BBC prepared to apologise to Trump to resolve billion-dollar legal threat
The US president has threatened the BBC with a lawsuit over the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of PanoramaThe BBC is prepared to formally apologise to Donald Trump as part of its efforts to resolve his billion-dollar legal threat over its editing of one of his speeches, the Guardian...
<p>The US president has threatened the BBC with a lawsuit over the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of Panorama</p><p>The BBC is prepared to formally apologise to Donald Trump as part of its efforts to resolve <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/12/donald-trump-says-he-has-obligation-to-sue-bbc-over-speech-edit">his billion-dollar legal threat</a> over its editing of one of his speeches, the Guardian understands.</p><p>However, figures at the corporation <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/11/tim-davie-defends-bbc-against-weaponisation-of-criticism">are also minded to be robust in defending its journalism</a> in the face of allegations from Trump that it made “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” about him.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/12/bbc-prepared-to-apologise-to-trump-to-resolve-billion-dollar-legal-threat">Continue reading...</a>
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