Israel and Iran have attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday with President Donald Trump urging Iranians to evacuate Tehran. Since the Israeli strikes on Friday, the two Middle Eastern rivals have exchanged blows, with Iranian officials reporting more than 220 deaths, mostly civilians, while Israel said 24 civilians had been killed.

The BBC's James Landale highlights the role of the US president at the summit as the conflict in the Middle East overshadows the gathering.

Whether the U.S. gets more involved than it already is, some members of Congress from both parties argue, should not be up to the President.

Donald Trump called for Tehran’s “unconditional surrender” in a series of bellicose comments that left the door open to the US joining Israeli strikes against Iran.

He refutes French President Macron's comments that he's returning to the US to work on a truce, after earlier telling people in Tehran to evacuate.

Donald Trump said late on Monday his early departure from the Group of Seven nations summit has "nothing to do with" working on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, denying comments by French President Emmanuel Macron who said the U.

President Trump says he wants "a real end" to Iran's nuclear problem, with Tehran abandoning it "entirely," and not just a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.