Skip next section Trump says Iran should talk ‘before it’s too late’
06/16/2025June 16, 2025
Trump says Iran should talk ‘before it’s too late’
On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada, US President Donald Trump addressed the ongoing , saying Iran was not winning.
The US president added that Iran should reenter negotiations over its nuclear program “before it’s too late.” A new round of US-Iran nuclear talks was scheduled on Sunday, but Iran pulled out after the Israeli attacks started.
“They have to make a deal, and it’s painful for both parties, but I’d say Iran is not winning this war, and they should talk, and they should talk immediately, before it’s too late,” Trump told reporters.
Media reports cited unnamed sources as saying Trump did not intend to sign the document coming out of the G7, which addresses the conflict.
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Skip next section Removing Russia from G7 ‘mistake,’ Trump says
06/16/2025June 16, 2025
Removing Russia from G7 ‘mistake,’ Trump says
US President has once again complained about the G7’s throwing Russia out of what was once the G8 following its 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
“The G7 used to be the G8. Barack Obama and a person named Trudeau didn’t want to have Russia in,” Trump said, referring to former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “And I would say that was a mistake, because I think you wouldn’t have a war right now if you had Russia in, and you wouldn’t have a war right now if Trump were president four years ago.”
The US leader also said he “wouldn’t mind” China’s joining the G7.
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Skip next section We are resuming our coverage
06/16/2025June 16, 2025
We are resuming our coverage
We are resuming our coverage of the G7 summit, as US President Donald Trump arrives and reports begin to emerge on a draft document.
Issues in the draft document reportedly include calls for Israel and Iran to exercise restraint during their unfolding conflict, as well as the group’s agreeing on a strategy to protect critical mineral supply and reaffirming an earlier commitment to prevent and counter migrant smuggling.
So far, Trump doesn’t intend to sign the document, CBS News has reported.
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Skip next section We’ve paused our coverage
06/16/2025June 16, 2025
We’ve paused our coverage
We’ve paused our coverage for now and will have more updates from the G7 meeting later this evening.
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Skip next section Germany’s Merz arrives in Canada for G7
06/16/2025June 16, 2025
Germany’s Merz arrives in Canada for G7
has arrived in Canada for the G7 summit.
The chancellor is scheduled to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for talks on Sunday evening.
Speaking before his departure, Merz said his main topics for summit are the conflict between Israel and Iran, efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the trade dispute with the United States and migration.
“Iran must not be allowed to develop or have nuclear weapons,” he stressed.
“Israel has the right to defend its existence and the security of its citizens,” he said, adding that Iran’s nuclear weapons program was an existential threat to Israel.
On Monday and Tuesday, Merz is scheduled to hold bilateral talks on the sidelines with leaders from Japan, Australia, India, Brazil and South Africa.
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Skip next section Trump says he hopes Israel and Iran can strike a deal06/16/2025June 16, 2025
Trump says he hopes Israel and Iran can strike a deal
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he hopes Israel and Iran can make a deal but said sometimes countries have to fight it out first.
“I hope there’s going to be a deal. I think it’s time for a deal and we’ll see what happens,” Trump said to reporters as he left for the G7 summit in Canada.
“Sometimes they have to fight it out, but we’re gonna see what happens,” said.
Trump said the United States will continue to support the defense of Israel but declined to say if he asked Israel to pause strikes on Iran.
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Skip next section Macron says US president’s threats to Greenland are ‘not what allies do’06/15/2025June 15, 2025
Macron says US president’s threats to Greenland are ‘not what allies do’
French President Emmanuel Macron said the US president’s threats to Greenland are “not what allies do” as he arrived in the autonomous Danish territory for a short visit.
Macron was visiting the Arctic island to convey “France’s and the European Union’s solidarity” for “the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Greenland, he told reporters in Nuuk.
Greenland is a self-ruling territory of Denmark with the right to declare independence. Both the Greenland and Danish governments say it is not for sale and only Greenlanders can determine their future.
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06/15/2025June 15, 2025
G7 summit: Leaders from Ukraine, India, Mexico, Australia also set to attend meeting
Leaders from Ukraine, Mexico, India, Australia, South Africa, South Korea and Brazil are also likely to want to hold bilateral meetings with Trump to put across their interests on the sidelines of the G7 summit.
Of particular interest is the likely meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Trump, with their last prolonged one-to-one encounter at the end of February turning into a notorious televised dressing-down of the Ukrainian leader by Trump and his deputy, JD Vance.
Canada, for its part, has long been one of Ukraine’s most vocal supporters, while the US has become ever more ambivalent in its attitude to Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.
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Skip next section G7 leaders meeting in first such gathering since Trump returned to the White House
06/15/2025June 15, 2025
G7 leaders meeting in first such gathering since Trump returned to the White House
The leaders of the Group of Seven economies are coming together for their annual gathering, which is the first of its kind since US President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
For this G7 meeting, diplomats say Canada has dispensed with the idea of issuing a comprehensive joint final communique, and will instead release chair summaries.
“This will be a successful meeting if Donald Trump doesn’t have an eruption that disrupts the entire gathering. Anything above and beyond that is gravy,” said University of Ottawa international affairs professor Roland Paris, who was foreign policy adviser to Trudeau.
The last time Canada was host, during Trump’s first term in 2018, held in Quebec, before slamming then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “very dishonest and weak.”
He also instructed the US delegation to
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Skip next section France’s Macron to visit Greenland in signal of European unity
06/15/2025June 15, 2025
France’s Macron to visit Greenland in signal of European unity
French President Emmanuel Macron will pay a visit to the autonomous territory of on Sunday.
The island, the world’s largest, has been the focus of much attention in recent months after , citing reasons of national security. Both
Macron’s visit, which comes just hours ahead of his participation in the G7 summit, is being seen as a show of European support for the territory, whose some 60,000 citizens are Danish nationals and thus also citizens of the EU.
The French president will visit Greenland alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, with the leaders planning to discuss the security situation in the North Atlantic and the Arctic with Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
Macron’s office said talks, which are planned aboard a Danish frigate, will also touch on economic development, climate change and renewable energy.
He is expected to visit a glacier threatened by global warming and a hydroelectric power plant.
as the Earth warms, contributing greatly to the rise of sea levels across the world.
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Skip next section Canada’s list of priorities for the G7 summit meeting
06/15/2025June 15, 2025
Canada’s list of priorities for the G7 summit meeting
The office of Canadian last Saturday released a list of topics to head the agenda at the meeting.
According to the statement, discussions will center on three main thematic areas: reinforcing peace and security in the face of foreign threats, transnational crime and increased wildfire risk; energy security and digital technology; and promoting private investment to improve infrastructure and activate economies.
Other topics are to include examining possibilities for and other conflicts and the search for non-EU partners to bolster security and prosperity.
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Skip next section Welcome to our coverage06/15/2025June 15, 2025
Welcome to our coverage
The Group of Seven (G7), founded 50 years ago this year, is one of the most important forums for exchange between the leaders of some of the world’s major economies.
This year, it will be held in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, from June 15 to 17, with Canada this year’s holder of the group’s rotating presidency.
DW’s coverage will bring you reports and analysis of the topics under discussion and news on the top-level meetings occurring on the sidelines of the summit.
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