The Kremlin said on Friday that the Group of Seven nations no longer united the world's fastest growing economies and had therefore lost much of its relevance after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would love to have Russia return to the group.

Russia should rejoin the Group of 7, an economic and political forum of advanced democracies that it was suspended from following its 2014 invasion of Ukraine, President Donald Trump said Thursday. "I'd love to have them back.

The Kremlin on Friday responded coolly to US President Donald Trump saying he would "love" to see Russia reinstated in the Group of Seven (G7) major economies. Russia was a member of the club, then known as the G8,

US Vice President JD Vance urged European leaders to "step up in a big way" to provide for the defence of the continent during his speech Friday at the Munich Security Conference.

CNN’s chief White House correspondent was drowned out by laughter from her colleagues in the Oval Office on Thursday after her line of questioning about Russia’s war in Ukraine prompted President Trump to tear into her and the network.

"What I worry about is the threat from within: the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the USA,” JD Vance said. View on euronews