Disney and Fox do $52bn Deal

Walt Disney is to takeover 21st Century Fox's entertainment assets for $52.4bn.The deal includes Fox's 39% stake in satellite broadcaster Sky, and the 20th Century Fox film studio. Also: the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has held his annual end of year television address, a memorial service in London to remember the victims of the Grenfell tower disaster, and more than six hundred coal miners In Kazakhstan are protesting over pay and better working conditions - by remaining underground.

(Picture: Disney chief executive Bob Iger and Rupert Murdoch, Credit: Disney).