Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how the Iran war will steer next week’s G-7 leaders’ summit, the European Union’s latest immigration overhaul, and another prison sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.

This is a big weekend for U.S. President Donald Trump, who is set to celebrate his 80th birthday on Sunday with a UFC fight night on the White House lawn. At the same time, he and his national security team are trying to finalize a deal to end the Iran war, which they hope to sign in the next “few days.”

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how the Iran war will steer next week’s G-7 leaders’ summit, the European Union’s latest immigration overhaul, and another prison sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.

This is a big weekend for U.S. President Donald Trump, who is set to celebrate his 80th birthday on Sunday with a UFC fight night on the White House lawn. At the same time, he and his national security team are trying to finalize a deal to end the Iran war, which they hope to sign in the next “few days.”

The success (or lack thereof) of this weekend’s negotiations is likely to color next week’s G-7 leaders’ summit in the French Alps. The Iran war has been a major source of tension between the United States and several other G-7 members, particularly those in Europe. That’s due in part to the war’s ongoing economic impact, but also because of Washington’s failure to consult its allies or give them warning before launching the war. Trump has also railed at European countries, including the United Kingdom and Germany, for not doing more to help open the Strait of Hormuz and in some cases refusing to let U.S. forces use their bases to launch strikes on Iran.

One senior diplomat from a G-7 country told Reuters that a deal to end the war could enable the group to put these tensions behind them. It would also allow the bloc to turn its attention to other pressing challenges. European leaders reportedly plan to use the summit to seek Washington’s buy-in on a new push for talks between Russia and Ukraine to end that conflict. However, if the Iran negotiations collapse yet again and lead to a resumption in fighting, that........

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