the bbc s star football presenter, gary lineker, has been suspended over comments he made criticising the british government s asylum policy. ina in a tweet he compared the language of the uk government with germany in the 1930s. britain will pay france hundreds of millions of dollars over the next three years for a new detention centre and more patrols to help clamp down on migrants crossing the channel in small boats. 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. the gunman opens fire at a jehovah witness hall and the german city of hamburg. seven people killed including an unborn baby. at ten o clock we ll be here with a full round up of the days news. first. . .the chef, the model & the missing millions(vt) a global pandemic and a national emergency. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home.
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
links with borisjohnson. also on the programme. asylum policy also centre stage at a meeting in paris where the uk promises france £0.5 billion to deal with illegal channel crossings. the gang who stole £10 million of taxpayers money that should have been used to help small businesses during covid. woman shouts. we tell the story of four afghan sisters terrorised by the taliban, now living in safety in germany. and the music from small town america that s now booming in the uk. and coming up on the bbc news channel. british number one cameron norrie is through to the third round in indian wells. he beat taiwan s wu tung lin in straights sets. good evening. the bbc is in crisis tonight, after forcing gary lineker to step back from presenting match of the day over critical tweets about the government s immigration policy. its move led to ian wright and alan shearer pulling out of the programme in solidarity. and the bbc has in the last hour said the show will go ahead with
some further snow showers into northern and western parts and temperatures in some parts of western scotland may be down to 11 celsius but there will be a frost for many tomorrow morning. the fire said perhapsjust avoiding for many tomorrow morning. the fire said perhaps just avoiding that but we will see that rain and hill snow clearing and we will all be in the colder air with some sunny spells but some wintry showers, tending to clump together across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england into north wales, the north midlands. these showers will be a mixture of rain, hail, sleet and snow. they could be is not a quite low levels in the heavier burst than they could even be some thunder and lightning mixing in. confirmation of the temperatures, three degrees per store perhaps nine for london, plymouth, but it will be a chilly viewing day. tuesday into wednesday it will be really cold under these clear skies. it will be really cold under these clearskies. expec