一名联邦法官命令美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在针对英国广播公司（BBC）的100亿美元诽谤诉讼中，于12月初出庭作证。
A federal judge has ordered US President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC by early December.
特朗普因该电视台2024年播出的一部关于美国国会山骚乱的纪录片而要求赔偿。
Mr Trump is seeking damages over the editing of a Panorama documentary concerning the US Capitol riots which aired in 2024.
周四，双方的律师在迈阿密的法官恩乔利克·莱特（Enjolique Lett）面前出庭，讨论特朗普何时能够出庭作证。
Lawyers for both sides appeared in a hearing before US Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett in Miami on Thursday to address when Mr Trump will be available for deposition.
上周，BBC以“国家大事”为由，要求法官强制特朗普出庭作证（原定出庭日期为10月16日，但特朗普取消了该日期）。BBC方面认为特朗普试图将出庭时间推迟到明年1月。
Last week, the BBC asked the judge to order Mr Trump to appear after he cancelled an agreed date of 16 October, citing "matters of national importance". The corporation argues the president is attempting to delay his appearance until January next year.
纪录片《Trump：第二次机会？》（Trump: A Second Chance?）在2024年美国总统大选前几天播出，该节目将特朗普的两段演讲内容拼接在一起，使其听起来像是一段连贯的言论。
Judge Lett said Mr Trump must sit for a deposition by 11 December, or face sanctions up to dismissal of his lawsuit - unless the discovery period was extended past 18 December. Trump: A Second Chance? was broadcast by the BBC days before the 2024 US presidential election.
特朗普的律师称，该节目歪曲了特朗普的形象，将他描绘成“暴力叛乱者”，对他的品牌价值造成了巨大损害，并属于“公然干涉美国选举的行为”。
The programme spliced together two sections of the president's speech into what appeared to be one quote.
法国报告了首例感染Shamonda病毒的病例；波兰则因莫斯科紧张局势升级而准备应对可能的后果。
Mr Trump's lawyers say the programme falsely portrayed the president as a "violent insurrectionist", caused "massive economic damage to his brand value" and was a "brazen attempt" to interfere in the US election.
BBC承认，节目制作人将特朗普2021年1月6日对支持者的演讲内容进行了剪辑，使其看起来像是在直接煽动暴力。
France reports first Shamonda virus case in human who later died Poland preparing for the worst as Moscow tensions rise The BBC acknowledged that filmmakers spliced together quotes from different sections of the speech Mr Trump delivered to his supporters on 6 January, 2021, before the storming of the US Capitol, to make it seem he was directly calling for violence.
BBC为此道歉，其首席执行官及新闻部门负责人也相继辞职。不过BBC否认了特朗普关于其诽谤自己的指控。
The broadcaster apologised over the editing, and the head of the BBC and its top news executive both resigned. But the BBC has denied Mr Trump's claims that it defamed him.
《全景》节目并未在美国播出，但诉状称，该节目可在 BritBox 订阅流媒体平台上观看，并声称“数百万佛罗里达州公民使用虚拟专用网络（VPN）观看《全景》纪录片等内容”。
The Panorama programme was not broadcast in the US, but the lawsuit says it could be watched on the BritBox subscription streaming platform and also claims "millions of Florida citizens use a virtual private network (VPN) to view content such as the Panorama documentary".
诉状进一步指控，一家名为 Blue Ant Media Corporation 的加拿大第三方媒体集团拥有该纪录片在英国以外地区的授权权利，并将该节目“在北美地区（包括佛罗里达州）进行了发行”。
It further alleges a Canadian third-party media group called Blue Ant Media Corporation had licensing rights to the documentary outside the UK and distributed the programme "in North America, including Florida".
特朗普先生经常避免出席取证作证，他在去年 12 月向 BBC 提起了诉讼。
Mr Trump, who has often avoided depositions, filed his lawsuit against the BBC last December.