The BBC has apologised to US President Donald Trump for a misleadingly edited speech featured in a Panorama episode, but rejected his demand for compensation, saying there is no basis for a defamation claim.

In a statement, the broadcaster said its chair, Samir Shah, had sent a personal letter to the White House making clear that he and the corporation were “sorry” for the edit.

“We accept that our edit unintentionally created the impression that we were showing a single continuous section of the speech, rather than excerpts from different points in the speech, and that this gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action,” the BBC said in a retraction statement.

The BBC added that it has no plans to rebroadcast the documentary on any of its p

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