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Official Iranian plane lands in Biarritz during G7: flight websites

9:13 pm August 25, 2019

Paris: An official Iranian plane landed in Biarritz in southern France during a G7 summit, flight-tracking websites said on Sunday. Flightradar24.com and planespotters.net both showed a plane travelling from Tehran to Biarritz, although AFP was unable to confirm the landing or that an Iranian delegation had been invited.

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Top Iranian official lands at G-7 summit in surprise visit

8:57 pm August 25, 2019

BIARRITZ: A top Iranian official paid an unannounced visit Sunday to the G-7 summit and headed straight to the building where leaders of the world’s major democracies have been debating how to handle the country’s nuclear ambitions. The surprise arrival of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif came just two days after his meeting with […]

G7: French police use water cannon on anti-capitalist protesters

11:14 pm August 24, 2019

Biarritz: Police fired water cannon at about 400 anti-capitalist protesters blocking roads in a town near the venue of the G7 summit in southwest France. A few protesters threw rocks at police but the crowd in Bayonne was largely peaceful, with some activists dancing. Police responded with warning shots and then water cannon. The incident […]

Macron, Trump break the ice with surprise pre-G7 lunch

8:34 pm August 24, 2019

Biarritz (France): French President Emmanuel Macron hosted his US counterpart Donald Trump for a previously unscheduled lunch Saturday ahead of the official opening of the G7 summit in southwest France. The two leaders sat on a terrace at the ornate Hotel du Palais in the Atlantic resort of Biarritz, the G7 venue, just a day […]

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Trump threatens tariffs on French wine as heads to G7

3:15 pm August 24, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump threatened to slap heavy tariffs on French wine in response to taxes on American tech companies just before heading to France for a summit of G7 leaders. “Those are great American companies, and frankly, I don’t want France going out and taxing our companies. Very unfair,” he told reporters outside […]