leader keir starmer says the bbc was not acting impartially in suspending gary lineker. the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank which mostly financed tech start ups. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output on saturday but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening s match of the day programme which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it s been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they haven t got the programming. as a keen sports fan, i know like everyone, that
of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start ups. hello to you in the uk and around the world the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening s match of the day , which he presents, for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it s been a difficult day, and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they haven t got the programming. as a keen sports fan, i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow, and i am sorry about that. we are working very hard to resolve the situation and
for an anti government tweet. and of course, there are questions being asked about richard sharp, the chairman of the bbc, who is being investigated forfacilitating a loan for the former prime minister, borisjohnson. why is he still in a job? well, to be very clear, we asked gary to step back. in terms of the chairman, i have a lot of responsibilities in this job for thousands of people, one thing i don t do is the appointment of the chair, and it s a different process. you know, the way in which the board is hired, and that role is a different thing to editorially, me running the bbc, making those decisions, trying to be fair, and getting a bbc that is truly impartial. and boy, we should be fighting for this in this world, calmly, rationally fighting for a bbc that really actually champions free speech. my last question to you. impartiality is a big value for the bbc, but so is trust. right now there are many people in the uk that simply do not trust you.
and that s where i am. i am really focused on getting to a solution, working quickly together to make it happen. i m going to wrap up shortly, but you ve suspended gary lineker for an anti government tweet. and, of course, there are questions being asked about richard sharp, the chairman of the bbc, who is being investigated forfacilitating a loan for the former prime minister, borisjohnson. why is he still in a job? well, to be very clear, we asked gary to step back. in terms of the chairman, i have a lot of responsibilities in this job for thousands of people, one thing i don t do is the appointment of the chair, and it s a different process. you know, the way in which the board is hired, and that role is a different thing to editorially, me running the bbc, making those decisions, trying to be fair, and getting a bbc that is truly impartial. and boy, we should be fighting for this in this world, calmly, rationally fighting for a bbc that really actually champions free speech.
afghanistan, we have lost more than a thousand lives, 3000 injured, and 10,000 homes destroyed. entire lives and livelihoods gone in a matter of seconds. the response from our government has been praised by all corners and we have done whatever is within our capacity, whether it is through money, assistance, orfood, water, orfacilitating the assistance from foreign governments that want to help. that want to help. human rights for uirls who that want to help. human rights for girls who are that want to help. human rights for girls who are not that want to help. human rights for girls who are not going that want to help. human rights for girls who are not going to that want to help. human rights for girls who are not going to school, l girls who are not going to school, for example, this has been over 283 days now that the taliban has imposed a ban on them. that is incorrect and imposed a ban on them. that is incorrect and no imposed a ban on them. that is incorrect and no