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Global minimum tax tops Europe ministers meet

Finance ministers from across Europe meet for the G7 summit in London to discuss a global minimum tax rate

Finance ministers from across Europe meet for the G7 summit in London to discuss a global minimum tax rate – we speak with the European Network on Debt and Development’s Tove Maria Riding. The Turkish government will ban the import of many kinds of plastic waste, after revelations that it was being burned or dumped on Turkish beaches and roadsides. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s Mike Johnson has an extended report on the effects on the country’s environment. Almost two decades after Concorde’s final flight, United Airlines invests in 15 planes capable of travelling at twice the speed of modern airliners – we speak with Professor Keith Hayward, a fellow at the Royal Aeronautical society about the feat. And finally, Nigerian musician Ade Bantu and his band are back performing for the first time since the pandemic – we find out how the Afropolitan genre of music will return post-pandemic, and what its messages will be.

(Image: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak welcomes Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Matthias Corman to the G7 Finance Ministers Meeting. Credit: Steve Reigate/ AFP/ Getty Images)

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