EU may make big tech pay for news - a podcast by BBC World Service

The European Union may follow Australia in making Google and Facebook pay for news pages. We get the perspective of Maltese MEP Alex Saliba on possible new legislation. And we get reaction from the French Publishers' Association, which has already struck a deal for Google. Also in the programme, back in 2017 a fire ripped through the Grenfell Tower high-rise residential tower block in London, killing 72 people. In the aftermath, hundreds of blocks across the UK with similar flammable cladding need to have those materials replaced. The BBC's Sarah Corker brings us the latest in an ongoing dispute over who should foot the bill. Plus, the pandemic has seen a rise in contributions to television programmes or work conferences by people from their own homes, often in front of a bookcase. Books by the Yard usually provides library backgrounds for films, pubs and restaurants, but as its chief executive Nick Bates explains, it has seen a rise in sales to those who want to use their bookcase to impress during meetings and TV appearances.

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