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Pierre Poilievre's party may see more defections to the Liberal Party in a few days. Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont who recently crossed the floor of the House of Commons to the Liberals said that he felt on several occasions that he was not part of a serious political party but of a frat house. The former Conservative leader slammed the conduct of the leaders of Pierre Poilievre's party and said he crossed over to Mark Carney's party without any promise of any cabinet post.After it was speculated that d'Entremont was mulling a switch, two Conservative leaders barged into his office, pushed open the door, almost knocking down his assistant, and yelled at him about “how much a snake” he was. The Nova Scotia MP said he believed “three or four” other Conservative caucus members were considering crossing the floor — all disgruntled by Poilievre's leadership style. The Conservative Party denied d'Entremont's account and said he established himself as a ..

The BBC has been plunged into a massive row after broadcasting a Panorama documentary that showed a doctored version of US President Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, speech. MAGA critics, including the White House, said the programme misleadingly portrayed Trump as inciting violence during the Capitol attack. The row over the clip has led to the resignations of BBC director-general Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness.Edited remarks
In the programme, titled Trump: A Second Chance, the edited clip shows Trump saying: “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol, and I’ll be there with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”The broadcast gave the impression that Trump was directly urging his supporters to storm the Capitol, inviting backlash of the BBC’s editorial choices.Unedited remarks
The unedited speech shows a very different message. Trump actually said: “We’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you..

AdvertisementSouth KoreaThis Week in AsiaPeopleSouth Korea’s Yoon tried to goad North into attacking to justify martial law: prosecutorsMemos show the ex-president’s intelligence chief contemplated strikes on Kim Jong-un’s private resort and nuclear facilities
Reading Time:3 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPPark Chan-kyongPublished: 8:00am, 11 Nov 2025South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk-yeol, removed from office and arrested earlier this year for attempting to impose martial law, is facing new charges alleging he sought to provoke North Korea to justify his failed power grab.AdvertisementProsecutors say Yoon and senior aides orchestrated risky military operations near the border to draw a retaliation from Pyongyang, which they hoped would legitimise the emergency decree Yoon signed on December 3 while still in office.
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AdvertisementBBCWorldEuropeHow scandals at Britain’s BBC have rocked its leadership over the yearsBBC’s past blunders, from holding a report on TV host Jimmy Savile’s sexual abuse of young girls to Martin Bashir’s Princess Diana interview
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAssociated PressPublished: 7:59am, 11 Nov 2025The BBC’s top leader and head of its news division resigned over criticism of how the broadcaster edited US President Donald Trump’s speech before some of his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
AdvertisementThe scandal leading to Sunday’s resignations is hardly the first controversy to hit Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster – or to topple one of its leaders.
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