hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour, with the search for answers after the u.s. shot down what is described as an unidentified high altitude object. the u.s. fighter jet is taking it down, off the coast of alaska this time, on friday, the pentagon officials say they acted swiftly, after the object, about the size of a small car, crossed into frozen territorile waters. the second time in less than a week a u.s. fighter jet has shot an object out of the sky. following the spy balloon that was taken down off the coast of south carolina last saturday. cnn reporter is live in our washington bureau with more on this, so katie, twice, in a week s time, what are we learning about this second object, and who it might belong to? well, at this point, we still really have more questions than answers, and we do know is that on thursday, the u.s. military observed an unknown object in american air space, off of the
now uncertaintly remains over sunday s sports programming and whether more presenters and pundits willjoin the boycott in support of gary lineker. police and demonstrators clash across france over welfare reforms as the upper house of parliament passes a bill that will raise the pension age to 64. the british chancellor meets the governor of the bank of england, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank after the failure of its parent company in the us. and the countdown to the oscars begins but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood s biggest event of the year? hello and welcome to bbc news. talks are continuing to try to resolve the row that s led to widespread disruption of football coverage across the bbc. there are fears that more programming could be affected on sunday, including the women s super league and match of the day two. sports presenters boycotted saturday s programmes in support of gary lineker, who was asked to step down from match of the day
collapse of silicon valley bank uk. you re watching bbc news. many of us might like to take a weekend stroll in a beauty spot but here in the uk too many of them are seemingly marred by litter. one group of volunteers says they ve filled hundreds of bin bags with the rubbish collected from a set of lakes in north warwickshire in the midlands. amy cole went to find out more. take a look at this. there are 7a bags of rubbish along here, including some larger items such as this children s trike. it was all collected over the weekend. but look, there are all these white bags of rubbish, too, and that was all collected five weeks ago. and it s still to be disposed of. what s going on? beavering away along lea marston lakes is a small army of litter pickers. well, they told me this was a rubbish story and they weren t wrong. it s everywhere. phil, you re up to your eyeballs in the stuff. where is it all coming from? we ve got our work cut out. it s coming, we feel, from upstr
for talks on defence, including the plan for australia to get us nuclear subs. britain s chancellor warns uk tech companies are at serious risk from the collapse of the silicon valley bank, and says ministers are doing everything they can to protect them. and the countdown to the oscars begins but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood s biggest event of the year? the controversy over bbc sports presenter gary lineker and his tweets criticising the uk government s policy on asylum seekers shows no sign of abating. yesterday, it led to widespread disruption of the corporation s football coverage as fellow presenters and commentators pulled out in support of the former england international. he d been told by the bbc to step back from presenting its flagship football show match of the day. now the bbc say today s coverage is also likely to be affected with reduced coverage on the live broadcast of the women s super league clash between chelsea and manchester
of the silicon valley bank, and says ministers are doing everything they can to protect them. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for click. this week, we re going low and slooow. although what is it that has given spencer such a shock? ow! tittering. an absolute pleasure and privilege to meet you, sir. how are you doing? life beyond the grave, jim, but not as we know it. william shatner s got plans to keep talking after he s boldly on. this interview is the best thing i ve ever done! - oh, for goodness sake! laughs. and how can your foot flaunt the perfect fit? get ready for the science of stilettos. here s something that s hard to get your head around. more and more tourist attractions are clocking how important social media is in getting their name out there. yeah, we re at the new twist museum in central london, which is filled with a multitude of mirrors and instagrammable illusions that will play with your perceptions. oh, this makes a change look at you down the