With plans to tax american techology Companies Like apple. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, is in biarritz. James, is there any chance of agreement on anything at this summit . Well, president macron certainly hopes so. He wants to use the summit to come in his words, revive the spirit of multilateralism and so he wa nts to spirit of multilateralism and so he wants to see if he can come up with some kind of collective action on tackling the forest fires in the amazon or it more brightly on climate change, on trade, global trade war is taking place at the moment, it may be on iran, as well, arent the tensions in the gulf at the moment. The problem is i think you will find it very difficult to achieve any agreement. On all of thoseissues achieve any agreement. On all of those issues there is disagreement between the United States and some european nations and so i think it will be very hard for him to get something over the line that is unanimous with all seven members. Thats
Good afternoon. As g7 leaders gather in biarritz, the Outgoing European Council president donald tusk has warned that this years summit will be unusally difficult, with no guarantee of agreement on serious global challenges. Within the last hour President Trump has arrived in france for the summit. The World Leaders will discuss a number of issues in the summit, my colleague, ros atkins is in biarritz for us. Thank you very much indeed. The summit is keenly anticipated because not only because it brings together the members of the g7 but president macron has invited five scratch my other countries too, five african countries are invited as well as the leaders of chile two. Here is a report of why it might be a little bumpy. Lots of people come to biarritz to take it easy and you can see why. President macron though is arriving with an ultra ambitious agenda for the g7 and topper that is tackling the Global Climate change. We will see how they get on with the ashes, but it is unlikely t
About the ongoing shortage of hormone replacement therapy. Its not looking good for englands hopes of regaining the ashes, they need 359 in the third test at headingley. And coming up talking movies explores the role of the producer in both big hollywood productions and smaller independent films. The European Council president , donald tusk, has warned that the eu will not co operate with Boris Johnson on a no deal brexit. Speaking in biarritz, where the g7 summit is being held, mr tusk said this weekend may be the last chance to restore unity among the worlds main industrial nations. Leaders of most of the Worlds Largest economies make up the g7, the uk, canada, france, germany, italy, japan and the us all take part in the summit. Issues on the agenda in the coming days include the global economy, tackling inequality, and responding to the challenges of the digital age and the rise of artificial intelligence. Yesterday, french president , Emmanuel Macron, who is hosting the summit, an
Brazils president has bowed to International Pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle a Record Number of wildfires raging in the amazon forest. Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers could be affected, as pilots are to strike next month, in a dispute over pay. Its not looking good for englands hopes of regaining the ashes in the third test at headingley. And click looks at trailblazing technology thats taking firefighting to a new level. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. The European Council president , donald tusk, has warned that the eu will not co operate with borisjohnson on a no deal brexit. Speaking in biarritz, where the g7 summit is being held, mr tusk said this weekend may be the last chance to restore unity among the worlds main industrial nations. Leaders of most of the Worlds Largest economies make up the g7, the uk, canada, france, germany, italy, japan and the us all take part in the summit. One by one, they have been touching down at biarritz airpo
Johnson would not like to go down in history as mr no deal. Brazils president has bowed to International Pressure and ordered the armed forces to tackle a Record Number of wildfires raging in the amazon forest. Tens of thousands of British Airways passengers could be affected as pilots are to strike next month, in a dispute over pay. Its not looking good for englands hopes of regaining the ashes in the third test at headingley. The women using facebook to name and shame the men who have abused them. Thats in the Victoria Derbyshire review in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. Prince andrew has defended his formerfriendship with Jeffrey Epstein, saying at no stage did he see or suspect any criminal behaviour. Epstein took his own life in a jail cell this month while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. In a statement, the duke of york said he wanted to clarify the facts around his former association or friendship with the us financier. A little earlier, i asked our ro