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Trump threatens $1 billion action as BBC apologises for speech edit

This photograph shows a BBC News camera kit resting on the floor outside La Sante prison, in Paris on November 10, 2025. [AFP]

US President Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with a billion-dollar lawsuit, US sources said, as the broadcaster apologised Monday for editing a speech that gave the impression he urged "violent action" just before the 2021 assault on the US Capitol.

Trump could seek $1 billion in damages from the BBC, a source close to his legal team said, amid a growing furore that prompted the resignations Sunday of two of the broadcaster's top brass.

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