The news is about to be flooded with the latest from the Group of Seven as some of the world's most powerful leaders travel to the Canadian Rockies next week for high-level meetings on major issues.

As the G7 group of large democratic nations with big economies meets Sunday in Alberta, Canada they have a broad agenda in the midst of global economic and military turmoil.

BERLIN (Reuters) -The upcoming Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Canada will be about the extent to which the EU and U.S. align on sanctions against Russia, a German government official said on Thursday.

China warned the Group of Seven advanced economies on Friday against "manipulating" issues related to the world's second-largest economy for their own agenda, after they accused Beijing of unfair business practices a year earlier.

Global trade will be a major focus at next week’s G7 summit as world leaders gather in Alberta, including U.S. President Donald Trump, who will be making his first appearance at a major international event since returning to the White House in January.

Political leaders will gather in Kananaskis from June 15 to 17, marking a half-century of international co-operation among some of the world’s most-advanced economies.

Next week, the mountains in Kananaskis, Alta., will be the backdrop for what’s set to be an historic G7 Summit. And as the guest list of world leaders grows, so too are expectations that the bill the Canadian government will ultimately be footing,

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Canada, the government said on Thursday (12 June) that the meeting would be an important opportunity to reset the strained relationship between the two countries, the Times of India reported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Canada next week for the first time in nearly a decade.

RCMP have established a secure 'controlled access zone' surrounding Kananaskis Village ahead of the G7 summit there from June 15-17. The CBC's Acton Clarkin and Joel Dryden went to the zone's border to find out what's off limits and learn more about final summit security preparations.