Trump to depart G7 early as conflict between Israel and Iran shows signs of intensifying
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....rump to depart G7 early as conflict between Israel and Iran shows signs of intensifying<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 17-6-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Kananaskis, Jun 17 (AP) US President Donald Trump is departing the Group of Seven summit in Canada on Monday night, leaving a day early due to the intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran. “President Trump had a great day at the G7, even signing a major trade d....
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....eal with the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Keir Starmer,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media. “Much was accomplished, but because of what's going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State.” THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. World leaders at the Group of Seven summit in....
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.... Canada scrambled Monday to find a way to contain the conflict between Israel and Iran, with US President Donald Trump warning that Tehran needs to curb its nuclear program before it's “too late.” The US president said Iranian leaders would “like to talk” but they had already had 60 days to reach an agreement on their nuclear ambitions and failed to do so before an Israeli aerial assault ....
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....began four days ago. “They have to make a deal,” he said. By Monday afternoon, Trump warned ominously on social media: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” The summit's host at the Rocky Mountain retreat, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, said the world was looking to the G7 for leadership at a “hinge” moment in time. “We're gathering at one of those turning points in....
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.... history,” Carney said. “The world's more divided and dangerous.” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz held an hourlong informal meeting soon after arriving at the summit late Sunday to discuss the widening conflict in the Mideast, Starmer's office said. And Merz told reporters that German....
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....y is planning to draw up a final communique proposal on the Israel-Iran conflict that will stress that “Iran must under no circumstances be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons-capable material.” Trump, for his part, said Iran "is not winning this war. And they should talk and they should talk immediately before it's too late.” Asked what it would take for the US to get involved in the confli....
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....ct militarily, Trump said, “I don't want to talk about that.“ It's unclear how much Trump values the perspective of other members of the G7, a group he immediately criticized while meeting with Carney. The US president said it was a mistake to remove Russia from the summit's membership in 2014 and that doing so had destabilized the world. He also suggested he was open to adding China to the G....
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....7. Trump also seemed to put a greater priority on addressing his grievances with other nations' trade policies. He announced with Starmer that they had signed a trade framework on Monday that was previously announced in May, with Trump saying that British trade was “very well protected' because ”I like them, that's why. That's their ultimate protection." High tension This year's G7 summit....
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.... is full of combustible tensions. Trump already has hit several dozen nations with severe tariffs that risk a global economic slowdown. There is little progress on settling the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and now the new conflict between Israel and Iran. Add to all of that the problems of climate change, immigration, drug trafficking, new technologies such as artificial intelligence and China's con....
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....tinued manufacturing superiority and chokehold on key supply chains. As the news media was escorted from the summit's opening session, Carney could be heard as he turned to Trump and referenced how the U.S. leader's remarks about the Middle East, Russia and China had already drawn attention to the summit. “Mr. President, I think you've answered a lot of questions already,” Carney said. Trum....
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....p wants to focus on trade, though he may have to balance those issues with the broader need by the G7 countries — which also include Japan — to project a united front to calm down a world increasingly engulfed in chaos. The German, UK, Japanese and Italian governments have each signaled a belief that a friendly relationship with Trump this year can help to keep any public drama at a minimum, ....
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....after the US president in 2018 opposed a joint communique when the G7 summit was last held in Canada. (AP) MNK MNK<BR> News - Press release - PIB....