this is bbc news, i'm christian fraser in cornwall — where british prime minister boris johnson has formally opened the g7 summit. world leaders begin their first in—person talks for nearly two years — with the focus clearly on the coronavirus pandemic we need to make sure that the lessons from the pandemic ensured that we don't repeat some of the errors that we doubtlessly made. the queen and members of the royal family host an evening i'm changes also on the queen and members of the royal family host an evening reception and dinner at the indoor rainsforest, the eden project. and i'm in london, also coming up on

the programme. the wait is over for football fans, the euro 2020 football fans, the euro 2020 football tournament begins with italy playing turkey and we will be live in rome. hello a warm welcome to falmouth — just along the coast from carbis bay where british prime minister borisjohnson— has opened the g7 summit in the past couple of hours. mrjohnson predicted that the world's leading economies would bounce back from the covid crisis but also urged his counterparts to learn from the mistakes of the pandemic. and speaking at the start of the first in—person meeting for nearly two years, the prime minister stressed the importance of ensuring that the recovery helped all parts of society.

coronavirus vaccinations and climate change will also be high on the agenda at the gathering carbis bay over the weekend. in the last half hour — queen elizabeth, prince charles, camilla the duchess of cornwall and prince william and catherine — the duchess of cambridge — three generations of the royal family — have all arrived as well for the reception. to start our coverage — this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg: getting to this beautiful and remote part of the country isn't easy. they've come from five continents to cornwall. the winding last mile of the journey of the most powerful leaders in the world ended on the beach. thejohnsons, the british receiving line. coronavirus kept prime ministers and presidents and millions of us apart, but now the prime minister wants them to pull together, with a huge vow for a billion vaccines, so the world can gather again. official hellos done, time for vital talks behind closed doors.

thank you all very much for coming. it is genuinely wonderful to see everybody in person. we're building back better together, and building back greener, and building back fairer, and building back more equal and, how shall i... in a more gender—neutral and perhaps a more feminine way, how about that? a reference to getting more girls into classrooms in developing countries. make the world a better place. that's the g7 theory, at least. the first lady and the duchess of cambridge descended on the four and five—year—olds of connor downs academy in hayle today. unusually, the royal family part of this week's big political push. and downing street reckons they've sailed over the first big hurdle — rebooting the so—called special relationship between the united states and the uk, with a new name for a new chapter too. so, it's a relationship, we call it the deep and meaningful

relationship, whatever you... the indestructible relationship. it's a relationship that has endured for a very long time and has been an important part of peace and prosperity, both in europe and around the world. and when it comes to the vaccine, you're making a huge promise about 100 million, but in the next few weeks, the uk's only sending 5 million. you could already have sent vaccines to developing countries, that hasn't happened. isn't there a danger that you're talking big, you're making big promises but, actually, then you deliver something else? with great respect, laura, i think that the people of this country should be very proud that of the 1.5 billion doses that are being distributed around the world, to the poorest and neediest in the world, one in three come from the oxford—astrazeneca deal that the uk did. yes, we're putting in 5 million doses by september, but we'll do 100 million before 12 months is out.

that's a huge number of extra doses. i think people do understand that. they also understand that the uk is spending £10 billion on overseas aid. yes, it is still a lot of money, but you are cutting it. and you're notjust cutting it, you're going back on something that was in the conservative party manifesto that you promised the public we'd do. and i think people will understand that there is a pandemic, which could not have been foreseen at the time we made that commitment to 0.7 throughout this parliament. that's one of the objections from outside. there are a few small, but noisy, bands of protesters who've made it to the fringes of the summit. and trouble looms on a different front too. the uk is not at the eu table any more, but the others still huddled together. with intense tension over how brexit�*s affected northern ireland, plotting, perhaps, how to take on borisjohnson on that tomorrow.

that's a side bar to the main business, though. a commitment to big democracies working together. the multilateralism, the german chancellor says, that's gone missing in recent years. the final agreements on sunday may fall short of borisjohnson�*s ambition, but the summit itself is a symbol to show these leaders want to stand together. world leaders have pledged to donate one billion covid vaccines to poorer countries that are struggling to vaccinate their populations. in south africa for example only 1% have had their firstjab. 0ur science editor david shukman looks at whether today's pledge from g7 leaders will be enough. coronavirus vaccines are starting to reach the remotest corners of the world. this team has come to a village in kenya. but the problem isn't

so much giving out doses, but getting hold of them in the first place, to have any chance of getting even a fraction of each country immunised by the autumn. africa needs an extra 225 million doses. this will really require a massive effort, as our early projections indicate that without a significant boost in the availability of vaccines, only seven african countries will achieve this goal. so far, around the world, about 2 billion doses have been given and some 480 million people are now fully vaccinated. but that's still only 6.2% of the global population, and some regions have done far better than others. sub—saharan africa has received only 1% of all vaccine doses, and 18 african countries have either totally run out — like morocco and rwanda — or are due to run out in the next few weeks, including

kenya and ghana. 50, africa is really the... seems to be the last continent that will be vaccinated. it will be mid—to—end of next year, by our calculations. but currently, there simply aren't enough doses available for africa. they haven't procured enough doses. and the real problem is that africa is not producing any doses. they don't have any domestic production, apart from a little bit in south africa. so, what needs to happen? well, we've had a flurry of offers from the g7. the us promising 500 million doses, the uk 100 million, the eu the same, and japan, 30 million. but the medical charity the wellcome trust says the rich nations should be giving a billion doses this year, and also filling a gap in the funding of $18 billion for testing and for treatments in the poorest countries. and as a reminder of the urgency of all this, uganda is the latest country to go back into lockdown, with schools closing and children sent home, as cases have suddenly

shot up again. there is a clear route out of the pandemic but, as things stand, it will take time. david shukman, bbc news. i don't think they are the doses thatjoe biden had in mind when he pledged his 500 million yesterday, but clearly that just underlines for you the capacity challenges that these countries have trying to get to the mark at the moment. whether it be enough just to donate doses or are they going to have to move manufacturing to other countries, waive the patents, we will talk about that in a second. at the ledges meet to discuss how to end the pandemic of activists or gathering in falmouth bay and with

remembrance of millions of people around the world who have died during the crisis. let's speak to christie mcneil. we can speak now to kirsty mcneill, she's the executive director of policy at save the children. so the above the vigil that you are ad, who is there and what are you remembering? the ad, who is there and what are you remembering?— ad, who is there and what are you remembering? the vigil this evening is a chance to _ remembering? the vigil this evening is a chance to remember _ remembering? the vigil this evening is a chance to remember the - remembering? the vigil this evening is a chance to remember the covid i is a chance to remember the covid data. we have seen far too many pass from this devastating pandemic and of course it is still raging. so tonight we will be reflecting on those we have lost but also looking forward to a few days of the summit that are much less disappointing than day one which i'm afraid has not shown anything like the level of ambition that we need to beat this pandemic. ambition that we need to beat this andemic. ,, , ambition that we need to beat this andemic. ,,, ., ., ambition that we need to beat this andemic. ,, ., ., , pandemic. spell out to me the things ou would pandemic. spell out to me the things you would like _ pandemic. spell out to me the things you would like to _ pandemic. spell out to me the things you would like to see _ pandemic. spell out to me the things you would like to see from _ pandemic. spell out to me the things you would like to see from the - pandemic. spell out to me the things you would like to see from the g7 - you would like to see from the g7 leaders stop that we think they need

to share three things, need to share doses, it seen progress on that although not enough, and the addition of the patents and know how soupy we can scale up manufacturing in their countries, but crucially they need to share the bill. it's been estimated that its anywhere between 50 billion and 66 billion to vaccinate the world. these are the richest countries in the world and so far there seems to be no proposal for there is to pay their fair share of that bill. is it as simple as just waving the patents? i take your point that there are hundreds of idol factories that could produce the vaccines who are just waiting for patients to get on with it, but it would take them months to get the production line up and running. and also there's a shortage right now. we know there's a shortage of raw material. it we know there's a shortage of raw material. ., ., ~ ., material. it would take time for manufacturing _ material. it would take time for manufacturing to _ material. it would take time for manufacturing to get _ material. it would take time for manufacturing to get up - material. it would take time for manufacturing to get up and . material. it would take time for - manufacturing to get up and running and as a short—term stopgap there

should be dose sharing. what we asked for was does the sharing of1 billion by the 1st of september this year. the proposal currently on the table is for there to be 1 year. the proposal currently on the table is for there to be1 billion shared by this time next year. exactly one year to relate, so dose sharing what we have vital doses across the g7 and every single one of the g7 countries, there must be a immediate dose sharing as they allow countries to scale up there capacity. that will make things saleable is a financing plan that these countries agreed to share the bill. ., , ., ., , , bill. how big would that bill be? could be anywhere _ bill. how big would that bill be? could be anywhere between - bill. how big would that bill be? could be anywhere between 50| bill. how big would that bill be? - could be anywhere between 50 billion and 66 billion. the key thing to remember is that calculus show for every dollar you spend on vaccination your economy gets 35 back. because it's really in vaccinate a world that we can get

economies opening up again, global trade opening up again and we can all get back to normal. so this is not really the question of charity although it is one of fairness, it's primarily one of common sense with each of our economies needing to get up each of our economies needing to get up and going again so we can all get back to normal we want to see. at back to normal we want to see. at when it comes to this figure that we talked about over the last 2a hours, this 1 talked about over the last 2a hours, this1 billion dose talked about over the last 2a hours, this 1 billion dose target, talked about over the last 2a hours, this1 billion dose target, i understand there's a bit of tension among the seven because the french and german camps have been saying today we have been donating our spare doses, if the united states and the uk who have contributed very little so far. i'm wondering if we are going to get any public place from the europeans this week? the uk set in february — from the europeans this week? the uk set in february that _ from the europeans this week? the uk set in february that it _ from the europeans this week? the uk set in february that it was _ from the europeans this week? the uk set in february that it was going - from the europeans this week? the uk set in february that it was going to - set in february that it was going to think about dose sharing and yet not a single dose has been shared by the uk so far. within a small pledge of 25 million by the beasts already

more than 100 million excess doses on orderfrom the uk itself. so really question of what is everyone waiting for? the doses, if not shared, will go to waste, there's no reason at all to keep them on order when they could be doing good work right now. we know that in sub—saharan africa fewer than 2% of people have been vaccinated and that includes front line clinicians and health workers fighting this pandemic without any protection. there could be no moral or practical excuse not to move on this immediately.— excuse not to move on this immediately. excuse not to move on this immediatel . ., ~ , ., , . ., immediately. thank you very much for bein: with immediately. thank you very much for being with us- — aside from the pandemic recovery and vaccines love the talk will be about climate change and prince charles was long campaign for my mental causes which talk to business leaders at the g7 summit. here is speaking a little earlier. i just speaking a little earlier. i 'ust wanted to fl speaking a little earlier. i 'ust wanted to say, iffi speaking a little earlier. i 'ust

wanted to say, if i i speaking a little earlier. i 'ust wanted to say, if i may, h speaking a little earlier. ijust wanted to say, if i may, howl speaking a little earlier. ijust - wanted to say, if i may, how much speaking a little earlier. ijust wanted to say, if i may, how much i applaud _ wanted to say, if i may, how much i applaud your— wanted to say, if i may, how much i applaud your determination during this g7_ applaud your determination during this g7 summit to create a greener and more — this g7 summit to create a greener and more prosperous future in the wake _ and more prosperous future in the wake of— and more prosperous future in the wake of the — and more prosperous future in the wake of the covid—19 pandemic. the global— wake of the covid—19 pandemic. the global health emergency has shown us what a _ global health emergency has shown us what a truly borderless crisis looks like. what a truly borderless crisis looks like and _ what a truly borderless crisis looks like and of— what a truly borderless crisis looks like. and of course we did not fully see covid _ like. and of course we did not fully see covid coming, yet climate change and biodiversity loss represent a borderless crisis. the solutions to which _ borderless crisis. the solutions to which have — borderless crisis. the solutions to which have been argued about, postponed for far too long. the fight _ postponed for far too long. the fight against this terrible pandemic provides, _ fight against this terrible pandemic provides, if everyone was needed, a crystal— provides, if everyone was needed, a crystal clear — provides, if everyone was needed, a crystal clear example of the scale and sheer — crystal clear example of the scale and sheer speed in which the global community can tackle crises when we combine _ community can tackle crises when we combine political will with business ingenuity— combine political will with business ingenuity and public mobilisation.

we are _ ingenuity and public mobilisation. we are doing it for the pandemic, so if you _ we are doing it for the pandemic, so if you don't— we are doing it for the pandemic, so if you don't mind me saying so, we must _ if you don't mind me saying so, we must also — if you don't mind me saying so, we must also do — if you don't mind me saying so, we must also do it for the planet. important— must also do it for the planet. important point being made their prince charles. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is with me. he has a point, if countries can work together to solve the pandemic thenit work together to solve the pandemic then it should build up come together to face the other big crisis which is climate. we have got u . crisis which is climate. we have got u- at the crisis which is climate. we have got up at the clinic— crisis which is climate. we have got up at the clinic for _ crisis which is climate. we have got up at the clinic for a _ crisis which is climate. we have got up at the clinic for a long _ crisis which is climate. we have got up at the clinic for a long time, - up at the clinic for a long time, the pandemic was slightly more unexpected as an issue. essentially what he is talking about is urging the leaders here at the g7 to change their mindsets. to step outside of their mindsets. to step outside of the national focus that they all have they are elected leaders, they have they are elected leaders, they have to respond to their electorate but actually to say this is coming to use his phrase, a borderless crisis. and that means that they have to sort of but when it comes to

things like dealing with emissions they could have their own targets and they could make their commitments to that but they have also got to say we are going to spend a lot of money, a lot of cash helping the developing world itself. adapt to climate change, although it was called climate finance, just help these countries become more resilient to the effects of climate change, that they are suffering from many of them themselves already. that's the point he's trying to do and he is the future monarch of the united kingdom and making a very clear and specific policy recommendation here. the clear and specific policy recommendation here. ., ., ., recommendation here. the amount of detail he puts — recommendation here. the amount of detail he puts into _ recommendation here. the amount of detail he puts into it, _ recommendation here. the amount of detail he puts into it, and _ recommendation here. the amount of detail he puts into it, and he - recommendation here. the amount of detail he puts into it, and he is - detail he puts into it, and he is not speaking as a solo voice, he met withjohn kerry, the us climate envoy yesterday, he works with the biggest ceos here in the country, he is talking to the president of cop 26, he brings a big communal effort to this, but he has been doing it for an awful long time.—

to this, but he has been doing it for an awful long time. that's one ofthe for an awful long time. that's one of the skills _ for an awful long time. that's one of the skills of _ for an awful long time. that's one of the skills of monarchy - for an awful long time. that's one of the skills of monarchy and - for an awful long time. that's one of the skills of monarchy and this | of the skills of monarchy and this curious constitutional system that we have in the united kingdom, that monarchy can act as a convene her, it can bring people together. it's very difficult for the monarchy to promote particular viewpoints but i can say is an issue of importance, let me bring the right people together so that they can come up with the proposal suggestions that can ultimately become policy from the government notjust nationally but internationally. so if you are the prince of wales this is an astonishing opportunity, you have an audience at the eden project listening to what you want to say. is quickly and finally, this is the g7, china is not here, the other countries are not here, though speaking to some of the g7 community and said don't forget what we decide herejust actually and said don't forget what we decide here just actually drive what happens at the g20 in october. it sets the trajectory and that's why what is discussed here over the next three days is so critical. the

what is discussed here over the next three days is so critical.— three days is so critical. the g7 as ado ted three days is so critical. the g7 as adopted organisation, _ three days is so critical. the g7 as adopted organisation, a _ three days is so critical. the g7 as adopted organisation, a relaxed i adopted organisation, a relaxed power structures that existed in the 70s when it was set up a deal with the oil crisis. at the same time it reflects still a sizeable chunk of the global economy and aunts you say it helps to set agendas, develop narratives so that when these leaders go to other formats whether they are the united nations or in they are the united nations or in the european union or even the g20 itself they have their own ideas already that they bring to their other forums. already that they bring to their otherforums. if already that they bring to their other forums. if you think the g7 is the forum where the fight against hiv-aids, the tide the forum where the fight against hiv—aids, the tide was turned on that in terms of saying we need to share all the pharmaceutical data on that, it was at the g7 that's the world began the process of cancelling debt owed by many of the developing countries at the time. so the g7 can have an impact, the risk as they talk a lot, they have ambitions but there's no

follow—through. as ever with whatever they talk about and decide this weekend, will they actually meet these pledges in the weeks and months to come? thank you very much indeed. that event is wrapping up, we are starting to see or we will start to see very shortly pictures of them making their way back to the bay and the focus will shift tomorrow to a number of bilateral meetings, important meetings that are taking place between borisjohnson and the various european leaders. of course we will be here till late tonight and show you those pictures when they come in and you will miss nothing so we do come back to us later in the evening. for now i will have you back to the studio. we will be back with a christian for the rest of the evening in the rest of the events from the g7 summit. a late night for christian and the team from our thanks to him as a team from our thanks to him as a team and all of his guests. you're watching bbc news — kasia madera.

let's get some other news now. euro 2020 of them with a spectacular opening ceremony and a year after being postponed because of the pandemic. the president of the european football federation said that the team's computing must adapt to a special situation. as of the right playing turkey in the study 0limpico in i'm joined now by our correspondent in rome, mark lowen. what an opening ceremony, i think it had everything from huge giant footballs to a performance artist, drummer suspended off the roof, and had everything. find drummer suspended off the roof, and had everything-— had everything. and of course opera with this being _ had everything. and of course opera with this being italy, _ had everything. and of course opera with this being italy, with _ had everything. and of course opera with this being italy, with andrea i with this being italy, with andrea porcelli singing a reminder when the italian 98 world cup was hosted here as well, and you are saying that the

players are adapting to the special specificity of the term it held here, so are the spectators because all of those inside the stadium had to show proof of a vaccination or of a covid task of the have to wear mess inside and on the 25% capacity inside the stadium, that still 60,000 people were admitted to go inside and a sense of realjoy among them, allowing turkish and italian supporters at being able to return to the stadium after these 15 months from hell, they were dancing in the streets here and hugging each other commencing turkish songs and italian songs waving the flags and now inside enjoyed the opening match of the euro 2020 tournament. ahshd inside enjoyed the opening match of the euro 2020 tournament. and how man fans the euro 2020 tournament. and how many fans outside, _ the euro 2020 tournament. and how many fans outside, because - the euro 2020 tournament. and how many fans outside, because italy - the euro 2020 tournament. and how| many fans outside, because italy has so many problems of the beginning of this pandemic, there must be so, oh i wonder, a this pandemic, there must be so, oh iwonder, a near this pandemic, there must be so, oh i wonder, a near miss from the reaction of the fans there but but i

just wonder when you spoke to fans or onjust how much just wonder when you spoke to fans or on just how much relief there is that this is taking place? aha, or on just how much relief there is that this is taking place?- that this is taking place? a huge amount of relief, _ that this is taking place? a huge amount of relief, and _ that this is taking place? a huge amount of relief, and really - that this is taking place? a huge amount of relief, and really a i that this is taking place? a huge . amount of relief, and really a sense that italy were the first country in europe to be crushed by the pandemic, it's now the first that is holding tomato that is hosting a game like this. and i think that is a sign of how far the country has come since the darkest days of last year, covid has a devastating impact in italy, the second highest death toll in europe just behind the in italy, the second highest death toll in europejust behind the uk but now the numbers have dropped considerably, most of the restrictions have been lifted and as of next week the evening curfew is being scrapped in most of the country, that will allow italians to be able to go and watch the games late into the evenings with big screens set up across the country. this is a football country, a coach of the scene the national team rejuvenated by roberto mancini after

not qualifying for the 2018 world cup and they're pretty confident going into the term come they see themselves going far we'll have to see how the next 17 minutes or so pan out of the rest of the match. we are seeing the reaction as you are speaking there, the wincing and holding of the heads i think that was a try from leonardo who just not quite accurate enough when it came to getting a goal, but you say of course a football mad country about the footlocker they fancied their chances you were saying? thea;r the footlocker they fancied their chances you were saying? they do, the 've chances you were saying? they do, they've got — chances you were saying? they do, they've got a _ chances you were saying? they do, they've got a young _ chances you were saying? they do, they've got a young team, - chances you were saying? they do, they've got a young team, they've l they've got a young team, they've got some big names, there but the likes of players who are strong midfielders and he has underperformed a bit and play for the national team, played better in his team colours but they feel really a sense of rejuvenation and a sense of new life being breathed into the team here by roberto, he is

given confidence to a younger generation of italian players and they have returned their confidence with loyalty can with enthusiasm and with loyalty can with enthusiasm and with a sense of fun. the italians have fun with what they do and football is no exception. you should've seen some of the amazing wigs and hairstyles and amazing face paint going into the stadium this afternoon, and i think that's really being helped by the fact that italy is planed to a home crowd here this is planed to a home crowd here this is a stadium posting three of the tournament and that's clearly going tournament and that's clearly going to play to their favour tonight. that said turkey is also a strong team and they have confidence as well, they are an older team than the italian team but they also feel that they could be dark corsets tonight emerging victorious. by the score at the moment still 0—0 but we will be bringing live updates, mark 11 the live outside the stadium, and thank you so much for sharing with us all the excitement and how much

excitement from the reaction of the fans, we will bejoining mark throughout the evening as well, so stay with us here on bbc world news, great to have you along. thanks for watching. good evening. there's certainly been a lot more cloud around today, but not for all of us. in fact, further south and east, we did get some sunshine and some warmth. this was hastings a little earlier on. a weather front introduced more cloud generally across the country and a slightly fresher feel behind it as well. now, the cloud didn't produce that much in the way of rain, but certainly it was quite persistent. and at times, many of us had scenes like this. this was leek in staffordshire. good grass—cutting weather, though, it has to be said. now, as we move through this evening, that weather front sinks its way into the south east. we keep some cloud through the night as well. and because it was a cold front

and it's introduced something a little less humid behind, it'll be a much more comfortable night for trying to get a good night's sleep. 0vernight lows between 9—11; degrees. high pressure then builds once again in from the south—west and the wind direction coming from the south—west, so some pretty warm, humid air starts to return as that air source comes all the way up from the azores. so, on saturday, it may well start off quite cloudy, but the sunshine breaks through very quickly indeed. a few isolated showers into the far north of scotland, and maybe a little more cloud into the north west. so, here, 14—17 degrees, but we could see highest values of 24. that's the mid—70s fahrenheit by the middle of the afternoon. it bodes well for day three of the second test at edgbaston. as you can see quite clearly, certainly more sunshine than we've seen today and turning increasingly hot on sunday. now, you can't avoid it, yes, the euros arrive, and wales' first match looks likely, although it's in baku, to be a hot affair as well.

27 degrees is likely with blue sky and sunshine. back close to home now for sunday, a lot of sunshine around on sunday. a weak weather front will bring some cloud and showery rain into the western isles potentially, but 26 degrees not out of the question for aberdeen. 28 degrees is likely into the london area, and that means that for england's opening match against croatia at wembley, it is certainly going to be a hot affair. sunscreen and sun hat at the ready if you're lucky enough to have tickets. the heat looks likely to peak on monday with indications of something a little fresher from tuesday. good evening. it's been more cloud around today and it has been a little bit fresher, but if you've got outdoor plans

hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... the queen hosts world leaders at the g7 summit in cornwall, with a focus on the coronavirus pandemic and pledges of a billion vaccine doses. senior royals also attend

the reception at the eden project to highlight the need to tackle climate change, prince charles calls on the global community to come together at speed. we are doing it for the pandemic, so if you don't mind me saying so, we must also do it for the planet. fresh calls to postpone the lifting of the last covid restrictions in england on the 21st ofjune, after a rise in cases of the delta variant. a neo—nazi who set up two extreme right wing groups is found guilty of terrorism and hate crimes. and the wait is over, the euros finally kick off in rome a year after being postponed. turkey are taking on italy in the first match of the tournament.

the number of new coronavirus cases across the uk has risen above 8,000 for the first time since the end of february. 8,125 new cases were recorded in the past 2a hours, that's up almost 60% in the past week, almost all them the delta variant, first identified in india. deaths remain low though with 17 recorded in the latest 2a hour period. it means on average over 6,500 new cases have been recorded per day in the last week. and hospitalisations are begining to rise with over 1,000 people in hospital — still a long way from the peak of almost 40,000 injanuary. more than 200,000 people received their first vaccine in the latest 2a hour period, meaning over 41 million people have now had one jab, that's 78% of uk adults. more than 300,000 have had their second dose,

meaning just over 29 million have had both jabs, with more than 55 % of uk adults now fully vaccinated. well the latest rise in new cases comes as health leaders urged the government to delay plans to lift restrictions in england completely onjune 21st warning that more people would be admitted to hospital. here's our health editor hugh pym. for the decision due on monday on the lifting restrictions in england, the advice of senior health officials will be crucial. one of them, drjenny harries visiting bolton, said even today, they were still assessing the impact of the delta variant first identified in india. one of the really critical points is to see what the effectiveness of the vaccine has been in preventing hospitalisation, serious illness and deaths, and that piece of work is literally still ongoing, because gladly we

haven't had too many cases so far. the latest figures on the delta variant show there'd been more than 42,000 cases in the uk byjune the 9th, up sharply on the previous week. in england, there'd been 223 hospital admissions byjune the 7th, up from 89 a week before. in the latest figures, most were unvaccinated, with only 20 having had both doses. we know now conclusively that it is about 60% more transmissible, which is obviously a worry. and we also know that if you are sick with the delta variant, you're more likely to end up in hospital. the doctors union the british medical association and public health leaders have called for a delay in the lifting of restrictions in england. they say the vaccination programme has been a great success, but more time's needed to administer second doses and case numbers are rising rapidly. the office for national statistics survey of community infections suggests in england, one in 560 people had the virus last week. that's around 97,000,

up from about 85,500 people the previous week. in wales, one in 1,300, in scotland, one in 540, and in northern ireland, one in 700 people had the virus. in all three, the 0ns said, the trend was uncertain. any thought of delays to the road map is bad news for wedding venues like this one in warwickshire. they're expecting all limits on the number of guests to be lifted onjune the 21st. if that doesn't happen, they say, it'll be a huge blow. this is probably one of the worst things to have to go through, and the waiting has been really quite awful, to be honest. not only for us as a venue, but for the couples. it's a special day for them. and there are mixed views among people we spoke to in watford. they've done this since the start of lockdown. they tell you a date, and then they change it to another one. and that is really annoying because they should be more prepared.

you just have to sit. and wait, sit and wait, hold tight and get ready- for when everything comes back. for the public, it's sitting and waiting over the weekend while officials and ministers weigh up data on vaccinations and cases for what'll be a finely balanced and difficult decision. well, we can speak now to doctor chaand nagpaul, who's the chair of the council of the british medical association. pleasure to speak to you. we are getting an increasingly fuller picture of the impact of the delta variant. what is your experience and the experience of your colleagues that you have spoken to about the difference this variant is making? well, we know this variant is far more transmissible. in fact, we are having more than 8000 cases today. that is four times as many cases that we had in the middle of last month and that is a huge increase.

and what is worrying is that we are beginning to see increases in hospitalisation in the hotspot areas, in the north—west, the number of hospitalisation has increased by 66%. although overall in the country, it seems low, the trend is in the wrong direction and what we have seen in the past and what we have seen in the past and what we have learnt is when you have a surge in one part of the country, it does not take long for it to spread to other parts. remembering that the r rate is now as high as... it is an escalation of spread. the rate is now as high as. .. it is an escalation of spread.— rate is now as high as... it is an escalation of spread. the r rate is the reinfection _ escalation of spread. the r rate is the reinfection late, _ escalation of spread. the r rate is the reinfection late, great, - escalation of spread. the r rate is the reinfection late, great, so - escalation of spread. the r rate is the reinfection late, great, so the| the reinfection late, great, so the number of people who are infected from one person having the illness themselves. we from one person having the illness themselves-— from one person having the illness themselves. . ., ., , ., themselves. we had actually got the r rate well below _ themselves. we had actually got the r rate well below one _ themselves. we had actually got the r rate well below one but _ themselves. we had actually got the r rate well below one but now - themselves. we had actually got the r rate well below one but now it - themselves. we had actually got the r rate well below one but now it is i r rate well below one but now it is spreading across the country, that is what the figures not only are we

at risk of increased hospitalisation, we are also now in the nhs trying to cope with the biggest backlog of care. we are now trying to peep treat patients with covid. there is every reason why we need to be cautious. i think it is not right to dismiss or only look at hospitalisation as the only barometer of how to make a decision. large numbers of younger people are also suffering with long—term effects of covid, in fact nearly about one in ten people are estimated to have long covid. if we see this massive increase of infection amongst younger people, it will not be helping the economy. it will not be helping the economy. it will not be helping the economy. it will not be helping business and it will not be helping business and it will not be helping business and it will not help employers if significant numbers are not able to work, either because they are self isolating or because they have got

long—term illness. it is in everyone's interest to bring this infection down. we know the vaccination programme is successful and what we are calling for is to lead this programme continue, so that we properly protect the population, and then we can actually take this last step at the right time. ., ., ., ., , time. how long then would that be in our time. how long then would that be in yourjudgment? _ time. how long then would that be in yourjudgment? how— time. how long then would that be in yourjudgment? how long _ time. how long then would that be in yourjudgment? how long would - time. how long then would that be in yourjudgment? how long would it i time. how long then would that be in j yourjudgment? how long would it be prudent for the government to wait? the problem with the delta variant is that we know that the first vaccination only confirms about 33% protection and that is very different from the situation when the prime minister announced the road map. 0ne the prime minister announced the road map. one of the tests was to look at new variants and we are actually not able to meet that part of the test because we are dealing with a different level of transmissibility. after the second vaccination, takes about two weeks to gain proper immunity. so, even if we have a race to try and get as many people vaccinated, it will not

be that at the point of vaccination that we are protected. that is one of the reasons why second highest age rate, which is seeing an increase in infection is the 50 to 59 euros, which you would expect to be protected from the infection, but it is the second dose that needs to be given. that delay of about two weeks to give you maximum coverage to not be infected. we need to get to not be infected. we need to get to the point, where the majority of the adult population, at least from the adult population, at least from the 20 to 29—year—old onwards, where this very high level of spread, have received both vaccinations and have been given about two weeks additional time to develop the immunity that they need. now, i don't know the projections of when that will occur but it certainly will not be the case byjune 21. it will not be the case byjune 21. it will take several more weeks. it is at that point that together with honouring the commitment of dates that a decision should be taken. 50.

that a decision should be taken. so, from our that a decision should be taken. so, from your point of view, forget during the 21st, the next date for a lot of people will be latejuly because of the school holidays. there are some reports circulating around news reports talking about july. is that a more realistic date of are you saying that we should postpone any decision on a full stage of this road map until september?— stage of this road map until se tember? ., ~' september? no, i think the right thin september? no, ithink the right thin to september? no, i think the right thing to do _ september? no, i think the right thing to do is _ september? no, i think the right thing to do is to _ september? no, i think the right thing to do is to be _ september? no, i think the right thing to do is to be guided - september? no, i think the right thing to do is to be guided by - september? no, i think the rightj thing to do is to be guided by the data. if we can vaccinate as much of the adult population and start from the adult population and start from the age of 20 onwards byjuly, theoretically, and if then those vaccinated people have been given the extra two weeks to have confirmed the immunity that they need, then it might well be possible but we will have to look at that in the context of the spread of the virus, and also assuming that we

don't see new variants of concern. remember, the other problem about seeing this large spread of the infection within the community is that the more infection that you have enough population, the more chance you have of your mutations and new variants. so, this is reason to try and contain the spread. the right thing to say is that we should be reviewing the position, what the british medical association is suggesting is that it should be reviewed every two weeks, looking at the data and the level of vaccination uptake, and then reaching a position with that data. what i think is artificial is to set a date stop that is one of the problems about the 21st ofjune date is that it was set before we knew about the delta variant on the prime minister said all along, it would be date an update. but what we are now finding is that the whole discussion is almost as if the 21st ofjune was a fixed date when it should never have been considered as such. it should have always been considered in the context of looking at the

data. ., ~ in the context of looking at the data. ., ,, i. in the context of looking at the data. ., ~' ,, , in the context of looking at the data. ., ,, i. , . i'm sure there'll be more in the papers this weekend aboutjune 21 and whether that is really still likely to go ahead, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. i think there is a very good chance given that the sun is already speculating on it states that the papers will be reflecting briefly on things that sources have told them about the dates that the prime minister is due to make an announcement on monday. he has tied up announcement on monday. he has tied up with the g7 servlet —— he is tied up up with the g7 servlet —— he is tied up with the g7 servlet —— he is tied up with the g7 summit until sunday. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the daily mirror columnist, susie boniface , known as the fleet street fox , and madeline grant, who's parliamentary sketchwriter for the daily telegraph, as well as being a columnist for the paper too. the uk economy grew 2.3% in april,

its fastest monthly growth since july last year. shoppers spent more on the high street as nonessential shops reopened, and people bought more cars and caravans. there was also more spending in pubs, cafes and restaurants as restrictions eased. a 24—year—old neo—nazi from bath, who created two banned right—wing terror groups, has been convicted of 12 terrorism offences. andrew dymock was also found guilty of three hate crimes by a jury at the old bailey. the court heard how he aimed to start a race war through websites and social media. daniel sandford reports. privately educated in bath, andrew dymock is the son of a university professor, but he founded not one, but two neo—nazi terrorist groups. both had to be banned as a threat to national security. i think his prosecution and his conviction and sentencing is a key step in protecting the uk. 0n the system resistance network website, he called forjewish

people to be exterminated. he's seen here in the white shirt giving the nazi salute. he called for zero tolerance to non—whites and described same—sex relationships as "a disease". the other group he founded, sonnenkrieg division, produced deliberately provocative propaganda, including a poster calling for the duke of sussex, prince harry, to be shot as a race traitor, which the bbc is not showing. the group is now banned in australia, as well as the uk. those he recruited were usually younger, likes schoolboy 0skar dunn—koczorowski, who's one of seven people linked to dymock who have beenjailed. on a gaming chat server which bbc news infiltrated for the exclusive report that first exposed him, dymock suggested all police officers should be killed. in court here at the old bailey, the same man who'd called for the death of all police officers tried to blame everyone else for his predicament. he claimed that he was the victim of an elaborate set—up by both

the police and a teenage girl. dymock was first arrested trying to travel to america to travel with members of this group, atomwaffen division, showing his international terrorist connections. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. now on bbc news, it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. what's in a name? the controversy over the duke and duchess of sussex's new daughter, lilibet and the challenges facing the bbc�*s royal reporting. and... no, not the time for an unscheduled appearance on the news channel. the relationship between the bbc and the royal family has often proved a tricky one and tensions flared up again three weeks ago,