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The BBC is under fire again after the resignation of its Director General Tim Davie. US President Trump has now threatened to sue for one billion dollars in damages following allegations that the British broadcaster misleadingly edited a speech he gave shortly before the storming of the Capitol for one of its documentary programmes. What does the crisis say about the BBC and public service media?

After a pause of more than 30 years, nuclear weapons tests are once again under discussion in Washington and Moscow: Donald Trump has announced that the US will resume testing of nuclear weapons following claims from Russia that it had successfully tested two new nuclear-powered missile systems. Whether Trump was referring to nuclear warheads remains unclear. Putin responded by announcing that Russia would also examine its options for nuclear weapons tests.

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from prison after around three weeks behind bars. A Paris court approved the 70-year-old's request for release pending appeal. Sarkozy described his time in prison as "very tough". He was convicted at the end of September in a trial over illegal campaign financing, but had lodged an appeal.