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Italy’s rape law stalls as Matteo Salvini claims it could be used for ‘vendettas’

27 novembre 2025 à 14:35

Parliament delays debate over law defining sex without consent as rape, after comments by far-right deputy PM

Italy’s parliament has delayed a debate over a landmark law that would define sex without consent as rape amid a rift within the ruling coalition.

The measure, the result of a rare pact between the far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, and her main political opponent, the centre-left leader, Elly Schlein, passed in the lower house last week and had been expected to get final approval in the senate this week.

Pope Leo arrives in Turkey on first overseas trip as pontiff

The Guardian

Par :Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Ruth Michaelson in Damascus

27 novembre 2025 à 06:00

Vatican says ‘demanding’ six-day mission, which will also take him to Lebanon, will be packed with meetings with political and religious leaders

Pope Leo is making his debut overseas trip as leader of the Catholic church, travelling on a six-day mission of peace and unity to Turkey and Lebanon in what the Vatican said was expected to be a “demanding” schedule packed with meetings with political and religious leaders amid heightened Middle East tensions.

The Chicago-born pontiff, who was elected in May, arrived on Tuesday in Turkey, a country with a Muslim majority and home to an estimated 36,000 Catholics.