France says planning G7 finance meeting on Mideast

"I have spoken with various counterparts, in particular Scott Bessent, who is the US Treasury Secretary. And we agreed to hold a meeting which will take place at the beginning of next week," he told Franceinfo radio. "We want to let a week go by to see how the conflict develops, how the markets evolve. We'll have the finance ministers and the central bank governors there as well." France currently holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Seven advanced economies, which also includes Canada...