as part of the transition to the single news channel operation we are making some necessary operational changes. there is nowjoint output across bbc news and bbc world as we work to a phased launch of the new channel in the spring. we will continue to deliver the best bbcjournalism to audiences in the uk and around the world across all our platforms. well, instead, we re delighted to talk about this issue to richard eyre, who s a former controller of editorial policy, former deputy chief executive of bbc news. he s also been a member of the bbc trust and of the ofcom content board. welcome to newswatch, richard. now there used to be two bbc news channels. now there s essentially one with the uk opt outs, is that right? that s right. let me give you a health warning first. i haven t spoken to anybody in the bbc about this. i m as clueless as maybe some of the staff are about what the new channel will look like when it s launched in about four weeks time, i think. but you ca
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
Understanding as to whats at stake if ukraine is unable to push russia out of its country. We see russia mobilising, continuously mobilising, even though its not officially declared. We see them arming, we see them entering what is called a war economy, producing weapons, getting weapons from iran and north korea. And with the momentum on the battlefield in eastern ukraine. Exactly. And us faltering, stumbling. And whenever, you know, balts speak usually or, you know, the countries from the Eastern Flank would speak, its notjust because we feel that its morally right to defend ukraine, but we also take this as an existential question. That means that if russia is not stopped in ukraine, it will continue because a machine that size, its very difficult to stop and it needs to. It cannot be stopped with just, you know, well wishing. It has to be stopped by military means. Do you think americas eventual commitment of that 60 billion worth of aid and assistance to ukraine has been a game ch
We see russia mobilising, continuously mobilising, even though its not officially declared. We see them arming, we see them entering what is called a war economy, producing weapons, getting weapons from iran and north korea. And with the momentum on the battlefield in eastern ukraine. Exactly. And us faltering, stumbling. And whenever, you know, balts speak usually or, you know, the countries from the Eastern Flank would speak, its notjust because we feel that its morally right to defend ukraine, but we also take this as an existential question. That means that if russia is not stopped in ukraine, it will continue because a machine that size, its very difficult to stop and it needs to. It cannot be stopped with just, you know, well wishing. It has to be stopped by military means. Do you think americas eventual commitment of that 60 billion worth of aid and assistance to ukraine has been a game changer . Or do you fear that, still, the biden administration, even in the speed that it is