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
the family of a black man killed by police in the us city of memphis have welcomed the decision to disband the special crime unit to which the officers belonged. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi. mr sunak said in a letter to mr zahawi that it was clear that there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code, which guides ministers on how they should uphold standards. his dismissal comes after an independent investigation of mr zahawi s tax affairs. these have been the subject of growing controversy since it emerged that he had to pay a penalty to the tax authorities. rishi sunak recieved the report from the sir laurie magnus, independent adviser on ministers interests. sir laurie told rishi sunak that certain omissions by nadhim zahawi fell short of the standards set out in the ministerial code. he concluded, i consider that these omissions constitute a serious failure to meet the standards set
hello and welcome. well, in the last hour, it is been announced the british prime minister will not determine the fate of dominic raab as deputy prime minister today, dominic raab as deputy prime ministertoday, despite dominic raab as deputy prime minister today, despite being given the report investigating whether he believed officials. let s cross live now to speak to our political correspondent, rob watson come in the newsroom for us. what do we make of this delay because yellow i m afraid we are not a whole lot further along the line, are we? we know that downing street received the report earlier today. we know the report earlier today. we know the bbc understands that dominic raab has read it, and we also understand that there is not going to be a decision today. i think any attempts to read anything into why there is a delay, or if even delay is the right word, is is the right word, is pure speculation, is the right word, is pure speculation, but - is the right word
shape good evening, this is your sports news. we start with rugby union and ireland proved just why they re the world s number one ranked side in the six nations today. they held off a strong scotland side at murrayfield themselves chasing an outside shot at the championship to win 22 7 this afternoon. it keeps their perfect record this year intact as olly foster reports. the confidence comes with being number one in the world, sitting on top of the six nations table, and beating scotland seven times in a row, but both sides had plenty to play for. there is so much riding on this match. for the irish, it s all about chasing the grand slam. for scotland, they need a win to keep themselves in the title fight. and that would also see them claim their first triple crown in 33 years. stuart hogg s children will be too young to remember, they weren t even born the last time scotland won this fixture. this was the full back s 100th cap and it meant a lot. the first half was p
in the next 2a hours, between gary lineker and the bbc, in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. it s 7am in singapore and 4pm in los angeles where stars are arriving for the oscars ceremony in hollywood which will start in the next few hours. the science fiction film everything everywhere all at once leads the way with nominations it has 11. but there could be stiff competition from the the german language war film all quiet on the western front the biopic elvis or the irish set drama the banshees of inisherin . and in a first for the ceremony there will also be a crisis team working there. the organisers say it s there to mitigate any potential surprises. i m joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes whose at an oscars watch party. a lwa ys always great to get you on the programme during oscars seaso