hello and welcome to bbc news. leaders of the g7 group of wealthy nations have been attending a lavish reception hosted by queen elizabeth to highlight the need to tackle climate change. the eden project, in south west england, consists of a series of bio domes housing the world s largest indoor ra i nfo rest. let s ta ke let s take a look. here is the queen with the uk prime minister borisjohnson and the french president emmanuel macron. on the second day of the summit, the leaders are expected to sign a declaration aiming at preventing further global pandemics. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg. getting to this remote part of the country isn t easy. they ve come from five continents to cornwall. but the winding last mile of the journies of the most powerful leaders in the world ended down on the beach. coronavirus kept prime ministers, presidents and millions of us apart. but now the leaders of some of the most powerful democracies in the world are lini
on easing of restrictions in england onjune 21st. i don t see anything currently in the data to suggest that we have to deviate from the road map, but we may need to wait. gps in england say they re facing a deluge of patients as the country emerges from lockdown. let s cross live to downing street now, where the health secretary matt hancock is leading a press briefing. so called b1617.2 is still spreading and the latest estimates are that more than half and potentially as many as three quarters of all new cases are now of this variant. as we set out the road map, we always expected cases to rise. we must remain vigilant. the aim is to break the link to hospitalisations and deaths so that cases alone no longer require stringent restrictions on people s lives. the critical thing is the link from the number of cases to how many people end up in hospital. the increase in cases remains focused in hotspots and we are doing all we can to tackle this variant wherever it flares up.
as health leaders urge the government to delay lifting lockdown completely. i will be life here at wembley, where 8 euros 2020 matches will take place over the next month, including the final. the tournament kicks off this evening in rome. about turn! and final preparations ahead of tomorrow s trooping the colour to celebrate the queen s 95th birthday. at windsor, for the second year running. coming up on sportsday, on the bbc news channel: we re live at wembley, on the opening day of the european championship. all eyes on rome, as italy kick off the campaign against turkey a year later than planned. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. borisjohnson has welcomed world leaders to cornwall at the start of their first face to face talks for almost two years. the prime minister urged the g7 group of nations to learn from the mistakes of the pandemic. he predicted that the leading economies would bounce back from the covid crisis, but stressed the importance of ensur