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.
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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].”
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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.
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Nach seiner Audienz beim Papst trifft der US-Außenminister die italienische Regierungschefin. Die Stimmung war schon mal besser.
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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.
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US president directs fresh criticism at pontiff days before secretary of state Marco Rubio’s visit to Vatican
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.
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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.
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The Italian PM has walked a tightrope between Europe and the US. But the Iran war – and Trump’s attacks on her – have changed everything
The news last week that the Trump administration sounded out Fifa, world football’s governing body, about replacing Iran with Italy at this year’s World Cup jolted insiders and pundits on the beautiful game. It has also cast fresh light on the unusual and evolving relationship between Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni.
In recent weeks, the Italian prime minister’s standing as the darling of the US right has been imperilled by an unexpected rift with the Oval Office. Trump dramatically distanced himself from his Italian ally over her refusal to join US attacks on Iran in an interview. “I’m shocked at her. I thought she had courage, but I was wrong,” the US president told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Riccardo Alcaro is head of research at IAI, Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome
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Nach dem Brand in Crans-Montana erhielten Angehörige aus Italien hohe Krankenhausrechnungen. Ein Fehler, heißt es. Die Schweiz fordert das Geld nun vom italienischen Staat. Doch der weigert sich.
Teatro La Fenice says Beatrice Venezi let go for making ‘repeated offensive’ statements
Teatro La Fenice, the prestigious Venice opera house, has fired its incoming music director after she insinuated its hiring practices were nepotistic, with jobs “practically passed down from father to son”.
After months of controversy over the appointment of Beatrice Venezi, La Fenice Foundation said on Sunday it had decided to “cancel all future collaborations” with the 36-year-old conductor and pianist.
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Italien feiert die Befreiung vom Nazifaschismus. Dabei wird ein Paar verletzt und eine jüdische Gruppe vom Demozug ausgeschlossen. Italiens Ministerpräsidentin äußert sich aber nur zu einem Teil der Gewalt.
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