Now on Bbc News World questions. Hello and welcome. I am Jonny Dymond and this is world questions, the g7 summit. The gathering of World Leaders is happening here in the uk. Im in london and im video linked to an international panel drawn from each of the g7 countries. The g7, or group of seven, consists of the seven most advanced economies. They are responsible for more than half of global net wealth, and they are all democracies. This weekend, their leaders will be debating some of the most pressing issues facing the world and attempting to lead. To mark the occasion, we gather together our own parallel meeting with leading figures and experts drawn from each of the g7 countries. There will be facing questions from around the globe Climate Change, rebuilding after the pandemic, even the threat to democracy itself. There are huge issues for them to tackle. Heres our own g7 panel. From japan, senator rui matsukawa, defence. Bob rae, from canada, ambassador to united nations. From italy, director of the institute for international affairs. From france, former foreign Affairs Editor for the newspaper lexpress. From the usa, Christopher Hill, former ambassador to iraq. From germany, the decade of director of the Xi Society Foundation for europe and eurasia. And from the G7 Host from here in the uk, we have the chair of parliaments Foreign Affairs collect committee, tom. Welcome to you all. Ourfirst question, it comes from oliver in hong kong. Ok, so, right. My question is how can the G7 Hope to compete with china that refuses to play by international rules and uses its seemingly unlimited resources to push his agenda and every sphere abroad. Thanks, oliver. How can g7 countries compete withu a china that uses its seemingly limitless resources to push its agenda in every sphere abroad. Here, we have restrictions on democratic freedoms in hong kong. Flybys over taiwan with the controversial planes that china has made over the south China Sea back, just to name but a few. Ambassador hill in the us, the question, how can the G7 Hope to compete with china when it refuses to play by the rules 7 cannot hope to . This is perhaps the great link between President Trump Administration and President Biden administration, standing up to china. Of course it can. I think one of the hallmarks of the g7 is the concept that these are group of democracies, like minded countries who share values. And they also, i think its very important for them to get together and discuss this challenge to our values, and the challenge to World Leadership. I think President Biden has been very clear, as hes just been and just arrived in the uk, and hes made very clear in the last 2a hours, that he considers the summit extremely important. He wants people to know that the United States is back on the stage. He realises this is going to be a work in progress and a lot of things we will have to pick up on, and certainly, one of them is dealing with china. China is not going anywhere. China is a very serious player and will be for many years, but we need to figure out policies where together, we can work on shaping the environment for china to perhaps make some changes in the way they approach their environment. And also, i should mention the Courage Of Oliver in speaking to us from hong kong, which is really facing the brunt of the Way China has behaved in recent years. Some of the reasons why they need to be seized with this issue. I can assure you when you look at the Trump Administration and the biden administration, there are so many differences its almost night and day. One area where it is not so different is in the matter of dealing with china. We need to have a forceful Response And Work with others. Because no one single country that can do that, but the g7 together can. Mathew, do you think italy has a different perspective perhaps on china, given its desire, perhaps, for investment, given its own position in the world . Perhaps different from the us, the uk . No, i think there has been really quite a significant change. I mean, ithink, indeed, underthe. Indeed, there was questioning whether it is in a sense, transatlantic credentials, as they have been as strong, historically. I think with the draghi government there has been a very clear repositioning of italy at the transatlantic court, and a very clear distancing from china. So, i think were back to a more traditional italian foreign policy. Daniela, in germany, weve heard unanimity from the panelists on this question. How can the G7 Hope to compete with china . Is germany aligned firmly, do you think, with the other members of the g7 . I think Todays Germany has a very realistic perception of what china is. L its a rising power, j but it is a systemic competitor, and thats what the government has always emphasised. I believe more can be done and there could be more i Emphasis On Human Rights and other issues. But we also need to look at the issues and we need to partner with china, and as we said earlier on, i climate will be a big topic. It will be a big. Topic at the g7. And i think one of the major results could be to find a strategy, or how to engage with china on fighting Climate Change, and without Letting Go of the other very. Important norms and values we have to defend against china. Senator rui matsukawa, you have a very different perspective. You are a lot closer to china, no . For a long time, when the European Nations were very different, japan has been very consistent about paying attention to the chinese authoritarian behaviour, especially in the security field. Especially in the sea. It is japan actually who proposed the strategy, and thats now unfortunately the us has been employing and work together, the coalition of the quad. Australia, india, japan, and the us. We are really happy and japan is really, really happy that the major European Countries like the uk and france and germany have more interest in the pacific. What i would like to say about china is for china, Japan And China have a long history. Geographically, we are very close. We are neighbours and we want a stable relationship, yet ourjapanese territory. It is a time for democracies to have the Deterrence Capability increased, united, at the g7, and sending a clear mission is to china that it is not in Chinas Interest to take aggressive actions to Neighbourhood Or East China Sea. And to observe the international liberal order. It is good for china, too, actually. But i think what we have to do now is to have the united Deterrence Capability and clear message to china how it can be more safe to observe international order. Lets move on to our next question. It comes from an International Law student, i hope i pronounced that correctly, in Western Ukraine. Good day to all of you. From the auditorium of international relations, my question is, given the fact that major international players continue to show consistent neglect of International Law, is It Safe to say that the united Nations Security Council and the international Court Ofjustice are outdated, and therefore without relevance, and should the g7 take more asked if stance . A question from Western Ukraine there, which of course, ukraine itself suffered a breach of International Law through the illegal annexing of crimea by russia, which led to its expulsion from what was then the g8. It is now the g7. And various different sanctions as well. The united Nations Security Council, i know canada looks at with great respect, is that outdated . Should the g7 become more muscular . I dont think theres any contribution in saying the un is a far from perfect institution, and the g7 can do more. I think the g7 can do more. I think in fact, thats what happens. When the Security Council gets stuck because of the Veto Power of what we call the p5, the permanent members of the Security Council, we have to find other ways of being more creative. And weve seen this the emergence of whats called Magnitsky Sanctions and a number of countries, which has made difference. The fact that weve been able to create new Accountability Mechanisms in dealing with the situation in syria, dealing with the situation in myanmar, even though we dont have the institutional Oomph And Strength to enforce things more quickly. We faced this dilemma since1945. The structures we created are not perfect, but i think there is a much stronger, Keener Sense of among a number of us that we have to become more effective and indeed muscular in how we try to implement International Law effectively, and how we engage in various coalitions of countries that are willing to engage together to make sure that the bullies in the world, that the authoritarian countries in the world are brought to bare. And i think thats extremely important. We are in facing this growing crisis of authoritarianism. Its face your country, vitali, very much, and your ambassador does a very good job in talking about it in the floor of the general assembly, but we all recognise theres much more to be done, and i think thats a clear consistence that youll find talking to a great many countries. Daniela, the question is about the usefulness or not of the united Nations Security Council. And of course, the international courty of justice. Germany has come under a lot of pressure, a lot of criticism because of its attitude towards russia, which the question is pointing towards. And in particular, cooperation with russia over the transport of natural gas. Does germany, do you think, have a different attitude towards russia, compared to many other members of the g7 . On the more Fundamentall Question raised on the rule of law, the integrity of territory, i see no difference. The way the german government has always framed the projects. Of the Gas Pipeline from russia was it is a project run by companies, so a private sector project. That is of course i only half the truth. Because any Energy Project at that time with such importance is of course. A hugely political project. You can see the government has come under understanding this when it started putting a lot of political energy into Negotiating Gas through ukraine to slightly compensate outside of ukraine. I personally think this was a big geopolitical mistake, to go into the construction of this pipeline because it undermines german credibility on this. Perspective of the number of central and eastern | European Countries. And the Baltic States as well. However, and this is the story that the government tells, it. Is the way to keep i engaged with russia. So, there are two stories, and it is also true that from a european perspective, it is of course not helpful to cut ties with russia. | on the more fundamental question that vitali has raised, it is of utmost importance that governments, all g7 members continue emphasising that the J Respect for the Integrity L of Territory Or Rule of law, peaceful mechanisms to solve conflicts, this is the basis of. International cooperation. Tom, i think youve been perhaps rather clumsily described as hawkish towards russia in your time. Do you see a role for an organisation like the g7 to beef up if the united Nations Security Council is paralysed by Russias Membership . We need to fight corruption, and what President Biden said the other day build on work that the foreign Affairs Committee has done since 2018, when we released our moscow gold report. Preventing the spread of Dirty Money through our systems and holding it until we can release it back to the people from who it was robbed is exactly what was should be doing. Lets not pretend the government in Russia Today and President Putin is anything other than a criminal gang that does not represent the people and merely exploits them. It is a brutal moneymaking regime for one man and his acolytes. Tom, thank you very much. Ambassador Christopher Hill, after the g7 comes nato for President Biden, and after nato comes their first meeting the first meeting of President Biden and vladimir putin. What will you look for in that meeting . First of all, i hope that we will not have any of these frankly inappropriate one on one meetings where we have no idea what was done. So, i am pretty sure we will have a return to normal soon. The president will sit down with the russian president and they will have a meeting, proper notes will be taken and i think therell be a in exchange of agenda items. I dont expect any huge breakthroughs, but i think Mr Putin should go away from that meeting with clear understanding of what the biden administration is expecting. One of the big issues is corruption, but one of the biggest issues will be this issue of cyber attacks. We had a number of us companies attacked of late in so called ransomware attacks, where many of these companies have actually been paying this money. And we have determined that these attacks have mainly come from russia, and at best, we can say the Putin Government has been in different more likely than complacent. I think therell be issues of that kind to discuss. I agree with the proposition that the us has to have, at least a good means of communication with the russian leadership. I think it needs to be clear and consistent, and i think well look for a meeting where President Biden will lay it out and laid out very clearly so therell be no misunderstandings about where we stand. Thank you. At the g7, there will be nothing heard from russia. It is no longer a member. It has no platform at the gathering this weekend. Lets go on to our next question, from emilio, whos a romanian Health Care Worker living in dublin. The irish capital. Why is china still considered a Developing Country . Taking into account her military taking into account her military Size And Space development, which cost a lot of money development, which cost a lot of money and so forth. China is counting for 23 of world emissions. Here in the eu, we are paying for it. Thanks very much. This refers to perhaps the most difficult issue, hanging over this summit and later in the year, the so called cop26 meeting, which is supposed to produce huge results hopefully on the issue of Climate Change. China accounts for 23 of world carbon pollution, says emilio. Here in the eu we are paying for the consequences. Why is china still considered the Developing Country. Daniela . It is indeed a big issue. Not only because of climate, but because of the because of the feeling of the wto because of the feeling of the wto that we are measuring countries with different scales. But the point with china is that there are any. Qualities within the country, and if you look at gdp per. Capita levels, china is not anywhere where europe or the United States are. However, china has highly competitive. Industry. It is leading in some regards, and that is why europeans are really looking into this question whether. Theres a treatment. If access to china is permitted a prom if access to china is permitted a Prom Rules if access to china is permitted a Prom Rules where if access to china is permitted a Prom Rules where it if access to china is permitted a Prom Rules where it is a Prom Rules where it is summed a Prom Rules where it is summed to a Prom Rules where it is supposed to provide a Prom Rules where it is supposed to provide a l a Prom Rules where it is supposed to provide a level playing supposed to provide a Level Playing Field it is very protective of its own market, | of its own procurement, and also really tries to protect. Its own status as a. Developing country. We hear so much about the need to bring china onboard in any climate agreement, but from emilio comes cynicism about the role that china has, the way that china is treated by the Global Community in the last set of climate negotiations. I totally agree. China should not be enjoying this status. By by 2028 the chinese gdp should exceed the us. In certain technologies, the leading economy. I think it was in the past, the huge gap of gdp is a reason for their status, but wto or any other areas, i think china needs to be responsible for its own size and capability. One belt, whans road, they are promoting. They are the donors to african countries and asian countries, a huge amount of the money they are providing. They have this capability. The government of china, they should actually, in my opinion, provide full budget to the people rather than buying off some countries for their own purposes. So, i think its time for the international community to evaluate Chinas Status as a Developing Country. I think its time for considering seriously about them changing their status. Thank you. Is it time to change the way that china is assessed . There is something very important to this about china. The chinese themselves dislike to be considered as a rich country. They want still to be considered as part of what we called previously the third world. Its ideological and its geopolitical. Very efficient to get connected to the rest of the world and to the poorest countries to allow china to open new roads, for instance. So, its not the rest of the world, but its above all china, which is the case. Why is china so eager to consider itself as a poor country, as a country colonised by western countries . This is a rhetoric that you hear very often with china. It the base of ideological agenda of the communist party. We chinese have been exploited, so we are the brothers of the rest of africa and asia, its a geopolitical argument in china. The chinese leaders to be considered as a rich country. This kind of double language is exploited by china as a geopolitical argument to continue with the rest of the world. Were going to wrap up with one last quick fire question. Its from penn with college, which is a sixth form college, very close to where the summit has been held. And it comes from a student at the college. One lesson from the pandemic that can help us combat Climate Change . If you didnt catch it, that was good the panel identified one lesson we have learned from the pandemic to help us combat Climate Change. You have 15 seconds each. Im going to start with france, whats the lesson from the pandemic . For the first time in history, the whole World Economy was stopped. For health reasons. So, what has been shown is that if we are not active together, nothing is going to be solved. We must instill more neutral systems and more multilateral systems. Thats the main solution and thats the main conclusion of this crisis. Ambassador Christopher Hill in the us. I think we all learned we are on spaceship debbie earth. I think we all learned that we are all together in this. I think the pandemic certainly showed that. By the way the american people came to an understanding, no more talk of America First or america alone. We have to be with everyone else in dealing with these problems. Thank you. Daniela in germany. One of the lessons is clearly. How dependant we are in a safe and healthy environment. On a very practical level, ithink we learned how much we can get done without travelling as much as we used to be. Thats all we have time for from this G7 Addition of world questions. Its been fascinating to hear from all the different panelists. We can now watch and wait and see what emerges from this critical global summit. A big thank you to all of our panel who have been so generous with their time. Thanks also to our wonderful questioners and the pupils and teachers and to all of you watching wherever you are around the world. Goodbye. Hello there. It was a very warm day on sunday. And across Northern Ireland, it was the warmest day of the year so far before the rain arrived. It was also the warmest day of the year in wales, 27 degrees in the south of the country. But for many parts of the uk on monday, it will be much cooler. The Cooler Air is coming down from the north west, arriving in scotland and Northern Ireland by morning, as the rain eases off and trickles down into northern england. A very warm start to monday, though, across england and wales. Whats left of any rain in northern England And North wales willjust peter out, and this band of cloud just wanders southwards, arriving in East Anglia and the South East in the afternoon. Either side of that, some sunshine, increasing cloud, though, coming into Northern Ireland and scotland with some blustery showers in the north west. And it will feel cooler for many parts of the country except towards the South East of England And East anglia, where weve got high temperatures and humidity before the cloud arrives during the afternoon. Now on sunday, it was 28 celsius at wembley. It wont be anywhere near those sort of temperatures at hampden for the scotland game. Its much cooler and breezy, as well. The Cooler Air is behind that Weather Front they are, thats out of the way on tuesday. High Pressure Building in from the azores this weather system, though, is arriving in from the atlantic, meaning that more of a Breeze Picking Up in scotland and Northern Ireland, increasing cloud and some rain in the north west, as well. England and wales still dry, still sunny, while not as hot in the South East, for many other parts of the uk, temperatures may be a little bit higher on tuesday. Moving into wednesday, this is where we find our band of cloud. Theres not much rain on it by this stage. Scotland and Northern Ireland cooler, largely dry. For england and wales weve got quite a contrast, really, across the uk for england and wales, that heat is building, and the humidity, too, especially towards the South East, where temperatures wont be far away from 30 celsius. But then it could all go Bang Weve got the threat of some Heavy Rain, thunderstorms late wednesday, through thursday and into friday, mainly across the midlands and eastern parts of england, where we will see that Heavy Rain overnight, still perhaps around during thursday. Not quite as wet further North And West across england and wales, and drier and brighter for scotland and Northern Ireland. But it will be cooler. Its humid in the South East, but with that thundery rain, temperatures wont be quite as high as wednesday. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Im david eades. Our top stories a new government for israel. A coalition of eight parties is voted in, as netanyahu is finally out. President biden arrives in brussels for the nato summit, promising to return the us to a leading role. Denmarks Team Doctor confirms that Christian Eriksen did suffer a Cardiac Arrest during his Teams Euro Match before being resuscitated. 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