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As Meloni’s hold over Italy weakens, a progressive challenger gathers momentum in Genoa

Giorgia Meloni’s aura of invincibility, triggering government resignations and leaving her scrambling to restore credibility. At the same time, [her once special relationship with Donald Trump

Iran tries to cosy up to Europe to increase pressure on US

Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) for more than a year, as the US president focused on working with Israel, while Tehran has largely dismissed European governments, seeing them as inveterate creatures of America