jon sopel, bbc news, geneva. america editor jon sopel told us more about those expectations. i think thatjoe biden will see a success as the fact that they sat down for two hours, were engaged in detailed conversation about some of the knottiest issues around. i thinkjoe biden, for a domestic audience, also wanted to prove that the america is back tour also means "i'm not donald trump". and i think he was very keen to underline that in his news conference that i attended a little while ago. but asjoe biden goes back to america now on air force one, he has said, "we will respond if russia doesn't do what we want on cyber, on human rights and the rest of it," but respond how? that's the bit of it that is unclear, and i'm sure vladimir putin returning to moscow will be thinking, "well, he said all these things, but what's he going to do about it?" vladimir putin has seen down western leaders before. maybe he will think that joe biden is a different sort of american president, but i think that vladimir putin is going

jon sopel, bbc news.wn on its threat to take action against the uk after talks about the implementation of post—brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland ended without a breakthrough. the row concerns the northern ireland protocol which allows for border checks on goods going into northern ireland from great britain. the british prime minister borisjohnson said a resolution to the row was "easily doable" 0ur political editor laura kuennsberg reports from cornwall. so, is this just the beginning? the beginning of what? the start of what could be a momentous week for this prime minister — to crank out deals with other democracies on climate, on covid and cooperation. i got it. as world leaders make their way to cornwall, he wants to be the host with the most. it's a big moment. don't forget, this is the first time in six months in office, almost, thatjoe biden, the us president, has been able to come overseas for a major trip. it's his first time on the european continent, it's the first time any of u

jon sopel, bbc news, brussels. zhaoyin feng is from the bbc�*s chinese service. china's reaction to being singled out. since now is still early in the morning in beijing we have not heard a direct response to today's nato statement. however, over the weekend when the g7 summit was over, after publishing a very critical statement against china, china in a lengthy statement did push back against the g7 saying they are making up lies and baseless claims and allegations about china and its policy of xinjiang and hong kong. and also last week when the foreign ministry spokesperson of china, responding to a question so that they believe the ties with russia were grown for the world peace and stability. so we can expect china to have a pretty strong response to today's nato summit saying they are playing small circle politics. i was going to ask you that some of the rhetoric ofjoe biden is not so dissimilarfrom the hostile rhetoric from donald trump's time. but with trumpet seemed like economic tariffs and with biden will the approach be different? while you are right t

jon sopel, bbc news, brussels.ho's president of the chicago council on global affairs. previously he was the us permanent representative at nato and i put to him that nato has been crying out for a leader to rally around. for sure. for the last four years, the united states, which usually leads in the alliance, it is not only the largest military power, it is just the largest voice in the room and many of the allies have become used to, first of all, listening to the united states and when they agree, which mostly they do, they followed them. donald trump was the loudest voice in the room but he was saying things that no—one could agree with, least of all the idea that nato was somehow a favour that the united states would do for its allies for which they needed to pay the united states. that is not what nato is about, asjoe biden said, just in yourclip, nato is fundamentally in the us national interest. it is something we joined because it was about our security as well as europe's security so that changed the fun

jon sopel, bbc news, brussels.hutchison, who's a former us senator and most recently us ambassador to nato. she joins us from dallas, texas talk of a resurgent china. do you think there is a resurgent nato ready to confront china? i do think the nato summit was a very positive under that account. i think this was a first step for president biden to say we need to have a united front as we deal with china because everyone knows that they steal intellectual property, they violate the rules based border. we all want free and fair competition and i think, if the eu, uk, us, canada, norway, all of europe and north america can speak with one voice when china does something that is outside that order, such as with australia, that we can make a difference and maybe we will bring china into the rules based audit which would be the best of all worlds which is what i think the president is trying to do. it is interesting you mention australia which of course falls outside nato but for countries within nato, many states recogn

jon sopel, bbc news, geneva. has blamed russian based groups for a series of high profile cyber attacks in recent years. at the forefront of the biden administration's minds will be the hacking on democratic national committee and clinton campaign emails, during the height of the 2016 race, which the party believes helped tip the balance in donald trump's favour. last december, the us treasury confirmed it and another department had been breached, through use of compromised software — solarwinds orion. after mr biden took office, a ransomware attack of the colonial pipeline created fuel shortages across the east coast, leading to the company paying 0ut$1l1i million to hackers. and just a week ahead of the swiss summit, the world's largest meat processing company, jbs handed over $11 million in bitcoin to hackers after a similar attack. earlier, i spoke tojohn hultquist, vice president of cybersecurity firm mandiant. it and its parent company fireeye alerted the us government to last year's solarwinds cyberattack

jon sopel, bbc news, geneva. to may, inflation stood at 2.1%, driven by the rising cost of fuel and clothing. it is now above the bank of england's target of 2%, and will raise questions about whether interest rates should be increased. in the last hour, wales have beaten turkey at the delayed euro 2020 championship in azerbaijan, giving them a great chance of progressing to the knockout stages of the competition. the win sparked celebrations in the stadium and across the welsh nation. 0ur wales correspondent hywell griffiths is in baku for us. george, this was a real test for wales, with 30,000 turkish fans making this a heady, hostile environment on a hot and sticky night. but the team did not lose their heads and opened up the team in front of them, delivering a result to reward the few hundred fans who had followed them to azerbaijan. surrounded by acl turkish support, the welsh fans arrive determined not to be drowned out by the noise and they were hoping that the weight of turkish expectation would soon be

our north america editor, jon sopel, has more. best wishes and goodbye.ys "best wishes and goodbye" in russian. and with those words, the swiss president left them to it. there was little in the way of theatrics or fanfare, and the body language suggested a good deal of wariness on both sides as the us and russian presidents shook hands on the portico of this handsome 18th—century villa overlooking lake geneva. i'm not sure how this is working. in the library, they sat somewhat awkwardly. a reporter asked the russian president whether he feared the opposition leader alexei navalny. no comment. the american president was asked whether he trusted vladimir putin. he appeared to nod. he says, "there are a lot of issues that require the highest level of meeting." the us president concurred. like i said outside, i think it's always better to meet face—to—face. there'll be subjects where they agree, but plenty where they won't. the us is most vexed by the endless cyber and criminal ransomware attacks on american infrastructure and election interference in wester

jon sopel, bbc news. on its threat to take action against the uk — after talks about the implementation of post—brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland ended without a breakthrough. at the heart of the row is the brexit deal�*s northern ireland protocol — which allows for border checks on goods going into the area from the rest of the uk. but as he arrived in cornwall ahead of the g7 conference — prime minister borisjohnson said a resolution to the row was "easily doable" our political editor laura kuennsberg reports from cornwall. is this just the beginning? the beginning of what? the start of what could be a momentous week for this prime minister. to crank out deals with other democracies on climate, on covid and cooperation. as world leaders make their way to cornwall, he wants to be the host with the most. it's a big moment. don't forget, this is the first time in six months in office almost thatjoe biden, the us president, has been able to come overseas for a major trip. it's his first time o

our north america editor jon sopel reports. a new sheriff in town, and if nato members could have thrown rose petals in front ofjoe biden�*s motorcade, they probably would have done. he is resetting the relationship after the hostility of his predecessor. and look at the body language — the mock double—take. there was the hybrid fist—cum—elbow bump, and even a jokey hello with turkey's president erdogan. joe biden likes nato, and nato seems to like him. let me make it clear. nato is critically important to us interests, in and of itsself. if there wasn't one, we'd have to invent one, and i just want all of europe to know that the united states is there, the united states is there. donald trump, on the other hand, questioned the whole idea of collective security, thought america was paying far too much, and wanted to pull the us out of nato. those arguments are in the rear—view mirror, as the transatlantic defence organisation puts its focus on a resurgent china and its increasingly militaristic stance. we all recognise that chi

jon sopel, bbc news.o take resolute action if the uk fails to meet its obligations under the northern ireland protocol. but as he arrived in cornwall ahead of the g7 conference, borisjohnson said a resolution to the row was "easily doable" and it was important to protect trade flows between northern ireland and great britain as well as on the island of ireland. our political editor laura kuennsberg reports from cornwall. is this just the beginning? the beginning of what? the start of what could be a momentous week for this prime minister. to crank out deals with other democracies on climate, on covid and cooperation. as world leaders make their way to cornwall, he wants to be the host with the most. it's a big moment. don't forget, this is the first time in six months in office almost thatjoe biden, the us president, has been able to come overseas for a major trip. it's his first time on the european continent, it's the first time any of us really have been able to see each other face—to—face since the pa

our north america editor jon sopel has more. best wishes and goodbye.says "best wishes and goodbye" in russian. and with those words, the swiss president left them to it. there was little in the way of theatrics or fanfare, and the body language suggested a good deal of wariness on both sides as the us and russian presidents shook hands on the portico of this handsome 18th—century villa overlooking lake geneva. i'm not sure how this is working. in the library, they sat somewhat awkwardly. a reporter asked the russian president whether he feared the opposition leader, alexei navalny. no comment. the american president was asked whether he trusted vladimir putin. he appeared to nod. he says, "there are a lot of issues that require the highest level of meeting." the us president concurred. like i said outside, i think it's always better to meet face—to—face. there'll be subjects where they agree, but plenty where they won't. the us is most vexed by the endless cyber and criminal ransomware attacks on american infrastructure and election interference in wes

well, our north america editor jon sopel is covering the summit from geneva.d what outcome the american administration is looking for from the meeting. success is not what the american side see this as being about. if you talk to the americans involved in building up for this discussion with vladimir putin, they're talking about all the issues that are very difficult that steve sort of outlined in that report — the cyber attacks, the ransomware, ukraine, human rights, the list goes on and on. and, you know, joe biden has christened this tour the "america is back" tour, but in a slightly smaller font size, it says, "i'm not donald trump". and you can expect a very different approach towards vladimir putin from joe biden than we saw from donald trump, who was much more kind of accommodating towards the russian leader. and so, i think what's going to happen is you're not going to see a communique with deliverables, diplo speak for agreements and concrete actions that will be taken. you're going to see a lot of red lines. "if you continue to do this, then we will

well, our north america editor jon sopel is covering the summit from geneva — he explained what outcomeministration is looking for from the meeting. success is not what the american side see this as being about. if you talk to the americans involved in building up for this discussion with vladimir putin, they're talking about all the issues that are very difficult that steve sort of outlined in that report — the cyber attacks, the ransomware, ukraine, human rights, the list goes on and on. and, you know, joe biden has christened this tour the "america is back" tour, but in a slightly smaller font size, it says, "i'm not donald trump." and you can expect a very different approach towards vladimir putin from joe biden than we saw from donald trump, who was much more kind of accommodating towards the russian leader. and so, i think what's going to happen is you're not going to see a communique with deliverables, diplo speak for agreements and concrete actions that will be taken. you're going to see a lot of red lines. "if you continue to do this, then we will do that." the americans aren't

jon sopel, bbc news. our political correspondent helen cattjoins me now.ional leaders meeting in two years, isn't it? and boris is the host of it. lots of pressure on him? there is, these leaders _ lots of pressure on him? there is, these leaders haven't _ lots of pressure on him? there is, these leaders haven't met - lots of pressure on him? there is, these leaders haven't met in - lots of pressure on him? there is, l these leaders haven't met in person at a long time, it'll be the first time borisjohnson has met the president, joe biden. obviously that relationship is always pretty key between a british prime minister and an american president. so i think there'll be a lot of scrutiny of how they hit it off otherwise. and of course, there's always a lot of pressure that comes with these summits as the host, like getting it right logistically to make sure it runs smoothly, but also so something comes out of it so it was worth meeting. and we knowjohnson�*s big pushis meeting. and we knowjohnson�*s big push is a commitment from the other g7 leaders to vacc

let's go live to geneva and our north america editor jon sopel, who's travelling with presient biden.in these talks? ~ , . . , , success for president biden in these talks? ~ , .. , , , success for president biden in these talks? ,,, ., talks? well, huw, success is not what the american _ talks? well, huw, success is not what the american side - talks? well, huw, success is not what the american side see - talks? well, huw, success is not what the american side see this | talks? well, huw, success is not l what the american side see this as being about. if you took to the americans involved in building up for this discussion with vladimir putin, they are talking about all theissues putin, they are talking about all the issues that are difficult that steve outlined in that report — the cyber attacks, the ransomware, cyber attacks, the ra nsomwa re, ukraine, cyber attacks, the ransomware, ukraine, human rights, the list goes on and on. joe biden has christened this tour the "america is back" tour, but in a slightly smaller font size, it says, "i'm not donald trump", and you can expect a

our north america editor jon sopel has more.ys donald rumsfeld served four presidents over five decades. hawkish in outlook, and a waspish personality, he was a key architect of america's response to 9/11 — the invasion of afghanistan, and, most controversially, the invasion of iraq. a navy pilot in the 1950s, rumsfeld later became an illinois congressman. richard nixon and henry kissinger saw in him a cold ruthlessness and gave him a job in cabinet. a strong defence posture gives weight to our values and our views and international negotiations. in 1975 under gerald ford, he became the youngest ever defence secretary. ronald reagan sent him to the middle east, where he met saddam hussein, the leader he would one day help to overthrow. i'm submitting the name of donald rumsfeld to be secretary of defence. nearly 20 years later, george w bush reappointed him defence secretary. within months, america came under attack. rumsfeld was in his pentagon office on september 11, 2001 when an airliner hit the building. he helped move the i

but the talks ended before the schduled time, as our north america editor jon sopel reports from genevad goodbye. he says "best wishes and goodbye" in russian. and with those words, the swiss president left them to it. there was little in the way of theatrics or fanfare, and the body language suggested a good deal of wariness on both sides as the us and russian presidents shook hands on the portico of this handsome 18th—century villa overlooking lake geneva. i'm not sure how this is working. in the library, they sat somewhat awkwardly. a reporter asked the russian president whether he feared the opposition leader, alexei navalny. no comment. the american president was asked whether he trusted vladimir putin. he appeared to nod. he says, "there are a lot of issues that require the highest level of meeting." the us president concurred. like i said outside, i think it's always better to meet face—to—face. there'll be subjects where they agree, but plenty where they won't. the us is most vexed by the endless cyber and criminal ransomware attacks on american infrastructure and election inter

jon sopel, bbc news. let's get more from our north america correspondent — peter bowes.ny presidential trip abroad. how important is this one? this presidential trip abroad. how important is this one?- important is this one? this is hu:el important is this one? this is hugely important. _ important is this one? this is hugely important. of - important is this one? this is hugely important. of course | important is this one? this is i hugely important. of course joe hugely important. of coursejoe biden is no stranger to playing the role of a statesman. he travelled the world as vice president and the obama administration and perhaps more so as chairman of the four relations committee when he was in the senate but now he is the commander—in—chief and the president following on from the trump administration, with very different values. —— foreign relations committee. that is the key message and why it is so important forjoe biden to some extent i think to reassure the rest of the world that this country, the united states, is not so inward looking any more and that america

role in promoting the bush administration's so—called "war on terror". 0ur north america editor jon sopel five decades. hawkish in outlook, and a waspish personality, he was a key architect of america's response to 9/11 — the invasion of afghanistan and, most controversially, the invasion of iraq. a navy pilot in the 1950s, rumsfeld later became an illinois congressman. richard nixon and henry kissinger saw in him a cold ruthlessness and gave him a job in cabinet. a strong defence posture gives weight to our values and our views in international negotiations. in 1975 under gerald ford, he became the youngest ever defence secretary. ronald reagan sent him to the middle east, where he met saddam hussein, the leader he'd one day help to overthrow. i'm submitting the name of donald rumsfeld to be secretary of defence. nearly 20 years later, george w bush reappointed him defence secretary. within months, america came under attack. rumsfeld was in his pentagon office on september 11, 2001 when an airliner hit the building. he helped move the injured and then planned a way to strike back. rumsfe

our north america editor, jon sopel, is in tregenna with more on what he learnt about the meeting betweenhern heilan subjects it's interesting because it seems the white house doesn't distinguish between the good friday agreement that was signed in 1998 in the northern ireland protocol. that potentially is a big problem for the british government but i'm told thatjoe biden was in no way didactics. he was very accommodating and there were the feeling that there is progress to be madejoe biden will be watching this closely but i think on the british side there was some relief about the way that the meeting went on that subject. joe biden is also here to show global leadership that america is back and that the democracies are notjust surviving their flourishing and i think you have to see the announcement of these 500 million pfizer vaccines to go to the poorest countries in the world as hard as that. as a rejoinder to china and russia and what they have been doing. this is vaccine diplomacy and it might seem ugly to be competitive over it but that is what is going on. i should also say a li

jon sopel, bbc news, brussels.iral james stavridis, who formerly served as supreme allied commander to nato. thank you very much forjoining us. this is a western alliance by and large, what is the threat to those nations post militarily from china? i would say first is china's extravagant claims of territorial ownership of the south china sea. this is_ ownership of the south china sea. this is a _ ownership of the south china sea. this is a vast body of water, half the size — this is a vast body of water, half the size of— this is a vast body of water, half the size of the continental united states _ the size of the continental united states. china claims that essentially in its entirety. were the west — essentially in its entirety. were the west to acquiesce to this preposterous claim, over time it would _ preposterous claim, over time it would undermine the entire system of sovereign. _ would undermine the entire system of sovereign, orderly ownership of appropriate amounts under the law of the sea _ appropriate

the americans had set the bar low for this encounter and, on that basis, it met expectations. jon sopelo their respective capitals is one step forward clearly and the agreement to hold future talks on issues like cyber security and yet that was somewhere where vladimir putin was extremely bullish in responding to claims of russian hacks on us companies and federal agencies. he said russia was not responsible and that russia had suffered cyberattacks from the united states so he was very clear in his red lines. joe biden very clear and his red lines on issues like alexei navalny. he warned there would be severe consequences if alexei navalny died in prison. he said he had to bring human rights of the table because in his words, this is who we are as a country —— human rights to the table, yet there were areas where they could find grounds for cooperation like on iran and climate change and afghanistan, and also on a future long—term talks to contain nuclear weapons, so some areas where they could come together but there are still a lot of —— there is still a lot of friction between the t

jon sopel, bbc news. 0ur correspondentjon kay is at carbis bay in cornwall where the g7 summit is takingthink it is fair to say that feelings are mixed. certainly, there is a lot of pride and excitement that pictures are going to be shown all over the planet over the next few days of world leaders elbow bumping on the beaches of cornwall, great pride that this county is hosting such a huge, huge event. but some people have realfrustrations and misgivings about it even before it starts. i spoke to one couple last night who are moving out of their house because theyjust can't bear it, the road closures, the military helicopters overhead, the disruption that is going to take place over the next few days. st ives doesn't normally have a police station at all but they have just had 5,500 extra officers, many of them armed, that had turned up, been drafted in from all over the uk, to protect the two hotels which are going to be hosting these meetings. i spoke to a fisherman this morning who went out to the water to check its lobster pots and he was turned back by a warship and told he couldn't

jon sopel, bbc news.o go until the big face to face meetings begin, with a number of issues from global health to tax, all falling under the umbrella of promoting democracy and human rights. but how well do their words travel beyond the summit�*s shores? do these politicians actually keep their promises? well it seems that, on the whole, they do! the g7 research group has crunched the numbers. and look at that! looking back at all summits since they began back in 1975, the average compliance by g7 countries averages out at about 76%, over the entire year's summit by hosted by donald trump in march had an amazing 94% compliance. so it seems countries are getting better at keeping their promises. professorjohn kirton is director of the g7 research group at the university of toronto and he joins us from toronto now. thank you forjoining us. good thank you for “oining us. good to be with — thank you forjoining us. good to be with you. _ thank you forjoining us. good to be with you. so, _ thank you forjoining

jon sopel, bbc news, brussels. bbc�*s chinese service joins me now from washington. we had, now, to major international events in a matter of a couple of days. where the statements coming out of both, the g7 on sunday and then nato on monday have singled out china as potentially an adversary, what has been the reaction from beijing? what has been the reaction from bei'ina ? ,, . ., , what has been the reaction from bei'inu? ,, . ., , , what has been the reaction from bei'inu? ,, . ., ,, ., , beijing? since now is still early in the morning _ beijing? since now is still early in the morning in — beijing? since now is still early in the morning in beijing _ beijing? since now is still early in the morning in beijing we - beijing? since now is still early in the morning in beijing we have i beijing? since now is still early in l the morning in beijing we have not heard a direct response to today's nato statement. however, overthe weekend when the g7 summit was over, after publishing a very critical statement against c

jon sopel, our north american editor. of the duchess of cambridge, who is withjill biden, the first lady, visiting a school here in cornwall. and i'm pleased to say it's brightening up after misty start here in cornwall. the sun is coming up, showing off the glory of this part of the cornish coastline. that's all from here in cornwall for now — back to you in the studio, clive. there are just a few days now before the prime minister decides whether to go ahead with the final stage of relaxing coronavirus restrictions in england, as new evidence suggests the delta variant, first identified in india, is spreading rapidly. in the past week, there have been nearly 30,000 new cases, making up more than 90% of infections. here's our health correspondent, katherine da costa. early data from england and scotland suggests the delta variant this detected in india is not only more infectious, but those who catch it are twice as likely to need hospital treatment as those infected with alpha, which drove the winter surge. the figures

jon sopel getting somewhat closer to the president than he expected.he tragedy of covid—19 — almost 600,000 americans have died with it, more than anywhere else in the world. and, today, new analysis showed that the us had the highest number of excess deaths of the g7 nations over the first year of the pandemic, with the uk second. our economics editor faisal islam is here. you have been looking at this data. tell us more about it. shifter you have been looking at this data. tell us more about it.— tell us more about it. after the first wave _ tell us more about it. after the first wave we — tell us more about it. after the first wave we analysed - tell us more about it. after the first wave we analysed the - first wave we analysed the comparative pandemic hits for the g7 nations and the uk did come out worst, but we've got a full year's worth of data now and you can compare more fully exactly what has gone on and we can show you now what that looks like. there's all the g7 nations that are meeting today and you see the us coming out worst, just over o

jon sopel, bbc news. the small seaside village of carbis bay has never seen anything like it.ornwall thousands of police officers have been drafted in to ensure security. what's the reaction from residents? jon kay has been talking to them. cornwall, you know, that laid—back corner of the country where nothing much happens. st ives does not have a police station, but there are now 6000 officers here from across the uk. , ., ., 4' 6000 officers here from across the uk. , ., ., ~ ~ 6000 officers here from across the uk. , ~ , 6000 officers here from across the uk. they look like they are well reared uk. they look like they are well prepared and — uk. they look like they are well prepared and we _ uk. they look like they are well prepared and we are _ uk. they look like they are well prepared and we are putting - uk. they look like they are well| prepared and we are putting our lives in their hands.— prepared and we are putting our lives in their hands. from tomorrow, there will be — lives in their hands. from tomorrow, there will be less _ lives in their hands. from tomorrow, th

jon sopel, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent jessica parkerjoins me now.s irish heritage that he takes a deep interest and we were just hearing in john�*s reports that he has deep concerns that a uk eu trade row could endanger peace in northern ireland. i think when borisjohnson and joe biden meet tomorrow, it is almost certainly likely to come up. uk government sources say they actually see joe biden�*s uk government sources say they actually seejoe biden�*s engagement in this issue is fairly positive but i suppose the big question is whetherjoe biden taking an interest in this matter can in any way unlock things. as we have been talking about throughout today, the uk and the eu are in pretty different places when it comes to resolving theseissues places when it comes to resolving these issues around the northern ireland protocol and trade in northern ireland. canjoe biden, who of course, is a very powerful figure, can he really do anything to make a difference? 0bviously, figure, can he really do anything to make a difference? obviously, the eu will also

our north america editor jon sopel set out what to expect from the day.i'vejust been on i've just been on a briefing with senior white house officials and they say it's absolutely fitting thatjoe biden�*s first overseas visit should be to the uk and first meeting with a foreign leader on foreign soil should be with the british prime minister, given the shared values and common history that our two country share. so that's all fine about the special relationship. i think they will be talking about things like technology, science, medicine, perhaps reopening flights to the us at some point in the future. all things that are shared. the thing that struck me at the briefing is that struck me at the briefing is that the senior white house official didn't say a word about northern ireland, the northern ireland protocol. i think the americans, for public consumption, wanting to focus on what unites britain in the us, rather than what divides them. our chief political correspondent adam fleming said that while brexit is not on the agenda, it will influence the ta