Die Wirtschaft des G-7-Staates schwächelt, aber besser als in Deutschland läuft es in Italien allemal. Und Ministerpräsidentin Giorgia Meloni punktet jetzt sogar in Brüssel.

US-Präsident Trump und Italiens Ministerpräsidentin Meloni, einst politische Verbündete, streiten über „komplett erfundene Behauptungen“. Endet hier ihre besondere politische Freundschaft?

US president provokes outrage as PM says he ‘totally invented’ story in interview with Italian media

Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has said Donald Trump “totally invented” a story about her after the US president claimed she begged him to take a photo with her during the G7 summit.

The two former allies had appeared to be getting their relationship back on track by having several one-to-ones on the sidelines at the gathering in Évian after falling out in April over the US-Israeli war in Iran.

Giorgia Meloni hatte den G-7-Gipfel auf ihrer Seite, als sie ihren Abschied von der Zigarette bekannt gab. Aber möchten wir wirklich abstinente Italiener in der EU?

In einem Luxushotel am Genfer See bekommt Donald Trump ein spezielles Wellness-Programm.  Der Präsident soll nach seinem Iran-Deal wieder ins Team Westen geholt werden. Die Ukraine darf ein wenig Hoffnung schöpfen.

Beim Gipfel in Évian werden die Europäer bei Trump für die Nato werben, einen Platz bei den Ukraine-Verhandlungen beanspruchen und wissen wollen, was der US-Präsident mit Iran ausgehandelt hat.

In Süditalien werden vier Erntehelfer bei lebendigem Leib verbrannt – offenbar, weil sie einen gerechten Lohn gefordert haben.

Italiens Ministerpräsidentin feiert die neuen EU-Regelungen beim Thema Migration als Erfolg für sich – und sieht auch ihre umstrittenen Albanien-Zentren bestätigt. Nun geht Rom offenbar noch einen Schritt weiter.

Macron, Merz and von der Leyen among those due to gather in Montenegro for talks on integration of six countries

European leaders will seek to show six western Balkan countries that they have a real chance of joining the EU one day, despite splits over how to handle enlargement of the 27-member bloc.

Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz, Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen are among more than 30 leaders expected to gather in the Montenegrin coastal resort of Tivat on Friday for summit talks. The focus will be on integrating the six Balkan countries – among them Montenegro and Albania – more deeply into the EU single market, paving the way for them to join the bloc.

Seven Bangladeshi-Italian candidates stand for Venice’s council as community faces far-right hostility – while voters demand an end to overtourism and neglect

Rhitu Miah, one of seven candidates from the Bangladeshi-Italian community standing in Venice’s local election, is used to brushing off racist or sexist comments. But she was taken aback by the virulence of the negative comments online when she announced she would run for the council – potentially making her one of the first people of Bangladeshi origin ever elected in the lagoon city’s administration.

“There were hateful messages – one person told me to get on a camel and go back to my own country,” says Miah, an Italian citizen who moved to Venice with her family at three years old, through her father’s job at the Fincantieri shipyard, a huge importer of labour from Bangladesh. “I tried to let it be and reply with a smile … but it was difficult not to cry. This is also a reason why I’m running [to combat these prejudices].”

Aktivisten der Hilfsflottille für Gaza beschweren sich über öffentliche Erniedrigungen und Misshandlungen in Israel. Italien und Frankreich bestellen die israelischen Botschafter ein. Und Deutschland?

Itamar Ben-Gvir führt Teilnehmer einer Hilfsflottille nach Gaza vor laufenden Kameras gefesselt und auf Knien vor. Seine Anhänger feiern ihn als Helden, doch Israels Ansehen schadet er.

In Modena in Norditalien ist ein Mann mit einem Auto in Passanten gefahren. Ob es ein Terrorattentat war, ist noch unklar. Die politischen Reaktionen sind trotzdem schon deutlich.

As continent faces tough headwinds, leaders are bearing brunt of delivering bad news to frustrated electorates

“People hate you,” the adviser informed his leader. A think-piece in a daily newspaper noted that “almost everyone agrees on one thing: they don’t like him”.

The recent disastrous set of local election results in the UK built on Keir Starmer’s longstanding reputational problem: only 11% of Britons believe he has been a good or great prime minister, and nearly 60% believe he has been poor or terrible, according to polling by YouGov.

Nach seiner Audienz beim Papst trifft der US-Außenminister die italienische Regierungschefin. Die Stimmung war schon mal besser.

Der Papst ist an den Sicherheitsvorgaben seiner Bank gescheitert, Giorgia Meloni geht mit einem Unterwäschefoto von sich selbst gegen Deepfakes vor und Barack Obama spricht über Spannungen in seiner Ehe.

Italian prime minister had received wave of criticism from people who believed deepfake pictures of her were real

Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has criticised the circulation of AI-generated deepfake images of her, including one depicting her in lingerie, after they were widely shared online.

Meloni wrote on Facebook on Tuesday: “In recent days, several fake images of me have been circulating, generated using artificial intelligence and passed off as real by some overzealous opponents.

US president directs fresh criticism at pontiff days before secretary of state Marco Rubio’s visit to Vatican

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Donald Trump has issued another verbal attack against Pope Leo, accusing the pontiff of “endangering a lot of Catholics” because “he thinks it’s fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon”.

The remarks come two days before Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, meets Leo at the Vatican in an effort to ease the tensions sparked by Trump’s previous broadside against the Chicago-born pontiff over his condemnation of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

US secretary of state will be in Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo’s papacy

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is to travel to Rome this week for a visit reportedly aimed at thawing frosty relations with the Italian government and the Vatican.

Rubio is scheduled to be in the Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, which will also mark the one-year anniversary of the papacy of Pope Leo, the first US-born pontiff.