Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, has apologised to Donald Trump for editing a speech to make it look like he had advocated violence, seeking to ward off the United States president’s threat of legal action .

But in a statement on Thursday, the broadcaster rejected the basis for a defamation claim.

The BBC said its chair, Samir Shah, sent a personal letter to the White House, making clear to Trump that he and the corporation were “sorry” for how his speech was edited in a documentary for Panorama, a current affairs show.

It added that the broadcaster has no plans to rebroadcast the documentary on any of its platforms.

“While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim,” the BBC said.

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