Now we are six: G7 leaders try to salvage their summit after Trump's early exit

KANANASKIS, Alberta -- Six of the Group of Seven leaders are trying connected the last time of their Tuesday to amusement the affluent nations’ nine inactive has the clout to signifier satellite events contempt the early departure of President Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and his counterparts from the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Japan volition beryllium joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO main Mark Rutte to sermon Russia’s relentless warfare connected its neighbor.

World leaders had gathered successful Canada with the circumstantial extremity of helping to defuse a bid of unit points, lone to beryllium disrupted by a showdown implicit Iran’s atomic programme that could escalate successful unsafe and uncontrollable ways. Israel launched an aerial bombardment run against Iran connected Friday, and Iran has deed backmost with missiles and drones.

Trump near the acme successful the Canadian Rocky Mountain edifice of Kananaskis a time aboriginal precocious Monday, saying: “I person to beryllium back, precise important.” It came arsenic conflict betwixt Israel and Iran intensifies and the U.S. person declared that Tehran should beryllium evacuated “immediately” — portion besides expressing optimism astir a woody to halt the violence.

Before leaving, Trump joined the different leaders successful issuing a connection saying Iran “can ne'er person a atomic weapon” and calling for a “de-escalation of hostilities successful the Middle East, including a ceasefire successful Gaza.” Getting unanimity — adjacent connected a abbreviated and broadly worded connection — was a humble measurement of occurrence for the group.

At the summit, Trump warned that Tehran needs to curb its atomic programme earlier it’s “too late.” He said Iranian leaders would “like to talk” but they had already had 60 days to scope an statement connected their atomic ambitions and failed to bash truthful earlier the Israeli aerial battle began. “They person to marque a deal,” helium said.

Asked what it would instrumentality for the U.S. to get progressive successful the struggle militarily, Trump said Monday morning, “I don’t privation to speech astir that.“

But by Monday afternoon, Trump warned ominously connected societal media, “Everyone should instantly evacuate Tehran!” Shortly aft that, Trump decided to permission the acme and skip a bid of Tuesday meetings that would code the warfare successful Ukraine and commercialized issues.

The abrupt departure lone heightened the play of a satellite that seems connected verge of respective firestorms. Trump already has imposed severe tariffs connected aggregate nations that hazard a planetary economical slowdown. There has been small advancement connected settling the wars successful Ukraine and Gaza.

Trump’s stance connected Ukraine puts him fundamentally astatine likelihood with the different G7 leaders, who backmost Ukraine and are wide that Russia is the aggressor successful the war.

The U.S. president connected Monday suggested determination would person been nary warfare if G7 members hadn’t expelled Putin from the enactment successful 2014 for annexing Crimea.

Trump connected Monday demurred erstwhile asked if helium supported Russia, saying “I lone attraction astir redeeming lives.”

With talks connected ending the warfare astatine an impasse, Starmer said Britain and different G7 members were slapping caller tariffs connected Russia successful a bid to get it to the ceasefire negotiating table. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is owed to be the acme Tuesday astatine Carney’s invitation, on with different leaders including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NATO main Mark Rutte.

Trump declined to articulation successful the sanctions connected Russia, saying helium would hold until Europe did truthful first.

“When I authorisation a state that costs the U.S. a batch of money, a tremendous magnitude of money,” helium said.

Trump had been scheduled earlier his departure to conscionable with Zelenskyy and with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

On the Middle East, Merz told reporters that Germany was readying to gully up a last communique connection connected the Israel-Iran struggle that volition accent that “Iran indispensable nether nary circumstances beryllium allowed to get atomic weapons-capable material.”

Trump besides seemed to enactment a greater precedence connected addressing his grievances with different nations’ commercialized policies than connected collaboration with G7 allies. The U.S. president has imposed 50% tariffs connected alloy and aluminum arsenic good arsenic 25% tariffs connected autos. Trump is besides charging a 10% taxation connected imports from astir countries, though helium could rise rates connected July 9, aft the 90-day negotiating play acceptable by him would expire.

He announced with Starmer that they had signed a commercialized framework Monday that was antecedently announced successful May, with Trump saying that British commercialized was “very good protected’ due to the fact that ”I similar them, that’s why. That’s their eventual protection.”

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Associated Press writers Will Weissert successful Banff, Alberta, and Josh Boak successful Calgary, Alberta, contributed to this story.