Corporation rejects demands for compensation after US president’s lawyers threatened to sue for $1bn

US president demands 'full and fair' retraction of BBC documentary that prompted resignation of two top executives.

After Tim Davie and Deborah Turness quit and Samir Shah apologises, US leader claims broadcaster ‘tried to interfere in election’

Alison McGovern speaks to media about BBC crisis as culture secretary due to address MPs in attempt to contain fallout

The broadcaster, one of the UK's most trusted news networks, is under fire for alleged bias in its coverage.

The US president has threatened to sue the BBC if it does not retract a programme which edited his speech by Friday.

The US president indicates he will go ahead with a lawsuit against the BBC over how his speech was presented by Panorama.

US president claims broadcaster has ‘defrauded the public’ and reiterates his threat of launching a $1bn legal action

The BBC is right in taking Donald Trump’s threat to sue “seriously,” a media lawyer has warned. The US president has threatened to seek $1 billion from the corporation over a…

The US president has threatened the BBC with a lawsuit over the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of Panorama

Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m).

Corporation rejects demands for compensation after US president’s lawyers threatened to sue for $1bn

The BBC was at the center of a scandal over a Panorama program aired last October

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In a letter, BBC said it had no plans to rebroadcast the documentary that was the basis of Trump's defamation claim.

The British broadcaster's chair sent a letter to the White House to make it clear that 'he and the corporation are sorry for the edit of the president's speech,' in reference to a…

Just days after Donald Trump threatened it with a $1 billion defamation lawsuit over misleading editing of a speech Britain's BBC issued a retraction.

LONDON: The British Broadcasting Corporation sent a personal apology to US President Donald Trump on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public…

Corporation’s chair sends personal apology to president – but ‘strongly disagrees’ he has basis for defamation claim

The US president told reporters on Air Force One that he will take legal action against the broadcaster and will call Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.

US president tells reporters he will sue the corporation for ‘anywhere between a billion and $5bn’