President Donald Trump in about eight hours went from suggesting a nuclear deal remained “achievable” to urging Tehran’s 9.5 million residents to flee for their lives.

The White House says the president cut short his visit because of "what's going on in the Middle East".

President Trump’s early departure comes after a White House official said he had decided not to sign onto a G7 statement urging restraint from both Israel and Iran.

President Donald Trump is abruptly leaving the Group of Seven summit, departing a day early Monday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies and the U.S. leader has declared that Tehran should be evacuated “immediately.

"Let him go get a television network and say it so that people listen," the president fired off at the former Fox News star.

The president had opposed Israeli action against Iran but came to believe that Israel had reason to act and that the U.S. would have to lend some support.

Israel and Iran attacked each other for a fifth straight day on Tuesday, and U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to evacuate Tehran, citing what he said was the country's rejection of a deal to curb nuclear weapons development.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday night cut short his participation at the G7 summit to leave Alberta, Canada, and return to Washington, D.C., to focus on the conflict between Israel and Iran. French President Emmanual Macron announced Trump had made a cease-fire offer between the two countries.

Israel and Iran have begun a new round of attacks, as the conflict between the two heavily armed rivals enters its fourth day.

Gold rebounded on Tuesday as heightened geopolitical uncertainty stemming from Israel-Iran fighting and U.S. President Donald Trump's call to evacuate Tehran led investors to seek safe-haven assets.