New Delhi, Nov. 14 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to say Wednesday whether he would urge U.S. President Donald Trump to drop his threat to sue the BBC for $1 billion over the broadcaster's edit of a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election.

During his weekly question and answer session in the House of Commons, Starmer was asked by Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, whether he would intervene in the dispute between Trump and the British public broadcaster, and to rule out the idea that the British taxpayers who fund the BBC would have to hand over money to the U.S. president.

Instead of responding directly, Starmer reiterated the government's line since BBC Director-General Tim Davie announce...