US President Donald Trump has filed a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary, BBC reported. 

Trump accused the broadcaster of defamation and of violating a trade practices law, according to court documents filed in Florida. 

The BBC apologised to Trump last month, but rejected his demands for compensation and disagreed there was any "basis for a defamation claim".