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it is 8:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and ii:00pm in los angeles, where one of the biggest media deals in history will reshape the world of entertainment. walt disney is buying a large part of 21st century fox, the business controlled by rupert murdoch and his family. it is worth more than $50 billion, and the deal could see new films and tv shows reaching homes in asia. 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. ina in a phone call, he explained his strategy. i know people are asking how we came to such a momentous decision. we a ....
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, an ....
good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start to the day for many parts of the uk. it is mild as well, drizzly conditions and patchy fog. in scotland, something brighter but it is cooler. i will have more details on 15 minutes. in 15 minutes. good morning. first our main story: damian green, one of theresa may s closest allies, has been sacked from the cabinet after an inquiry found he had breached the ministerial code. he was asked to quit after he was found to have made inaccurate and misleading statements. it was in relation to what he knew about claims that pornography was found on his office computer in 2008. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. side by side yesterday, the prime minister and her close ally damian green, her deputy in all but name. but, hours after they sat together in the commons, he was sacked. it stems back to this police raid on mr green s parliamentary offices nine years ago. 0fficers said legal pornography was found on computers. m ....
sporting event since the olympics. and the official engagement portraits as prince harry and meghan markle prepare to spend christmas at sandringham. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the sacking of damian green, one of theresa may s closest allies, has prompted a furious backlash from conservative mps who are angry about how confidential material gathered during a police investigation came into the public domain. the first secretary of state was sacked from the cabinet last night after a government inquiry found he made inaccurate and misleading statements about the pornography on his parliamentary office computer. he is the third cabinet minister to leave their role in the space of two months. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has this report. sacked from the cabinet and out the door. the third senior minister to leave theresa may s team in less than two months. reporter: why did you liethe public, mister green. this morning, damian green wasn ....
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