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 documentary aired last year that implied the US president had directly urged 'violent action' before the assault on the Capitol.

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 the BBC with a lawsuit over the editing of a Trump speech in an edition of Panorama