retribution,’ Susie Wiles says in a wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair

Wiles also said she had told Donald Trump that his second term was not supposed to be a retribution tour.

“We have a loose agreement that the score settling will end before the first 90 days are over,” she said in an <a href="interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="tp-feedurl" title="" >https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-2">interview in March.

I mean, people could think it does look vindictive. I can’t tell you why you shouldn’t think that.

I don’t think he [Trump] wakes up thinking about retribution. But when there’s an opportunity, he will go for it.

Some clinical psychologist that knows one million times more than I do will dispute what I’m going to say. But high-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink. And so I’m a little bit of an expert in big personalities.

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against the $10bn lawsuit that the US president, Donald Trump, filed against it. Trump alleges the broadcaster “intentionally, maliciously and deceptively” edited the 6 January speech he gave before the attack on the US Capitol. On Tuesday, a BBC spokesperson said: “As we have made clear previously, we will be defending this case. We are not going to make further comment on ongoing legal proceedings.”

Lucy Hough speaks to the head of national news, Archie Bland

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cross-benchers drop opposition to lifting compensation cap

Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, has published <a href="a" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="tp-feedurl" title="" >https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6940360b5cc812f50aa4221c/E03454201_BBC_Charter_Review_2025_Accessible.pdf">a green paper on BBC charter renewal. It includes a consultation on options for the future.

On funding, the document says the government has an “open mind” on how the licence fee system may be reformed to stop fewer households paying every year. It suggests there might be a new type of licence fee for people who say they don’t watch BBC TV, but who do use the BBC’s website, or BBC Sounds.

In addition to BBC saving and efficiency programmes, we also want to explore wider reforms that could help address the funding challenges the BBC faces. We have not ruled out keeping the current licence fee in place with its current structure. However, given the sustainability challenges it is facing, we are also reviewing the scope of services for which the licence fee is required and considering differential rates for specific types of users, to make it more sustainable for the long-term, along with increasing commercial revenue to ease the burden on the public. This would aim to reverse the trend of fewer households paying every year and declining overall income, which risks the BBC declining if it is not addressed. Any reform of the licence fee must be proportionate and reflect the cost-of-living burden on the public.

As the licence fee is a tried and tested public funding model, we are not considering replacing it with alternative forms of public funding, such as a new tax on households, funding through general taxation, or introducing a levy on the revenues of streaming services to fund the BBC …

My aims for the charter review are clear. The BBC must remain fiercely independent, accountable and be able to command public trust. It must reflect the whole of the UK, remain an engine for economic growth and be funded in a way that is sustainable and fair for audiences.

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