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A federal judge in Florida allowed President Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation case against the BBC to proceed, dismissing one claim, PBS NewsHour reported. The judge, Jeffrey Kuntz, did not rule on the merits, so the broader defamation claims remain in place and the case stays on track for now. The judge dismissed Trump's claim that the BBC's actions violated a Florida law on unfair business practices. Trump filed the suit in December, accusing the BBC of defamation and deceptive and unfair trade practices over a documentary, "Trump: A Second Chance?" The BBC acknowledged that filmmakers spliced together quotes from different parts of Trump's Jan. 6, 2021, speech to supporters, making it seem he was directly urging violence. The broadcaster apologized, and its director general and top news executive both resigned. The BBC denies that it defamed Trump. In October, a different judge ordered Trump to sit for a deposition by Dec. 11, after BBC lawyers complained he was delaying his appearance. Trump called the ruling a major victory on Truth Social, calling the BBC a terrible abuser of the truth.