America's new President will make his first visit to Britain by pitching up at the seaside in St Ives.
Joe Biden will meet PM Boris Johnson in Cornwall in June when the UK hosts the G7 summit at the neighbouring coastal resort of Carbis Bay.
Cornwall estimates the pow-wow will boost its economy by £50million.
The county was described by Mr Johnson as “the perfect location for such a crucial summit”.
He plans to ask the heads of the world’s seven wealthiest nations – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US – plus the EU for more international co-operation in fighting Covid.
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They and guest leaders from Australia, India and South Korea will also work on an early warning system for outbreaks and common rules on travel, clinical trials, PPE standards and vaccines.
Tonight Labour leader Keir Starmer welcomed the “huge opportunity to shape the recovery”.
But he criticised the PM’s relationship with Donald Trump, accusing him of “cosying up to people who don’t have Britain’s interests at heart” and “courting the idea that he’s Britain’s Trump”.
■ Mt Trump today notched up his 13th execution, the most authorised by a president in over 120 years, when murderer Dustin Higgs, 48, was killed by lethal injection.
