A former Google executive took over as the BBC's new director-general on Monday amid proposed job cuts and a $10-billion lawsuit brought by US President Donald Trump, arguing that the world now "needs…

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The BBC's new director general, Matt Brittin, has sent staff a memo warning that 'tough choices are unavoidable as we make savings.'