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Economies. they don't necessarily see eye to eye. for instance, china and india are resisting the demands that everybody bring their greenhouse gas emissions down as quickly as possible. so there may be at the end some sort of communique where some vague and broad goals are endorsed. but in terms of specifics, it's not really clear what's going to come out of this meeting, wolf. >> there will be a very significant meeting between president macron of france and president biden given the tense relationship that has developed in recent weeks. talk a little about that, ben. >> reporter: yes, this ...

European allies was on the mend after the administration of donald trump. wolf? >> all right, ben, thank you very much. ben wideman reporting from here in rome as well. joining us now, stuart lau, the eu china correspondent. thanks very much for coming in. what are you going to be looking for specifically today and torment? >> -- tomorrow? >> we are looking possibly a communique on what ben was saying, describing to be broad and vague commitments about climate, about vaccine distribution. what we are hearing from eu sources is that there is very intense negotiations. on climate, for example,...

Here, but as i said, the collapse continues and yesterday it accelerated. isa? >> important context there from our ben wideman in beruit. thanks very much, ben. good to see you. now, hundreds more are fleeing their homes as lava spews from the volcano la palma in the canary islands. we've been showing you images every day. it's been erupting nearly a month. 6000 people have been displaced. the lava has destroyed more than 100 structures. the strongest magnitude 4.5. in california, warm temperatures and strong winds are increasing the danger in sacramento county where this fire has flared u...

Used sectarian divisions to pull it apart. the pressure from the street is mounting. and in just days the results. repeatedly the government here has retreated. it scrapped the what's app tax. it promised no more taxes on ordinary citizens and it's dropped the idea of an austerity budget. none of those steps, however, has had much impact on these protests. as the sun sets over beruit, the streets remain full. this long suffering country has seen flashes of hope. ben wideman, cnn, beruit. >> well, south korean teens are attached to their technology. but the government thinks it's a habit they n...

The mood is beginning to change in the country, but lebanese people of all ages, backgrounds and religions promised to keep fighting. ben wideman has our report. >> reporter: it's the drum beat of revolution. banging in beruit, and across lebanon. for the fourth straight day, the protests continued. each day bigger than the day before. the atmosphere is jubilant. but the underlying grievances are real. anger over a faltering economy, officials corruption, and barely functioning basic services. 5-year-old youssef suffers from a hereditary disease. his father, an ex-soldier, can't find work and ...