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leaders expected to pledge one billion vaccines to poorer nations. the club of leading economies say it is the best chance for recovering from the pandemic. france confirms it has killed a malian jihadist suspected of kidnapping and killing two french journalists at sister station rfi in 2013. and the delayed euro 2020 football championship kicks off today. we begin in southwest england where the first day of meetings

between the group of seven industrialized nations has just wrapped up. world leaders earlier dined with the queen and other senior members of the royal emily in cornwall. the summit opened with an expected ledge to share -- pledge to share one billion vaccines with four countries. in his opening remarks, british prime minister boris johnson urged the g7 to stop the inequalities from becoming entrenched through this pandemic. >> there's all sorts of reasons for being optimistic, but it is vital that we don't repeat the mistake of the last great crisis, the last great economic recession in 2008 when the recovery was notniform across l parts of society. what risks being a lasting scar is i think the inequalities may

be entrenched, and we need to make sure that as we cover, we level up across our societies and build back better. julia: take us through some of the highlights of day one. >> some of the highlights of day one in this first in-person g7 meeting for these leaders of the seven richest economies, the so-called most advanced economies in the world, was obviously dominated by the covid vaccine, beginning with talk of climate change, but the big thing this afternoon was very much about tilting back better, and that is, of course, the pandemic has caused terrible human costs around the world but also wreak havoc economically. boris johnson, as he is

traditionally very optimistic, said this was an opportunity. there was also an urgency to make pledges for covid vaccines. the u.s. president joe biden committing to 500,000,5 pfizer doses. the u.k. saying it would donate 100 million doses. the hope is that one billion doses will be pledged over this three-day summit, but it was also interesting to see this evening the leaders talking to prince charles, the heir to the throne, who has been a long reliever in sustainable development and organic farming. then he was joined by his mother, her majesty the queen herself, as they toured what is the top eco-attraction here, the eden project, well worth a visit

, and that is what the leaders were doing with partners. interestingly, this evening, the u.k. has actually pledged 430 million pounds to the global partnership for education because the great worry the british prime minister expressed was one that really, this is an opportunity to help those children affected by the pandemic who have lost out on their education. they particularly underlined that was the case for girls, and he very much wants other g7 leaders to also pledge millions of pounds in that endeavor. tomorrow morning, we will see the french president with some face-to-face meetings. the first one of the day will be president macron meeting with prime minister johnson and later in the day, the french president will meet joe biden, joe biden with whom he had a long chat today.

that was interesting. they were discussing amongst other things china and how it was important to have a confrontation with china during the discussions over the g7 summit. it was important to emphasize the values and the g7's best interests with china. it will be interesting to see as day two goes on some of the other bilateral's, and also, as we start to talk more about climate change. >> thank you very much for the update. for more on this story, we speak to the director of the london school of economics u.s. center. thank you very much for joining us on the program tonight. what shape do you think u.s. military multilateralism will take after four years of joe biden's policies?

we are seeing president biden saying america is back on the international stage. do you think internationalism is back? >> i think as you haveuggested -- [indiscernible] years of donald trump and trump's america first, this was a go day for america and multi-nationalism, multilateralism in general. the point you raise is well taken, that biden can say that america is back and is saying it. he is saying it to everybody who will listen, but i think the concern is -- that lingers is that trumpism, that america

firstism, that nationalism in the united states remains a strong political current, and the question remains if biden is [indiscernible] or if what biden represents is the end of america first. i should say it is not only a question about nationalism in the united states. it is in france. it is in the u.k.. it is in germany. this is one of the big problems facing the g7. i think we heard today with the call for a kind of embracing a more expansionary fiscal policy among the seven major powers a recognition that that is a serious issue across the oecd. julia: we did hear prime minister johnson talk about the g7, urging his counterparts to

really battle those entrenched inequalities. do you think that the g7 summit and these sorts of declarations are still relevant in terms of a global, concrete, policymaking point of view? >> yeah, this one in particular, i think, -- well we are still in the pandemic, but coming on the heels of 4 years of trump and on the heels and in the midst, really, of a pandemic still, you know that it sends a powerful message, and the symbols are important, but i think there are also some concrete policies. the announcement and pledge to donate a billion vaccine doses to parts of the world that are still reeling from the virus is nontrivial. also, if you put it on -- in a

geopolitical context, this is the g7's response without saying it directly to chinese vaccine diplomacy. there's a lot of things going on here at multiple levels. in china, it is the big rock in the pond for the -- or the 600-pound gorilla here. they maybe cannot talk about it. we will see how it is framed, but it colors it seems to me a lot of the deliberations that are taking place. biden wants a coordinated policy on china, and he has some problems with his european allies on this question. julia: is it not, though, almost impossible balancing act? as you said, there are many issues being discussed, notably the climate crisis, and finding

an issue for such a major challenge also requires players like china. what can he do in this situation? >> biden is going to have to be careful about where and how he pushes about climate. he needs china on board, but china has its own incentives to move in that direction, if only to compete with the united states and others. chinese leadership faces a lot of domestic pressure over this particular issue as well. on the question of china, the thing is there's three different areas. there's trade and investment and human rights, and we have already seen movement within would say, the transatlantic relationship on getting a coordinated policy towards china, in other words,

pressuring china on human rights. would not be surprised if we see some investment in europe in critical technologies that affect major european countries and the united stas. the top question is when it comes to tra and when it comes touropean and western foreign investment in china, that's when things begin to break down. i think the path for biden is to push but not too hard. he invited angela merkel. she will be the first european leader to visit the united states, and i think that is significant. one country that he has had trouble with -- [inaudible] germany front and center before she leaves office in the fall is significant. julia: i'm afraid that's all we have time for tonight, but thank

you very much for speaking with us. france has set a daily record since the start of its vaccination campaign with 740,000 people receiving a jab today. the prime minister announced the country will hit its goal vaccinating people this saturday. over 40% of the population has received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine, but the trend seems to be slowing. >> until recently, france's vaccination campaign was in full swing with appointments booked for weeks, but daily vaccinations seem to be slowing down, like in this center. >> we have seen a slowdown for number of appointments this week. we are equipped to vaccinate 3000 to 4000 people daily, but this week, we have only administered 2000 jabs a day.

>> as a result, waiting times have disappeared. >> i was struggling to get an appointment online for two days, and all of a sudden, there were many appointments available. it was easy. >> there's no need to book in advance anymore. >> we had to reassess the way people come and get diatribes. >> the slowdown in appointments could be explained by a more casual approach to covid-19. >> people seem to be more lax about it. in my family, there is a bit of apprehension. some think the vaccination is more dangerous than the pandemic. >> france has almost reached its goal of vaccinating 30 million people by mid june. julia: fully vaccinated

europeans will be able to travel within the bloc with no restrictions this summer. so far, a quarter of adults in the eu are fully vaccinated. it is up to eu member states to rubberstamp this game. several other countries have already begun using the system. by july, it will become compulsory for all eu countries to recognize the travel document. french forces have killed and molly and jihadist -- a malian jihadist. rfi expressed regret that he was killed instead of captured, saying his testimony could have lifted doubts in the case. only one member behind the kidnapping remains alive. >> he was believed to be

responsible for the kidnapping and killing of radio france internationalists. france says it killed the main suspect for the murder last saturday. >> this operation resulted in the killing of 4 terrorists. among them, a member of al qaeda and the islamic maghreb who was responsible for the killing of our fellow citizens. his death ends a long wait. >> rfi were in northern mali to report on legislative elections. al qaeda and the islamic microbe

claimed responsibility. the operation now comes a day after the french president announced he would scale back france's military presence in west africa. the united nations designates the second of november is the international day to end impunity. julia: now the euro 2020 football championship has kicked off after a year-long delay. 24 teams will play in tournaments to mark the 60th anniversary. only 16,000 fans were admitted, around 25% of the capacity of the stadium in line with covid restrictions. >> the tournament is starting a

year later after being postponed in 2020 because of the covid outbreak. it is italy versus turkey at the study olympic -- the stadio olympico. >> it is a magnificent country, and my heart is for turkey. >> turkish fans are convinced they will be champions. however, italian fans will be looking for a home win and are happy it is all beginning. >> i'm happy to be in the stadium, but anywhere in the square will be just as good. >> 24 countries are competing in matches held across the continent, making the euros the biggest sporting event since the coronavirus brought the world to a halt.

in rome, ticketholders have to show they have and vaccinated and tested negative within 48 hours of the game. whatever the result, it be a fantastic spectacle and a welcome diversion for fans watching worldwide. julia: "the minneapolis star tribune" has won the award for breaking news reporting for its coverage of the george floyd murder at the hands of police. your words have been handed out since 1917. the chair of the board told participants at the online ceremony that the nation's news organizations face complexity for covering a global pandemic, racial reckoning, and a bitterly contested election. congratulations to them. it is time now to look at the day's business news.

let's start with another major data breach, this time using volkswagen. >> volkswagen says more than 3 million customers in north america have had their data stolen due to a security flaw at one of its vendors. the exposed data includes personal details like emails and in some cases, drivers licenses and social security numbers. most of the people impacted are current buyers of luxury brand audi. the automaker says it believes the breach occurred some time between summer of 2019 and may of this year. mcdonald's has also been hit by a data breach. the chain says it detected unauthorized activity on its internal data network and discovered a small number of files containing personal data work accessed in south korea and

taiwan. the company says its security system was able to close off access quickly after identifying the issue and that no payment information was compromised. julia: as we heard earlier, leaders of the group of seven nations are expected agree to provide one billion doses of covid vaccine to countries in need, but the other idea for speeding up vaccine production is more controversial, one about suspending property rights on jabs. >> the wto has ruled on intellectual property designed to incentivize companies and creators to innovate and produce. patents are a type of ip right providing companies with mited term monopoly over their inventions to reward them for investing in the research that

allowed them to develop their product. vaccines fall into this category . when a pharmaceutical company makes a scientific breakthrough, they expect to have market control for around 20 years, but as covid-19 spread across the world, many argue these rules should be put on hold due to the severity of the global pandemic. the proposal was submitted to the wto along these lines. supporters say this will bridge the vaccine gap between rich and poor countries. >> this handful of pharmaceutical companies who own the vaccine patents have not produced enough for everyone. >> unsurprisingly, pharmaceutical companies disagree, but theyre not the only one. critics argue the's no point in sharing secret recipes to countries that lack ingredients and know how to make vaccines. they prefer to promote donations

and exports. g7 leaders have yet to read on the issue. the white house was first against and is now for a patent system. germany is against, but france's emmanuel macron is leading toward a limited easing of rules. julia: g7 leaders have reportedly agreed to continue supporting economies with fiscal stimulus and share the view that the recent rise in inflation is temporary. fears of inflation have also calmed down in financial markets. trading on wall street was rather muted this friday, but all major indices managed to eke out gains was the end of the s&p eking out another game. pharmacies across the country

starting a two-day strike this friday to protest severe shortages of medicines. subscribers are queuing up for hours at petrol stations to try to fill up their cars, word the court -- worried the pumps will soon try up for prices will skyrocket. scuffles broke out at some locations where customers were blocking off lanes with rubbish bins. >> [speaking foreign language] >> french authorities have broken up a major trafficking operation of european glass eels. officials say the smuggling ring

shipped tons of glass eels. the investigation started in 2017 after customs officers seized around 1000 kilos of the fish destined for china and thailand. they are said to be more valuable than gold. delicacy.d as an expensive the european police agency says class field trafficking is one of the most devastating crimes against wildlife worldwide and has carried out multiple operations to stamp out smugglers. julia: i hope they do stamp out those smugglers. thank you very much. we take a short break here on france 24. there's more news up next. ♪

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