The BBC is under fire again after the resignation of its Director General Tim Davie. US President Trump hasow 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,uclear weapons tests are once again under discussion in Washington and Moscow: Donald Trump has announced that the US will resume testing ofuclear weapons following claims from Russia that it had successfully tested twoewuclear-powered missile systems. Whether Trump was referring touclear warheads remains unclear. Putin responded by announcing that Russia would also examine its options foruclear 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.

The conservative government in Lisbon wants to implement labour market reforms that would restrict workers' rights and the right to strike. For the first time since the sovereign debt crisis and the so-called "troika years" (2011-2014), the two major trade union confederations, CGTP and UGT, haveow jointly called for a general strike.