47 m. ago Keir Starmer breaks silence on Donald Trump’s threat to sue BBC for $1bn

Sir Keir Starmer urged the BBC to “get its house in order” following Donald Trump’s threat to sue the corporation for $1billion lawsuit.

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96 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 Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC faces these ‘legal trip wires’ if he hopes to win $1bn

The US president’s lawyers say legal action will be launched if the BBC fails to comply with demands over a ‘Panorama’ documentary aired last year – but how likely is it that a case will be launched, and the US president would win?

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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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6 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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6 h. ago Strictly star La Voix makes awkward BBC resignation joke during live show as host left speechless

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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6 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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7 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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8 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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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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17 h. ago We must fight for our journalism, defiant BBC boss says after Trump legal threat

Outgoing boss rallies staff after Donald Trump’s court threat and demand for $1bn compensation

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18 h. ago MPs warned against 'sustained attack' on BBC after Donald Trump legal threat

US President Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1billion if it fails to retract 'false' and 'defamatory' statements after his speech was edited in a Panorama documentary

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19 h. ago BBC stars MOCK Donald Trump's threat to sue corporation for $1billion as defiant director

As outgoing director-general Tim Davie called for staff to 'stand up for our journalism' in the face of a billion-dollar lawsuit, the lifelong BBC employee ridiculed the threat.

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19 h. ago Labour tells critics to back off from 'Auntie': Lisa Nandy defends the BBC amid Donald Trump row by lavishing praise on broadcaster as a 'light on the hill' for people around the world

In a statement to the House of Commons, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy heaped praise on 'Auntie' as it reels from the dramatic resignations of senior bosses.

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19 h. ago Nandy sets out plans for BBC charter review in wake of Trump crisis

The Culture Secretary addressed the matter in the House of Commons.

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20 h. ago BBC stars MOCK Donald Trump's threat to sue corporation for $1billion as defiant director

As outgoing director-general Tim Davie called for staff to 'stand up for our journalism' in the face of a billion-dollar lawsuit, the lifelong BBC employee ridiculed the threat.

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20 h. ago BBC is our last hope for saving children’s TV, says Children’s Laureate

Frank Cottrell-Boyce gave evidence during the CMS Committee’s opening session into its inquiry on children’s TV and video content.

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20 h. ago BBC boss urges ‘fight’ for its journalism as board considers Trump threat

Tim Davie’s comments come after US president says he will sue for $1bn if he does not get an apology and compensation

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