this is bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines... presenters refuse to appear on more uk bbc sport shows in solidarity with gary lineker after he criticised the uk government over its asylum bill. lineker himself, who was ordered to step back from his duties by the bbc this week, remains tight—lipped about his future. have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? i'm going to walk my dog and i'm going to do my shopping, so would you mind letting me do it on my own? we'll hear what fans think of the row. also ahead... rishi sunak flies to san diego to discuss defence and the potential threat from china with the american and australian leaders.

the british and us governments scramble to reassure their tech start—up sectors after the collapse of one of the main sources of funding, the silicon valley bank. hello and welcome to bbc news. the impact of gary lineker�*s removal from the match of the day programme in the uk is continuing to affect the bbc�*s sports output. coverage of the women's super league and sunday evenings match of the day 2 programme have been hit because fellow presenters and commentators refuse to work in support of the presenter. the bbc had forced gary lineker to step back from his duties after he posted a tweet criticising the government's language on migrants.

the prime minister says the controversy is a matter for the bbc, but opposition mps have accused the corporation of bowing to pressure from the conservatives to sanction the presenter. with more, here's our media correspondent, david sillito. have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? i i'm going to walk my dog and i'm going to do my shopping, so would you mind letting me do it on my own? the agenda this morning for gary lineker was walking the dog, shopping and saying nothing about the row about his tweets that have led to him being pulled off air and match of the day turning into this. no presenters, no commentary — just the sound of fans. the disruption to bbc output has continued today as colleagues and friends rallied to his support. the bbc said tweets in which he described government policy on migrants as immeasurably cruel and the language being used not dissimilar to that used by germany in the �*30s were a breach

of their guidelines. but there are many who believe he should be allowed to express his views. i support gary, not because he's my friend, because i believe he's right in what he says. the language used is similar to the language used in germany in 1930. the outcome is not going to be the same. we're not suggesting, or he's not suggesting, that it's like nazi germany. but the language used in dehumanizing a certain group of people is the exact same language. those comments from gary lineker were described as wrong and offensive by the home secretary, and there is a very definite variety of views about gary lineker, reflected here in a few fan comments at manchester united's game today. that might be gary lineker�*s beliefs, but i don't think he should have aired them. ijust think someone in that position, i don't think they should be speaking out. but i never think of— gary lineker and bbc together. i think of gary lineker. separate from the bbc. he's freelance. he should be able - to say what he wants. meanwhile, another programme going out in reduced form was today's women's super league, and the disruption is also raising

wider questions about tensions between the government and the bbc and the corporation's chairman, richard sharp, and an ongoing inquiry about disclosures about a loan guarantee to borisjohnson, which he says he had no part in actually arranging. but the government was keen to say the lineker issue is a matterfor the bbc. what needs to happen as a result of notjust the discussions about gary lineker, but also about the chairman of the bbc following the independent investigation that's now happening, is that we need to make sure we maintain that trust in the independence and the impartiality of the bbc. and while programmes dropping off the schedule is a sign all is not well at the bbc, match of the day 2 will tonight go out in reduced form. one former bbc director general feels it's not quite a crisis yet. we've lost a couple of sports programmes so far, which is obviously disappointing for match of the day fans who got a much truncated version

of match of the day. but walking into the bbc this morning it's, you know, for a place which is meant to be in complete crisis, is its usual rather boring solid self. you'll get run over, be careful. however, the central issue remains unresolved. the bbc wants gary lineker to avoid political controversy. he's shown no sign he's going to be silenced. one of gary lineker�*s sons, george, has been tweeted his support for his father, saying, "proud of the old man "after a busy few days. "shouldn't need to apologise for being a good person "and standing by his word. "the reaction of the public has been overwhelming. "thanks for the support. " as the disruption of the bbc�*s sports coverage continues, let's take a listen to radio 5 live�*s commentator, alistair bruce—ball. before the football gets under way today, ijust

want to reiterate what we said ahead of our football coverage yesterday. i know you'll all appreciate this is a difficult time for bbc sport and for all those that work in the department, and we hope it all gets resolved as soon as possible. it's been a very difficult decision to make personally. i can assure you it has not been taken lightly. but i'm a bbc staff member. i'm a radio commentator for this station. and just like yesterday, we are here to provide our football service to you, our audience. paul armstrong is a former editor of the bbc�*s match of the day programme. this was his reflection on this week's news. i think it's just the lack of consistency and the lack of clear guidelines. i always understood it that, if you didn't work in news, nobody wants huw edwards giving his political opinions, obviously, we all understand that. however, there is much more latitude, i'm pretty sure that's written in the guidelines, if you work... i think one example cited is in sport or nature. and the inconsistency i'm hearing is that lord sugar has tweeted... ..has been lambasting mick lynch in recent weeks, as a citizen and a businessman,

he doesn't like rail strikes. that seems an opinion he's entitled to have. gary has attacked the language used by suella braverman, and they're either both legitimate viewpoints or neither is. and it's an incredibly poor decision to look as though you're being partisan, because lord sugar has not been sanctioned, and it looks for all the world because he's taken a pro—government stand and gary hasn't. and i'm not saying that's the whole story, but the optics are awful. i mean, i've been at football twice this week. i was at swansea yesterday and fulham today, and normally the conversations, with people who know me or don't know me, would be about the football or about the match of the day's running order. it's been about all of that. i've had a couple of quick text exchanges this week, not in the last couple of days, as it's come to a head. i think he was very moved by everybody, the solidarity. i wasn't the least bit surprised by that. again, i don't understand why bbc management didn't realise that these guys are a team, you know, they travel together, they watch football together and,

if you attack the captain, the others are going to withdraw their labour. ian wright and alan shearer i would have guaranteed would not work on a programme in that situation. it doesn't mean that they entirely agree with everything gary says. itjust means that an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. and then the commentators and now the mess that we're now hearing, where commentators who were staff members on the radio who have to work are having to sort of apologise for working. and it's just awful. in the us, a three—way summit gets under way in san diego in just a few hours when president biden hosts the british and australian prime ministers, rishi sunak and anthony albanese. mr sunak spent some time speaking to journalists travelling with him on the flight to america. we understand he'll be concentrating on defence once the summit gets under way. the group was set up 18 months ago and is called aukus — made up of the initials

from australia, the uk and the us. its remit — to provide co—operation to counter any potential threats from china. sunday's meeting is expected to thrash out the details for australia's new fleet of nuclear powered submarines. our north america correspondent, will grant, is in san diego for the summit, and i asked him about the expectations for the gathering. well, i think they're very high, actually. i think they truly believe that this has all the potential to be one of the most significant military technology agreements made since, well, at least the end of the cold war, if not actually the end of the second world war. it's very significant to see a sort of trilateral agreement of this type clearly focused on bolstering deterrence in the indo—pacific region, which is obviously of great importance to president biden,

is of huge importance to australia, and the potential for the shipbuilding industry in the uk is also clearly of importance to the uk government as well. so, for the uk and the rest of the world, is that what we're talking about there, the shipbuilding element of it and defence, is that its primary remit? yeah. i mean, on the one level, that's a key part of it, isn't it? it's going to bolster those shipbuilding industries here in the united states, there in the united kingdom. but, of course, this stretches long beyond that in the sense that it's about china's ambitions in the south china seas, concern, particularly with australia in that regard, and the fact that australia will be receiving, for example, very sensitive kind of nuclear propulsion technology information that hasn't been shared by the united states with anyone except britain for six and a half decades. so the concerns about this becoming a sort of second

cold war and arms race are very, very clear. it's been made abundantly clear by australia that these submarines will not be carrying nuclear weapons rather than just more conventional missiles. but obviously china is furious about it and have made that fury very, very clear. meanwhile, the uk and us governments say they're working hard to find solutions to the collapse of silicon valley bank. it funded thousands tech start—ups and went bust on friday and was the biggest such failure in the us for 15 years. prime minister rishi sunak says he understands the anxiety and concern that customers must be feeling, but neither government is considering a bailout. here's the us treasury secretary, janet yellen. whenever a bank, especially one like silicon valley bank with billions of dollars in deposits, fails, it's clearly a concern from the standpoint of depositors,

many of which may be small businesses. they rely on access to their funds to be able to pay the bills that they have, and they employ tens of thousands of people across the country. we've been hearing from those depositors and other concerned people this weekend. so let me say that i've been working all weekend with our banking regulators to design appropriate policies to address this situation. i can't really provide further details at this time, but what i do want to do is emphasise that the american banking system is really safe and well capitalised. it's resilient. let's just quickly take you to hollywood, where the final preparations are under way

for sunday evenings oscars. this is the scene live at the dolby theatre — you can see plenty of cameras getting ready. britain's chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, says this week's budget will focus on trying to help more people get back into work. there'll be help with the cost of childcare for those on universal credit and those with disabilities. it's estimated 10 million people of working age in the uk aren't in employment. here's our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. hello, hi, guys. just 20 weeks ago, a new chancellor at a time of crisis. a central responsibility for any government is to do what's necessary for economic stability. remember them —

liz truss and what became known as the kami—kwasi budget? jeremy hunt was brought in to clear up the mess. now he and rishi sunak have stabilised things, this week sees his first budget. mr hunt'sjob has been to inspire and restore confidence, reputations and, hopefully, growth. to do that, he says he needs to get more people back into the workforce. we can make a big difference on childcare, for example, by paying people's help for childcare if you are on benefit upfront rather than in arrears. there's lots we can do but it isn't just parents, by the way. it's also older people, wondering whether they should retire early or not. it's people looking for work — we've got 1.5 million of those — we could actually fill every single vacancyjust from that group. but the scope of childcare help may not grow. asked if it would be extended to families not on benefits, mr hunt said that would be expensive. the prime minister and chancellor have made getting the economy growing a yardstick they will bejudged by. brexit and the pandemic have

led to severe labour shortages in some areas. labour says years of stagnation in growth, investment and people's incomes need to be reversed. it wants to spend billions on new industries. it feels like we are in the changing room and other countries are in the global race and we're going to miss out, miss out on that investment in carbon capture and storage, floating offshore wind, green steel, green hydrogen. some country in the world is going to be the global leader in this future, in the jobs of the future, why not britain? we have so much going for us, apart from a government that is prioritising these investments. the government says that plan would see debts rising and it wants debt to fall. when it comes to tax, there are tory mps who'd like to see tax cuts. they're uncomfortable with the fact that the tax burden, the total amount of tax the government is taking, is going to rise to its highest level in decades. there are few hints from the chancellor that he's planning tax cuts any time soon.

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. much more about the issues and opportunities facing the chancellor on our website. and we will of course have live coverage on wednesday of everything that happens with expert analysis from our correspondents — dojoin us for that. more now on one of our main stories this hour — the collapse of the silicon valley bank which has played a key role in funding tech start—up companies in the us and the uk. i'm joined by dr camilla easter, the ceo of uk biotech startup oxford medical products, which banks with silicon valley bank. how are you feeling right now? tired, actually. we have been

working throughout the weekend, as you can understand, to try and mitigate all the risks and uncertainty going on in the sector, and i speak as all ceos in my position at the moment, we are working incredibly hard to understand how we can meet our obligations to our staff and creditors. obligations to our staff and creditors-— obligations to our staff and creditors. ~ ., ., , ., ., ., creditors. what are you hearing from the regulators _ creditors. what are you hearing from the regulators having _ creditors. what are you hearing from the regulators having to _ creditors. what are you hearing from the regulators having to step - creditors. what are you hearing from the regulators having to step in? - creditors. what are you hearing from the regulators having to step in? in i the regulators having to step in? in the regulators having to step in? in the united states obviously they have their regulator. are you getting communications from the chancellor to help you? we getting communications from the chancellor to help you?— chancellor to help you? we have heard today _ chancellor to help you? we have heard today that _ chancellor to help you? we have heard today that they _ chancellor to help you? we have heard today that they are - chancellor to help you? we have | heard today that they are working hard, i know they are speaking to many people across the sector to try and come up with a plan. there are talks of potential buyers out there, which would be a fantastic solution,

and what we need is an industry right now is for them to very rapidly give us a short plan on how we can access our money in those accounts, so that we can work that into our models tomorrow and move forward. , , .,, into our models tomorrow and move forward, , .,, into our models tomorrow and move forward, , ,. ,, forward. just as we were discussing that and you _ forward. just as we were discussing that and you were _ forward. just as we were discussing that and you were answering - forward. just as we were discussing that and you were answering my . that and you were answering my question there, i know it doesn't help because there's not much detail here, but we have got a little bit of information from a statement, the bank of london has confirmed it has submitted a formal proposal for the uk subsidiary of silicon valley bank, i'm not sure exactly what that means to you, but it does look like there is some progress in terms of what will happen next. i'd like to just talk about why you went as a start—up, why you went to the silicon valley bank. you are

developing a new weight loss pill, why the silicon valley bank? the silicon valley _ why the silicon valley bank? tue: silicon valley bank why the silicon valley bank? tte: silicon valley bank has why the silicon valley bank? "tt2 silicon valley bank has been why the silicon valley bank? tt2 silicon valley bank has been around for a0 years, it is very well represented in the tech industry, as you know, many tech start—ups bank with them, hundreds across the uk, thousands in the us, they represent about 50% of start—ups, so they have until 72 hours ago had a fantastic reputation of understanding the nuancesin reputation of understanding the nuances in the start—up community, which are different to established companies, and they are very well positioned to help with our sector and ensure that we were looked after correctly. and ensure that we were looked after correctl . ~ , ., _ and ensure that we were looked after correctl . ~ ., . , correctly. when you say nuances with the sector, does _ correctly. when you say nuances with the sector, does that _ correctly. when you say nuances with the sector, does that imply _ correctly. when you say nuances with the sector, does that imply there - correctly. when you say nuances with the sector, does that imply there is l the sector, does that imply there is more risk in the tech sector, that a

traditional bank would not support? it's just traditional bank would not support? it'sjust different, and traditional bank would not support? it's just different, and actually even within the sector is very different when we look at digital start—ups over to biotech, from our point of view, we are a revenue generating company and after some years while we get our technology through trials, and so as many of your listeners will know, we raise money from venture capital, private equity, and we are very well attuned to that and they help that process. just to update our viewers, the reuters news agency is reporting that the bank of london has confirmed it has submitted a proposal for the confirmed it has submitted a proposalfor the uk confirmed it has submitted a proposal for the uk subsidiary of silicon valley bank of the bank of action taken in the united states, the treasury secretary was speaking

earlier in the us, and she said that regulators have been working throughout the weekend to deal with the fallout there. come tomorrow because everybody is waiting for what will happen when markets open, when it opens for business on monday morning, what will be the first thing you will do? t morning, what will be the first thing you will do?— morning, what will be the first thing you will do? i have already called a whole _ thing you will do? i have already called a whole company - thing you will do? i have alreadyj called a whole company meeting thing you will do? i have already - called a whole company meeting first thing, i want to speak to all of our employees and reassure them that both me and our board and management team have been working throughout the weekend to understand how we can support them and ensure that they have job safety, to ensure we are able to cut costs wherever possible until we have a plan from the uk government about how we can access that cash immediately, so the sooner we are able to hear their plans and understand that the better our communications can be. you mention our communications can be. you mention your employees. _ communications can be. you mention your employees, how— communications can be. you mention your employees, how many _

communications can be. you mention your employees, how many people i communications can be. you mention. your employees, how many people are we talking about here? we your employees, how many people are we talking about here?— we talking about here? we are small, we talking about here? we are small, we have ten — we talking about here? we are small, we have ten fantastic _ we talking about here? we are small, we have ten fantastic employees - we have ten fantastic employees throughout the sector, engineers and scientists, we manufacture here in the uk. we are currently looking for another three people, we are growing very rapidly, of course we have had to put a hiring freeze and that at the moment. 50 to put a hiring freeze and that at the moment-— the moment. so the plan that chancellor — the moment. so the plan that chancellor hunt _ the moment. so the plan that chancellor hunt mentioned i the moment. so the plan that i chancellor hunt mentioned was the moment. so the plan that - chancellor hunt mentioned was plans that would be drawn up for this emergency cash lifeline, now, you are part of a group of business people who have written an open letter to the government, i wonder if you could just summarise what you have said and if you have had any response at all. t’m have said and if you have had any response at all.— response at all. i'm not specifically _ response at all. i'm not specifically part - response at all. i'm not specifically part of - response at all. i'm not specifically part of that| response at all. i'm not - specifically part of that group so i won't want to comment directly for them. what i'm hearing is that there is a lifeline coming but we do need a lot more information and we need it as soon as possible. fik. a lot more information and we need

it as soon as possible.— it as soon as possible. ok. we will leave it there. _ it as soon as possible. ok. we will leave it there. thank _ it as soon as possible. ok. we will leave it there. thank you - it as soon as possible. ok. we will leave it there. thank you very - it as soon as possible. ok. we will. leave it there. thank you very much for your time and good luck with events come tomorrow, thank you. the bbc says it's contacted the home office to object to its use of bbc footage in a video posted on twitter announcing its new illegal migration bill. the video went online on tuesday and begins with clips of presenters from bbc news and 5 news reporting on the number of migrants who'd crossed the english channel that day. the home office says use of the footage didn't imply support for the bill. just a few hours to go now to the oscars, and finishing touches have been applied to the dolby theatre in hollywood, which is once again hosting the event. one of the differences keen showbiz fans may notice this year —

the red carpet has been dropped in favour of one which is described as champagne coloured. that's led to some jokes about worries of blood being shed — a reference to will smith's now infamous slap at last year's event. there will also be a crisis team working for the oscars — the organisers say it's there to mitigate any potential surprises. in terms of who might win, the film everything everywhere all at once leads the field with 11 nominations. there are also more first time nominees than ever before including a number of many asian—american cast of the film, as sophie long reports from los angeles. i can see where this story is going. it's stunned film critics and film lovers alike. some scenes went a little too far for some, but everything everywhere all at once was rewarded with a remarkable ii

oscar nominations. everyone who is nominated is a first time nominee. and so, for so many different reasons, this is so unexpected and there's no precedent for it either. and so i think that's what makes it special. it does not look good. the film's success so far must be attributed, at least in part, to its biggest cheerleader, jamie lee curtis, herself a first time oscar nominee in a career spanning many genres and decades. even she didn't get it at first. what did you think when you first saw the script? i didn't understand a word of it. i really didn't. i didn't understand the depth of it at all. but i really understood deirdre. i knew her. i didn't know what the movie was about until i was filming the movie. iwent, "oh, the movie is about love. "it's a movie, it's a big, crazy, multiversal movie about love. but a hefty haul of nominations

as heart—warming as they are doesn't mean heartbreak isn't ahead. it was nearly a0 years ago, but the colour purple went in with the same 11 nominations, and it came out with none. not one. all quiet on the western front had a slow start to this campaign, but, with a sprint finish, it could just beat everything everywhere across the final finish line. and among industry insiders, there's more than a murmuring about top gun maverick, which has had its own cheerleader small in size, but huge in stature... ..tom cruise. it's just possible the academy might reward maverick for bringing people back to the box office. but baz luhrmann's elvis could also take some credit for that. some say it's the quiet ones you should watch. and the director of a triangle of sadness knows exactly how serious the situation is. did you know that, if you don't win, if you're nominated, _ then your life expectancy goes down?

so, if you win, you live longer- than the other nominators that lose. so you're risking a little bit of your lifetime - when you are nominated for an oscar. but as will smith demonstrated last year, it is possible to win in a whole triangle of sadness. it will all happen here in hollywood tonight. sophie long, bbc news, at the oscars. so, what can we expect from the awards? i asked the film critic and broadcaster anna smith. well, expect the unexpected if last year is anything to go by. but as we just heard, of course, everything everywhere all at once looks set to be a big winner on the night, if not the big winner. best picture is up for grabs, i think, partly because of the way that the voting works at the oscars. but i do expect to see everything everywhere do really well in the acting categories. i think key hui kwan is very likely

to get best supporting actor and that will be a wonderful moment because he's a former child actor that people know from the 80s who's now had a big comeback. so that could be lovely. and i think michelle yeoh has a very good chance opposite cate blanchett for best actress. that's really neck and neck at the moment. a lot of people talking as ever in recent years about diversity, including awards ceremonies. and we all remember #oscarssowhite. so what are they saying this year? well, i mean, that's the criticism once again. certainly when it especially comes to black film—makers and black actors, we do have a couple nominated, but there's a number of black—dominated films such as til and the woman king that have not been nominated, which to me is quite shocking because these were among my favourites of the year. we featured them on girls on film, and they do feel like very oscar worthy films. most people i know in the industry felt that these would show up and they were widely expected to. so, yeah, i think it's understandable criticism that films like that have been overlooked.

i suppose till for many is just a little bit too close to home, isn't it? it's based on a true life story. that beige, i mean, sorry, champagne carpet. what do you make of that? it's a strange decision. nobody can quite figure out why. and none of the explanations they've given seem to really wash. as far as i can work out. it's interesting to look at kind of recent kind of premieres in the last few years have often toyed with different colours. you know, we've had green carpets, we've had pink goblets, we've had white carpets. so maybe it's just an attempt to sort of get away from that the stereotype of the red carpet and do something different. but we'll see how it works. 0k. so we've dealt with that. we've dealt with that. let's talk about gender. how many female nominations are we seeing this year? well, none for best director, which is shocking, given that the last couple of years we've had women winning and not a single showing up in the best director category

despite many, many worthwhile contenders. there is a chance that we could have the first female cinematographer win only, the third to ever be nominated. mandy walker for elvis. she is one of the favourites for that category. so that could be an historic moment. so, despite the relative lack of nominations in some areas, there could be history being made. and let's take your life to the not so red—carpet because they have decided to put a champagne coloured carpet down, so that's one of the changes this year, we have seen a couple of people coming through with beautiful dresses and men dressed up very sharply as well, but the big stars start to arrive in about half an hour's time. whether time, our big star is chris. hello there. it's been a much milder day today for most parts of the uk,