Hot mic catches Giorgia Meloni delighting world leaders by quitting smoking

Independent TVShowing now | News01:05Bookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popoverHot mic catches Giorgia Meloni delighting world leaders by quitting smokingGiorgia Meloni was caught on hot mic telling world leaders at the G7 summit that she has quit smoking.While waiting for US president Donald Trump, French president Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to arrive for a round table meeting on Tuesday (16 June), some of the G7 leaders struck up a conversation about smoking.After stating that she needed some coffee to wake up, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz asked her: “And a cigarette?”

“No, I stopped,” she replied, revealing she has not smoked for a month, as her fellow leaders applauded her.Last year, during the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit in Egypt, Ms Meloni said that she could not give up the habit as she “didn’t want to kill somebody”.Up next03:15 Plane passengers pulled from fiery wreckage after crash on highway00:58Arson suspect tracked by drone and arrested after starting wildfire01:00Two road rage drivers stop in middle of busy interstate to brawl00:53Man shoots at police drone before officer arrests him moments laterEditor's Picks31:30In The Room | Starmer bans social media while Farage starts a Substack09:50Westlife on Simon Cowell, boyband mania, and the golden era of music05:43Why Labour’s anti-Burnham argument doesn’t work07:40Hokum: Adam Scott and Damian McCarthy on their new horrorMore Editor's Picks29:04Exclusive: Has Keir Starmer made a huge mistake sacking Olly Robbins?

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