i was going a couple of questions there at the g 7. some, it's now we have team coverage of the g 7 summit close in statements. i'm joined here in the studio by did of use chief international editor richard walker from the summit venue in cornwall, england via w correspondent, alexandra one knob and alexander. let me stop if you, what you may call prime minister johnson's take on the summit. while of course, his message was very optimistic, but that's what was expected. he was the host of the summit, very interested in this summit, being a huge success. and we really have to say that what was excellent at this meeting, he and cornwall was the atmosphere among the g 7 leaders. and this is of course, due to the arrival of the new you as president joe biden medical told us that she was very happy to welcome him to europe. and she was very happy to hear that the you ask is back that you ask is again, committed to working together friendship, my president in manuel, my call also praise joe biden, said he saying that he is now part of the cl

7 of the g 7 themselves. because as the summit goes on, the c leaders are going to be invited, as well as the g 7. members, you're going to have the south africa and south korea, australia, and india joining this summit. although india, because of that indian variance of coven 19 will be doing it remotely. so more than just the g 7, but the coal group of the g 7 are the 1st ones to arrive. we'll see pictures the arrival in the next few minutes. they'll be the traditional family photo where they post pictures and in about 45 minutes time, the actual opening of the 1st session, looking at the problems of cobra, 19 of doses of vaccination, and the comic problems related with the pandemic. and how to deal with all list the title, rather hackneyed phrase, building back a better a slogan that's been used both in the u. k by boris johnson and in the us by joe biden. and that is what they're trying to achieve. and certainly they're going to make some pledges. we already know basically what the g having to go to pledg

and that's why the g 7 life of g 7 countries have the upper hand. thomas poker in new haven type spring in here. because if we talk of africa and countries in africa being loses, there's actually quite a few countries in the northern hemisphere that will also be lose as such as island . and perhaps france, if you look at the islands, what corporate tax rate of 12 and a half percent does attract a lot of big business. we know that, you know, companies like google, i think facebook, the headquarters in dublin. and the best local surroundings. france has a corporate what charger, corporate tax charge of 31 percent in that conversation. amongst a g 7 finance ministers. i went to, i was going through the french finance ministers mind when he's agreeing to 15 percent as a new culprit rate. when france itself charges $31.00, what's going on there? yeah, i think that this follow the pressure on both sides of the one hand. of course, the rich countries, one this minimum tax read to be close to their own because they don't want to lose corporate taxation. but

according to a recent study, the g 7 nations could lose up to 80 percent of the g d p. each year. if they are not going to tackle climate change and especially from the youth perspective, this is a very important topic on the agenda. they want concrete results. they are hoping that the needs to, to invest in economy a 40 can now make recovery to cope with the full out of the kronos with pandemic will need, will lead to more investment in green energy in green economy. and that is something that we are definitely going to find in the communicate after the conclusion of the g 7 summit. but it's still open. how concrete, those conclusions will be. g 7 members used to be thought of as the world's leading industrialized nations. that was case when i was covering g 7 summit. now they're described as the club of wealthy liberal democracies, which obviously excludes china. russia is effectively bored. is the g 7 becoming more ideological? alexandra? well i think that the g 7 has been facing a lot of criticism for years now. i also covered 2 g 7 summits. when the former you as president do

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well, of course, the g 7 cannot save the birds to the g. 7 was originally started out as an informal gathering round a fireplace of western leaders to talk without media presence without diplomats without advisors. as a very small informal setting, it has turned into a meeting that everybody takes an interest in, but it has never claimed to solve the world's problems. the united nations are for that the 20th for that. but it's not the place where the work problems as of the place where western liberal democracies gather to compare notes and to agree on certain steps. and then the next step, you talk to countries outside of the g 7 to bring them on board or to listen to their ideas, demands, and, and, and hammer are compromises with them and, and, and try to find solutions with them. driven law maker alexander graph lunch of really do appreciate your time and your perspective. thank you. let's take a look at some the other stories around the world at this hour. the prominent hong kong pro democracy activists agnes chow, has been released from prison after serving nearly 7 months of a

can the g 7 still manage? as you said, you know, the world has changed from the seventy's and i think the crowd of viruses showed just showed us how even the most powerful countries in the world can be leveled by a challenge. yeah, welcome back to think back to 2008 in the midst of the financial crisis. at that point. then president george w bush realized that the g 7 wasn't enough. so he created or helped to create the g 20. so i think the way the g 7 can be relevant now the, the most urgent way is i think, to get that 1000000000 doses of vaccine and that more out to the countries that hadn't been vaccinated yet. there was good news what a week ago. so when the g 7 agreed on a goble taxation scheme, and now it's my 2nd job to convince the g 20. and if that can happen, and if the g 20 then can convince more countries to get those vaccines for, for all the people who need them, then i think we'll see that you step back in business. but i think we are definitely seeing that the group has to be bigger than 7. alr

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now we have coverage at the g 7, summit closing statements. i'm joined here in the studio by the abuse chief international editor richard walker, and from the summit venue in cornwall, england by w correspondent, beg mass maggots. what do you make of prime minister johnson's take on the summit? well prime minister boys, johnson, in his typical optimistic and manner, he was the host to the summit where the west really said that they are standing together again. and that multilateralism is back. and boys johnson will be very proud that he, he is the host to someone like this, and the imagery will be amazing for him. the sunshine and cornwall, the barbecue on the beach, the 3 generation of royals that have impressed leaders like america, like she said, it was moving to meet them. so that all looks very, very good for him. but the underneath, there are some tension and one is just the example is the issue of brag seat. there is the thorny issue of border control in northern ireland and then the u. k. and the e u. a really at loggerheads. and this

really being dealt with the g 7 . so i think that's the reality for almost any of the countries dealing with these big sort of foreign policy issues. the, you know, it, it interest people on the, on the periphery and certain people have certain interest in it and they can get kind of wip, talk about certain things, whether it's climate change or china or whatever. but still, domestic politics always comes 1st. yeah. sounds like that, i don't know if this is still with us and as if you still with us. so. busy there's been, you know, talk about how really the g 7 see china and all of this is china. i a part nice china, a full is china security consent. what is china to g 7? well, i think all of it, right. i mean, as richard just explained, china as role in the world is getting bigger and bigger and the united states feel that they are losing or maybe have even lost kind of their importance on the world stage. even so, joe biden is everything to show that he's back. and as we talked earlier on, every single gesture at th

the g 7, obviously is, is a part nay. but russia has got an important meeting coming up with joe biden. so, so what is plan to be a pearson going to be looking to get out of these meetings? and is it hoping to jump on the bandwagon to help join these initiatives? the kid starts the global economy and fight the pandemic. well, you actually raced the very good and very important questions in your in your, your answer in your asking me, actually, i would like to say that russian president vladimir putin. i said, generally one to significantly improve the relationship with the united states and as well as with j 7 countries check in. that's all taking, taking them all. and actually this is jenny and genuine desire and we didn't put any preliminary conditions. i'm gonna say that, okay, if we would very much like to develop relations with a european union with j 7, congress and we live in states. i think that the ball are, isn't that they're part of the field extra. i mean the, there should be, if there is a genuine desire for

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not just the g 7 looking out for their own recognition. okay. but even if it is only 15 percent, he say this will only work. all countries in the world get on board with it now, is that going to happen? will know, and that's why this is a big deal. actually this doesn't need a global tracy. this can be done as a coalition of the willing. so if the g 7 move ahead with 15 percent or higher, the u. s. may stick with 21 percent, for example. and the g 20 countries, the other major economies come with them. that's 80 to 90 percent of the world economy already. now that means that luxemburg will island or the netherland middle cayman may want to object, but they won't be able to. they can offer lower tax rates, but those tax rates will get top it up to at least 15 percent in the countries where the real activity is taking place. that's what makes this very powerful. but it also, again means that it's important, it's fair that the benefits of this on just captured by the g 7, they're shared with, particularly the lower income countries who lose a bigge

in the g 7. we see that on the certainly in italy, mary, a dry g bridge are much more skeptical than is a recent predecessors direct who basically wanted to join china as a belt and road form. and we see the voters in saxony and hold on saying, well, we want to stay with the democratic values. and everybody is saying, well, i'm not sure why way should be given the inside track of our new digital economy, which we're building. and then you get into hong kong, arbitrary detention of citizens, canadians, australians and others. and who knows. ready when i say there's a lot of unanimity that just finally let's talk about the fact, but this is by not to trump. how much difference will american re engagement make 2 outcomes of g 7 meetings a lot. but we have to remember that the summit hosted by g 7 leaders actually did a lot even with trump there. the star, the show angle merkel at the g 20 a hamburg summit. justin shadow at the g 7 summit in shuttle war. but buying will make a big difference. he's br

the 2nd day of the g 7 summit in the united kingdom. we'll also focus on climate change and the gathering of the biggest global economies. we'll see a push for more western cohesion against challenges from russia and china. it's the 1st time these global leaders have got together in person since the start of the pandemic. we did spotlight on a grain recovery prisons. queen elizabeth was the star of a golf in a futuristic botanical garden hosting the proceedings, british prime minister bars johnson. and i think that is what other people of the, of our countries now want us to, to focus on. they want to, to be sure that we're beating the pandemic together and discussing how we'll never have a repeat of what we seen. but will say that we're building that data together and building that greener and building that sarah and building that more equal g 7 late is agree, a joint approach is the only way to end the pandemic and tackle the climate crisis of the we need everyone across the world to one to work together, especially on the issue of cl

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the world one once the g 7, summit wraps up this afternoon. it's on to the nato summit. secretary general yann's sultan book says the relations between nato and russia at the lowest since the cold war. what can we expect then? bit week in geneva, it's when biden men put in the boot and says he wants to the summit to establish dialogue and to restore personal contacts. what are we going to have to look out for in terms of body language and rhetoric? when that meeting takes place, well, you know, clearly biden's suspicion when it comes to poor tennis, quite deep and high, i should say. clearly when he looked at him to his eyes. as he told the new yorker, he didn't really see much clear. there's a lot of skepticism in washington when it comes to russia, but still, you know, if you remember from the obama years and that was the obama bite in administration, there's no bomb. i used to think that much of the bill possibly coming out of moscow. it's a sign of weakness and some strength. so why vitamin is taking a very aggressive, rhetorically speakin

this is why g 7 lead. this is why it is to get them all talking to each other and just say this sort this out as a human race. you know, the piece highlights not only the need for urgent political decision, but also more environmental awareness. i'm afraid your hoover or you know, could last 20 years, it doesn't have to be thrown away so quickly and hopefully this will draw people attention to the fact, especially the people over there. then the jury says that these things, something has to be done about this. everyone involved hopes to some it will finally lead to action and not just more empty promises. united nations and aid groups or warning that 350000 people in ethiopia is war torn to grow. region are facing famine conditions. the un also says millions more are an urgent need of food supplies. the european government, the if the open government probably disputes the assessment, the don mo, as should be an active 14 year old. but he struggled to breathe per month. a don and his uncle lived in a cave,

that now the g d r a g 7 members can be reassured that the you, as is back that you asked is committed to multilateralism again. and i think this is a very important so this meeting among friends how. what, of course, we have to stress that there are differences, different ways of, for example, dealing with china. joe biden would like to see a united front to come to china's increasingly aggressive behavior while the european union and germany in particular, views of china as a systemic choir will and competitor, but also as a partner on global issues. what issues are expecting to dominate? obviously the current of ours will be top of the agenda. but what other issues the world late is going to discuss? so there are going to talk about climate change, the economy recovery, how to deal with china as i just mentioned. but i think that the front and center of this meeting today is the crew of ours and condemning and the origin need to provide more vaccines for low and middle income countries. and that is what makes actually, i'm also stress upon her arrival, how important it is to address

that's the main promise from the 1st g. 7 summit. since the pandemic began leaders of the world, 7 main industrialized nations pledged among many things to tackle climate change and provide coven 1900 vaccines to the world's poor. while they also offer developing nations arrival to china, global investment and development strategy, the belt and road initiative basing was singled out in the summer. it's final communicate for a legit human rights violations. in jang and hong kong. b u. s. president says the g 7 is determined to uphold democratic values around the world's. i really feel very strongly. i propose that we have a, a democratic alternative to the belt road initiative to build back better. and they've agreed to that and that's underway is details of that we agreed to put together committee to do that and come up with that. and thirdly, that we are going to assist on high standards or to be for climate friendly, transparent alternative to the belt road. initiative and but in the meantime we're going to move forward with the ch

in the g 7. we see that on the certainly in italy, mary, a dry d for are much more skeptical than is a recent predecessors direct who basically wanted to join china as a built in road form. and we see the voters in saxony and hold on saying, well, we want to stay with the democratic values. and everybody is saying, well, i'm not sure why way should be given the inside track of our new digital economy, which we're building. and then you get into hong kong, arbitrary detention, of citizens, canadians, australians and others. and who knows, we might say there's a lot of unit entity that just finally, let's talk about the fact. but this is by a not to trump. how much difference will american re engagement make 2 outcomes of g 7 meetings a lot. but we have to remember that the summit posted by g 7 leaders actually did a lot, even with trump there. the still the show, anglo merkel at the g 20, a hamburg summit. justin shadow at the g 7 summit in shuttle war. but buying will make a big difference. he's

so apart from the couple 26 and the g 7, g 20 connections. what might be dragging means g to you? and if the rece, the relationship between the italy and the u. k, even though i know that you don't like this labor, thank you. thank you. and so there's obviously a, a very close and d special a shift in italy and, and the u. k. where we're actually intensifying that now where we've just signed a partnership agreement that's been in the produce, but for 2 years now to intensify corporations, everything from a security to to tech, to trade? correct. yeah. or we've, we've just, we've just, we've just finished the work and we started adding a couple of years ago because obviously we see it, it is an incredibly important partner. but all that, but on that you will have, you will have access to it as soon as it can be convenient. be arranged until the call on marriott draggy. i remember vividly being in lancaster highest, i think in in 2012. when he made use of your famous speech, the drag he put when he said we would do what he would do, whatever it takes to save the euro. this is, that

g 7. that is the only ones gathering climate activists make. another appealed, world's richest countries. urgent action on the climate. molly's crew leader, colonel or semi void to appoint new members of his cabinet that have all the details the us and mexico are accused of sending unaccompanied migrant children back to their home country without protection. i'm we're harding and there's just an hour to kick off and the biggest sporting events since the started the hand demik room is getting ready for the beginning of the delayed european championship with co host italy set to face turkey in the opening match. ah, a 1000000000 vaccine doses for the world. that's one of the pleasures expected from g 7 leaders at the 1st in person summit in 2 years. covered 19 as of course, dominating the agenda. british prime minister, both johnson says, lead his need to learn from the mistakes of the pandemic and never repeat them. but activists the saying the promises don't go far enough. don't a whole reports from cornwall. the white sands of carpet bay it de

remember last year's g g 7 summit didn't take place in person. it was virtual, and it was a great deal of criticism of the g 7 and the wider grouping the t 20 being missing in action, not leading the world at a time of pandemic. so a lot of focus now on what the g 7 is going to do this time reports that they're going to come up with a 1000000000 vaccine doses. but is that enough? joining me now is the british ambassador, the united states, current pierce, thank you for joining us on al jazeera. first question about what the g 7 is going to do. there is a lot of criticism of these countries. your country included for hogging all of ac c. is that a fair criticism? no, i don't think it's the effect criticism, but i think the g 7 recognize that we need to get on with vaccinating the world. we need to do that by 2022. this will be a back seen summit, and we hope to see a lot of very concrete pledges that will enable us to provide those 1000000000 days . it's to start with more manufacturing to come. you arguably the u. k. most experienced diplomat. yo

and the rest of the g. g 7. they were at a pretty low point on the, on the trump. can we really expect this to change drastically now? well, i think we're already seeing it changing drastically, and this is really a big part of jo biden's trip over to europe in this week. you know, the g 7 is the 1st of 3 summits of essentially the rich democratic clubs of the why go west you knows are starting with g 7. he's going to brussels. next, he's going to be meeting nato. he's going to be at the european union summit and all of this is before then going to meet vladimir putin next wednesday. obviously no friend of the west. no friends, joe biden, at the moment. so i think, yeah, this is all part of putting on a show of unity of, you know, saying america is backwards being jo biden's mantra ever since taking office so that he can go into those talks with vladimir putin next week with the wind in his back that seat the americans have been using. why should stay here? we come back to you in a 2nd, but 1st, this is of course us presidents biden's 1st foreign trip since he took

and she just said that every g 7 summit is special and every g. 7 summit has an agenda, of course they have a look at that. what, what are the topics that will dominate this session? well, i think that the front and center of this g 7 meeting is of course, there. corona virus, condemning and the urgent need to provide more vaccines for low and middle income countries. boris john from the british prime minister, who is hosting this meeting here, has already made clear that he is calling on his colleagues to make a commitment to vaccinate the world. until the end of 2022, and i think we can expect the leaders to commit to donating 1000000000 dozes until the next of 20. at the end of 2022. i found this is, as you said, not your 1st g 7, some g 7 members used to be thought off as the world's leading industrialized nations. but now they've described or describing themselves as a troubled, wealthy, liberal democracies, which excludes china and russia. is this the whole g 7 getting more ideological? while it of course depends who you are asking, and we have to say that the g 7, they have been

this russian miss being in the g 7. this must be somewhat painful for vladimir putin to watch from the sidelines because of course it used to be the way the g rush is no longer part of this club. well, what do you mean by saying miss, you know what we're suggesting when there was a collective decision on the j 7. i guess it was several years ago while our rights in 2014, when the starting ukrainian crisis, so bar or crimea, the g 7 decided to rush to get withdrawn from, from, from j 7 j a. sorry. so i, i don't think that russia, too much miss missed the, certainly the thing because i rush actually is self sufficient gunter salt petition country. and despite all the trouble with not being a part of the j 7 or g h, whatever you made it, a russia still enjoys its its own based on the joyce, its own policies and all the countries in the g 7 are self sufficient. part of the discussions that are going on lead to me are certainly go for to try to present this united front to tackle the big issues of the day. what is russia hop

it has more 5 g smartphones for sale at lower prices with more widespread, 5 g coverage. so then if you want to look at 5 g leadership in terms of the average download speeds, that saudi arabia and korea are in the lead with that. for 3 megabytes and respectively, compared to the u. s. it, it the point 9 china on the middle of the pack somewhere and their connections are on average, faster than that of the us. so no matter how you look at it, the u. s. s 5 g capability or mediocre, not the best. so it kind of doesn't make sense for me why you have a mediocre player taking charge to lead and help subsidize 5 g for other nation when it can even get the cost of its own infrastructure down. so instead of rely on capabilities alone, the u. s. is rely on the strength of the us dollar and government funding to support the agenda. almost like over zealous college parent making extra donation theater mediocre child into his to ivy league like a position that you don't get based on merit. so it would make a lot more sense for china to be leaving the rollout as a technology is unque

it's the g 7. and the reason for that is because by far the most important issue that the world is dealing with both health and economy is corona virus. and the g 7 response. the corona virus, it late, it's not as big as it needs to be, but still the biggest display of leadership from any quarter since the pandemic has started in terms of financing and jobs that really matters when put new and by and meet in geneva next week. literally they can do nothing to respond to corona virus . there is that's not even on the agenda. instead we're going to be talking about things like cyber attacks. things like energy policy, a little bit of climate, certainly human rights and the needles market to be moved very much. and i do understand that this is a much what the patrick meeting the press will make much more. how did i do? did he stared down by him or what was the mood music like in the room? the reality is rush is not as important for the united states as china is today. and the summit doesn't deserve the

and i'm very, very pleased with the g 7. a came together to support that course because educating all children, particularly girls, is one of the easiest ways to lift countries out of poverty and help them rebound from the kind of ours crisis. with just one additional year of school, a goes future earnings can increase by 20 percent. i'm proud that g 7 countries have agreed to get 14000000 more goes into school and 20000000 more reading by the end of primary school in the next 5 years. and that the, the money that we have raised this week is a fantastic start. but of course, the world cannot have a prosperous future if we don't work together to tackle climate change. they to this year, u. k. was the cop $26.00 summit, which will galvanize global actual pike in climate change and how and create a healthy plan for our children and grandchildren. g 7 countries accounting for 20 percent of global carbon emissions. and we were clear this weekend. the action has to start with us. coffee space is one of the most beautiful places in

at the g 7 summit in cornwall. they will plan to provide a 1000000000 doses of code 900 vaccine to poorer countries. the move aims to address criticism that wealthy nations have secured the vast majority of vaccines against corona, byron for themselves. meeting u. k. prime minister boris johnson, the head of the summit president joe biden said the us would donate 500000000 vaccine shops. it began with friendly elbow bomb, british prime minister, boris johnson, and us president joe biden, 1st in person encounter continued in a convivial and cheerful tone. romantic views, and the sidewalks for the 1st lady's included. power finally here, and it's been, you know, it's a beautiful beginning. the leaders made a point of highlighting the nation famed special relationship and made it official by signing an updated version of the 80 year old atlantic charter bite and said the alliance would help the countries address global challenges such as cybersecurity, the climate crisis, and the clone of virus pandemic together at th

the g-7, g-20 and oecd may rake -- may make recommendations, but it is down to each country, and thats a slow process to deliver global fiscal policy. and at the country level it will not be an immediate factor at all, and it should not upset markets. manus: martin, the other part of the three parts of this was about covid vaccines, the aspiration of one billion doses to the world, and we know that 600 million will be delivered. you have done the analytics, i want to know if it is priced in the markets. the weekly ramp-up of vaccine rollout around the world, i showed the charts. you made the point we are headed toward global herd immunity. my question, is that priced in equity markets and will that come to bear on the bond markets? martin: very difficult question to put to the markets. but basically, the first half of this year has been quite stellar. we are going to finish the first half of this year with 3 billion vaccine doses at nesters. the second half -- doses administered. the second half of the year will be 6 billion. those numbers are extraordinary and i think the g-7 could b

according to g, d, p were in the g 7 club, it was number one in the us to japan and 3 germany, 5 italy, 6 from an 8 the u. k. so it's sort of kind of did make sense back in 1991 today of the current g 7 club only 3 are legit members. again, if you're looking at g d p, that the us, japan and germany, wikipedia now defined the g 7 as an inform club of wealthy democracies. truly like the self appointed popular kids. i hope the best of my math . so to bolster the g 7, just as its members, dates are becoming completely irrelevant. the i am asked that the international monetary fund basically designated the g 7 with a special data in 2020 the i m f said the 7 largest economies in g d, p. times based on market exchange rate, where the us japan, germany from italy and the u. k. and canada. these countries are also known as major advance economy. all the group of 7, g 7 major advanced economies. a self appointed global. good guys with a guy. yeah. how together by a false premise of power, and some loose ideals about the idea of democracy and so called human rights, which allows the club to keep

g. g gronvold, in immunology at the johns hopkins center for health security, and the author of synthetic biology, safety, security, and promise. she's a member of the threat reduction advisory committee, which advises the defense department on how to reduce the risk of nuclear, biological, chemical and conventional threats. and jeannie metal who writes about the future of technology, health care and geo politics. and he's the author of a great book, hacking darwin, genetic engineering, and the future of humanity. he's a member of the world health organization expert advisory committee on human genome editing. it's great to have you both with us today and let me just start with you. if you are sitting in china and during the tenure, a president, trump, a lot of these theories you know about the virus coming from the will, han lab being, you know, geo engineered and even released by the chinese military tooth to, to their own people. i think a lot of that was discounted largely by the med

while this is the actual challenge for the g 7, all the g 7 nations have a long term goals to reach 0 nat emissions by 2050. but some of the countries like japan and canada are accused of not having sufficient plan to, to reach that goal. so it will be interesting whether you are really going to see bold action on the climate. that is what you ass administration is promising. that is what the you is hoping for. but as we just heard from the german chancellor, it's difficult to be really bold on climate when you don't have a climate commitment or, or more ambitious goals for our nations, such as china. alexander, i'm curious, the images we've been seeing make it look like the leaders around the same page. what's the, the climate behind the scenes? i think that the atmosphere is good behind the scenes. that is what you are. officials told us, i remember covering to g 7 summit with the participation of the former. you asked says donald trump. and at this time we thought that the g 7, it's in the real trouble when it comes to unity and important. so this is different now with the new you

that's what the g 7 finance ministers agreed on. but our 15 percent enough and who else needs to be on board to make this a global minimum tax go to london and frankfort for. also coming up, bush opens a state of the conductor factory in germany today in a bit to make europe less dependent on the ation chips make. welcome to dw business . i'm monica jones and berlin. good to have you with us historic and ground breaking. now there's no shortage of perla tis in the reporting on a deal reached by g 7, finance ministers over the weekend. so what's the 1st all about? well, the ministers agreed to a minimum tax of 15 percent for multi nationals, or at least they agreed to further discuss the details of such attacks at the g 20 next month. it's a start and it could go a long way toward addressing the uneven way in which businesses are charged around the world. just have a look at the situation. currently, cooperation operating in japan has to pay the highest level of taxes at 31 percent that followed by germany. in the middle of the pack,

b t g. people, of course you've got so much disability in the women's game alloy for a particular happening harder as one of the boxes is on the equal gain campaign. so was really adding to it and driving this event now is players themselves stepping up, being active allies and being vocal in their support. so l g, b, t, key people. and we've seen that wave panilla sharing on social media. we've seen the spelling of the last 24 hours and even tonight i'm trying to reach me in the front international share picture on social media of the munich stadium lit up in rainbow colors. you know, that's very good point. felix. where do you see things going from here? i see this situation only because i see such topics becoming more and more a recurring theme. i think the conflict between some governments in europe ship to shifting towards the conservative right. and the fact that fan activity within the european football becoming more and more, i think we remember what happened recently with a soberly

g 7 son. it opens with host britain's private us to boris johnson, declaring that the leaders have a huge opportunity to lead the global pandemic recovery. ah, i made for him again. this is also a live from also coming up for protests and shake, jot up the flash points and occupied east jerusalem, where the palestinians face being forcibly displaced from their holes.