Daily brief
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Palazzo Chigi in Rome. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Rubio that the United States needs Italy and Europe. The meeting follows Rubio's earlier talks with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican.
Madrid regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso cut short her trip to Mexico and accused the country's president of orchestrating a boycott of her visit.
Portugal refused to extradite a former French police officer wanted in connection with a double femicide case.
Giorgia Meloni and the Venice Biennale faced controversy over the participation of Russian artists and officials.
Spain summoned the Israeli envoy to protest the detention of a Spanish activist from a flotilla bound for Gaza.