Donald Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit

<p>US president sets Friday deadline for corporation to respond to billion-dollar legal threat</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/live/2025/nov/12/bbc-donald-trump-panorama-tim-davie-board-robbie-gibb-latest-news-updates">Trump to sue BBC – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Donald 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.</p><p>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.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/12/donald-trump-says-he-has-obligation-to-sue-bbc-over-speech-edit">Continue reading...</a>