 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a group of seven rich nations had pledged to provide 1 billion COVID-19 vaccinations to help poorer countries vaccinate their populations. During a news conference following the conclusion of the G7 summit in Congo, South West England Johnson said the pledge was in response to a request by the British PM to his counterparts. Johnson sought to gloss over a row with the European Union over the Brexit divorce deal, but said Britain will do whatever it takes to protest its territorial integrity and relation to the Northern Ireland protocol. This summit was the first gathering of G7 leaders, in fact the first gathering of pretty much any leaders in almost two years, and I know that the world was looking to us to reject some of the selfishness and nationalistic approaches that have marred the initial global response to the pandemic, and to channel all our diplomatic, economic and scientific might into defeating COVID for good, and I do hope that we have lived up to some of the most optimistic of hopes and predictions. A week ago I asked my fellow leaders to help in preparing and providing the doses we need to vaccinate the whole world by the end of 2022. I'm very pleased to announce that this weekend, leaders have pledged over one billion doses either directly or through funding to COVAX that includes 100 million from the UK to the world's poorest countries, which is another, another big step towards vaccinating the world. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.