a five—year inquiry into child sexual abuse in australia has handed over its final report, identifying abuse at more than 4,000 institutions, including religious institutions, sporting clubs, foster homes and the military. up to 60,000 survivors may now be eligible for compensation. the royal commission heard harrowing testimony from survivors across australia. its report stretches to 17 volumes. prime minister malcolm turnbull has paid tribute to the courage of those who came forward to gave evidence. leonie sheedy is from the survivors organisation care leavers australia network. she travelled to canberra to see the report being handed over to the governor general. i can assure you, those commissioners have done this country proud, really. i think everybody here — wouldn't you all agree? cheering and you know, they took the shame and stigma from our hearts, and they carried it for the last five years. well, it now needs to go to every government, state and federal, and it needs to go to the churches and charities and state governments. and if the churches and charities don't opt in to redress, well, then they need to lose their charity tax exemptions. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is in sydney. we don't have details yet but the scale of this is stunning in itself? it is, it's extraordinary. as you say, mike, 17 volumes handed over to the governor general from the royal commission. it began its work in the early pa rt commission. it began its work in the early part of 2013, so working for the best part of five years to uncover a massive catalogue, a shameful catalogue of child abuse in institutions right across the country. we're told tens of thousands of children across australia were abused across various institutions over the decades, and we now know the government has this report, it's been published online, and the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, says the contents of the report are a national tragedy. of course now we wait to see what the government is going to do with more than 400 recommendations handed down by the royal commission, royal commission, by the way, mike, is australia's highest form of enquiry. we heard from leonie sheedy from the survivors are about many things they would like to change but the idea that compensation is voluntary so far, surely it shouldn't be another ordealfor the far, surely it shouldn't be another ordeal for the survivors to try to get financial help? we understand up to 60,000 people could be eligible for some kind of redress, some kind of compensation. those details have not been sorted out by the state or federal governments here in australia. what the royal commission is advocating is a new national office for child safety. it also makes some interesting recommendations around the catholic church. many of the allegations of abuse were centred around religious organisations and the commission says information passed to ministers during a confession for example related to abuse, those ministers should be forced to hand over the information to the authorities. the world commission also suggesting celibacy in the catholic church the volu nta ry. celibacy in the catholic church the voluntary. this is a wide—ranging enquiry and as i say, we'll have to wait and see what the federal government intends to do with those dozens government intends to do with those d oze ns of government intends to do with those dozens of recommendations. more to come over the next few hours. thanks very much. a sure sign today of the way the media landscape is changing, and how streaming, especially, has changed broadcasting for ever. the entertainment company walt disney is buying a large part of twenty first century fox, the business controlled by rupert murdoch and his family. the deal is worth more than $50 billion and covers the film business and international operations of fox. not, though, its us news network or the times and sun newspapers in britain. 0ur media editor amol rajan has the story. 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 call, he explained his strategy. i know people are asking why the murdochs came to such a momentous decision. we are pivoting at a pivotal moment. andrew neil was at murdoch's side as an editor and executive for years. for him, this is the end of a dynasty. he's been trying to do that for 35, 40 years. i used to sit with him in restaurants in london in the mid—1980s, and he talked about a murdoch dynasty, about putting his children into key positions, letting them fight for the top position, and whoever wins would take over, and the murdoch name would go on forever. and here, at a stroke, he's unbundling the empire, and the dynastic ambitions are gone. the deal still needs regulatory approval, but if it goes through, it will create a new media superpower. mr murdoch is selling his world—famous film studio, 21st century fox, international tv businesses, including sky in europe and star in india, cable networks such as fx and national geographic, and perhaps most strikingly, a stake in hulu, a streaming service with access to millions of customers, which could rival netflix. and that's the key for disney. streaming has changed broadcasting forever, allowing you at home to watch a seemingly infinite number of shows how you want, where you want and when you want. streaming services such as hulu, in which disney will now have a controlling stake, cut out the middleman of domestic television stations, broadcasting directly into millions of homes. the fox international footprint has some extremely high—end technology to deliver all this content to consumers in more modern ways. sky in europe is a good example of that, star india another one. and so, to the consumer, not only will they be getting more great content, high—quality content, but they'll be getting it in ways that they demand. sky news and sky sports look set to continue, while fox says its own bid for full control of sky, currently stuck with regulators, remains in place. even with this acquisition, disney is playing catch—up with tech giants like facebook, amazon and apple, who, if they aren't there already, are coming to a small screen near you. amol rajan, bbc news. communications regulator in the us has voted to repeal rules aimed at ensuring a free and open internet. net neutrality as it's known was introduced in the 0bama era, it means that internet service providers must treat all data the same and can't block access to content. for more on this here's the bbc‘s business reporter yogita limaye. i'm just outside this building, the federal communications commission, that's where the vote took place and three members of the 5—member panel voted to repeal this legislation. essentially what's happened is they've lifted the rules that didn't allow internet service providers, the companies that brought you the web, they didn't allow these companies to charge different prices for different websites, so in essenceit for different websites, so in essence it could mean for a consumer that now your internet company could actually say that if you want to access these four websites at a certain price, if you want to access another set of websites, that's at a different price. it will also mean companies could go to web—based businesses and said if you pay us a certain amount of money we could give you your website or service at a faster speed than perhaps your rival. this of course isn't something we will probably see come into effect tomorrow but it's also a ruled that doesn't need to be voted on by congress. however, we had lots of protesters here outside this building today and many groups of people saying they will go to court and sue the fcc. so we'll have to see procedurally how this will be in the lamented here in america. let's cross to new york now via webcam and speak to nick frisch, foreign affairs journalist and resident fellow at yale law school, who's written extensively on internet access and control in china. just before we come to that, i've got a bunch of people on my time i'm saying these regulations have long beenin saying these regulations have long been in force, we were fine before, what does it matter if we're without these regulations again. can you tell us? the major difference between the internet before 2015 and after the rules being rescinded now is a question of scale and the role the internet plays in our public discourse. there was a time when electricity wasn't an important thing, there was a time when running water wasn't an important thing but over time it got to a point where eve ryo ne over time it got to a point where everyone used those things and the government had to cebit as a utility. the internet was very young and as time went on there was the potential for corporate abuse and that's when the government stepped in to insure it would be like a utility and that's what we saw under the 0bama administration and that's what's being rescinded now. the former chair of the fcc has been critical of the business case for this, he says there's no evidence that investment being put off why the regulations, he said surely horizon and at&t don't need any more money and the setup now, which is meant to regulate the new situation, is not a quick for it, either legally or technically, what do you make of those criticisms?” legally or technically, what do you make of those criticisms? i think those criticisms are very valid. i think the fact even things run from private companies have a strong public interest, water and electricity, but unlike those other public utilities, what happens with the internet concerns a core american value and that is freedom of speech. it doesn't matter if you're a major corporation, young start—up or a blogger, you have equal access to this important public square and the rules currently constituted with the vote today make companies less accountable and create less transparency so that we don't know what's happening with our internet, even though there is a compelling public interest in knowing. you see china as a horrible game warning here, why? china is a different system, they make no bones about that. they're very straightforward about the fact they believe the internet should be regulated, they have a concept of internet sovereignty and they do not apologise for how they handled the internet within their system internally. the risk is that china is such a large market and many american firms are so eager to get access to china, and china has such access to china, and china has such a compelling interest in shaping the narrative about china overseas, that it creates a perfect storm of bad incentives for american corporations who have potential business before the chinese government. notjust for what happens on the internet within china, but for what happens on the internet across the entire world. nick, really interesting to talk to you. thanks very much. thank you. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: an exclusive new hospital opens in dubai and all its patients are camels! after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been tracked down and captured by american forces. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, conflict that has claimed over 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life. the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. an official enquiry in australia hasn't covered abuse of more than 4000 institutions. and disney is buying a stake in 20th century fox. the deal is worth more than $52 billion. for children died when a train crashed to a level crossing. it was close to the town of millas near perpignan. either side of the rail line, the two halves of the bus. about 20 children from a local secondary school were on board when it was hit by the train. the country's prime minister flew down to meet their families. translation: iwant minister flew down to meet their families. translation: i want to express my sadness, shared with all those who witnessed, directly or indirectly, this incident. i'd like to salute the emergency response by the firemen, the ambulances and all those who try to help in the best way possible when they found out about the accident. as the survivors we re about the accident. as the survivors were taken to hospital, the judicial enquiry was opened to find out what happened. no other vehicles were involved and the train company says the level crossing was operating as normal. it's the third multiple casualties accident on french railways in the past four years, a point made by france's former president. translation: we are not used to these types of incidents but they keep on happening. accident prevention and vigilance are not just words but rather obligations. we cannot just accept that children are dying. local officials have described the scene of the crash is like a warzone. investigators are waiting to investigate what brought calamity to this quiet corner of france. a mile underwater off the coast of papua new guinea preparations are underway for the world's first deep—ocean mine. rocks found on the ocean floor are exceptionally rich in copper and gold —— and could be worth billions of pounds. but scientists are warning that mining the rock will devastate marine life and the broadcaster and naturalist sir david attenborough has condemned the plans. 0ur science editor david shukman has been given exclusive access to the project. in the brilliant tropical waters of papua new guinea a controversial project is taking place that could have a huge impact on the oceans. a vast lumbering machine is going through final testing. it looks like a cross between something military and an invention from science fiction. its whirling steel teeth are designed to break up the rocks of the sea bed. this will be part of the world's first deep sea mine. this is the first time that anything like this has ever been tried, sending these massive machines a mile down to the ocean floor and there, well, tearing it up to send valuable metals up to the surface. and because this is all so new, no—one really knows exactly what the impact is going to be. the company behind the mine portrays it as a neat and efficient way to get at rich deposits of gold and copper, and it claims there will be less disruption than there is in mines on land. the offshore alternative is in fact from an environmental perspective a far better way to provide the world with the minerals that it requires. 0ffshore there will be no clearing of rainforests, there will be no relocation of communities, there will be no large waste dumps. but not everyone believes all that. fishing supports thousands ofjobs in papua new guinea and some here worry that important tuna stocks will be at risk. the un development programme wants the mining project stopped. 0ne sixth of the tuna in the whole world comes from this, the pacific, and from this one country. huge numbers of people's lives depend on fisheries and this project potentially will jeopardise all of that. so there's a difficult balance for papua new guinea. millions here live below the poverty line. this is one of the poorest countries on earth. but mining projects on land have often failed to improve conditions. as a developing country, papua new guinea is obviously looking for new sources of income and deep sea mining may help provide that, and if it works — and it is a gamble — there are dozens of other mining projects around the world that are likely to follow. so what happens here could really usher in a whole new era of what we do to the oceans. the first project will target deep hot springs known as hydrothermal vents. they're packed with minerals, needed for electronics and renewable energy, so some scientists say we'll have to mine them. but others warn that teaming communities of rare forms of life could be wiped out. it's heartbreaking. we showed david attenborough our video of the ocean mining machines. he's horrified at the idea of the destruction of hydrothermal vents. that's where life began. and that we should be destroying these things is so deeply tragic, that humanity should just plough on with no regard for the consequences — because they don't know what they are. back in papua new guinea, testing continues. one major concern among critics is that the government here is a shareholder in the mine, raising doubts about its ability to step in if things go wrong. but staff here say they'll try to minimise the impact. we're not in an environment that we can just do whatever we want. people are watching, there are regulations that we need to abide by and modify to suit, so that the environment is the winner in the end. one of the giant machines is tested under water. in the next two years it will be lowered to the sea bed and put to work. the start of a new gold rush in the deep ocean. david shukman, bbc news, in papua new guinea. here in london, we're used to seeing new buildings going up all the time, and here's the latest. at a cost of a billion dollars, it come completes with a moat. it's the united states embassy, sitting on the banks of the thames, and is due to open next month. the bbc‘s richard lister had look inside. this is what $1 billion looks like. the new us embassy in london is said to be the most expensive in the world and almost a decade in the making. inside, there's a garden of american desert flora. it's all designed to be airy and welcoming, not words usually associated with embassies. i think this is a country of great dignity and it birthed the united states, and this building should be not some pop icon but certainly a building of great dignity and serenity. this embassy is also a fortress, it even has a moat, although they prefer we call it a pond. some of the glass is six inches thick, a reminder that the embassy is the only place where one nation intersects with the other. for decades that's been here, grosvenor square. the old embassy‘s been sold to become a hotel but it's a place now associated with american triumphs and tragedies. archive: at grosvenor square, police warned to expect trouble waiting. it was where british people repeatedly protested against the vietnam war. archive: a huge crowd waited for them at the american embassy... where well—wishers greeted america's first men on the moon and came to pay their respects after the attacks of 9/11. now a new building will represent america. the us ambassador said this glass clad building represents america's global outlook, giving form he says to the core democratic values of transparency, openness and equality. what's not clear is whether donald trump will be at the opening next month, although he has been invited. it would be the most controversial visit by any american president, moving in present for the ambassador. trump is coming when he sets the date for coming. he's been invited for a state visit, he's been invited and accepted but he hasn't set a date for the ribbon—cutting of this and taking a look at this embassy. that will be announced when he selects the date. and of course the new embassy will outlive this presidency and many more to come. richard lister, bbc news. a brand new, state—of—the—art, medical facility has opened its doors in dubai. we're talking about an exclusive hospital — with only a select number of patients. the unusual thing is that all these patients are camels. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. in this part of the world, camel racing can be a popular and highly lucrative sport. so taking care of your athletes is a top priority. hence the dubai camel hospital, now open to business, treating camels at nothing but camels. translation: this hospital is considered the first of its kind in the world. because there aren't any hospital that are specialised in treating camels. you must care for camels as pa rt camels. you must care for camels as part of our heritage, not only by breeding and racing them but also by being able to medically treat them using the latest technology. the hospital costs nearly $11 million to set up and can treat 20 animals at a time. of course, when you're patient weighs anything up to 1000 kilos, moving them around can be a little problematic. but they have big plans here, aiming to introduce mri and ct scans to help diagnose any poorly camel and this isn't just scans to help diagnose any poorly camel and this isn'tjust about treatment... in the future, we are planning to have the research projects for the camel animal to u nfold projects for the camel animal to unfold the secrets of this strange desert animal. all being well, any state the dubai camel hospital will be short—lived. soon the animals will be back in good health and back on the track. much more view and all the news any time of the bbc website. you can reach me and most of the team on twitter. i am at @bbcmikeembley. thank you to watching. well, the cold snap's not quite over yet. of course, the snow has stopped, mostly that is, but it's still pretty chilly out there and in some parts of the country we still have a little bit of snow lying around here and there, presumably this is from a snowman. there's also the risk of some ice also first thing on friday morning, a really messy picture, by that i mean there's a lot of cloud, there's showers of rain, there's hail, sleet, snow falling across the hills and with temperatures freezing or below freezing outside of town there's the risk of iciness. you can see carlisle above freezing, couple of degrees above zero in manchester and some of those country lanes will be pretty cold. you know what happens at this time of year after a clear night, the air temperature might be just above zero, two or three degrees, but the road surface, the ground, is below zero, it's frozen, so with rain showers moving through, you get that risk of icy patches, so take it steady. in terms of the weather on friday, there will be some sunshine around in many western areas, beautiful weather in the lowlands, southern scotland, cumbria, lancashire, throughout wales and the south coast but these eastern areas will continue to have some showers. the wind from the north is blowing in the cloud and showers and only five expected in newcastle. friday night is going to be cold, a frost on the way once again. you can see it developing across scotland, the north of england, all the way down to the south as well, so that means first thing on saturday it's going to be cold. one thing that is going to be happening during saturday is milder air starts to move in off the atlantic but it's a slow process, after days of colder weather, mild air often doesn't march in, it sort of moves in very, very slowly. on saturday, still pretty cold, a frost around in places in the morning and those temperatures struggling, 2—3, a bit milder in western areas, six expected in belfast. then the south—westerlies kick in by sunday, with that cloud and rain, often happens. look at those temperatures, 11s or 12s, glasgow getting up to around 10 degrees. those south—westerly winds all the way from the southern climes will continue to blow in during the course of monday, so that milder trend certainly continues into next week. how are we doing compared to other parts of europe? you can see london is on a par with paris during the course of the weekend. elsewhere across the continent, athens in the high teens with some showers on the way. bye— bye. this is bbc news, the headlines: a five—year inquiry into child sexual abuse in australia has handed over its final report. it identified abuse at more than 4,000 institutions, including religious organisations, sporting clubs, foster homes and the military. up to 60,000 survivors may be eligible for compensation. in one of the largest—ever media deals, disney has agreed to buy most of fox for more than $50 billion. the deal will see disney take over a large slice of rupert murdoch's empire, including fox's film and tv studios. it still needs to be approved by shareholders and regulators. following months of heated public debate, regulators in the united states have decided to scrap rules which required internet service providers to treat all traffic equally. the head of the federal communications commission said removing what's known as net neutrality would increase innovation. now on bbc news, thursday in parliament.