36 h. ago BBC Chairman's humiliating apology as civil war erupts inside Corporation... as it emerges senior bosses discussed doctored footage way back in January

BBC chairman Samir Shah finally issued an apology over the doctored footage of Donald Trump yesterday as a blame game within the corporation broke out into the public domain.

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46 h. ago If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee

Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weaponsGotcha! The BBC’s enemies have taken two scalps and inflicted maximum damage. The shock resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of news, Deborah Turness, make it look as if the BBC accepts that it does indeed suffer from “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights. But in this political coup, only the BBC’s sworn ideological foes think a cherrypicked sample of journalistic errors amounts to “systemic” bias.It was indeed a bad mistake to splice together two bits of Trump’s speech; but it needed a quick apology, not a decapitation. The BBC’s chair, Samir Shah, I’m told, tried to persuade Davie to stay to avoid this apparent capitulation to critics: Davie should indeed have stood his ground, not weakened the BBC by walking away.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Donald Trump threatens legal action against BBC following documentary editing row

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC after the broadcaster issued a grovelling apology for editing one of his speeches in a Panorama documentary

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47 h. ago Trump threatens to sue 'BBC for $1bn' if it does not respond in four days

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC after the broadcaster issued a grovelling apology for editing one of his speeches in a Panorama documentary as the US president sets a deadline

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47 h. ago Trump pardons Giuliani, Meadows and others over plot to steal 2020 election

Federal clemency towards president’s close allies largely symbolic as some still face legal exposure at state levelRudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, both close former political allies of Donald Trump, are among scores of people pardoned by the president over the weekend for their roles in a plot to steal the 2020 election.The maneuver is in effect symbolic, given it only applies in the federal justice system and not in state courts where Giuliani, Meadows and the others continue facing legal peril. The acts of clemency were announced in a post late on Sunday to X by US pardon attorney Ed Martin, covers 77 people said to have been the architects and agents of the scheme to install fake Republican electors in several battleground states, which would have falsely declared Trump their winner instead of the actual victor: Joe Biden. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Donald Trump issues pardons to 77 allies involved in 2020 election plot

Donald Trump has pardoned a roll call of his allies who were involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election

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64 h. ago Donald Trump issues scathing reaction after Tim Davie announces BBC resignation

The BBC director-general announced he is to step down after five years in the role

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67 h. ago Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage

Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speechTim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...

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7 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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7 d. ago Trump health: Press secretary issues frosty reply when quizzed over Donald's MRI

Donald Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, gave a frosty reply when quizzed over the US President's health and MRI scan at a press briefing today

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8 d. ago Trump threatens to cut funds if ‘communist’ Mamdani wins mayoral election

President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post and says he does not want to send ‘good money after bad’On the eve of New York’s well-watched mayoral election, President Donald Trump issued a threat to its voters: stop Zohran Mamdani or pay.“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Donald Trump issues statement on Andrew as he is stripped of every royal title

US President Donald Trump has spoken out on the controversy surrounding Prince Andrew and his ties with Jeffrey Epstein, as he is set to be stripped of all his royal titles

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2 w. ago US and China seek to strike a deal over rare earths, tariffs, soybeans

The United States and China are not going to resolve all the issues that divide them before presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet Thursday in Busan, South Korea

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2 w. ago Donald Trump issues warning to Vladimir Putin: ‘I’m not wasting my time’

Donald Trump has issued a warning to Vladimir Putin, telling the Russian president: “’m not wasting my time”.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump issues his toughest threat yet to Hamas as he reveals details of Gaza 'stabilization force'

Donald Trump warned Hamas that they will face a massive 'problem' if the ceasefire collapses, as he revealed plans for an 'international stabilization force' preparing to enter the territory.

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3 w. ago MIKEY SMITH: 13 unhinged Donald Trump moments as he bulldozes White House and issues Gaza threat

Trump threatened to send troops into Gaza, demolished part of the White House, and nearly got in a scrap with an Ambassador. Here's everything you need to know

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3 w. ago Donald Trump considers P Diddy pardon as White House issue statement

P Diddy is rumoured to be considered for a Presidential pardon in the coming days, but a spokesperson for Donald Trump has now spoken out on the speculation

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3 w. ago Donald Trump's Epstein files response was 'inspired by WWE interview' about Brock Lesnar

Donald Trump has called the Jeffrey Epstein story a 'dead issue' and refused to answer any more questions about his name appearing in files relating to the dead paedo

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3 w. ago Trump says Tomahawks were discussed during ‘very productive’ call with Putin

Donald Trump has revealed the issue of supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine was discussed during a “very productive” call with Vladimir Putin on Thursday (16 October).

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3 w. ago Trump issues chilling threat to Hamas as Gaza descends into bloody civil war: 'We will have no choice'

President Donald Trump issued a stern warning Thursday to Hamas, as the Palestinian terror group has been caught executing fellow Palestinians amid the ceasefire with Israel.

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