G7 to donate one billion vaccine doses by next year

The G7 summit ended with another busy day of news.

Here are the latest headlines:

• The leaders agreed to donate one billion Covid-19 vaccine doses collectively to poorer countries over the next year. Unicef welcomed the move but called for a faster timetable, while some critics said the move does not go far enough.
• Leaders said they also agreed to step up action on climate change and renewed a pledge to raise $100bn a year to help developing countries cut emissions and move away from coal power

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• The day saw ongoing discussions about comments reportedly made by French President Emmanuel Macron at one of the meetings about the Northern Ireland Protocol - the part of the Brexit deal which has been causing a row between the UK and EU
• Later on Sunday evening, the Queen welcomed US President Joe Biden and his wife to her Windsor Castle home for tea

You can see some of the best pictures from the packed weekend in Cornwall here

Earlier, Emmanuel Macron responded to the furore around his reported comments on Northern Ireland.

Reports claimed the French president said at the summit that Northern Ireland was not part of the UK - a remark Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said was "offensive".

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US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are meeting with the Queen at Windsor Castle.

This is not the first time the Queen has met Mr Biden. As well as at the G7 on Friday, the Queen also met him in 1982 when he was the senator for Delaware.

Here are some photographs of the visit so far.

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Among other pledges in the G7 communique is a call for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in Ethiopia's Tigray region amid deep concern from leaders.

Fighting broke out in November 2020 between government forces against local rebels.

The G7 called for unimpeded access for aid workers to Tigray, where the UN says some 350,000 people are living in famine conditions.

The statement came after protests about the Tigray situation were held in Cornwall yesterday.

• Read more: G7 calls for access to famine-hit Ethiopian region

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A sculpture of the G7 leaders, based on Mount Rushmore and made of electronic waste, was still proving popular on the last day of the leaders’ summit in Cornwall.

Hundreds of people were still taking in “Mount Recyclemore", erected near Hayle last week, on Sunday.

The sculpture, by Joe Rush, bids to highlight the damage caused by the disposal of electronic devices.

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As the sun set on Saturday at the G7, master of the barbecue Simon Stallards swung into action with an alfresco feast for the distinguished guests.

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But this was no ordinary barbecue on the beach - Simon has made a name for himself with the Hidden Hut beachside cafe at Porthcurnick in Cornwall.

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And on the menu for the G7 leaders, guests and their partners was a mouth-watering menu of scallops, crab claws and mackerel with a main course of steak, lobster, chips and purple sprouting broccoli and salt-baked beetroot.

For pudding it was a "Beach Hut Sundae".

All washed down with Cornish sparkling wine, German riesling, Australian shiraz, Cornish beer and Hedge Row Fizz cocktails.

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As if that wasn't enough, it was then time for baked brie, hot buttered rum and toasted marshmallows around fire pits.

No wonder Boris Johnson needed a dip in the sea this morning.

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Devon and Cornwall Police say a number of protests are causing disruption near where the G7 summit has been held in Cornwall.

Officers are dealing with a roadblock set up by protesters near Tempest roundabout in St Erth, Hayle, and another in St Ives.

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Is this the oldest meeting of heads of state?

President Biden having tea with the Queen has got to be a contender for the the highest ages of two meeting heads of state. The two of them have a combined age of 173 years. (The Queen at 95 and President Biden at 78)

That’s impressive but it turns out it’s not even the record for Her Majesty.

On 3 April 2014, the Queen had lunch with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. They had a combined age of 175 years.

That’s the best we can come up with. Can anyone beat it?

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The Queen has greeted US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill for the first time at Windsor Castle.

They met on Friday night at the G7 summit - but now they are in the castle's quadrangle.

The US national anthem has been played, followed by a Guard of Honour and then the band played traditional British and American marches.

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Oxfam says the G7 summit in Cornwall "completely failed to meet the challenges of our times".

"Never in the history of the G7 has there been a bigger gap between their actions and the needs of the world. In the face of these challenges the G7 have chosen to cook the books on vaccines and continue to cook the planet," says Max Lawson, head of inequality policy at Oxfam.

In a lengthy list of "failures", the charity singles out Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel as caring "more about protecting the monopolies and patents of pharmaceutical giants" than protecting millions in poorer nations from the threat of Covid.

"We need all G7 nations to follow the lead of the US, France and over 100 other nations in backing a waiver on intellectual property."

Oxfam describes the promise of one billion vaccine doses as "a drop in the bucket", adding "but they didn't even manage that".

The charity calls the G7's pledge on climate change a missed opportunity to make new pledges of climate finance "ahead of landmark climate talks in Glasgow" - at November's COP26.

"We need to see a Herculean effort to cut emissions further and faster, and to hit the long-overdue target of $100 billion per year in climate finance," it says.

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Earlier this afternoon there was a festival feel in St Ives.

There was a band, Psychadelephant, playing on a stage set up on the beach in the harbour, with about 30 people dancing along.

Many more were taking a more passive approach and watching from the sand.

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The giant globe that was in Falmouth on Saturday made its way here and there were a number of banners that had messages, including “one people one planet” and “Climate emergency - sound the alarm”.

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We've heard from several of the G7 leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also been giving his closing remarks at the end of the summit.

"This pandemic isn't over yet, so through the G7 we are stepping up - again," he says about vaccination commitments, adding that Canada will give 100 million doses as part of the latest drive.

He also speaks about other pledges made at the summit, including climate change and education access.

On Twitter, he says he met with Angela Merkel on the margins of the summit yesterday. Trudeau pays tribute to her "friendship" over the years - with the leader set to leave office in September after more than 15 years as German chancellor.

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The only road out of St Ives during the G7 summit is currently blocked by XR protesters.

About 25 protesters have been banging drums and singing, and are sitting across a pedestrian crossing. It started at about 15:00.

No-one has been arrested, but there are about 40 police officers present.

The weekend's G7 summit in Cornwall has finished, and the leaders have now published a 25-page communique - a document outlining what has been agreed.

They summed up their "shared agenda" into six key points, which are:

• Coronavirus: The headline pledge was to provide an extra one billion vaccine doses to poorer countries over the next year. They also committed to increasing global manufacturing capacity around the world, improving early warning systems for pandemics and supporting science to cut the time it takes to develop vaccines
• Help countries' economies recover: The G7 countries say they will shift from supporting countries' respond to the crisis, to helping them grow and recover with jobs and investment. "This has not been the case with past global crises," says the G7 communique - and this time they want it to be different
• Freer, fairer trade: The G7 had already pledged to agree to a fairer global tax system - which you can read about here
• Climate change: The leaders committed to a "green reveolution" that would limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C. They also promised to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, halve emissions by 2030, and to conserve or protect at least 30% of land and oceans by 2030
• Stronger partnerships with other countries: The communique says G7 leaders want to deepen its partnership to a new deal with Africa, by "magnifying support from the International Monetary Fund for countries most in need"
• Embrace values of the G7: The communique speaks about the countries' shared values - for example democracy and respect for human rights. And it repeats its aim of getting 40 million more girls into education

A number of the leaders have been speaking since the G7 summit ended - and some of the campaigners who have been in the area for the summit have been aiming to have their say too.

Campaigners against proposed legislation on crime and justice held a protest in Falmouth.

They were demonstrating against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill as well as social inequality in Cornwall where the G7 leaders have been meeting.

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The Bill includes major government proposals on crime and justice, including changes to protests legislation in England and Wales.

One speaker called it "draconian and oppressive" and said it would "shift the course of our democracy from progression to repression", to which the crowd booed.

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About 500 people gathered outside the media centre in Falmouth, holding up posters, placards and a banner which read “Resist anti trespass. Kill the bill”.

Some of the signs say “Is this a serious annoyance?”, a nod to the language which has been put forward in the prospective legislation.

More than 20 police officers lined the entrance of the G7 media centre to monitor the peaceful protest.

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Unicef has responded to the pledge by the G7 countries to donate one billion vaccine doses to poorer countries - but says the jabs need to be given sooner.

The charity has already warned, before the G7 summit, that there needs to be a steady supply throughout the year rather than countries donating their leftover doses all at the same time in the autumn and winter.

If that happens, Unicef says, then millions of doses could be wasted as poorer countries won't have the resources to jab everyone before the doses expire.

Boris Johnson didn't specify when exactly the one billion doses - including 100 million from the UK - will be given.

Unicef says it welcomes the pledge but says some dose donations will be available immediately - which it was "particularly pleased" about.

"However, time is still of the critical essence," says the charity in a statement.

“Several forecasts suggest that G7 countries will have enough vaccine supplies to donate one billion doses by as early as the end of 2021."

The charity calls for a clear plan and timeline of when doses will be available, and a "rapid acceleration of dose sharing in the next three months".