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World Service,23 Feb 2021,53 mins

Australia and Facebook resolve dispute

Newsday

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We go live to Australia as Facebook and the government resolve a dispute over a proposed law that would make it and Google pay news publishers for content. There have now been over 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 in the US. An infectious diseases expert gives their assessment. And we discuss the decision by the insurance market Lloyds of London is seeking an archivist to investigate what it calls its 'shameful' role in the Atlantic slave trade.

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