US President Donald Trump sued the BBC on Monday for defamation over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the US Capitol, opening an international front in his fight against media coverage he deems untrue or unfair.
Trump accused Britain’s publicly owned broadcaster of defaming him by splicing together parts of a January 6, 2021 speech, including one section where he told supporters to march on the Capitol and another where he said “fight like hell”. It...
Trump sues BBC for defamation, demands US$10 billion in damages
Published 12 hours ago
Source: scmp.com

Related Articles from scmp.com
3 minutes ago
Singapore court dismisses challenge to mandatory death penalty for drug crimes
12 minutes ago
Biren Technology’s Hong Kong IPO gets green light as China’s AI chip firms rush to list
27 minutes ago
Hong Kong signs tax treaty with Norway, marking fourth such agreement this year
44 minutes ago
China slaps anti-dumping duties on EU pork, but lowers final rates
48 minutes ago
‘Resilient balance’: China-US ties to remain steady in Trump’s term, scholar predicts
1 hour ago