of threat china represents or whether nato is the right place to talk about china's threat. kurt volker. former us ambassador to nato. mr biden has of course, spent the past three days at the g7 summit in south—west england, which ended with a final communique that included the promise of a billion covid vaccine doses to the poorer nations of the world and more action on climate change. but the commitments have come in for sharp criticism. a coalition of 75 charities has accused the leaders of failing to deliver the progress needed to end the covid—i9 pandemic, or indeed, to tackle what they call the climate emergency. the coalition which includes groups such as oxfam and save the children called it a historic missed opportunity. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, will announce later on monday whether or not covid restrictions in england are to be lifted onjune 2ist. there are reports that a delay of up to four weeks is being considered. the main concern is the increase in cases linked to the delta variant