A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump to answer questions under oath in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by 11 December.

Trump is suing the BBC over an episode of Panorama that edited together two different sections of a speech he gave before the riot at the US Capitol in 2021.

Trump cancelled a previous deposition - or interview under oath - on 16 October, citing "matters of national importance".

But a lawyer representing the BBC said in court that Trump was campaigning in Georgia that day and had "prioritised that" over answering the questions.

President Trump's lawsuit against the BBC is in the phase known as "discovery", where the two sides provide internal or other records that could form evidence.

Charles Tobin, a lawyer for the BBC, told a court in Miami on Thursday that with two months left in the discovery period, Trump had still not completed a deposition.

US Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett said Trump must sit for the deposition by 11 December or face sanctions - the most…