Italy is on course to have elected its most right winged government since the second world waregs. Yesterday's vote was a snap election called by the current prime minister mario drage, eight months ahead of schedule. Miss maloney, whose party traces its origins back to neo fashism, said a coalition led by her would look to govern for all italians.
Italians have voted decisively for a coalition of right-wing parties, with Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, the likely next prime minister. What this means for Italy, Europe and the war in Ukraine remains unclear. Latin American prisons are awful and getting worse. And a surprising hit film makes Chinese authorities nervous.
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