this is bbc world news. i'm lukwesa burak. our top stories. there are hopes of a deal in the next 2a hours, between gary lineker and the bbc, in a row over impartiality. sports programmes were disrupted for a second day. lineker himself, who was ordered to �*step back�* from his duties by the bbc this week, remains tight—lipped about his future. 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 world news. talks between the bbc and its highest paid presenter, gary lineker, are said to be �*moving in the right direction�* after a second day of scheduling disruption, following his removal from the �*match of the day�* programme. bbc news understands there are hopes of a resolution soon but not all issues are "fully resolved" at this stage. our media correspondent, david sillito, has more. 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. david stillito, bbc news. the uk and us governments say they�*re working hard to find solutions to the collapse of silicon valley bank. it funded thousands of 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 bailot. 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 get more now on efforts to resolve the standoff between the bbc and gary lineker. our reporter robin brant joins me now for the latest. so, joins me now for the latest. from the statement w: earlier. so, from the statement we had earlier. it sounds they are getting their ducks in a row. i earlier. it sounds they are getting their ducks in a row.— earlier. it sounds they are getting their ducks in a row. i think what's ha enin: their ducks in a row. i think what's happening from — their ducks in a row. i think what's happening from the gary - their ducks in a row. i think what's happening from the gary lineker. their ducks in a row. i think what's i happening from the gary lineker side there was some resolution our announcement tomorrow stop he has gotten what he wants which is to back on the bbc. get back presenting and ensure that all the others who decided to opt out of their work will come back to work as well. i think on the bbc side there is an issue on the sense, some sort of atonement on the contentious tweets that was sent. that is an area that

is still not resolved. there is an expectation that by tomorrow there�*s some kind of resolution. for the bbc, for the man at the very top, he can�*t have another repeat of social euros being ripped up on radio, tv and dozens of staff, rather, freelancers, refusing to come to work in support of gary lineker. that will be a disaster for sub they can�*t be a repeat of that it would be interesting if there is an announcement notjust be interesting if there is an announcement not just about be interesting if there is an announcement notjust about gary lineker and his status, more importantly for the bbc and how it does its work, but about editorial guidelines. there was talk yesterday about wanted to look at those guidelines, there is literally a book of guidelines that sit across bbc shelves. what would be done there? in terms of dealing with the ambiguity which led to the gary lineker being able to tweet in this way which is because so many

problems for the interested parties. how much damage has this done to. obviously, it is made headlines we have talked about it all that we can for a start for a start. in terms of coverage, is it point to how much of a start gary lineker is? orjust how important is to get guidelines sorted out for clarity? i important is to get guidelines sorted out for clarity?- important is to get guidelines sorted out for clarity? i think the thin of sorted out for clarity? i think the thing of most — sorted out for clarity? i think the thing of most note _ sorted out for clarity? i think the thing of most note in _ sorted out for clarity? i think the thing of most note in the - sorted out for clarity? i think the thing of most note in the last - sorted out for clarity? i think the thing of most note in the last 24| thing of most note in the last 2a hours are the extent to which colleagues who work with and around gary lineker chose to fall in line and to show their solidarity with him. so quickly and such a skill. that because so many problems for the bbc coverage of premier sheep football and other sports that can�*t happen again as tired as tim davies concern. the most interesting thing going forward is what is going to happen on the editorial guidelines. that gray area and ambiguity there,

is where tim devi knows and conceded to an extent that work needs to be done. the balance is keeping the corporations highest paid presenter on the tv, on the radio, on the podcast, at the same time living up to the promises and cornerstone for tim which is about impartiality. thank you. we lived there for now is not to us — a three—way summit gets under way in san diego, not 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. it�*s 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. i think they are very high, i think they truly believe this has all the potential to be one of the most significant military technology agreements made since 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 trilateral agreement of this type. clearly focused on bolstering deterrence in the indo—pacific region. which is obviously of great importance to president biden, it is of huge importance to australia, and the potential for the shipbuilding industry in the uk is clearly of importance

to the uk government as well. for the uk and the rest of the world, is that what we are talking about there? the shipbuilding elements of it and defence, is that its primary remit? on the one level it is a key part of it, it will bolster those industries here in the united states and there in the uk, but this stretches long beyond that in the sense that it is about china�*s ambitions in the south china sea, concerned particularly with australia in that regard, the fact that australia will receive for example very sensitive nuclear propulsion technology information that has not been shared by the united states with anyone except britain for six and a half decades, so the concerns about this becoming a second cold war, an arms race, are very clear. it has been made abundantly clear by australia that the submarines

will not carry nuclear weapons, rather more conventional missiles, but obviously china is furious about it and has made that fury very clear. any significance as to where these submarines will be built? in terms of where, we expect two shipbuilding yards will be employed in the united states, and in the uk, but these details will all come out after the summit and the agreements and the conversations between all three leaders, between the two leaders individually, there will be quite a lot of conversations held, but the objectives are the ones that all the leaders are very excited about. there is no point hiding the fact that they are very excited about what this means for their defence industries and shipbuilding industries. the concerns of course i what it means for the nuclear

non—proliferation treaty of which australia is a signatory, concerns for the fact that china is extremely worried about this, angry about it, and that efforts are being made by washington to calm fears in beijing, that this is not some kind of new nuclear arms race. more now on collapse of silicon valley bank in the us, and government and regulators are rushing to contain the damage it�*s caused before stock markets reopen on monday. us media reports say the government is considering ways to make sure depositors get their money back and is trying to auction off the collapsed bank. earlier i spoke to dr camilla easter, the ceo of a british biotech startup that banks with svb. she told me how she was feeling after days of uncertainty.

tired, actually, i would say. we have been working throughout the weekend, as you could understand to try and mitigate all the risks and uncertainty currently going on in the sector, and all ceos in my position at the moment, we are working incredibly hard to try and understand how we can, short term, meet our obligations to our staff and our creditors. what are you hearing from the regulators that are having to step in? because obviously in the united states, they have their regulator, i think it is the federal deposit insurance corporation so are you getting communications from the chancellor to help you? so, we have heard today that they are working hard and speaking to many people across the sector, to try and come up with a plan. and 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—term plan on how we can access our money and there�*s accounts so that we can work that into our models tomorrow and move forward. i would 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? silicon valley bank has been around for around a0 years. it is very well represented in the tech industry and many, many tech start—ups back with them and hundreds and hundreds across the uk, thousands in the us, they represent about 50% of start—ups, have bank accounts with them so,

they have, until 72 hours ago, had a fantastic reputation of understanding the nuances in the start—up community, which are different to established companies. they are very well positioned to help with our sector, and ensure that we were looked after correctly. so, when you say nuances with the sector, does that imply that there is more risk in the tech sector, that a traditional bank wouldn�*t support? it is just different and even within the sector it is very different, when we look at digital start—ups, over to biotech, which of course we are in, and from our point of view we are a non—revenue generating company, and will be for some years, whilst we get our technologies through clinical trials, and so, as many of your listeners will know,

we raise money from venture capital and private equity and they are very well attuned to that and able to help with that process. come tomorrow, because everybody is waiting for what is going to happen when markets open, and the globe opens for business on monday morning, what is going to be the first thing you�*re going to do? i have called a company meeting for the first thing. i want to speak to all of our employees, i want to reassure them that the management team have been working throughout the weekend, and that somehow we can reassure them that they have job safety, to ensure that 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 the plans, and can understand that, the better our communications

around that could be. you are mentioning your employees, how many people are we talking about here? we are small, we have ten fantastic employees, throughout the sector, that is engineers, scientists, we manufacture here in the uk, we have an r&d here in the uk and we are currently looking for another three people, we are growing very, very rapidly. of course we are having to put a hiring freeze on that, at the moment. 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 ten 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 when 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. jehovah�*s witnesses in the german city of hamburg, have cancelled all in—person services this weekend following the shooting at a meeting hall. seven people were killed in the attack on thursday. one member of the community — who lost 2 friends — told the bbc that it will take years to heal. the bbc�*s, jenny hill, reports. bereaved, bewildered, a city in mourning. these jehovah�*s witnesses told us they lost a relative in the shooting. what was once a place of worship, now a shrine to the dead. we pray together. we cry together. michael tells us he�*s barely slept since the attack. too busy supporting survivors, comforting the bereaved. two of his friends were killed.

it�*s hard to imagine that a group of people sitting together during an evening in their church, reading the bible, singing and praying together, and then all of a sudden, a scene of love is becoming a scene of hate and death. gunshots. the killer brought terror to this community. what makes it harder to bear, that he himself was once part of this congregation. detectives who say he left on bad terms reveal they were warned he had a gun, was mentally unstable and had a hatred of organised religion. it�*s a community he knows, it�*s a community he was part of, so this is a community he obviously focused his hate on. he knew the premises. he knew the arrangements. he knew the parking lot. so this is what he decided. were you warned at all that he might represent a danger?

did anyone in the community have concerns that he might present a danger? i�*m not aware of that. for now, all services are cancelled. the community meeting online only. michael tells us there�*s a concern about so—called copycat attacks. amongst the grief, the incomprehension, there is perhaps one certainty. it will take years, they tell us, to heal. jenny hill, bbc news, hamburg. some of hollywood�*s biggest stars have begun arriving for the 95th oscars ceremony in los angeles. 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. i think that�*s antonio banderas.

there you go, that�*s what i wanted to show you. the carpet is not read. i�*ve seen champagne coloured outfits blending into the carpet. there is been pushed back online as to where the red carpet has gone for this years oscars. the banshees of inishiren of ayrshire in everything air once all at once. cate blanchett and michelle yeoh and just some of the big names that could one of those oscars this evening. in terms of colours, you can see those at the moment. a lots of green. if there is a theme behind that, green dresses and jewellery. a theme behind that, green dresses

andjewellery. i a theme behind that, green dresses and jewellery. i think, a theme behind that, green dresses andjewellery. ithink, personally, the outfit of than night was warned by my love not use of his eye. absolutely stunning in silver. rihanna is performing as well. jeannie kimmons is hosting. —— and jimmy came is hosting. 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 till 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. that was anna smith speaking to me earlier. just to let you know you can get in touch with me. you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @lukwesaburak. we are keeping the night on watson taking place in hollywood. back with more in a moment. in the meantime the weather. hello there. it�*s been a mild day today. snow has been getting really quite scarce away from some of the hills of northern england and across northern scotland. elsewhere, it really has been melting away pretty quickly, and no wonder why. temperatures have pushed up widely into double figures. look at edinburgh, just five degrees yesterday. it was a cold day for most of us, but this afternoon we�*ve seen temperatures up to 13 degrees and that milder air is going to stay with us overnight tonight for the most part. outbreaks of rain strengthening, south—westerly winds reaching gale force later in the night.

but those south—westerly winds continue to feed in the mild air. so for most of us, temperatures stay into double figures. the exception, northern scotland, where, here ,there�*ll be some frost and a risk of some icy patches to take us into monday. low pressure is firmly in charge of the weather for tomorrow. the worst of the rain will be clearing out of the way, but we�*re going to see widespread, blustery showers working in towards western areas. a few sunny spells in the east, but gale force gusts of wind for england and wales. so a blowy kind of day. and winds that strong, gusting into the fifties of miles an hour could bring down one or two tree branches. it is, however, still mild. england, wales, temperatures ten to 13 degrees, but we�*re starting to see colder air return in scotland. and through monday we�*re going to see some further hills snow here with accumulations above 200 metres elevation. some of the higher hills could see around five to ten centimetres. and then, through monday night, as that colder air pushes southwards, the risk of a little bit of hill snow for northern ireland, northern england and north wales for a time, leaving a legacy of icy roads and pavements to take us into tuesday.

tuesday, cold air returns right the way across the country so you can forget all about those temperatures reaching double figures, it�*s going to be a much colder day. sunny spells a few wintry showers across western areas, we�*ll see some snow showers continuing to accumulate over the hills of northern scotland. these are the kind of temperatures will be faced with through the afternoon, 2—7 degrees. it�*s going to feel a lot colder. that cold weather stays with us into wednesday. a widespread frosts and morning sunshine, then clouds over. and this band of rain working across northern ireland, well, that could also have a bit of snow mixed in it, just on its leading edge, especially over some of the hills. from there, there is a risk of some hail snow again through wednesday night and into thursday across northern england and scotland. but, ultimately, as milder pushes in, that will eventually turn back to rain.