The outgoing boss of the BBC sought to rally his journalists on Tuesday, as the British broadcaster confronts legal action by US President Donald Trump.

The British Broadcasting Corporation has been plunged into its biggest crisis in decades after its two most senior staff quit.

Director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness resigned following criticism over standards of bias at the BBC , including over how it edited a speech by Mr Trump. Trump threatens to sue BBC in which the edited speech was aired by Friday, or face a lawsuit for "no less" than US$1 billion ($1.5 billion).

Mr Davie told staff he was fiercely proud of the publicly funded organisation, while acknowledging that "we have made some mistakes that have cost us".

"We are a unique and precious organisation,

See Full Page