Overview
- BBC Chair Samir Shah sent a personal apology to the White House as the corporation issued a formal retraction over the Panorama sequence.
- The BBC says it will not compensate President Trump and “strongly disagrees” there is any basis for a defamation claim, with lawyers replying to his team.
- Trump’s attorneys demanded a retraction, apology and payment by Friday with a threat to sue for at least $1 billion if the deadline is missed.
- The contested edit spliced lines spoken nearly an hour apart and omitted language urging peaceful protest in a film made by an external producer.
- Director-General Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness resigned earlier this week, and the BBC is also examining a similar 2022 Newsnight clip as legal experts warn a lawsuit could face jurisdictional and substantive hurdles.