He refutes French President Macron's comments that he's returning to the US to work on a truce, after earlier telling people in Tehran to evacuate.

Six of the Group of Seven leaders will try to show the wealthy nations’ club still has the clout to shape world events despite the early departure of President Donald Trump

The Kremlin said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump was right to assert that it had been a big mistake to expel Russia from the Group of Eight in 2014, but that the G7 was no longer significant for Russia and looked "rather useless" now.

Trump said expelling Russian President Vladimir Putin from the group in 2014, then called G8, was a mistake Welcoming G7 members, Carney said the world is looking at them for leadership and they are at "turning point in history" Edited by Brandon Livesay with chief North America correspondent Gary O’Donoghue and Jessica Murphy at the G7 in Alberta It's the inaugural gathering for several key leaders,