this is bbc news. our top stories. world leaders at the g7 summit in cornwall attend a lavish reception hosted by queen elizabeth — the focus on climate change. earlier at the summit, world leaders discussed plans to donate one billion covid vaccines to poorer countries a teenager who filmed the murder of george floyd is given a specialjournalism award by the pulitzer prize board. chanting thousands of demonstrators in spain call for an end to violence against women after the discovery of a young girl's body causes outrage. cheering and an emphatic win for italy in the opening match of euro 2020 as they beat turkey 3—0.

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. leaders of the g7 group of wealthy nations have been attending a lavish reception hosted by queen elizabeth to highlight the need to tackle climate change. the eden project — in south—west england — consists of a series of bio—domes housing the world's largest indoor rainforest. here is the queen with the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, and the french president, emanuel macron. on the second day of the summit, the leaders are expected to sign a declaration aimed at preventing further global pandemics. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg. getting to this remote part of the country isn't easy. they've come from five continents to cornwall.

but the winding last mile of the journeys of the most powerful leaders in the world ended down on the beach. coronavirus kept prime ministers, presidents and millions of us apart. but now the leaders of the most powerful democracies in the world are lining up together. some of them appear but they can't even get quite close enough. the prime minister wants a joint huge vow — for a billion vaccines so the world can gather again too. 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 are 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 want to — 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 vaccine, you are making a huge progress — about 100 million. but in the next few weeks,

the uk is only sending five million. you could have already sent vaccines to developing countries. that hasn't happened. isn't there a danger that you are talking big, you are making big promises, but actually then you deliver something else? with great respect, laura, i think the people of this country should be very proud that of the 1.5 billion doses that have been 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 are putting in five million doses by september, but we'll do 100 million before 12 months is out. that's a huge number of extra doses. horn blares. 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 huddle together with intense tension over how brexit has affected northern ireland, plotting perhaps how to take on boris johnson 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". if global cooperation really is on the way back, look who arrived to witness it. the monarchy in full force — three generations of glad—handing. and prince charles tonight even suggesting what the politicians themselves should do. the next king told them if they co—operate on covid, they should co—operate on the climate too. the fight against this terrible pandemic provides, if ever one was needed, a crystal clear example of the scale and sheer speed at which the global community can tackle crises when we combine political will with business ingenuity and public mobilisation. ladies and gentlemen, we are doing it for the pandemic,

so if you don't mind me saying so, we must also do it for the planet. after tonight's greenery at the eden project, leaders will talk about the environment in the next few days. but the centre of the world stage was filled by the host of honour, who has walked it for longer than the rest of them. seats out, handbag down. the queen's quip about how fun this really is. how's that? are you supposed to be looking as if you are enjoying it? yes. laughter. if you could — we have been enjoying ourselves, in spite of appearances. appearances are a vital part of all of this — the other leaders crowding in to be close to her. but agreed action in the next 48 hours is what matters and what will be left behind.

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, cornwall. the leaders have pledged to donate one billion covid vaccines to poorer countries which are struggling to vaccinate their populations. in south africa, for example, only 1% of people have had theirfirstjab. our science editor, david shukman looks at whether the g7 pledge 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 two 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. so, 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. let's get some of the day's other news. usjustice department has begun

an investigation into reports that officials in the trump administration forced apple to hand over phone records of leading democratsjournalists. the department's inspector general that it will review the use of subpoenas to the tech diet. they were issued as president trump tried to find the source of leaks about contacts between his associates and russia. the leading hong kong pro—democracy campaigner, agnes chow, has been released from prison after serving seven months for her involvement in an unauthorised rally. local media said a crowd gathered to cheer her as she was picked up in a car. final results from a scientific trial in indonesia to combat dengue fever show it can be sharply reduced by a technique using bacteria. scientists released millions of mosquito eggs infected with the bacteria which is harmless to humans but prevents the insects from passing on dengue. results show a seventy—seven% cut in infections. a teenage girl who filmed the murder of george floyd has

been awarded a special citation in this year's pulitzer prizes. darnella frazier was recognised for her courage and for highlighting the role ordinary people have to play in journalists' quest for truth. dolores barclay is an adjunct professor at the columbia university graduate school ofjournalism. she gave me her reaction to darnella receiving this citation from the pulitzer prizes. i was ecstatic that she did. i think it really is a wonderful statement for people like darnella, who do make an act of bravery to observe and record a moment that's going on that could, at any second, turn into an act of violence or retaliation against the person recording the video. and it was courageous on her part, and perhaps it will inspire her to go intojournalism, who knows?

there's an extraordinary kind of — i don't know, paradox isn't the right word — but there was — it was something so ordinary, wasn't it, in one way? teenagers getting their phones out and filming what is in front of them — happens day in, day out. it's so extraordinary. but the difference between how ordinary that is and how extraordinary this specific event and the consequences of it were. yes, it — i think the difference is that she — there may have been a prescient moment for her. she probably knew that she was recording something significant, something that could make a difference in perhaps the victim's life. and i'm not sure what these observers of events — i prefer calling them

�*observers' rather than �*journalists' — i honestly don't know what their motivation is. many times, it's just to post something on instagram. sometimes, it might be a political or socialjustice agenda but whatever the motive, i think it's a necessary part of how we discover and hear about news events. and it's a huge assist for journalists for reporting a story. we're running out of time butjust on that point, because it is quite interesting — you made a point there of calling them �*observers�*, not �*citizen journalists�*. of course journalism, as you say, relies hugely now on footage gathered by members of the public but... yes, that�*s true! ..but you think it is important to call them observers rather

than citizen journalists? yes, yes. i think that that is an important distinction and that does not demean their contribution or their work in any way. i think what citizens are doing today is a tremendous boost and it�*s necessary. we have the technology to record everything that�*s going on around us, and it�*s a way of drilling down to the truth, which is whatjournalism is all about. yeah. thousands of demonstrators have filled the streets of spain, calling for an end to violence against women. it comes as rescuers continue the search for a one—year—old girl, after the body of her sister was found weighted down in the ocean off tenerife, prompting an outpouring of grief. tanya dendrinos reports. shoulder to shoulder, in solidarity. a chant for feminism.

chanting in spanish. there was a palpable sense of anger in madrid, women taking a stand against senseless crimes perpetrated against them. the latest unspeakable tragedy after the body of 6—year—old olivia gimeno was found at a depth of 1000 metres, inside a bag and tied to an anchor off tenerife. her one—year—old sister anna is still missing. their father the main suspect, he too is yet to be found. translation: i feel an immense rage, a helplessness that - i can�*t explain, and a desire to change things, as you can see. translation: i am here because i am a mother, l because i am a woman, and because we cannot stay at home crying. we're very sad in this country, there are hundreds and hundreds of deaths. this last one has already been a turn of the screw. they are sadists, they are murderers.

tributes have been laid in tenerife where the protests continued. the family lived here, but the girls were never returned to their mother as agreed at the end of april. a community now shattered. translation: we want - to express, from santa cruz's city hall, our rejection and our solidarity. support and love to beatriz, the mother, and the whole family because of the event that regrettably we got to know yesterday. we hope that this never happens again. santa cruz�*s city hall and all the citizens in the canary islands and spain have sad hearts because of an utterly unjust and cruel event for the girls and their families. since 2013, close to a0 children have been killed during attacks on their mothers in spain, with more than 1000 women killed at the hands of a partner or ex—partner since 2003. but even with those harrowing statistics, the prime minister has acknowledged some still deny the very existence

of sexist violence in the country. stay with us. still to come, we had to rome, where football fans have been gathering in the streets en masse for the first time since the start of the pandemic to watch italy when the opening match of euro 2020. —— watch italy win. the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe.

it happened as the queen moved towards horse guards parade for the start of trooping the colour. gunshots the queen looks worried but recovers quickly. as long as they'll - pay to go and see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em down the hills. - what does it feel like to be the first man to go across the channel by your own power? it feels pretty neat. it feel marvellous, really. this is bbc news. our main headlines: queen elizabeth has greeted g7 leaders on the first day of a summit, holding holding a reception at the eden project biosphere in cornwall to underline one of the summit�*s main themes, climate change. much of the summit�*s focus was on the pandemic, as borisjohnson said errors over the past 18 months

mustn�*t be repeated. let�*s stay with that story. charles kupchan is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, which is a non—partisan think tank. he says president biden�*s main goal in this g7 is proving that democracy works. i think the big headlines will be "america is back, democracy is back after the troubles of the trump era, and democracies are once again meeting face—to—face, working together, sending a signal to the world that this system of government works". but the symbolism isn�*t enough, and i think that is why biden will need to come forward and forge a consensus on climate, on the pandemic, on global tax, and i think probably the hardest discussion will be about china and russia. biden wants to forge a united front of democracies to deal with autocracy in russia and china, i think he is going to have to give some ground to find compromise with europeans who might not be spoiling for a fight with either party.

that is interesting, a potential bit of persuasion and arm—bending needed from the biden administration to get europeans on board, for a more concerted effort to face the threats that china and russia face? i think the single most important result for biden will be solidarity. a demonstration that the united states is back as a team player, that it stands shoulder to shoulder with its democratic allies, and when it comes to forging a consensus on china, i think he will say, "listen, let�*s find common ground, let�*s make sure that we send a signal that we are united." and yes, that may require giving a little bit of ground, because over the last few months he has talked about a clash between democracy and autocracy, a new ideological dividing line. i am not sure his counterparts in asia or europe are comfortable with that kind of approach.

so i am guessing what you will see is a more discreet focus on repatriation of supply lines, standing up to china on trade, dealing with human rights, rather than this big ideological confrontation. that is really interesting and something we haven�*t had too much about. let�*s move on to things we have heard about, the focus on climate change and the pandemic, lessons learned from the pandemic. on those two issues, what do you think will come out of this? we already know that on the pandemic we will see a pretty bold commitment to get 500 million doses from the united states, it looks like another 500 million from others — the question is, when is that going to happen? we might hear more about that. on the pandemic, over the long—term, i think we�*re going to hear something about reform of the world health organization, what can we do to make sure this kind of thing doesn�*t happen again. and then on climate change,

we are tracking toward a big meeting in the uk in november, so i don�*t expect to see big results here, but perhaps new commitments, new targets on spending, on investment in green technology, on bringing down emissions. they will clearly say something that will set up the agreements that hopefully will be forthcoming in the big meeting in november. the usjustice department has begun an investigation the euro 2020 tournament has got under way in rome with a spectacular opening ceremony, a year after being postponed because of the pandemic. italy took on turkey in the first match, winning 3—0. here�*s andy swiss. singing nessun dorma. the night that football has been waiting for. a suitably italian soundtrack in rome as opera singer andrea bocelli got the euros off to a spine—tingling start. singing continues. cheering and applause. because of covid, only 16,000 were allowed in but you would hardly have guessed it, as turkey and italy emerged

to deafening anticipation. after a year—long delay, it was finally time. but not before the ball arrived in a slightly unusual fashion, via remote control car — and soon it was italy in the driving seat. their first owed a little to luck, an own goal by turkey�*s merih demiral, but their dominance was beyond dispute. ciro immobile coolly made it 2—0 before they rounded off their perfect night in perfect style. a hugely impressive win for italy. both they and this long—awaited tournament are off to some start. andy swiss, bbc news. our correspondent mark lowen was at the stadio olimpico in rome. well, 3—0, a thumping victory for italy and some very dejected, very quiet turkish fans coming out of the stadio olimpico here in rome now.

and the joyous italian fans beginning to come out. we heard the roars of the italian fans from inside the stadium for those three successive goals. all the happier the fact that they are playing here to a home crowd in rome. and even happier still the fact that they are hosting the very first match. they�*ve hosted the very first match of the euro championship, having been the first country in europe to be crushed by covid, now the first hosts of the euro 2020 championship, a sign in itself of how far this country has come since the darkest days of the pandemic last year. it has had of course a devastating impact on this country, the second highest death toll in europe and yet the numbers have dropped considerably to the extent they have felt able to host 16,000 spectators inside the stadio olimpico. they all had to show proof of either a negative covid test or a covid vaccination before they went in. they were treated to some sublime football and dominating football by the italian team, and a fantastic opening

ceremony as well. the italians really feel they are confident now going through this tournament. they feel they have a young, rejuvenated team, full confidence in roberto mancini, and it has really paid off tonight. they feel they can go far in this tournament. the turks — rather sad, very, very disappointed. they have a chance to make it up in their remaining group matches, but a huge disappointment for them tonight. they were hoping for much more, but the italians really have outshone them and outclassed them. in tennis, world number one novak djokovic has handed 13—time french open champion rafael nadal his third defeat in 16 years at the clay court tournament. djokovic triumphed in an epic showdown against the spaniard in the roland garros semi—finals, where authorities overruled the 11:00pm curfew, allowing spectators to stay for the full duration of the match. djokovic will face stefan tsitsipas of greece in sunday�*s final.

that�*s it from me. i�*m lewis vaughan—jones. this is bbc news. the hottest weather of the year so far awaits us as we head into the weekend. it�*s sunday that will be the hottest day of the two, with temperatures reaching 30 degrees in the very hottest areas. now, it�*s pretty humid across parts of england and wales on friday, but that humidity will be easing somewhat as we head into the first part of saturday morning. fresher air moving in for most. that said, it will stay pretty humid around the channel islands, still with some low cloud and some fog patches here to start saturday morning. otherwise, we�*ve got broken cloud, and these are the kind of temperatures we�*ll have to start the day —

around about 10—14 degrees for most, so a mild start to the day already. now, for saturday morning, really, across the northern half of the uk, you�*ll see patches of cloud. eastern scotland probably having some decent sunshine. wales, the midlands, east anglia, southern england as well having a largely fine and settled start to the day with plenty of sunshine, too. and for most areas, the weather will brighten up, but it will turn cloudier and more humid in northern ireland and western scotland. so it never gets that warm, for example, in stornoway — 1a degrees here. further southwards, that�*s where the highest temperatures will be. across england and wales, low to mid 20s once again. and for the cricket at edgbaston, unlike the first test, no chance of interruptions. this time around, it stays dry with lots of sunshine. and wales get their european football campaign under way in azerbaijan. it will stay dry with warm sunshine here. now, for the second half of the weekend, the weather�*s going to get even hotter. high pressure building in for most of the uk, although we do have this pesky weather front moving into the far north—west

and ultimately, that will bring some rain across the far north—west of scotland. but otherwise, most parts of the country having some long spells of sunshine and for many, it will be very, very warm and feeling really quite humid. 26 degrees in aberdeen. highs reaching 30 degrees in the hottest areas further south. never that warm, though, across the far north—west with that thicker cloud and the rain. it does mean as england start their european campaign against croatia at wembley, it�*s still going to be pretty warm — 27 celsius — and a warm night will follow. sunday night, these are the temperatures, still, at 11 o�*clock. a warm one for sleeping with those temperatures still well into the 20s. into next week, well, there will be some rain moving in to some northern areas of the uk but it�*ll be still sunny and very warm further south.

this is bbc news. the headlines: leaders of the g7 countries meeting in england set to discuss plans to donate one billion coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries. later today they�*re expected to sign a pledge aimed at preventing further global pandemics. a teenage girl in the us, who filmed the murder of george floyd by a white police officer in minneapolis, has been awarded a special citation in this year�*s pulitzer prizes. darnella frazier�*s film, shot on her mobile phone, went viral and sparked global protests for racial justice. the biggest international sporting event since the outbreak of the pandemic, the euro 2020 football tournament, has opened in rome. in the first game, italy beat turkey 3—0 in front of 16,000 mask—wearing fans. 51 matches will be played in 11 countries over the next month.

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