Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had significantly damaged Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missiles programmes – but added that his forces still needed more time.

Group of Seven leaders have a draft joint statement calling for deescalation of the Israel-Iran conflict, according to two sources and a draft seen by Reuters.

Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country.

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,

US President Donald Trump does not intend to sign the G7 statement on the Iran-Israel conflict, an official has told the BBC's US partner, CBS News.