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G7 summit opens in Canada, with leaders to address trade, wars while hoping to avoid clash with Trump

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Group of Seven leaders are meeting in Canada, with issues such as the Israel-Iran conflict and U.S. tariffs high on the agenda, while nations hope to avoid clashes with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to annex the host nation.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his priorities are strengthening peace and security, building critical mineral supply chains and creating jobs. But Trump’s tariffs on countries around the world and the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine are expected to receive heavy attention during the summit.
Israel and Iran launched new attacks on each other overnight into Monday, raising the death toll in the conflict that began with an Israeli offensive on Friday.
A G7 official said the leaders plan to issue a joint statement calling for de-escalation in the conflict.
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U.S. President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Calgary International Airport, Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Calgary, Canada, ahead of the G7 Summit. (AP)
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters his goals for the summit include for Iran to not obtain nuclear weapons, ensuring Israel’s right to defend itself, avoiding escalation of the conflict and creating room for diplomacy.
«This issue will be very high on the agenda of the G7 summit,» Merz said.
Iran has maintained that its nuclear program is peaceful, and U.S. intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency have said Iran was not pursuing a nuclear weapon.
The last time Canada hosted the summit in 2018, Trump left before denouncing then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as «very dishonest and weak» and instructing the U.S. delegation who stayed behind to withdraw its approval of the final statement endorsed by the leaders of Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Canada.
«I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communiqué as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!» Trump posted on X, which at the time was still known as Twitter.
The notable image from that summit was of Trump seated with his arms folded defiantly as then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel stared daggers at him.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, meets with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ahead of the G7 Summit at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge, in Kananaskis, Alberta, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP)
This time, Trump’s severe tariffs on many nations risk a global economic slowdown and the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and now between Israel and Iran do not see an end in sight.
Other issues impacting world leaders include immigration, drug trafficking and new technologies such as artificial intelligence.
Diplomats said Canada ditched the idea of a traditional comprehensive joint communiqué and would issue chair summaries instead in an attempt to avoid a diplomatic disaster and maintain engagement with the U.S.
A senior Canadian official told reporters that Ottawa wanted to focus on actions the seven members — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the U.S. — could take together.
Asked as he was leaving the White House on Sunday if he planned to reveal any trade agreements at the summit, Trump said: «We have our trade deals. All we have to do is send a letter, ‘This is what you’re going to have to pay.’ But I think we’ll have a few, few new trade deals.»
The U.K. reached a trade framework with the U.S. that included quotas to protect against some tariffs, but the 10% baseline would remain.
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A worker prepares a sign ahead of the G7 summit at a satellite location in Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 14, 2025. (Reuters)
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A senior U.S. official said on Friday that working discussions would cover trade and the global economy, critical minerals, migrant and drug smuggling, wildfires, international security, artificial intelligence and energy security.
«The president is eager to pursue his goals in all of these areas, including making America’s trade relationships fair and reciprocal,» the official said.
Trump will have at least three scheduled bilateral meetings during the summit with other world leaders, including with Carney, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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House Budget chairman reveals how Republicans will pay for the Iran campaign

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House Republicans are lurching forward with a second budget reconciliation package, ending months of speculation about whether the chamber would attempt to marshal a second GOP-only megabill through Congress before November’s midterm elections.
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, said Wednesday he wants the measure to pay for President Donald Trump’s Iran campaign and enact anti-fraud provisions that offset the cost of the anticipated defense infusion’s large price tag.
«It’s an opportunity to solve two problems and address two challenges and advance two great causes: fund the military, provide a strong defense, win the war, achieve the objectives and do it in a way that doesn’t put our kids further in the hole,» Arrington told reporters.
«We’re all but ready to mark up a budget resolution,» Arrington continued, adding his panel is still continuing to hash out the details of the package.
Representative Jodey Arrington, R-Texas and the chairman of the House Budget Committee, center, speaks during a House Budget Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 18, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The Trump administration has floated a $200 billion request to help pay for the war in Iran but has yet to deliver a formal request. Given Democrats’ expected opposition to a defense supplemental, some House Republicans have said a second reconciliation package is the only viable vehicle to advance the measure and other Trump priorities through Congress.
«Democrats have obstructed everything,» Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. «So, we believe, unfortunately, that reconciliation is the only mechanism to move the rest of the President’s agenda.»
Republicans have zeroed in on fraud in social services for months and view the enactment of fraud-related spending cuts as a way to offset the cost of the package.
The budget reconciliation process would allow Republicans to circumvent the Senate’s 60-vote requirement and pass a spending measure with a simple majority.
Arrington said he would be working closely with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who also announced Wednesday that his panel would begin drafting reconciliation instructions. The South Carolina Republican floated funding increases for the military and law enforcement in addition to voter integrity measures as possible items in a second reconciliation bill.
«Let’s put it this way: The reconciliation train is leaving the station,» Graham posted on X after the two lawmakers met to discuss a second megabill Wednesday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building July 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Though Republicans are likely to broadly support defense supplemental funding and fraud-prevention measures, a second megabill could still face major hurdles.
Republicans narrowly passed Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act in June 2025 after months of intraparty disagreement. Under House Republicans’ razor-thin majority, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can afford to spare just one GOP defection in a party-line vote.
However, Arrington argued that the war in Iran would be a unifying force to get the bill done.
«I think funding our military in a time of war, if there’s no sense of urgency and accountability from members of Congress to support our commander in chief, I can’t think of one,» Arrington said. «I do think the big push is going to be supporting our sons and daughters in uniform and making sure they have what they need to be successful.»
Arrington did not shut the door on including parts of the SAVE America Act in a GOP-only megabill. However, its sweeping provisions, requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and voter ID requirements, could fail to meet reconciliation’s stringent budget requirements.
The Trump-backed election bill has stalled in the Senate due to widespread Democratic opposition, though the upper chamber is continuing to debate the measure.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters outside his office on the 28th day of the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington Oct. 28, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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Johnson, who has long pushed for a second budget bill, said Wednesday he was encouraged by Graham moving forward with reconciliation.
«I’m glad to know the Senate is interested in reconciliation 2.0,» the speaker said. «I have been a broken record. We need to do that. It’s an important legislative tool.»
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Cumbre de aliados estratégicos de Putin en Pyongyang: Kim Jong Un recibió a Lukashenko para reforzar vínculos

El presidente de Bielorrusia, Alexander Lukashenko, llegó a Pyongyang en su primera visita oficial a Corea del Norte, donde fue recibido por el líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un. Lo anunció este jueves la agencia estatal KCNA.
El líder bielorruso y su par norcoreano son considerados dos de los principales socios y aliados del presidente ruso Vladimir Putin.
La ceremonia de bienvenida se celebró este miércoles en la Plaza Kim Il Sung. Kim Jong Un recibió a Lukashenko en el plaza Kim Il Sung de Pyongyang. (Foto: EFE)
El gobernante norcoreano recibió “con agrado” y dio una “cálida” bienvenida al líder bielorruso, según el reporte oficial.
Ambos países están sometidos a sanciones de potencias occidentales, mantienen estrechos vínculos con Rusia y son acusados de violaciones a los derechos humanos.
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Lukashenko inició su primera visita a Corea del Norte para mantener conversaciones que consolidarán los lazos entre dos estrechos aliados de Putin. Kim Jong Un dio la bienvenida al gobernante bielorruso Alexander Lukashenko frente a una multitud en Pyongyang. (Foto: KCNA vía Reuters).
Kim proporcionó a Moscú millones de cartuchos de munición para su guerra en Ucrania y envió tropas para ayudar a Rusia a expulsar a las fuerzas ucranianas que invadieron su región occidental de Kursk en agosto de 2024.
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Bielorrusia permitió que se utilizara su territorio como plataforma de lanzamiento para la invasión rusa en febrero de 2022. Luego, accedió a albergar misiles nucleares tácticos rusos en su país, que limita con tres países de la OTAN. Kim Jong Un y Alexander Lukashenko asistieron a una ceremonia de ofrenda floral en la Torre de la Liberación de Pyongyang, Corea del Norte, este miércoles. (Foto: KCNA vía REUTERS)
Lukashenko llegó en avión a la capital, Pyongyang, donde se lo recibió con alfombra roja y fue saludado por la ministra de Asuntos Exteriores de Kim y por decenas de niños pequeños que ondeaban las banderas de ambos países.
Lukashenko se reunió más tarde con Kim. También rindió homenaje en el Palacio del Sol de Kumsusan, un mausoleo donde se exhiben los cuerpos embalsamados de los antiguos gobernantes Kim Il Sung y Kim Jong Il, abuelo y padre del actual líder.
Tanto Corea del Norte como Bielorrusia llevan años sometidas a sanciones internacionales: la primera, principalmente por su programa de armas nucleares, y la segunda, por su historial en materia de derechos humanos y su apoyo a Putin en Ucrania. El líder de Corea del Norte y el presidente de Bielorrusia buscan reforzar su alianza en medio de tensiones con Occidente. (Foto: Presidencia de Bielorrusia/REUTERS)
No obstante, ambos mantuvieron contactos en diferentes momentos con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump.
El presidente estadounidense se reunió con Kim en tres ocasiones entre 2018 y 2019, durante su primer mandato en la Casa Blanca, pero sus encuentros no dieron resultados sustanciales.
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Trump dijo el año pasado que “le encantaría tener otra reunión”, a lo que Kim respondió que podría suceder si Estados Unidos abandona su “absurda obsesión” por conseguir que Corea del Norte renuncie a las armas nucleares.
El año pasado, el presidente estadounidense restableció el contacto directo con Lukashenko, a quien el predecesor de Trump, Joe Biden, había tratado como a un paria. En los últimos meses, Estados Unidos empezó a suavizar las sanciones contra Bielorrusia a cambio de la liberación de presos políticos.
El viaje de Lukashenko a Corea del Norte se produce apenas seis días después de que se reuniera con el enviado de Trump, John Coale, y anunciara la liberación de otros 250 detenidos. La parte estadounidense afirmó que Lukashenko podría visitar pronto la Casa Blanca.
(Con información de AFP y Reuters)
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