An investigation has been launched by the US broadcast regulator over whether the BBC's editing of a speech by President Donald Trump which featured in an episode of Panorama was aired in America.

Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), wrote to executives at the BBC, the PA news agency understands.

Carr also wrote to two US broadcasters, PBS and NPR, to find out whether the program was aired in the US and had broken FCC regulations, the Telegraph reported.

The UK public broadcaster apologised for the speech edit, which it said gave the "mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action" on the day of the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021.

The BBC said the splicing of the speech was an "error of judgment" but refused

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