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Israel

Tel Aviv, hostages' families announce a general strike: "No to the conquest of Gaza City, stop the war."

Next Sunday the demonstration with the relatives of the killed soldiers and the victims of the massacre of October 7th

epa12289525 Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 08 August 2025. EPA/MIKHAIL METZEL / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

the war

Moscow slams EU leaders: "Their statement is a Nazi leaflet." Medvedev calls them "Euroimbeciles."

Fiery statements, as Zelensky "thanks" leaders who support Ukraine. Anticipation for the Trump-Putin summit.

Israel

Protests in Tel Aviv against the occupation of Gaza, with the highway blocked. Even ministers are against Netanyahu.

And Hamas warns: "It won't be a picnic, there will be no surrender, it's an adventure that will be costly."

war

The EU and Kiev present a counterproposal on Ukraine: "A ceasefire before any action."

Macron: "A united Europe will be part of the solution to the conflict." US-Russia meeting scheduled in Alaska

The story

From Sardinia to the Tyrol, passing through Valencia: the journey of Barbara Marras, ambassador of Italian cuisine around the world.

A 50-year-old from Assemini, she is the president of the Italian chefs in Austria.

Francesca Melis

Ukraine

Zelensky to Macron: "Russia must no longer deceive anyone."

The Ukrainian president spoke to his French counterpart by telephone

the assault

Seventeen-year-old boy injures three in Times Square shooting; arrested

The young man, armed, shot at passers-by

the war

Italy airdropped aid into Gaza: 14 more civilians killed at dawn, 8 were queuing for food

One hundred tons of food dropped from an Air Force C130, while the massacre continues in the Strip

(FILES) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. Certain leaders could have immunity at the International Criminal Court under the Rome Statute that established the institution, France's foreign minister said on November 27, 2024, after the ICC issued arrests warrants for Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister. (Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg / POOL / AFP)

middle East

Everyone against Netanyahu: Tajani says no to the occupation of Gaza, Berlin halts arms exports

From London to Berlin, from Paris to Rome, a wave of criticism against the plan approved yesterday by the Israeli security cabinet

In una combo il presidente russo Vladimir Putin (S) e il presidente americano Donald Trump. ANSA/ SHAWN THEW/EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA / POOL

the summit

Trump-Putin meeting scheduled for August 15 in Alaska

The tsar returns to US soil ten years after his last visit. He meets with a US president, four years after his face-to-face meeting with Biden in Geneva.

US president welcomes president of Azerbaijan to White House

The conflict

Trump reiterates: "I'm working to end the Russia-Ukraine war."

The US President: "My ambition is to bring peace to the world."

Mourning

Jim Lovell, the astronaut behind "Houston, We Have a Problem," has died.

In 1970 he was the commander of Apollo 13

(FILES) US President Donald Trump (R) attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the G20 summit in Osaka on June 28, 2019. US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could meet for a summit as early as next week, the Kremlin said on August 7, 2025. The meeting would be the first between a sitting US and Russian president since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in June 2021, and comes as Trump seeks to broker an end to Russia's military assault on Ukraine. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

the summit

Meeting with Putin in Rome? Trump asks Meloni, but Moscow rejects the idea: "Italy is pro-Ukrainian."

The American president had spoken about it with the Prime Minister but after the revelation by Fox News the Kremlin gave a categorical no.

middle East

Netanyahu's plan is approved: "We will conquer Gaza City, and it will be evacuated by October 7."

A marathon meeting lasting over ten hours, then the green light was given, with the IDF objecting: "We're walking into a black hole." Hamas: "We will fight."

Vatican

Pope Ratzinger's unpublished letter: "My full and valid resignation. Wojtyla had also considered it."

The Pope wrote this in a letter in 2014, published in a book by Monsignor Nicola Bux

middle East

Netanyahu: "We will occupy Gaza and hand it over to Arab forces." The IDF: "We are stepping into a black hole."

The Security Council meeting called to discuss the plan is underway, but the military is opposed, as are the hostages' families. But the prime minister is pressing ahead.