The queens 95th birthday. Welcome to world news america for our viewers in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. World leaders at the g7 summit in cornwall have begun their first face to face talks in almost two years. The uk Prime Minister borisjohnson urged the group of leading democracies to learn from the mistakes of the pandemic and to build back better to ensure a recovery that helps all of society. The Global Vaccination Campaign and Climate Change are two of the issues at the forefront of discussions among the leaders. Our Political EditorLaura Kuenssberg starts our coverage. Getting to this beautiful and remote part of the country isnt easy. Theyve come from five continents to cornwall. The winding last mile of the journey of the most powerful leaders in the world ended on the beach. Thejohnsons, the british receiving line. Coronavirus kept Prime Ministers and president s and millions of us apart, but now the Prime Minister wants them to pull together, with a huge vow for a billion vaccines, so the world can gather again. Official hellos done, time for vital talks behind closed doors. Thank you all very much for coming. It is genuinely wonderful to see everybody in person. Were Building Back better together, and Building Back greener, and Building Back fairer, and Building Back more equal and, how shall i. In a more gender neutral and perhaps a more feminine way, how about that . A reference to getting more girls into classrooms in developing countries. Make the world a better place. Thats the g7 theory, at least. The first lady and the duchess of cambridge descended on the four and five year olds of Connor Downs Academy in hayle today. Unusually, the royal family part of this weeks big political push. And Downing Street reckons theyve sailed over the first Big Hurdle Rebooting The so called Special Relationship between the United States and the uk, with a new name for a new chapter too. So, its a relationship, we call it the deep and meaningful relationship, whatever you. The indestructible relationship. Its a relationship that has endured for a very long time and has been an important part of peace and prosperity, both in europe and Around The World. And when it comes to the vaccine, youre making a huge promise about 100 million, but in the next few weeks, the uks only sending 5 million. You could already have sent vaccines to developing countries, that hasnt happened. Isnt there a danger that youre talking big, youre making big promises but, actually, then you deliver Something Else . With great respect, laura, i think that the people of this country should be very proud that of the 1. 5 billion doses that are being distributed Around The World, to the poorest and neediest in the world, one in three come from the Oxford Astrazeneca deal that the uk did. Yes, were putting in 5 million doses by september, but well do 100 million before 12 months is out. Thats a huge number of extra doses. I think people do understand that. They also understand that the uk is spending £10 billion on overseas aid. Yes, it is still a lot of money, but you are cutting it. And youre notjust cutting it, youre going back on something that was in the conservative Party Manifesto that you promised the public wed do. And i think people will understand that there is a pandemic, which could not have been foreseen at the time we made that commitment to 0. 7 throughout this parliament. Thats one of the objections from outside. There are a few small, but noisy, bands of protesters whove made it to the fringes of the summit. And trouble looms on a different front too. The uk is not at the eu table any more, but the others still huddled together. With intense tension over how brexit� s affected northern ireland, plotting, perhaps, how to take on borisjohnson on that tomorrow. Thats a side bar to the main business, though. A commitment to big democracies working together. The multilateralism, the german chancellor says, thats gone missing in recent years. The final agreements on sunday may fall short of borisjohnson� s ambition, but the summit itself is a symbol to show these leaders want to stand together. Laura kuenssberg reporting there. Want to stand together. Joining me now for more from cornwall is our very own christian fraser. I know how much you love analysing body language and optics, so give us yoursense body language and optics, so give us your sense of how this is really differed from some of the past or antagonistic g sevens . I differed from some of the past or antagonistic g sevens . Antagonistic g sevens . I think it was very clear antagonistic g sevens . I think it was very clear to antagonistic g sevens . I think it was very clear to see antagonistic g sevens . I think it was very clear to see today antagonistic g sevens . I think it| was very clear to see today from that body language there they are very pleased to seejoe biden. G7s. He is here, the elder statesman. He spent about the block many times. At the Junior Senator all the way back to the 1980s. He was the Vice President and i think he brings that gravitas to the proceedings. He has said come he said of the men he landed in the uk that democracy, western democracy, is that inflection point. The minute he landed. The liberal democracies have to show that they can lead but as you heard there from lauras report, while the objective they set themselves, 1 billion doses of this vaccine to go out before the end of the year, is a very good start, it is critically significant amount of The Americans have pledged, we compare that to the 11 billion that are needed and maybe some 66 billion in funding that is needed, it is only a drop in the ocean. There is a tension as well in the background here for all the smiles and the camaraderie. The european say hang on, we have been donated vaccines for some time and have been doing this. The americans in the uk side talked a good game early but they have been given anything yet. So whether or not they make any public statements by sunday, by the communique about more vaccines they will donate, i think thatis vaccines they will donate, i think that is open to question at the moment. Whether or not they hand borisjohnson moment. Whether or not they hand Boris Johnson that victory needs moment. Whether or not they hand borisjohnson that victory needs to be seen and we will look in the detail of that come sunday. The devil is in the detail. figs detail of that come sunday. The devil is in the detail. Detail of that come sunday. The devil is in the detail. As you say, it is releasing devil is in the detail. As you say, it is releasing what devil is in the detail. As you say, it is releasing what come devil is in the detail. As you say, it is releasing what come sunday because theres already been criticism that the final document on everything from Climate Change to economic recovery might not exactly meet really the need what people think is needed at this moment as we crossed to the Recovery Stages of the pandemic. Crossed to the Recovery Stages of the pandemic crossed to the Recovery Stages of the pandemic. That is true, but ive been speaking the pandemic. That is true, but ive been speaking to the pandemic. That is true, but ive been speaking to people the pandemic. That is true, but ive been speaking to people around the pandemic. That is true, but ive| been speaking to people around the g7 today, people who analyse the commitments of the g7 letters make and what is actually delivered and they say actually at this moment in time all the seven countries are delivering what they promised in the early part of the pandemic, when they met by zoom last year. So they score reasonably well. And they also remind me that what is happening here is the g7 is setting a trajectory. We have the g20 summit coming up in rome in october, and what is decided here thus form the basis of what is negotiated later in the year running up to the un World Climate conference, the cop 26 in glasgow. It is important once delivered here but you are right, there is a scepticism on the sidelines and among the activists we see here in cornwall that they talk with promises and then dont deliver. And i think people will remain sceptical until borisjohnson remain sceptical until Boris Johnson and remain sceptical until borisjohnson and the other leaders can reassure them that the things they are setting out here will bring about meaningful change. Meaningful change. Thank you, christian. As we mentioned, World Leaders have pledged to donate more than one billion covid vaccines to poorer countries that are struggling to vaccinate their populations. In south africa for example only one percent of the population has had theirfirstjab. 0ur Science EditorDavid Shukman has been looking at whether todays commitment from g7 leaders will be enough to defeat this pandemic globally. He sent this report. Coronavirus vaccines are starting to reach the remotest corners of the world. This team has come to a village in kenya. But the problem isnt so much giving out doses, but getting hold of them in the first place, to have any chance of getting even a fraction of each country immunised by the autumn. Africa needs an extra 225 million doses. This will really require a massive effort, as our early projections indicate that without a significant boost in the availability of vaccines, only seven african countries will achieve this goal. So far, Around The World, about 2 billion doses have been given and some 480 Million People are now fully vaccinated. But thats still only 6. 2 of the global population, and some regions have done far better than others. Sub Saharan Africa has received only 1 of all Vaccine Doses, and 18 african countries have either totally run out like morocco and rwanda or are due to run out in the next few weeks, including kenya and ghana. 50, africa is really the. Seems to be the last continent that will be vaccinated. It will be mid to end of next year, by our calculations. But currently, there simply arent enough doses available for africa. They havent procured enough doses. And the real problem is that africa is not producing any doses. They dont have any domestic production, apart from a little bit in south africa. So, what needs to happen . Well, weve had a flurry of offers from the g7. The us promising 500 million doses, the uk 100 million, the eu the same, and japan, 30 million. But the medical charity the Wellcome Trust says the rich nations should be giving a billion doses this year, and also filling a gap in the funding of 18 billion for testing and for treatments in the poorest countries. And as a reminder of the urgency of all this, uganda is the latest country to go back into lockdown, with schools closing and children sent home, as cases have suddenly shot up again. There is a clear route out of the pandemic but, as things stand, it will take time. David shukman, bbc news. Joining me now for more is dr Krishna Udaya kumar, director of Duke UniversitysGlobal Health innovation centre. Thank you so much forjoining us. We saw there is a striking difference in Vaccination Rates amongst countries. Do you think what has been announced at the g7 will help rid the world of covid fast enough . You take a look at where we are, we have largely been crawling so far and i think the commitments that we thing this week of1 billion doses over the next year from the g7 access to a place where we are walking but if we will beat this pandemic, really need to be sprinting. When billion is a big number, but when you put it in the context, it is nowhere near what is actually needed to bring this pandemic to an end. The actually needed to bring this pandemic to an end. Pandemic to an end. The un secretarygeneral pandemic to an end. The un secretarygeneral has pandemic to an end. The un secretarygeneral has been | pandemic to an end. The un secretarygeneral has been speaking Secretary General has been speaking at a press conference, reacting in saying that he would like to see more of an emergency Global Task Force will stop wetting your opinion when Something Like that look like . Yes, and we earlier this week called for a Vaccine Emergency Tax Force because we need to see stronger coordination of where these donations are going to come from. But also where and how to get the dish of mission they may need so there is a need for transparency, accountability to make sure these happen that a text which really could take on. We are already seeing new variants because issues in countries with the langley openings. Especially countries with low Vaccination Rates. Are you concerned that if variances do continue to spread that they could become immune to some of the vaccines . That spread that they could become immune to some of the vaccines . To some of the vaccines . That is a deel to some of the vaccines . That is a deeply concerning to some of the vaccines . That is a deeply concerning threat to some of the vaccines . That is a deeply concerning threat that to some of the vaccines . That is a deeply concerning threat that is i deeply concerning threat that is looming. We know the deaths of varying for example does not avoid immunity but you have to have two doses of the vaccine to have real protection against it. And most of the world hasnt had to doses of full immunisations in order to be fully protected from the variance that are becoming dominant now. So as long as we start to keep seeing the humanitarian crises like we have in brazil and india that we are starting to see happen now and parts of the Southeast Asia and sub Saharan Africa, we will continue to see emerging variance and none of us safe as long as that is happening. Us safe as long as that is happening us safe as long as that is happening. Us safe as long as that is haueninu. ~. , happening. Thank you so much for our happening. Thank you so much for your time lets turn now to ethiopia because the uns humanitarian chief says there is famine now in the northern province of tigray. A un backed analysis has found that 350,000 people are living in severe crisis in and around the war torn region, where Government Forces are fighting rebels. But the ethiopian government, which rejects the analysis, insists its restoring order there. Mark lobel reports. This 1a year old, one of Hundreds Of Thousands In Northern Ethiopia caught in what the un calls a catastrophic food situation. His uncle says he was as strong as a lion before this. Translation we were hiding and living in a cave for more than three months because of the war. We were only eating roasted barley. Six people died and we had to bury them during the evening, as it was not possible to do it during the day. This mother relies on food hand outs since her home was destroyed. Translation there l were about 20 of them. They gathered around my house and thrashed all my crops. I have nightmares of my house from before it was burned, and we had to flee to another area. They kept getting closer, burning all the harvested crops and straw. They burned everything i had. Food security Analysis Shows ethiopias War Torn Tigray and two neighbouring states have the highest number of People Living in severe crisis since somalias famine a decade ago. Ethiopias government rejects that. It says its restoring order across the region, insisting humanitarian access is being expanded. But the World Food Programme is ramping up its Food Distributions to reach around one and a half Million People. If insecurity persists and accessing those in need remains problematic, more starvation and death will follow. Mark lobel, bbc news. In other news. The Us Department ofjustice will investigate efforts by the Trump Administration to seize Cell Phone Data of democrats in the us house or representatives. This comes after a report in the New York Times alleged that officials subpoenaed adam schiff� s phone records from apple in an attempt to find out who was behind leaks of classified information. The Biden White House has called it an example of abuse of power. The un human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet has warned o