"TalkTV" will be broadcast from 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. GMT) Monday with a news program followed by an interview with the former US president conducted by presenter Piers Morgan, known for his virulent salient remarks aimed at supposed political correctness.

In a video clip promoting the show, titled 'Uncensored', Donald Trump is seen abruptly leaving the room after heated exchanges over the 2020 US presidential election which he claimed was 'stolen' from him. .

In a statement, the former chairman said Mr Morgan had tried "unlawfully and deceptively to cut off his long and tedious interview".

"It will all be there," replied the journalist, who presented his show as a "fearless forum for lively debate" and "celebrating everyone's right to have an opinion".

The interview marks Piers Morgan's big comeback since leaving the ITV morning show live in March 2021.

He had accused Meghan Markle, wife of Prince Harry, of lying, who had mentioned in an interview her suicidal thoughts and the lack of support from the royal family.

According to excerpts released by the British newspaper The Sun, Donald Trump - already critical of Meghan Markle in the past - thinks like Piers Morgan that the prince is controlled by his wife and that the couple will eventually separate.

TalkTV will air on UK television, streaming platforms and Youtube and will be hosted by journalists from The Times and The Sun, two newspapers Mr Murdoch owns.

The interview with the American president will also be on Fox Nation in the United States and on Sky News Australia.

"Bumping on the BBC"

Designed to compete with GB News, a conservative channel launched last summer, TalkTV is entering an overcrowded British media landscape.

Already in June 2020, Mr Murdoch's group, News Corp, had launched Times Radio, supposed to compete with BBC Radio 4, the public news channel.

While the Australian tycoon has long been angered by UK legislation that bans the kind of pro-Trump content he can broadcast on his Fox News channel in the US, he has found fertile ground for his empire in the UK in the controversies and the "anti-woke" agenda of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

And he has the advantage of maintaining good relations with the Conservative government, which recently targeted the BBC and Channel 4, another public broadcaster.

"Mr Murdoch's real aim is to hit the BBC," said Jean Seaton, a media professor at the University of Westminster and official historian of the public broadcasting group.

"The BBC and the public broadcasters are a thorn in the side of the strategic business interests of News International (News Corp's UK subsidiary)," she added.

According to Ms Seaton, "it is about denigrating British institutions for the benefit of a political imperative, without an alternative vision".

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