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
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
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
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