By Paul Sandle and Sam Tabahriti

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s BBC is determined to fight any legal action filed by U.S. President Donald Trump and sees no basis for a defamation case over its editing of one of his speeches, its chair said on Monday.

Trump said on Friday he was likely to sue the BBC this week for up to $5 billion after the broadcaster spliced together separate excerpts of a speech on January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the Capitol. The edit created the impression he had called for violence.

BBC chair Samir Shah sent a letter to Trump to apologise for the edit, the BBC said on Thursday, but the broadcaster said it strongly disagreed there was a basis for a defamation claim.

SHAH SAYS BBC POSITION HAS NOT CHANGED

Trump told reporters on Friday he would sue for an

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