In Photos: G7 leaders attend a summit in Cornwall

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In Photos: G7 leaders attend a summit in Cornwall

By Hazel ShearingBBC Informationpicture copyrightGetty Photographspicture captionThe G7 summit will see the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Ita


By Hazel Shearing
BBC Information

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picture captionThe G7 summit will see the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and UK gathering in particular person for the primary time for the reason that pandemic. Forward of the summit, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and spouse Carrie met US President Joe Biden and First Woman Jill Biden. After the assembly, Mr Johnson advised the BBC the alliance between the US and the UK ought to be referred to as the “indestructible relationship”.
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picture captionFor some, life has continued kind of as regular in St Ives, Cornwall, this week. Vacationers purchased fish and chips, and locals took their paddle boards out for a spin. However there’s one key distinction: the city and the neighbouring village of Carbis Bay are internet hosting a number of the world’s strongest leaders.
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picture captionMr Biden and his spouse First Woman Jill Biden at Cornwall Airport, Newquay, on Wednesday.
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picture captionThe couple, who’re on the primary overseas journey of Mr Biden’s presidency, had been accompanied by Boris and Carrie Johnson, on a go to to the seaside on Thursday.
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picture captionDr Biden and Mrs Johnson took their sneakers off on the sand at Carbis Bay, as Wilfred Johnson – Mr and Mrs Johnson’s son – appeared on.
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picture captionThey had been quickly to be joined by different leaders together with French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – depicted right here on the sand in Newquay by activists from the group Avaaz, calling for the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine world wide.
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picture captionMr Trudeau wore a face masking when he arrived on Thursday for 3 days of talks.
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picture captionAs did Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who arrived on Friday.
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picture captionThe G7 leaders aren’t the one outstanding figures in attendance. President of the European Council Charles Michel, wore a face masking adorned with the ring of stars on the EU flag when he arrived.
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picture captionPolice lined the road exterior a pub embellished with the flags of the G7 international locations, as delegates left the Tregenna Citadel in Carbis Bay.
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picture captionMr Biden gave a speech on Thursday, accompanied by Pfizer chief govt Albert Bourla.
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picture captionAnd he had a separate assembly with Mr Johnson forward of talks with their different counterparts.
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picture captionIn the meantime, additional G7 exercise was going down at St James’s Palace in London. Designer Stella McCartney was amongst those that attended an occasion hosted by the Prince of Wales, the place he inspired companies to again a extra sustainable future.



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