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Walt Disney Buys Murdoch's Fox
The $52.4bn deal ends more than 50 years of media expansion by Fox owner Rupert Murdoch
Walt Disney has agreed to buy 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets for a total $52.4bn. The deal includes Fox's 39% stake in satellite broadcaster Sky, and the 20th Century Fox film studio.
Also on the programme, Medecins Sans Frontieres say at least 6,700 Rohingya were killed within a month after violence broke out in Myanmar in August.
Image: Chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger and Mickey Mouse. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.
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