As trade fears ease. We start with walt disney because the force is very much with the entertainment giant after a strong set of results. Disney is now more enormous than ever, following its massive 70 billion takeover of 21st century fox. And its about to begin a new episode in its 96 year history as it prepares to enter the world of streaming. Disney made revenues of over 19 billion, up more than a third on this time last year and more than wall street was expecting. It has been boosted by the takeover of fox back in march which has given it lucrative new content such as star wars. Profits were lower though as it processes that mega deal and makes huges investments in this. From tuesday disney plus will take on the likes of netflix and amazon prime offering decades of classic films and Television Shows as well as star wars, marvel and pixar movies for 6. 99 a month. Disneys theme parks have also been doing well with sales up some 17 . Since the fox takeover, it has invested in new st
To ten years in jail. The first clash between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn of the election is on the way. We are alive tonight in salford, whether two will meet ina tonight in salford, whether two will meet in a couple of hours. The Plastic Waste crisis highlighted by David Attenboroughs blue planet 2 programme now he says there are signs of improvement. Its a bit of a litmus test to see whether, in fact, the population care about this sort of thing, and people do. And so, i think its very encouraging, to that degree. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news tonight could be the night for wales. Win against hungary in cardiff, theyll qualify for the euros. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Ever since the bbc revealed the scale of its failings, the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust has been under the spotlight. Tonight, a leaked report on the Maternity Hospital reveals failures way beyond what we knew already. Several dozen unexplained deaths are now being i
You have already indicated that you will do a calendar style agreement which would take seven years to negotiate. So youre not going to get it done in a few months and you know that perfectly well. Are the highlights from the first half of the debate, which is wrapping up as i speak, to be going to an advertisement break which will be oui advertisement break which will be our opportunity to speak to our Political Correspondent who was at the debate venue in salford for us. This lining up the shot before they go for their advertisement break. You can see that at the moment, youll be talking, a couple of interesting things i noticed was that Boris Johnson interesting things i noticed was that borisjohnson was talking about the nhs and insisting that there would be no question of the nhs. I gather you can hear us now. One of the things i was saying to us than that struck to me was Boris Johnson slapping down a suggestion that the nhs might feature in a trade deal with the United States. A
The two men vying to be our next Prime Minister clashed for nearly an hour but was there a winner into nights debate . We are live in salford tonight. And well be getting reaction from some voters in southampton, asking if the debate changed their view of the campaign. Also tonight. A leaked report describes a toxic culture at a shrewsbury hospital that left babies stillborn, others brain damaged, and parents still searching for answers. We have been trying to find the truth behind kates death. This trust still is failing to learn from issues that are current to this day. In hong kong, the police siege of a university enters a third day, with dozens of activists trapped inside, needing food and water. And a magnificent display means wales are on their way to euro 2020. Ramsey scored twice against hungary in tonights match. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, well have reaction to the news that Mauricio Pochettino has been sacked as Tottenham Hotspur manager after five and half year
Now on bbc news, bob iger has been the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company for almost 15 years. In that time, the company has bought some of the biggest media brands in the world pixar animation, marvel and lucasfilm, and most recently 21st century fox. Hes been speaking to the bbcs media editor amol rajan about his career. Who is the most powerful person in global media today . You could say is someone from a tech giants but theyd be run very close by the boss of the Walt Disney Company. Its ceo is bob iger. He has been in charge since 2005 and has pulled off some of the most audacious acquisitions in immediate history. He persuaded stevejobs to sell him pixar and bought marvel and even persuaded george lucas to sell him star wars and bought 21st century fox off Rupert Murdoch. If there is one person who understands the past present and future of media it is bob iger the disney ceo. Welcome to bbc. There is a century of heritage and sound anywhere from the beatles to adele, led