G7 leaders call for 'de-escalation' in Middle East
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President Donald Trump departed the G7 summit early. Why? Because a 5-day conflict between Iran and Israel is deepening. Trump went to Situation Room
The BBC's James Landale highlights the role of the US president at the summit as the conflict in the Middle East overshadows the gathering.
Israel and Iran have attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday with President Donald Trump urging Iranians to evacuate Tehran. Since the Israeli strikes on Friday, the two Middle Eastern rivals have exchanged blows, with Iranian officials reporting more than 220 deaths, mostly civilians, while Israel said 24 civilians had been killed.
What began with a handshake evolved into turbulence at 33,000 feet as one of diplomacy's oddest relationships took another strange turn. The political chemistry that once defined the Trump–Macron dynamic — immortalized by a famously tense 29-second handshake in 2017 — was nowhere to be seen in midair Tuesday when U.
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The remaining G7 leaders are meeting in Canada after Trump cut short his visit due to events in the Middle East.
India relations are defrosting, the two countries have agreed to reinstate their high commissioners and are eyeing renewed visa services to citizens and businesses in both countries.
Group of Seven nations gathered for a summit have agreed six joint statements on subjects such as critical minerals, artificial intelligence and wildfires, host nation Canada said on Tuesday.