The BBC apologised to US President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on January 6, 2021. He, however, said on Thursday it had not defamed him and rejected the basis for his $1 billion lawsuit threat.

The BBC said Chair Samir Shah sent a personal letter to the White House, saying that he and the corporation were sorry for the edit of the speech Trump gave before some of his supporters stormed the US Capitol as Congress was poised to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election that Trump falsely alleged was stolen from him.

The publicly funded broadcaster said there are no plans to rebroadcast the documentary, which had spliced together parts of his speech that came almost an hour apart.

“We accept that our edit unintentionally created the impression

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