Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies meet in Brazil, where discussions on trade, climate change and international security are likely to feature prominently.

G20 leaders failed on Monday to break a deadlock in UN climate talks at a summit in Rio that was dominated by divergences over the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump's impending return to the White House.

Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and other leaders of the G20 pose for a photo of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty at the G20 summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro,

RIO DE JANEIRO — President Biden commented publicly on Ukraine Monday for the first time since authorizing Kyiv to use American rockets far inside Russia — as Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sat across the table from him at the G20 conference.

A pair of powerful congressional Republicans on Sunday blasted the Biden administration for waiting months to allow Ukraine to use long-range U.S. weapons inside Russia. The reported lifting of the restrictions on the Army Tactical Missile System “does not excuse the administration’s deliberate slow-walking of items and assistance long authorized by Congress for use against [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s illegal aggression,