Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, presents her budget to parliament and her image of Italy as a stable, fiscally responsible country in the EU. Plus, the UK becomes the first country outside the Asia-Pacific to sign a trade deal in the region. Then, our final edition of ‘The Global Countdown’ for the year.

The scramble to take energy infrastructure off the hit list in the Middle East
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All talk? The European Council convenes in Brussels amid global disruption
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Zelensky in Europe as focus shifts to Iran
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