1 week ago BBC leaders grilled by lawmakers over its standards after Trump’s threat to sue

The BBC’s chairman acknowledged on Monday that it was too slow in responding over a misleading edit of a speech by US President Donald Trump but rejected claims that the broadcaster’s impartiality was being undermined from within its own board. Senior BBC leaders were questioned by Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee amid a major crisis at the publicly funded corporation after its director general and head of news both quit earlier this month and Trump threatened to file a...

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1 week ago BBC leaders grilled in UK over standards after Trump’s threat to sue

The BBC’s chairman acknowledged Monday that it was too slow in responding over a misleading edit of a speech by US President Donald Trump but rejected claims that the broadcaster’s impartiality was being undermined from within its own board. Senior BBC leaders were quizzed by Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee amid a major crisis at the publicly funded corporation after its director general and head of news both quit earlier this month and Trump threatened to file a billion-dollar...

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1 week ago Venezuela? Trump’s real aim could be laying claim to the western hemisphere

On November 16, the USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s most advanced aircraft carrier, sailed into the Caribbean to join Operation Southern Spear – the largest US military deployment in the Caribbean since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Donald Trump is, however, a very different president from John F. Kennedy. Whereas Kennedy endorsed the burden of American exceptionalism to “assure the survival and the success of liberty” at “any price” or “hardship”, Trump promises to prioritise “America...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump makes claim that HBCUs would "go out of business" without students from China

Donald Trump makes claim that HBCUs would "go out of business" without students from China  TheGrio

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2 w. ago Trump thought Epstein’s ghost was gone, it could haunt him in midterm election

President Donald Trump was eager to claim victory this week after the record-long US government shutdown ended on his terms. But almost immediately, the White House was forced to battle a familiar bogeyman: Jeffrey Epstein. A trove of emails released by Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday reignited questions about Trump’s relationship with the disgraced financier and how much the president knew about Epstein’s alleged abuse of girls. While the White House swiftly dismissed...

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3 w. ago Trump claims progress against Venezuelan drug gangs amid US land strike rumours

US President Donald Trump said he had made “progress” on Venezuela in regard to halting the flow of drugs amid speculation that his administration was preparing to strike targets in the country. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday he had “sort of made up my mind” when asked if he had come to a decision on next steps with Venezuela. “I can’t tell you what it is, but we made a lot of progress with Venezuela in terms of stopping drugs from pouring in.” The US has called Venezuela’s...

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3 w. ago China did not vow to defend or supply Nigeria with ‘powerful weapons’ following US president Trump’s ‘Christian genocide’ claims

China did not vow to defend or supply Nigeria with ‘powerful weapons’ following US president Trump’s ‘Christian genocide’ claims  Africa Check

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last month US President Donald Trump claims America is “beating” China economically.

US President Donald Trump claims America is “beating” China economically.  facebook.com

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