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this is bbc news. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: no consensus on climate change at the end of the 620. donald trump claims success for his policies — world leaders back plans to cope with global warming. after two days of violent protests — hamburg starts to recover from the havoc caused by demonstrators at the summit. edging closer to victory in mosul — some iraqi government forces begin celebrating the defeat of so—called islamic state. still searching for survivors after heavy rains and floods in southern japan — 16 people are dead — and dozens stranded. all backgrounds, all persuasions, all colours of the rainbow — tens of thousands join london's gay pride parade. hello and welcome to bbc news.
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the 620 summit has drawn to a close in germany, with donald trump claiming victories on trade and climate change. in a joint statement the other 19 world leaders, did acknowledge america's isolated commitment to coal, and some trade tariffs. but, they all renewed their pledges to the paris climate change agreement, and to promoting free trade. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins reports from hamburg. the first 620 summit for donald trump was never going to be easy for the leaders of the world's other major economies. dealing with an american president who is deeply sceptical of the international system based on shared rules. "america first" means he prefers individual deal making. ok, i'll work that out. in the chair, 6ermany‘s chancellor, angela merkel, found him especially difficult.
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she accused the united states of making talks on trade and protectionism very tough. and today she deplored, once again, trump's decision to withdraw america from the paris climate accord. she blamed him for holding out to the bitter end against this summit‘s conclusions on global warming. translation: i think it's very clear but unfortunately we could not reach consensus. but the differences were not papered over. they were clearly stated. and president trump, apparently to protect america's capacity to pollute, insisted today on the inclusion of separate us—only paragraphs in the summit conclusions, stressing his long—term commitment to fossil fuels. the president also raised eyebrows by asking his daughter to take his place during one working session. true, she's a white house advisor, but a senior russian official tweeted out this picture, later removed. the show stopper of this summit, of course, was yesterday's first face—to—face encounter between donald trump and vladimir putin.
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whatever the eventual outcome of the talks, today, the russian leader used his press conference to offer this assessment of donald trump. translation: trump on television is very different than in real life. he's very concrete. he analyses things quite quickly. i think if we can continue to build our relations, then there's every reason to think we can restore, at least in part, the level of cooperation we need. but donald trump himself passed up the chance to brief the press or answer questions. his reserved podium left empty. the stars and stripes eventually removed. president trump met with theresa may at the summit, and said he expects "a very powerful" trade deal with the uk, to be completed "very quickly". he added that his planned visit here would go ahead, though no date has been set.
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