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. there will be reduced coverage of the women's super league and match of the day 2. 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 chancellor warns uk tech companies are at "serious risk" from the collapse of the silicon valley bank, and says ministers are doing everything they can to protect them. 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 reduced coverage 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. so, charlotte, what do we know about any talks that are plan, any moves to try to bring about a resolution to try to bring about a resolution to all of this? we to try to bring about a resolution to all of this?— to try to bring about a resolution to all of this? we don't know about any specific — to all of this? we don't know about

any specific talks _ to all of this? we don't know about any specific talks that _ to all of this? we don't know about any specific talks that have - to all of this? we don't know about any specific talks that have been i any specific talks that have been planneded or put in the diary, but i would be astonished if they hadn't been set up already or the bbc was trying to set them up. tim davie the director—general he was in washington yesterday, he is now travelling back to the uk and you imagine this is going to be his first priority, in his interview yesterday, he said gary lineker was the best sports broadcaster in the world, he wanted him back on the bbc, and he did suggest that perhaps there could be a compromise for presenters like gary lineker that are freelance and don't work in news and current affair, tim davie said he was going to look at the guidelines again, so perhaps there could be gary lineker back on tv, next weekend, we just don't know at this point, but it's a situation that's out of droll, if you step out of the main bbc offices in london, there are camera crews every from different news organisation, it is on the front—page of every newspaper in the uk, it is all over social media, and it doesn't appear that

bbc managers realise it would become such a story and so many other broadcasters would say i'm not working if gary lineker has been suspended. sports coverage has been affected today. match of the day 2, we think that will be shorter, and no presenter, women's super league, thatis no presenter, women's super league, that is due to be on air, we think there is no presenters on that and possibly 5 live and world service football, at the moment that looks like it is go i ade head but yesterday things were cancelled at the last minute, what the bbc will not want is for next weekend to be in the same situation and no football for people on tv or radio. to be in the same situation and no football for people on tv or radio. joining me now is lis howell, director of broadcasting at city university of london. thank you forjoining us. do you agree with what charlotte was saying there, that it seems the bbc failed to understand or perhaps to imagine

that this would draw the removal of gary lineker would draw such a response? i gary lineker would draw such a re5ponse?_ gary lineker would draw such a resonse? ., , , �* response? i am sure they didn't realise it would _ response? i am sure they didn't realise it would take _ response? i am sure they didn't realise it would take off - response? i am sure they didn't realise it would take off to - response? i am sure they didn't realise it would take off to the l realise it would take off to the extent they had. they thought they had to stick to their gun on impartiality. i have been teaching journalism for over 20 year, i am actually a professor emeritus and it is so, so important to teach young journalists going into broadcasting trying to be impartial is key to being a good broadcastjournalist, it is not the same with newspapers, with broadcasting you have to be impartial. you have to be impartial in what is broadcast, you don't necessarily have to force people to be impartial out with their broadcasting output, it is not so important. in fact, broadcasting output, it is not so important. infact, i broadcasting output, it is not so important. in fact, i would broadcasting output, it is not so important. in fact, iwould make broadcasting output, it is not so important. in fact, i would make a case for saying that as a member of the public, i want to know what these people think about other things, it interests me, it might affect the brand of crisps i buy for

example. if for example a presenter says things off air about meghan markle i think are reprehensible, i would like to know, i want to know if he is the nice man i thought he was. i so i have no problem with people expressing their views, especially as it is done so much in social media, it is on air that matters and it is particularly, vitally important that the news is impartial. i don't thinking this is so difficult to resolve. h0??? impartial. i don't thinking this is so difficult to resolve.— impartial. i don't thinking this is so difficult to resolve. how do you think, how — so difficult to resolve. how do you think, how do _ so difficult to resolve. how do you think, how do you _ so difficult to resolve. how do you think, how do you think _ so difficult to resolve. how do you think, how do you think it - so difficult to resolve. how do you think, how do you think it is - so difficult to resolve. how do you think, how do you think it is going j think, how do you think it is going to be resolved then? the ground does seem to be being prepared for some sort of day tent if gary lineker is willing to come back onboard, which one of his sons has indicated how much he loves match of the day, loves presenting that programme, but, tim davie is saying he would love to have gary lineker back on air, what do row think it is going to take to get to that point? weill. to take to get to that point? well, time is money _

to take to get to that point? well, time is money and _ to take to get to that point? well, time is money and football - to take to get to that point? well, time is money and football is - to take to get to that point? -ii time is money and football is even more money, and they really do have to resolve this very very quickly, so it needs very simple common—sense approach to think think, to get it sorted. presenters like gary lineker should be allowed to express their view, however daft or unfortunate or unpopular, off air but on air they must be impartial. the trouble is that people are starting to think it is tim davie who is not impartial. it is going to be damaging for the bbc so a swift end to this is vital. a swift end, you say, but obviously a lot of discussion, again, over the last couple of days, about the position of the chairman, richard sharp, do you think that the bbc will have to look again at his role, given an investigation is continuing? i given an investigation is continuing?— given an investigation is continuin: ? ~ , given an investigation is continuin: ? ~' , ., continuing? i think they will have to look at that, _ continuing? i think they will have to look at that, what _ continuing? i think they will have to look at that, what the - continuing? i think they will have | to look at that, what the outcome would be, i don't know. i think with gary lineker, he probably wants very much tow go back on match of the day, it is his big thing, it is his

reason for his fame and so on and i think he wants to get it sorted. the bbc needs to get it sorted. it is all a bit silly i there was a cartoon in the papers this morning on the front—page which showed a weather presenter saying, it is going to be really, really cold in the next few day, in fact gary lineker says it is going to be as bad azovstalen grad in 1942. it is that mild mockery that bring people backin that mild mockery that bring people back in to line if they have said something daft, not this huge grandstanding.— something daft, not this huge curandstandin. . ~' ., grandstanding. thank you for your thou~hts. thank you for your thoughts. 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.

what are the expectations of today's talks in australia? i spoke earlier to brent clark in canberra — who is the former submariner and the ceo of the australian industry & defence network. we started from how significant this agreement is. quite clearly it, there has been a lot of work done in the last 18 months, 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 quite frankly, to see what the outcome is. so talk to us about these submarines and how they will be used, where they will be built, first of all, how they will be used and what kind of impact their presence would have, especially with regards to these perceived threats that the us, australia and the uk see china creating? yes, look, very good questions, all those questions are very good. how the submarines will be used, they will be used like every

other submarine is used, they will be used 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 as a deterrent, and that is what what they are for, they are 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 will be constructed in adelaide, south australia. clearly, some of the media is talking about some sort ofjoint 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 of course 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, understands the will of the free world to operate in a safe and communal environment.

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, so 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. what is the reaction of the australian public to this development, are they broadly supportive of these nuclear powered 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 understands, and sees the need for a nuclear powered submarine. australia is a large continent, we travel great distances. conventional submarines, while 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 that is with a nuclear submarine. do you think, though, that china in response will want to further project its power, could there be any further moves from china around, for example, taiwan? look, i obviously 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 consistently. we are talking about two separate things here, 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. 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 ministerjeremy 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 systemic 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, i, and the governor of the bank of england were up late last night, we've been working through the weekend to come up with a solution. 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 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 criticised 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. 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 _ 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, like just 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 saying "yay!" 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 notjust 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. 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 is just 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 with ourjaws on the floor. syllables in different 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. jesus christ, you should write me a speech, just in case! spielberg at the, i think l it was the globes, he said something about how he doesn't prepare a speech because he - feels like a jinxes 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 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 hadj 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 prepared, just in case! i 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. hello. am we are going to deal with the impact of melting snow, rising temperatures, coupled with heavy rain and a rapid thaw means there could be the risk of flooding. the other weather concern is how much windier it turns. strong winds, but it is helping to push in that much milder air we will all see, so everyone in scotland where we saw temperatures hovering round freezing this morning, it will be mild for the afternoon but with it outbreak of rain, and rah rain rather than snow, bright tore the north of that. rain at times in northern ireland, maybe sliding into cumbria and channel island and wales were turning wetter, heavy rain to come

later this afternoon, central, eastern areas may stay dry and bright, note the temperatures though, much milderthan bright, note the temperatures though, much milder than recent day, double figures for much of england and wales in particular, through tonight they are not going to drop much. rain at times for all. etch a bit of snow on the higher ground as northerly winds try to fight back, cooler air is limited here, because glasgow, southwards, temperatures significantly above where they should be for a march morning so a mild start to monday but a windy one, area of low pressure is pushing eastwards, to the south and north we will have strong winds, gales developing for many throughout the day, snow in northern scotland, as northerly winds start to dig in, snow into low levels later earth central scotland, rain at time, heavy and thundery shower, best of the bright ince east angela and the south—east. winds gusting over 60mph in the south. to the north of scotland 60mph too. barely above freeze information the north of

scotland through monday afternoon, up scotland through monday afternoon, up to round 13 again, towards the south and the east. the colder air wins out through monday into tuesday, the weather front pushes southwards, bringing a mixture of rain, sleet and snow, there could be a covering of snow for some to wake up a covering of snow for some to wake up to on tuesday, it opens the door, back to north—westerly wind, after the snow and sleet clears it is sunshine and wintry shower, a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow across the country and it will feel cold in the afternoon, 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 after the sports presenter criticised the government over its asylum bill. the bbc�*s football shows look set to be affected for a second day running, after presenters withdraw in support of gary lineker. there will be reduced coverage of the women's super league and match of the day 2. 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 chancellor warns uk tech companies are at "serious risk" from the collapse

of the silicon valley bank,