Trump to sue BBC for 'up to $5bn'

Global News Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Documentary

4.2 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The US President has said he will begin legal action against the BBC within the next few days after receiving an apology but no financial compensation over a misleading edit in a documentary about him. Lawyers representing Donald Trump had asked for a retraction, an apology and a payout after it was revealed that his speech at a rally on 6th January 2021, the day of the Capitol riots, was edited to give the impression he'd made a direct call for violence. Meanwhile, leading Democrats have accused President Trump of trying to deflect attention from questions about his relationship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after he announced he was asking the attorney general and FBI to investigate prominent Democrats who he claims "spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his island". Also: the BBC speaks to Palestinian farmers who have been attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank; the AI company that claims its chatbot has been used by Chinese spies to hack organisations around the world; the mining giant BHP is found responsible for the collapse of the Mariana dam in Brazil ten years ago; and film tourism is a multi-million dollar global business, but is it always a good thing?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.7	This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:11.9	I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Saturday, the 15th of November,
0:17.0	these are our main stories. Donald Trump says he will sue the BBC for up to $5 billion,
0:23.7	despite the broadcaster apologising for a documentary which edited his speech.
0:28.7	The US president also says he will order an investigation into prominent Democrats' alleged links to Jeffrey Epstein.
0:36.2	And the mining giant, BHPP is found liable for Brazil's
0:40.2	worst environmental disaster.
0:44.5	Also in this podcast, the latest from COP 30, and were in the occupied West Bank, where
0:51.1	there's been a record number of attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers.
0:56.0	The message they want to send is that they can reach anywhere into cities, into village,
1:01.4	that they can kill civilians, can burn houses and mosques.
1:09.0	Let's start with the ongoing row between the BBC and the US President. Donald Trump has said he will take legal action against the broadcaster.
1:17.8	The BBC has already apologised for editing together two parts of Mr Trump's speech on the day of the capital riots, which gave the impression he had called for violence.
1:28.2	The BBC's Director General and Head of News have resigned over the scandal.
1:32.5	Speaking on Air Force One, President Trump told reporters about his plans.
1:37.1	You'll sue them for anywhere between a billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week.
1:43.0	So you're ready to take legal action?
1:44.2	I think I have to do it.
1:45.5	I mean, they've even admitted that they cheated.
1:49.1	They changed the words coming out of my mouth.
1:52.1	Mr. Trump has also been speaking to another British broadcaster, GB News.
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