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 Editor Laura 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 B
Second wave and the race is now on to get as many people vaccinated as possible and nationally around one third of adults have had at least one dose, but here, and despite the odds they have done much better, more than 80% of people have had one shot. they might be leading the way here, but india s vaccination programme is making slow progress. it still has a long way to go if it wants to reach its target of immunising all 950 million adults by the end of this year. the changing of the guard ceremony has been performed at windsor castle for the first time since the pandemic began. the 1st battalion grenadier guards were given the honour of staging the event in their familiar scarlet tunics and iconic bearskins. the guardsmen of the household division had stopped all ceremonial activities since march last year now it s time for a look at the weather with ben.
Military marches on this occasion of the bidens visit. to windsor castle. just a reminder that president biden is the 13th us president that her majesty the queen has met on the fifth who has been invited to windsor castle. as our royal correspondent was saying a few moments ago. these have often been informal occasions. this is relatively formal, this part of the day, but not on the scale of a state visit. perhaps that will come later. but right now, president biden, accompanied by majorjames taylor, the captain of the queen s company the captain of the queen s company the grenadier guards, inspecting the honour guard. the grenadiers in their internationally recognisable red jackets and their bearskins.
Trooping the colours, you know, they ll hopefully hold the newer horses and they ll be able to follow their lead. and those that haven t seen the bearskins and haven t seen the rifles, hopefully, they lljust take their lead from the older ones and they ll all behave today. forward. still! social distancing has been a key consideration, strictly enforced. and to avoid the potential crowds in central london, the event will be held in the grounds of windsor castle. there s 300, as opposed to 1,500, what we normally have on. there is no hiding place, so everybody is dedicated to being the best that they possibly can be. and we ll deliver an excellent parade, which will hopefully cheer up the nation, certainly put a smile on her majesty s face. taking the salute at the dress rehearsal, nine year old hasti brannigan. tomorrow, it ll be the commander in chief, the queen, as almost normal service resumes. sarah campbell, bbc news, west london. time for a look at the weather,
Having to get used to being back on parade. today is quite a nervous day, in that this was my first mounted rehearsal. some of the horses that have done maybe five or six trooping the colours, you know, they ll hopefully hold the newer horses and they ll be able to follow their lead. and those that haven t seen the bearskins and haven t seen the rifles, hopefully, they lljust take their lead from the older ones and they ll all behave today. forward. still! social distancing has been a key consideration, strictly enforced. and to avoid the potential crowds in central london, the event will be held in the grounds of windsor castle. there s 300, as opposed to 1,500, what we d normally have on. there is no hiding place, so everybody is dedicated to being the best that they possibly can be. and we ll all deliver an excellent parade, which will hopefully cheer up the nation, certainly put a smile on her majesty s face.