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AT&T and Discovery to create new streaming giant

US telecoms giant AT&T has agreed to combine its WarnerMedia business with Discovery

US telecoms giant AT&T has agreed to combine its WarnerMedia business with Discovery, in a deal to create a new streaming giant. Cynthia Littleton, co-editor in chief at Variety in Los Angeles, tells us what implications the merger will have.
A report published by the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization says that 745,000 people died in 2016 as a result of working long hours - and it's a growing trend. Dr Frank Pega from the WHO explains the connection between long hours and ill health.
And we get an update from the US about how last week's cyber attack on the Colonial oil pipeline is still affecting petrol supplies in some areas.

Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Mehmal Sarfraz, the Lahore-based journalist and co-founder of the Current website, and by Peter Morici from the University of Maryland in Washington.

(Picture: An AT&T sign. Credit: Getty)

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  • Tue 18 May 2021 00:06GMT

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