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BBC OS: 2023/09/21 16:06 GMT: Rupert Murdoch to step down

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Rupert Murdoch to step down

2023/09/21 16:06 GMT

2023/09/21 16:06 GMT: Rupert Murdoch to step down

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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch says he is stepping down as chairman of Fox and News Corp

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch says he is stepping down as chairman of Fox and News Corp.

We speak to journalists in America about the news that Rupert Murdoch is stepping down. His son Lachlan will become the sole chairman of News Corp and continue on as the CEO of Fox. 

As Ukraine's counter-offensive grinds on - with limited gains and no decisive breakthrough - the number of amputees in the country is soaring. We speak to our Senior International Correspondent Orla Guerin, who has met some of the amputees and their family members. 

We explain the diplomatic row between Canada and India following Canada's accusation that Indian state actors may have been responsible for the killing of a Skih separatist leader in Canada. 

A candlelight service and tribute concert will be held later in Nigeria for fans of the Afrobeats star MohBad.The 27-year-old singer, whose real name was Ilerioluwa Aloba, died in a Lagos hospital. The exact circumstances of his death have not been made public. A special investigative team has been set up to find out what happened to the singer. We speak to our reporter in Lagos. 

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(PhotoL File photo dated 22/06/23 of Rupert Murdoch at his annual party at Spencer House, St James' Place in London. Issue date: Thursday September 21, 2023. Credit: Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

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