The Latest: Italy’s foreign minister asked to be new premier
ROME — The Latest on Italy’s political crisis (all times local):
1:40 p.m.
Italy’s foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni, says he has accepted a presidential mandate to try to form a new government and serve as premier.
Gentiloni told reporters minutes after receiving the mandate from President Sergio Mattarella that he’ll go straight to work trying to form a new government with the same Democratic-led coalition majority.