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| Hello. Netflix has agreed to buy the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery for $72bn, in a deal that could reshape Hollywood. Thirteen people held for more than a decade without trial in Eritrea have been released from a notorious military prison. And meet the couple who eloped to get married in front of two strangers they met on Reddit. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn |
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|  | Credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images | Netflix will takeover ownership of franchises including Harry Potter and Game of Thrones under a $72bn (£54bn) deal to buy the film and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery. Netflix saw off rivals Comcast and Paramount Skydance to win the major Hollywood deal, which is set to create a new giant in the entertainment industry, subject to final approvals by competition authorities. Its co-chief executive Ted Sarandon said the company's mission had always been "to entertain the world." |
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| Trump given first Fifa Peace Prize | Football’s governing body hands out the inaugural award to the US President at a glitzy World Cup pool draw event. | Full details > |
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| Namibia loses bid to overturn rhino horn ban | The main reason it wants the ban lifted is because of huge stockpiles of horns they have amassed over decades, say experts. | Read more > |
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| US vaccine panel votes to end hep B jabs for babies | The panel, appointed by RFK Jr., voted to halt the hepatitis B vaccinations for newborns, ending years of consensus. | Read more > |
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| Eritrean Olympian and others released after 18 years of detention |  | Getty Images | Thirteen people, including an Olympic athlete, held for more than 18 years without trial in Eritrea have been released from a notorious military prison, relatives of the detainees have told the BBC. Over the last 30 years, Eritrea has remained a one-party state with no functioning constitution, and is one of the most militarised societies in the world. |
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| | Teklemariam Bekit, Editor, BBC Tigrinya |
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| | An unnamed source who was once detained in the Mai Serwa prison told the BBC the prisoners were arrested in October 2007 following an assassination attempt on Col Simon Gebredingil, a senior internal security officer in President Isaias Afwerki's government.
Around 30 people were initially detained, according to the source. Some have been released over the years, but about 20 remained in custody, including businessman and former Olympic cyclist Zeragaber Gebrehiwot, who competed at the Moscow Games in 1980.
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PICK OF THE WEEK | Why this couple got married in front of strangers from Reddit |
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|  | Seán Mauremootoo says it was "a really lovely day" and that they "couldn't have asked for more". Credit: Felixine Hick | Planning a wedding often means stress and endless debates over the guest list. But Harmony Elmy and Seán Mauremootoo wanted none of that, choosing to elope to a place that held "special" memories for them both. The couple, who live in Norwich in the east of England, travelled 261 miles (420km) to Cardiff in Wales for their unconventional ceremony, attended by just two guests they met via Reddit. |
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