BBC Chairman Issues Apology for Trump Speech Editing Error as Top Executives Resign

Nov 10, 2025 08:50 pm CST

The BBC chairman Samir Shah has formally apologized for an "error of judgement" in the editing of US President Donald Trump's speech that created an impression of direct incitement to violence, leading to the resignations of the broadcaster's director general and head of news following impartiality concerns raised by a former standards adviser regarding the 2021 US Capitol attack coverage.