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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1 billion as doctored speech row engulfs corporation

At a glance

• The US president has issued the BBC with a $1billion lawsuit threat and given the corporation until Friday evening to respond

• BBC chairman Samir Shah faces questions over his leadership amid a “fake news” storm over the reporting of a Donald Trump speech

• Mr Shah apologised to a Commons committee for the way a speech by the US president was edited for Panorama

Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion over the editing of one of his speeches in a growing “fake news” storm.

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