the british and us governments scramble to reassure their tech start up sectors after the collapse of one of the main sources of funding, the silicon valley bank. and hollywood is getting ready for its big night we ll take a look at what s in store at the oscars. the impact of bbc sports presenter gary lineker s removalfrom match of the day is continuing to affect the bbc s sports output. the controversy over the broadcaster and his tweets criticising the uk government s policy on asylum seekers shows no sign of abating. he d been told by the bbc to step back from presenting its flagship football show, match of the day. on saturday, it led to widespread disruption of the corporation s football coverage as fellow presenters and commentators pulled out. in the coverage of the women s super league on sunday, there was no bbc in house commentary and there were no pundits to talk about the game either. let s take a look at the background to this now with our correspondent, ste
next week other quarterfinals, i don t know whether gary will be back, he was. he is quite a strong willed man. i don t think he will retract what he says, and i don t think he should, but given that, something will have to give on the other side because he can t go through life with this awful public programmes we are watching at the moment. ,., ., ., ., ,, programmes we are watching at the moment. ., ., ,, ., ., ,, moment. good to talk to you, thank ou ve moment. good to talk to you, thank you very much- uk prime minister rishi sunak is heading to the us to meet president biden and the australian prime minister anthony albanese. it s expected the meetings in san diego will agree the details around providing australia with nuclear powered submarines. the uk, us and australia set up a new defence pact 18 months ago known as aukus. one of the main concepts is for the three countries to work together to counter what they perceive as any threats from china. 0ur north america corresponde
chat. i havejust presented the phone and didn t want to stop to chat. i have just presented a political discussion programme on the bbc, for the first time in years we were not supplied a government minister. that gives you an indication of the fact that many conservative mps themselves off the record have said they are a shame, they don t want to talk about it, they don t want to talk about it, they don t want to talk about it, they don t want to defend what is being put in front of them. and that underlines, as i say, a dangerous moment for the prime minister. thank ou ve moment for the prime minister. thank you very much moment for the prime minister. thank you very much indeed. let s look back at the timeline of events. on the date of the downing street party, tier 3 restrictions meant people were encouraged to work from home. people in offices had to socially distance, and gatherings of two or more people indoors were banned by law unless it was reasonably necessary for work