16 h. ago Trump says UK ‘embarrassed’ by BBC as he threatens up to $5bn lawsuit

Donald Trump said that the UK is "embarrassed" by the BBC as he confirmed he would still sue the broadcaster for up to $5bn despite the BBC apologising for its Panorama edit of the president’s January 6 speech.

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24 h. ago Trump says he will take legal action against BBC, despite its apology

US president tells reporters he will sue the corporation for ‘anywhere between a billion and $5bn’Donald Trump has told reporters he will still take legal action against the BBC next week, despite the British broadcaster apologising for a misleading edit of one of his speeches.On Friday evening, the US president told reporters aboard Air Force One “we’ll sue them for anywhere between a billion and $5bn, probably sometime next week. We have to do it.” Continue reading...

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38 h. ago BBC apologizes for edit of Trump speech but says it won't provide legal compensation

BBC apologizes for edit of Trump speech but says it won't provide legal compensation  NPR

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49 h. ago BBC awaits response from Donald Trump after apologising for Panorama speech edit

Mr Trump’s lawyers threatened to sue the BBC for one billion dollars.

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51 h. ago BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but rejects demand for $1bn compensation

Corporation’s chair sends personal apology to president - but ‘strongly disagrees’ he has basis for defamation claim

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52 h. ago BBC apologises to Trump for edit of speech but refuses to pay compensation

Public service broadcaster says there is no basis for a defamation claim by the US president

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52 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump over Panorama edit and rejects defamation claim

The episode, Trump: A Second Chance?, has been taken down and a retraction published.

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52 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump over edit of speech for Panorama

Corporation rejects demands for compensation after US president’s lawyers threatened to sue for $1bnThe BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama that led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the BBC News chief, Deborah Turness.However, the corporation has rejected his demands for compensation, after lawyers for Trump threatened to sue for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the BBC issued a retraction, apologised and settled with him. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago BBC apologises to Trump over edited speech but rejects compensation claim

‘We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim’, reads statement expressing ‘sincere regrets’ over Panorama episodeThe BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama documentary that led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the BBC News chief, Deborah Turness.However, the corporation has rejected his demands for compensation, after lawyers for Trump threatened to sue for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the BBC issued a retraction, apologised and settled with him. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump over Panorama edit of his speech

The broadcaster has rejected the president's request for compensation

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53 h. ago BBC apologises to Donald Trump and makes fresh broadcast vow after Panorama drama

The BBC apologised over the edit that spliced together two parts of a speech Donald Trump made during an event in Washington DC that were more than 50 minutes apart

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55 h. ago ‘My TV licence fee shouldn’t be used to compensate Donald Trump’

A petition urging the BBC not to compensate Donald Trump following his $1 billon legal threat has now passed over 45,000 signatures.

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5 d. ago BBC chairman’s apology letter over Trump speech edit, in full

Samir Shah acknowledged more than 500 complaints in the letter

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5 d. ago Tim Davie resigns live: BBC chair apologises for edit that presented Trump speech as ‘direct call to violence’

BBC chair says issue has led to over 500 complaints since memo publication

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5 d. ago BBC ‘apologises for error of judgment’ over Trump speech edit

BBC chairman Samir Shah outlined the response in a letter to the CMS.

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6 d. ago BBC chairman expected to apologise for Trump speech edit after Davie resignation

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said she was ‘confident’ BBC bosses would treat allegations of bias seriously.

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7 d. ago BBC expected to apologise over Panorama edit of Trump speech

The programme spliced clips together from sections of the US president’s speech on January 6 2021.

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4 w. ago WASPI reaches DWP legal campaign milestone as compensation support grows

The WASPI campaigners are preparing for a court battle with the DWP later this year

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