U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to dismiss part of his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC.

The president has sued the BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of deceptively editing a speech he delivered on the day of the January 6 Capitol riots in a documentary it aired.

A trial date has now been set for February 2027 - however as per fresh legal filings, part of the lawsuit has been dropped by the President of the United States