G7 summit: Leaders to discuss climate and vaccines

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• The G7 summit is taking place in the resort of Carbis Bay in Cornwall, in the south-west of England
• The G7 (Group of Seven) is an organisation made up of the world's seven largest so-called advanced economies
• Global coronavirus vaccinations and climate change are due to be the focus of the summit between the leaders of the seven nations
• The UK has announced it will donate at least 100 million surplus coronavirus vaccine doses within the next year
• US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson had their first face-to-face meeting yesterday
• Johnson says the talks were "terrific" and says the US-UK alliance should be called the "indestructible relationship"
• Most of the discussions over the three days will take place behind closed doors
• More than 5,000 extra police officers - on top of 1,500 from Devon and Cornwall - will be working around the summit
  

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