Wire desks stress the contradiction: Trump says imminent signing, Iran says the text is not finalized.

Al Jazeera and NBC noted Trump's claim directly contradicted Iran's foreign ministry, which said no MoU would be signed Sunday and that demining and a transit system for Hormuz still had to be arranged; Pakistan said mediators had reached a final agreed text.

Pakistani coverage centers Islamabad's mediation and names the accord for Pakistan.

Pakistan Observer reported both sides had agreed the final text of the 'Islamabad Declaration,' crediting Pakistani mediation and saying a signing was likely in Geneva near the G7, while Tehran cautioned the date was not fixed.

Trump frames the accord as a personal diplomatic triumph ending the war and reopening Hormuz.

Bloomberg carried Trump's claim that signing was set for Sunday and that demining of Hormuz would be discussed with the UK and France at the G7, with the strait to reopen to all shipping immediately after signature.

Europe seeks Trump's backing to revive talks and rebuild G7 consensus on Ukraine.

Coverage reported Macron calling Zelensky's G7 presence key to 'rebuild consensus,' with the E3's ceasefire-from-current-line terms anchoring the European position. Kyiv is pressing for more Patriot interceptors and tougher Russia sanctions as Russian attacks intensify in the run-up to the June 15-17 summit.

Emphasizes the political stakes and divisions over tapping immobilized Russian assets.

PBS NewsHour framed the summit as a test of European resolve, with leaders preparing unprecedented steps to sustain Ukraine while wrestling with the legal and financial risks of using frozen Russian central-bank assets as collateral.

Wire coverage frames an unprecedented EU step to backstop Ukraine as US backing wavers.

AP reported EU leaders agreed to fund Ukraine for two years and to move ahead with disbursing a loan repaid from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets, a step several capitals had resisted on legal grounds. Leaders also weighed a 21st package of sanctions on Moscow.

Mediators struggle to consolidate a fragile truce as Israeli strikes keep killing Palestinians.

CBC reported that an Israeli drone strike killed people in Gaza as the ceasefire standoff continued, with mediators in Cairo trying to move to the next phase of the US plan amid disputes over Israeli troop positions and the pace of withdrawal.

Hamas frames the line-shifting as a deliberate Israeli effort to sabotage a fragile US-brokered ceasefire.

The Express Tribune reported Hamas accusing Israel of moving the 'yellow line' westward and seizing more land to 'blow up the negotiation track' as talks in Cairo with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators sought to advance the next phase of the ceasefire.

Analysts read the operation as another incremental grey-zone step to normalize Chinese coast-guard presence east of Taiwan.

An American Enterprise Institute China-Taiwan brief described Beijing's maritime law-enforcement operation east of Taiwan as part of a pattern of normalizing patrols around the island, set against KMT chair Cheng Li-wun's US visit and the run-up to November local elections.

Beijing frames its activity around Taiwan as lawful exercise of sovereignty and rejects outside interference.

At the Chinese foreign ministry's June 12 press conference, spokesperson Lin Jian reiterated that Taiwan is part of China and that Beijing's actions are an internal matter, rejecting US and Taiwanese characterizations of the patrols as coercive.

Agenda-setting coverage: Iran and Ukraine dominate, with Trump's bilateral blitz and a Versailles dinner.

AP via the Washington Post and PBS detailed the Versailles dinner and Trump's one-on-ones with Egypt, Qatar and the UAE on the Iran war and Hormuz demining, alongside a Ukraine session where allies press for tougher Russia measures.

Ukraine-focused: Zelensky expects 'important decisions' on sanctions and frozen assets at the summit.

The BBC reported Zelensky expects important Ukraine decisions at the G7 and will press Trump on new Russia sanctions, with European leaders hoping to harden the line on Moscow as the war grinds on.

The ceasefire exists on paper but is breached almost daily along the Lebanon front.

NPR and Al Jazeera reported Israel-Hezbollah strikes continuing after Hezbollah rejected the conditional ceasefire, with Israel casting its strikes as retaliation for Hezbollah drone and rocket attacks and Lebanese officials reporting casualties in the south.

Israeli officials frame the strikes as retaliation for Hezbollah attacks that violate the truce.

Times of Israel coverage relayed the Israeli military's account that it struck Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure in response to drone and rocket fire, arguing the group's refusal to accept the ceasefire terms left it exposed.