Lawyers acting on behalf of U.S. President Donald Trump have given the UK state broadcaster the BBC until Friday night to take action over the “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory” fabricated speech they broadcast, or else face legal action for $1 billion (£750 million) in compensation.

Controversy over a leaked internal BBC document, which revealed that top executives at the state broadcaster had been aware of ethical issues surrounding their reporting on several key areas, including U.S. President Donald Trump, but appeared not to have acted meaningfully on them, continues with the threat of legal action now having been issued. A legal letter to the BBC from lawyers acting on behalf of President Trump demands a “full and fair retraction”, an immediate apology, and compensat

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