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PM wants ‘pragmatism and compromise’ over NI protocol
After a day of elbow bump greetings and meetings with the royal family, today it was down to business at the G7 summit in Cornwall, as the leaders held a series of bilateral meetings. Boris Johnson insisting he wanted “pragmatism and compromise...


Spread of the Delta Covid variant a matter of ‘serious, serious concern’
At the G7 summit in Cornwall, we saw a Prime Minister far less hopeful than he was just a few weeks ago – telling this programme the Government must be cautious as it decides whether to delay lifting all of England’s lockdown restrictions...


Boris Johnson on Brexit, N Ireland, Biden and Trump
Our Political Editor Gary Gibbon speaks to Boris Johnson from Cornwall, where the Prime Minister is hosting the first G7 summit – representing most of the world’s biggest economies – since the Covid pandemic with the global economic...


Protesters lobby G7 leaders on ‘climate emergency’
Protesters have also been out in force in Cornwall, calling on world leaders to take immediate action to tackle the "climate emergency". Hundreds of activists joined a parade through St Ives.


Lockdown hangover leaves firms with big rent bills
There are some signs that the UK economy is clambering back from the depths of the pandemic recession, growing by 2.3 per cent in April as more shops and outdoor hospitality venues began opening up again.


African adults should be vaccinated before UK children, says Africa CDC director
It seems world leaders may finally have clocked onto the mantra “no one is safe until everyone is safe”.


Rising Covid cases could delay England’s 21 June lockdown exit
The R rate, showing how rapidly Covid infections are transmitted, has risen again in England.


G7: Boris Johnson tells leaders they must combat post-pandemic inequality
Handshakes have been replaced by elbow bumps, as the G7 leaders meet in Cornwall for their first face to face summit of the pandemic.


The Report, part 3: the Recommendations
In the final episode in our series, we look at the recommendations of the report. What does the chair, Tony Sewell and his commission think can be done to address the disparities that ultimately, he doesn't dispute still exist today?


CCTV of sisters walking into London park where they were later killed shown to jury
The last images of two sisters celebrating in a country park before becoming the victims of a relentless and frenzied attack have been shown at the Old Bailey.


Former PM Gordon Brown says G7 summit talks on coronavirus is ‘a life and death matter’
On the eve of the G7 summit, Channel 4 News spoke to former Prime Minister Gordon Brown about the importance of an agreement being made on providing more vaccinations to poorer nations.


How locals are reacting to world leaders descending on Cornwall for G7 summit
In Cornwall it looks idyllic and peaceful but following the politicians are the protesters. It has become part of summit rituals.


Matt Hancock expresses ‘regret’ and defends role as health secretary in four-hour grilling by MPs
The government's decision making in the early days of the pandemic will forever be scrutinised.


‘There are differences in world view between Joe Biden and Boris Johnson’, says former senior Obama adviser
We spoke to Ben Rhodes from Los Angeles.


US president Joe Biden meets with Boris Johnson ahead of G7 summit in Cornwall
Meeting ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall, Boris Johnson joked with Joe Biden saying he wouldn't disagree with anything the president says.



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