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  "id": 16154929,
  "title": "US judge orders Donald Trump to testify in $10 billion BBC lawsuit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/us-judge-orders-donald-trump-to-testify-in-10-billion-bbc-lawsuit",
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  "published": "2026-10-23T05:06:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
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    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1571133/us-judge-orders-donald-trump-to-testify-in-10-billion-bbc-lawsuit/"
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  "summary": "US Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett issued a formal court order directing President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition under oath by December 11. The judicial order comes after lawyers representing the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) accused the president’s legal team of repeatedly delaying his testimony. The judge warned that failure to comply with the […]",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "US judge orders Trump to testify in BBC defamation case by Dec 11",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/us-judge-orders-trump-to-testify-in-bbc-defamation-case-by-dec-11-16119069",
        "published": "2026-10-22T21:52:40.000Z"
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "US judge orders Trump to testify in BBC defamation case by Dec 11",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/us-judge-orders-trump-to-testify-in-bbc-defamation-case-by-dec-11",
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        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Trump given December deadline to testify in US$10b BBC defamation suit",
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        "title": "Trump ordered to testify in BBC defamation case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/trump-ordered-to-testify-in-bbc-defamation-case",
        "published": "2026-10-23T03:43:44.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Trump faces December deadline to testify in $10bn BBC lawsuit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/trump-faces-december-deadline-to-testify-in-10bn-bbc-lawsuit",
        "published": "2026-10-23T06:50:00.000Z"
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