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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II talks with G-7 leaders, from left, back row, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, French President Emmanuel Macron, Queen Elizabeth II, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi, President of the European Council Charles Michel and US President Joe Biden before a reception at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England, June 11, 2021, during the G-7 summit.
President Joe Biden meets world leaders at the G-7 summit. With post-Brexit tension between continental Europe and Britain, we look at the role Biden can play to help ease diplomatic tensions. Plus, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has launched a brutal crackdown on his political opponents. It appears to be an attempt to clear the field so he can run virtually unopposed in the November elections. And a look at the future of Afghanistan with the person in charge of diplomatic efforts to negotiate a deal between the US and the Taliban.
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