Despite Boris Johnson's support of Donald Trump, his first meeting with President Joe Biden appeared agreeable as they discussed COVID-19 and Brexit.
FALMOUTH, England – President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sized each other up in person Thursday for the first time since Biden took office.
"It's gorgeous. I don’t want to go home," Biden said as he and Johnson, joined by their wives, Jill and Carrie, stood on a deck over St. Ives Bay, a majestic stretch of beach that looks out to rugged headlands in this part of southwestern England. The Group of Seven summit, a meeting of the world's wealthy industrialized nations, takes place here Friday to Sunday. The coronavirus pandemic and climate change are among the topics under discussion.
No specific timing was announced on when the task force would be operational. British scientists said the U.K. may be starting to see a third wave of coronavirus infections as a result of the Delta variant first detected in India.The travel task force was announced as part of a broad "Atlantic Charter" aimed at "tackling the greatest challenges of our time," from global defense to climate change, Johnson's office said.
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