85 m. ago Households set to receive £174 BBC TV licence refund after boss resigns

UK households are set to receive refunds of up to £174 from TV Licensing following the unexpected resignation of director general Tim Davie and BBC News head Deborah Turness.

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2 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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2 h. ago Donald Trump granddaughter says he will miss LPGA Tour debut as ‘a little busy’

Kai Trump, 18, is playing on a sponsor’s invitation this week at The Annika driven by Gainbridge event in Florida.

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2 h. ago Bulletin briefing: BBC boss rallies staff, troops killed in Turkey plane crash and Taiwan braces for Fung

Outgoing BBC boss rallies staff after Trump’s court threat. Read more here.

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3 h. ago Trump says he has 'obligation' to pursue $1 billion lawsuit against BBC over doctored January 6 speech

The US President tells Fox News the BBC ‘defrauded the public’

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3 h. ago Trump doubles down on billion dollar BBC threat and claims it 'defrauds public'

US President Donald Trump reiterated his threat of legal action against the BBC over the editing of a speech just days after Tim Davie resigned over the chaotic situation

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4 h. ago Trump says BBC ‘defrauded the public’ with editing of January 6 speech

The US President told Fox News he had an ‘obligation’ to take legal action over the speech.

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5 h. ago Diverse and resilient energy production is needed to meet future demand, global report says

Electricity demand will rise much faster than overall energy growth in the coming decades, underscoring the need for diversified energy sources and supply chains, That's according to a new report by the International Energy Agency

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5 h. ago Small grocers and convenience stores feel an impact as customers go without SNAP benefits

Some small grocery stores and neighborhood convenience stores are eager for the U.S. government shutdown to end and for their customers to start receiving federal food aid again

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5 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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5 h. ago The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles

The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy, child harm and foreign political interference. Deregulation plans are misguidedEurope is hurtling toward digital vassalage. Under Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, EU laws to tackle tech giants have been either not applied or delayed, for fear of offending Donald Trump. Now leaked documents reveal that the European Commission plans to gut a central part of Europe’s digital rulebook. This will hurt Europe’s innovators and hand the future of Europe’s tech sovereignty to US firms.Once Europe’s most hyped law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now on the chopping block. Powerful forces within the European Commission, supported by the German government, hope that deregulation will boost Europe’s tech sector, particularly AI. This is a grave mistake.Johnny Ryan is director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. Georg Riekeles is the associate director of the European Policy ...

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5 h. ago What to know about the status of SNAP food aid as a vote nears to end the shutdown

Congress could soon resume food aid benefits that were paused at the start of November

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9 h. ago Donald Trump a ‘little busy’ to attend his granddaughter’s LPGA Tour debut

Kai Trump, 18, is playing on a sponsor’s invitation this week at The Annika driven by Gainbridge event in Florida.

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10 h. ago Woman who tried to be Trump’s press secretary and finance boyfriend wanted by police after ‘racist attack’

COPS are hunting a woman who wanted to be Donald Trump's press secretary and her finance boyfriend after an alleged racist attack. British Transport Police released footage allegedly showing Melissa Rein Lively and her husband Philip Ostermann after a woman was assaulted outside Bond Street Tube station, in London, on October 11. The force confirmed...

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10 h. ago President Trump's granddaughter, Kai Trump, has brought buzz to an LPGA tournament

Kai Trump is ready to live out her childhood dream in the spotlight

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11 h. ago Defiant Davie lashes out at BBC 'enemies' but admits to staff that mistakes have been made

The director-general, who will stay in his post until a successor is found, said it had been a 'tough few days' since he announced his resignation alongside Deborah Turness.

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11 h. ago Strictly’s La Voix leaves BBC studio speechless with resignations joke

Strictly Come Dancing contestant La Voix left the It Takes Two studio speechless with a joke about resignations at the top of the BBC on Tuesday (11 November).

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11 h. ago Reece James to leave Donald Trump duty to Harry Kane if England win World Cup

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11 h. ago Reece James eyes Donald Trump reunion at USA World Cup as England's biggest test named

The US President was on stage when Chelsea won the Club World Cup in New Jersey

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11 h. ago England star Reece James reveals his plan to deal with Donald Trump at the World Cup

Reece James went viral for his bemusement after Donald Trump stayed on stage when Chelsea celebrated their Club World Cup success - and the England star has a plan for any repeat at the World Cup

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