BBC to file motion to dismiss Trump lawsuit over Panorama edit 

US President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC Picture: Leon Neal/PA

The BBC will take legal steps to have Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit over a Panorama programme edit dismissed, court documents have shown.

Panorama faced criticism late last year over an episode broadcast in 2024, for giving the impression that the US president had encouraged his supporters to storm the Capitol building in 2021.