3 h. ago BBC bias row: Nick Robinson and Boris Johnson clash as corporation to apologise over Trump speech edit

BBC Radio 4 Today presenter Nick Robinson: ‘There is a political campaign by people who want to destroy the organisation that you are currently listening to’

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4 h. ago Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?

Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions“It broke my heart.” Surangel Whipps, president of the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, was sitting in the front row of the UN’s general assembly in New York when Donald Trump made a long and rambling speech, his first to the UN since his re-election, on 23 September.Whipps was prepared for fury and bombast from the US president, but what followed was shocking. Trump’s rant on the climate crisis – a “green scam”, “the greatest con job ever perpetrated”, “predictions made by stupid people” – was an unprecedented attack on science and global action from a major world leader. Continue reading...

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10 h. 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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12 h. ago Boris's blast at 'arrogant' Nick Robinson for claiming bias row is an anti

The row over BBC bias deepened tonight after two of its leading presenters claimed that airing concerns about its coverage was part of a political campaign to 'destroy' the Corporation.

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17 h. ago Joe Biden, 82, appears with a bandaged head to give fiery speech as he opens up about cancer battle

The former president had a bandage on his head during a Democratic Party event where he gave a speech discussing his battle with cancer and lambasting the Trump administration.

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17 h. ago Donald Trump’s press secretary hits out at BBC for being ‘100% fake news’

Karoline Leavitt said watching the BBC ‘ruins my day’ as the corporation has been hit by allegations of bias

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32 h. ago Donald Trump's White House lashes out at '100 per cent fake news' BBC over Panorama doctored video scandal

In a leaked memo, Michael Prescott details how the corporation 'doctored' a speech by Donald Trump to make it appear like he had encouraged the Capitol Hill riots during an episode of Panorama.

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40 h. ago BORIS JOHNSON: Until BBC boss Tim Davie either comes clean on how Panorama doctored Trump's speech

So where is Tim Davie? What has happened to the Director-General of the BBC? It rather looks as though he has decided to go to ground.

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58 h. ago BBC newsreader 'broke rules' by pulling a face because her script said 'pregnant people'

Martine Croxall went viral earlier this year when she made a face while reading the autocue script during a live broadcast, winning her a legion of fans.

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2 d. ago BBC under fire with 'serious questions' over alleged bias in edited Trump footage and trans coverage

The BBC must ‘set the benchmark for accurate and fair reporting’, says committee chair Caroline Dinenage

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3 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 7 unhinged Donald Trump moments as weird confused moment at speech prompts concerns

Donald Trump, for the first time in his presidency, is limping - and he's starting to make more mistakes and look confused during his speeches

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3 d. ago Trump says Mamdani’s NYC mayoral acceptance speech was ‘angry toward me’ and ‘very dangerous’: Live updates

Mamdani warned Trump, ‘To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us’

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3 d. ago Trump mixes up South America and South Africa during speech in Miami

President Donald Trump confused South America with South Africa during a speech to a business forum in Miami.

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3 d. ago ‘Not sure it was good for anybody’: Trump reacts to Democrats’ sweep of key races on election night – live

US president hosts Republicans morning after Democrats pick up major wins in elections for New York City mayor, Virginia governor and New Jersey governor‘Turn the volume up’: Mamdani invokes Trump in fiery speech laying out plan of actionShare your views on the New York resultHere’s a look at some of the pictures from New York, as Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of the city.In a short while, we’ll hear from Donald Trump when he hosts a breakfast with Republican senators at the White House. As we noted earlier, the president had choice words about Mamdani’s victory in New York, and other Democratic wins across the country – including the gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Turn the volume up’: Mamdani invokes Trump in fiery speech that laid out plan of action

As New York City’s mayor-elect reiterated his policies, the president posted ‘And so it begins!’ on his social mediaUS politics live – latest updatesZohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York City, issued a direct call to Donald Trump in his victory speech on Tuesday night, saying he would enter City Hall with a firm plan to counter the politics of division and cronyism that helped elevate him to the White House.Mamdani, speaking to supporters in Brooklyn after a decisive victory over Andrew Cuomo, the former governor, said New York had shown it would be the “light” in a “moment of political darkness”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Mamdani shreds Cuomo and Trump in impassioned ‘mandate for change’ victory speech after historic NYC mayor’s win

Democrats count major victories in first elections under Trump’s presidency as the party reckons with its future

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4 d. ago New York's new mayor Zohran Mamdani tells Trump 'I have four words for you' in blistering victory speech quoting his socialist hero, bragging about 'toppling a dynasty' and promising a 'new dawn'

Mamdani, who will become the Big Apple's first Muslim mayor, defeated Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa in a race that became a flashpoint in national politics.

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4 d. ago ‘New York will be the light’: Zohran Mamdani vows to protect working class and speaks directly to Trump in victory speech – live

New York City mayor elect condemns forces of ‘oligarchy and authoritarianism’ in speech vowing to meet voters’ high expectations Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York City in historic winNYC mayoral election – live results trackerat the Ziegfeld Ballroom in midtown ManhattanThere’s a couple of hundred Cuomo supporters at his watch party now. I just saw a man down a bottle of Stella Artois. No sign of Cuomo yet. Among the attenders is Suzanne Miller, a realtor who volunteered for the Cuomo campaign. She said she is “50-50” about his chances of winning. Miller said she was nervous because of Zohran Mamdani’s energetic closing few days of the campaign. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago MPs demand information from BBC’s chairman on Panorama edit of Trump speech

Dame Caroline Dinenage, chairwoman of the culture committee, said the corporation had ‘serious questions to answer’.

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4 d. ago BBC accused of doctoring Trump January 6 speech in bombshell whistleblower's report

Concerns about BBC Panorma programme were raised in a memo by former journalist Michael Prescott

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