The Latest: Blocked from summit, protesters focus on media
The Latest on the Group of Seven nations meeting being held in England:
FALMOUTH, England — Thousands of people have gathered outside the international media center for the Group of Seven summit in England during colorful protests against climate change and an assortment of other issues.
The first face-to-face G-7 summit since the coronavirus pandemic started has drawn a variety of activist groups, but so far none have gotten close to the main venue in Cornwall where world leaders are staying because security is so tight.
A tall metal fence nicknamed the “ring of steel” blocks off Carbis Bay, and roads into the village are closed to all but local residents.
Protesters instead sought to make their voices heard Saturday in the nearby town of Falmouth, which is being used as the base for media outlets covering the summit.
Hundreds chanted and waved flags as they marched down a main street during a peaceful protest organized by Extinction Rebellion. “G-7 is all greenwashing,” they sang while urging world leaders to take more action on climate change. “We’re drowning in promises.”
Others protested human rights abuses in Myanmar and Kashmir, and the war in the ethnic Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.
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FALMOUTH, England — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, have welcomed leaders from South Korea, Australia and South Africa, as well as the secretary-general of the United Nations, to the Group of Seven summit taking place on the coast of southwestern England.
The leaders elbow-bumped and posed for photos Saturday on a pristine beach in Cornwall.
The G-7 nations are the U.K., the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan. The British government said the guest nations were invited to take part in the summit as part of Johnson’s “Global...