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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg are set for another weekend of talks as the tech giant's shutdown of Australian pages rolls on.

The government's pursuit of a media code, which forces internet companies to pay media organisations for news it shares on its platforms, will move into the senate next week.

And other governments around the globe are watching developments in Australia closely with the possibility they could pursue crackdowns of their own.

READ MORE: PM 'calls out' Facebook using 2019 Christchurch massacre

Tom Tugendhat, the Chair of the British Parliament's powerful foreign affairs committee told 9NEWS, "if we want to defend local democracy we've got to defend local media that means taking on some of these giants."

In an apparent 11th hour bid to try and force changes to the media code, Facebook restricted Australian news pages on Thursday but the measures imposed by the trillion-dollar company also impacted government departments, charities even local business and memorial pages.

WATCH: Facebook executive explains Australian news ban

"Threats are made and that is not a good way to deal with this government..you want to do business here, you work according to our rules," Prime Minister Morrison said.

READ MORE: Treasurer tells Facebook 'we're not backing down'

While Anthony Albanese labelled Facebook's actions "reprehensible".

On Friday, Treasurer Frydenberg renewed talks with Mark Zuckerberg but there was no breakthrough.

"We talked through their remaining issues & agreed our respective teams would work through them immediately," Mr Frydenberg tweeted after the meeting.

A spokesperson for Facebook told 9NEWS the company had three issues.

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"1. Mandating commercial arrangements with every single one of a large number of publishers regardless of the value they provide to the people who use our products

2. A process that removes all autonomy to decide our commercial arrangements and uses binding arbitration to determine price over good-faith negotiations

3. A non-differentiation clause that prevents us from offering commercial terms to certain publishers and changing how we display their content regardless of whether we agree a deal. This means that if one publisher is out, all Australian publishers need to be out."

And Facebook has not indicated if or when it plans to reverse restrictions.

"It has left us facing a stark choice: attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship, or stop allowing news content on our services in Australia. With a heavy heart, we are choosing the latter," a Facebook spokesperson told 9News.

The Prime Minister said he was willing to "listen to them on the technical issues of this, just like we listened to Google," but at the same time is seeking global support for his moves to force online platforms to pay for the news content they post.

Mr Morrison mentioned the Facebook feud with India's Narendra Modi last night as he seeks global support.

On Friday Scott Morrison told journalists he'd also held talks about the size of the power of tech giants with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Buckingham Palace confirmed Friday that Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will not be returning to royal duties, and Harry will give up his honorary military titles — a decision that makes formal, and final, the couple's split from the royal family.

When Harry and Meghan stepped away from full-time royal life in early 2020, it was agreed the situation would be reviewed after a year.

Now it has, and the palace said in a statement that the couple, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have verified "they will not be returning as working members of The Royal Family."

It said Queen Elizabeth II had spoken to Harry and confirmed "that in stepping away from the work of the Royal Family, it is not possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service."

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The palace said Harry's appointment as captain general of the Royal Marines and titles with other military groups would revert to the queen before being distributed to other members of the family.

Harry, who served in the British army for a decade and has a close bond with the military, founded the Invictus Games competition for wounded troops.

"While all are saddened by their decision, the Duke and Duchess remain much loved members of the family," the palace statement said.

American actress Meghan Markle, a former star of the TV legal drama Suits, married Harry, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Their son, Archie, was born a year later.

In early 2020, Meghan and Harry announced they were quitting royal duties and moving to North America, citing what they said were the unbearable intrusions and racist attitudes of the British media. They live in Santa Barbara, California and are expecting their second child.

They recently announced that they will speak to Oprah Winfrey in a TV special to be broadcast next month.

A spokesperson for the couple hit back at suggestions that Meghan and Harry were not devoted to duty.

"As evidenced by their work over the past year, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remain committed to their duty and service to the UK and around the world, and have offered their continued support to the organisations they have represented regardless of official role," the spokesperson said in a statement. "We can all live a life of service. Service is universal."

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Uber must classify its drivers as workers and not independent contractors, a decision that could deliver a major blow to the company's business model in one of its most important markets.

The court said on Friday that an employment tribunal had been right to find that Uber drivers are workers, dismissing an appeal by the company. The decision was unanimous. Uber drivers are workers, the court said, because the company sets fares, and exercises significant control over drivers who use the app.

Uber said before the pandemic 3.5 million Londoners regularly used its app and had 45,000 drivers in the capital, and 65,000 across the UK.

READ MORE: Family of Uber driver allegedly murdered by passenger searching for answers.

While the practical effects of the ruling are not yet clear, the decision could change how Uber does business in the UK. The company may be forced to grant additional benefits to drivers including paid time off and a minimum wage. The next step is for an employment tribunal to decide how to compensate dozens of claimants.

READ MORE: Uber introduces new public transport feature in world-first for Sydney.

The case may also set a precedent for other workers and companies in the broader gig economy, which has thrived during the pandemic due to a sharp increase in demand for food deliveries and other services.

The suit against Uber was first filed in a British employment tribunal by Yaseen Aslam and James Farrar in 2016 when the two men were driving for Uber. Aslam used to work for another company, but said he was lured to Uber by lucrative pay and bonuses.

READ MORE: Uber goes to UK tribunal on worker rights

But Aslam claimed the perks quickly dried up as more drivers joined the platform, resulting in fewer rides and lower fares. The pair of drivers prevailed in the employment tribunal and then in two subsequent appeals by the company.

"I am overjoyed and greatly relieved by this decision, which will bring relief to so many workers in the gig economy who so desperately need it. During the six years of these proceedings, we have watched the government commission and then shelve a review of the gig economy yet do nothing to help us," Aslam said in a statement on Friday.

The case now goes back to the employment tribunal, which could order Uber to pay compensation to about 20 original claimants.

Thousands of other drivers have taken legal action against Uber, and the decision could be quickly applied to them.

Drivers who used the platform at the time of the suit may also be eligible to make a claim for compensation.