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This is bbc news. im vishala sri—pathma. our top stories — us regulators have shut down silicon valley bank. its the biggest banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis. the bbc�*s star football presenter gary lineker has been suspended over social media comments he made criticising the british governments asylum policy. as editor—in—chief of the bbc, i think one of our founding principles is impartiality, and thats what were delivering on. asylum policy was centre stage at a leade...

These tweets, in which he described a statement about immigration policy by the home secretary as, beyond awful, then went on to say it was a measurably on to say it was immeasurably cruel and the language used is not dissimilar to that used by germany in the �*30s. the corporation says this breaks their guidelines on impartiality and in a statement said, the bbc has decided that he will step back from presenting match of the day until weve got an agreed and clear position on his use of social...

Perceived to be impartial. ind perceived to be impartial. and for the bbc. — perceived to be impartial. and for the bbc, there _ perceived to be impartial. and forthe bbc, there is perceived to be impartial. and for the bbc, there is another issue hanging over it. its chairman. there is an ongoing enquiry into richard sharps role in a loan made to boris johnson which has raised many questions about his appointment and up impartiality but this weekend, it is all that gary lineker with presenter...

The reason? these tweets, in which he described a statement about immigration policy by the home secretary as, beyond awful, then went on to say it was immeasurably cruel and the language used not dissimilar to that used by germany in the �*30s. the corporation says this breaks their guidelines on impartiality, and in a statement said, the bbc has decided that he will step back from presenting match of the day until weve got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media. if gary line...

Media, criticising gary lineker. he said that because the bbc had taken time to respond to that, it appeared to be reacting to pressure. and then she drew a wider question for the bbc, a problem i think the director—general, she said that there wasnt the same campaign in there wasnt the same campaign in the same media outlets about the position of the bbc chairman, richard sharp. the issue there is that richard sharp was appointed not that richard sharp was appointed not that long ago by boris...

Is standing — servants. but they should be doing is standing up, excepting they have broken _ is standing up, excepting they have broken the — is standing up, excepting they have broken the asylum system and telling us what _ broken the asylum system and telling us what they are going to do to actually— us what they are going to do to actually fix it. not whinging on about— actually fix it. not whinging on about gary lineker. the actually fix it. not whinging on about gary lineker.— ac...

Is gary gets back on air and together we are giving the audiences that world—class sports coverage which, as i say, im sorry we have not been able to deliver today. sorry about the way you handled it? or sorry about the way that he was taken off air? i think we made decisions and i made decisions based on a real passion about what the bbc is and it is difficult. it is this balance between free speech and impartiality and i honestly do not believe, despite a lot of the commentary, that this is ...

So lets see whos going to be waiting me. ill have a wee chat with them. theyll be like, "youll never guess! i waited tables, lesley paterson was at mine!" lesley paterson, not for the first time in her life, is going for gold. colin paterson, bbc news, hollywood. and a reminder of our top story. the bbc has apologised to sports fans, after scrapping large parts of todays coverage in a deepening dispute about impartiality. the corporation took its best paid star, gary lineker, off air on friday o...

This is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. im annita mcveigh and these are the latest headlines... the bbc�*s football programmes are in disarray as on—air staff from various programmes pull out of saturdays shows in support of presenter gary lineker who was told to "step back". the corporations director general insists the decision to uphold impartiality rules, but the opposition labour party accuses bosses of bowing to public pressure. as editor in chief of the bbc, i th...

Presenter or youre a football presenter, then you are not bound by those same rules. and i think what the bbc has done is actually the real problem of today is that the bbc has undermined its own credibility by doing this. because it looks like, it looks like the perception out there is that the bbc has bowed to government pressure. the bbc�*s view is that it has rules. presenters with a particularly high profile have, it says, an extra responsibility to be impartial. and for the current direc...