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this is bbc news with the latest headlines. world leaders are in rome for the 620 summit where climate change and covid—19 are expected to dominate talks. the italian prime minister, mario draghi, opens the summit with a call for multilateral action as the only way to solve the problems the world is facing. we are going to get on and do things that matter to both of us, the more we go with all our challenges, the more it is clear the multilateralism is the best answer to the problems we face today. but a row over post—brexit fishing rights between britain and france threatens to sour discussions. borisjohnson insists he doesn't want that to distract from the 620 — or the key climate change summit in glasgow. we are going to get on and do things
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that matter to both of us, and make sure we work together on tackling the big issues that face the world. there's some turbulence in the relationship. lawyers for prince andrew claim the woman who's accused him of sexual assault is out for �*another payday�* as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case. good afternoon. borisjohnson has admitted that there's turbulence in the uk's relationship with france over post—brexit fishing rights. speaking in rome before the opening session of the 620 summit there, mrjohnson suggested france was already in breach of the brexit trade deal. president emmanual macron — who's also at the meeting —
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has said the row is a test of britain's credibility on the international stage. mrjohnson told the bbc the dispute was dwarfed by the issue of climate change. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. borisjohnson has boris johnson has come borisjohnson has come to rome not for the ceremony other culture but for the ceremony other culture but for one overriding task, to convince other 620 countries to do more to reduce global warming, and that will mean not shaking hands but twisting arms, arms belonging to these world leaders whose economies produce 80% of world global emissions. first, he will need to patch things up with his particular ally. president macron thinks britain is not allowing enough french boats to fish in british waters, breaking the rule book. the prime minister disagrees. we are concerned france is about to become in breach of the agreement we
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struck. but become in breach of the agreement we struck. �* ., . become in breach of the agreement we struck. �* . . , ., , ., become in breach of the agreement we struck. �* . . , ., , ., struck. but france shows no sign of backin: struck. but france shows no sign of backing down _ struck. but france shows no sign of backing down on _ struck. but france shows no sign of backing down on this _ struck. but france shows no sign of backing down on this fishing - backing down on this fishing dispute. president macron told the financial times it was a test of international —— britaininternational got ability. the french prime minister has asked the european commission for support, suggesting in a letter that it should show voters that leaving the eu is more damaging than remaining in it. , ,., , . in it. there is some turbulence in the relationship, _ in it. there is some turbulence in the relationship, i _ in it. there is some turbulence in the relationship, i had _ in it. there is some turbulence in the relationship, i had seen - in it. there is some turbulence in the relationship, i had seen the l the relationship, i had seen the letter that you mention. if one of our partners decides to breach the trade and cooperation agreement that we struck, then obviously that is a matter that will have to be pursued. for now, there were some smiles. the best bash the fishing dispute on hold as world leaders discussed climate change, the pandemic and get the economy is growing, after years of doing their own thing.— of doing their own thing. people are very concealed _ of doing their own thing. people are very concealed about _ of doing their own thing. people are
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very concealed about his _ of doing their own thing. people are very concealed about his day - of doing their own thing. people are very concealed about his day is - very concealed about his day is history and our civilisation. we think we can be on a remorseless forward march one actively colliding on our own decline and fall. what we need to do is to ensure that at that cop26 summit next week, the world leaders come together and make the commitments that are necessary. it is the first time these leaders have set around a table for almost two years and they have a great deal of work today. the years and they have a great deal of work today-— years and they have a great deal of work toda . ., ., ., work today. the more we go with all our challenges. _ work today. the more we go with all our challenges, the _ work today. the more we go with all our challenges, the more _ work today. the more we go with all our challenges, the more it - work today. the more we go with all our challenges, the more it is - work today. the more we go with all our challenges, the more it is clearl our challenges, the more it is clear that multilateralism is the best answer— that multilateralism is the best answer to the problems we face today _ answer to the problems we face today in— answer to the problems we face today. in many ways, it is the only possible _ today. in many ways, it is the only possible answer.— possible answer. going get alone, the italian premier _ possible answer. going get alone, the italian premier said, _ possible answer. going get alone, the italian premier said, was - possible answer. going get alone, the italian premier said, was not l possible answer. going get alone, l the italian premier said, was not an option, but for these leaders, that could mean some hard choices. let's stay with the dispute between france and the uk over post—brexit fishing rights.
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president macron claimed the row was a test of britain's credibility on the international stage. mrjohnson says he's puzzled by france's attitude. jean—marc puissesseau is the president and chairman of the ports of calais and boulogne. the problem is that some french fishermen are waiting for licences. about a0 fishermen waiting. 20 small boats. those small boats are not equipped with monitoring surveys in 2016 like that, which is a reference, and they cannot prove that they were fishing in your water. that is one point. this is very... very naughty to say that! and then we have 20 other boats which are above 18 metres. and for them, they need historical
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declarations in 2016, 2017 also. but the majority of them sold their boats in 2020, 2019, so they don't have this any more, they are new boats, so they don't have reference with the new boats. and they don't get a licence. so it is small things. it is so small economical problems in an ocean of things after brexit. this small problem will bring total chaos in the next stage. so i do hope in the weekend there is some resolution and agreement. between our governments. because from my point of view, i know the french government were asking to you to get these a0 licences for the french fishermen, and they don't get it.
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and then they have nothing from your boats, and may to do more with the blocking, 0k, for more on this, i'm joined by anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist. we'll come back to the fishing issue in a second because we have covered that in a bit of detail, more broadly the 620 is significant, the first time face—to—face for a couple of years and obviously given the size of the challenges the world is facing at the moment, what do you hope or think will come out of this in a couple of days' time?- in a couple of days' time? well, i think really. _ in a couple of days' time? well, i think really, the _ in a couple of days' time? well, i think really, the big _ in a couple of days' time? well, i think really, the big staging - in a couple of days' time? well, i think really, the big staging of. think really, the big staging of cop26 and the fact that boris johnson has put so much into this as a centrepiece of his term of office show that he is quite serious about it. ithink show that he is quite serious about it. i think what will be very interesting, once we have seen that interaction of the main players who have come to cop, and what are the
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terms of those who have stayed away, how are they going to try to arrange age? first he has to build the good mood, the story comes a bit across that in terms of french fishing right but broadly speaking, leaders have got to feel there is some buy in politically for them to going along with this cop deal and doing it a bit on the terms that boris johnson set. when the technical teams come in, that is when the real wrangling will take place. if i win, who loses? in wrangling will take place. if i win, who loses?— who loses? in boris johnson's interview _ who loses? in boris johnson's interview with _ who loses? in boris johnson's interview with laura - who loses? in boris johnson's . interview with laura kuenssberg, who loses? in boris johnson's - interview with laura kuenssberg, he was very keen to focus on climate change and the importance of taking action on that above everything else. coming back to the 620 itself, what other issues take your interest about what they will be talking about? ., , . about what they will be talking about? ., ,., .., ., , about what they will be talking about? ., ., , , about? the global economy is obviously _ about? the global economy is obviously the _ about? the global economy is obviously the big _ about? the global economy is obviously the big one, - about? the global economy is obviously the big one, how. about? the global economy is - obviously the big one, how quickly can the world economy get back to
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scale, because if you don't have that growth that is going to power, particular growing companies, sorry, that's the door bell, sorry about that. but if anything countries, particularly, need that growth, and where is that going to come from? how is that going to be driven on, and how does it fit with a green agenda? many ways you can assimilate economy and get production up, but that doesn't always fit with the greening of the economy where your reward is much further down the line, and that is really difficult for governors to sell to their electorate. i think they will be a lot about that. aha, electorate. i think they will be a lot about that.— electorate. i think they will be a lot about that. a fascinating issue, we have a programme _ lot about that. a fascinating issue, we have a programme element - lot about that. a fascinating issue, we have a programme element on| lot about that. a fascinating issue, . we have a programme element on the nose channel, an interview with arnold schwarzenegger, pointing at the size of the california economy and the fact that they had some of the strictest environmental regulations, he very much pointing out it can be hand in hand, it is a bit ofa out it can be hand in hand, it is a bit of a challenge but it can be done, that was certainly his perspective. so, we have the global
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economy,... i do want to ask you about fishing, just because we have been covering it, so, what is your explanation, i suppose, been covering it, so, what is your explanation, isuppose, it been covering it, so, what is your explanation, i suppose, it is hard in one sense, it's a question of giving out licences to a0 boot boats which is a very small number of french boats, things are very minor issue, but what i think it has exploded as much in the way it has? i think for a number of reasons. the politics of this, in terms of the electoral cycle in france, it is very difficult and it is not an altogether surprised if you look at the way it sometimes british and french electorate cycles work is that at the moment, doesn't really suit emmanuel macron to look like he is backing down on this. it is something that can be sorted out, as most of these things can, by revisiting exiting deals. the mood music around that is on the face of it very bad but we also saw that
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lavish interacting with boris johnson and president macron this morning, the better the fist pumping, ithink morning, the better the fist pumping, i think they know it is something of a drama that is being carried out here but that isn't to say that it is particularly easy to come a swift arrangement, and the longer it goes on, the danger it is that it escalates and that you have, you know, the sort of threats of things that could go worse in the channel. i think it will be sorted out, i think there is a bit of a linkage there to the northern ireland protocol, that is also up for discussion, of course, among the leaders, and i guess the fishing rights would be sorted, it would be so long and thanks for all the fish, but things can go wrong along the way, and tempers can fray, that is what we can say. == way, and tempers can fray, that is what we can say.— what we can say. -- what we have seen. what we can say. -- what we have seen- finally. _ what we can say. -- what we have seen. finally, before— what we can say. -- what we have seen. finally, before i— what we can say. -- what we have seen. finally, before i let- what we can say. -- what we have seen. finally, before i let you - what we can say. -- what we have seen. finally, before i let you go i seen. finally, before i let you go and answer your front door, just, if you think, if you first forward 36 hours and the summit is wrapped up,
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the first 620 face—to—face, what do you think the world leaders will be happy for us to take away, for us to rememberfrom it? i happy for us to take away, for us to remember from it?— happy for us to take away, for us to remember from it? i think they would want to remember _ remember from it? i think they would want to remember a _ remember from it? i think they would want to remember a great _ remember from it? i think they would want to remember a great leap - want to remember a great leap forward on climate change, it won't go anywhere near to sorting out the problem, which is vast in scale and will take years and decades to come to a better solution for poor old planet earth, but i think if this was seen as a bit of a moonshot moment, if we look back and remember this was the time, coming out of the pandemic, when the global community, warts and all, trade—offs and some exceptions but more often than not, came to the table and went away with something substantial, i think they would think that was progress. and i also think they would have something they feel proud of for their memoirs and their children and grandchildren, that is the kind of mood and divide i think boris johnson will want to put across in those first meetings and social gatherings. those first meetings and social gatherings-— those first meetings and social gatherings. those first meetings and social uaatherins. . ~ . ., gatherings. thank you so much for cominu gatherings. thank you so much for coming on. _ gatherings. thank you so much for coming on. great _ gatherings. thank you so much for coming on, great stuff. _
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the prime minister says he's spoken to the queen this week and that she's on very good form. yesterday, buckingham palace announced the 95—year old would not undertake official visits for a fortnight. speaking in rome, mrjohnson said the important thing was she had to follow the advice of her doctors and get some rest. i spoke to her majesty, as i do every week, this week and she's on very good form. she's just got to follow the advice of her doctors and get some rest, and i think that's the important thing. i'm sure the whole country wishes her well. lawyers for prince andrew have accused a woman of trying to achieve another payday at the duke's expense. virginia 6uiffre says she was sexually abused by him as a teenager. prince andrew has always denied the claims and has now asked a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. frances read reports. pictured together two decades ago, virginia 6uiffre claims prince andrew sexually abused her when she was just 17, a minor under us state law.
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they are allegations prince andrew strenuously denies and he has never been criminally charged. now his lawyers say a civil lawsuit against him should be dismissed. in a document filed to a court in new york they say that accusing a member of the royalfamily has helped 6uiffre create a media frenzy. it has accused her of trying to achieve another payday at prince andrew's expense, with the lawyers adding that sensationalism and innuendo have prevailed over truth. the legal team says the duke's sullied reputation is only the latest collateral damage of the jeffrey epstein scandal. prince andrew's lawyers say miss 6uiffre settled her civil damages claims against epstein in 2009 and as part of the agreement she agreed not to sue anyone else connected to him. the billionaire killed himself in jail in 2019 as he was held on charges for the sex trafficking of minors. francis read, bbc news.
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the headlines on bbc news... world leaders are in rome for the 620 summit where climate change and covid—19 are expected to dominate talks. the italian prime minister, mario draghi, opens the summit with a call for multilateral action as the only way to solve the problems the world is facing. but a row over post—brexit fishing rights between britain and france threatens to sour dicussions. borisjohnson insists he doesn't want that to distract from the 620 or the key climate change summit in glasgow. sport now, and let's get a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello, there, we are going to start in the premier league because we have an early result, arsenal beat leicester 2—0. they made a great
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start with 6abrielle scoring the first in the fifth minute. 1—0 arsenal. and then a second goal on 18 minutes. and that is how it finished, 2—0 to the visitors but it was keeper adam ramsdale that was given man of the match after some fantastic saves to keep a clean sheet for his side. that puts arsenal up to fifth in the table. these are the other games in the premier league this afternoon.
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staying with visible and the draw for the foot of quine els of the week has been rash the quarterfinal. west ham's play tottenham, arsenal play sunderland. there were five matches in the scottish premiership but ross county versus hat�*s has been postponed after two hibs players tested positive for coronavirus. there has only been one goal so far in scotland, dundee have scored against saint mirren. two cricket now and england are taking on australia in the t20 world cup. both sides went into the match with a 100% record. england won the
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toss and elected to evolve. —— elected to bowl. a few moments ago, australia were 15-2 a few moments ago, australia were 15—2 after three overs. live commentary on radio life five. —— radio five live. there has been one match already today, south africa beating sri lanka in the world cup. their wicketkeeper took the knee. he apologised to fans when he initially refused to make the gesture. south africa needed 15 off the last over and to success from david miller saw them get over the line, they won by four wickets with just one ball to spare. let's ta ke spare. let's take you to murrayfield now
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where scotland are playing tonga in the first match of the men's autumn internationals. it is 38 —— nine to scotland after 35 minutes. two tries for maclean on his debut. he is 21 years old, so fantastic start for him. in cardiff, wales and a huge game against new zealand later, they haven't beaten the all blacks since 1953. with capacity crowds at the stadium, it is expected to be a thriller. ratherfitting stadium, it is expected to be a thriller. rather fitting that it should be done in a match against the all blacks. when philip says he realises the significance. it is fantastic he _ realises the significance. it is fantastic he is _ realises the significance. it is fantastic he is going - realises the significance. it 3 fantastic he is going to go one more with the jersey. fantastic he is going to go one more with thejersey. hundred fantastic he is going to go one more with the jersey. hundred and a9, so i am pleased for him, it is not about him, it's about the team
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coming together and having a great performance, which will need to be competing against a very strong new zealand side. australia have lost another wicket in the cricket so it is 15—3. plenty more rugby union on the website, including all the latest from the premiership matches. leicester are up premiership matches. leicester are up against northampton saints, but thatis up against northampton saints, but that is all the sports for now. let's return to the row between the uk and france over post—brexit fishing. the prime minister borisjohnson has admitted that there is turbulence in the relationship with france. the french president said the row was a test of the uk's global credibility. but, on the eve of the landmark climate cop 26 summit in glasgow, borisjohnson also said that the fishing issue was dwarfed by the urgent need to tackle climate change. the prime—minister has been speaking to our political editor laura kuenssberg do you think france is trying to punish the uk overfishing permits? things that unite france and the uk are far more important
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than those that divide us. we will work closely to get to the bottom of the issues. i must say we are a bit worried that france may be about to become in breach or is already in breach of the trade and co—operation agreement that we struck, but all of those issues are dwarfed by the agenda that emmanuel macron and i and angela merkel and mario draghi and all the leaders, joe biden, that we face today. i will come onto that in a second, but what are you going to do about this? you say it is not as important, fair enough, but what are you going to do when president macron is questioning your credibility and you have summoned the french ambassador into the foreign office in london, what are you going to do about it? we are going to get on and do the things that matter both of us, and make sure that we work together on tackling the big issues that face the world.
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there's some turbulence in the relationship. i have seen the letter that you mention. if one of our partners decides to breach the trade and co—operation agreement that we struck, then obviously that is a matter that we will have to pursue. but what i want to do is to get the world to focus on the threat humanity faces. and here we are, in the coliseum of vespasian, completed by titus, i think, and what more perfect metaphor could there be for the risk to humanity of civilisation basically going backwards... specifically before we move on, are you clear that the french behaviour at the moment is unacceptable? i am clear that the priority for us, for the french, i think for all of our viewers, actually, is tackling the biggest threat to humanity,
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and that is climate change. so the point i want to make, with the help of this brilliant visual, this backdrop, is people are often very conceited about history and about our civilisation. we think that we can be on a remorseless forward march, when actually we can be actively conniving in our own decline and fall. what we need to do is to ensure that at the cop summit next week, that world leaders come together and make the commitments necessary, not to halt climate change or global warming, because we can't do that, it's too late, but what we can do is restrict the growth in temperatures. in terms of countries you're trying to pull together, china are vital to this, are you disappointed with what they have come forward with so far? the point i made to our chinese friends is, look, they have made progress on overseas financing
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of coal, that is a good thing. what i think china needs to do is to find ways of making a more ambitious national... they are not going to do that, what they have said is not enough, is it? let's see what we can get to. i think what the whole world needs to understand is you can reduce dependence on coal very fast. i reminded president xi that the first time i went to beijing, as the mayor of london, the uk was a0% reliant on coal to generate power. today it is only 1%. so you can make progress very fast. but you could make progress at home, and you like to say the uk is ahead of everyone else, but right here, right now, you could say you would not allow there to be another coal mine in cumbria, which is on the table at the moment, or another oilfield off scotland. rule them out now if you want people
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to follow an example. people can see what britain has done. 80% of our power came from hydrocarbons. by 2035, to answer your question, we will not have any hydrocarbons in our power generation system at all. but on those specifics... and by 2030, well, we are the most ambitious country in europe, and by 2030, we are saying we will not have hydrocarbon internal combustion engines in new cars. that is a very ambitious target. we have just about the punchiest nationally determined contribution of any country. we are saying we will cut our co2 emissions by 68% on 1990 levels. we have already done aa%, that is a massive achievement. and we are doing that through technology. but through technology that allows us to deliver hundreds
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of thousands of high wage, high skilljobs. that is the plan. in september, you rated the chances of success in glasgow at six out of ten, what would you say now? i would say about the same now. everybody needs to focus... what the uk has been trying to do is to take the abstract concepts of net zero that we talked about at paris six years ago and to turn them into hard, sharp deliverables in terms of reducing coal use, reducing the use of internal combustion engines, planting millions of trees, and getting the cash that the world needs to finance green technology. that's what we are trying to do. we can bring you a quick update.
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borisjohnson has met with the european commission head, we can show those pictures of that meeting, there are flashing images in it, a quick warning for you. we have limited detail about what was discussed, the prime minister, well, he addressed the issue of fishing rights, first of all, which we have been covering quite extensively over the last couple of hours, he raised his concerns about the rhetoric from the french government in recent days over the issue of fishing licences. we heard in that interview with laura kuenssberg he was hoping that theissue laura kuenssberg he was hoping that the issue wouldn't overshadow other issues such as climate change but clearly it was raised with ursula von der leyen and he said the rhetoric, and the escalating hour —— argument with france. commuterjourneys are down by more than half compared to pre—pandemic levels, as many people continue to work from home. the railway delivery 6roup warns
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that lower passenger numbers are damaging city centre businesses. at the other end of the scale, leisure trips are nearly back to 2019 levels. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has more. this was what mornings used to look like, but the commute is not back to normal. commuterjourneys are less than half the number they were before the pandemic. more of us are taking the train since the end of the summer holidays, particularly for leisure, which is back up to 90% of its pre—pandemic levels. but across the country, people are commuting less. 0utside london, commuterjourneys are only 5a% of what they were and in london it's a1%. while that's good news for holiday spots like seaside getaways and rural retreats, the worry is that fewer people coming in to city centres will damage businesses. fewer commuters will absolutely have a big impact on shops and other businesses in town and city centres. our research shows that £33 billion a year is spent by commuters when they travel. for us as an industry we're building backup services,
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we've introduced flexible season tickets, but we want to go further, we want to introduce tap in and tap out, automatic price caps all over the country for commuters — what you've got in london, because we think that will help get today's flexible commuters back on board. we want to work with the government to introduce that as quickly as possible. the government has spent billions keeping the trains running during the pandemic. it's also keen to get passengers back. the way we work has changed dramatically for many. how long could it take to persuade us back on board? caroline davies, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. it's a mixed weekend, we've got two areas of low pressure — one which cleared through this morning has left in its wake a lovely afternoon with plenty of sunshine, just a few showers. tomorrow, a new area of low pressure will bring a spell of rain and gales. it is gathering force out in the atlantic, it will hurtle towards our shores later tonight. ahead of it, this brief ridge of high pressure, which brought us the fine afternoon.
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and clear overnight. then, a new area of low pressure pushes into southern and western areas so here it will be turning wetter and windier but temperatures will be coming up here further north and east. it will be chilly, temperatures in low single digits. don't forget, tonight the clocks go back one hour so it will be an extra hour in bed and it is a good job, too, because it is going to be a pretty atrocious tomorrow morning across many areas, this band of heavy rain spreads northwards and eastwards, tending to become confined to the northern half of scotland into the afternoon. very windy with gales around southern and western areas. there will be some blustery showers, too. it will feel quite cool. hello, this is bbc news with me, lewis vaughanjones. the headlines... world leaders are in rome for the 620 summit, where climate change and covid—19 are expected to dominate talks. the italian prime minister, mario draghi, opens the summit with a call for multilateral action as the only way to solve
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