{
  "id": 19468769,
  "title": "US judge allows President Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against BBC to proceed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/us-judge-allows-president-trumps-10-billion-defamation-lawsuit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T08:14:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1579779/us-judge-allows-president-trumps-10-billion-defamation-lawsuit-against-bbc-to-proceed/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A United States federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the BBC can proceed. US District Judge Jeffrey Kuntz in Florida declined the broadcaster’s motion to dismiss the primary defamation claim, determining that the plaintiff plausibly alleged the organization damaged his reputation.\n\nTrump has accused the BBC of deceptively editing a documentary by splicing two separate sections of his January 6, 2021, speech to make it appear he was inciting violence at the US Capitol. While the BBC has apologized for the incident, which led to the resignation of several senior executives, the broadcaster has denied causing Trump any real injury.\n\nAccording to Dawn, Trump is seeking at least $5 billion for the defamation claim and an additional $5 billion under a Florida consumer protection law. Judge Kuntz rejected the bid to dismiss the defamation suit but tossed the claim regarding the Florida consumer protection law.",
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    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Toronto Sun",
        "title": "U.S. judge rejects BBC bid to dismiss Donald Trump defamation suit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/u-s-judge-rejects-bbc-bid-to-dismiss-donald-trump-defamation-suit",
        "published": "2026-11-11T03:03:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Trump claims 'huge victory' as judge allows $10b BBC defamation lawsuit to proceed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/trump-claims-huge-victory-as-judge-allows-10b-bbc-defamation-lawsuit",
        "published": "2026-11-11T05:13:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "US judge rejects BBC bid to dismiss Trump defamation suit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/us-judge-rejects-bbc-bid-to-dismiss-trump-defamation-suit",
        "published": "2026-11-11T06:36:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "3News",
        "title": "US court allows Trump's US$10bn defamation case against BBC to proceed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/us-court-allows-trumps-us-10bn-defamation-case-against-bbc-to-proceed",
        "published": "2026-11-11T08:40:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}