Boris Johnson has urged fellow world leaders to "build back better" after the Covid pandemic at this week's G7 summit in Cornwall.

The UK prime minister said it was vital to learn from the "mistakes" of the 2008 financial crisis and tackle the "scar" of inequality.

After a day of talks at the seaside resort of Carbis Bay, leaders have joined the Queen for a dinner nearby.

The distribution of Covid vaccines is also high on the summit agenda.

The leaders around the Queen laughed, and Mr Johnson replied emphatically: "Yes.".

The prime minister added: "We have been enjoying ourselves - in spite of appearances.".

In his opening remarks at the main round-table discussions, Mr Johnson said that, as the world recovered from the pandemic, it was important to "level up across our societies" and "build back better".

The prime minister also said it was "vital that we don't repeat the mistakes of the last great crisis - the last great economic recession of 2008 - when the recovery was not uniform across all parts of society".

As G7 leaders got round the table and down to business Boris Johnson's opening remarks initially followed a familiar pattern as he talked about "building back better".

But, more broadly, the prime minister is keen to insert his "build back better" domestic agenda into the international scene.

Mr Johnson has pledged the UK will donate more than 100 million Covid vaccines to poorer countries within the next year, while Mr Biden promised 500 million doses of Pfizer vaccines to 92 low and middle-income countries and the African Union.

And US pop star Selena Gomez told her nearly 65 million Twitter followers that the promise to deliver 5 million vaccines by the end of September was "too little too late".

The World Health Organization estimates 11 billion doses will be needed to vaccinate the whole world to a level of 70%, the point at which transmission of the virus could be significantly affected?

The UK's PM urges leaders to "build back better" after Covid, as the Queen joins them for a dinner