The BBC has issued an apology Donald Trump over the editing of his speech which made it appear like he was encouraging his supporters to riot.

The episode, Trump: A Second Chance? has also been taken down from the BBC website.

A retraction was published on the webpage on Thursday evening New Feature

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The BBC’s actions comes after Trump’s lawyer threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless it issued a retraction, apologises and compensates him.

The BBC said in a statement: “This programme was reviewed after criticism of how President Donald Trump’s 6th January 2021 speech was edited.

“During that sequence, we showed excerpts taken from different parts of the speech.

“However, we accept that our edit unintention

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