when he was re—elected by the national people's congress for another five years. the npc also elected li qiang — one of chinese president xi jinping's most trusted allies, as the new premier over the weekend. i'm joined now by agatha kratz, the director of rodhium group, an economic research provider. she leads the research on european union china relations and china's economic statecraft and it is quite interesting when we look at this in a sense of that being no political power in this organisation but there are some interesting announcements not least on the economy and now having a prime minister who used to run shanghai which is a city we absolutely associate with china's economic miracle over the last few decades. , ., , ., decades. yes, the appointment of li qianu has decades. yes, the appointment of li qiang has been _ decades. yes, the appointment of li qiang has been welcome _ decades. yes, the appointment of li qiang has been welcome as - decades. yes, the appointment of li qiang has been welcome as a - decades. yes, the appointment of li qiang has been welcome as a sign i qiang has been welcome as a sign that they are being more economically minded with the past

five or ten years being really characterised by a lot of churn and push towards more statism. we remain quite sceptical of the ability to turn the economic fortunes. there have been good signs in the past, a few days that they are a bit more rational, realistic, setting the gross targeted 5% but the end of the day, the composition of the committee is reallyjust where xi jinping is, that shows that politics will be there for a little while longer so we take the news with a grain of salt. i longer so we take the news with a grain of salt-— longer so we take the news with a grain of salt. i wonder some of the events matching _ grain of salt. i wonder some of the events matching away _ grain of salt. i wonder some of the events matching away from - grain of salt. i wonder some of the i events matching away from mainland china do weigh on the willingness of international companies to continue investing in increased investments investing in increased investments in china. we have the disruption in hong kong pretty much severe

crackdown on anything approaching critical thinking or the expression of critical opinions of protest in hong kong, we have the rhetoric by both the united states and china over the status of taiwan and that practicality producing 60% of the chips that are essential to china's high—tech economy. how can the chinese square that circle of absolute crackdown, belligerent language about the status of taiwan and under pressure from american sanctions? , u, ., j and under pressure from american sanctions? , ., j , sanctions? they cannot. they've been t in: to sanctions? they cannot. they've been trying to end — sanctions? they cannot. they've been trying to end as _ sanctions? they cannot. they've been trying to end as been _ sanctions? they cannot. they've been trying to end as been a _ sanctions? they cannot. they've been trying to end as been a very _ sanctions? they cannot. they've been trying to end as been a very strong i trying to end as been a very strong narrative and series of statements especially at the things we have been witnessing which really emphasise the importance of our investment in china and make it clear that the government puts it as a high priority to attract foreign businesses but at the end of the day there was a combination of witnesses that china has to face not least the

political pressures and the fact the us is making more and more prosperous transactions harder to achieve especially in key sectors like ai going forward but in addition to that, you have within china a status policy which is really weighing on companies and their willingness to do business in china and we are seeing this in the numbers where we've seen european investment in china fall in 2022 can be up to 2021 and that of course was a bad year but you should have seen a bad year but you should have seen a bit of growth and the spending has been over the last ten years, so there is concern in the ability. thank you for talking to us.

now to the uk... thousands ofjunior doctors in england are beginning a three—day strike in a row over pay. their union, the bma, says newly qualified doctors could earn more selling coffee. just for a bit of clarity for people outside the uk, junior doctors does notjust mean newly qualified, it means everybody perhaps for years until they become what are called consultants. bosses at the national heath service say there will be widespread disruption to services. i'm joined now byjenniferjenkins, a patient affected by the strikes and also a labour member. not particularly active though because you have had long covid so i'm sorry to hear that has disrupted your life. just in terms of your experience, you're due to have an appointment today, monday, which you lost presumably at the end of the week when they were looking at what they could cover on a strike day. that was right, i had an appointment for this afternoon with the arrhythmia clinic in coventry and i

received a letter on thursday to say it had been cancelled. i felt this quite distressing so i did call the hospital as i've been waiting to be seen, to find out what is going on with my heart is part of my long covid journey and it was explained to me that my appointment had to be cancelled due to the strikes but it has actually been put back to august, so it has been put back six months which i found quite a distressing amount of time, really, to be put back. distressing amount of time, really, to be put back-— to be put back. how do you feel about that _ to be put back. how do you feel about that given _ to be put back. how do you feel about that given if _ to be put back. how do you feel about that given if you're - to be put back. how do you feel. about that given if you're prepared to pay some money, i understand you could see... still get an appointment, maybe not at the same time but you could pretty much get at the same day. that time but you could pretty much get at the same day.— at the same day. that is right and after i received _ at the same day. that is right and after i received the _ at the same day. that is right and after i received the letter - at the same day. that is right and after i received the letter on - at the same day. that is right and after i received the letter on the i after i received the letter on the thursday and looked on the app to see when my new appointment was unfounded was in august, i looked at the consultant and seen i could see the consultant and seen i could see the same doctor tomorrow evening and pay £200 to do that privately which

would actually go against all my principles to do that and i also am very aware that there is going to be a lot of people in my situation today who have lost appointment and have had their appointments pushed back and they are not in a position to do that. very distressing. and this whole strike is revealing to us just how connected we all are and you talk about systems, we talk about the economy as if that is a system that does not involve people and the nhs involving people and there are patients currently looking at the funding end of some of the doctors are not thriving in the patients are not thriving, i listen to jeremy patients are not thriving, i listen tojeremy hunt last month talk about getting people into work. i have

been signed off because of my long covid at times and the heart condition related to that but how can we get back to work if we do not have a flourishing nhs well funded system that we can rely upon? we have to leave it there but i do hope you get an appointment soon. and that you are able to get more of your life back. i'm sure your employer would be grateful but you and yourfamily employer would be grateful but you and your family would be as well. good luck. the bbc has announced that high profile sports presenter gary lineker will be allowed back on air, three days after he was told to step back from presenting because of a tweet in which he criticised uk government policy. their highest—paid presenter. the corporation says it will now hold an independent review of its impartiality guidelines, and in the meantime, the presenter would abide by its current rules. i'm joined now by sir craig 0liver, the former director of politics and communications for prime minister david cameron.he

also server as the controller of english news output for bbc for bbc global news. thank you very much for being with us. first of all. is this a kind of fudge to get us through a difficult period for the bbc and gary lineker? it is not only a fudge, it is a capitulation by the bc and i think what has happened here is gary lineker1—0 bbc credibility. the bbc has two announce it as having a review of its social media guidelines but it also needs a review of how it handles crises like these. yet again it is in a position where it has been very slow to react and when it did react to the wrong choice which resulted in a strike by its sports staff and created chaos and today it has completely reversed

its position so it is a mess. 1dietitian its position so it is a mess. when ou sa its position so it is a mess. when you say to _ its position so it is a mess. when you say to be _ its position so it is a mess. when you say to be wrong _ its position so it is a mess. when you say to be wrong choice, - its position so it is a mess. when you say to be wrong choice, what was the option it did not take in your judgment? i the option it did not take in your judgment?— the option it did not take in your 'udament? ~ . , ., ., judgment? i think what they fail to do was on tuesday _ judgment? i think what they fail to do was on tuesday gary _ judgment? i think what they fail to do was on tuesday gary lineker i do was on tuesday gary lineker tweeted around lunchtime and it was not until late friday that the bbc responded so it should have had a clearer, crisper, definitive line much sooner than that and it needed to have a line that was not in itself a fudge when what they did on friday will say they were taking him off their while they negotiated over what he was allowed to do in terms of social media and that was never going to be acceptable or a solution. the reality is that tim davie, director—general of the bbc, was in washington last week and i get it, you are in a lot of very important meetings, something is bubbling along back at home, you have council between meetings with people saying it might go away and you might not have to come up with something but in those situations what he needed to do was just drop everything and say, look, this is a serious problem and we need a clear,

definitive line and the failure to do that is what resulted in the mess they are in and the reversal today. i'm wondering whether the timing of this is political and i say that in the sense that this afternoon in the uk, monday afternoon, british parliament will debate the second reading of its immigration proposals, the ones that gary lineker was criticising on social media and it is not hard to think that there may be politicians who will use this row as part of that debate and the bbc have not got to a resolution, whether you think it is a temporary fudge or capitulation as you put it, i think was the phrase used and he would have been quite hard for it not to have had an answer at that point.- hard for it not to have had an answer at that point. yes, it would have been — answer at that point. yes, it would have been hard _ answer at that point. yes, it would have been hard at _ answer at that point. yes, it would have been hard at almost - answer at that point. yes, it would have been hard at almost every . answer at that point. yes, it would i have been hard at almost every point between gary lineker tweeting and now not to come up with a clear, definitive solution and that is the thing you get in a modern environment. the bbc will always be a politicalfootball

environment. the bbc will always be a political football in environment. the bbc will always be a politicalfootball in british politics and it has to recognise and stand up and be clear about something like this. i think a lot of the response played into the idea that this was not about an employer reacting to an employee tweeting and instead became as important a story on the bbc�*s own news channels as if it was the equivalent of the ukraine war, the amount of coverage it was getting. it got completely out of proportion and people really did not see it in perspective. it is up to bbc management at those moments to actually say enough, we are going to be clear, concise, have a very definitive point of view and if that means losing gary lineker, it would be very sad but we have to have clarity on this and at the moment gary lineker... to bbc statement does not even make clear whether gary lineker is allowed to continue tweeting while on air and they do the social media review. it is another mess. we the social media review. it is another mess.— the social media review. it is another mess. ~ . , another mess. we are seeing some ictures, another mess. we are seeing some pictures. or — another mess. we are seeing some pictures. or we _ another mess. we are seeing some pictures, or we were, _ another mess. we are seeing some pictures, or we were, of— another mess. we are seeing some pictures, or we were, of richard - pictures, or we were, of richard sharpe, and there is controversy over his financial links to part of

the conservative party in the uk. has that complicated the picture, do you think? has that complicated the picture, do ou think? �* ., has that complicated the picture, do ou think? �* . , .,, ., ., has that complicated the picture, do ou think? �* . , ., ., ., you think? again, people who want to make political— you think? again, people who want to make political points _ you think? again, people who want to make political points over— you think? again, people who want to make political points over this - you think? again, people who want to make political points over this have i make political points over this have allowed it to complicate the situation. to be fair to tim davie, the chairman of the bbc as appointed by the prime minister in number ten on my personal view is that has to stop, it is not credible in this day and age that someone who is so political elite tainted candy the chairman of the bbc, it is wrong but it is not linked to the story and people try to muddy it in that way and i think the bbc allowing it to be muddied in that way is not a great thing. this is the great difficulty, the bbc has a management and the executive has to take one position and bbc news has to report the news. people start muddling everything up and that has to become very confusing and that is why bbc absolutely have to be clear management wise and concise in this. as well as having a social media response to this review, they need

to have a review of the crisis management policies. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. as we go through this week, the temperatures are going to be changing almost on a daily basis from being on the mild side to the cold side and today for northern ireland, england and wales, we have some rain and showers, interspersed with some sunshine, snow and scotland is sinking southwards through the day preceded by the rain a lot of the snow on the hills with some will get down to lower levels and it is going to be another very windy day wherever you are. through the evening and overnight, the system producing the rain and also the snow pushes southwards again, most of these now being on higher ground and winds will ease a little bit and it will be called with a risk of ice on untreated surfaces and also some frost in the northern half of the country. sheltered glens could get down to —10. tomorrow is a

mixture of scattered showers, some of those will be wintry and also some sunshine. it is also going to be quite windy with gales developing in northern scotland and feeling colder than today.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... gary lineker to return to match of the day, as bbc announces independent review of social media guidelines and apologises to audiences. there had never been an easy solution but asking gary to step back of air was i think a significant thing. now we look forward with this agreement moving forward with this agreement moving forward to resolve things and get back to business as usual. after the collapse of the us silicon valley bank, the british government and the bank of england facilitate a private sale of its uk arm to hsbc.

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don't let anybody tell you you are past your prime! hello. a warm welcome to bbc news. the bbc has announced that high profile sports presenter gary lineker will be allowed back on air, three days after he was told to step back from presenting because of a tweet in which he criticised uk government policy. the corporation says it will now hold an independent review of its impartiality guidelines, and in the meantime, the presenter would abide by its current rules. in a statement, the broadcaster's director—general, tim davie, apologised for the disruption caused when bbc presenters refused to present the weekend

football coverage. mr lineker said he was 'delighted' to get back to presenting, and thanked his colleagues at bbc sport for backing him. gary lineker�*s tweets, in which he compared the language used by ministers over migration to that used in 1930s germany, drew angry protests from conservative mps. but the director—general�*s decision to take the presenter off air provoked accusations that the corporation had bowed to government pressure, and pitched the bbc into crisis. tim davie has been speaking to our media correspondent, david sillito. three days ago a clear breach of guidelines. now gary lineker back on air. this looks like a complete climb—down by the bbc. i don't think so. i've always said we need to take proportionate action. for some people by the way we've taken too severe action. others think we are being too lenient.

the joys of this affair is there has never been an easy solution but asking gary to step back offair was, i think, a significant thing and now we look forward to this agreement, moving forward, to resolve things and get back to business as usual. re—examining guidance and guidelines, sounds like kicking the can down the road. has gary lineker agreed to stop tweeting about politics, which is what you asked on friday? what we have agreed, and i have spent time talking to gary, we've had lots of discussion, is that between now and when the review reports, gary will abide by the editorial guidelines. that is where we are. you said this was your foundational issue, impartiality. this was a line in the sand, itjust seems to have been a bit of disruption to match of the day, which you just abandoned. if that was just a bit of disruption to match of the day, you probably were not having the same weekend i was having. i think it was a very big moment in terms of our saying we had to take stock here,

we had to take action. we did take action which we thought was proportionate and as the bbc, we believe we did the right thing, i think i did the right thing. having said that, i think you had to look at the balance here and act fairly. have you been unfair to gary lineker then? no. i think i've acted in the right way through this. it's always been difficult, as everyone has been saying on this affair, there's been no easy answers. it's been tough to get the balance right but asking gary lineker to step aside i think was appropriate at that moment, then we reset and do the things we've laid out in this agreement, which i think are right and we go forward. how are you so out of touch with your own corporation, your own organisation, your own staff, your own programmes and didn't foresee this complete chaos that has happened to the organisation? i respect the views of the sports teams. they obviously were put in a very difficult situation. i think

people across the bbc, if you talk to them, are all very passionate about our standing as an impartial broadcaster, it's so important in this world, and this affair tells you how polarised the debate has come. i want to fight for a bbc where we can have proper, calm debate, facilitate free speech, that's a really important thing and this will allow us to do it. there are many people and all they see here is a conservative director—general and a conservative chairman bowing to pressure from conservative mps and the conservative press. i can tell you, anyone who knows me knows that yes, 30 years ago, some political involvement but absolutely not affected by pressure from one party or the other. that is not how we work editorially in the bbc. it's a convenient narrative, it's not true and the impartiality guidelines would be equally applied in terms of people being critical

of the left and of the right. the issue is getting involved in party political matters and we apply that independently. iwould note, david, that one of the things i think the bbc does, and this interview is a demonstration, is it goes after the stories without fear or favour. i would ask the journalists around you and all the people at the bbc, they are not under that pressure and they shouldn't be and that's how we should work. the issue about impartiality, it's not what you say, it's what the audience believes and what they are seeing here is somebody who seems to have caved in and also, the key issue, those questions about a conservative chairman and many questions about his role and his relationship with the borisjohnson. how will you restore impartiality, the perception of impartiality in that situation? from an executive point of view we do one thing which is we help our teams deliver flawlessly, work that is truly impartial. the audience numbers, for all this talk of crisis,

the audience numbers in terms of trust in the bbc and through work like you are doing and others, the number of people who see our coverage as fair and balanced is in good order at the moment and, more importantly, around the world than it has ever been. on that question regarding the chairman, i think we've got an effective board, it works well together, but what i've said, one of the people i don't appoint is the chairman, so that is for others to tackle that question as this review comes through. basically, on friday, you just made a catastrophic mistake. you didn't realise what was going to happen and now you've just tried to put things better. no. i think what we did was make a choice to take action and out of that we have got to a point where we have agreed to go forward and protect the bbc�*s impartiality and that's what we're doing. tim davie talking to our media

correspondent david sillitoe. let's talk to our reporter charlotte gallagher. we have had some reaction from the bbc�*s board which is not the same as the management, slightly more detached from the running of the corporation but ultimately responsible. by, corporation but ultimately responsible.— corporation but ultimately resonsible. �* , , ., ., responsible. a brief statement from the board. they _ responsible. a brief statement from the board. they are _ responsible. a brief statement from the board. they are saying - responsible. a brief statement from the board. they are saying the - responsible. a brief statement from | the board. they are saying the board welcomes the fact the executive has reached an agreement following the weekend and no one can disagree it has been a chaotic weekend for the bbc and sporting schedules. if you enjoyed football, it was difficult to catch a lot of it over the weekend and they say impartiality is a cornerstone of the bbc and they believe it is the right time to look at the clarity of the bbc�*s social media guidance and how it is applied. sitting at the top is the

bbc chairman richard sharpe. lots of questions about him. he is under perhaps more scrutiny than he was before. he perhaps more scrutiny than he was before. at, �* perhaps more scrutiny than he was before. �* ., ., , perhaps more scrutiny than he was before. �* ., . , , before. he can't do any interviews at the moment _ before. he can't do any interviews at the moment because _ before. he can't do any interviews at the moment because people i before. he can't do any interviewsl at the moment because people will ask him about that arrangement in which he was approached by downing street to act as a middleman to connect someone distantly related to the prime minister.— the prime minister. quite a complicated _ the prime minister. quite a complicated story. - the prime minister. quite a complicated story. it - the prime minister. quite a l complicated story. it involves the prime minister. quite a - complicated story. it involves boris johnson and his cousin, wanting him to loan borisjohnson money when he was the prime minister and then richard sharpe facilitating who was applying for the role of chairman at that time, facilitating a loan agreement of up to £800,000. there is an internal review of that at the moment and that is about conflict of

interest. there is another review looking at when richard shot disclose that information. it's important to save the bbc can suspend gary lineker. the bbc cannot suspend gary lineker. the bbc cannot suspend richard shot because the bbc didn't appoint richard sharpe. for richard sharpe to leave he would have to step down or the government would have to take action.— would have to take action. before we talk about the _ would have to take action. before we talk about the gary _ would have to take action. before we talk about the gary lineker _ would have to take action. before we talk about the gary lineker case, - would have to take action. before we talk about the gary lineker case, a i talk about the gary lineker case, a bit of clarification, people don't know the organisation, the bbc has always had a chairman, often in former politicians but it is the timing issue that has been the most controversial and the lack of disclosure at an early stage of the process. the fact he is political isn't necessarily a problem it is what you do with that and how you disclose them. i'm gary lineker we have had some tweets from him. he

love have had some tweets from him. he: love social media. was looking forward to coming back to the bbc and he also tweeted his support of tim davie. that is quite interesting because it was quite a high profile suspension but it appears that they have come to an amicable agreement. gary lineker also tweeted about refugees, the plight of refugees. tim davie said gary lineker had agreed to abide by these social media guidelines while this review was taking place. he media guidelines while this review was taking place.— media guidelines while this review was taking place. he would argue he wasn't being — was taking place. he would argue he wasn't being party — was taking place. he would argue he wasn't being party political, - was taking place. he would argue he wasn't being party political, he - was taking place. he would argue he wasn't being party political, he was i wasn't being party political, he was saying it was humanitarian issue. bi; saying it was humanitarian issue. hy talking about the plight of refugees, that is so different to comparing the government and their language 1930s germany. the difficulty as — language 1930s germany. the difficulty as well _ language 19305 germany. the difficulty as well is because there is no resolution about these social

media guidelines, he is observing guidelines which even the bbc implies are not clear. tim guidelines which even the bbc implies are not clear. tim davie did sa there implies are not clear. tim davie did say there had _ implies are not clear. tim davie did say there had been _ implies are not clear. tim davie did say there had been this _ implies are not clear. tim davie did say there had been this grey - implies are not clear. tim davie did say there had been this grey area i say there had been this grey area and a place for potential confusion, especially with the role of freelancers. for us it is really straightforward, we work in news, we cannot tweet political opinions. we would be sacked. we go on impartiality courses and it is different being a journalist. there are other bbc presenters other than gary lineker that expressed political views, why haven't they been suspended? michael portillo, ed balls, they are all present bbc programmes, they are all vocal about politics, they haven't been censured. deborah needn't is very anti brexit, she hasn't been censored. anti brexit, she hasn't been censored-— anti brexit, she hasn't been censored. ~ ., ., .,

censored. we will leave it for now. we will say — censored. we will leave it for now. we will say goodbye _ censored. we will leave it for now. we will say goodbye to _ censored. we will leave it for now. we will say goodbye to viewers - censored. we will leave it for now. we will say goodbye to viewers on | we will say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. thank you for your company so far, you are watching bbc news. charlotte, stay with me because we have heard from the former director of politics for david cameron when he was previously in control of news output and he doesn't think this is a good outcome. the output and he doesn't think this is a good outcome.— output and he doesn't think this is a good outcome. the bbc is always auoin to a good outcome. the bbc is always going to be — a good outcome. the bbc is always going to be a _ a good outcome. the bbc is always going to be a political— a good outcome. the bbc is always going to be a political football. - a good outcome. the bbc is always going to be a political football. it i going to be a political football. it needs— going to be a political football. it needs to — going to be a political football. it needs to recognise it needs to stand up needs to recognise it needs to stand up and _ needs to recognise it needs to stand up and be _ needs to recognise it needs to stand up and be clear about something like this. up and be clear about something like this a_ up and be clear about something like this a lot _ up and be clear about something like this. a lot of its response plate into the — this. a lot of its response plate into the idea that this wasn't about an employer reacting to an employee tweeting _ an employer reacting to an employee tweeting. instead it became a5 tweeting. instead it became as important a story on the bbc'5 own news _ important a story on the bbc'5 own news channels as if it was the equivalent of the ukraine war. it -ot equivalent of the ukraine war. it got out — equivalent of the ukraine war. it got out of— equivalent of the ukraine war. it got out of proportion and people

didn't— got out of proportion and people didn't see — got out of proportion and people didn't see it in perspective. it'5 didn't see it in perspective. it's up to— didn't see it in perspective. it's up to management to say enough. we are going — up to management to say enough. we are going to— up to management to say enough. we are going to be clear, concise, have are going to be clear, concise, have a definitive — are going to be clear, concise, have a definitive point of view and if that means losing gary lineker, we are very— that means losing gary lineker, we are very sad — that means losing gary lineker, we are very sad but we actually had to have _ are very sad but we actually had to have clarity— are very sad but we actually had to have clarity on this. bbc statement doesn't _ have clarity on this. bbc statement doesn't make clear whether gary lineker— doesn't make clear whether gary lineker is— doesn't make clear whether gary lineker is allowed to continue to eat it _ lineker is allowed to continue to eat it while on air and they do the social_ eat it while on air and they do the social media review. it'5 eat it while on air and they do the social media review. it's another mesa _ social media review. it's another mess. ~ . social media review. it's another mess. . , , . , ., mess. we were seeing pictures of the chairman richard _ mess. we were seeing pictures of the chairman richard sharp _ mess. we were seeing pictures of the chairman richard sharp and _ mess. we were seeing pictures of the chairman richard sharp and there - mess. we were seeing pictures of the chairman richard sharp and there hasj chairman richard sharp and there has been controversy over his financial links to the conservative party. has that complicated the picture? again that complicated the picture? again i think that complicated the picture? again i think people _ that complicated the picture? again i think people who _ that complicated the picture? again i think people who want _ that complicated the picture? again i think people who want to - that complicated the picture? again i think people who want to make political— i think people who want to make political points over this have allowed — political points over this have allowed it to complicate the situation. to be fair to tim davie, the chairman— situation. to be fair to tim davie, the chairman of the bbc is appointed

by the _ the chairman of the bbc is appointed by the prime minister. that has to stop _ by the prime minister. that has to stop it _ by the prime minister. that has to stop it is — by the prime minister. that has to stop. it is not credible that somebody who is so politically tainted — somebody who is so politically tainted can be the chairman. it'5 wrong _ tainted can be the chairman. it'5 wrong but — tainted can be the chairman. it'5 wrong but it is not linked to this story— wrong but it is not linked to this story and — wrong but it is not linked to this story and people who try to muddle it that _ story and people who try to muddle it that way— story and people who try to muddle it that way are being unfair. it is not a _ it that way are being unfair. it is not a great _ it that way are being unfair. it is not a great thing. the bbc has a management and executive that take one position and you as bbc news have to _ one position and you as bbc news have to report the news. people start _ have to report the news. people start muddling everything up and it becontes— start muddling everything up and it becomes confusing and that is why management has to be clear and concise _ management has to be clear and concise in— management has to be clear and concise in this. as well as having a social— concise in this. as well as having a social media — concise in this. as well as having a social media response to this review. — social media response to this review, they need to have a review of their— review, they need to have a review of their crisis— review, they need to have a review of their crisis management policies. charlotte. _ of their crisis management policies. charlotte, the difficulty is not only the political pressure the bbc has come under, he has a high—profile presenter associated with the bbc, and knowing to what extent that is using an opportunity to divert from a policy or whether

it is a legitimate concern about ongoing concern about impartiality. whether the bbc has become too partial in the views of some of its audience. ., ~' partial in the views of some of its audience. ., ~ ., , audience. some do think that. they see gary lineker's _ audience. some do think that. they see gary lineker's tweets _ audience. some do think that. they see gary lineker's tweets but - audience. some do think that. they see gary lineker's tweets but you i see gary lineker's tweets but you have to look across the board. in piano city in news and current affairs is so different to what goes on in sports, in entertainment for other types of documentaries. you cannot express those views if you are me or you. cannot express those views if you are me oryou— cannot express those views if you aremeorou. are me or you. whereas if you appear on have i are me or you. whereas if you appear on have i got — are me or you. whereas if you appear on have i got news _ are me or you. whereas if you appear on have i got news for— are me or you. whereas if you appear on have i got news for you, - are me or you. whereas if you appear on have i got news for you, you - are me or you. whereas if you appear on have i got news for you, you can| on have i got news for you, you can get away with it. h0 on have i got news for you, you can get away with it— get away with it. no talking about this situation _ get away with it. no talking about this situation now. _ get away with it. no talking about this situation now. this _ get away with it. no talking about this situation now. this will - get away with it. no talking about this situation now. this will be . get away with it. no talking about| this situation now. this will be one of the things they clear up in this review, the difference. at the

moment there is a different set out between journalists and people like gary lineker but there are has obviously been confusion, a great area that gary lineker thought what he tweeted was fine, what deborah needn't tweeted she thought was fine. maybe there needs to be a clearer guideline and no room for nuance. ., ., ~ ., ., ., nuance. good to talk to you again. thank you- — thousands ofjunior doctors in england are beginning a three—day strike in a row over pay. their union, the bma, says newly qualified doctors could earn more selling coffee. bosses at the national heath service say there will be widespread disruption to services. the health secretary, steve barclay, said that he's disappointed the strikes are taking place.

he had offered talks on condition the strikes were suspended. brute he had offered talks on condition the strikes were suspended. we are workin: the strikes were suspended. we are working with — the strikes were suspended. we are working with nhs _ the strikes were suspended. we are working with nhs england _ the strikes were suspended. we are working with nhs england and - the strikes were suspended. we are i working with nhs england and bosses to mitigate the impact of the strike. that is why it is important we engage in meaningful and constructive talks. we stand ready to engage with the junior doctors on that in the same way we have with other health unions and i urge the doctors to come and have the discussions so we can pause the strikes and discuss those issues. i'm joined now by our health correspondent, katharine dacosta, it is unusual enough to use the phrase in front of a picket line outsidejohn radcliffe hospital in oxford. outside john radcliffe hospital in oxford. �* ., ., :: oxford. behind me i have about 50 'unior oxford. behind me i have about 50 junior doctors _ oxford. behind me i have about 50 junior doctors on _ oxford. behind me i have about 50 junior doctors on the _ oxford. behind me i have about 50 junior doctors on the picket - oxford. behind me i have about 50 junior doctors on the picket line. i junior doctors on the picket line. there is a much larger crowd, five —

600 will be taking turns to be on the picket lines for the next three days. this is the largest strike in nhs history. lasting 72 hours. consultants have been drafted in to provide cover, they are prioritised in areas like emergency services, intensive care and maternity but it is the routine operations and appointments that are likely to be impacted. we know that 140,000 appointments have already been postponed by previous strikes and health bosses are concerned that this just sets back any progress they have made trying to bring down long waiting lists. iloathed they have made trying to bring down long waiting lists.— long waiting lists. what are the union and the _ long waiting lists. what are the union and the doctors - long waiting lists. what are the union and the doctors you - long waiting lists. what are the union and the doctors you havej long waiting lists. what are the - union and the doctors you have been talking to you today saying about the government's argument that we would have talked but we wanted you to suspend action while those talks took place? to suspend action while those talks took lace? ~ . , to suspend action while those talks took place?— to suspend action while those talks took lace? . ., , ., , took place? what they said to me is it came too — took place? what they said to me is it came too little _ took place? what they said to me is it came too little too _ took place? what they said to me is

it came too little too late. _ took place? what they said to me is it came too little too late. they - it came too little too late. they say the government knew about the intention to go on strike as far back as the summer. then there were the ballots and ballot results so they have had plenty of time to think this out and come to the negotiating table but it wasn't until friday evening that the health secretary wrote to the bma asking them to call off the strikes with a number of conditions and to talk about pay. the union felt that wasn't possible, there were too many conditions and there wasn't a credible offer on the table. junior doctors got an 80% pay rise as part of a four year deal that ended this month. —— 8% rise. to get back to the level in 2008 they are asking for a 35% pay rise and it is a lot bigger than other health unions but this union is saying junior doctors come out of medical school with

£90,000 worth of debt, they have expenses, somewhere like this in oxford is quite an expensive place to rent and thejunior oxford is quite an expensive place to rent and the junior doctors say they cannot afford to live here. they are being affected by the cost of living crisis. the union is saying in a first year, a junior doctor would and £40 an hour and they are saying it should be raised to £19 an hour. —— £14 an hour. a basic salary work would be around £29,000 but that wouldn't include additional payments for night time and over time. the government has said it is not affordable. the pay talks haven't yet begun. the health secretary has described that as it is disappointing but he does say he is disappointing but he does say he is having constructive talks with other health unions. they have pause to their strikes to negotiate on pay and those are continuing this week.

edge those talks are continuing this week. hundreds of people in mozambique have been displaced by cyclone freddie. malawi is feeling the effects of the powerful storm, the longest tropical cyclone on record. forgive me we will bring you some more news around the world. the us government says people and businesses who have money deposited at silicon valley bank, which collapsed last week, will be able to access all their cash from today. a statement from the us treasury and the federal reserve said depositors would be fully protected, and said american taxpayers would not bear any losses from the move. the same guarantees have been given to account holders with signature bank of new york, which was badly hit by the turmoil and came under regulatory control on sunday. in the uk, the government has announced that hsbc

will buy the uk arm of svb, meaning customers will be able to access their deposists and banking services as normal. here's the uk's finance minister. there was never a systemic risk to our financial stability in the uk. the bank of england have not made that clear but a number of our most promising and important technology and life science companies had their money with silicon valley bank in the uk branch. we have been working over the weekend, in constant contact with the governor of the bank of england, the regulatory authority, to work up a solution. we have that solution, a sale has been agreed to hsbc which is europe's biggest bank, one of the most credit worthy institutions in the world. all those really important companies

that had deposits with silicon valley bank uk can access their deposits, can access normal banking services as of this morning. it's a very important outcome, no taxpayers money has been used. i think it shows the uk has great resilience in its financial system, that we are able to step in with one of our biggest uk banks in a situation like this and protect a very important sector. , , south korea and the united states have begun their biggestjoint military exercises in five years. named freedom shield, they're due to continue for ten days. washington and seoul have intensified their military cooperation in response to what they say is a growing threat from pyongyang. on sunday, the north korean military fired what it called two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine off its eastern coast. it was the latest in a series of banned weapons tests. earlier this month, the south koreans revealed their special forces had already staged an exercise with the us simulating precision strikes on key

facilities in north korea. those are our main stories. stay with us. hello. the transition from winter into spring can often be quite a roller—coaster. take for example roller—coaster. ta ke for exa m ple newcastle roller—coaster. take for example newcastle throughout this week, it's a perfect indication. today, mild, wet and windy but the cold air is set to return before the milder weather winds out towards the end of the week. no two days the same. this frontal system is the dividing line between the milder air in the south and the colder air in the north. for the rest of the afternoon we keep some sunny spells across central and southern england. a rash of showers, some heavy with hale and thunder mixing and more of a wintry miss in

that colder air as we continue into the far north of scotland. widespread gales across the country but look at the difference with the south—westerly wind it brings that milder feel, south—westerly wind it brings that milderfeel, temperatures south—westerly wind it brings that milder feel, temperatures above where they should be for the time of year but in that northerly wind, gusts in excess of 50 mph, it feels cold. cold air will continue to push south as the frontal system clears. the rain sinks south and then a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow and as the rain eases, ice could be and as the rain eases, ice could be an issue. significantly colder than the nightjust passed. we start tuesday with these showers. clearer skies behind, some sunshine into tuesday but a cold day with that northerly wind, particularly on exposed coasts with a few scattered showers through wales and northern england. temperatures down on what we have had today. those clear skies

will continue through the night, wednesday morning will be a bitterly cold start with a widespread frost but we will have some sunshine to begin with on wednesday. clouding over from the west as we go through the afternoon, more rain to come in from the west. as it bumps into the cold air, we could see a spell of yet more snow. but once that front starts to move through, the milder air pushes back, plenty of isobars on the charts, it turns wetter and windier towards the end of the week. yes we will see colder weather for the next couple of days but mild, wet and windy from thursday onwards.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... gary linkeer to return to match of the day —

as bbc announces independent review of social media guidelines and apologises to audiences. he is the bbc's highest paid presenter. there has never been an easy solution by asking gary to step back off fair was i think a significant thing and now we look forward with this agreement moving forward. t0 forward with this agreement moving forward. ., ,., , ., forward. to resolve things and get back to business _ forward. to resolve things and get back to business as _ forward. to resolve things and get back to business as usual. - the uk prime minister is in california to discuss defence — and the potential threat from china — with leaders of the us and australia. after the collapse of the us silicon valley bank, the british government and the bank of england facilitate a private sale of its uk arm to hsbc. the british prime minister rishi

sunak has pledged to increase uk defence spending by nearly 5 billion pounds over the next two years to counter emerging threats from hostile states. the funding boost will be confirmed in a new uk foreign and security strategy, to be published on monday. it comes ahead of talks between the prime minister and his us and australian counterparts in california. the trio are set to agree details of a uk—us pact to supply australia with nuclear—powered submarines. that is why we are investing £5 million more —— £5 billion more in our armed forces and increasing our defence spending to 2.5% of gdp so

we can continue to be a world leader when it comes to defence and keep our country safe. leader when it comes to defence and keep our country safe. 0ur chief political correspondent nick eardley has more on this. the defence secretary, ben wallace, had been asking for a lot more money, around £10 billion, to compensate for some of that inflation and for some of the threats that are emerging in the world at the moment like the war in ukraine. he's got about half of that. now, i think the mood in the ministry of defence is to bank that and to move on, but there is already a bit of pushback from some conservative mps and from the labour party as well, saying we are not sure this money is going to be enough, given what's happened in ukraine, given the global instability that so many defence analysts are worried about. so there are questions over that. also contained within the announcement the prime minister is making over in san diego is a commitment to increase defence spending in the uk to 2.5%

of gross domestic product, the size of the economy. now, that sounds great and for some people will be welcomed, but there is no timeline for that so we are not certain when that will happen. and if you cast your mind back all the way to last summer when rishi sunak was backing liz truss to be the uk's prime minister, there was a commitment from her to maintain 3% of gdp. so rishi sunak has made some commitments, they will all be welcomed and there is a bit of money involved and that will be seen as a good thing by the defence community, but there will be many others saying is that it? 0ne one of those who may be saying something similar to that is the chair of the defence select committee in the house of commons to ellwood mp who joins us now. share committee in the house of commons to ellwood mp who joins us now.— ellwood mp who 'oins us now. are you a bit ellwood mp who joins us now. are you a bit disappointed _ ellwood mp who joins us now. are you a bit disappointed by _ ellwood mp who joins us now. are you a bit disappointed by this? _

ellwood mp who joins us now. are you a bit disappointed by this? many - ellwood mp who joins us now. are you a bit disappointed by this? many of i a bit disappointed by this? many of us have been _ a bit disappointed by this? many of us have been waiting _ a bit disappointed by this? many of us have been waiting for _ a bit disappointed by this? many of us have been waiting for this i a bit disappointed by this? many of us have been waiting for this for. us have been waiting for this for some time. the integrated refresh, how we will upgrade the defence posture given where the world is going. i should say from what i've seen of the paper, it understands and recognises how fast our world is changing, the pace of geopolitical change, intensification of competition and our world is now defined by danger and disorder, division, but also how our international order, the very thing we helped create after the second world war, is now more favourable to authoritarianism and i'm afraid this is being exploited by russia and china that are increasingly forming an axis of their own to heal of globalisation as we know it. we are at the foothills of a new cold war but we are not willing to increase defence spending to 2.5% today so i do welcome the investment in nuclear deterrent and replenishing our stocks but the armed forces are

being hollowed out given the threats coming over the hill. there was a kind of... it all looks rather optimistic now and not that long ago the last time there was a defence review the land warfare by armies was a thing of the past largely and yet ukraine has reminded us very visibly that that is not the case but i suppose if you're in the royal navy of the raf, royal air force, you might say we spent quite a long period when we were being shrunk and it may be, dare i say, the army's turn. it it may be, dare i say, the army's turn. ., ., “ it may be, dare i say, the army's turn. ., ., ~ ., turn. it cannot work that way if the threat picture _ turn. it cannot work that way if the threat picture is _ turn. it cannot work that way if the threat picture is changing - turn. it cannot work that way if the threat picture is changing so i threat picture is changing so dramatically and there is a 1930s feel to the world at the moment with errant nations starting to rearm, international institution struggling to hold them to account and the west not really clear about what to do about it, we don't really have an effective china strategy or russia

strategy and what you say about the armed forces, i'm afraid we've become complacent. 3c} armed forces, i'm afraid we've become complacent.— armed forces, i'm afraid we've become complacent. 30 years since the end of the _ become complacent. 30 years since the end of the cold _ become complacent. 30 years since the end of the cold war _ become complacent. 30 years since the end of the cold war where i become complacent. 30 years since | the end of the cold war where we've allowed all the armed forces to whittle down, notjust us, right across nato, realising we are entering into a new error of insecurity and we have to do something about it, the army and number of tanks we had at the end of the last cold war was 900 and down to 148 and ukraine is asking for 300 just to deal with their internal domestic challenges. we need to wake up domestic challenges. we need to wake up and recognise the changing threat picture and our role on the international stage, picture and our role on the internationalstage, if picture and our role on the international stage, if we want to be the country that helped to shape the international environment, we need the necessary firepower to stand with that and i make the final point that our economy and security are now intertwined and if we are so globally exposed, have of gdp is affected by international headwinds and if that environment starts to wither or change, it will affect our

prosperity here in the uk and the need to invest in defence now. tiara need to invest in defence now. two more brief — need to invest in defence now. two more brief questions, one on this subject, particularly on aukus anti—submarine deal which if they are all gone to the us, we can be pretty certain they are going to make an announcement this week, the united kingdom and australian prime ministers along with president biden. how much of a tilt is that when you look at defence in recent years? b. when you look at defence in recent ears? �* .., , when you look at defence in recent ears? �* , ., when you look at defence in recent ears? ~ , ., , when you look at defence in recent ears? ~ , ., ., years? a couple of points on that, the tilt means _ years? a couple of points on that, the tilt means ever— years? a couple of points on that, the tilt means ever greater - years? a couple of points on that, i the tilt means ever greater pressure on our armed services but imported to do so given what china is doing, ever assertive in the south, this is an amazing procurement programme and you think well done to britain and bringing a lot ofjobs to the uk but i do think there has to be a more strategic outlook as to where we go there, the quad, which is japan, united states, australia is involved in those countries and india, france

and britain were to join that, it would become, ithink, a nato light to start looking at the strategic picture there in addition to the procurement programme that we now have as well. my procurement programme that we now have as well-— have as well. my final question on a different subject _ have as well. my final question on a different subject if _ have as well. my final question on a different subject if you _ have as well. my final question on a different subject if you will- different subject if you will forgive me and that is the announcement about gary lineker returning to the air which you are a conservative mp and many of your colleagues are highly critical of his tweets perhaps as well as the bbc's handling of it. they conversations regarding the immigration policy this afternoon which prompted that wheat, what you make of the compromise that has been agreed? make of the compromise that has been aareed? . . make of the compromise that has been aareed? ., , ., �* �* ., agreed? that is for the bbc to determine _ agreed? that is for the bbc to determine that, _ agreed? that is for the bbc to determine that, i _ agreed? that is for the bbc to determine that, i don't - agreed? that is for the bbc to determine that, i don't care i agreed? that is for the bbc to l determine that, i don't care too much for the tweets themselves, we are a free nation. if it's against the bbc protocols, they cannot do that, that is for the bbc to determine and they will now review their own rules, it has been a distraction away from this bigger challenge of what we will do with about 45,000 people coming to our shores in the manner they do in the very dangerous way they do. the question i have and i will post

today if i am called to speak is how today if i am called to speak is how to someone in somalia turn to the gang member who is offering a ticket to dover and say no thank you, i don't need to risk my life there because i can go to the british embassy or consulate, or un agency or even online and apply for asylum in a very safe way? when we have that, we do have a solution which will prove very difficult now. is it will prove very difficult now. is it bein: will prove very difficult now. is it being used _ will prove very difficult now. is it being used politically to try and distract from the policy? to make a big row about gary lineker and abc rather than the substance of the criticism and indeed the substance? perhaps it is why i want the prime minister to hold and control this debate. we've seen statecraft return to number ten. the windsor framework i think illustrated that and the fact we then had a summit with president ma as well and that shows

what happens when you build bridges and have a pragmatic approach. —— a summit with president macron. i understand why the media want to discuss it, but it takes away from a very difficult problem and the fact there are people trying to flee dangerous parts of the world, ironically parts of the world we have abandoned in the last 10—20 years. thank you very much. china's president xijinping has emphasised the need to strengthen national security, in his first address since being handed a historic third term as president. mr xi became china's most powerful leader in generations last week when he was re—elected by the national people's congress for another five years. the npc also elected li qiang — one of chinese president xi jinping's most trusted allies, as the new premier over the weekend. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell has been following all the developments at the national people's congress.

this national people's congress has again seen xijinping this national people's congress has again seen xi jinping of any ceremonial title of president and now we have a new premier, li qiang, the number two person in the government's structure here. now there is talk of there being an election, elections that result in these appointments are not really elections. we have party caterers who turn up to the congress and do what is required of them to make those appointments happen so in the case of the president, not a single dissenting vote. now, that said, xi jinping finished up the congress with a speech where he spoke of the need for military modernisation and the need to build a stronger security apparatus at home, he spoke of there being a great wall of steel and that this would guarantee stability in the country and that is what is needed. after the congress finished, it is then the role of the

premier to hold this annual press event and at that event, li qiang had the message that china is open for business, that it is a friendly place for entrepreneurs to exist. he said that it does not matter what the company structure is, who owns the company structure is, who owns the company, you'll be treated equally in china and this follows the crackdown on the tech sector here and senior company executives just disappearing so they can be questioned by party discipline inspection offices, so there has been a lot of concern that china is not so friendly for businesspeople of late. his message at this highly controlled press event has been, yes, and infact controlled press event has been, yes, and in fact i could even be more opening up in china. interestingly, he was not asked about his time as party chief in shanghai. when he was in charge of this disastrous lockdown there.

whether food shortages, this disastrous lockdown there. whetherfood shortages, it this disastrous lockdown there. whether food shortages, it was very poorly managed. really if this was a proper press conference, you would think some would say you are in charge of that disaster lockdown, now you're in charge of the entire chinese economy and that this might lead to some sort of acknowledgement of the mistakes that are made in shanghai but, no, no mention of that. the fact that china is looking at the international community and has the plan to emerge from covid is nevertheless significant and it shows they are worried about perceptions that china is on its game economically and li qiang said most foreign businesses are optimistic about the future in china, i think that would depend on the company and that would depend on the company and that would depend on the sector, certainly a lot of foreign businesses you speak to are worried that they would be happy to be hearing the type of talk i heard

from li qiang today, that reassurances, they will be treated equally no matter what type of company they are and certainly more happy than if they did not hear that rhetoric. let's go to the war in ukraine — and the city of mariupol, which russia has now occupied for 10 months. it's not clear how many people have been killed or are still missing. the un estimates that 90% of residential buildings are damaged or destroyed, and 350,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. well russian state media says the city is now being rebuilt. while the bbc filming crews cannot access mariupol to verify it independently, my colleague vitaliy shevchenko from the bbc monitoring told me how he verifies the data contacting the locals. it took me more than a week because people are afraid. somebody said, look, i know somebody who got killed because they were involved in volunteering work in mariupol and working with ukrainian volunteers and somebody else

lost their job after speaking to the wrong kind of media outlet. so there were very serious limitations in how much detail we get. but you're confident that what you've been told by people gives an accurate picture of. i mean, the big thing is that it's hard to square the idea that the un is saying this city has been decimated with some of the things you've managed to get footage of. yes, we've seen satellite pictures. we've seen various video clips provided by people who are still there. and i've spoken to some of them. and the picture they have painted is that of a massive rebuilding effort, massively expensive one as well, and also an effort on the part of russia to assimilate mariupol into russia and make i hope we can see the pictures. there's a drive through which we have, which we're on now. and i don't know if how much of this you can see. because it doesn't look

like a decimated city. my ignorance. the un says that 90% of apartment blocks have been damaged or destroyed. and the buildings that are beyond repair, it seems that russia is pulling them down and building new apartment blocks in their place. the ones that are repairable, they're replacing windows and radiators. buses are running again. hospitals, at least some of the hospitals are working. the ones that were not destroyed, the schools as well. so that's that's how russia is trying to show that we can rebuild as well as destroy. and coincidentally, this is what russia did 23 years ago in grozny after the second chechen war. in terms of how russia is trying to assimilate mariupol, i've been told that things become much simpler and easier if you get a russian passport right away. if the state, russian state agencies, they are obviously the main employer in town at the moment. so you're not going to get

a job unless you've got a russian passport and also to be able to travel to russia, you really need the russian transport, because a lot of people would do from particularly that part of ukraine because they'll have relatives in russia. there might be ukrainians who are travelling back home, things like that. it was quite porous. and also its it's very difficult to travel to ukrainian controlled territory now. and also there are persistent rumours that in order to be able to get a russian pension, you will need a russian passport. so all this pushes local residents towards becoming parts of russia in very practical terms. if you watched sir david attenborough's stunning wild isles documentary last night, you'll have seen some amazing images of british wildlife. but you'll also know that nature in this country is under threat.

for the first time the three biggest conservation charities in the uk are uniting to call on all sectors of society to act now to protect the natural world. the national trust, wwf and rspb want us all to take action. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains. killerwhales, eagles, dormice. just a few of the natural treasures featured in sir david attenborough's new series wild isles. but sir david has a warning. though rich in places, britain as a whole is one of the most nature—depleted countries in the world. never has there been a more important time to invest in our own wildlife. the heads of britain's three most powerful conservation charities want us to do just that. and they have joined forces. the national trust, 5.8 million members.

wwf, 1.5 million members. the rspb, 1.2 million members. so what's the problem? we've come together because, whilst we have spectacular nature here in the uk, it is in crisis. it's on the brink. we have lost so much nature in less than a lifetime. sir david: only a quarter of all our curlew chicks i survive their first year. we certainly value our nature here in the uk. three quarters of us say we're worried about it, but it seems we have no idea how bad things have got. the uk is in the bottom 10% of countries globally for nature according to the natural history museum,

yet more than half of those questioned in a poll for this new campaign thought britain was doing at least as well as the rest of the world. the hope is the new attenborough series will motivate people to take action. so what we want to do is bring that threat to the fore so that people want to act, to care for it and to restore it. use that love which we know they have to really amplify it and make sure that everybody plays a part to make a difference. so it's really important that even in newham,| we're looking at these insects i and we're trying to track how well they're doing so that we can look after them, yeah? i so what can be done? the charities want you to go wild once a week. you could plant a wild flower window box, restore a local ecosystem with a conservation group, or tell your mp what changes you want to see. the charities hope all sections of society will take part. it will take every single one

of us to play our part. it will take us as charities, but we alone can't do this. it needs to be individuals. it needs to be communities coming together. it needs to be businesses. and it needs to be our leaders. we haven't got long, sir david warns. for generations, we have celebrated the beauty of the natural world right here at home, and now suddenly it has nearly gone. the good news is most ecosystems can recover so long as they get the protection they need. justin rowlatt, bbc news. hollywood has celebrated the biggest night in movies at the oscars — and the sci—fi fantasy everything everywhere all at 0nce has dominated the awards — winning seven in total, including best picture and best director. it also won three of the four acting categories. lizo mzimba reports. congratulations, and welcome

to the 95th oscars. after 2022, when best actor winner will smith slapped host chris rock, this oscars kept rather more to the expected script, although inevitably it was the subject of a joke or two. if anyone in this theatre commits an act of violence at any point during this show, you will be awarded the oscar for best actor. the big winner... everything everywhere. ..was the groundbreaking universe—hopping fantasy, everything everywhere all at 0nce. the film won seven awards, including best film, best director and best actress for... michelle yeoh. the first asian woman to win that oscar. all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is the beacon of hope and possibilities. this is proof that dreams dream big and dreams do come true.

and ladies, don't let anybody tell you you are ever past your prime. never give up. it was a historic win for the film on a historic night that celebrated the talent of american asian people working in cinema — a group so often overlooked. two of its stars, with very different backgrounds, also won both supporting acting awards. brendan fraser. hollywood loves a comeback story. mummy star brendan fraser had mostly disappeared from sight. after winning best actor tonight for playing an obese lecturer in the whale, he dedicated his award to his fellow nominees. and it is my honour to be named alongside you in this category. there were four awards for the german language anti—war film all quiet on the western front,

including one for its british cinematographer, james friend. 0ther british winners included matthew freud and charlie mackesy for the animated short film the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse. people that i've worked with, they've tolerated me for two years and they're brave and kind and thank you so much. and thank you to my mum and my family and my dog, who i've left behind, who's actually in a hotel. an irish goodbye. set in northern ireland, it won best live action short — a perfect birthday present for one of its stars, james martin. # happy birthday to you.# # i won't let go till the end.# audiences for many award shows have been falling in recent years. the academy will be hoping that two huge stars singing their 0scar nominated songs will have given them a welcome boost. lady gaga performed hold my hand

from top gun: maverick while rihanna performed lift me up from black panther: wakanda forever. but both stars were beaten to the best song 0scar by the exuberant naatu naatu from rrr — one of the most successful indian films of all time. lizo mzimba, bbc news. residents stranded in a flooded town in northern australia have been warned of the dangers of roaming crocodiles. more than half of the population of burketown has been evacuated by helicopter after saltwater crocodiles — the world's largest reptiles — were spotted. a nearby river has risen seven metres above its normal level, inundating homes and washing away roads. the floodwaters are slowly receding but officials say hazards remain.

hazards of the animal variety. hello there. the transition from winter into spring can often be quite a roller coaster ride. take for example newcastle throughout this week, but it's a perfect indication of what i'm talking about today. mild, wet and windy. but the cold air is set to return before the milder and wetter and windy weather wins out towards the end of the week. so basically no two days the same. this frontal system is the dividing line between the milder air to the south and the colder air from the north. but it's set to return as we go through the latter stages of today and into tomorrow. but for the rest of the afternoon, we keep some sunny spells across central and southern england, a rash of showers, some of them heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in there. and more of a wintry mix in that colder air as we continue into the far north of scotland.

windy as well, widespread gales across the country. but look at the difference with the south—westerly wind at this time of year. it brings out milder feel temperatures above where they should be for the time of year. but in that northerly wind gusts in excess of 50 miles an hour, the temperatures are struggling and it feels cold once again. now, that cold air will continue to push south as the frontal system clears, the rain sinks south and then we'll see a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow. but as the showers ease, ice could be an issue. first thing as we see, temperatures really significantly colder than the nightjust past. so we're going to start off on tuesday with the showers. so it's clear away from the south, clearer skies behind, mind you, some sunshine into tuesday, but it's going to be a cold day with that northerly wind, particularly on exposed coast with a few scattered showers running through wales and northern england. temperatures significantly down on what we've had today. those clear skies by day will continue through the night. wednesday morning is going to be a bitterly cold start with a widespread frost. but we will have some sunshine to begin with on wednesday clouding over from the west as we go through the afternoon. more rain to come in from the west as it bumps into that cold air for a time across northern ireland,

northwest england, southern scotland, we could see a spell of yet more snow. but once that front starts to move through, the milder air pushes back plenty of isa bars on the charts. —— plenty of isobars on the charts. it turns wetter and windier towards the end of the week. so, yes, we're going to see some colder weather for the next couple of days, but mild, wet and windy from thursday onwards.

today at one — gary lineker back on air, as the bbc resolves its dispute with him over what he says on social media. the bbc says lineker will abide by its editorial guidelines until a review into them has been completed. asking gary to step back off air was, i think, a significant thing, and now we look forward with this agreement, moving forward, to resolve things and get back to business as usual. gary lineker himself says he can't wait to get back into the match of the day chair and that he's immeaurably proud to work for the bbc. also this lunchtime: junior doctors in england begin three days of strike action in their dispute over pay and conditions.

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