will not go unpunished. but it was notjust the g7 leaders there today they were joined by the pope and other world leaders too, including india s prime minister narendra modi and argentina s presidentjavier milei. our correspondent, mark lowen, was at there too. a lot of countries have been basking in the sun here and they have been pressing the flesh and talking about important issues. throwing up on the invitation to other world leaders is a way of battering the criticism that the g7 is an exclusive club. it is the seven largest advanced economies and the most industrialised nations. it represents 40% of global gdp, the total amount of goods and services produced, but there are other world leaders that are important, too. the g7, in trying to reach a broad international consensus on key issues, traditionally does invite some word leaders. giorgia meloni residing over this one and has decided who to invite. for example, the leaders of turkey, brazil, argentina, india, all
The couple, who announced their engagement on monday, will meet members of the public when they visit several charities. Who will england face in the world cup . The countdown to todays draw in russia is underway. Good morning. Its friday 1st december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Royal bank of scotland has announced its to close 259 branches resulting in 680 job losses. The latest round of closures at the state owned bank follows 180 announced in march. Will come back to this story in a moment. Right now, were going to ta ke moment. Right now, were going to take you to nottingham, where prince harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle by due to carry out a Patch Programme of engagements. Their First Official visit since their engagement was announced on monday. Book ending either end of the working week with the engagement announcement on monday morning and now here they are carrying out their First Official visit as an engaged couple. And big crowds gathering in notting
Biggest local stories. We will start in washington. Donald trump says he wants immigrants from everywhere. This came when he was pressed by a reporter in the oval office during a photo opportunity with the president of kazakhstan a short time ago. Did you say you wanted more people to come in from norway . Did you say that . Thank you very much. I want them to come in from everywhere. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you, everyone. Out. Thank you. The president has always given the impression he wants immigrants to come in from everywhere. Most recently there was controversy at the end of last week over allegations the president used the word shithole to describe african countries and 80. And haiti. Anthony zurcherjoins me from washington. It simply isnt true, he has been saying directly the opposite for the last few years. The way they have tried to say this is talk about merit based immigration. The current system, one of which is a green card lot
Coming up on afternoon live of course the hong kong banking all the sport holly hamilton. The Champions League returns tonight, into the business and now, place, so historically that is where it is made his money. At the moment, the knockout stages. We will be looking at a liverpools return to the boss is saying that interest real madrid, while there is more bad rates around the world of very low news forJose Mourinho. Right now, the uncertainty around brexit really affected him and so lots of issues in europe, whereas in thanks holly and nick asia the prospects were higher and miller has the weather. Growth prospects were a bit better, more bad news with those flood so Growth Prospects were a bit better, so that could be where the situation warnings. Is there more rain on the to that. Cupidity way way . It is a short answer, simon, thats all the business news. And you wont like it. Billie eilish, the 18 year old who swept the grammies earlier this month, will be performing her also co
including pensions according to the think tank, the high pay centre. that s equivalent to wait for it £1,170 an hour 109 times the average worker whose median annual salary isjust under £35,000. chris roebuck is a global leadership expert who has worked in major organisations assessing senior leaders performance. i asked him if these huge payouts are justified. we will come back to that in a moment. but essentially he told me a little bit more about the talent poaching that the city had to be careful of unless they paid the ceos