76 m. ago Starmer says any attack on his cabinet is ‘completely unacceptable’ and adds Streeting is doing a great job – UK politics live

Kemi Badenoch probes Starmer over ‘toxic culture’ at Downing Street The No 10 briefing row is not the only story around this morning. Amy Sedghi is writing a live blog about the ongoing turmoil at the BBC and she has details of Donald Trump saying he has an “obligation” to sue the BBC.In a related development, Reform UK has pulled out of a BBC documentary about the party amid a row over the broadcaster’s editing of the Trump speech. Robyn Vintner has the story. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Donald Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit

US president sets Friday deadline for corporation to respond to billion-dollar legal threatTrump to sue BBC – latest updatesDonald Trump has said he feels he has “an obligation” to sue the BBC over its editing of one of his speeches, as a deadline looms for the corporation to respond to his billion-dollar legal threat.The US president accused the broadcaster of having “defrauded the public” with an edition of Panorama last year that spliced together two parts of a speech he made on 6 January 2021 and has given it until Friday to respond. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Trump says he has an ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over edited speech

US president says he intends to pursue legal action because UK broadcaster ‘defrauded the public’

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5 h. ago Donald Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit – latest updates

US president claims broadcaster has ‘defrauded the public’ and reiterates his threat of launching a $1bn legal actionDonald Trump has grabbed the headlines after threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn (£760m) for what the corporation has accepted was a misleading edit of his speech on 6 January 2021 during the Capitol Hill insurrection.I wouldn’t want a board that’s guilty of groupthink, but the opposite of groupthink is different points of view. That makes the job of the chair challenging to try and organise and get consensus, but it’s important that people have a diversity of opinion on the board. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Donald Trump says 'I have an obligation' as he confirms plan to sue BBC for $1 BILLION over doctored Panorama speech

The president confirmed he will be suing the public broadcaster for the billion-dollar sum in an interview on Fox News' Laura Ingraham Tuesday night.

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40 h. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn over Panorama edited speech fiasco

President’s lawyers issue ultimatum for compensation by Friday: ‘The BBC is on notice’

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44 h. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1 billion as doctored speech row engulfs corporation

‘He’s a litigious fellow so we should be prepared for all outcomes,’ says BBC chairman Samir Shah

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45 h. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1 BILLION over doctored Panorama speech as he demands a 'full and fair retraction' of documentary and other 'false and defamatory' statements

President Trump has set a deadline of 5pm EST (10pm in the UK) this Friday to 'comply' with his demands.

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46 h. ago Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn over January 6 speech edit

Broadcaster’s chair admits ‘error of judgement’ over clip but hits out at memo that prompted bosses’ resignations

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47 h. ago Donald Trump 'threatens to sue BBC' as doctored speech row engulfs corporation

‘He’s a litigious fellow so we should be prepared for all outcomes,’ says BBC chairman Samir Shah

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