5 d. ago Over $200K raised for woman burned on Chicago train who was featured in Trump’s Thanksgiving speech

The alleged attacker had been arrested 72 other times

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5 d. ago After bringing back Rush Hour, which franchise might Trump resurrect next?

The president’s bizarre insistence that the dead Jackie Chan-Chris Tucker series should return resulted in a shock announcement this week. Maybe there’s more to come So far, Donald Trump’s control of the media has involved a lot more stick than carrot. Thanks to a combination of outbursts and indiscriminate legal threats, the powerful figures at the centre of a rapidly consolidating industry find themselves with little option but to bend to the president’s every demand. Unfortunately, what he’s demanding is Rush Hour 4.Just a few days ago, this seemed like a weird overreach, like when Trump used a keynote speech at a McDonald’s to demand more tartare sauce on Filet-O-Fish sandwiches. But in this case it really happened. Trump told majority Paramount Skydance shareholder Larry Ellison that he wished someone would make Rush Hour 4, and now Rush Hour 4 is being made. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago MIKEY SMITH: 9 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he makes wildly inappropriate jokes on TV

Trump gave a speech before a lighthearted annual event - and someone thought it was appropriate to tell jokes about torture camps and sling insults at his enemies

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6 d. ago Reith lecturer accuses BBC of censoring his speech by removing line about Trump

The corporation said it removed the sentence from the lecture ‘on legal advice’, but Rutger Bregman said the sentence ‘wasn’t a baseless accusation’.

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8 d. ago ROLAND WHITE reviews Prisoner 951 on BBC1: Nazanin's Iran hell made me yearn for the days of gunboat diplomacy

The people at Panorama who doctored President Trump's speech have done more damage to the BBC than they can possibly imagine.

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1 week ago BBC face investigation by US watchdog over Donald Trump speech edit

The BBC are reportedly being investigated by the broadcast regulator in the US following strong criticism that the Panorama documentary had misled viewers by editing a speech

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1 week ago US watchdog led by Trump ally investigates BBC Panorama edit of January 6 speech

Brendan Carr, head of FCC, asks if programme ever aired in US which is seen as key to any future litigationA US media regulator led by a close ally of Donald Trump is examining whether an edition of the BBC’s Panorama broke US regulations in the way it edited one of the president’s speeches.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by Brendan Carr, has written to the BBC’s outgoing director general, Tim Davie, asking whether the programme was ever aired in the US. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Melania Trump tells soldiers AI 'machines' will replace them in 'dystopian' speech

The USA's First Lady gave a speech evoking the robot uprising of the Terminator films when she spoke to marines, saying AI will transform war more than any technology since nuclear weapons

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1 week ago No parting honour for BBC boss Tim Davie: RICHARD EDEN'S DIARY

Outgoing BBC director-general Tim Davie will not receive an honour accorded to many of his predecessors.

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1 week ago Melania Trump delivers 'dystopian' speech to troops sparking meltdown

The First Lady was speaking to military personnel and their families at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina on Wednesday.

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1 week ago Trump goes off the rails at Saudi event with bizarre speech about his opponents, windmills and eggs: Live

Donald Trump set to sign bill ordering release of Justice Department documents on Jeffrey Epstein after Transparency Act passes House of Representatives

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1 week ago Donald Trump appears to confide in Cristiano Ronaldo about son Barron as he leaves soccer star in hysterics

After Trump welcomed Ronaldo during his speech at the glitzy event, the White House shared video of the two men walking side by side next to The Presidential Walk of Fame.

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1 week ago Donald Trump leaves Cristiano Ronaldo and his fiancee Georgina Rodriguez in hysterics as White House releases new footage

After Trump welcomed Ronaldo during his speech at the glitzy event, the White House shared video of the two men walking side by side next to The Presidential Walk of Fame.

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1 week ago Donald Trump pays tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo at White House dinner with Saudi Crown Prince

It marked the soccer star's first public appearance on US soil since being accused of rape by an American teacher in 2017. Trump namechecked Ronaldo during his speech.

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2 w. ago Nicki Minaj to spotlight plight of Nigerian Christians in UN speech arranged by White House

Rapper to give address on Tuesday after supporting Trump’s post condemning Nigerian governmentThe US-based Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj will work alongside the White House to highlight claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria.Minaj is expected to deliver a speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday, according to a Time journalist who first posted about the collaboration on Sunday, adding that it was arranged by Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago White House fury at Trump 'monster' jibe in showpiece BBC lecture: US President 'dubbed a fascist' during flagship speech commissioned by broadcaster

The BBC commissioned Dutch author Rutger Bregman to deliver its flagship annual lectures. Bregman used the events to compare Trump's America and the rise of fascism in the 1930s.

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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Watch: BBC faces fresh allegations over Trump speech edit broadcast on Newsnight

The BBC has been plunged into a fresh row over the selective editing of Donald Trump’s Capitol speech, after allegations of a misleading Newsnight broadcast resurfaced.

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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