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
Singapore, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and 1am here in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may has ordered a Public Inquiry into the fire that devastated a residential block of flats in west london. 17 people are now known to have died. Many residents are missing, with whole families unaccounted for. Heres the latest from our home editor, mark easton, and i must warn you, there are some distressing details in his report. Slowly, inch by painstaking inch, Fire Officers continue their grim and dangerous work. Amid the soot blackened shell of what was once home to hundreds are some who did not make it out. Exactly how many, we dont know, but police today said they hoped the final death toll would not be in three figures. The scale of this tragedy is yet to become clear. Sadly, i can confirm the number of people who have died is now 17. We do believe that that number will sadly increase. There are 37 people receiving treatment,
get things done with xi jinping s backing, orwill get things done with xi jinping s backing, or will he be a figure that is afraid to give the frank advice that xijinping needs is afraid to give the frank advice that xi jinping needs to get because he s afraid of upsetting the person who put him there. he s afraid of upsetting the person who put him there. steve mcdonell there, our beijing who put him there. steve mcdonell there, our beijing correspondent. l she was once a waitress at the 0scars now her movie, all quiet on the western front, is nominated for no fewer than nine awards. we ve been following the former scottish triathlete, turned movie maker, lesley paterson, because her story is so remarkable. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson no relation to lesley donned his running shoes to catch up with her once again in hollywood. got the hollywood sign behind us! how does that make you feel, when you see that? oh, it s so iconic, it sjust amazing. it s very wei
and undermined international nuclear nonproliferation efforts. british industry is likely to benefit from the deal which could see large contracts for engineering and technology firms. but australia s decision to opt for a nuclear powered submarines means cancelling a contract with france to build a diesel electric ones and the french have called it a betrayal. translation: it is a stab in the back, we had established a relationship of trust with a string of about trust has been broken. there s a lot of bitterness about the cancellation on this matter is not over. the backdrop to all of this is a massive military build up by china. it has invested billions of dollars in expanding its navy, by china. it has invested billions of dollars in expanding its navy, our beijing correspondent, stephen mcdonell, told us there had been a furious reaction to the pact from china.