A very complicated weekend for Italian-U.S. relations

Our daily news in English. It was a very complicated weekend for Italian-U.S. relations. Following Trump’s remarks on Friday—to which the Italian Prime Minister had responded, president went on to accuse Meloni of exploiting their friendship to boost her dropping poll numbers. Meloni issued a new response: “Being your friend certainly hasn’t boosted my popularity, which is none of your business. I suggest you focus on your own”. Pope Leo XIV is at the World Food Program headquarters today for the annual session of the Board. Greeted by a long round of applause, the Pontiff delivered a very clear speech: “Food, water, and health,” he said, “cannot be subordinated to geopolitical interest”. The two sisters, aged 12 and 16, who had gone missing two weeks ago from a foster home in the province of L’Aquila, were found in Formia, staying with a neighbor of their mother. Last night, following a lengthy interrogation, the mother, her father, and her partner were arrested on charges of kidnapping. Isabella Rossellini has returned to Bologna to accompany the archive named after her father to the Cineteca—where thousands of films are restored and preserved. It was a moving moment of the rich and varied “Il cinema ritrovato” festival.