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Trump says he will delay G7 summit, invite other countries
The US President would like to invite Russia, South Korea, Australia and India to join an expanded summit in the fall

Trump proposes in-person G7 summit as pandemic rages
Trump also lashes out again at China, saying its 'incompetence' was responsible for 'this mass Worldwide killing'

After corruption allegations, Trump says G7 summit won't be at his resort
'Based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the Host Site for the G-7 in 2020,' Trump says in a tweet
Brazil's Bolsonaro open to G7 aid if Macron 'withdraws insults'
'To talk or accept anything from France, with the best possible intentions, he has to withdraw these words, and from there we can talk,' says Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro

Beijing expresses 'strong dissatisfaction' with G7 on Hong Kong
Beijing repeatedly accuses foreign governments of interfering over Hong Kong, and Geng says on Tuesday the G7 is 'meddling' and 'harboring evil intentions'

Brazil slams G7 aid offer as Amazon fires rage
(UPDATED) 'We appreciate (the offer), but maybe those resources are more relevant to reforest Europe,' Onyx Lorenzoni, chief of staff to President Jair Bolsonaro, says

Macron slams Bolsonaro after insults about wife
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's endorsement of vicious personal comments about French President Emmanuel Macron's wife posted online appear to force their relationship to a new low

More fires flare up in Amazon as Brazil warplanes fight blazes
The worsening crisis has fueled a row between President Jair Bolsonaro and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, who has been piling pressure on Bolsonaro to do more to protect the forest
Trump ready to meet Iranian president in potential breakthrough
(UPDATED) 'I knew everything he (Macron) was doing and I approved everything he was doing,' says US President Donald Trump, adding that the French president 'asked for my approval'

United Kingdom pledges $12.3 million for fire-ravaged Amazon
The money will made available immediately to help restore the habitat, including areas that have been hit by the fires, the British government says in a statement

G7 wrestles with Iran, Amazon fires and trade, but own unity shaky
Questions over the G7 group's unity threaten to draw attention away from the work at hand

Trump sparks confusion before doubling down on China tariffs
Donald Trump's major trade deal with Japan is overshadowed by a mix-up over his apparent expression of regret for the latest escalation in the US-China dispute

Iran foreign minister in dramatic visit to G7 summit
(UPDATED) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's presence is not announced and represents an attempt by French host Emmanuel Macron to find a way to soothe tensions between Iran and the US

Trump says 'not happy' about latest North Korea missile test
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe takes the opposite view, saying North Korea's latest missile test was a clear violation of UN rules

For G7, 'too early' to reintegrate Russia, diplomatic sources say
Asked about inviting Russia to next year's G7 Summit, US President Donald Trump responds: 'That I don't know. It's certainly possible.'

Trump backs Johnson, sends mixed signals on China at G7
(UPDATED) Johnson presses a common message from European leaders at the summit about Trump's escalating trade war with China

U.S., Japan agree on trade deal 'in principle'
(UPDATED) Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirms the US and Japan 'successfully reached consensus' after 'intense' negotiations

Johnson seeks to push Trump at fractious G7
British Prime minister Boris Johnson urges US President Donald Trump to remove 'considerable barries' for UK companies seeking to export to the American market

Johnson, EU chief in Brexit blame game
'One thing I will not cooperate on is a 'no deal,' and I still hope that Prime Minister Johnson will not like to go down in history as Mr No Deal,' says European Union Council President Donald Tusk

Thousands join anti-G7 march as world leaders fly in
The French government deploys over 13,000 police and gendarmes to secure the summit

Isolated Trump descends on G7, talking trade war
Other G7 leaders await for US President Donald Trump with alarm and resignation, as Trump comes with threats of tariffs against France and a decision to deepen the US trade war with China

Trump heads to G7 with potshot at French hosts over taxes
'I don't want France going out and taxing our companies.... And if they do that, we'll be taxing their wine,' says US President Donald Trump ahead of the G7 summit in France

Protests to greet G7 leaders as they discuss Amazon fires, trade
(UPDATED) United States President Donald Trump and his fellow G7 leaders will meet in France as wildfires rage in the Amazon rainforest and trade tensions heat up

Amazon wildfires 'acute emergency,' belongs on G7 agenda – Germany
French President Emmanuel Macron's bid at rallying world leaders on the issue has been immediately blasted by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who accused the G7 summit host of having a 'colonialist mentality'

Trump, Johnson talk 5G and trade ahead of G7 summit
The United States is leaning hard on allies to keep out Chinese companies from the fast emerging 5G cellular market
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$3 billion pledged for girls education at G7
The funds give 'young women in developing countries the opportunity to pursue careers instead of early marriage and child labor,' says activist Malala Yousafzai

'One time shot' for peace with North Korea – Trump
(UPDATED) Asked how long it would take for him to work out if Kim was serious about striking some kind of peace deal, Trump replies: 'I think within the first minute I'll know'

Russia brushes off possibility of G8 return
Russia is 'working fine in other formats' such as the Group of 20, says Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Allies race to clinch G7 face-saver before Trump's early exit
(UPDATED) Trump is confronted with a litany of complaints over his decision to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum

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Trump's brash diplomacy faces summit tests
The topics of the G7 summit and the Trump-Kim summit may be very different but the stakes are equally high
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G7 in historic split as Trump goes his own way
In a telling sign of the divisions now plaguing the G7 this year s statement comes in at a meager 6 pages – down from 32 pages last year

G7 warns on North Korea
North Korea must immediately and fully comply with all relevant UN Security Council Resolutions and abandon all nuclear and ballistic missile programs in a complete verifiable and irreversible manner

Trump promises climate decision next week after G7 stalemate
3rd UPDATE I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week says US President Donald Trump in a tweet
Trump rows shadow 'toughest G7 in years'
UPDATED US partners hit deadlock in their attempt to persuade Donald Trump to keep the world s biggest economy inside the framework of the 2015 Paris Agreement on curbing carbon emissions to reduce global warming

China hits back as G7 talk about economy
Beijing launches a stinging broadside against the group – Britain Canada France Germany Italy Japan and the US – which it said should not pursue selfish interests

Obama says G7 Hiroshima trip to honor 'all' war dead
UPDATED It will be Obama s trip to Hiroshima as the only sitting president to visit the site of the world s first nuclear attack that is likely to dominate the headlines this week

Merkel, Abe differ on how to fix world economy
Japan s Shinzo Abe pushes for large scale stimulus spending while Germany s Angela Merkel suggests her country is already doing enough

Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine truce implemented – Merkel, Obama
The United States the EU and Germany all expressed alarm over the renewed violence in eastern Ukraine

Juncker says did not receive Greek counter-proposal on economic reforms
European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker says he has never received the alternative proposal Alexis Tsipras promised to present by Thursday evening

Manila cheered by reports G7 will address South China Sea dispute
Regional alarm is growing at moves by China aggressively to stake its claim to most of the sea including a large scale island building program
Obama says G7 must stand up to Russian 'aggression' in Ukraine
According to US President Barack Obama one of the issues G7 leaders would be discussing over their two day summit is standing up to Russian aggression

Japan's Abe visits Ukraine ahead of tough G7 summit
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tells Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko that he resolutely opposes a military solution to the conflict roiling the troubled country s separatist east

G7 summit to discuss wars, jihadists, Grexit fears
From Sunday June 7 German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts US President Barack Obama and the other leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations

Mid-year talks to shape fate of climate pact
The summit is meant to culminate in Paris on December 11 with a pact committing 195 countries to roll back greenhouse gases and help poor people exposed to climate change but getting from here to there remains a challenge say observers

Beyonce, Gaga join call to tackle female poverty
Actresses Meryl Streep Charlize Theron and Rosamund Pike also sign the petition calling on countries in the G7 summit to lift women out of poverty

Obama makes 'no apologies' for Taliban hostage deal
US President Barack Obama repeats he had a duty as commander in chief to get US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl home

G7 concerned by Asian maritime tensions
The leaders state oppose any unilateral attempt by any party to assert its territorial or maritime claims through the use of intimidation coercion or force
