is working on a plan. leaders from the uk, us and australia will meet for talks on defence, including the plan for australia to get us nuclear submarines. and the countdown to the oscars begins but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood s biggest event of the year? the impact of bbc sports presenter gary lineker s removal from match of the day is continuing to affect the bbc s sports output today. the controversy over the broadcaster and his tweets criticising the uk government s policy on asylum seekers shows no sign of abating. on saturday, 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. there will be reduced coverage on the live broadcast of the women s super league clash between chelsea and manchester united on sunday. simon jones has more. no
think this is a welcome distraction to government we are not talking about payment for nurse, postal workers, the energy crisis, we are talking about gary lineker and his tweets is not what we should be talking about. as far has the go, i support gary not because he is my friend but because he is right in what he say, the language is similar to that used in germany, the outcome won t be the same, he is not suggesting it is like nazi germany but the language used in dehumanising a certain group of people is the same. as to whether he is allowed do that from an impartiality point of view, i thaw went out of the window with the bbc a long time ago, we saw in the world cup in qatar where by the bbc weren t impartial at all from a political or religious point of view, maybe gary wasn t sure whether that only applies if you are talking about other countries or it has to be just in this country. about other countries or it has to be just in this country. john, would ou auree be just in this