Outgoing BBC director general Tim Davie has told staff that Britain’s national broadcaster must “fight” for its journalism as its board weighs up demands for compensation in the threatened $1bn lawsuit by Donald Trump. By contrast, in the state of Florida, where Mr Trump filed his threat to sue, the time limit is two years. Legal experts said the case was far from clear-cut for Mr Trump since the iPlayer service is not available in the US. Mr Trump’s lawyers told the BBC in a letter that the “fabricated statements . Asked by GB News on Tuesday how the BBC should respond to Mr Trump’s legal threat, Conservative shadow culture secretary Nigel Huddleston said the corporation should “grovel .

Source: The Irish Times November 12, 2025 14:08 UTC