G7 summit: Canada hosts meeting overshadowed by conflicts

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06/15/2025June 15, 2025

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting leaders of the world's biggest economies and issues like US tariffs, the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, are expected to feature heavily.

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World leaders are hoping to speak with the US president on the sidelines of the summitWorld leaders are hoping to speak with the US president on the sidelines of the summitImage: Todd Korol/REUTERS
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  • The leaders of Canada, the US, France, Italy, Japan, Germany and Britain, along with the EU, and several non-G7 states that have been invited by Canadian PM Mark Carney, will attend the meeting beginning Sunday
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among those invited, setting the stage for an expected renewed encounter between him and his US counterpart Donald Trump
  • French President Emmanuel Macron is to visit the autonomous Danish territory of Greenland on Sunday ahead of the meeting to display European support for the island, which Trump says he wants for the US

Here is a roundup of news on the G7 meeting and connected events on Sunday, June 15, 2025:
 

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