Israel strike live updates: Israel says Iran has launched 100 drones as air raid sirens blare across countryNew Foto - Israel strike live updates: Israel says Iran has launched 100 drones as air raid sirens blare across country

Early Friday morning, local time, Israel launched dozens of strikes against Iran and declared a state of emergency, according to Defense Minister Israel Katz. "Following the State of Israel's preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future," Katz said in a statement. Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv following the announcement. The U.S. did not provide any assistance or have any involvement in the Israeli strike, a U.S. official told ABC News. Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin says that "Iran launched approximately 100 UAVs towards Israeli territory, which we are working to intercept."Israel says it is planning to use its air defenses to intercept the drones as air raid sirens can be heard blaring across the country which is under a state of emergency that was imposed overnight.The state of emergency means nobody one is allowed to be out on the streets and almost all businesses, including schools, offices and supermarkets, have also been shut as the airspace over Israel is closed. President Trump spoke to Fox News' Bret Baier via phone after the Israeli strikes on Tehran and said that his administration was aware of the strikes but was not involved militarily, and that he hopes Iran will return to negotiate a deal."Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table. We will see. There are several people in leadership that will not be coming back," Trump told Baier.-ABC News' Alex Ederson In a statement early Friday morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement calling the strikes "successful."Translated from Hebrew, Netanyahu said, "We are after a very successful opening strike. With God's help, we are going to have many more achievements." Top House Republican leaders are voicing support for Israel's strikes on Iran.Speaker Mike Johnsonpostedan Israeli flag on X and said, "Israel IS right—and has a right—to defend itself!Majority Leader Steve Scalise said he stands with Israel."Iran has refused to dismantle its nuclear program, which puts America at risk and poses an existential threat to Israel. Tonight Israel is taking action to defend itself, and we stand with Israel. Our prayers are with them and all American personnel in the region," Scalise said in apost on X.Echoing Trump administration officials, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogerssaidthe U.S. was not involved in the strikes."The U.S. was not involved in the strikes, but our forces stand ready to defend themselves and our ally Israel," Rogers said in a statement.-ABC News' Lauren Peller The head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Hossein Salami was killed in Israeli strikes on Iran, Iranian state TV reports. Also killed was Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi, former head of the Atomic Energy Organization, according to Iranian state TV. Israel has not confirmed the deaths. A senior security official said, "There is a growing likelihood that the Iranian General Staff, including the Iranian Chief of Staff, and senior nuclear scientists were eliminated in the opening blow." During a televised address, Israel Defense Forces Chief Eyal Zamir said the military was calling up "tens of thousands of soldiers" and was "prepared across all borders." The official went on to say, "I warn that anyone who will try to challenge us, will pay a heavy price." Following Israel's series of strikes on Iran, the U.S. Embassy in Israel has directed all American government employees and their family members to shelter in place until further notice."The U.S. Embassy reminds U.S. citizens of the continued need for caution and increased personal security awareness – including knowing the location of the nearest shelter in the event of a red alert as security incidents, including mortar, rocket, and missile fire, and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) intrusions, often take place without any warning," the embassy said in a statement, adding, "The security environment is complex and can change quickly." A senior Israeli security official told ABC News that the Iranian General Staff and senior nuclear scientists were likely killed in the first of the series of Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear targets."There is a growing likelihood that the Iranian General Staff, including the Iranian Chief of Staff, and senior nuclear scientists were eliminated in the opening blow," the official said.-ABC News' Dana Hughes The president's schedule released by the White House late Thursday showed that he would meet with the National Security Council in the Situation Room at 11 a.m.As of now, the meeting is not open to cameras or reporters. The State Department has launched a Middle East task force focused on potentially evacuating American citizens from the region, two department officials told ABC News."The Department continuously plans for a wide range of situations for regions with heightened tensions," one official said.-ABC News' Shannon Kingston Click here to read the rest of the blog.

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June 13, 2025

Israel strike live updates: Israel says Iran has launched 100 drones as air raid sirens blare across country

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Israel's attack on Iran was years in the making. How did they get here?New Foto - Israel's attack on Iran was years in the making. How did they get here?

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel'smassive strike on Iranon Friday morning came after decades of hostilities between the bitter enemies. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long identified Iran as its greatest threat, citing the country's nuclear program, its hostile rhetoric and support for anti-Israel proxy groups across the region. Iran meanwhile has pointed to Israel's repeated assassination and sabotage attacks targeting it, as well as its devastating war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, for its enmity. While the two countries have long appeared to be on a collision course, a series of recent developments, including Israeli blows against Iran and its allies and the re-election ofPresident Donald Trump, helped lay the groundwork for Friday's attack. Here's a closer look: Why are Israel and Iran enemies? Following Iran's 1979Islamic Revolution, the country's leadership immediately identified the U.S. and Israel as its main enemies. This was connected in large part to American and Israeli ties to Iran's last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who fled Iran while fatally ill ahead of the revolution and despised by Iran's new leaders. Over the past two decades, Israel has repeatedly accused Iran of developing nuclear weapons. Iran insists it has maintained its nuclear program for peaceful purposes only, but the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agencyhas warnedthat Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levelsto make "several" nuclear bombsif it chose to do so. The International Atomic Energy Agency and Western nations assess Iran had an organized nuclear weapons program until 2003. Iran insists its program is peaceful while still enriching uranium to near weapons-grade levels. U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed Iran was not pursuing the bomb. Israel sees a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat, and breaking Iran's regional network of militant proxy groups has been a major goal. "For decades, the tyrants of Tehran have brazenly, openly called for Israel's destruction," Netanyahu said Friday. "They backed up their genocidal rhetoric with a program to develop nuclear weapons." As he has done before, Netanyahu drew comparisons to the Holocaust. "The Jewish state refuses to be a victim of a nuclear Holocaust perpetrated by the Iranian regime," he said. Iran's Axis of Resistance has been weakened Over the past four decades, Iran built up a network of militant proxy groups it called the "Axis of Resistance." These groups – Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and smaller militias in Iraq and Syria -- wielded significant power across the region in recent years. But the axis has weakened since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, triggering the ongoing war in Gaza and wider fighting across the region. Israel has decimated Iran's strongest proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah. The weakening of Hezbollah contributed to the downfall ofIran's longtime stalwart allyand client in neighboring Syria,President Bashar Assad,last December. After Iran launched a pair of missile attacks on Israel last year, Israel responded withstrikesof its own, including an October attack that destroyed Iranian missile sites and weakened its air defenses. The collapse of Iran's proxy network, coupled with Iran's new vulnerability, created an opportunity for Israel to strike. Why did Israel decide to strike now? Netanyahu said time was running out to strike Iran, alleging Iran had taken recent steps to weaponize enriched uranium. "If not stopped, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon within a very short time," he said. At the same time, the state of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran created a window. Those talks have been faltering, but asixth roundwas scheduled for Oman on Sunday. An agreement could see the U.S. lift some of its crushing economic sanctions on Iran and make it much harder for Israel to strike. Israeli officials feared the talks were a way for Iran to buy time as it secretly took steps toward a nuclear bomb. On Thursday, for the first time in 20 years, the Board of Governors at the IAEAcensured Iranfor not working with its inspectors. Iran immediately announced it would establish a third enrichment site and swap out some centrifuges for more advanced ones. By then, Israel apparently had already made up its mind. Trump said he asked Netanyahu not to attack Iran while the negotiations are ongoing. But Trump has a long record of support for Israel, and there appeared to be little immediate blowback.

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June 13, 2025

Israel's attack on Iran was years in the making. How did they get here?

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Oilers rally in Game 4, drop Panthers in OT to knot finalsNew Foto - Oilers rally in Game 4, drop Panthers in OT to knot finals

Leon Draisaitl scored another overtime goal. The Edmonton Oilers completed another comeback. And the end result is a tied Stanley Cup Final thanks to a 5-4 overtime victory over the Florida Panthers on Thursday in Sunrise, Fla. Draisaitl capped a three-point outing with an NHL-single-season-record fourth overtime winner of the playoffs, and second of the finals, thanks to a one-handed pass attempt that banked in off a defender. The best-of-seven series returns to Edmonton for Game 5 on Saturday tied at two wins apiece. Three of the four games have gone to overtime in the rematch of last year's finals that Florida won in seven games. Edmonton is the first team in finals history to win after trailing 3-0 through the first period. Clubs with that edge had a 37-0 record. "We believe no matter how bad it is, if we get over that hump of adversity, we're going to keep pushing, gonna keep coming and eventually, it'll break," said Draisaitl, who joined Wayne Gretzky as the only players in NHL history to record 10 goals and 20 assists in multiple playoff runs. Draisaitl, who won Game 1 in overtime, is the third player in NHL history with multiple OT goals in a Stanley Cup Final. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse and Vasily Podkolzin all collected one goal and one assist for the Oilers, who turned a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 lead before watching that edge disappear in the dying seconds of regulation. Edmonton's Jake Walman also scored, and Mattias Ekholm recorded two assists. Oilers goaltender Calvin Pickard stopped 22 of the 23 shots he faced after taking the net following the first period. Starting netminder Stuart Skinner surrendered three goals on 17 shots in the opening frame before being pulled for the second consecutive game. Pickard has a 7-0 record in the 2025 playoffs. He saved Edmonton's first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings before sustaining an injury in the second round against the Vegas Golden Knights, but once he again delivered when his team needed him most. "Unbelievable to be able to step into a game like that," Nugent-Hopkins said. "He made some huge saves, really tough saves, clutch saves." Matthew Tkachuk scored twice in a three-point outing while Sam Reinhart had a goal in a three-point game for Florida, which had a golden chance to take a stranglehold on the series. Anton Lundell also scored, Aleksander Barkov had two assists and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 30 shots. "If you plan for seven games, that means you're losing three of them," Florida coach Paul Maurice said. "So, take that pain and use it and come back." The Panthers dominated the opening period. Tkachuk scored his first of the game -- and of the series -- at 11:40 when he buried a shot from the left circle during a five-on-three power play, then doubled the lead five minutes later with another man-advantage marker. Lundell made it a 3-0 affair with 41.7 seconds remaining in the period. The Oilers responded with their best period of the series in the second frame. Nugent-Hopkins began the comeback at 3:33 during a power play, Edmonton's ninth consecutive game with an extra-man goal, and Nurse made it a one-goal game at 12:47 of the second. Podkolzin tied the clash a couple of minutes later when he pounced on a loose puck during a flurry and found the mark. Walman gave Edmonton its first lead of the game at 13:36 of the third period, but Reinhart's goal with 19.5 seconds remaining in regulation forced overtime yet again. Instead of building on their comeback, the Panthers must recover. "The result at the end (hurts), but what are you gonna do?" Tkachuk said. "The team that recovers the fastest will have the bigger advantage on Saturday. That's it." --Field Level Media

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June 12, 2025

Oilers rally in Game 4, drop Panthers in OT to knot finals

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Phil Mickelson walks in silence in possibly his last U.S. OpenNew Foto - Phil Mickelson walks in silence in possibly his last U.S. Open

OAKMONT, Pa. — As Phil Mickelson, aka Lefty, aka Phil the Thrill, aka FIGJAM, aka one of the two most famous golfers of the 21st century, teed off Thursday in what might be his final U.S. Open, there were more security guards than journalists following him. And there were two security guards. Clad in HyFlyers gear, looking more trim than he ever did during his apex of popularity, Mickelson — like many of his fellow competitors at Oakmont — played well on the back nine and struggled on the front en route to a 4-over 74. And like most of his fellow competitors, he walked in virtual silence from the galleries, with only an occasional "Go Phil!" punctuating the silence. By this point, Mickelson's fall from golf's good graces isn't just well-documented, it's canon. Once the darling of the golf world — the rascally, cocky yin to Tiger Woods' steely yang — Mickelson lived a charmed life, getting himself into and out of trouble both on and off the golf course. He somehow radiated arrogant confidence while remaining a hero of the everyman. But then the Saudis came calling, and Mickelson couldn't resist their siren call, or the chance to stick it to the PGA Tour. Even though Mickelson turned out to be right about the ways the PGA Tour needed to change, the way he went about it with cynical opportunism turned the majority of his former fans against him. Mickelson and the U.S. Open have a long and complicated history all their own. He's finished in second place six different times, an incredible run of almost-good-luck that's kept him from claiming the career grand slam. Matters bottomed out in 2018, when Mickelson, in frustration, hit a still-moving ball at Shinnecock Hills en route to a T48 finish. He's missed the cut at four of the last five U.S. Opens, including the last three. And as of this year, he's all out of the exemptions that he'd earned for winning the 2021 PGA Championship … meaning, if he wants back in, he'll need to either receive a special exemption from the USGA, or play his way back in. "We hope he earns his way in, and I think he'd tell you the same thing," USGA chief championships officer John Bodenhamer said on Wednesday. "That's what he did last time. We gave him one, and then he went out and won the PGA Championship. So, wouldn't put it past him." Expecting a performance that would qualify him to play in another U.S. Open is a pretty tall order at this point. Mickelson has three top-10 finishes in seven LIV Golf events this year, including a T4 last week in Virginia where he spent time in the lead. For a moment on Thursday, it appeared that momentum had carried through to Oakmont. He made the turn at even par, good enough to stay within sight of the leaders. But a bogey-bogey-double start to his second nine effectively crushed his day, leaving him eight strokes behind clubhouse leader J.J. Spaun. Mickelson declined to speak to the media after he finished, and will have perhaps just one more opportunity to perform before a U.S. Open gallery. Thirty-one years ago, Arnold Palmer also bade farewell to the U.S. Open, also at Oakmont. He walked up the 18th hole to waves of applause and tears. Regardless of how his career has flickered in the last few years, Mickelson will likely receive the same treatment. It will be a well-deserved coda to his career, but you can't help but wonder what the reception would be without the last few years coloring his reputation.

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June 12, 2025

Phil Mickelson walks in silence in possibly his last U.S. Open

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As legal fight over Guard deployment plays out, Noem vows to continue Trump's immigration crackdownNew Foto - As legal fight over Guard deployment plays out, Noem vows to continue Trump's immigration crackdown

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged to carry on with the Trump administration'simmigration crackdowndespite waves of unrest across the U.S. Hours after her comment Thursday, a judge directed the president to return control to California over National Guard troops he deployed after protests erupted over the immigration crackdown, but an appeals court quickly put the brakes on that and temporarily blocked the order that was to go into effect on Friday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals scheduled a hearing on the matter for Tuesday. The federal judge'stemporary restraining ordersaid the Guard deployment was illegal and both violated the Tenth Amendment and exceeded PresidentDonald Trump's statutory authority. The order applied only to the National Guard troops and not Marines who were also deployed to the LA protests. The judge said he would not rule on the Marines because they were not out on the streets yet. Gov. Gavin Newsom who had asked the judge for an emergency stop to troops helping carry out immigration raids, had praised the order before it was blocked saying "today was really about a test of democracy, and today we passed the test" and had said he would be redeploying Guard soldiers to "what they were doing before Donald Trump commandeered them." White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said the president acted within his powers and that the federal judge's order "puts our brave federal officials in danger. The district court has no authority to usurp the President's authority as Commander in Chief." The developments unfolded as protests continued in cities nationwide and the countrybraced for major demonstrationsagainst Trump over the weekend. 'This is only going to continue,' DHS chief says of raids Noem said the immigration raids that fueled the protests would move forward and agents have thousands of targets. "This is only going to continue until we have peace on the streets of Los Angeles," she said during a news conference that was interrupted by shouting from U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat who wasforcibly removed from the event. Newsom has warned that the military intervention is part of abroader effort by Trumpto overturn norms at the heart of the nation's democracy. He also said sending Guard troops on the raids has furtherinflamed tensionsin LA. So far the protests have been centered mostly in downtown near City Hall and a federal detention center where someimmigrantsare being held. Much of the sprawling city has been spared from the protests. On the third night of an 8 p.m. curfew, Los Angeles police arrested several demonstrators who refused orders to leave a street downtown. Earlier in the night, officers with the Department of Homeland Security deployed flash bangs to disperse a crowd that had gathered near the jail, sending protesters sprinting away. Those incidents were outliers. As with the past two nights, the hours-long demonstrations remained peaceful and upbeat, drawing a few hundred attendees who marched through downtown chanting, dancing and poking fun at the Trump administration's characterization of the city as a "war zone." Elsewhere, demonstrations have picked up across the U.S.,emerging in morethan a dozen major cities. Some have led to clashes with police and hundreds have been arrested. Noem calls action in LA a blueprint The immigration agents conducting the raids in LA are "putting together a model and a blueprint" for other communities, Noem said. She pledged that federal authorities "are not going away" even though, she said, officers have been hit with rocks and bricks and assaulted. She said people with criminal records who are in the country illegally and violent protesters will "face consequences." "Just because you think you're here as a citizen, or because you're a member of a certain group or you're not a citizen, it doesn't mean that you're going to be protected and not face consequences from the laws that this country stands for," she said. Noem criticized the Padilla's interruption, calling it "inappropriate." A statement from her agency said the two met after the news conference for about 15 minutes, but it also chided him for "disrespectful political theater." Padilla said later that he was demanding answers about the "increasingly extreme immigration enforcement actions" and only wanted to ask Noem a question. He said he was handcuffed but not arrested. "If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they are doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers throughout the Los Angeles community," he said. Military involvement escalates in LA The administration has said it is willing to send troops to other cities to assist with immigration enforcement and controlling disturbances — in line with what Trumppromised during last year's campaign. Some 2,000 Guard soldiers were in the nation's second-largest city and were soon to be joined by 2,000 more, along with about 700 Marines, said Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, who is in charge of the operation. About 500 of the Guard troops deployed to the Los Angeles protests have been trained to accompany agents onimmigration operations, Sherman said Wednesday. The Guard has the authority to temporarily detain people who attack officers, but any arrests must be made by law enforcement. States face questions on deploying troops With more demonstrationsexpected over the weekend, and the possibility that Trump could send troops to other states for immigration enforcement,governors are weighing what to do. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, has put5,000 National Guard memberson standby in cities where demonstrations are planned. In other Republican-controlled states, governors have not said when or how they may deploy troops. A group of Democratic governors earlier signed a statement this week calling Trump's deployments "an alarming abuse of power." Hundreds arrested in LA protests There have been about 470 arrests since Saturday, the vast majority of which were for failing to leave the area at the request of law enforcement, according to the police department. There have been a handful of more serious charges, including for assault against officers and for possession of a Molotov cocktail and a gun. Nine officers have been hurt, mostly with minor injuries. ___ Rodriguez reported from San Francisco and Seewer from Toledo, Ohio. Associated Press writers Julie Watson in San Diego, Jesse Bedayn in Denver, and Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas, and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.

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June 12, 2025

As legal fight over Guard deployment plays out, Noem vows to continue Trump's immigration crackdown

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What to know about the Group of Seven summit in Canada that Trump will attendNew Foto - What to know about the Group of Seven summit in Canada that Trump will attend

TORONTO (AP) — U.S. PresidentDonald Trumpwill arrive Sunday for a Group of Seven summit in a country he has suggested should be annexed and as he wages a trade war with America's longstanding allies. Trump's calls to make Canada the 51st U.S. state haveinfuriated Canadians, andPrime Minister Mark Carney, who won his office by pledging to confront the U.S. president's increased aggression, now hosts the G7 summit. Carney asserted this week that Washington no longer playsa predominant roleon the world stage, imposingtariffsfor access to its markets and reducing its contributions to collective security. Carney has decided to abandon the annual practice of issuing a lengthy joint statement, or communiqué, at the summit's conclusion as French President Emmanuel Macron did at theG7 summit in France in 2019. The document typically outlines the consensus reached by leaders on summit issues and provides a roadmap for how they plan to tackle them. Trump roiled the 2017 meeting in Italy over the climate change passage in that summit's final statement. He then withdrew his support from the 2018 communiqué after complaining he had been slighted by then Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the host that year. The leaders of the world's richest countriesbegin arriving Sundayin the resort town of Kananaskis, Alberta in the Canadian Rockies. Who will attend The Group of Seven comprises Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan, Germany and Britain. The European Union also attends as well as other heads of state who are not part of the G7 but have been invited by Carney. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will attend and is expected to meet with Trump, a reunion coming just months after their contentiousOval Office encounter, which laid bare the risks of having a meeting with the U.S. president. Other world leaders will be meeting with Trump both in a group setting and for bilateral talks, which are often precarious as foreign leaders must navigate between placating and confronting him. "Anything could happen. The Canadians would be crazy not to anticipate something. We can't tell. That's Trump stock and trade. He likes to keep everyone guessing," said Robert Bothwell, a University of Toronto professor of Canadian history and international relations. "It all depends what kind of theater he's going to want to have," he said. Mexican PresidentClaudia Sheinbaumwill attend and said she expects to have her first in-person meeting with Trump. On his way to Canada, Macron is making a notable stop in Greenland, the semi autonomous Danish territory that the U.S. president has alsosuggested annexing. Among the other newcomers are German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Starmer will meet with Carney on Saturday in Ottawa before flying to Alberta. Carneyalso invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, despite accusations from Canada's national police force that agents of Modi's government were involved in "widespread" violence in Canada. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, was invited but will not attend. Will Trump upstage this G7 too? The 2018 G7 summit in Quebecwas thrown into disarrayafter Trump called Trudeau "dishonest" and "weak," while complaining that he had been blindsided by Trudeau's criticism of Trump's tariff threats at a summit-ending news conference. Trump pulled out of the G7 group statement just as it was released. "We weren't too happy because we thought we managed to pull off a pretty good summit," said Peter Boehm, Canada's deputy minister for the Quebec summit." The reaction — and I was with Mr. Trudeau at the time — was a bit of disbelief." Boehm expects a chair's summary from Carney this year instead of a joint statement from the leaders. During the Quebec summit, Trump also insisted onRussia's readmission to the elite group, from which it was ousted in 2014 following President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea. "Trump raised that at the foreign policy dinner," Boehm recalled. "It was a bit awkward because British Prime Minister Theresa May was there and some British citizens had just been killed by Russian operatives using a toxic agent." Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia,were targeted in a nerve agent attacka few months before the Quebec summit in the English city of Salisbury. Looming tariffs U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra has said that Carney has been quietly holding direct talks with Trump about a trade deal in the lead up to the summit. Separately, top Canadian cabinet ministers have also been in Washington for negotiations in recent weeks. Trade tensions may be unavoidable. The United States runs trade deficits with all G7 countries except the United Kingdom. In an effort to balance what he describes as America's lopsided trade relations, Trump has imposed 10% import taxes — tariffs — on almost every country in the world. He also announced bigger tariffs, then suspended them, on countries that sell more to the United States than they buy. "The big X Factor (is) the looming tariffs," said Max Bergmann of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "The G7 is supposed to provide global economic governance. And the way the Europeans see it right now is that the country that's the source of major instability in global economic affairs is the United States.'' Trump's trade wars are already threatening the world economy. The World Bank on Tuesday sharplydowngraded its forecast for global economic growththis year, citing "a substantial rise in trade barriers.'' A prelude to NATO summit NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will attend the G7 meeting ahead of this month'sNATO summitand has said most U.S. allies in the alliance endorseTrump's demandthat they invest 5% of gross domestic product on their defense needs. Carney said this week Canada wouldmeet NATO's current 2% targetbut seemed to suggest he would not support 5%, saying his goal is to protect Canadians, and not to satisfy NATO accountants. Why such a remote location Law enforcement overseeing security expect large protests but say protesters won't be able to get anywhere near Kananaskis, as access roads to the summit will be closed to the public. The Mounties say there will be designated G7 demonstration zones in Calgary and Banff, Alberta that will have live audio and video feeds, which will be broadcast to G7 leaders and delegations at the summit. Kananaskis also hosted a G8 summit in 2002. ___ Associated Press writer Paul Wiseman in Washington contributed to this report.

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June 12, 2025

What to know about the Group of Seven summit in Canada that Trump will attend

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Struggling Rockies snap five-game skid, avoid setting new record for worst start in modern eraNew Foto - Struggling Rockies snap five-game skid, avoid setting new record for worst start in modern era

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies got a win on Thursday and avoided reaching a new low and setting the record for the worst start in the modern era. Orlando Arcia's two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inninggave the Rockies an 8-7 winover the San Francisco Giants. It moved Colorado's record to 13-55 — tied with the 1932 Boston Red Sox for the worst. That Red Sox team also won its 68th game. The Rockies are aware of the record, but it is not something they dwell on. "We look at it," Ryan McMahon said. "I know it to a 'T.' I think we all do, man." After a 9-50 start, the Rockies have made some recent headway under interim manager Warren Schaeffer. They are 4-5 in their last nine after breaking a five-game losing streak. "I think we are just playing better baseball," said McMahon, who drew a walk in the ninth inning and scored the winning run. "As long as you focus on that when you are out in the field, the record takes care of itself. We can't get it all back in one day. We have to take it pitch by pitch, day by day." The poor start was "bad, man," he continued. "I think that almost made it a little bit easier, because you don't want to think about it. You want to just focus on what you are doing every day when you get here and keep trying to win more games. "To do what we did today, not give up, keep fighting. I think overall, that's just big. You can look back at that. You can remember we've come back from situations like this before and that It kind of helps you keep going." Arcia has been part of winning organizations in Milwaukee and Atlanta in his 10-year career, and has played in the postseason each of the last seven years. "We're not focusing on what happened in the past," said Arcia, acquired May 28 after being released by Atlanta. "We're taking it day by day. We're just trying to look to the future. I told my people I came here to do a job, and to come out and play and help this team win however I can." ___ AP MLB:https://www.apnews.com/hub/MLB

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June 12, 2025

Struggling Rockies snap five-game skid, avoid setting new record for worst start in modern era

Struggling Rockies snap five-game skid, avoid setting new record for worst start in modern era DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies got a win ...
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