President Donald Trump on Monday used his first public appearance at the 2025 Group of Seven summit to revive a years-old complaint about the group’s response to Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea and attack the the host country’s former head of government during a bilateral meeting with the current head of that government.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday rejected the possibility of Russian President Vladimir Putin acting as a mediator in the conflict between Israel and Iran. "Personally, I don't see the Russian president playing a mediating role in this conflict,