Politics Nov 13 BBC apologizes to Trump over misleading edit, but rejects basis for defamation claim By Brian Melley, Associated Press
World Nov 12 Starmer refuses to say whether he will urge Trump to drop his threat to sue BBC Keir Starmer has refused to say whether he would urge Donald Trump to drop his threat to sue the BBC for a billion dollars over the broadcaster’s edit of a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election. By Pan Pylas, Associated Press
Politics Nov 11 Watch 7:13 BBC under scrutiny over edit of Trump’s speech on Jan. 6 President Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion, claiming a documentary misrepresented his role in the Jan. 6 attack. Trump’s legal team says the BBC edited video to look like he urged supporters to “fight like hell”… By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas, Dan Sagalyn
Politics Nov 10 How scandals at the BBC have rocked its leadership over the years Here’s a look at some controversies or scandals that have forced out some of the BBC's leaders. By Associated Press
World Nov 09 BBC director resigns after criticism of broadcaster’s editing of Trump’s Jan. 6 speech The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster's top news executive both resigned Sunday after criticism of the way the organization edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. By Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Nov 29 COP28 leader denies report alleging UAE wanted to seek oil deals in summit By Jon Gambrell, Malak Harb, Associated Press The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has forcefully denied a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals, a day before the summit was due to begin. Continue reading
Aug 30 CNN names former BBC and New York Times executive Mark Thompson as new CEO By David Bauder, Associated Press Thompson will be CNN's third leader in less than two years and replaces Chris Licht, who was fired in June. Continue reading
Feb 17 Indian authorities accuse BBC of tax evasion after 3 days of searches By Ashok Sharma, Associated Press India's Finance Ministry has accused the BBC of tax evasion, saying that it had not fully declared its income and profits from its operations in the country. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 7:10 Indian government’s crackdown on press freedom after BBC documentary critical of PM Modi By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi Indian tax officials have conducted searches at the BBC offices in that country for the past two days. It comes weeks after India censored a BBC documentary that criticizes Prime Minister Modi. The actions against the British broadcaster put the… Continue watching
Feb 14 Indian officials search BBC offices after documentary critical of prime minister By Krutika Pathi, Associated Press India's tax officials searched BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after it showed a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the U.K., the broadcaster said. Continue reading