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Donald Trump has warned the BBC it must comply with three urgent demands to avoid a huge £760 million lawsuit. A letter sent on behalf of the US President threatened the broadcaster with a major lawsuit over the doctoring of his speech last year in a Panorama report.

The broadcaster must respond to the demands by 10pm on Friday, as outlined in a letter by Florida lawyer Alejandro Brito, dated November 9. He has demanded that the BBC issues a "full and fair retraction" of the documentary; apologises immediately; and "appropriately compensates" the US president.

A BBC spokesperson said: "We will review the letter and respond directly in due course."

A major expose revealed the BBC had stitched together separate pieces of his speech from almost an hour apart in a BBC Panorama report, so it appeared as though he had told them to march to the Capitol and "fight like hell" on January 6, 2021, just before the US presidential election.

The Telegraph leaked the internal memo last week, which revealed that the President actually told supporters he would walk with them "to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard".

The US President posted a lengthy response to the BBC on Truth Social shortly after the scandal, in which he criticised the move coming from an "ally".

He wrote: "The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught "doctoring" my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th."

He continued: "Thank you to The Telegraph for exposing these Corrupt 'Journalists.' These are very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a Presidential Election.

"On top of everything else, they are from a Foreign Country, one that many consider our Number One Ally. What a terrible thing for Democracy!"

On Monday, one of the most senior figures still standing at the BBC, chairman Samir Shah, apologised for the "error of judgement", and admitted the edits gave "the impression of a direct call for violent action" in a letter to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of MPs.

BBC director general Tim Davie and the CEO of news, Deborah Turness, resigned on Sunday night following the major expose.