President Donald Trump's contentious relationship with news organizations has led to a host of disputes and legal battles, the latest a lawsuit accusing the BBC of defamation and deceptive and unfair trade practices. The president is seeking $10 billion in damages from the British broadcaster.

The lawsuit filed Monday accuses the BBC of "splicing together two entirely separate parts of President Trump's speech on January 6, 2021" in order to "intentionally misrepresent the meaning of what President Trump said."

It calls the BBC's "false" depiction of Trump "a brazen attempt to interfere in and influence" the 2024 US presidential election.The BBC apologized to Trump last month over the edit of the January 6 speech. But the publicly funded broadcaster rejected claims it had defamed him.

ABC indefinitely suspended the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show in September following criticism of comments the host made over the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. It then returned the show to the air less than a week later.

Trump celebrated the suspension of the veteran late-night comic and his frequent critic, calling it "great news for America."The network pulled Kimmel after his monologue included a reference to Kirk's shooting and compared Trump's grief to "how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish."

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