good afternoon. the bbc has cancelled two of its football shows, football focus and final score, after a number of presenters and pundits refused to take part, as controversy continues over the corporation s decision to take gary lineker off match of the day. the presenter will not be hosting the programme tonight after criticising the government s language about migrants on social media. former bbc director general greg dyke said the corporation had made a mistake and undermined its own credibility. last night the bbc said that gary lineker would be stepping back until there is an agreed and clear position on his use of social media. our media correspondent david sillito reports. when gary lineker left home this morning, it wasn t his normal saturday schedule. morning, it wasn t his normal saturday schedule. morning, it wasn t his normal saturda schedule. . ., ., , saturday schedule. have you had any discussions. saturday schedule. have you had any discussions. the satu
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screaming. the earthquake strikes. un aid arrives in turkey immediately, but take several days to reach northwest syria. bbc news arabic investigates. un teams are supposed to deploy within 48 hours of a request. in northwest syria, that didn t happen. what matters in terms of responding to an earthquake is time and what the sort of, the immediacy of the response. and the un just stood there, like completely paralysed. in this film, we ask, what took the united nations so long? to deliver humanitarian aid across an international border, we need either the consent of the government or in the case that we have in syria, a binding security council resolution. on monday, the 6th of february 00.47am, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 strikes near gaziantep in southeast turkey. across the border in syria, strong tremors are felt. hundreds of buildings collapse. as the hours pass, the scale of the disaster becomes apparent. rescue teams are overwhelmed. in turkey, a major aid effort
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by caving in to tory mps who are complaining about gary lineker. they have got this one badly wrong and now they are very, very exposed as is the government. us regulators shut down silicon valley bank in the biggest banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis. the bbc has cancelled two of its football shows, football focus and final score, after a number of presenters and pundits refused to take part as controversy continues over the corporation s decision to take gary lineker off match of the day. the presenter will not be hosting the programme tonight after criticising the government s language about migrants on social media. bbc radio 5 live has also been affected, with schedules disrupted. former bbc director general greg dyke said the corporation had made a mistake and undermined its own credibility. last night the bbc said that gary lineker would be stepping back until there is an agreed and clear position on his use of social media. our media correspondent dav