this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm annita mcveigh and these are the latest headlines. talks continue to try to resolve the dispute between the bbc and the football pundit gary lineker in a row over impartiality after the sports presenter criticised the government over its asylum bill. this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get an outcome for this and we are working very hard to get that done. i would like to see gary lineker return on air. the bbc�*s football shows look set to be affected for a second day running after presenters withdraw in support of gary lineker. the uk, us and australian leaders are to meet for talks on defence — including the plan for australia

to get us nuclear subs. britain's chancellor says he's working with the prime minister and the governor of the bank of england to try to avoid all loses for companies with investments in silicon valley bank uk after the failure of its parent company in the us. and the countdown to the oscars begins — but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood's biggest event of the year? the controversy over bbc sports presenter gary lineker — and his tweets criticising the uk government's policy on asylum seekers — shows no sign of abating. yesterday, it led to widespread disruption of the corporation's football coverage, as fellow presenters and commentators pulled out in support of the former england international. he'd been told by the bbc to "step back" from presenting its flagship

football show match of the day. now the bbc say today's coverage is also likely to be affected — with no commentary at all on the live broadcast of the women's super league clash between chelsea and manchester united. simon jones has more. now on bbc one, we're sorry that we're unable to show our normal match of the day, including commentary tonight, but here now is the best action from today's premier league matches. a match of the day unlike any other. no presenter, no pundits, not even the famous theme tune. instead, 20 minutes of highlights commentary replaced by the sound of the crowd. gary lineker himself spent the afternoon watching his former side, leicester city. the bbc�*s highest paid star, forced to step back over a tweet about the government's migration policy. his suspension prompted what's being described as a mutiny at the corporation, as other presenters and commentators walked out in support of lineker, leaving the bbc�*s director general to admit it had been a difficult day. i'm listening hard.

this has 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 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. fans attending the leicester game had strong views on gary lineker�*s expressions of his views. i support him. i'm glad to see that all the players and the pundits are supporting him. so hopefully bbc get their finger out and we get it put to bed and we get him back on tv. i'm disappointed with . some of his comments. to be honest, i think. he's let himself down. well, i think it's outrageous. he's just expressing an opinion, which happens to be at loggerheads with what the government have said.

and the liverpool boss, who saw his side beaten at bournemouth, also wanted to have his say. and i cannot see any reason why you would ask somebody to step back for saying that. i can't. i'm not sure if that's a language issue or not, but i can't, i can't find it. for the bbc, this is an issue of impartiality. the corporation says people working in news can't express any political opinions. caution is advised for all staff, but the bbc guidelines say the risk is lower where an individual is expressing views publicly on an unrelated area. for example, a sports or science presenter expressing views on politics or the arts. but the top talent have also been told there is an additional responsibility to the bbc, because of their profile on the bbc. this situation has caused a lot of concern for people - working across the bbc, - in relation to how they respond

to the impartiality guidelines, - which in our view, they need to be both proportionate, but also applied consistently. - a small demonstration outside the bbc sport headquarters in salford calling for gary lineker�*s reinstatement. sports programmes could be disrupted again today. match of the day has been a staple of the tv schedules for almost 60 years. gary lineker has been at the helm for almost a quarter of a century as he returned home last night, no comment, but his son, george, told the sunday mirror his father will always speak up for those who don't have a voice. will he go back to match of the day? i think so. he loves match of the day, but he won't ever back down on his word. so the bbc and their star presenter remain divided. the corporation remains in crisis. simon jones, bbc news. mark thompson, who was director—general of the bbc between 2004 and 2012, spoke earlier on sunday with laura kuenssberg.

gary lineker�*s tweet looks like, on the face of it, a technical breach of that guideline. but i think we've also got our old friend, the grey area here. in other words, no—one thinks this is the same as you or huw edwards doing it, that this is not like a news presenter basically tearing up the impartiality principles inside the kind of news machine, and the debate, and one of the reasons i think that tim davie and others and the bbc will want to have a look at that guideline is, in social media public expectations and practice is changing all the time now. and what i would... i mean, let's cut to the chase, what i would hope is that both gary, who is an outstanding broadcaster and the bbc, will both, despite the kind of crazy noise in the papers and all the rest of it, calmly take the time to look at whether there is common

ground and a way forward of looking at that now two—or—three years old guideline. stewart purvis, former chief executive of itn news, said it could take some time for the bbc to sort things out. tim davie talked about reflecting on the guidelines. i think what he means is can we have another look at these guidelines, what freelance broadcasters can and cannot say on their twitter feeds, and that will take some time. you could have a relatively quick review or you could actually take months, and what you do in the meantime? is gary lineker to be reinstated as a presenter? will he be asked to apologise? if so, what exactly would he have to apologise for, and would he agree? there's so much uncertainty. there is a programme tonight, another match of the day tonight, will this be solved in time? difficult to see it can be solved

completely but perhaps some kind of fudge can be created just to get bbc sport properly back in the air. rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor of the exchequer, said a sense of proportionality was called for. richard sharp, the chairman of the bbc, donated £a00,000 to the conservative party, helped facilitate an £800,000 loan to the former prime minister, borisjohnson. he is still in hisjob. gary lineker isn't able to present the football commentary. i think there is a sense of proportionali the tories have obviously put a huge amount of pressure on the government to get rid of gary lineker. i don't remember those same tory mps crying about impartiality when those revelations about richard sharp came out. let's talk to our reporter charlotte gallagher. charlotte. the director—general of the bbc merthyr the bbc tim davey season on a working trip to the us, who more do we now about his plans?

we know he is returning to the uk, and i think it is obvious this is going to be the first situation he will have to look at. this is a story tray has got out of control. i don't think managers at the bbc had any idea this was going to escalate like it has, and also, affect schedules like it has, so it is the second day now of football programmes being interrupted or axed on the bbc, so for uk audience, match of day 2, it is a sunday night main stay, looks like that is going to be shorter and without presenters and pundits like match of the day yesterday. women's super league, we think the programme is still going to go ahead but there won't be any presentation, the presenters have stepped down and football coverage on 5 live and world service, that could be affected too. yesterdaylet, tim davie did say he was going to relook at the guideline, so it is possible that he is looking for a compromise on this

situation, particularly about freelancers like gary lineker, what they can say on social media, compared to what we can say on social media. and we did hear in that clip from tim davie, you know, the words it would be great to get gary lineker back on air, perhaps laying the foundation, the ground for some sort of compromise. do we know if any meetings have been set “p know if any meetings have been set up to try and find resolution? we don't, but _ up to try and find resolution? we don't, but i _ up to try and find resolution? - don't, but i would be astonished if they weren't trying to set up these talks or had set them up already. it is pretty obvious that tim davie wants gary lineker back on the bbc, in the interview he kept repeating that gary lineker was a world class broadcaster and the bbc wanted him. so at this point, it probably is in gary lineker�*s court about whether he wants to come back and what he will agree to, because we know he is someone who is vocal on social media, about politics and things he thinks are unjust, it is whether he

will agree to tone done what he says or whether tim davie can issue some sort of compromise, the thing is, if gary lineker did leave, he may take other pundits with him, people that are well loved bbc personalities, england footballer like ian wright. alan shearer, would they go with him? that could have a huge knock—on effect for bbc football programmes and some people, they will be the only things they watch or listen to only things they watch or listen to on the bbc, they might not watch the news, or entertainment but they be tuning in to football programme, yesterday, they were severely disrupted, axed in some caseser so if it goes on to next weekend, i think the situation is going to be more serious. thank you charlotte. uk prime minister rishi sunakflies to the us this morning to meet president biden and the australian prime minister anthony albanese. it's expected the meetings in san diego will agree the details around providing australia with nuclear powered submarines. the uk, us and australia set up a new defence pact 18 months ago known as aukus. one of the main concepts

is for the three countries to work together to counter what they perceive as any threats from china. i'm joined now by brent clark in canberra. mr clark is the former submariner and the ceo of the australian industry & defence network. thank you very much for your time today, and, the aukus pact was created 18 months ago, do you think since its ception this is the most significant moment for the pact? thank you for having me tonight. quite clearly it, there has been a lot of work done in the last 18 month, we are about to obviously hear the two world leaders announce what that work has arrived at, so i think we are all waiting, with bated breath frankly to see what the outcome is. so breath frankly to see what the outcome is-— breath frankly to see what the outcome is. so talk to us about submarines _ outcome is. so talk to us about submarines and _ outcome is. so talk to us about submarines and how _ outcome is. so talk to us about submarines and how they - outcome is. so talk to us about submarines and how they will l outcome is. so talk to us about. submarines and how they will be used, where they will be built, how they be used and what kind of impact

their presence would have, especially with regards to these perceived threats and the countries see china creating? yes. perceived threats and the countries see china creating?— perceived threats and the countries see china creating? yes, look, very aood see china creating? yes, look, very good question. _ see china creating? yes, look, very good question, all— see china creating? yes, look, very good question, all those _ see china creating? yes, look, very good question, all those questions| good question, all those questions are very good. how the submarines will be used, they will be used like every other one, for a forward projection of power, they will be used to ensure the political will of the nations involved, is actually able to be looked after, they will be used for defence and used a as deterrent and that is what what they are for, they have a very powerful deterrent. in terms of where they will be built, clearly there has been a lot of media speculation and i won't get into a debate about this media speculation, but the australian government has made it very clear, all the way through, that at some point the final submarine we settle on mr constructed in adelaide, some of the

media is talking about some sort of joint construction activity between australia and the united kingdom, something that has been done throughout our long history together, so, so that may not be a particularly risky endeavour for us, although australia moving to a nuclear submarine will be risky, clearly, the intent is to create an additional capability and capacity in the indo—pacific region, to ensure that china is, is understands the will of the free world, to operate in a safe and communal environment 7891 operate in a safe and communal environment 789 i don't believe anybody is particularly interested in, in provoking china on this matter, but clearly, we have got ourselves to a point where we need to have this strategic deterrent, we will wait and see what the three

world leaders say, i can tell you from an australian perspective we are waiting with bated breath and the australian industry is waiting to see what the outcome of all of this will be. to see what the outcome of all of this will be— this will be. what is the reaction ofthe this will be. what is the reaction of the australian _ this will be. what is the reaction of the australian public - this will be. what is the reaction of the australian public to - this will be. what is the reaction of the australian public to this . of the australian public to this development, are they broadly supportive of these nuclear powers submarines being in the region? well, absolutely. there is certainly when you look at the polling, and the feedback, there is very little negative feedback, i think the australian public fully understand, and sees the need for a nuclear powers sub cymene, australia is a large continent, we travel great distance, conventional submarines why they had their worth and present great capability. the reality is australia needs to project its power a long way and the best way of doing thatis a long way and the best way of doing that is with a nuclear submarine s do you think though, that china in response will want top further

project its power, thrould be any further moves from china round, for example taiwan?— example taiwan? look, i obviously can't speak— example taiwan? look, i obviously can't speak for— example taiwan? look, i obviously can't speak for the _ example taiwan? look, i obviously can't speak for the chinese - can't speak for the chinese communist party, clearly 18 months ago the ccp made it very clear they weren't happy with this development and they have maintained that rhetoric for the last 18 months consistency i —— consistently. we are talking about two separate thing, we are talking about australian and the united kingdom and the us developing a nuclear submarine together, i can completely understand that the chinese may not be 100% happy with that, whether or not that would provoke them to make a move on taiwan, i think that is a stretch. i think it would be strange nor the chinese to suddenly make a move on taiwan when this agreement is put in place. {lilia move on taiwan when this agreement is put in place-— is put in place. 0k, thank you for our is put in place. 0k, thank you for your thoughts — is put in place. 0k, thank you for your thoughts on _ is put in place. 0k, thank you for your thoughts on this _ is put in place. 0k, thank you for your thoughts on this story - is put in place. 0k, thank you for| your thoughts on this story today. there are warnings that the collapse

of a large american bank and its british arm could have a significant impact on tech start—up businesses. the british chancellor, the finance minister, 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. 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. the chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt offered some reassurance. the governor of the bank of england has said that there is not a systematic risk to the financial system, so people should be reassured by that. there is a serious risk to some of our most promising companies, in technology, and life sciences, the prime minister, the governor of the bank of england were up late last night. we have been working through the weekend, to come up with a solution.

the italian coastguard says it has rescued more than 1200 migrants in three separate operations from boats in the mediterranean sea. the operations come almost two weeks after a deadly shipwreck involving migrants off the calabrian coast. stephanie prentice is following the story: the italian coastguard responded to calls from other boats in the waters off the south coast, saying it was challenging, but it managed to get 1300 people to safety, using smaller vessels to ferry people to shore. the conservative government came into power with promise of crackdowns but there has been a sharp increase in people trying to arrive in small boats from north africa and turkey.— arrive in small boats from north africa and turkey. when you have --eole africa and turkey. when you have people dying _ africa and turkey. when you have people dying 40 _ africa and turkey. when you have people dying 40 metres - africa and turkey. when you have people dying 40 metres off - africa and turkey. when you have people dying 40 metres off your. people dying 40 metres off your coast, i think that the focus cannot

be anything else that saving the people. the focus has been on preventing departures, and of course we don't argue against the fight against trafficker, the problem is you don't find traffickers onboard the ships. you don't find traffickers onboard the shi s. ., ~ ,�* ., ., ., you don't find traffickers onboard the shis. ., ., ., ., .,, the ships. two weeks' ago at least 74 --eole the ships. two weeks' ago at least 74 people died _ the ships. two weeks' ago at least 74 people died when _ the ships. two weeks' ago at least 74 people died when their- the ships. two weeks' ago at least 74 people died when their boat - the ships. two weeks' ago at least 74 people died when their boat hitj 74 people died when their boat hit rocks near the south coast, 500 people marched in their memory saturday, under the banner stop the massacre now 4. they are accusing the government of moving too slowly in rescuing the trafficker�*s boats. in light of recent issues the government has announced a crackdown on people smugglers including harsherjail times but alongside that a crackdown on charity rescue boats, calling them a taxi sir froirs migrants. temperature un estimated 300 people have died in the central mediterranean so far this year, some in italy describe their country as

the gateway for migrants arriving in europe and say the international community need to step up to help get death tolls down. let's get some of the day's other news. hundreds of thousands of israelis have taken part in the latest protest against government plans to overhaul the judicial system. opponents of the reforms say they're a threat to israel's democracy. supporters of the laws say they will make the supreme court more accountable. the coast of central mozambique is being battered by one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. cyclone freddy is hitting the country for the second time in a fortnight — one man was reported killed when his house collapsed. the authorities in the us state of texas have advised american citizens against travel to mexico during the spring break for security reasons. the texas department of public safety said that drug cartel violence represented a significant threat for anyone crossing into mexico. it's the biggest night of the year

for the film industry this evening, it's finally the oscars. the academy has been criticized in the past for not being diverse enough, but this year everything everywhere all at once, a mind bending, multi universe explosion of creativity starring a mainly asian—american cast leads the field with no less than 11 nominations. there are more first time nominees than ever before and our los angeles correspondent sophie long met some of them. once a year, the real grime of the walk of fame is swept away and hollywood becomes a place where dreams come true. once a year, the real grime of the walk of fame is swept away and hollywood becomes a place where dreams come true. it's the oscars. they are the crowning glory. if you get your mitts on one of those, that's when you become hollywood royalty. so imagine how it feels when you're nominated and that's suddenly within your grasp. especially if it's for the very first time. i was in shock. shock. complete shock. it's exactly what you would hope. it feels very, very good.

it feels like a dream, you know. and then this wave of emotion came over me. and then i thought about my parents and my grandparents, that their granddaughter was having this moment was very moving to me, likejust waved over me in a big, big way. i got on the elevator with this random white man who was just getting out of the gym as well. and i pushed the button and saw that my phone had 130 text messages. and i screamed. like i screamed. i must have terrified the hell out of this man. and he's like, "what's wrong? what happened? " i'm like, "i was nominated for an oscar!" and he's like, "for what movie?" it was like, "who cares?!" and i was in my pyjamas and then i was running around _ the lounge room by myself. just constantly looked at the academy website just to make sure that it was real, because itjust doesn't feel real. to be perfectly honest. i was up at 6am drinking champagne!

it's not just about people finally realising how amazing you are. an oscar nomination puts your work on a platform on a whole different level. it's a wonderful thing for everybody associated with the film, and people now know about the film. millions of people are aware of the film that might not have been had this not all happened. and so it's a wonderful thing. it's just really exciting that this means that a lot more people are going to have a chance to watch and share in the story that we've lived with now for three years, you know, and the whole team isjust reveling in this sort of this moment to celebrate our little short film that we shot on a farm in rural northern ireland that's really bizarre. yeah, that. but it's also really about the people you get to meet. i mean, we're talking serious a—listers. we are. serious. we can say we spoke to tom cruise. tom cruise spoke to us and we sort of looked at him like jaws on the floor. syllables in different like orders.

steven spielberg. steven spielberg, briefly, which was surreal. see? i mean, it is all very exciting and glamourous and there are a whole load of parties and you're exhausted. and then...what if you go win or don't? i'm going to be terrified anyway, if i had to get up. so i do all that, like, i've done it already, so i don't have to think about it or worry about it. so i've got like speeches and then i'll go over it and try and... fine—tune it. yeah. spielberg at the i think _ it was the globes, he said something about how he doesn't prepare a speech because he feels - like a jinxes it. like itjinxes it. so i've got tonnes of people i know i want to thank, - but you do kind of black out _ when you get up on stage sometimes. i felt that at the globes where l i walked offjust thinking, i hope i said something comprehensible. there's no point in saying that it wouldn't be nicer to win than not. and if you didn't win, you wouldn't be licking the wound for too long.

you wouldn't be. no. you've got to feel that moment. the camera's looking at you. they see how disappointed i am. you know, you'd have that. but you wouldn't be licking your wounds for too long, because to be here isjust an absolute joy. before, when i've ever had to go on stage and i've had _ the notes, i thought, _ "0h, mandy, you look terrible." and i give myself a double chin and everything. - it's awful. but i also think it's - better to come, you know, more spontaneous and from, you know, the emotional- reaction of the evening. but i will have something to say, just in case. - sophie long, bbc news, on the oscars champagne carpet. four astronauts have returned to earth on a spacex crew dragon capsule after spending five months on the international space station. the capsule splashed down near florida in the gulf of mexico. the crew members included the cosmonaut anna kikina, the first russian to fly on an american spacecraft in 20 years, and the nasa flight commander, nicole aunapu mann, the first native american woman to go into orbit.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @annitabbc he un estimated 300 people trop winds, keep creeping wards us. it is helping to push in milder air so everyone in scotland where we saw temperatures hovering round freezing. it will be milderfor the afternoon, but with it outbreaks of rain and rain rather than snow developing in parts of the mainland, brighter to north of that. rain at times in northern ireland, sliding into cumbria and channel alands, south—west england and wales turning wetter, heavy rain to come late this

afternoon. sunny spell, note the temperatures though, much milder in recent day, double figures for much of england and wales in particular. now through tonight they are not going to drop much. rain at times for all. going to drop much. rain at times forall. even going to drop much. rain at times for all. even a bit of snow on the higher ground as northerly winds try to fight back, colder air is limited here, because glasgow south wards, temperatures significantly above where they should be for a march morning, so a mild start to monday, low pressure is pushing eastwardstor, the south and north we will have some particularly strong wind. gales developing for many through the day, snow across northern scotland as northerly winds start to dig in, snow into low levels later but from central scotland northern ireland south ward, rain at time, heavy and thundery showers. but round southern coastal counties winds gusting over 60 mph and to the north of scotland 60mph too. but, different direction,

tiff different feel to things. up to round 13 again towards the south, and the east. the colder air wins out through monday into tuesday, the weather front pushing southwards and eastwards, bringing rain, sleet and snow, there could be a covering of snow, there could be a covering of snow for some to wake up to on tuesday morning, what is more crucial opens the door back to north—westerly winds, so after cloud and rain and sleet clears from the south—east, it is sunshine, and wintry shower, a mixture of raining hail, sleet and snow, and it is going to feel particularly cold as well, temperatures dropping widely and with the wind significant wind chill expected feeling sub—zero in scotland.

this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh and these are the headlines... talks continue to try to resolve the dispute between the bbc and the football pundit, gary lineker — in a row over impartiality. the bbc�*s director—general, tim davie has apologised for the disruption to the sports output. now uncertaintly remains over sunday's sports programming and whether more presenters and pundits willjoin the boycott in support of gary lineker. leaders from the uk, us and australia will meet for talks on defence — including the plan for australia to get us nuclear subs. britain's prime minister rishi sunak and chancellorjeremy hunt will hold talks with the governor of the bank of england in response to the collapse of silicon valley bank uk.