Billion in shares. Disneys already the worlds Top Entertainment company this move gives it an even bigger arsenal of movies and shows as it battles the rise of Online Streaming Services like netflix and amazon. It also marks the end of half a century of empire building by 86 year old Rupert Murdoch as our media editor amol rajan reports. When Rupert Murdoch bought the news of the world in 1968, he was an outsider. But this canny australian with news in his veins made his way to the heart of the establishment in both britain and america, wielding extraordinary influence. From his base in tabloid newspapers, he moved aggressively into film and television, owning studios and networks that entertained hundreds of millions of people. But now, fox has become a division of disney. In a phone conference today, Rupert Murdoch explained his strategy. I know a lot of people will be asking why the murdochs came to such a momentous decision. Are we retreating . Absolutely not. We are pivoting at a
To the bbc news at one. Eu leaders meeting in brussels have agreed that the brexit talks can the Prime Minister theresa may called this an important step on the road to a smooth and orderly brexit. But the president of the european commission, Jean Claude Juncker, warned that the second phase will be considerably harder than the first. Damian grammaticas is in brussels this lunchtime. Yes, a significant moment, if not a surprise, that the leaders here the past hour and a half agreed that they are happy to see things move forward. Angela merkel and Emmanuel Macron just holding their final press c0 nfe re nce macron just holding their final press conference here at the summit, but they and the other leaders arrived early this morning, to try to decide whether they were happy with the progress made so far. Ona big on a big day for the eu, a barrage of questions. Last night these leaders had given theresa may a round of applause. Not very enthusiastically, but it was well deserved. Angela
Were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live, and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today eu leaders are expected to formally agree to start the next phase of brexit negotiations later. Talks on a transition deal could begin as early as next week. At a dinner in brussels last night, theresa may was applauded by her fellow leaders after stressing her desire for a smooth departure. Christian fraser is in brussels for us. Christian, what can we expect today . First, the thing to say is, we have all been surprised by the sort of reaction to theresa may after the defeat in the commons on wednesday night. There has been another round of goodwill, the leaders putting their arm around theresa may and seeing her as the person they want to deal with. That was reflected with the round of applause in the room last night as she set out what she wants from the future relationship. Apparently there was also a drink between emmanuel macron, a
Office. 75 million in Womens Health services. Hamas is calling for the Immediate Release of tozs of its membersdozens ofits supporters that were picked newspaper raids on the west bank. A spokesman from the Palestinian Authority, gave no specific charges hamas is saying the raids are politically motivated. It was a Large Campaign carried out in Palestinian Authority in west bank. They arrested over 100 part of the security coordination between israel and the Palestinian Authority. Well be go to gaza and talk to imtiaz type. Tyab. So many supporters have been arrested by Palestinian Security forces there. We understand around an hour or so a protest will be held here in the gaza strip by hamas supporters protesting these arrests of these hamas activists in the west bank and theyre calling for their Immediate Release. But one would also imagine that given fact that there is at this stage at least some sort of government relationship between the two sides the unity government if you will,
Electionrelated violence. Hamas is calling for the release of dozens of its members and supporters detained overnight on thursday saying more than 100 people were picked up in raids on the west bank by forces. Ata spokesmen said hamas members planned to create chaos. Hamas said the raids are politically motivated. There was a Large Campaign carried out in the palestinian authority, of members and supporters. They arrested hundreds of people the majority academics people they are part of the security coordination between israel and the palestinian authority. Crossing over to gaza and bringing in imtiaz tyab to tell us what this means for a strained relationship between hamas and others. Very strained and this will not do anything to improve the ties. We were at a press conference a small demonstration held by hamas officials, where they reiterated their call for all of these people that have been arrested to be released. In fact we spoke to a senior hamas official who said to us that th