm, was forced to pull out of the tournament with a virus. and world number three rory mcilroy missed the cut after finishing on five over par. the 18th hole summed up mcilroy�*s tournament, hitting from off the fairway, almost putting himself in the water. he managed to get himself onto the green, but ended up with a bogey. scheffler and australia's min woo lee are the currentjoint leaders. the two—time olympic champion mikaela shiffrin has become the greatest alpine skier of all time with her 87th world cup win and itjust happened to come exactly 12 years after she made her debut. the 27—year—old american surpassed sweden's ingemar stenmark�*s record with her 13th world cup win of the season, after also securing the season—long

world cup giant slalom title. shiffrin had already secured the overall world cup title for a fifth time as well as the slalom crystal globe and has now won seven out of ten giant slaloms this season, plus world championship gold. shiffrin breaks the record set by stenmark in the 1970s and 80s. and the final touch, shiffrin achieved the feat two days before her 28th birthday. it is the penultimate weekend of rugby's six nations. france produced a ruthless display as they beat england 53—10 to claim their first win in the tournament at twickenham since 2005 and keep their six nations title defence alive. that's regardless of the ireland result against scotland on sunday. england's title challengers over and it is their first technician's campaign with two home defeats

following the opening weekend loss against scotland. wales withstood a late italy fightback to register their first win of a troubled six nations in rome. returning scrum—half rhys webb inspired the 29—17 victory as warren gatland's side triumphed in the basement battle to lift wales to fifth in the table. italy's io—year wait for a home six nations win continues after suffering a 25th successive tournament defeat in rome. and that's all the sport for now. as the british branch of silicon valley bank heads for insolvency — the uk government is seeking to minimise any wider disruption to the tech sector. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has spoken to the governor of the bank of england — following the collapse of the bank's american parent company. more than 200 companies in the uk had asked ministers to intervene. it's the biggest failure of a us bank since the 2008 financial crisis.

i'm joined now by sean hundtoft, ceo of solve finance, from new york. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i wonder if we could start by saying, what did silicon valley bank do for you? saying, what did silicon valley bank do for ou? ., saying, what did silicon valley bank do for ou? . ., ., do for you? thanks for having me. they were — do for you? thanks for having me. they were our _ do for you? thanks for having me. they were our bank. _ do for you? thanks for having me. they were our bank. i _ do for you? thanks for having me. they were our bank. i am - do for you? thanks for having me. they were our bank. i am the i do for you? thanks for having me. i they were our bank. i am the founder and ceo of a start—up here, they were who we banked with. whether it was charge cards around ripart deposits. was charge cards around ripart deosits. ~ ., ., , ., deposits. without them would you have been able _ deposits. without them would you have been able to _ deposits. without them would you have been able to set _ deposits. without them would you have been able to set up? - deposits. without them would you have been able to set up? maybe | deposits. without them would you i have been able to set up? maybe not as easil . have been able to set up? maybe not as easily. silicon _ have been able to set up? maybe not as easily. silicon valley _ have been able to set up? maybe not as easily. silicon valley bank - have been able to set up? maybe not as easily. silicon valley bank was i have been able to set up? maybe not as easily. silicon valley bank was a l as easily. silicon valley bank was a very friendly and supportive bank, and made itjust easy to set up banking services. they fostered network events. since they started decades ago, they had competitors, so, we could have tried a less tested alternative but theyjust

made it very easy to start something up made it very easy to start something up here. thank you matt counted it all go wrong, then? interest rates went up making the value of the bonds that silicon valley bank had worthless which is fine as long as you can hold onto them until maturity. when it is not fine is when everyone asks for their money back at the same time so as a start i am involved in slack and on twitter and all of those he's getting forwarded on thursday by venture capital firms as alternatives to silicon valley bank encouraging start—ups and venture firms to withdraw their money, so it was a precipitating event which was interest rates going up, leaving these not perfectly hedged bond exposure is lower in value and in that position everything is fine as long as all of the start—ups leave their money there, and then with the

first ever twitter bank run that just moved so quickly so it only took one day of escalating calls, and you have to be worried about your money and everyone asking for their funds back at the same time, then the california regulators stepped in and took swift action by friday morning. you stepped in and took swift action by friday morning-— friday morning. you bring up a number of— friday morning. you bring up a number of points _ friday morning. you bring up a number of points there, i friday morning. you bring up a i number of points there, perhaps you could wrap it up in the next answer. you did say that the california regulators stepped in quite quickly. is that because of what happened in 2008, in that financial crisis, and what we are talking about now is the fear of contagion. is that a real risk that that could happen? i understand that you studied the financial crisis at yale university. i might be the only phd start—up head with a phd in the study of financial crises. i think they acted

for the former reason, if anything, contagion is going to be worse, so with the last great financial crisis we learned that we should not have let lehman brothers failed because then you have spill—over effects, people start asking questions about their counterparties, the interbank lending market seized up and failed backin lending market seized up and failed back in 2008, this time it would probably i imagine be worse, and we have already seen the impact on friday, there are market impacts on bonds, us treasury went up, people started asking questions about other banks, so anything the california regulator, acting in the interest of depositors, might you know, create more questions being asked, which is fine, but it all depends on regulators' responses and international regulators responses

to the fires that pops up now. pare to the fires that pops up now. are chancellor — to the fires that pops up now. are chancellorjeremy hunt is having talks with the governor of the bank of england. from your position and your experience, what advice would your experience, what advice would you give those who are banking with silicon valley bank, come monday, because this is what everybody is waiting for, is there going to be panic or calm? i waiting for, is there going to be panic or calm?— panic or calm? i think for three customers _ panic or calm? i think for three customers it — panic or calm? i think for three customers it is _ panic or calm? i think for three customers it is already - panic or calm? i think for three customers it is already too i panic or calm? i think for three | customers it is already too late. you are locked in, some of your deposits are insured, that's fine, you get them back on monday. other deposits, venture capital firms you get them back on monday. other deposits, venture capitalfirms i know that i had millions of dollars at silicon valley bank, they are largely uninsured, you face an uncertain how many cents on the dollars you get on those recoveries. the question is what did you next week is for customers of other banks. �* ,., week is for customers of other banks. �* , ., ., ., banks. i'm so sorry, i would love to know what — banks. i'm so sorry, i would love to

know what you _ banks. i'm so sorry, i would love to know what you said, _ banks. i'm so sorry, i would love to know what you said, maybe - banks. i'm so sorry, i would love to know what you said, maybe we i banks. i'm so sorry, i would love to know what you said, maybe we will| know what you said, maybe we will get you back there, but, for now, thank you so much, thank you for joining us on bbc news. plenty more coming up shortly. don't go away. following the disruptive snow on thursday and friday we have been left with lots of snow on the ground across northern hills in particular. this was derbyshire. notice this line of cloud working in. that is the first sign of a weather front, and through the afternoon that has been bringing some snow back to conwy in north wales. at the moment we are 20 centimetres of snow across parts of north wales, 19 centimetres on the ground and the staffordshire morals, but it could be morejust for a time from this weather front thatis for a time from this weather front that is just edging in. for a time from this weather front that isjust edging in. the for a time from this weather front that is just edging in. the snow is only going to be affecting hills, low down, we are looking at outbreaks of rain moving in tonight.

across northern england and scotland, about 200 metres elevation you could get a few centimetres, across some of the highest hills above 400 metres, as much as 5—10 centimetres as possible before milder air works in centimetres as possible before milderairworks in and centimetres as possible before milder air works in and the snow turns back to rain. it is going to be a mild night for most, 5—8 by dawn, the frost becoming limited to northern areas of scotland. by sunday that weather system continues to push away. the next one will be working in through the day with strengthening south—westerly winds, driving up some mild air. for most of the uk we should see some sunshine for a time during the morning, with a thaw setting in place and later on in a day the cloud thickens in the west, we see outbreaks of rain moving in, some of it heavy. look at these temperatures, 10—14 celsius, which will melt the snow quickly where it is still lying over hills. on monday the same area of low pressure is still on the charts. the winds are

strengthening and it will be a blustery day on monday, outbreaks of rain easing to showers. the wind going to a northerly direction in scotland and we'll start to see some hill snow above the hundred metres elevation here, but pretty blurry across england and wales, gusting up to 50 mph, strong enough to bring down some tree branches. still mild, temperatures 12—14 celsius, but colder area starting to edge back into scotland and as we head towards tuesday and wednesday, that called air moves southwards and we will see some snow in the scottish hills above 200 metres elevation but there will be wintry showers elsewhere, and it will start to feel cold again.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the bbc�*s director general, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today — after presenters and pundits walked out in support of the match of the day host, gary lineker. the prime minsister rishi sunak said he hoped the controversy can be resolved but that it was a matter for the bbc, not the government. the opposition labour party accuses the bbc of bowing to government pressure. the uk's chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start—ups. the german interior minister, is leading calls to tighten the country's gun ownership laws, after six people were shot dead in hamburg, on thursday.