Rupert murdochs media empire has got bigger today all that changed. Walt disney, led by bob iger, is buying the bulk of mr murdochs 21st century fox. The price is 52. 4 billion. For that disney gets a 39 stake in sky and 20th century fox film studio. Not everythings included. Fox news and fox sports arent, theyll become a new company. Heres bob iger on how the deal got done. I had ihada i had a lot of respect for Rupert Murdoch and what he was able to build over the years. He and i would musing about the industry and the need to reach consumers in the way i described and the Disruptive Forces we broke witnessed in our time in this business. After some musing it seemed to me there might be an opportunity to put our companies together and create something that even bigger than the two that was separate companies. Next the bbcs media editor amol rajan, on why the timing is right for disney and Rupert Murdoch. There is a revolution going on in media where people want to watch something at
President trump has been meeting people affected by Tropical Storm harvey in texas, his second visit to the state in a week. He has asked congress for close to 8 billion of initialfunding to help the recovery effort after the devastating floods. But some say their situation has been made worse by reports the white house is considering ending an amnesty for thousands of Illegal Migrants who came to the us as children, many of whom live in texas. James cook reports. Americans look to their president. He is expected, required, to show empathy, leadership and unity. Today, donald trump did deliver hugs and handshakes, and over the past week, the commander in chiefs response to this hurricane and has been praised as rapid and effective. Most to see you. Its been really nice, its been a wonderful thing. As tough as this was, its been a wonderful thing, i think, as tough as this was, its been a wonderfulthing, ithink, even as tough as this was, its been a wonderful thing, i think, even for th
On his second visit this week, President Trump praises the people of texas as he meets those affected by flooding there. A Campaign Group says more than 700 homes have been burned down in a Rohingya Muslim village, as tens of thousands of the Minority Group continue to flee myanmar. My guess is marcel thereux, and we are talking about his story about storytelling, and why it matters. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are nigel nelson, who is the Political Editor at the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentatorjo phillips. Tomorrows front pages the Observer Says that the Prime Minister, theresa may, is facing a revolt from remain supporting conservative mps over the upcoming brexit bill. The same story leads the sunday telegraph, with tory rebels being told to back brexit or get corbyn. The sunday times also leads with a brexit story. It says theresa may has secretly agreed a £50 billion divorce bill with t
Patches or drizzle. Further east it isa dry patches or drizzle. Further east it is a dry day with hazy sunshine. It could get warmer with temperatures up could get warmer with temperatures up to 23 degrees in the warmest spot. Through sunday night the weather front becomes a bit more active bringing in rain. Next week quite cloudy but with some sunny spells and are staying on the warm side. Rain moving in by thursday. Monday some fog to watch out for in northern ireland. Some cloud and spots of rain across parts of scotland, the west of england and wales. Brightening up through the afternoon. That is your weather. Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment first the headlines. Iran says it has successfully tested a new Ballistic Missile with a range of up to i2 hundred miles. North koreas foreign minister has addressed the united nations, telling delegates President Trump would pay dearly for his attack on the country. The labour leader, Jere
The presence of his actress girlfriend Meghan Markle captures attention. In sport, Manchester City smash five goals. You keep a good look out for the words ending in. We will be celebrating 60 years since the bbc first started making programmesjust since the bbc first started making programmes just for schools. And helen has the weather. Good morning. Mixed fortunes weather wise today. Some changes on yesterday particularly in the west where we have got rain. It might be heavy in scotland. So ill keep you updated on that. I hope you canjoin me for more details in 15 minutes. North korea has warned the United States it would take pre Emptive Military action if there was any sign of an american attack on its territory. The comment came after us bombers and fighter jets flew the comment came after us bombers and fighterjets flew over the comment came after us bombers and fighter jets flew over waters close to north koreas east coast. Pyongyangs foreign minister repeated kim jong uns accus