scenes talks with developing countries though with conditions we cannot cross live to are to charlotte devinsky for more on the charlotte what do we know about what's been said so far. well this is a virtual meeting of the g 7 taking place on friday and it will include some new faces jewboy did turning up for the 1st time as us president and it comes as some leaders including boris johnson and president mark could have been talking about setting aside some covert 19 vaccinations and. sending them to poor countries that this is likely to be an issue that will see those leaders heads today and it comes as more information is being emerging about how the virus is ravaging poor countries. millions of doses immediately or billions and billions of euros it's about much more rapidly allocating 4 to 5 percent of the doses we have it won't change our vaccination campaigns but each country should set aside a small number of the doses it house to transfer tens of millions of them the u.k. would be looking at a figure significantly greater than that the government would be a global force for good in fighti

demanding legal changes to introduce a minimum age of consent which currently doesn't exist charlotte devinsky has the details. on wednesday this court is going to be center stage for a case that's provoked outrage here in france it involves a woman known as julie who says she was raped by 20 firefighters between the ages of 13 and 15. it all began when julie not her real name had been assisted by a firefighter following a severe anxiety seizure at 13 in 2008 now it's claimed he obtained her number for medical records and then grew before asking her to undress via webcam it's then claimed he passed it details on to other firefighters who did the same now in 2009 it's alleged a firefighter then raped julie says she was later taken to an apartment where she was gang raped in 2010 julie disclosed what it happened to her mother and a complaint was filed 3 firefighters were placed under investigation but no action was taken against another 17 men also accused 2 of the men have admitted that they had sex with julie whilst on duty and whilst wearing their uniforms a 3rd admitted a sexual act in a toi

to present mccrone are pocketing huge contracts for a vaccine plagued by delays and failures charlotte devinsky reports. as the vaccine rollout in france gains ground questions being asked about the role of private companies and consulting firms involved they said to be playing a major role in the strategy which to many has been a major disaster several companies were hired by the french government between them they have signed contracts worth millions and millions of euros the lion's share went to american for kinsey the lucrative contracts signed with mckinsey and not initially disclosed to the public was supposed to help ensure vaccine duces could be transported across france work you might think is perfectly suited to france's loss network of civil servants so the fact that it's been contracted out to us firm is that many with a bitter taste in their mouths. in government as in our hospitals consulting firm serve policing public administration that astronomical cost why such contempt for civil servants was an admission of an effectiveness and helplessness and our whole state apparatus what

restrictions have been lifted since then cafes and restaurants are still not able to host diners charlotte devinsky has the details. push of a pair on a long trip we'll see. since october this is been the extent of service available at restaurants and cafes in france takeaway only but as the ments have thrived on with the new reopening dating site same owners have decided to welcome customers inside in defiance of the couvade 19 regulations. i'm doing this for liberty and for. the frenchman that is no longer respected i'm not able to work so i have no freedom and open he did sue when it came to the crunch he settled on a compromise. so we will serve food to people outside the restaurant today i won't be able to reopen fully if i did i would lose my compensation for losses over and see my restaurant closed or go to prison his corps has spread across the country and other restaurants have followed suit since now at the end of january 1 christoph wilson i'm bringing his establishment in nice to around 50 customers yet. christophe wilson's protest was short lived and the doors to poppies were once clos

with more from paris charlotte devinsky province already feeling a little dejected after attempts by pharmaceutical company sanofi and the pastor institute failed to find a viable vaccine for cold feet 19 now officials must be weeping with anger. that french well never has developed a vaccine but will sell the 1st doses to the u.k. of a manufacturing factory. consider a very quickly by united case as very important so. we will deliver those to. the u.k. 1st the e.u. is already in a state of panic over what many deemed to be a catastrophic rollout of its vaccine program now member states such as france said signed up to this doing it all together which to date is seen it's a really lugging behind its former partner the u.k. now the round has seen the e.u. and the u.k. at loggerheads now that was initially of the astra zeneca vaccine but now some are questioning whether they would have been better going it alone the european union is not the vaccine it is the virus the european union has terribly managed to cope with 19 try says it has shown it is not only useless but it is toxic for t

encouraging leaders to share vaccines stocks with developing countries with conditions are to charlotte devinsky has more. well the g 7 leaders are meeting virtually on friday and there are some new faces in the mix including joe biden in his 1st outing at the meeting as u.s. president but already it seems that the leaders are going to be a longer heads particularly over the issue of the code 90 back scene this comes as president my phone was amongst leaders who made a call for western countries to put aside the 5 percent of the doses of vaccines for the poor countries a noble cause you might say particularly as figures are released showing how badly poor countries are being robbed by the fire us we're not talking about billions of doses immediately or billions and billions of euros it's about much more rapidly allocating 4 to 5 percent of the doses we have it will change our vaccination campaigns but each country should set aside a small number of the doses it house to transfer tens of millions of them the u.k. would be looking at a figure significantly greater than that the government would be

social science theories which are finding themselves being imported from the united states or charlotte devinsky joins us to talk about how france is telling the threat of awoke america and their ideas. now it's not unusual for an idea to sprout up in the united states and to be exported all over the world heck that's exactly what hollywood was designed to do it was a little bit more unusual is just quite how upset french intellectuals and politicians are said to be over ringback some of the most recent exports pointing question would be black likes matter and only 2 movements now the french have bristled at the idea of americans telling them that they are racist all that racism in france is systemic now is not as a that there are not programs hable what i mean by is one example somebody saying to me that when african americans was still in chains in the us brought sort of 1st black person being elected to the parliament here so in their mind they were way ahead of considering the state of race relations in america right now it doesn't look like their solutions work so well so i'm not sure we ne