want that to distract from the 620 or the key climate change summit in glasgow. we are going to get on and do the things that matter to both of us and make sure we work together on tackling the big issues that face the world. there is some turbulence in the relationship. i'm mark lowen live in rome. the first talks are under way focusing _ the first talks are under way focusing on global health care and the pandemic economic recovery. lawyers for prince andrew claim the woman who's accused him of sexual assault is out for "another payday" as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case. and new york prepares for a severe impact to its emergency services after a deadline to force first responders to get vaccinated passes. this hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the italian prime minister, mario draghi, has opened the 620 summit in rome with a call for multilateral action to solve the problems the world is facing. the summit is the biggest face—to—face meeting of world leaders since the start of the pandemic, and comes on the eve of an historic summit on climate change in glasgow, hosted by borisjohnson. but a dispute between the uk and france overfishing rights has threatened to sour the atmosphere. mark lowen joins us from rome. hello again. hello, a very warm welcome to _ hello again. hello, a very warm welcome to rome, _ hello again. hello, a very warm welcome to rome, where - hello again. hello, a very warm welcome to rome, where the l hello again. hello, a very warm - welcome to rome, where the leaders of the world 20 largest economies, the 620, have begun their summit, a crucial two day meeting in rome coming just before the un climate conference opening in glasgow next week. so this 620 meeting in rome is seen as a vital stepping stone before the un climate conference. it will give a sense of whether momentum is building for agreement on reaching climate change goals, trying to stop global warming at 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels, trying to achieve net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century, trying to increase the money rich countries are giving and can give to poorer countries, to help them combat climate change. that is just a flavour of some of theissues that is just a flavour of some of the issues at this conference. also talking about the covid—19 pandemic, of course, and attempts to vaccinate more people around the world. and the post—pandemic economic recovery. so 20 world economies here, 19 countries plus the eu, have come together. at the start of the summit, they posed for a family photo, as it is known, as they came together with the host, italy's prime minister mario draghi, well known of course to many leaders because he was formerly the president of the european central bank and has very high standing among many of his counterparts from around the world. they gathered for the traditional family photo before the traditional family photo before the talks began, talks are likely to last for two days and could go up to the wire, and then to glasgow to try to get agreement on some of these keyissues to get agreement on some of these key issues and sticking points. and also a to reinvigorate an era of multilateralism, after donald trump was the leader of the us who pulled them out of the paris climate accord. he shunned america's traditional allies. joe biden has come in to try to reinstate that sense of working transatlantic allies. that was echo of the sentiments mario draghi gave as he opened the talks today. the pandemic has ke -t us opened the talks today. the pandemic has kept us apart. _ opened the talks today. the pandemic has kept us apart, as _ opened the talks today. the pandemic has kept us apart, as it _ opened the talks today. the pandemic has kept us apart, as it did _ opened the talks today. the pandemic has kept us apart, as it did with - has kept us apart, as it did with all our— has kept us apart, as it did with all our citizens. and even before, we faced — all our citizens. and even before, we faced protectionism, unilateralism, nationalism. but the more _ unilateralism, nationalism. but the more we _ unilateralism, nationalism. but the more we go— unilateralism, nationalism. but the more we go with all our challenges, the more _ more we go with all our challenges, the more it— more we go with all our challenges, the more it is clear that multilateralism is the best answer to the _ multilateralism is the best answer to the problems we face today. in many— to the problems we face today. in many ways, it's the only possible answeh — many ways, it's the only possible answer. from the pandemic to climate change _ answer. from the pandemic to climate change to— answer. from the pandemic to climate change to fairand answer. from the pandemic to climate change to fair and equitable taxation, going it alone is simply not an— taxation, going it alone is simply not an option. we must do all we can to overcome — not an option. we must do all we can to overcome our differences. and we must _ to overcome our differences. and we must rekindle the spirit that led to the creation of this group. almost two years— the creation of this group. almost two years since the start of the pandemic, _ two years since the start of the pandemic, we can finally look at the future _ pandemic, we can finally look at the future with— pandemic, we can finally look at the future with some optimism. an appeal there from italian _ future with some optimism. an appeal there from italian prime _ future with some optimism. an appeal there from italian prime minister- there from italian prime minister mario draghi to his colleagues at the 620 to work together to try to achieve their goals, although there are sticking points, notably in climate, for example. from china, india, others about phasing out coal and achieving net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century. some developing countries have written letters to the developed countries, frustrated by the fact climate finance, for example, $100 billion per year that the rich countries were meant to provide to poorer countries to help them combat climate change, that $100 billion goal has not been reached, and neither has the goal of giving 2 billion covid vaccines to the polar countries by the end of the polar countries by the end of the year. these targets, sticking points. —— the poorer countries. helicopters overhead here in this district of rome, southern district where the conference is being held. the district was designed by mussolini in the 1930s to showcase fascist architecture. perhaps not the image of the traditional beauty of central rome that you might expect. so we have taken a walk through some of those historic ancient roman sites to give you a sense of what the 620 is all about. politics, negotiations, haggling — rome has seen it all before, and 2000 years ago, it happened here at the ancient forum. this weekend, italy's modern capital is hosting the leaders of the 620, the world's largest economies whose presidency rotates every year. together, they make up 80% of the world's 6dp — or gross domestic product, the total value of goods and services produced, 75% of global trade and 60% of the world's population. italy has called the themes people, planet and prosperity. now, on the first, it's the coronavirus pandemic and how to increase vaccinations, particularly among poorer countries. the second is about the environment coming just before the un's climate change conference, cop 26 in glasgow. together, the 620 countries produce about 80% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. and the third, that's about the global economy, how to help countries recover from the pandemic and force multinational companies to pay their fair share in tax. a couple of millennia ago, this was where gladiators fought it out with lions. 620 leaders will hope that their disputes are a little more serene. some of the developing countries are resisting phasing out coal and limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. there's tension between some western allies over america's chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, and between the us and france over a submarine deal. and some 620 leaders won't even be here in person. so will the summitjust end up as another talking shop? no leader can afford to fiddle while rome burns. always a bit of time for a roman pond, i have to say. now even though there are key themes that these leaders are talking about, the 620 is a time in which leaders can sit down for bilateral talks. —— a roman pu n. hugely important in ironing out some of the issues. we had the uk prime minister borisjohnson sitting down with italian prime minister mario draghi a little earlier, two men who know each other well, and they have a huge stake in the success of the 620, and of course in glasgow, because they are co—hosts of the glasgow un climate conference, italy and britain as co—hosts. so they will have much to talk about in the run—up to glasgow. and another key bilateral meeting we will be watching out for is between borisjohnson and the french president emmanuel macron. apparently not going to be a full sit down meeting, but as it's called in tv cameraman language, some kind of walk past spray, which may give you a sense of the slight tension that there is at the moment between britain and france, focusing on post—brexit fishing rights, with both governments threatening to block fishing trawlers from each other�*s countries from going into each other�*s waters. that is a real point of tension at the moment. the french president has said that it tests britain's reputation and credibility on the world stage. borisjohnson has said that he fears that the trade deal with the eu could already have been breached. 0ur political editor sat down with borisjohnson. do you think france is trying to punish the uk overfishing permits? things that united france and the uk are far more important than those that divide us. we will work closely to get to the bottom of the issues. i must say we are a bit worried that france may be about to become in breach or is already in breach of the trade and co—operation agreement that we struck, but all of those issues are dwarfed by the agenda that emmanuel macron and i and angela merkel and mario draghi and all the leaders, joe biden, that we face today. i will come onto that in a second, but what are you going to do about this? you say it is not as important, fair enough, but what are you going to do when president macron is questioning your credibility and you have summoned the french ambassador into the foreign office in london, what are you going to do about it? we are going to get on and do the thing that matter both of us, make sure that we work together on tackling the big issues that face the world. there is some turbulence in the relationship. i have seen the letter that you mention. if one of our partners decides to breach the trade and co—operation agreement that we struck, then obviously that is a matter that we will have to pursue. but what i want to do is to get the world to focus on the threat humanity faces. and here we are, in the coliseum of vespasian, completed by titus, i think, and what more perfect metaphor could there be for the risk to humanity of civilisation basically going backwards... specifically before we move on, are you clear that the french behaviour at the moment is unacceptable? i am clear that the priority for us, for the french, i think for all of our viewers, actually, is tackling the biggest threat to humanity, and that is climate change. so the point i want to make, with the help of this brilliant visual, this backdrop, is people are often very conceited about history and about our civilisation. we think that we can be on a remorseless forward march, when actually we can be actively conniving in our own decline and fall. what we need to do is to ensure that at the cop26 summit next week, that world leaders come together and make the commitment necessary, not to halt climate change or global warming, because we can't do that, it's too late, but what we can do is restrict the growth in temperatures. in terms of countries you're trying to pull together, china are vital to this, are you disappointed with what they have come forward with so far? the point i made to our chinese friends is, look, they have made progress on overseas financing of coal, that is a good thing. what i think china needs to do is to find ways of making a more ambitious national... they are not going to do that, what they have said is not enough, is it? let's see what we can get to. i think what the whole world needs to understand is you can reduce dependence on coal very fast. i reminded president xi that the first time i went to beijing, as the mayor of london, the uk was 40% reliant on coal to generate power. today it is only 1%. so you can make progress very fast. but you could make progress at home, and you like to say the uk is ahead of everyone else, but right here, right now, you could say you would not allow there to be another coal mine in cumbria, which is on the table at the moment, or another oilfield off scotland. rule them out now if you want people to follow an example. people can see what britain has done. 80% of our power came from hydrocarbons. by 2035, to answer your question, we will not have any hydrocarbons in our power generation system at all. but on those specifics... and by 2030, well, we are the most ambitious country in europe and by 2030 we are saying we will not have hydrocarbon internal combustion engines in new cars. that is a very ambitious target. we have just about the punchiest nationally determined contribution of any country. we are saying we will cut our co2 emissions by 68% on 1990 levels. we have already done 44%, that is a massive achievement. and we are doing that through technology. but through technology that allows us to deliver hundreds of thousands of high wage, high skilljobs. that is the plan. in september, you rated the chances of success in glasgow at six out of ten... i would say about the same now. everybody needs to focus... what the uk has been trying to do is to take the abstract concepts of net zero that we talked about at paris six years ago and to turn them into hard, sharp deliverables in terms of reducing coal use, reducing the use of internal combustion engines, planting millions of trees, and getting the cash that the world needs to finance green technology. that's what we are trying to do. borisjohnson sitting boris johnson sitting down with laura _ boris johnson sitting down with laura kuenssberg inside the coliseum. if the other leaders of the 620 — coliseum. if the other leaders of the 620 are jealous of the trip to the 620 are jealous of the trip to the coliseum, they will have a nice stroll— the coliseum, they will have a nice stroll through the historic centre of rome — stroll through the historic centre of rome tomorrow morning, sunday morning. _ of rome tomorrow morning, sunday morning, security permitting, with no disrespect of course to this area where _ no disrespect of course to this area where the — no disrespect of course to this area where the summit is being held, which _ where the summit is being held, which was — where the summit is being held, which was intended to showcase fascist _ which was intended to showcase fascist architecture. interesting area _ fascist architecture. interesting area to — fascist architecture. interesting area to talk about these key issues. now, _ area to talk about these key issues. now. as _ area to talk about these key issues. now. as a _ area to talk about these key issues. now, as a sign or how much work there _ now, as a sign or how much work there is— now, as a sign or how much work there is to — now, as a sign or how much work there is to be done particularly on there is to be done particularly on the climate issue, a recent report by the _ the climate issue, a recent report by the un — the climate issue, a recent report by the un climate body found that carbon _ by the un climate body found that carbon emissions are likely to rise by 16% _ carbon emissions are likely to rise by 16% by— carbon emissions are likely to rise by 16% by the year 2013 compared to 2010 on— by 16% by the year 2013 compared to 2010 on the current trajectory, which — 2010 on the current trajectory, which would lead to global warming or 27— which would lead to global warming or 2.7 degrees above preindustrial levels. _ or 2.7 degrees above preindustrial levels. way— or 2.7 degrees above preindustrial levels, way off the 1.5 limit they are trying — levels, way off the 1.5 limit they are trying to agree both here in rome _ are trying to agree both here in rome and _ are trying to agree both here in rome and in glasgow next week. so talks could _ rome and in glasgow next week. so talks could go down to the wire in gtasgow— talks could go down to the wire in gtasgow if— talks could go down to the wire in glasgow if there is no real agreement here in rome. plenty to talk about— agreement here in rome. plenty to talk about for the leaders, plenty for us _ talk about for the leaders, plenty for us to— talk about for the leaders, plenty for us to talk about as we continue to bring you — for us to talk about as we continue to bring you all the developments from rome. to bring you all the developments from rome-— to bring you all the developments from rome. ., ., ., ,, from rome. back to london. mark, thank you. — from rome. back to london. mark, thank you. we _ from rome. back to london. mark, thank you, we will— from rome. back to london. mark, thank you, we will speak _ from rome. back to london. mark, thank you, we will speak to - from rome. back to london. mark, thank you, we will speak to you - thank you, we will speak to you again. staying with the brush past, hopefully not a brushoff between the british prime minister and the french president at some point in the cause of today. they are going to try to find a way to end some of the tension overfishing to try to find a way to end some of the tension over fishing rights that has particularly poisoned relations between paris and london at the moment. there was a warning about imposing extra checks from tuesday, the french government have suggested. earlier i spoke to the president and chairman of the ports of calais and boulogne, jean—marc puissesseau, and started by asking him, from tuesday will english boats not be allowed to land their catch at the port? the problem is that some french fishermen are waiting for licences. about a0 fishermen waiting. 20 small boats. those small boats are not equipped with monitoring surveys in 2016 like that, which is a reference, and they cannot prove that they were fishing in your water. that is one point. this is very... very naughty to say that! and then we have 20 other boats which are above 18 metres. and for them, they need historical declarations in 2016, 2017 also. but the majority of them sold their boats in 2020, 2019, so they don't have this any more, they are new boats, so they don't have reference with the new boats. and they don't get a licence. so it is small things. it is so small economical problems in an ocean of things after brexit. this small problem will bring total chaos in the next stage. so i do hope in the weekend there is some resolution and agreement. between our governments. because from my point of view, i know the french government were asking to you to get these a0 licences for the french fishermen, and they don't get it. we will bring you the readouts on that meeting when it takes place in rome later this afternoon. buckingham palace says the queen's doctors have advised her to continue to rest for at least the next fortnight, and not carry out official visits. officials said she's undertaking light duties and it's her "firm intention" to be present for remembrance sunday on november 14th. borisjohnson addressed the queen's health this morning. i spoke to her majesty, as i do every week, this week and she's on very good form. she's just got to follow the advice of her doctors and get some rest, and i think that's the important thing. i'm sure the whole country wishes her well. lawyers for queen elizabeth's son, prince andrew, have filed papers at a court in new york, asking a judge to throw out a civil lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse more than two decades ago. the prince has repeatedly denied ever assaulting virginia 6iuffre. frances read reports. pictured together two decades ago, virginia 6iuffre claims that prince andrew sexually abused her when she was just 17 — a minor under us state law. they're allegations prince andrew strenuously denies, and he's never been criminally charged. now his lawyers say a civil lawsuit against him should be dismissed. in a document filed to a court in new york, they say that accusing a member of the royalfamily has helped 6iuffre create a media frenzy. it accused her of trying to achieve another payday at prince andrew's expense, with the lawyers adding that sensationalism and innuendo have prevailed over truth. the legal team says that the duke's sullied reputation is only the latest collateral damage of the jeffrey epstein scandal. prince andrew's lawyers say ms 6iuffre settled her civil damages claims against epstein in 2009 and, as part of the agreement, she agreed not to sue anyone else connected to him. the billionaire killed himself in jail in 2019 as he was held on charges for the sex trafficking of minors. frances read, bbc news. firefighting unions in new york have warned of severe staff shortages and risk to public safety as the result of the city's public employee vaccine mandate. the deadline for public employees including police, fire and sanitation passed at 5pm on friday, meaning staff that refuse the jab could be forced to take unpaid leave. the dispute between city officials and unions comes amid increasing legal challenges against vaccine mandates at the state and federal level. peter bowes reports. with rubbish piling up in the streets, new york is bracing for a showdown with its public service workers. a deadline passed on friday night for police officers, firefighters, refuse workers and other city employees to show proof they have received at least one dose of the covid—19 vaccine. police and fire unions have voiced opposition to the vaccination mandate, and they are warning of a looming exodus of staff not willing to comply. it could severely impact services. i am could severely impact services. i am askin: m could severely impact services. i am asking my members _ could severely impact services. i am asking my members to _ could severely impact services. i—h asking my members to show up for work, they took an oath to protect the lives and property of new york residents, and i am hoping the mayor allows them to work. the residents, and i am hoping the mayor allows them to work.— allows them to work. the numbers of unvaccinated — allows them to work. the numbers of unvaccinated public _ allows them to work. the numbers of unvaccinated public workers - allows them to work. the numbers of unvaccinated public workers is - unvaccinated public workers is significant. according to the city of new york, 26% of the nypd, 33% of sanitation staff and 36% of the fire department remain unvaccinated. those that refuse now face the prospect of unpaid leave. despite the opposition, new york mayor bill de blasio says public health is the main priority. we de blasio says public health is the main priority-— main priority. we will give you a deadline, it's _ main priority. we will give you a deadline, it's the _ main priority. we will give you a deadline, it's the right - main priority. we will give you a deadline, it's the right thing - main priority. we will give you a deadline, it's the right thing to l deadline, it's the right thing to do, we have given incentives and time and voluntary opportunities, now we need this. we have a right to do it, every court has shown we have that right. do it, every court has shown we have that riuht. . , , do it, every court has shown we have thatriaht. . , , _ do it, every court has shown we have thatriaht.�* , , _ ., , ., that right. attempts by unions have so far failed — that right. attempts by unions have so far failed to _ that right. attempts by unions have so far failed to block _ that right. attempts by unions have so far failed to block the _ that right. attempts by unions have so far failed to block the city - so far failed to block the city mandate. earlierthere so far failed to block the city mandate. earlier there was a blow for those protesting compulsory vaccinations. a legal defeat at the hands of the conservative dominated supreme court, which rejected an appeal against a mandate in the state of maine town for public health workers lodged on religious grounds. both are the courts have repeatedly backed vaccine mandates for employees, but in another legal move ten republican—led states are suing the biden administration for going too far in insisting employees of federal contractors be vaccinated by december 8th. the lawsuit says it is unconstitutional, unlawful and otherwise. it is unconstitutional, unlawful and otherwise. . . is unconstitutional, unlawful and otherwise. , m , is unconstitutional, unlawful and otherwise. , m ., , otherwise. it pits americans against americans and _ otherwise. it pits americans against americans and it _ otherwise. it pits americans against americans and it will _ otherwise. it pits americans against americans and it will only _ otherwise. it pits americans against americans and it will only worsen i americans and it will only worsen the workplace shortage in supply chain issues hindering the economic recovery. chain issues hindering the economic recove . . . chain issues hindering the economic recove . , . ., , , recovery. public health versus individual _ recovery. public health versus individual freedoms, - recovery. public health versus individual freedoms, a - recovery. public health versus individualfreedoms, a row. recovery. public health versusl individualfreedoms, a row that recovery. public health versus - individual freedoms, a row that goes to the heart of the american way of life. just as every day life was beginning to get back to normal. now some breaking news from rome. the prime minister'sspokesman is saying boris johnson the prime minister'sspokesman is saying borisjohnson will have his short meeting with france's president macron, this brush past, it has turned into a short meeting, on sunday, not today. don't hold your breath for a resolution on the french british fishing dispute until tomorrow. now it's time for a look at the weather, with sarah keith lucas. hello, we have seen some heavy bursts of rain earlier on this morning, but the rain will be easing its way gradually eastward, so it's going to be an improving picture through the course of today. a return to some sunshine around, but certainly still rain at times on and off through the course of the weekend. and it's going to be quite breezy as well. feeling cooler, in fact, than we've seen over recent days. here's today's weather front with us, pushing its way eastwards a smaller ridge of high pressure for a time, so some sunshine returning to northern ireland, wales, south—west england, for instance. the cloud and the rain lingering for longest for eastern england and eastern scotland. quite breezy with that rain as well, but an improving picture this afternoon. it won't be as warm as recent days. temperatures around about ten to 15 degrees and there will be one or two scattered showers still moving in from the west as well, but predominantly dry later on as we head on into the evening hours. 0vernight, though, we're going to see the arrival of the next area of low pressure moving its way in, bringing some heavy rain and some strong winds to the south—west of england, wales and northern ireland through the early hours of sunday morning. further north and east, we've got clearer skies, so actually quite a chilly start across the north—east of scotland. don't forget that the clocks are going to be changing tonight, the early hours of sunday morning. they're going to go back one hour, so you may be lucky to get an extra hour in bed sunday morning — unless you've got small children, of course! this area of low pressure, though, still with us to dominate sunday's weather, so it's going to bring more wet and windy weather, gales possible at times, particularly through wales, south—west england, through the english channel as well. that heavy rain moving northwards and eastwards, followed by some clearer skies and heavy, potentially thundery showers as well, so a really mixed picture through the day tomorrow. temperatures only about ten to 1a degrees, so just starting to come down a notch compared to recent days. it is, of course, halloween, october 31st. if you've got plans to go trick or treating, quite a bit of dry weather in the south and the east, but more showers rattling in to northern and western parts. moving through into monday, then, and we've still got low pressure sitting to the north of the uk, so another fairly windy day to come and there'll be some more heavy rain in areas that could really do without it, particularly south and west scotland into north—west england as well, so the potential for furtherflooding problems as we head on into monday. a little bit drier further south with some sunshine, but temperatures about nine to 13 degrees. so really, the next few days are looking reasonably mild, but still very unsettled. something a bit drier and cooler into next week, bye—bye. hello, this is bbc news with me shaun ley. the headlines. world leaders are in rome for the 620 summit, where climate change and covid—19 are expected to dominate talks. the italian prime minister, mario draghi, opens the summit with a call for multilateral action as the only way to solve the problems the world is facing. but a row over post—brexit fishing rights between britain and france threatens to sour dicussions. borisjohnson insists he doesn't want that to distract from the 620 or the key climate change summit in glasgow. lawyers for prince andrew claim the woman who's accused him of sexual assault is out for "another payday", as they ask a new york court to dismiss the case. and new york prepares for a severe impact to its emergency services after a deadline to force first responders to get vaccinated, passes. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week — catching carbon. scannable snacks.