{"id":835,"date":"2026-05-20T03:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/20\/middle-east-war-live-trump-to-attend-g7-summit-in-france-in-june\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T03:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:41:30","slug":"middle-east-war-live-trump-to-attend-g7-summit-in-france-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"Middle East war live: Trump to attend G7 summit in France in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--article t-content--liveblog\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__above-main\">\n<div class=\"a-status-tag a-status-tag--breaking\">Live<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Middle East war live: Trump to attend G7 summit in France in June<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__metadata\">\n<div class=\"t-content__dates\">\n<p class=\"m-pub-dates\"><span class=\"m-pub-dates__date\">Issued on: <time datetime=\"2026-05-20T03:28:48+00:00\">20\/05\/2026 &#8211; 05:28<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"a-share-button\" data-root-share>\n<p>                        <span class=\"a-master-button__label\">Share<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors\">\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                By:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author\">\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/author\/france-24\/\" title=\"FRANCE 24\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                FRANCE 24<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__main-media\">\n<figure class=\"m-item-image m-item-image--16x9 m-item-image--has-caption\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/2e194ec2-53f7-11f1-802f-005056a97e36\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/AP25168076138217.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/2e194ec2-53f7-11f1-802f-005056a97e36\/w:388\/p:16x9\/AP25168076138217.jpg 388w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/2e194ec2-53f7-11f1-802f-005056a97e36\/w:720\/p:16x9\/AP25168076138217.jpg 720w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/2e194ec2-53f7-11f1-802f-005056a97e36\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/AP25168076138217.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1076px) 100vw, 1012px\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Donald Trump at G7 2025 in Canada\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"a-img \"><figcaption class=\"a-figcaption\">\n                <span>Donald Trump at G7 2025 in Canada.<\/span>                <span>\u00a9 Suzanne Plunkett, AP<\/span>            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__main\" data-article-content>\n<p class=\"t-content__chapo\">\n                                US President Donald Trump will travel to next month&#8217;s\u00a0G7summit in France, a White House official told AFP Tuesday, despite tensions between Washington and its allies on a host of issues from Iran to tariffs. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.\u00a0            <\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\">\n<div id=\"em-WBMZ549246-F24-EN-20260520\" class=\"m-em-liveblog\" data-liveblog>\n<div>\n<div>\n                        <time datetime=\"2026-05-20T03:24:19+00:00\">20\/05\/2026 &#8211; 05:24<\/time><\/p>\n<h2>Israel says 430 Gaza flotilla activists being transferred to Israel<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ql-align-justify\">Israeli authorities said late Tuesday that 430 activists aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla were en route to Israel, after their vessels were intercepted at sea the day before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-align-justify\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"ql-align-justify\">&#8220;Another PR flotilla has come to an end. All 430 activists have been transferred to Israeli vessels and are making their way to Israel, where they will be able to meet with their consular representatives,&#8221; a spokesman from Israel&#8217;s ministry of foreign affairs said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                        <time datetime=\"2026-05-19T23:54:38+00:00\">20\/05\/2026 &#8211; 01:54<\/time><\/p>\n<h2>Trump says war with Iran will end &#8216;very quickly&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p><span>US \u200bPresident \u200bDonald Trump on \u200bTuesday \u200ctold \u2060lawmakers \u200cat \u2060the White \u200bHouse \u200cthat the United \u200cStates &#8220;will \u200bend the war \u200bvery \u200bquickly&#8221; \u200bwith \u200b<\/span>Iran<span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                        <time datetime=\"2026-05-19T23:53:58+00:00\">20\/05\/2026 &#8211; 01:53<\/time>                        <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.eu.arena.im\/events#post=nbVEA0uuf6abyj2zpOau\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump says &#8216;very good chance&#8217; of reaching a deal with Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.eu.arena.im\/events#post=oxsbDiRbNlTD3765esA3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Iran&#8217;s proposal to US calls for sanctions lifting and funds release, deputy foreign minister says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.eu.arena.im\/events#post=5B3PIQ6rt6kkz6LDnuO0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Iran says peace proposal includes reparations for war damage, US troop withdrawal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.eu.arena.im\/events#post=uzPefa3rtpCid9GObq6b\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Iran army warns will &#8216;open new fronts&#8217; against US if attacks resume<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.eu.arena.im\/events#post=NDGHMjKPMlCynWxvXzZj\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Israel military issues fresh evacuation warnings for south Lebanon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.eu.arena.im\/events#post=FsnYxLnGlobmTvLaWQaK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Trump says US may need to hit Iran again<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/middle-east\/20260519-middle-east-war-live-trump-says-very-good-chance-of-reaching-a-deal-with-iran\" target=\"_self\">Yesterday&#8217;s key developments:<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An Israeli strike on south <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/lebanon\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Lebanon<\/a> Tuesday killed at least 10 people including three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/women\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">women<\/a> and three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/children\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">children<\/a>, the health ministry said, despite a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/ceasefire\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">ceasefire<\/a> in the Israel-Hezbollah war.<\/li>\n<li>US Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">JD Vance<\/a> said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/talks\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">talks<\/a> are making good progress but Washington was &#8220;locked and loaded&#8221; to restart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/military\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">military<\/a> operations if there is no deal.<\/li>\n<li>Israeli forces opened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/fire\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">fire<\/a> on at least two vessels in an aid flotilla \u200bsailing towards \u200cGaza on Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/video\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">video<\/a> footage and flotilla organisers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Israel<\/a> said \u2060no live ammunition was used and there were no casualties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__below-main\">\n<div class=\"t-content__tags\">\n<div class=\"m-section-title m-section-title--small\">Keywords for this article<\/div>\n<ul class=\"m-tags-list\">\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/iran\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Iran\">    Iran<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/usa\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"USA\">    USA<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/us-military\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"US military\">    US military<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/military\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"military\">    military<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/israel\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Israel\">    Israel<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Strait of Hormuz\">    Strait of Hormuz<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/iran-conflict\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Iran war\">    Iran war<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Live Middle East war live: Trump to attend G7 summit in France in June Middle&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}