The Latest Breaking News from Italy

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and US President Donald Trump hit an optimistic note about a possible US-EU tariffs deal on Thursday as the far-right leader mounted a charm offensive at the White House, highlighting the pair's conservative common ground and declaring she wanted to "make the West great again".

The cable car crashed after a cable snapped in the town of Castellammare di Stabia, officials said.

The tragedy occurred on Thursday afternoon when a cable snapped on a line linking the town of Castellammare di Stabia

More than a metre (3.3 feet) of snow fell in a few hours in the Alps as a rare spring storm left at least one dead and caused widespread chaos.

The two leaders discussed many issues in a warm meeting full of praise and 'common understanding'. Included in the agenda were talks on tariffs, defence, NATO and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

A cable car carrying tourists in southern Italy crashed on Thursday, 17 April, after the cable snapped, killing at least four people.

The accident occurred just a week after the cable car Castellammare di Stabia, popular for its views of Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples, reopened for the season.

Officials in southern Italy say that a cable car carrying tourists south of Naples has crashed after the cable snapped, killing at least three people and injuring one

President Trump has made Italian leader Meloni his trade liaison to the EU, but she made clear Thursday there are limits to that role.

Politicians, social media, and traditional media are seen as the central forces that are fracturing society.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, hoping a personal charm offensive can help convince the US president to cut the EU a better deal on tariffs.