\n PRESS REVIEW \u2013 Wednesday, April 15, 2026: First, the Italian front pages rally around Prime Minister Giorgia\u00a0Meloni as she stands up to US President Donald Trump. Next, war robots in Ukraine have captured Russian positions for the first time in history. Meanwhile, the war in Sudan enters its fourth year. Elsewhere, the World Press Photo awards have been given out. Finally, an unusual campaign takes the UK by storm. <\/p>\n
The Italian front pages are covering the\u00a0row between Giorgia Meloni\u00a0and Donald Trump<\/a>.\u00a0La Stampa\u00a0talks about a painful divorce between\u00a0the two leaders.\u00a0On the right of the political spectrum,\u00a0Il Giornale\u00a0celebrates Meloni’s “Italy<\/a> first” approach.\u00a0On the far left, the Communist paper Il Manifesto headlines with\u00a0“She used to be MAGA”.\u00a0La Repubblica describes it as\u00a0a moment of Italian unity,\u00a0in support of what it calls a “new Maginot line” of defence against the “unpredictable man occupying the White\u00a0House”.<\/p>\n In Ukraine<\/a>, a\u00a0new form of warfare\u00a0seems to be\u00a0developing.\u00a0Foreign Policy explains that the pressure of Russian drone\u00a0warfare\u00a0has led Ukraine to turn to\u00a0new\u00a0super-soldiers: robots.\u00a0Up until recently, these robots\u00a0were\u00a0used\u00a0to\u00a0bring supplies to the front line or evacuate\u00a0wounded soldiers. But Politico reports that for the first time in history, robots\u00a0have\u00a0managed to capture Russian army positions.\u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile,\u00a0a\u00a0conference on Sudan<\/a>\u00a0marks\u00a0the third anniversary of the start of the country’s brutal civil war<\/a>.\u00a0The European website EU Observer\u00a0says the summit will look to shape Sudan’s post-war future, despite the absence of the warring parties.\u00a0An\u00a0opinion piece in the Guardian points the finger at the UAE, but also Saudi Arabia<\/a>,\u00a0Egypt<\/a>\u00a0and Ethiopia<\/a>.\u00a0Another opinion piece in The\u00a0New\u00a0York Times is penned by a former correspondent in Sudan.\u00a0She talks about her experience\u00a0witnessing\u00a0the devastation of the\u00a0“world’s\u00a0largest hunger\u00a0crisis”.\u00a0<\/p>\n A\u00a0photo series\u00a0from Sudan has taken one of the top prizes at the 2026 World Press Photo\u00a0awards. The Times reports that\u00a0a photo from the “A Nation Trapped” series by Abdulmonam Eassa\u00a0took top spot in the\u00a0“stories”\u00a0category of the competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n