Morning headlines focused on Trump's Gaza resettlement proposal and its Arab rejection, but attention shifted as Meloni acknowledged fascist complicity in the Holocaust during the 80th Auschwitz liberation commemoration. Her statement marked a significant departure from previous right-wing rhetoric.
Chinese AI company DeepSeek's emergence disrupted tech markets, sending Nvidia stock plummeting and challenging US AI dominance. The development coincided with Meloni's Middle East diplomatic mission yielding €10 billion in Saudi agreements.
By afternoon, Milan's judicial system took center stage as prosecutors requested house arrest for architects Boeri and Zucchi over alleged bid rigging. Meanwhile, Hamas provided a list indicating 25 of 33 hostages alive, as 200,000 Palestinians returned to northern Gaza. Evening coverage focused on Islamic Jihad's release of Arbel Yehoud's video, while rail system disruptions continued between Rome and Naples.