this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: president biden meets with britain s prime minister ahead of the g7 in cornwall using his first overseas trip to agree a new atlantic charter. president biden also announces the us will donate 500 million doses of the pfizerjab to help poorer countries get their populations vaccinated. football: euro 2020 gets underway on friday, with italy playing turkey in rome. it s one of the 12 cities across europe that will host the tournament, delayed from last year due to the pandemic. here s our rome correspondent, mark lowen. welcome to piazza del popolo, here in the heart of rome, which has been transformed into one of the fan zones for euro 2020 that kicks off friday night. italy playing turkey hosted here in rome, one of 12 cities across europe that will be playing host to the euro 2020 championships. it was delayed from last year to this year due to the pandemic, a pandemic that s had a devastating impact
up the southerly wind. it is pumping in cloud into northern and western parts of the uk but more sunshine with the drier air further south and east. and it s here that we are likely to see temperatures leaping up into the high 20s, pushing towards 30, but even east scotland gets very warm indeed. then as you can see for a selection of some of our towns and cities, the temperatures do tend to ebb away, particularly in the west as we go through into next week. very similar for the likes of reading, peaking on sunday and monday. as ever, there s more online.
by the pandemic in the g7 big western democracies over the first year of covid i9. the analysis looking at updated excess death figures was done for the bbc by the health foundation. it measured deaths above expected levels for a normal year. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam explains. we can now use a whole year of data to compare what has happened in different major economies and countries, and it tells a very interesting story. have a look at the us data. per 100,000 of population, there has been over 200 excess deaths that is, deaths over and above what would have been normal the last five years. that s one in 500 of the population. the uk, which was in that top spot after the first wave,
here in italy. it was the first country to be crushed by covid and now it s the first to host the euro 2020 tournament. that s a sign of how far italy has come since the dark days of last year. the pandemic has had a devastating impact here. italy has the second highest death toll in europe just behind the uk. but now the numbers have dropped considerably and most of the restrictions have been lifted and as of next week the evening curfew is being scrapped in most of the country, which will allow people to be able to come to these big screens and watch the evening matches. the spectators too will be able to get into the stadium at 25% maximum capacity for friday night, and that is still a good 16,000 people who will be allowed in and they will have to show either proof of covid 19 vaccination or of a covid 19 test. italy failed spectacularly to qualify for the 2018 world cup and it suffered the ignominy from not taking
a chance to catch a glimpse as our star emerged from the haze. across much of the country, though, the weather was overcast. this was the view from cambridge. but every now and again at the clouds parted. solar eclipses do happen roughly one or two times a year, but actually you ve got to be in the right place at the right time to see them. and that s because the moon s shadow, which it casts on the earth, is rather small. so although they happen frequently enough we don t get to see them from the same country very often. london had a slightly better view this morning. but in the uk we will have to get used to partial eclipses for a while. our next total eclipse won t happen until 2090. but today s event has delighted many around the world, with a display of a true celestial wonder. rebecca morelle, bbc news.