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30/10/2021 GMT

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G-20 leaders will gather in Rome ahead of climate summit

G-20 leaders have gathered in Rome. They will discuss the pandemic and climate change. It is not clear if the G-20 will do enough to end unequal Covid vaccine provision and fix the broken supply chains that are hindering economic recovery. And, ahead of the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow, there are already tensions as to whether countries will make firm commitments to cut carbon emissions

Also on the programme: The UK’s Brexit minister, Lord David Frost, said the EU's current proposals to reform the Northern Ireland Protocol didn't "go far enough", setting that new December deadline for the two sides to find a solution.

And, many US states are fighting back against President Biden’s vaccine mandates. Judges in Texas and New York have halted these requirements. So, do vaccine mandates work?

Joining Paul Henley to discuss these and other issues are Maria Margaronis, writer and broadcaster, and Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at Kings College and director of UK in a changing Europe, a research organisation on UK-EU relations.

(Photo: Italy's Prime Minister, Mario Draghi and US President Joe Biden during their meeting at the Chigi palace in Rome, Italy, 29 October 2021, ahead of an upcoming G20 summit of world leaders to discuss climate change, covid-19 and the post-pandemic global recovery. EPA/FILIPPO ATTILI / CHIGI PALACE PRESS OFFICE )

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