Will track rising sea levels, improving our understanding of Climate Change. And coming up, barack obama discusses his long awaited memoir, a promised land, with historian david olusoga, talking about his reflections on the volatile racial divide in the us. I think, as i was watching the events unfold this summer, both the death of george floyd, the murder of george floyd, but also the response, it was a mixture of despair and optimism. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The annual 620 summit has opened with a call for coronavirus vaccines to be made available to everyone around the world. Saudi arabia is hosting the annual summit which is being held virtually online because of the pandemic. Borisjohnson is expected to call on countries to be more ambitious in their efforts to tackle coronavirus. Our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, reports. A thoroughly modern moment. Many families have to meet like this these days. Even the powerful 620 family. The 84 year old saudi
In other news today. A deal has been reached between the uk and canada allowing both nations to carry on trading under the same terms as the Current European Union arrangement. The agreement covers annual trade between the two countries worth around £20 billion equal to about 1. 5 of total uk trade. Talks are expected to begin next year which the government hopes will lead to an enhanced deal. 00v the government says mortgage lenders have agreed not to ask the government says mortgage lenders have agreed not to ask for an expensive Fire Risk Survey when homeowners are putting their flats on the market as long as the building doesnt have cladding. Thousands of property sales have been held up by the requirement to obtain a survey, following the Grenfell Tower fire. The governments also making available £700,000 to train more surveyors. Rugby, and its been a bumper day of autumn internationals at twickenham with both the womens and mens england teams in action. Joe lynskey was watching
A fair share of the cash. And in tennis Austrias Dominic Thiem beats Novak Djokovic to reach the atp final. Well have more on that and a round up of the rest of the sports news in sportsday at half past six. And coming up later this hour mark kermode gives his unique take on the latest releases, including the volcanic Action Thriller skyfire in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The annual 620 summit has opened with a call for coronavirus vaccines to be made available to everyone. Saudi arabia is hosting the annual summit which is being held virtually online because of the pandemic. Borisjohnson is expected to call on them to be more ambitious in their efforts to tackle the pandemic. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports. A thoroughly modern moment. Many families have to meet like this these days. Even the powerful 620 family. The 84 year old saudi king presiding. Everyone at their own table this year. Every country struggling with the impact of
Into the growth of private baby scanning companies with some questioning the quality of the service. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The annual 620 summit has opened with a call for coronavirus vaccines to be made available to everyone around the world. Saudi arabia is hosting the annual summit which is being held virtually online because of the pandemic. Borisjohnson is expected to call on countries to be more ambitious in their efforts to tackle coronavirus. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports. A thoroughly modern moment. Many families have to meet like this these days. Even the powerful 620 family. The 84 year old saudi king presiding. Everyone at their own table this year. Every country struggling with the impact of the deadly pandemic. Its this summits top issue. Shall i take the mask off . The worlds wealthiest under pressure to help the poorest. At the beginning there was a big race between the Different Countries to secure ppe, equipment, medication