Hope for breakthroughs on Iran, global trade at G7 summit

The G7 summit in France is said to have took place amid sharp differences between the United States and its allies on a range of global issues, including trade, climate change and Iran’s nuclear programme.

The summit in France’s coastal town of Biarritz wrapped up on Monday with US president Donald Trump hailing the tremendous unity between himself and the leaders of France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada.

The standoff between the US and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear programme was a major focus of this year’s summit.

The French leader announced that the conditions for a meeting between Trump and Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani in the next few weeks has been created.