Trump's case against BBC set to go to trial in February 2027

US President Donald Trump's multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the BBC has been scheduled to go to trial in February 2027, according to court documents.

The trial date comes as a US judge rejected the BBC's application to delay the process of discovery in the case.

Trump is suing the BBC over the way Panorama edited two sections of a speech together, which made it appear that he had directly encouraged his supporters to storm the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

The trial is scheduled to last two weeks. The BBC has not commented. It has previously apologised to Trump over the Panorama edit, but rejected his demands for compensation and disagreed there was a basis for a defamation and trade practices claim.

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