do you think, tim devi, the director _ a tragedy.eneral has been strong on this or has he been weak westmark how could you see him as other than strong's this is a decision which will be damaging for bbc. i suppose that would be the _ will be damaging for bbc. i suppose that would be the argument. - will be damaging for bbc. i suppose that would be the argument. the i that would be the argument. the decision is _ that would be the argument. t"ie: decision is clearly damaging that would be the argument. t"i:e: decision is clearly damaging to that would be the argument. tie decision is clearly damaging to the bbc. it will cause all sorts of criticism from people who stay the bbc caved in to political pressure. but it must be tim davies judgment that the damage to the bbc, reputation for impartiality, if you are not to act would've been even greater. he's got courage. bind are not to act would've been even greater. he's got courage. and this is an issue. — greater. he's got courage. and this is an issue, this _ greater. he's got courage

, what is at the very heart of estimates crucialfor tim devi, he believes it is crucial in terms of theaw earlier, he wants gary lineker, the most highest paid presenter on the bbc, he wants them back on the telly, but there is clearly going to be sizeable scope to look again at the editorial guidelines and try to really cut down on the ambiguity, cut down on the gray area in terms of guidance and went members of staff and freelancers can say when it comes to personal politics on bbc platforms. gary lineker began his career at leicester city and was at their game against chelsea on saturday. the fans outside their king power stadium gave their reaction to the events of the past few days. he is a leicester legend and i think he has been very unfairly treated. i disagree with the whole banning element. i think he has a right to reflect what other people are thinking. i think it is fine. for somebody who has been on match of the day for over 20 years, - ijust find it disappointing. all that has gone on, really. but i support him. i'm glad to see that other players - and other pundits are s

. >> gary lineker will be back on the bbc, and we heard from bbc director general tim devi. we have gone to a point where we have to protect impartiality that is what we are doing. >> the bbc says there will be a review on social media guidance with the particular focus on how it applies to freelancers, outside affairs. gary lineker says he supports this review. fundamental questions remain about 10 devi's leadership and how it came to this. we also heard from mr. devi at the weekend. >> people want to be able to express opinions. i understand that could i have one objective, which is to make sure the abc is truly impartial. >> when devi took over, he said impartiality was his number one priority. the issue now is how he went abt that. getting out the detail of this is no small undertaking. there are editorial guidelines on impartiality, social media guidance, the bbc's charter references it, as well as with other individual contrts might say, too. there's a lot. let's start with a definition. bbc guidelines say impartiality is reflecting all sides of arguments and not favor

that gray area and ambiguity there, is where tim devi knows and conceded to an extent that work needsdio, 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 the

tim devi did tell bbc�*s that match of the day would continue as normal this weekend, and about an hourthing but that. this rages big questions about one of bbc�*s most—watched programmes. one of bbc's most-watched programmes-— one of bbc's most-watched programmes. one of bbc's most-watched rourammes. , “ , programmes. does. bbc has been hit before and house _ programmes. does. bbc has been hit before and house crisis _ programmes. does. bbc has been hit| before and house crisis management. i think it was harold wilson who used the expression of events, dear boy, events. so you can imagine, can you, this evening bbc sport producers and frantic dialogue, possibly on phone calls, zoom calls, maybe in person meetings, who knows. trying to reinvent or at least adapt and dynamically reformed this format that's been known to outages for a long time. gary lineker has been resenting since 1999, which is a very long time. studio programme does have pundits, but now it says the bbc won't have any of these elements of presenters and pundits. it will focus on action from matches. it will focus on a

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so, gary lineker, confirmation he will be back presenting much of the day, but tim devi has said there i want to show you one more tweet that gary lineker has sent any last minute. a bit ofa a bit of a kiss and make up tweet there from gary lineker, let's get more on this saga. for more on gary lineker, let's speak to alastair campbell, co—host of the rest is politics podcast which is produced by a company owned by gary lineker. your reaction to what we've seen in the last 20 minutes? it is your reaction to what we've seen in the last 20 minutes?— your reaction to what we've seen in the last 20 minutes? it is very good news, a complete _ the last 20 minutes? it is very good news, a complete and _ the last 20 minutes? it is very good news, a complete and total- news, a complete and total vindication for gary lineker, but i agree with him that tim davey has handled a very difficult situation very badly at first that they and recognise the mistake the bbc has made and sought quickly to rectify it —— tim davie. that's a good thing and they're are big lessons on this. this is about much mor