Germany’s election winner Friedrich Merz has told Benjamin Netanyahu that he would be invited to visit the European country despite an outstanding arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for war crimes in Gaza, according to the Israeli prime minister’s office.

DIRCO Director-General Zane Dangor says South Africa would be obligated to arrest Putin if he attended, prompting the Russian leader's decision to skip the summit, as he did with BRICS in 2023. He spoke to the media at the conclusion of the first G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting at Nasrec, Johannesburg.