Top diplomats from Group of 7 have held a first day of talks in Canada as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade and foreign policies have thrown the bloc's once solid unity into disarray

Foreign ministers of leading Western democracies sought to show a united front in Canada on Thursday after seven weeks of rising tensions between U.S. allies and President Donald Trump over his upending of foreign policy on Ukraine and imposing of tariffs.

The Canadian government is using this week’s G7 meeting to urge fellow member states to take President Donald Trump’s aggressive foreign policy threats seriously. Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly warned Wednesday that “Canada is the canary in the coal mine” concerning the United States’s treatment of its allies in the second Trump administration.

On the official agenda this week as Canada hosts the G7 foreign ministers: Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti and Venezuela, but nothing about President Donald Trump’s trade war or

On the official agenda this week, as Canada hosts the G7 foreign ministers, are discussions on Ukraine, the Middle East, Haiti, and Venezuela, however, no mention of President Donald Trump’s trade war or sovereignty threats.

Tensions are running high at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Canada as Trump's trade tariffs and Ukraine policy cause deep divisions among allies. Canada’s Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has called for stronger action on Russia’s "shadow fleet,