Giorgia Meloni made history in 2022 when she became Italy's first female prime minister. She quickly signalled her ideological affinity with Donald Trump and positioned herself as a bridge between the MAGA movement in the United States and Europe's radical right. She was also the only European leader invited to attend Trump's second inauguration in 2025. Renaud Lefort examines how the relationship between Trump and Meloni has evolved since then, alongside Meloni's changing

<p>President flew to Ankara onboard Qatari-gifted jet, without advanced defenses, and flew home on old Air Force One</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> switched aircraft before departing <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/turkey">Turkey</a> earlier this month after US officials determined there was a credible threat from Iranian proxy forces targeting him and Air Force One, according to a new report from the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2

<figure class='media w-1/2 sm:w-3/5 media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/240604405bb5afb.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/240604405bb5afb.webp' alt=' Ameerul Azeem ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>Ameerul Azeem</figcaption> </figure> <p>LAHORE: Ameerul Azeem, the secretary general of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Pakistan and one of th

<p>Burnham says ‘no one in government loses when power is shared’ as he revives Brown-era national economic council</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/23/number-10-north-growth-uk-andy-burnham">It’s not just a No 10 in the north, it’s an engine for growth throughout the whole UK | Andy Burnham</a></p></li></ul><p>Regional mayors are to be given a leading role in the UK’s economic policy, Andy Burnham has said, as he called the opening of No 10 Nor

<p>The release of the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2007120">Household Integrated Economic Survey and Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement</a> data presents a clearer picture of poverty and economic distress in Pakistan. This data has appeared after a gap of nearly six years, during which several important events and shocks took place.</p> <p>In 2018-19, the country had to go through a painful macroeconomic adjustment to counteract the yawning current account deficit left behind

<p>• JUI-F leader says criticism not aimed at institution<br>• Insists he has utmost respect for martyrs, recalls how many comrades have fallen prey to terrorism</p> <p>ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday refused to apologise for his <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015349">controversial remarks</a> about security personnel, saying he had no disagreements with state institutions; rather his misgiving were with those “at the helm of affairs”.</p> <p>In a no-holds-bar

<p>ISLAMABAD: With less than a week to go in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir elections, the PML-N and the PPP have <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2016057">stepped up</a> their election campaigns, with their top leadership taking charge of the election campaign to galvanise their support base.</p> <p>PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is already in AJK for canvassing — just like he did in Gilgit-Baltistan, where his party ended up forming the government.</p> <p>Hoping to prevent a repeat of the

<p>ISLAMABAD: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has summoned Noreen Niazi, sister of incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, to appear before it on Monday over allegations of disseminating “false, offensive and inflammatory” content against state institutions.</p> <p>“You have been found to have disseminated false, offensive and inflammatory social media content to defame state institutions and spread fake narratives,” stated an NCCIA notice dated July 18.</p>

<p>Is the machinery of state jammed, or is the reason for the slow pace of change more personal than institutional?</p><p>Eighteen months into the 24 it turned out he would last in No 10, Keir Starmer was a man in a hurry. The biggest frustration with the job, he <a href="https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/starmer-frustrated-with-gap-between-pulling-lever-and-delivery">told MPs</a>, concerned “speed and the ability to get things done”. The underlying problem, he thought, was that

<p>Labour leader will visit king to accept role on Monday and will start making cabinet appointments that afternoon </p><p>Andy Burnham will say Britain must be honest about the challenges it faces when he becomes its sixth prime minister in a decade on Monday, as he prepares to introduce measures to ease the cost of living and allow more North Sea fossil fuel drilling.</p><p>The Labour leader is expected to start making appointments in the afternoon after going to Buckingham Palace to accept th