Trump makes threat to sue the BBC for a billion dollars

UNITED States president Donald Trump has threatened a billion-dollar legal action against the BBC over the editing of a Panorama documentary.

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BBC chairman Samir Shah has apologised for an “error of judgement” over the editing of a speech by Mr Trump before the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

The apology follows the resignation of two of the corporation's most senior figures on Sunday - chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness and director-general Tim Davie - who announced their departure from the BBC after concerns were raised by Michael Prescott, a former independent adviser to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee (EGSC), that the speech had been selectively edited.