The news is about to be flooded with the latest from the Group of Seven as some of the world's most powerful leaders travel to the Canadian Rockies next week for high-level meetings on major issues.

BERLIN (Reuters) -The upcoming Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Canada will be about the extent to which the EU and U.S. align on sanctions against Russia, a German government official said on Thursday.

Lee Jae-myung’s attendance at the meeting of major powers will be the new president’s first overseas trip since taking office.

Members of Canada's Sikh community who were warned by police that their lives were at risk and allege the Indian government is responsible for the threat are incensed by Ottawa's invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta.

DUBAI (Reuters) -Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince and de facto leader, will not attend next week's Group of Seven summit in Canada, a senior diplomat briefed on plans told Reuters on Thursday. The crown prince, widely known as MBS, did not give a reason for declining Canada's invitation to the annual gathering, the diplomat said.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are "big challenges" to discuss at the G7 summit and it makes sense to have the leader of the world's most populous country around the table.

G7 will also be a platform for Canadian PM Carney to showcase his leadership at a time of economic, geopolitical shifts.

At the G7 leaders' summit, which will be held next week in the Canadian city of Kananaskis, the theme of the working session on Tuesday, June 17, will be "A Strong and Sovereign Ukraine." — Ukrinform.