a landmark agreement on global taxation is reached by seven of the world's leading economies in london. the deal could close financial loopholes and see the biggest multi—national companies pay billions more tax. g7 finance ministers have reached a historic agreement to reform the global tax system, to make it fit for the global digital age but crucially to make sure that it's fair. the chancellor says it will mean firms, including big tech businesses, will pay "the right tax in the right places". also tonight... an nhs boss says the coronavirus vaccines have "broken the chain" between infection and serious illness. drinking in a pub for the first time in nine months — millions in glasgow see restrictions ease. and it is a century

for rory burns, but england struggle in the 1st test against new zealand. good evening. the world's biggest economies have agreed what they're hailing as a historic deal, to create a global tax system, aimed at preventing huge multinational companies from avoiding tax. the agreement made in london today, by the g7 finance ministers, will include a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. the chancellor, rishi sunak, said that it will mean firms pay "the right tax in the right places". google and facebook have welcomed the move. our economics editor faisal islam is in central london, where the deal was struck. faisal.

now over decades the world's biggest multinationals have effectively been able to pick and choose the rate of tax they pay on hundreds of billions of pounds of global sales and that is even more the case in the past few years with the big digital tech giants. now as a result of this deal of the world's biggest democracies and their economies, they say that this will end here and now, or at least start to end, and that is because the pandemic crisis has led to a big hole in the finances for these finance ministers and also many of these companies have done quite well during the past year. so here at lancaster house in a place steeped in 20th—century british diplomatic history, a piece of 21st—century economic history. multinational companies, especially the big tech giants, have become more powerful than some governments, especially in their

ability to pay minimal tax bills. today, the finance ministers of the seven leading economies, the g7, hit back with an historic deal brokered by the chancellor rishi sunak. i'm delighted to announce that today after years of discussion, g7 finance ministers have reached a historic agreement to reform the global tax system, to make it fit for the global digital age but crucially to make sure it is fair, so that the right companies pay the right tax in the right places. they agreed to the principle of a global minimum corporation tax of at least 15%. as well as rules to make the largest companies with profits of more than 10% pay more tax in countries where sales are made, notjust where they declare their profits. the us had initially wanted a higher minimum rate of 21%. what do you say to those campaigners who say 15% isn't really going to be the tra nsformative change? we have yet to set the final rate.

there is an agreement amongst the g7, though, to go for at least 15%, and i do think that is an historic achievement. alongside the power to tax some local sales, the uk, france and italy have also agreed, eventually, to scrap their existing and recent tech taxes. foryears, campaigners and european finance ministers wanted this change but it was unthinkable, up until a few months ago. it's the pandemic that has changed things, requiring finance ministers around the world to have to fill coffers emptied by a year of lockdowns, but also a change in the american government, as well, creating a window of opportunity. now, they need to get the rest of the world on board. the proposals must now go to the wider g20 group including china, russia and brazil, and then the rest of the world. the german finance minister hailed today as an important step, even if difficult conversations lay ahead with countries whose tax rates are below 15%.

i'm sure that the decision that has been made today will be very successful. this is a train that has already started and anyone willjoin the train. ireland's rate of corporation tax is 12.5%. isn't this notjust about a corporate tax rate but the end of a low tax business model for your country? we will, even with an acknowledgement of the change that is coming, continue to have the kind of legitimate policies in place in ireland that deliver a competitive approach for ireland and allow us to grow and retain employment. google and amazon have said they support the work being done to reform tax rules. so has facebook, which acknowledged it could end up paying more as a result. this deal is a product of very different times. an opportunity taken in a crisis by the world's big seven. the americans are also using this meeting to urge the rest of the world, despite worries about higher borrowing and rising inflation, to carry on pumping financial support into the recovery

or risk undermining it. faisal islam, bbc news, at the g7. the head of nhs providers — which represents english trusts — says the decision on easing restrictions in england on the 21st ofjune is finely balanced. chris hopson warned that the delta variant, first discovered in india, was still spreading, but he said vaccines appear to be breaking the link between coronavirus cases and serious illness. our health correspondent naomi grimley reports. it's the big question of the summer. can hospitals still cope with the numbers of people who'll fall seriously ill with covid—i9 before the full effects of mass vaccination are felt? hospital admissions are well below the levels we saw in winter. and today, one of those representing health trusts appeared to strike an optimistic note. it does look as though the vaccines have kind of broken the chain between catching covid—i9 and potentially being very, very

seriously ill and potentially dying. bolton is the area hit hardest by covid's more transmissible delta variant, first discovered in india. looking at what's happening in hospitals is a gauge to whether the nhs in general will be able to cope. to whether the nhs in general this graph shows the number of covid patients in bolton's hospitals over the last few months. you can see there are high peaks in november and again in january and february. in the last few weeks, the figures have been rising again but they are nothing like those earlier peaks. but there's another side to the story. more surge testing is to begin on monday in parts of reading and wokingham. there, and in other areas, cases have been nudging up quite noticeably again, as people mix more. some experts fear that could still translate into a problem until full vaccination is reached. more mutations could be incorporated

into the delta variant that could mean that vaccines are less effective and that's really what we want to avoid. the worst case scenario for us is a variant that is both more transmissible and resistant to vaccination. in the end, the decision whether to loosen restrictions further is a political one. opinions in the scientific community remains split. perhaps the only thing everyone agrees on is that more data is needed. naomi grimley, bbc news. the latest government figures show there were 5,765 new coronavirus infections and 13 deaths in the latest 24—hour period. on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week was 4,485. in the vaccine roll—out over 174,000 people have received a first vaccine dose in the last 24 hours. in total, more than 40.1 million people have now had their firstjab.

that's 76.2% of the uk adult population. over 360,000 people had their second dose in the past 24 hours, meaning more than 27.1 million people have had both doses. that's 51.6% of the adult population. coronavirus restrictions have eased for millions of people in scotland today. glasgow has moved down to level two, which means people can meet in each other�*s homes, in limited numbers, and drink alcohol in pubs and restaurants for the first time in almost nine months. but a planned relaxation across some other parts of the country has been delayed. alexandra mackenzie reports. restrictions in glasgow have been eased. life is beginning to lookjust a little bit more normal. as the city moves to level two, it's the first time this new bar has been allowed to serve alcohol inside. so far it's been good. a lot of happy faces, obviously, people getting out and about, and i think there is starting to be

a weight off people's shoulders. cinemas also reopened in glasgow today. they had already opened in the rest of scotland. this new one in the city centre welcomed its first customers. it's really exciting for us as a family. we really enjoy going to the cinema. we are going to see cruella and i'm really excited to go back _ to the cinema again. we can go and socialise with our friends who we feel like we haven't seen in ages, as well. and we've just found out we're having a baby so we get to share that news, as well! but the number of cases of coronavirus in scotland has been rising, they've more than tripled in the last month. the first minister has described the situation as "fragile" and is encouraging people to remain cautious. because of this, some easing has been put on pause. places, including edinburgh and dundee, had hoped to have more restrictions lifted, but instead, for now, those remain in place.

in glasgow, people are making the most of life with fewer restrictions, but fear there is still some way to go before they can celebrate the end of the covid pandemic. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news, glasgow. west midlands police have arrested two teenage boys in connection with the murder of 14—year—old dea—john reid. he was chased and stabbed to death in birmingham on monday evening. three people have already been charged with his murder, including a 14—year old boy. to sport now and cricket. a stubborn century from rory burns kept england's hopes alive in the 1st test against new zealand at lord's. the home side were bowled out for 275, after losing quick wickets this morning, to trail by more than 100 runs. patrick gearey reports. test cricket is unusual in sport and life in that you get time to think. yesterday, rain meant no play, sojoe root

could carefully plan his innings. first ball this morning, new zealand gave him a lot more time to ponder. but now, instead of watching rain fall, it was wickets, courtesy of tim southee, who removed 0llie pope and then dan lawrence. and poorjames bracey, in the first innings of his first test — gone before his first run. england fans watching a batting collapse —a step back to normality. to hold it together, rory burns was going through an ordeal of an innings, dropped at slip, bopped on the head twice and still he batted on, battled on, going through to a street—fighting century. not enough to catch new zealand and their batsman added to their lead. they were more than 150 ahead when 0llie robinson thought he had kane williamson. no one else did, really. still, he got the captain to check. as it turned out, the kiwi skipper was out. and joe root�*s day finished as it started — with a surprise. patrick gearey, bbc news.

after 18 months away, 6,500 fans returned to cardiff city stadium to watch wales' final friendly ahead of euro 2020. but as hywell griffith now reports, they could only manage a goalless draw against albania. told not to travel and follow their team abroad, this may be the closest fans will get to cheering on wales this month. we'll be shouting for them back here, i'm sure they'll hear us. they certainly heard the anthem — 6,500 voices filled the stadium. but wales were never really on song. neco williams the first to find the target after more than 70 minutes. kieffer moore kept the pressure on the visitors. but albania proved to be stubborn, and not particularly friendly, opponents. still, after 19 months without a crowd, they didn't spoil wales's send—off to the euros. 0k, fine, 0—0, but in terms of the atmosphere, it's been 15

months since i was last back here, it was just incredible. and so it's on to azerbaijan, where the serious business begins next saturday, as wales look to rekindle some of that magic from 2016. hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. there was a surpise winner at the epsom derby as adam kirby guided adayar to a clear victory. kirby had been set to ride another contender before being replaced by frankie dettori two days ago. it proved lucky, as he took the classic comfortably for the godolphin trainer charlie appleby. now before we go, coventry hosted an array of small—scale performances around the city today to mark the start of its year as the uk city of culture. from music and dance performances to horseback rides, the event, called coventry moves, was billed as a playful and engaging introduction to the city. colleen harris reports. # rise above # life is below, riverflows...#

breathing new life into coventry�*s ska and two tone legacy, the singer pauline black of the 70s and 80s band the selecter opened the uk city of culture with a performance in a residential part of the city. i play the river spirit. there is a river that runs under coventry called the sherbourne and i'm enticing the future generation by telling a story about how coventry came together. big up the bolly dancers! 0rganisers have had to keep plans low key and secret to avoid attracting crowds, so performers and street theatre is moving through the city telling its story of resilience, innovation and youthfulness. youthfulness is the glint in a young person's eyes after they've discovered their potential. coventry is a city where we are a community. any time where i'm able to represent my city and fly the flag, i'm always grateful to have that duty and responsibility

to represent the city and be an energy of youthfulness. it's fantastic. it's hoped the legacy of uk city of culture will bring coventry�*s cultural history to a global audience, but online only, for now. colleen harris, bbc news. and that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. and tomorrow morning at 9am on bbc one, the health secretary matt hancock, and former prime minister, tony blair, will be joining andrew marr. that's all from me. goodnight.

as we've been hearing, the g7 group of leading economies has reached a deal on taxing multinational companies. finance ministers from the group, meeting in london, have agreed to a minimum tax of 15%.

the chancellor, rishi sunak said that it will mean firms pay "the right tax in the right places". earlier i spoke to paul monaghan, chief executive of the fair tax foundation — a uk based non—profit organisation that accredits companies which pay their fair share of tax. i asked him if he agreed with the chancellor that the deal achieved the principle of fairness. i don't think we're at fairness but we're certainly, following today, are looking at a fairer tax system. i don't want to belittle what happened today, it is a really significant move that will raise substantial sums of money. what would it take to make it fair in your estimation? i know you want the g20, when they meet, to go further than the g7. today was a great start but 15% can be raised to 21% and there is a lot of consensus around that and i think we are likely to see the g77 nations, the developing world,

have a voice at the table more and more as these discussions progress beyond the g20 into the 0ecd. at 15% and the rest of the package we are seeing just now, it will raise an estimated $275 billion per annum of extra taxes, which is significant, wonderfully significant. however, if we move it up to 21% we start to see 350 billion per annum and the difference in the uk is quite stark. it moves from about 8 billion extra a year to 15 billion extra a year so at 15 billion extra a year of corporation tax, you could start to rebuild our nhs to make it fit for purpose and how we all want it to be. the german finance minister sounded quite optimistic talking about the train already started and other countries getting on board, but these could be difficult conversations, couldn't they, with some countries? so what is your estimation of whether this plan,

this deal, has legs? i think it will very likely happen. rightly or wrongly you don't need every country in the world to agree the detail before it goes forward. if the g20 decide this is going to happen and they are responsible for about 80, 90% of the world's economic output, it will happen. and the likes of bermuda and ireland and the caymans, they may wail in the wind saying it is not fair but it will happen, and if they keep their rates low it won't matter because the parent countries will top up the taxes and take the revenues themselves. a lot of talk around big corporations paying tax and we mentioned in the introduction google and facebook have welcomed the deal but do you think some big corporations will try to fight back? without a doubt, and we're seeing the type of tactics we saw from big tobacco and big chemicals when they want to fight the legislation, which is the fund

trade bodies to do the dirty work on their behalf whilst themselves seeming to welcome this, so i think there is a lot of devil in the details to work through. the current proposals will not make any impact on amazon, for example, so what that says to me is that when this goes to the g20, we need to start looking at the detail and making sure there are no loopholes because i can guarantee there are armies of tax advisers and accountants sitting there now, already working on ways around this. since the military coup in myanmar in february, more than 800 people have been killed during protests against the new regime. most of the dead were unarmed protesters, shot by the police — and the violence has been recorded on smartphone cameras, offering potentially powerful evidence to support international prosecutions for crimes against humanity. but, as our south east asia correspondentjonathan head reports, it isn t that straightforward.

a warning — his report contains distressing images from the start. the shocking violence of the security forces and myanmar has been caught many times on camera since the february coup. human rights lawyers are hoping this huge volume of video and photo evidence will one day lead to police officers and soldiers being prosecuted. many of the actions carried out by the police and military since the coup could be considered to be crimes against humanity. 3rd of march. protesters here were greeted by sustained bursts of automatic gunfire aimed directly at the crowd. six people are known to have been killed by gunshots. 0n the same road, these medical volunteers were

detained by police while trying to drive their ambulance towards the wounded and they were brutally beaten. 0n the same day, police were videoed walking a group of detained men and then shooting one of them for no obvious reason. the? men and then shooting one of them for no obvious reason.— for no obvious reason. they later dra: ued for no obvious reason. they later dragged his _ for no obvious reason. they later dragged his body _ for no obvious reason. they later dragged his body away. - for no obvious reason. they later dragged his body away. so - for no obvious reason. they later dragged his body away. so i - for no obvious reason. they laterj dragged his body away. so i have worked on conflicts in bosnia in the 90s, the khmer rouge in the 70s and therefore much more recently but in none of these conflicts that we have these phenomena of so many people having cell phones and recording evidence that could be helpful. after the brutal military operation against the muslim rohingya population, the un fact—finding commission determined that serious crimes against humanity and perhaps even genocide could have been committed but because myanmar does

not recognise the international criminal court in the hague it was not possible to prosecute so the un human rights council has set up an independent investigation mechanism to pick up evidence on those crimes. we are not a court, we are not a tribunal, _ we are not a court, we are not a tribunal, we — we are not a court, we are not a tribunal, we are given the mandate to collect _ tribunal, we are given the mandate to collect and analyse evidence of the most — to collect and analyse evidence of the most serious violations of criminal— the most serious violations of criminal law committed in myanmar since _ criminal law committed in myanmar since 2011 — criminal law committed in myanmar since 2011. so the idea of the mechanism is to collect and preserve that evidence to create files that could _ that evidence to create files that could facilitate prosecutions in regional, — could facilitate prosecutions in regional, national or international courts— regional, national or international courts that — regional, national or international courts that are able and willing to exercise — courts that are able and willing to exercise jurisdiction. courts that are able and willing to exercisejurisdiction. but courts that are able and willing to exercise jurisdiction.— exercise “urisdiction. but will the milita exercise jurisdiction. but will the military and _ exercise jurisdiction. but will the military and police _ exercise jurisdiction. but will the military and police officers - military and police officers ordering this seemingly indiscriminate violence ever be brought to justice? indiscriminate violence ever be brought tojustice? eight indiscriminate violence ever be brought to justice? eight different government in myanmar could refer these abuses to the international

criminal court, the united nations security council could also authorise cases at the icc but for that to happen all five permanent members of the council have to agree, and until now, both china and russia have vetoed any tougher action against the myanmar military. the criminal case could also be filed at a court in a country which recognises so—called universal jurisdiction. that has happened in germany and in spain, but for that to happen, the defendants would have to happen, the defendants would have to be in those countries. unlikely in this case. the prospect of justice for those who are victims of the military�*s violence in myanmar are still very distant. visitors may be returning to some of the uk's most popular tourist destinations, but employers are reporting problems recruiting staff. in cumbria, tourism bosses are warning the situation is reaching crisis point, and say the sector has been badly hit by new post—brexit

immigration rules. yunus mulla reports. the lake district is looking busy. the visitors have returned in large numbers, but fewer people are choosing to work here. emma's deli in grasmere is facing an all—too—familiar problem. its owner has another cafe in keswick — that's down to opening just five days a week. here, the chef retires soon. that position hasn't been filled. when we reopened lastjuly, we didn't seem to have a shortage of people coming forward forjobs, and something seems to have shifted. but it might mean that we do have to reduce what we can offer, either in terms of the days we are open, or maybe the days we can offer food because we just can't keep up with the demand. the scale of the staff recruitment crisis facing the county's tourism and hospitality sector is said to have doubled within the last month.

cumbria tourism's latest survey has highlighted the challenges facing businesses here in the lake district, with 68% saying there is a significant problem recruiting staff. business responses also reveal 73% cite a lack of applicants and 44% say there is a skills shortage. lack of affordable housing and public transport difficulties isn't new, but many businesses weren't expecting the current staff shortages. i've had clients in tears, you know? i've had them ringing up saying, please help. in fact, i had a chef the other day, a head chef, say to me that the hours he's having to work because he is six or seven people down in the kitchen, he said he's going to end up in an early grave. when the lake district country hotel group reopened with the easing of restrictions, 10% of staff didn't return. but brexit and the ending of the free movement of people is a bigger problem. i think the biggest problem in our area is pre—brexit we had 47% of our staff came from the eu. however, since the end of free

movement, we are now finding it a lot harder to find people. unemployment in our area isjust shy of 1%, and it's an ageing population in our area, so people are migrating away from our area rather than coming to it. businesses here are doing what they can to find a way out of this staffing crisis, but to grow and recovery, there is also a call for government intervention. yunus mulla, bbc news, grasmere. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers kieran andrews — political editor at the times scotland and maya goodfellow — political writer & academic — that's coming up after the headlines. time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. hello. most of us had a fine summer's day on saturday. sunday is going to be a little hit and miss. we are expecting some showers and i think generally speaking there's going to be a lot more cloud

around, particularly across england. this is what the morning looks like. the best of the morning sunshine will be across scotland, northern ireland and western fringes of the uk, but central and southern england, the midlands, into the peak district and across the pennines, also later in east anglia, we will see some showers developing and even if you don't catch the showers you are likely to have rather overcast skies through the day. the best of the weather will be across western and northern areas, belfast and glasgow, i think a stunning day on the way, although the highs will be a little on the modest side, mostly around the teens. you can see the showers continuing across parts of england and also eastern wales, into sunday evening. monday should be a fine day, also a fair bit of cloud around and some sunshine too. hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's

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