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February 12, 2026 7:11 PM

Veteran Doordarshan anchor Sarla Maheshwari passes away, heartfelt tributes pour in

Veteran Doordarshan anchor Sarla Maheshwari passed away on Thursday at the age of 71. Doordarshan National paid a “heartfelt tribute” to the former newsreader on social media, remembering her for her “gentle voice, precise pronunciation, and dignified delivery.” The post on X read: "On behalf of the Doordarshan family, we pay our heartfelt tribute to Mrs Sarla Maheshwari. She was a respected and revered Doordarshan newsreader, who carved a special place in the Indian news world with he...

December 16, 2025 9:57 AM

Trump sues the BBC for defamation over editing of January 6 speech, seeks up to $10 billion in damages

President Donald Trump sued the BBC on Monday for defamation over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, opening an international front in his fight against media coverage he deems untrue or unfair. Trump accused Britain's publicly owned broadcaster of defaming him by splicing together parts of a January 6, 2021 speech, including one section where he told supporters to march on the Capitol and another where he said "fight like hell". It om...

November 14, 2025 9:02 AM

BBC apologises to Trump over speech edit but rejects defamation claim

The British Broadcasting Corporation sent a personal apology to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday but said there was no legal basis for him to sue the public broadcaster over a documentary his lawyers called defamatory. The documentary, which aired on the BBC's "Panorama" news programme just before the U.S. presidential election in 2024, spliced together three parts of Trump's speech on January 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the Capitol. The edit created the impression he had called...

November 12, 2025 7:27 PM

UK PM Starmer backs BBC but says it must get ‘house in order’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday a strong and independent BBC was needed in a time of disinformation but he said the broadcaster must get its "house in order" after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened legal action. The British Broadcasting Corporation has been plunged into its biggest crisis in decades after its two most senior staff, its director general and head of news, quit following criticism over standards and accusations of bias at the BBC, including over how it e...

November 11, 2025 3:55 PM

BBC crisis exposes fractures at renowned British institution

Top-level resignations from the BBC over the editing of a speech by President Donald Trump have blown the lid off wider tensions at the British broadcaster over how it is run and whether it still commands public trust in its journalism. Director General Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness quit on Sunday after an internal report by a former adviser that was leaked to the Daily Telegraph cited failings in its coverage of Trump, the Israel-Hamas war and transgender issues. But rather than ...

November 11, 2025 11:55 AM

Trump threatens to sue BBC as UK broadcaster admits error in editing his January 6 speech

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC for its editing of a speech he made in 2021 on the day his supporters overran the Capitol, which the British broadcaster admitted on Monday was an "error of judgement". In the letter sent on Sunday and seen by Reuters, the president's lawyers said the BBC must retract its documentary by Friday or face a lawsuit for "no less" than $1 billion. The letter also demanded that the BBC issue an apology and compensate Trump for wh...

November 10, 2025 9:33 AM

BBC boss and head of news quit after accusations of bias in coverage

The BBC's boss and its head of news quit on Sunday following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The BBC had been under mounting pressure after an internal report by a former standards adviser was leaked to the Daily Telegraph newspaper which cited failings in its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, transgender issues and a speech made by Trump. Trump welcomed the departures, criticising the two as "very dishones...