i'm mark lowen live in rome. leaders of the world's largest economies have now gathered to try to hammer out some of the world's thorniest challenges. buckingham palace cancels all of the queen's official visits after doctors tell the 95—year—old monarch to rest for another two weeks. lawyers for prince andrew claim the woman who's accused him of sexual assault is out for "another payday" as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case. and new york prepares for a severe impact to its emergency services after a deadline to force first responders to get vaccinated passes. we set hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. division and doubts are looming as leaders of the 6—20 group of nations gather in rome for a summit focusing on twin challenges — covid and climate change. it will be the biggest face—to—face meeting of world leaders since the pandemic began. meanwhile, the french president, emmanuel macron, has raised tensions in the dispute over post—brexit fishing rights, saying the is

,, from rome.london. mark, thank you, we will— from rome. back to london. mark, thank you, we will speak _ from rome. back to london. mark, thank you, we will speak to - from rome. back to london. mark, thank you, we will speak to you - thank you, we will speak to you again. staying with the brush past, hopefully not a brushoff between the british prime minister and the french president at some point in the cause of today. they are going to try to find a way to end some of the tension overfishing to try to find a way to end some of the tension over fishing rights that has particularly poisoned relations between paris and london at the moment. there was a warning about imposing extra checks from tuesday, the french government have suggested. earlier i spoke to the president and chairman of the ports of calais and boulogne, jean—marc puissesseau, and started by asking him, from tuesday will english boats not be allowed to land their catch at the port? the problem is that some french fishermen are wai

even if you've never been to rome, you've been to rome.ts stories have been told and retold on stage and screen. the city of togas and gladiators, power an intd intri empire and ruin and, of course, la dolce vita -- the good life. i'm stanley tucci. i'm italian on both sides and i'm travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country's 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. the famous ancients of rome once ruled the world. but i'm here to discover how it's the food of ordinary romans that has conquered our hearts. >> when you try it, it's crazy. >> but i'm going to warn you. if you're on a low carb diet, be ware. yoour you're going to see a lot of pasta in this show. i mean, like, a lot of it. like a lot. i'm sorry. ♪ >> i've been visiting rome for decades. its beauty and history still leave me breathless but sometimes it's difficult to find a good meal if you don't know where to look. rome is situated in lazio, a region sometimes overlooked in favor of its grander gastronomic neighbours like tuscany and

mark lowen in rome, thank you very much for. in rome, thank you very much for your analysis. in rome,ank you very much for your analysis. let's turn to things here in glasgow because the formalities to get under way this morning and officially, the presidency was handed overfrom chile to the uk and italy, they share the presidency this year, the summit was supposed to be held last year and was postponed because of the pandemic and that will complicate things this week. the organisation and the choreography of a summit this size is dizzying at the best of times. head of the summit, we have had a number of reports that spell out the seriousness of the situation. the latest ipcc report tells us this has been the hottest five years on record and since 1970, the global average temperature has risen at the fastest rate of any 50 year period in 2000 years. think on that. in his opening statement this afternoon, the cop president alok sharma said this summit is probably the world's last hope. alok sharma, elected president... the global summit is finally under way. 6lasgow is hosting world le

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thanks, mark in rome. a comprehensive _ studio. thanks, mark in rome. mark in rome. a- comprehensive round-up of everything comprehensive round—up of everything so far, and we will be back with him as we get information out of these summits, the way it works. let's stay with the dispute between france and the uk over post—brexit fishing rights. president macron claimed the row was a test of britain's credibility on the international stage. mrjohnson says he's puzzled by france's attitude. jean—marc puissesseau is the president and chairman of the ports of calais and boulogne. the problem is that some french fishermen are waiting for licences. about a0 fishermen waiting. 20 small boats. those small boats are not equipped with monitoring surveys in 2016 like that, which is a reference, and they cannot prove that they were fishing in your water. that is one point. this is very... very naughty to say that! and then we have 20 other boats which are above 18 metres. and for them, they need historical declarations in 2016, 2017 also. but the majority of them s

rome is not doinu fierce resistance. rome is not doing anything _ fierce resistance.not. doing anything to manage their waste because elections are coming, they do not want to treat they raised in rome that is why they're coming here. —— treat their waste. but he that is to be countryside convenience. we not against solutions to treat our waste but we want plans that are proportionate with our needs. when virginia rogie was elected as mayor of rome five years ago, she was met with a lot of support and a lot of optimism but now many romans are blaming herfor but now many romans are blaming her for the state of the city. mayor, after you running the city of five years, there is rubbish everywhere, potholes, buses are catching fire, why? we laid the foundations for five years and now we have to rebuild completely our city. translation:— rebuild completely our city. translation: regarding the rubbish, translation: regarding the rubbish. we _ translation: regarding the rubbish, we inherited - translation: regarding the rubbish, we inherited a - translation: regarding the i

senses a pupil departing rome, or12 days. senses a pupil departing rome. heading _ or12 days.rome, heading to _ or12 days. senses a pupil departing rome, heading to glasgow. - or12 days. senses a pupil departing rome, heading to glasgow. thank i or 12 days. senses a pupil departing i rome, heading to glasgow. thank you very much indeed. some breaking news coming to us from south western railway and the great western trains, concerning a christ it's taken place in salisbury between two trains, or near salisbury by monks happened to the east of the city and close to andover. wiltshire police are announcing they were responding to the incidents along with dorset and wiltshire fire. you can see what has been said in that tweet there, that is the wiltshire police van. they are responding to the incident along with dorset and wiltshire fire, the ambulance service in british transport police. 0ther train services and era have been halted, no my details are immediately available. no details of any injuries, that is all we know at any moment. two trains have been involved in a crash ne

i'm wolf blitzer in rome.e're following president biden. he hasn't arrived in rome for the g20 summit, but with less swagger than the white house clearly wanted. that after congressional democrats once again failed to pass his trillion dollar infrastructure package. his departure for washington for the summit was supposed to be the deadline for getting it done. this latest miss, though, likely raising serious questions abroad about his leadership. the u.s. president actually delayed his flight to italy to go to capitol hill thursday and pitch progressive democrats on a framework for his other huge initiative, that major social spending bill. progressives, while not ready to budge, still say they remain hopeful. >> we are going to pass both the bills. >> how long do you think it's going to take? >> i think we can pass it pretty quickly. >> do you think you can get it done this weekend? >> i don't know. let's see. >> cnn white house reporter kevin has been closely covering all these developments. the wheeling an

laura kuenssberg, live in rome, achieve. laura kuenssberg, live in rome. thank— achieve.in rome, thank you. _ a woman has been found guilty of murder, after stabbing her husband to death following a row over a birthday meal. penelope jackson, who's 66, attacked her husband david with a kitchen knife at their home in somerset in february. mrs jackson claimed he was violent and controlling. but the judge at bristol crown court said he had no doubt that her husband was nothing like the person she'd claimed, and sentenced her to life in prison. here's andrew plant. february this year, and police arrive at a bungalow on the somerset coast. hello, madam. do you want to just step outside for me a minute? can you come outside? yes. thank you. pennyjackson opens the door, filmed on police body cam. inside, her78—year—old husband is dying. the retired lieutenant colonel has called police to say she stabbed him. paramedics arrive. as she waited for the police, she told 999 she'd stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife. while she waited, pennyjackson wrote this note entitled confess

meanwhile in rome...les has addressed the summit of the g—20 group of the largest economies, urging governments across the world to do more to tackle global warming. he described the un climate conference in glasgow — which starts today — as "the last chance saloon" for humanity to act to prevent catastrophic warming. he also urged political leaders to work with the private sector to increase investment in clean technologies. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from rome. for world leaders at the g20 summit, a brief roman holiday this morning, gathering at the famous trevi fountain for the cameras. a chance to chat away from their advisers. a huge burden still lies on the shoulders for it is the job of borisjohnson and his italian counterpart to persuade these leaders to do more to reduce global warming. collectively their economies produce 80% of the world's carbon emissions and some are reluctant to reduce their reluctance on fossilfuels. was the prime minister wishing for a luck as he th

i am in the 620 summit in rome whether talks are | summit in rome whether talks are under_ summit inether talks are underway. — summit in rome whether talks are under way, the first session focusing _ under way, the first session focusing on global health and the economic— focusing on global health and the economic recovery. buckingham palace cancels all of the queen's official visits after doctors tell the 95—year—old monarch to rest for another two weeks. lawyers for prince andrew claim the woman who's accused him of sexual assault is out for "another payday" as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case. and new york prepares for a severe impact to its emergency services after a deadline to force first responders to get vaccinated passes. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. as world leaders arrive in rome for the 620 summit, the uk prime minister borisjohnson has admitted that there is turbulence in the relationship with france over post—brexit fishing rights. ahead of meeting emmanuel macron later today, mrjohnson said he was worried that franc

mark lowen in rome.d we risk a much higher cost or failing. talking about a partnership of governments, countries, global corporations just assert a sane ability in their plans. you're watching bbc news. cop26 i'm co p26 i'm live cop26 i'm live in glasgow as the cop26 i'm live in glasgow as the cop26 summit gets under way. 25,000 delegates will attend from 200 countries to announce how they will cut emissions by 2030. borisjohnson calls it the worlds moment of truth. what we need to do is make sure that at the summit world leaders come together and meet the commitments that are necessary. world leaders will be making their way to glasgow from the 620 summit in rome.

but the language there from rome _ 1.5 level. but the language there from rome has— 1.5 level.ut the language there from rome has been a _ 1.5 level. but the language there from rome has been a bit - 1.5 level. but the language there l from rome has been a bit woolly, hasn't it? net zero, rather than a commitment to get to next year by 2020, it is around may to 20, buy or around mid—century. you must be disappointed by that? the around mid-century. you must be disappointed by that?— around mid-century. you must be disappointed by that? the 620 is the club of the world's _ disappointed by that? the 620 is the club of the world's largest _ club of the world's largest polluters, with russia and saudi arabia. in paris, the agreed to reach net zero by the middle part of the century. now they are saying 2050 or 2060. that is a move forward. most of the g20 2050 or 2060. that is a move forward. most of the 620 have lined up forward. most of the 620 have lined up with 2050. this punter got to be real, though. and they have to have short—term plans that match up with those long—term goa

—— laura kuenssberg has been in rome.tylish canine seems the perfect accessory. what conflict, what epic score struggles of the streets? history around every corner, then spot 15 of the most powerful leaders of the world taking in the sites. a coin in the fountain to guarantee wish that it might take more than tradition to stop the uk and france pulling away. even boris johnson wanted italy to inspire progress ahead of the climate meeting getting under way at home. if we do not act now, the paris agreement will be looked at in the future not as the moment humanity opened it i to the problem but the moment we flinched and turned away. what chance do you think you really have of making progress with 200 countries in glasgow when you have not made enough with 20 countries here and you do not seem able to sort out the question of a few dozen fishing permits is one of your closest allies in the french? we had a wide-ranging _ closest allies in the french? we had a wide-ranging and _ closest allies in the french? we had a wide-

on the second day of the 6 here in rome on the second day of the g 22 here in rome on the second dayu all the latest as the 620 continues here in rome but i will hand you back to london.- continues here in rome but i will hand you back to london. mark, thank ou ve hand you back to london. mark, thank you very much- _ hundreds of church bells across the uk will rang out this evening to call for urgent action on climate change on the eve of cop26. over 20 cathedrals took part, including durham cathedral and st pauls in london. environmentalist edward 6ildea from essex came up with the idea to use church bells to sound a warning to delegates in glasgow. lawyers for prince andrew have accused a woman of trying to "achieve another payday" at the duke�*s expense. virginia 6uiffre says she was sexually abused by him as a teenager. prince andrew has always denied the claims, and has now asked a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. after months when he has appeared to want to ignore the civil lawsuit brought by virginia 6uiffre, pr

i am live in rome where the world leaders _ arrived. am live in rome where the world leaders and _ arrived. i am live in rome where the world leaders and biggest _ arrived. i am live in rome where the world leaders and biggest emitters l world leaders and biggest emitters meet to discuss climate action. welcome from glasgow whether cop26 climate change conference gets under way, a year later than planned because of the it is starting on the day the world meteorological organisation releases its climate report saying the last ten years have been the warmest ever recorded. will they find ways to find global temperatures rising more than 1.5 find global temperatures rising more thani.5 above find global temperatures rising more than 1.5 above preindustrial levels and will the countries help climate justice by helping developing countries? borisjohnson has called it the moment of truth. leaders of the 620 it the moment of truth. leaders of the g20 nations will make their way from rome to glasgow. for g20 leaders, this is theirfirst time to

laura kuenssberg, bbc news, rome. more now on cop26 — britain's prime minister boris johnson has called it "the world s moment of truth" in combatting climate change. 0ur political correspondent chris masonjoins me now. what chris masonjoins me now. more has he been sayir is what more has he been saying? this is his eve of — what more has he been saying? ti 3 is his eve of cop26 words really, very important moment diplomatically for the uk hosting this huge international conference, i20 world leaders expected in glasgow arriving tomorrow night, many flying straight from rome where the 620 summit we have just been hearing about, i from rome where the 620 summit we havejust been hearing about, i of the biggest events the uk has ever hosted, in the words of number 10 downing st, the prime minister's residents. a big moment notjust for the british prime minister but more broadly for the un and world leaders trying to reach some sort of deal. they have 2 weeks to do it, but the real focus for international leaders, the sum

jon sopel, bbc news, rome. on the climate crisis that are going to fill the second day of this 620 summit, and that draught communiqu appears to have even softer language than previous draughts on the climate commitments that the 620 could reach at this summit. they talk for example about the need for meaningful and effective actions to reach net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century, not immediate actions. and while the aim is to cap local warming at 1.5 degrees, it seems at the moment to be a largely avoiding firm commitments. that will be a difficult sell as we go into an all—important un climate conference in glasgow next week because the president of that summit in glasgow has said that this 620 meeting is make or break were 6lasgow has said that this 620 meeting is make or break were glasgow to succeed. beyond the main themes and talking point at this summit, there have been a lot of bilateral meetings as well, and bilateral tensions noticeably between britain and france at the moment, who ar

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jon sopel, bbc news, rome.imate goals, and the president of the cop26 6lasgow summit has said the 620 conference is make or break for 6lasgow because the 620 make up collectively 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, so getting agreement on them is absolutey essential. so these 620 leaders are still arriving for their dinner. we have got the president of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen, who is posing for her meeting with the italian president and the italian prime minister, and in fact the meetings have moved on from the diocletian baths, those ancient imperial baths, to the presidential palace. so these pictures are from the italian presidential palace. next to ms von der leyen, you will see italy's president and prime minister, mario draghi, who held those introductory talks, and we are waiting for the other leaders to arrive that special gala dinner. perhaps overshadowing the main theme somewhat of 620 talks are the bilateral disputes, and there are some tensions in the air between some wester

from rome, our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. 0ld rivalries and fierce fights, rome's coliseumosted a few. but it's the uk and france this time both flexing their strength. france threatening to disrupt trade if their boats don't get more access to fish the channel. do you think france is trying to punish the uk with this row overfishing permits? i think that the things that unite france and the uk are far more important than the things that divide us, and i must say we are a bit worried that france may be about to become in breach or is already in breach of the trade and cooperation agreement that we struck. president macron is going round questioning your credibility. you have been summoning the french ambassador into the foreign office in london. what are you actually going to do about it? we are going to get on. and do the things that matter to both of us and make sure that we work together on tackling the big issues that face the world. there is some turbulence in the relationship. if one of our partners decides to breach the trade and cooperation agreement that we struck,

this has borisjohnson in the colosseum in rome where he is attending the 620 colosseum in rome wheree is attending the g20 summit before he flies over to glasgow where the cop26 summit will happen, trying to get some new deal on climate change, trying to get action agreed between those different countries. i think it will be a big week for the prime minister, he is saying that it is a moment of truth, that we need to get some action agreed. i'm not sure he would need the skills of a gladiator, i think possibly that's a reference to his fight with emmanuel macron over brexit in fishing, but at the conference he will need to bring the world leaders together. there was a piece on one of the papers last week talking about whether boris johnson papers last week talking about whether borisjohnson has the best skills to do this job. would it not be better if we had another prime minister when we were holding the summit? they made the argument that he is a good prime minister but when he is a good prime minister but when he goes into these tough meetings with people like president xi jinping

protest here in rome as well.need to keep global warming to 1.5 c. but for all of the words in this draft communiqu and there are a lot of them, it is very short on detailed commitments or concrete measures to limit carbon emissions. borisjohnson is going to have his work cut out in glasgow next week. let's go live to rome tonight — and our political editor laura kuenssberg — a time of intense international diplomacy with the 620 summit followed by the the climate change summit in glasgow yet the fishing row with france still grabbing the headlines. well, then, it is still dominating some people's thoughts because it's hasn't been sorted out yet and there seem to be increasingly strong feelings on both sides. yes, the french have made it clear that they are pretty sore about not in their view getting the kind of access that they should do to fishing in the channel, but on the uk side i think there is a sense of the uk threatening legal action, as suggested by lord frost, if any of france's threats where to turn in

john sopel, bbc news, rome. let's go live to rome now — and back to laura kuenssberg.mmit followed by the climate change summit — and yet that fishing row still souring relations between paris and london? it isa it is a diplomatic row which shows no sign of disappearing. on a practical level partly because simply the issue hasn't been resolved. on a political level, rather than it weakening the strength of feeling on both sides of the channel it seems to be deepening, and actually becoming more serious. in terms of that spat between president macron and prime ministerjohnson, downing street doesn't want to intensify things, they don't have much interest in plunging into any kind of new punch—up in the post brexit world, but at the same time they've made it quite clear today that as they see it if france keeps carrying on making the kinds of threats they have been making, and may be turning those hypothetical warnings into real action, then they wouldn't hesitate to try to take the whole thing to the law. but it is also absolutely the case that this isn't at the top of

nic robertson in rome, kaitlan collins. much more to report in the coming hour preparing for the g-20 in rome. erica, back to you. >>> just ahead, the focus of the investigation into cinematographer halyna hutchins' death. it's now narrowed down to two "rust" crew members, who officials are looking at today and what could prompt criminal charges. that's how much university of phoenix is committing to create 400 scholarships this month alone. because we believe everybody deserves a chance. see what scholarships you may qualify for at phoenix.edu i'll shoot you an estimate as soon as i get back to the office. hey, i can help you do that right now. high thryv! thryv? yep. i'm the all-in-one management software built for small business. high thryv! ow. get a free demo at thryv.com. ♪ your new pharmacy is here. to make sure you don't run out of meds here. and with amazon prime, get refills and free two-day shipping. who knew it could be this easy? your new pharmacy is amazon pharmacy. re-entering data that employees could enter

john sopel, bbc news, rome.arlier on i spoke to the iran security expert from earlier on i spoke to the iran security expert from the foundation for the defence of democracy is to discuss this pressure on iran to renegotiate their nuclear deal. i asked whether he thought everyone was ready to discuss the agreement. —— iran. they did so there will be joining nuclear discussions in a bid to resurrect their 2015 nuclear deal known as the jcpoa, howeverthe nuclear deal known as the jcpoa, however the hard—line jcpoa, however the ha rd—line administration jcpoa, however the hard—line administration of ebrahim raisi, they have been radically escalating their nuclear programme, building on a leverage inherited from the outgoing rani government, and is likely not to be looking to trade those at the nuclear negotiating table. seeing how much of a political desire that the west has head to the programme, i think that iran will be set to extort the international community, as it did in 2013 and 2015. what would a win repre

still in rome for the g20 conference.n building up to these two major conferences, huge emphasis on climate change in both of them. let's catch up with what has been happening in the g20 in rome. 0ur correspondent is there. 0ver happening in the g20 in rome. 0ur correspondent is there. over to you, mark. hello, it has been a very busy second final day of the g20 summit. it also produce about 80% of global greenhouse gases getting agreement between these countries is seen as a vital stepping stone reaching meaningful action and agreements in glasgow at climate summit. alok sharma the president of the cop26 climate conference has said that the 620 in climate conference has said that the g20 in rome is make or breakfor glasgow. in that regard, we are getting some lines coming out about a final communiqu which is still in the draught form and has not yet been formally released. these are the lines that the news agencies are releasing that there should be meaningful and effective action by all countries to keep 1.5 degrees wit

jon sopel, bbc news, rome.e united states, france and germany have issued a fresh appeal to iran to end its stand—off with the international community over its banned nuclear programme and return to the negotiating table. the 2015 nuclear deal unravelled after then—u.s. president trump withdrew from it in 2018, prompting iran to breach various limits on uranium enrichment. borisjohnson, presidentjoe biden, president emmanuel macron and chancellor angela merkel urged tehran to return to compliance with the deal to ensure it cannot acquire nuclear weapons. church bells are ringing out this evening ahead of the cop26 conference in glasgow as a "warning" of the dangers of climate change. churches across the uk are ringing their bells bells for half an hour. let's have a look at some of them now.. let's go first to st paul's cathedral in london. you can hear the bells ringing out. and the organisers are saying that it is the idea of an environmentalist who said it is a historic function of church bells to send a war

world leaders here in rome.emocrats back in the united states are still working to reach a deal on the president's budget. for all of that, all of today's news, let's go back to boris and amara. guys, it's a big, big bedeal what's happening here in rome. then we're all off to scotland for the cop26 summit. >> and the white house looking for progress from this trip with president biden. of course, as you noted we'll be checking in the next hours, wolf. thank you so much. >>> here in the united states, the president has left behind major challenges for his own party. after they delayed voting on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. >> cnn congressional reporter daniella diaz is live from capitol hill. good morning to you, daniella, is democratic leadership any closer to reaching a deal with progressives? >> reporter: they are, amara, boris, good morning. and it's more likely, as long as this economic bill, this massive bill that will expand the social safety net, holding this all up, as long as that goes to the hou

he's here in rome covering this summit. you know, phil, the president clearly wanted to show up here with a win on his agenda. it hasn't happened yet. >> it hasn't. the president starting his day going up to capitol hill making an urgent pitch to house democrats that the stakes were enormous. the time was now. he wanted votes on at least one piece of his package. the $1.2 trillion bill. he's going to land here without those votes and without a clear path forward. >> i know we have an historic economic framework. >> tonight, president biden rolling the dice on his entire presidency. >> no one got everything they wanted including me. but that's what compromise is. >> with no sign yet it's a bet that will pay off. >> there are too many members for the bill to pass. too many no votes to pass today. >> in a push to jump-start his agenda, biden traveling to capitol hill this morning to lay out the key elements of a $1.75 trillion economic and climate package. not hedging on his view of the stakes of the moment as he prepared to t

one in washington and one in rome.he cannot deliver his economic agenda at home and bridge his party together, what message does that send when he sits down with world leaders today and this evening? today is going to be the president of italy and president of france. tomorrow is going to be negotiations regarding the nuclear talks with the u.k., germany and france. if the president is unable to deliver, what brings world leaders, can he deliver on a global stage? iran wants to make sure that it is ironclad. they want to make sure that if fate that that if you had a swing of domestic in the united states that does not affect global agenda items. is the president going to struggle to deliver given that his initiative is stock and installed in congress? >> what is president biden going to come home too? i wonder if anyone domestically is watching this with and i toward elections. >> it's a great question. yesterday was confusing. everyone was scratching their heads on the hill because the president seemed to want to get

cnn's nic robertson in rome. >> reporter: rome is ready.es are not. vladamir putin of russia to be a no-show. president xi of china too, and mexico's president, ditto. can't come to rome because of covid issues at home. last year's g20 in riyadh, pandemic restrictions kept everyone away. rome was supposed to be different. the first face-to-face for g20 leaders since japan hosted the summit june of 2019. but now rather than at a meeting of big rivals, it skoub a lot less frost y. covid topics, specifically vaccine inequality, along with climate change will dominate. equality for women and support for small and medium businesses will also be on the agenda. at stake too, the reputation for these world leader summits for delivering on somewhat they promise. >> together, we have addressed this challenge. >> reporter: a year ago, g20 leaders helped to use their wealth to get vaccines. since then, russia, china, the u.s. and others have shipped vaccines to developing nations. but summit rhetoric then and since has become detached from ground reali

in rome. the ceremony to open the g20 summit in rome begins this hour. this is the first time leaders have been able to meet face-to-face in more than two years to face a whole agenda of critically important issues. the ire ran nuclear deal will be the subject of the u.s., uk, germany and france. biden heads to glasgow, scotland for the cop26 climate conference. cnn's ben weed dament and kevin c cliptak in rome. ben, big picture here, looking ahead to what's coming up. what are we expecting? >> reporter: well, what we're expecting a variety of subjects including climate change, a leadup to monday's cop26 summit in glasgow. they're going to be discussing this question of a minimum global corporate tax to be imposed on companies around the world. they're going to be discussing, as you said, the global supply chain crisis. and the covid -- rather, the coronavirus pandemic, which, of course, has paralyzed much of the world for the last two years. and last year, they were -- these members of the g20 were unable to meet because of the pandemic. that was held,

john sopel, bbc news, rome.france, the row over post—brexit fishing rights has continued to cause friction during the g20. speaking in rome, borisjohnson admitted that there's turbulence in relations between london and paris. the french are threatening to block some british boats from their ports next week. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. old rivalries and fierce fights — rome's coliseum has hosted a few. but it's the uk and france this time both flexing their strength. france threatening to disrupt trade if their boats don't get more access to fish the channel. do you think that france is trying to punish the uk with this row over fishing permits? i think the things that unite france and the uk are far more important than things that divide us, laura, and i must say, we are a bit worried that france may be about to become in breach or is already in breach of trade and cooperation agreement that we struck. president macron is going around questioning your credibility. you've been summoning the fren

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john sopel, bbc news, rome.et more detail on the pressure on iran to come back to the table and renegotiate the nuclear deal. earlier on i spoke to the iran security expert behnam ben taleblu from the foundation for the defence of democracies to discuss this pressure on iran to renegotiate the nuclear deal. i asked whether he thought iran was ready to sit down and discuss the agreement. the islamic republic has recently said that at the end of november would be joining nuclear talks, particularly with america's european partners in a bid to resurrect that 2015 nuclear deal known as thejcpoa, however their current ultra hard—line administration of ebrahim raisi in iran in the past few months has been rapidly escalating its nuclear programme, has been developing new nuclear facts on the ground, building on leverage it inherited from the outgoing rouhani government, and is likely now looking to trade those in for a win at the nuclear negotiating table. and given how urgent the west sees this problem and how much of

and as the un secretary general has said, all roads to glasgow lead through rome. if it's going to be a success in glasgow, it's going to depend what happens here in rome. and that's why the 1st glimpse of the final communicate that we've seen now is, is there a scene or a copy of the draft communicate is interesting. the g 20 saying they remain committed to capping global warming and then the quote is well below 2 degrees celsius. that's compared with pre industrial levels. now, 2 degrees, they say well below, but the us target is $1.00 degrees, so they're not committing to that. they say that they want to keep that within reach. they say they want meaningful and effective action to try and get to that. but they say that taking into account among the g 20 different pathways and approaches that suggest to me the plastic language showing that there are some disagreements around the g 20 table. the other key figure, there are lots of different metrics. of course, when it comes to the climate emergency, they're going to hear about in gloss, get one. the other key ones

the president has just scored a major win in rome.ers did endorse his call for a 15% global minimum tax. it's aimed at preventing large multinational companies from shifting profits around the world to try to avoid paying taxes. while leaders from most of the world's leading economies are in rome right now, two very big names, they are not here. they are missing. the russian president vladimir putin and china's leader, xi jinping. both cited covid-19 issues at home for skipping the trip. i want to bring in our senior international correspondent, sam kiley. he's joining us live from moscow right now. sam, putin just addressed the g20 summit via video. tell our viewers what he said. >> reporter: it's fairly short, wolf, and very much as flagged. i think the main thing to take away is that he seems to be genuinely trying to get the g20 and its members to agree, some kind of international protocol, which to my hose of us at groun level would allow mutual recognition of different nations, vaccines. this is what he said in his video address

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prince charles speaking in rome earlier. the assembly first of all?— us a little bit about the assembly firstofall? , , , first of all? the global assembly is the first ever _ first of all? the global assembly is the first ever global— first of all? the global assembly is the first ever global citizens - the first ever global citizens assembly, and it is like a government, if you like, or a parliament that is made up of ordinary everyday citizens from across the world. there are 100 citizens, which is an accurate snapshot of the global population by gender, age, geography, etc. and then there are community assemblies. and the really key thing for us was that anyone on earth could be selected and anyone on earth could be involved. so, tomorrow, the recommendations, the declaration of the first ever assembly will be announced at 1pm at cop26. it's interesting to hear people talking about the political restraints, hearing your corresponded saying before how physics doesn't care about climate politics, but we are noticing throug

i love rome. hope may spring eternal, reality does not. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, rome.e is underestimating the challenge facing the delegates over the coming days. and to confirm the urgent need for action the world meteorological organisation has just published its annual global climate report, stating that the past seven years have been the hottest on record with far—reaching repercussions for current and future generations. and in tomorrow's formal opening ceremony, the prince of wales will tell delegates here that "a vast military—style campaign" is needed worldwide to deal with global warming. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle has more details. a gloomy start to proceedings in glasgow, but there are high hopes for a sunnier outcome. in a socially distanced conference centre, a reminder we're still in a time of covid, as alok sharma formally takes the reins for what some say is the last chance to save the planet. floods, cyclones, wildfires, record temperatures — we know that our shared planet is changing for the worse. and we can only address that together

ah, begin the program in rome, where the u. s. and french presidents have met in person for the 1st time since their country's most serious diplomatic dispute in years show by the like, knowledge, the handling of a recent security agreement with australia and the u. k. had been clumsy. he says he was under the mistaken belief that france had been informed about the deal before it was announced. that agreement forced the cancellation of australia's multi $1000000000.00 deal to buy french submarines. we have no older or no more loyal. distant ally in france. it's been with us in the beginning reason, in part we came from what we did was quantity was done with a lot of grace. i was under the impression, certain things that happened that had but i mean to clear france read 3. and what's important is precisely to be sure that such a situation will not be possible for all future congo coordinations tango cooperation. but for me, what's important is that we built during the past week, some very concrete actions, node or to strengthen the

wolf blitzer live from rome. see you soon. >>> happening now, president biden's test on the world stage is under way here in rome. as he kicked things off he made a striking admission to the french president of a quote, clumsy move by the united states. was it enough to heal their diplomatic rift? i'll ask the french ambassador to the united states who was in the room. the president also had deeply personal talks with pope francis. the two most powerful catholics in the world bonding over their shared faith and discussing some of the world's greatest challenges right now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer reporting live from the vatican, and you're in "the situation room." it's been a remacable day here at the vatican and in rome for president biden and all of us covering his visit. it is a little after midnight local time. the president is just hours away from the opening session of the g-20 summit. he's been warming up with some very high stakes diplomacy and ame

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that was a meeting here in rome between the chinese foreign minister and the u. s. secretary of state. and that was important because this was the highest level meeting between the u. s. and china that has taken place since the beginning of the year was still being told is likely to be some sort of virtual summit between the 2 most powerful men in the world present. she and president biden before the end of the year, but certainly in the meeting that they had here in the last couple of hours, they said that they could work together on issues like me on my the climate have kind of storm north korea, iran, but a state department official said there was serious concerns about other issues close at home to china, places like taiwan in china and she, john and tibet, hong kong and east and sort of east and south china. see the u. s. opponent expressed its concern. that's about all those issues and about human rights in china. the 2 countries agreeing to work together. but knowing that on some issues they can work together and other issues. they have very, very differen

james is in rome for us.at there would be a brush passed between emmanuel macron and boris johnson, now it is a meeting. can you interpret this for us? timer;r johnson, now it is a meeting. can you interpret this for us? they have thin . s to you interpret this for us? they have things to talk _ you interpret this for us? they have things to talk about _ you interpret this for us? they have things to talk about but _ you interpret this for us? they have things to talk about but on - you interpret this for us? they have things to talk about but on the - things to talk about but on the evidence of the last 2a hours there is still quite a lot of rhetorical steam in this dispute. there is the technical side about the permits and the fishing, that has to be sorted. there are some on the british side who accept there is a degree of politics in this. president macron is facing the election and there are political imperatives behind this dispute. but equally other diplomats are all quite pessimistic who say the degre

. >> and i'm jim sciutto live in rome, just yards from the border of vatican city. and, in front of the beautiful, the majestic st. peters basilica. moments ago, president biden and his motorcade left st. peters after meeting with pope francis, this on first day of a critical five-day diplomatic mission across europe. this, of course, his second international trip as president, as commander in chief. the president has a challenge here to convince allies that the u.s. can still lead, that the u.s. is truly back and ready to lead on the world stage on climate change. the world economy, the pandemic response, and the growing threat from authoritarian regimes around the world. this morning, we should note a deeply personal moment for this president. meeting with pope francis, of course, president biden the second u.s. president to be a catholic, someone who has a deep and long relationship with pope francis. this is the moment before they sat down for a closed door meeting that two men kept it light with smiles as they greeted each other, both laughing and joking. have

let's go right to nbc's mike memory joining us from rome. what do we expect to hear from the press as we await for his news conference slated a half hour from now. >> the president gets ready to wrap up his time in rome, we've seen the ways in which he's trying to patch up relations with some of our allies. look at the new nbc news poll, showing 70% of americans think the country is on the wrong track, including almost half of democrats, he needs to do some reassuring to americans back home. as we get ready for the president's first formal news conference in some time, you can expect to see him tick through something of a laundry list of ways in which he's been able to use his relationships with our allies to try to tackle some of the toughest economic challenges at home. yesterday the announcement not just the g-20 countries but that more than 130 countries have agreed to implement a new global minimum corporate tax. the announcement with the european union today easing a trade war over issues like aluminum and steel tariffs and then the pr