The BBC has apologised to Donald Trump hours before a deadline the US President imposed on them.

The furore erupted after the US President’s speech which appeared on Panorama which was edited to appear as if he was explicitly urging people to attack the Capitol on January 6 2021.

The broadcaster told Trump it was an ‘error of judgement’ and the programme will ‘not be broadcast again in this form on any BBC platforms’.

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for a billion dollars if they don’t apologise and compensate him.

The US President has given the BBC a deadline of Friday to retract ‘false’ and ‘defamatory’ statements made about him.

A BBC spokesperson said chairman Samir Shah has sent a personal letter to the White House to apologise for the editing of the speech in the Panor

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