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
help france and the uk. we have to work closely together if we re going to dismantle these groups and be more efficient. a gunman opens fire at a jehovah s witness hall in the german city of hamburg. police say at least 7 people have been killed including an unborn baby. saudi arabia and iran have agreed to re establish diplomatic ties, seven years after riyadh s embassy in tehran was attacked following the saudi execution of a shia cleric. and with days to go until the stars hit the red carpet, who will be the biggest winners at this year s oscars? the bbc says it s highest paid star sports presenter, gary lineker, will step back from fronting its flagship football programme after he criticised the british government s migration policy. the broadcaster said that lineker a former england footballer would not present his popular programme, match of the day, until an agreement was reached over his social media use. in a tweet, he d compared the language used by the governme
in tehran was attacked following the saudi execution of a shia cleric. the bbc says highest paid and most recognised presenter, gary lineker, will step back from fronting its flagship football programme after he criticised the british government s migration policy. the broadcaster said that lineker, a former england captain, would not present his popular programme, match of the day, until an agreement was reached over his social media use. in a tweet, he d compared the language used by the uk government to set out its plan to that used by germany in the 1930s. the bbc said lineker should keep away from taking sides on party political issues under its impartiality guidelines. his co presenters, former footballers and pundits alan shearer and ian wright, say they will not appear on the saturday night programme in solidarity . here s our media correspondent david sillito. gary lineker, for more than 20 years, the face of match of the day. and it was only yesterday that he sai