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leader and their first ever female leader and their first right wing —— far right leader since benito mussolini looks likely to compose one fifth centre—right party, but very much in third place, and then two hard right parties. giorgia meloni now stands a very good chance of becoming italy's first female prime minister. she is ahead here, 25% very much in line with what the opinion polls were suggesting leading to the election, and georgia maloney could indeed lead italy into a right—wing government. the democratic party behind at 20%, the 5—star movement in third place, with silvio berlusconi likely to back up going into a right—wing coalition government. we will hear in the coming days whether or not that is a stable majority in parliament. somebody else has been watching it as well. what does social media make of it all? figs as well. what does social media make of it all? r ,, as well. what does social media make of it all? ~ , i. ., of it all? as you mentioned earlier, a first tweet _ of it all? as you mentioned earlier, a first tweet from one _ of it all? as you mentioned earlier, a first

and that also is connected very strongly to benito mussolini. the former dictator and mrs. maloney is even using a slogans or from benito mussolini a. but she's also on the other side trying to distance herself from fascism and portray her so as a normal conservative if you wish, as as a christian conservative a, she will stick to the values of family she says. and so she's saying i overcame my opposed fascist routes and but now she's turning down everything. and we will see if that holds a because many of her followers in the party are still, you know, a half sympathies for mussolini. and other people are a former prime minister, silvio berlusconi or her center, right, for us ain't ha, is very likely to be in the next coalition government as well. he raised eyebrows to day by saying putin was pushed into the war in ukraine by his own people. let's have a listen and, and come back to you. but the booty, nick, i do good and got himself into a tough situation. a, a dramatic situation officially a that a massacre cooler group, but also the owner ru

and that also is connected very strongly to benito mussolini. the former dictator and mrs. maloney is even using a slogans or from benito mussolini. but she's also on the other side trying to distance herself from fascism and portray her so as a normal conservative if you wish. as a christian conservative, she will stick to the values of family. she says. and so she's saying i overcame my opposed fascist routes. and, but now she's turning down everything and we will see if that holds a because many of her followers in the party are still a have sympathy for mussolini and other people. a former prime minister, silvio berlusconi, or her center, right for us ain't ha, is very likely to be in the next coalition government as well. he raised eyebrows to day by thing bruton was pushed into the war in ukraine by his own people. let's have a listen and, and come back to you. well, the boutique, i do good and got himself into a tough situation. a, a dramatic situation officially a that a massacre cooler group, but also the owner russian troops were suppo

amy: italy's first far right leader since benito mussolini, giorgia meloni, has declared victory. her brothers of italy party is alive -- emerged out of the neo-nazi movement. we will look at the return of fascism in italy with professor ruth ben-ghiat, author of " strongmen, was lynched to the present." here at home, investigating the january 6 insurrection, we look at one of the key groups that helped plan and carry out the attacks. part of their goal, to normalize political violence. >> what you want to call them? >> proud boys. >> stand back and standby. >> individuals associated with two violent extremist groups have been charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the january 6 attack. one is the oath keepers. they are group of armed antigovernment extremists. the other group is the proud boys. amy: we will speak with reporter andy campbell, author of the book "we are proud boys: how a right wing street gang ushered in a new era of american extremism." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodma

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polls suggest giorgia meloni is on course to become the country's first far right leader since benito mussoliniin the philippines, super typhoon noru is set to sweep through the capital manila with winds of up to 175 kilometres an hour. i evacuated my house because i'm scared, the flood to get really high and i don't want a repeat of what happened before. a trial in hong kong of a cardinal accused of supporting pro—democracy protesters in 2019, he has pleaded not guilty. and two months ahead of the men's football world cup in qatar, concerns that there may not be enough affordable accommodation forfans. the far right noru are the far right noru are on the far right noru are on course to gain control and giorgia meloni is on course to form the largest... the words olitical form the largest... the words political earthquake _ form the largest... the words political earthquake are - form the largest... the words political earthquake are often | political earthquake are often used and probably overused, but it feels apt tonight, because this is a country that now looks like not only has it elected

she will become the first far right leader in italy since benito mussolini. she is in a far right coalition that got 44% of votes cast. our europe editor has been watching it unfold. reporter: a landmark moment with giorgia meloni emerging as the likely first female prime minister in the country's history. very much in a position of strength when it comes to negotiating cabinet figures given the coalition partners both got under 10%. the parties campaigned on a triple front, god, country and family. the socially conservative platform is where there is a great deal of unity between partners. there are differences on the other hand. how to deal with the cost-of-living crisis in italy. divisions on the international front where giorgia meloni is less on the same page as partners when it comes to vladimir putin. there are a lot of question marks. that is likely to reassure brussels where the election is being closely watched. we have seen hard right wing politicians hailing her victory, likely to see her as an ally. for the eu, there is a great deal of concern. t

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her party leans further to the right than any since benito mussolini's 80 years ago.emocratic party have already conceded, and in her first speech, have already conceded, and in herfirst speech, giorgia meloni said the voters have expressed desire for a centre—right government. i expressed desire for a centre-right government. i “ust wish centre-right government. i 'ust wish to comment i centre-right government. i 'ust wish to comment on i centre-right government. i 'ust wish to comment on the h centre-right government. i just wish to comment on the par- centre-right government. i just | wish to comment on the par stay rather quickly. tomorrow will be the day in which we can analyse in greater depth what has happened and be more complete as to the electoral results. results are still not final, however it seems to me that what emerges from the early projections in this political election, italians have given a clear indication that a centre—right government guided by the brothers of italy... but after tonight, when the night is out, we will need to remember that we ar

lowen live in rome, where the country is set to elect it's first right—wing government since benito mussolini other stories on newsday today. super typhoon noru has hit the philippines and is set to sweep through the capital manila with winds of up to 175 kilometres an hour. japan prepares to hold a state funeral for former prime minister shinzo abe, who was shot dead during an election rally injuly. and the uk's opposition labour party vows to reverse the government's cut to the top rate of income tax, its leader saying there's confidence his party can win the next election. the hope of a labour government has turned into a belief in a labour government, and that change, that switch, is worth its weight in gold. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it isa it is a six in the morning here in singapore, and midnight in italy. exit polls there suggest far—right leader giorgia meloni has won italy's election, and is on course to become the country's first female prime minister. she is predict

her brother is benito mussolini. her brothers of italy party which campaigns against immigration is set to take more than 40% of the general election vote. the main philippine island of doussain has been hit by flooding as a result of heavy rain from super tycoon noru. noru is the strongest storm to hit the philippines this year. humans have been voting in the referendum on whether to legalise same—sex marriage —— humans have. the new family code which is the culmination of efforts by lgbtqi+ activists would help gay couples adopt children and also affect surrogate pregnancies. and now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking — a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. do you remember when a politician promised to borrow tens of billions of pounds to rescue the country without spelling out where they would get the money was accused of being irresponsible, of being reckless? of finding a magic m

ga maloney to become italy's 1st female prime minister and its 1st fall right lead us since benito mussolini. but record low turnout has cast a shadow over the pole victory for georgia. maloney with her brothers of italy, leading a right wing coalition to a majority in both houses of parliament. maloney is on track to become italy's next prime minister have eat aka said gamma. if the i called on to govern this country, you wanna be, will do so for every one. what about phoebe govern the theme of uniting people. daniel had him all, all the beauty and seeking to make them more united rather than divide actually a little when you ship it also acquittal, glue, dvd, maloney and her party got just 4 percent of the vote in the 2018 election since then. she's turned down her fall right, often anti immigrant rhetoric to broaden her base. she has vowed to support ukraine and nato, and she says that she's pro european. the tactic is paid off at the polls. but her critics still see her rise as bad news. hold g, which up to day, this country is being handed over to the extreme right. that i am a baby tha

she would also be the country's first far—right leader since benito mussolini. be formed with the league, led by matteo salvini, and forza italia, headed by former premier silvio berlusconi. we'll bring you all the results and analysis as they come in on this, the most crucial of election nights.

before today the highest profile member of her party was benito mussolini's granddaughter, who happens to be on the city council in rome now. but now today we know that the head of mussolini's post-fascist party in italy is not taking a city council job. she is about to take over and run that country. like i said, they are not hiding their light under a bushel, they are not subtle about this. in her younger days in an interview from french tv. >> i think mussolini was a good politician. everything he did, he did for italy. now she will be the new leader of italy. kind of a gangbusters way to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of mussolini's march on rome, right? kind of on the nose. but i think it's important to remember that these things don't always work. back in 1922, mussolini's success with his march on rome, the fascist coup he was able to pull off in italy. >> at the time that was so successful it seems like it could be replicated elsewhere, inspired a guy in germany to do the same thing in bavaria. the same approach, a show of force, a small giant cadre trying to take over th

the other one is that it is the first very far right government in italy, as you said, after benito mussoliniia meloni would be a woman, so there are... that could be a little bit dangerous, it is also known mystery that the right—wing coalition has always been in favour of cutting taxes, with the introduction of something recall the flat tax. we do not know precisely what this would look like, but for italy that means increasing the debt, which is already high... increasing the debt, which is already high. . ._ increasing the debt, which is already high... talking about the debt and italy's _ already high... talking about the debt and italy's that, _ already high. .. talking about the debt and italy's that, well- already high... talking about the debt and italy's that, well over i debt and italy's that, well over 150% of gdp, sort giorgia meloni knows that she cannot simply lead italy into the wilderness away from the union, because financially there are constraints there. what sort of leveraged do you think the european union could have? it leveraged do you think the european union could ha

appears to be on course to elect its first female prime minister and first far right leader since benito mussolini. the coalition will be led by giorgia meloni who is credited with giving her party and meteor cries it needed to win a national election. analysts say her uncompromising attitude has struck a chord with a frustrated electorate who see her as the only political option left untested. giorgia meloni said voters gave her a clear mandate to govern and she will lead for all italians. the election had a record low turnout of 64%, down 8% from the previous election in 2018. for more, we have a report from stephanie decker in rome. >> as predicted, the night went to the right. giorgia meloni wasted no time addressing her supporters in italy. >> when this night is over we will remember this is a new beginning. from tomorrow on we will have to show what our values are worth. if we are called to govern and lead this nation we will do it for every single italian with the goal to unite these people because our biggest goal is to make sure italians are finally proud again to fly our flag hi. polls 7

set to become the nation's first female prime minister and the first far—right leader since benito mussoliniher brothers of italy party, which campaigns against immigration, is set to take more than 40% of the general election vote. the pound has slipped to its lowest value against the dollar since decimalisation in 1971 in early trading as markets opened in asia. the markets opened in asia. dollar has been boosted b the the dollar has been boosted by the us central bank continuing to raise interest rates. the main philippine island of luzon has been hit by flooding as a result of heavy rain from super tycoon noru. emergency services in low lying areas have rescued people in low—lying areas from the roofs of their houses. noru is the strongest storm to hit the philippines this year. and now on bbc news, time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. a few days ago, oleksandr shapoval, one of ukraine's leading ballet dancers, was killed while serving in the ukrainian army fighting the russian invasion. art and culture are not immune from the impact of war. my guest today knows th

. >> italy has elected its first far right to leaders since world war, 2 and benito mussolini ruled the country giorgia meloni is set to become the country's first female premier. she's the co-founder of the far right brothers of italy party whose agenda is steeped in anti immigration policies and skepticism about the european union. maloney has also railed against lgbtq rights and abortion. far right parties, including some with neo-nazi roots, have been making gains in several countries across europe. >> coming up, we're going to show you how a humpback whale he's been rescue. >> i >> actually good sound that may not sound like it say that was a sigh of relief from that humpback whale being freed from a tangled shark net. the rescue took place off the coast of queensland, australia. rescuers from seaworld work for more than 45 minutes to carefully kind of way. the net as many as 8 whales have been found in that same situation on the australian coast in the past 4 months, popular seal. it's been hanging out in a boston pon ended up on the doorstep of a police station looking for help.

to bother anyone here that many people in maloney's party are supporters of former dictator, benito mussolini. or that the flame on his tomb is her party symbol. it is on any thought yet. dot is in italy, we should welcome foreigners in that we must think about ourselves 1st in center, no name it up. i feel that she so passionate, so clear and comprehensible. even when she talks about complicated issues more than me. however, maloney's critics warn the right wing populist is impacting italy and its values. antonio puccini is in the anti fascist organisation, a npi which has a long history. and he doesn't buy maloney's new moderate image. for us, she is never us gone away. celia with us is just changing only the been the phase of new makeup, but it filled with ours. this is carliette in sardinia the next day. and maloney is planning a rally here too. oh no, see mo la do wont be there, but he says he'll keep up to speed with how it goes. the sardinian entrepreneur runs a cafe and for little hotels on the island, but he's very worried. first came cove, it and now exploding energy prices. and he'

only has it elected its first ever female prime minister, but its first far right leader since benito mussolinileader that led italy into the second world war and was eventually hanged by antifascist partisans, and now it looks like giorgia meloni, whose party has its roots in neo— fascism, but she says her party has consigned that political creed to history and she represents a modern conservative right—wing government. it looks like she has won this election and won very decisively, and it looks like now she will attempt to form a right—wing coalition government for the first time in italy for 12 years, and that she will have a very significant majority in parliament. about an hour ago on italian television, and they show giorgia meloni of the far right brothers of italy with a very sizeable lead, a sizeable and healthy majority for her, 25% of the vote, and the league of the far right brothers of italy at between 8.5 and 12.5%, and forza italia at 6—8%. the reason we are showing you those three is that they will form the right—wing coalition that is now likely to be able to form a stable gov

coalition government that some c as if these most right wing, since the days of fascist dictator. benito, mussolini, and alliance of the brothers of italy and mateo, venus, league, silvio, berlusconi, is forth italia, and the us moderates parties has won over 40 percent of the votes, with the full results expected. later on monday, we spoke the independent journalist mcgreevy who says the results show that italians won't change. think says worse than the in italy over the last years. and italian south fed up with having government that last for one year maximum. fed up with illegal immigration, coming from africa and from the middle east. that is non the start and italy. and they are really shocked by the declaration of the last few days of missed that land. the president of the european commission when she threatened italy, if the italians voted badly, in other words, for miss maloney and her friends to have the instruments to constrain the dalliance into following european policies dictated by brussels. how could the president of european commission that he's not even elected victor or been fight

and the 1st far right leader since benito mussolini is rise to power here. 100 years ago. maloney supporter is gathered in rome's piazza than popular for the last rally before the elections yield. i give my support to this party because i love my country and judge maloney it will protect it. she will make laws to protect our youth, our ports, and the quality of life of italians who do deserve this. finally said billy brenda's, we looked up, 1st of all, we need to regain a national identity that has been set aside for the good of europe. but this is not a real europe because we have lost our own identity. the on the center left, the democratic party led by the former prime minister and that he collector is pulling 2nd. but italy's coalition focus politics means the numbers are not in his favor. of abu bucker's from a horror is part of that coalition. he came to italy as a student from the ivory coast in 1999 and is now running as a candidate obama. it won't fundamentally lock all that lock wallabies on the 1st thing to worry about. are the high bulls and at all italian families ever hotmail

will make italy's first female prime minister and the country's first far—right leader since benito mussolinind this evening. it is going to feel colder than today. all due to that deep area of low pressure picking up the wind and cold air coming in behind that weather front which is bringing rain and pushing well ahead of it a lot of cloud. that rain will not last long, it sweeps through scotland and northern ireland then down across england and wales, following on, we see clear skies and showers. when the overnight, not as cold as last night, but could be down to seven in eastern scotland and north—east england. the band is in the english channel. after that we get this stronger northerly wind which is going to bring cold airfrom iceland. it is going to be a day of sunshine and showers, some could be heavy, more frequent across northern scotland, running down these north sea coasts. some sunshine around but the wind will be strong and gusty, touching gale force in northern scotland and hear temperatures struggle to make double figures. top number 16 in struggle to make double figures. top n

since benito mussolini, the coalition will be led by georgia, maloney who's credited were giving her party the meteoric rise. it needed to win a national election. analysts say her uncompromising attitude has struck a chord with frustrated electric, who see maloney as the only political option left on tested. maloney said voters gave her a clear mandate to govern, and she will lead for all italians. the election had a record low turn out of 64 percent. that was down 8 percent from the previous election in 2018 of more on this. we have a report from stephanie debtor in rome. oh has predicted the night went to the right, georgia maloney wasted no time in addressing her supporters and italy with when this night is over we will remember that this is a new beginning from to morrow on. we will have to show what our values are worth. if we are called to govern and lead this nation, we will do it for every single italian with the goal to unite these people. because our biggest goal in life is to make sure that italians are finally proud again to fly. our flag high school pulls opened at 7 a.

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conservatives, its roots in the neo-fascist organization were created by a follower of the dictator benito mussolini after the second world war . the reality is that the citizens understood what the news experts pretended not to understand, namely that we are a great party with a leadership class that corresponds to its to the task and her program and has a real sense of responsibility. george melani herself is a rather controversial personality. she promotes traditional family values, but she herself is a single mother. but at the same time, her party is completely unconcerned about the rights of young women, opposes abortion and even voted against the equalization of salaries between men and women . announced for the provision of weapons to ukraine, and she supported ukraine in all public speeches and said that she uh. that is, she speaks on condemns, she condemns russia, but if she joins a coalition with two forces that are pro-russian forces, open pro-russian forces, this is the league of matteo salvini and his choice luskonian, who just a few days ago said that, god, putin wanted to put good pe

se, could see the most right. leaning leadership in italy since the days of fascist dictator, benito, mussolini, and alliance of the brothers of italy, mateo sound weenies leak. so silvio berlusconi that affords italia, and as moderates parties as one of a 40 percent of the vote, with the full results expected. later on monday, we spoke to independent journalist nuclear bay, who stays the results, shows that it's highly ins, won't change. think says worse than the in italy over the last years. and italian south fed up with having governments that last for one year maximum down fed up with illegal integration coming from africa and from the middle east that is non desired any. and they are really own. oh, shocked by the declaration of the last few days of mrs. fog land, the president of the european commission when she threatened italy, if the italians voted badly, in other words, for mrs. maloney and her friends to have the instruments to constrain the dalliance into following european policies dictated by brussels. how could the president of european commission that he's not even elected? thre

heavy agony, but if it that's how they look at the world and they remember what happened to benito mussolini, they need to find such a formula to freeze themselves in power , he is 70 years old this year, 70 is not an indicator with his medicine and how he is treated respectfully, he will look for this formula and the worst-case scenario for us, i apologize, is not the worst-case scenario, it is really difficult for us if he freezes in power and the iron curtain that once came down under stalin and in a country like north korea is lowered and cuba still live under the iron curtain and live eating once a day and sometimes twice every two days 200 g of rice and glorify the kem dynasty, this can also happen, let's not forget what a huge propaganda they have hebbel give me the mass media and i will make any nation into a pig and they will make this a herd of pigs and will continue to drink for them power above all else if putin needs to kill a million russians he will kill by the way, about this herd that is being mobilized in the russian federation, there are protests in some regions of the rus

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set to become the nation's first female prime minister and the first far—right leader since benito mussolinieral election vote. the pound has slipped to its lowest value against the dollar since decimalisation in 1971 in early trading as markets opened in asia. the markets opened in asia. dollar has been boosted b the the dollar has been boosted by the us central bank continuing to raise interest rates. the main philippine island of luzon

archive: the world will not forget the life and death - of benito mussolini.mocratic republic, after the disastrous mussolini years, the country has had a new government, on average, every 13 months. not good. the prime ministers and presidents over that time have included one or two really shocking figures, while the rest are varied. on sunday, italy goes to the polls yet again, and the indications are that giorgia meloni, the leader of the far—right brothers of italy movement, will do very well. her opponents compare her to mussolini, though she denies the similarity. i asked mark lowen, the bbc�*s italy correspondent, about her and about the likely outcome. there is a coalition that's been formed between three main parties on the right. one party, which is the centre right, which is forza italia, which is run by silvio berlusconi, you might remember him, of course. then there are two parties on the far—right, the hard right. one of them is the league, used to be know as the northern league. and when we talk about the far—right, are we talking about somethin