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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Casey Cooper-Fiske

Tim Davie to address BBC staff after Donald Trump’s legal threat

Outgoing BBC director-general Tim Davie outside BBC Broadcasting House in London (Lucy North/PA) - (PA)

Outgoing BBC director-general Tim Davie will address staff this morning a day after US president Donald Trump threatened legal action if the corporation does not retract “false” and “defamatory” statements made about him in a documentary.

Mr Davie, who announced his resignation on Sunday after five years in the post, will do a video call where staff will also be able to ask him questions.

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