do you think this coalition can hold? maw. think this coalition can hold?now, savini's party is — think this coalition can hold? now, savini's party is aligned _ think this coalition can hold? now, savini's party is aligned with - savini's party is aligned with putin's party, united rush hour. just two days ago, berlusconi said putin invaded ukrainejust to just two days ago, berlusconi said putin invaded ukraine just to save from bad people. this will be a very important topic to manage in the diplomatic context but we should consider the key actor is the president of the republic. whether or not fought site's number of seats will be determined force that alea will be in favour or not for meloni to lead the government. haw will be in favour or not for meloni to lead the government. how worried in liuht to lead the government. how worried in li . ht of to lead the government. how worried in light of what _ to lead the government. how worried in light of what berlusconi _ to lead the government. how worried in light of what berlusconi said - to lead the gover

we have seen far right parties joining a coalition or leading a coalition, they moderate themselves. the last election, we had a government with the league led by matteo cell meaning -- salvini. leading to clashes with other european countries for the refugees and migrants. hazem: let's talk about italy's dealings with the european union. it has been said by one of giorgia meloni's opponents that the european union will lose an engine and acquire a brake. do you expect things to be contentious or is she going to have to make compromises? >> it depends what you are talking about. it is clear that giorgia meloni is very keen on the european fence that will flow from the eu covid recovery fund. she wants to spend it to different things that the proceeding government was going to spend it on. when it comes to that, giorgia meloni is not going to rock the boat. she likes that money. however when it comes to immigration, she is definitely not going to sign up to the plans that some of the european commissioners have in mind for immigration. she actually wants to follow the danish and briti

into coalition. they moderate themselves the last the last election we had the government with the league led by him, appeals on being which didn't moderate, that was a radicalization of such copying it, leading to clashes with other european countries for refugees and migrants coming to italy for this out then talk about italy's dealings with the european union pita clapper. it's been said by one of ms. maloney's opponents, that the european union will lose an engine and acquire acquire a break with georgia maloney. you think that's true or, i mean, you think expect things to be contentious or she's gonna have to make some compromises. well, depends what you're talking about. it's clear that maloney is very keen on on the european funds that will flow from the use of it recovery fund. of course, she wants to spend the 2 different things that the preceding government was gonna spend it on a. but i think when it comes to debt, maloney is not going to rock the boats. she loves that money. however, when

well for once it looks like it's actually going to be quite easy because her coalition is the only coalition that is actually running together in these elections. and it seems like all of the leaders of, of the parties in the coalition looking at your bill to school, when you are mottos, and vini, they're all going to be willing to go into a government with georgia maloney. so we're likely going to see a government forming a quickly if they do when the election. now there are 2 issues that could come into play. number one who is going to lead this government. obviously georgia maloney would like to become prime minister, but we will still have to see whether she manages to convince her coalition partners to support her in that. and secondly, we'll have to see whether squabbles or ambitions within the coalition in the coming months, once the government is formed, may risk actually maybe bringing it down quite quickly. i wouldn't be surprised if 1st squabbles within the coalition in the coming months or what caused problems. d w is julius how daily reporting for us from rome, julia, thank you

this is a coalition of three parties. giorgia meloni, the leader of the brothers of italy party, is on track to become the next prime minister the center right coalition the silvio berlusconi party and lega party taking around 44% of the seats in the chamber of deputies and senate. and in the speech following the release of the first exit polls, meloni said she would lead the government with the aim of uniting the country. >> translator: if we will be called to govern this country, we will do it for all eitalians with the goal of uniting its people and stressing what unites rather than divides. the great goal that we have always given ourselves in life as a political force was to ensure that italians could once again be proud to be italian and proud to wave the tri-colored italian flag this is the task it is one we will fulfill if we are called upon to govern the nation. >>> in the meantime, the senior member of the democratic party expressed disappointment, but vowed to be a strongparliament >> in light of the informatio

her coalition partners are past defenders of russia.ications of this vote both here and abroad, and of course it is a major member of the european union and of the nato alliance, will continue with support for ukraine. lots to chew over with with mattia diletti. thank you very much forjoining us so late. what do you make of what we are seeing tonight? it is a very strange feeling, because it is something unique, but at the same time we are discussing this for two or three months, and the polls said she was going to win very well. we are in a new world, we are going to see what happens, we are worried about our relationship with the world, but we know that giorgia meloni needs to reassure the world about the italian posture on ukraine, the crisis, the recovery plan in europe, so we don't know what is going to happen for real. you talk about the concerns abroad. there will be many people concerned here in italy as well that this country is perhaps going to go more in the style of a conservative hungary of viktor orban, even? what is clear

they're 43 percent of the right wing coalition, 26 percent through the sort of center left coalition, a party that was 2nd to below are these brothers at 80. but of course it's all about coalition building when it comes to ty and politics. and this is why you see the majority that maloney holds together with my 2 s on beneath the league. and sylvia bernasconi, a man who needs no introduction now for the italia. so this is where it does look. now that those predictions of 2 weeks ago that the right wing coalition would be winning by a large majority is coming to fruition. that means let see the exact numbers come tomorrow, perhaps what they would probably hold and majority in both houses of parliament. it's been a day and quite emotional for italians on different sides. you speech of those you support, maloney, and this coalition feel that this is a day that's long time coming. one woman said it, i can finally say what i want to say. that's the 1st time we hear that it's also something that georgia maloney has mentioned in her rallies that it's time for the people who felt that they co

and this is what the new coalition the riding coalition is promising. it's not than the 1st ride from coalition italy's seeing actually 20 years ago. we also had that phenomenon phenomenon. but then the silvio berlusconi, a more christian democrat, was leading the pack. and now the right wing extremists in the lead of maloney's parties by far the biggest in this coalition. so she will try to form a stable government now and the left of bring the left. the camp actually in is not able to have any of the thing against us to, to do anything against that because it's so split up, there are 7 left his parties and they will not have a coalition or anything like that. okay. then you mentioned a little bit earlier, this is voter apathy. we know voter turnout was low. some people even boycotted the election. why della turner is on a record low actually it's 10 percent less than 4 years ago. and this is very, a historic record for italy. the people are just fed up and it, especially in the south of italy, they didn't go to the poles. this houses are more or less

this is what the new coalition, the writing condition is promising. it's not than the 1st writing coalition, italy's seeing actually 20 years ago. we also had that phenomenon phenomenon. but then the silvio berlusconi, a more christian democrat, was leading the pack and now of the right wing extremist in the lead of maloney's parties. by far the biggest in this coalition, so she will try to form a stable government now and the left of wing the left. the camp actually in is not able to have any a thing against us to, to do anything against that. because it's so split up, there are 7 left his parties and they will not have a coalition or anything like that. how is the rest of europe likely to react to this projected wind by the far right and easily road in brussels that you headquarters and the you commission. and also the majority of you members states will be shocked by this result because it will be much harder to deal now with italy and italy. you have to keep that in mind is the 3rd large member of the you a very potent and very important member of

so whether the coalition will last or will be an interesting point to observe, julius, ideally, for us in rome, thank you very much for covering the election results that the reaction from around europe, he is our brussels corresponded bucks 100. right? you just said have been, there's a mix of reactions, a public opinion on this is also divided among european partners. as you can imagine, the rights and the far right have been congratulating our 1st of all german, a 50 law maker and mentioned her beatrix from large. she took to twitter at to right. we celebrate italy on the polish prime minister. mathias will have yet ski followed suit, congratulating maloney and there are also some other prominent far right figures such as marine the pen of the leader of the french far right. national rally party, who wrote the italian people has decided to take its destiny in hand and electing at patriotic and sovereign his government. so you can really see the rights and the far right are celebrating. but then on the other hand, there's a lot of concern that the surge of georgia mentally, that the

yeah, well upsetting europe, but italy itself, they still speak about a center right coalition. so they don't care about the post fascist roots of georgia maloney bound to give us an outlook for the night ahead. when can we expect the 1st to at real results? but the italian voting system is overly complex and it's very difficult to, you know, to, to calculate the, the seats and stuff. so the 1st, real projection was real time or results will be there at 1 o'clock or 2 o'clock, and we only expect the results, the end result in the re hours of the morning. and also the seat allocation will take a vile because we have a very complex system of majority voting and also proportionate of road counts. so it will leave some patients actually and maybe a triple or a quadruple espresso boundary eager to en route. thank you. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski says rushes rush to mobilize. hundreds of thousands of reservists for the war is an acknowledgment that its army is unable to fight. the kremlin has also increased the penalties for any one refusing the draft . but that hasn't stopp

that might be difficult inside this new coalition.— inside this new coalition.rried about the green deal which expires in october. he may not renew that, as well. i'm worried about italy but also worried about russian oil and the grain prices, as well.— prices, as well. giovanni, the warmest— prices, as well. giovanni, the warmest welcome _ prices, as well. giovanni, the warmest welcome from - prices, as well. giovanni, the i warmest welcome from meloni prices, as well. giovanni, the - warmest welcome from meloni has prices, as well. giovanni, the _ warmest welcome from meloni has come from viktor orban, who is on record saying he wants an end to sanctions by year's and. if ukraine place is wrong and they push them towards other populist parties in europe, it will make decision making on ukraine quite difficult. iis will make decision making on ukraine quite difficult. iii? a will make decision making on ukraine quite difficult-— quite difficult. is a question mark because meloni _ quite difficult. is a question mark because meloni was _ quite difficult. is a qu

because now the problem is if the right—wing coalition have the right—wing coalition have the numberw we have to wait until every single vote is counted, in order to know how many seats they have in the parliament.— many seats they have in the parliament. italy's democratic -a has parliament. italy's democratic party has conceded _ parliament. italy's democratic party has conceded defeat - parliament. italy's democratic party has conceded defeat in i party has conceded defeat in the election, saying it would be the main opposition force. the vice president of the party said they couldn't deny the right has won. how do you see this playing out in terms of politics in italy in the future?— politics in italy in the future? , ., . future? ok, the democratic party and — future? ok, the democratic party and which _ future? ok, the democratic party and which lost - future? ok, the democratic party and which lost the - party and which lost the election, but not only the democratic party. in the right—wing coalition, there is the northern league which is also a loser. of course, the problem w

of peace that will last forever here is a coalition of peace and a coalition of war or opposition to war when zelenskyi mentions the process perhaps, in principle, these proposals on security for the ukrainian state should be perceived as one of the steps towards the north atlantic alliance, well, that is, there is no stronger alliance now ukraine has passed in a difficult way in the war for the russian federation, the army has now come to nato standards, in principle, all nato weapons are almost all modern, that is, we have an army that knows how to fight, that can become the heart of the north atlantic alliance and certainly no worse than any member of this alliance, which, thank god, has not seen war, but at least ours has a lot of experience. is it time now to talk about ukraine's membership in nato and strive for it against the background of a war that has not has ended, the most important thing is to recognize and say it as it is . not just demonstrates what nato is for us and what ukraine is. for us, you don't know this anymore, the inseparable components of the now unified se

they did not manage to make a single coalition. is the result that this is the 1st important advantage by descent. the right, the right has the attention of the entire country that they are setting the agenda during the selection campaign. the democratic party, their largest rival on the left, has been left playing catch up, match mold a lot is at stake, while their social and economic models is at stake. fiscal proposals by the right favor rich people there and i get the proposal for more presidential system and modifying the constitution. and i've also listened intel ease normally fietta, lagossi, lucille on it. it is too early to tell what a far right government would mean for italy and europe. throughout the campaign, georgia maloney has sought to tone down her messages to convince moderate voters to vote for her. this, this election really is any indication. she may, will have succeeded and for more were joy now from round binding w corresponding band legal band. italy has had far right parties in government before but never a

do you see this coalition being more stable than what we've seen in the past? if the majority is, or what the goals expect, there is no reason for them not to run the full span of 5 years, except that they start fighting internally. so in fact, it has always had a very stable system. the government changed, but the majority to me pretty much the same. and if you look at the individual prime ministers or the same ministry level figures, they're always the same. so the system is a lot more stable than it appears in other countries, from other countries. and the other thing is we should be on the table of concern is that the right maloney's party has not held office, not just at the national level, but even at them. it's a as city council or region level. so they don't have much skill to draw, it's not a long bench at a, in football terms. so that might be a challenge to having to fill a lot of post, and understandably wishing to have as much as they're expected. conspicuous votes to allow for till we got 40 percent or 40 percent of the offices for the group to ch

they did not manage to make a single coalition. is the result that this is the 1st important advantage by descent. the right, the right has the attention of the entire country that they are setting the agenda during the selection campaign. the democratic party, their largest rival on the left, has been left playing catch up matching mold a lot is at stake in their social and economic models at stake. fiscal proposals by the right, a favor which people days and i get the proposal for more presidential system and modifying the constitution. and i've also put it in and said he is normally fietta lagossi itsyana. it is too early to tell what a far right government would mean for italy and europe. throughout the campaign, georgia maloney has sought to tone down her messages to convince moderate voters to vote for her. this election rally is any indication. she may well have succeeded and for more were joy now from round binding w a corresponding band legal band. italy has had far right parties in government before but never as the stron

are there areas where things may become difficult for this potential coalition?ve to wait and see. they have similarities but also big differences. one that has emerged a few days before the vote is the position on russia and the war in ukraine. matteo selby any has an vladimir putin for a long time. famously years ago he was photographed with a t-shirt with putin's face on it. giorgia meloni is a big supporter of sendingeapons to ukraine and sanctions. this is something the coalition might be clashing on. >> silvio berlusconi, a return to the senate for him. what does this mean? >> the political comeback he has been trying to achieve. he has been prime minister of italy for a long time. in the last few years he became known for his parties. he is also a convicted crimina tax fraud and bribery. for him, this represents a big political comeback and want to work closely with baloney to keep his position. >> now to a big story that is straight out oa sci-fi movie. in the next few hours, nasa is planning to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid to change its course. th

but there are already fractures in their coalition.fears, calls from some in the coalition to rethink sanctions against russia. >> sanctions here in italy, of course, they're perceived as counter-effective and harming italy's economy first and then russia's economy. i think they will try to soften our approach towards sanctions. >> reporter: a center right victory would likely also mean a clamp-down on immigration. they have campaigned strongly to stop irregular migration across the mediterranean sea. the left-leaning democratic party is banking on former prime minister enrico letta, whose government lasted just ten months in 2013 and 2014 but lacks a strong coalition partner. while polls show that the five-star movement has lost some support, and many italians are frustrated. >> translator: neither giorgia meloni nor letta, nor conte, i don't feel represented at all. >> reporter: with some voters saying they're undecided and others say they won't vote at all. and, you know, kim, that's probably the most important thing about this. a l

so whether the coalition will last or will be an interesting point to observe, julius, ideally, for us in rome, thank you very much for covering the electron results that ukraine's presidents. his rush is coal, up of hundreds of thousands of reservists for the war is an admission that its army is unable to fight. it kremlin has also increased the penalties for any one refusing. the draft of that hasn't stopped a wave of russians fleeing the country to escape inscription, while others have stayed to protest the wall. oh, shots rang out as the authorities tried to contain an angry crowd and darkest on. a russian republic in the northern corpses isn't gather to protest against dropped at men being sent off to war. similar scenes are playing out all over russia. as mobilization pulled manpower from across its vast landmass in your coots in siberia, women protest their men being taken away. we want peace, they charged rushes. remote provinces have already suffered disproportionately with most soldiers fighting and dying in ukraine, coming from poor parts of the country. in the siberian city

francine: is the coalition staying as it is? deborah: yes, i expect the coalition to stay as it is.ncine: the fact that -- again, a lot of questions about debt and how much the country can spend. you look at the u.k. right now with the pound crashing, mainly on spending plans, tax cuts. what can the coalition do on that front, if the u.k. is a warning sign? deborah: we have plans to reduce taxes of course, this is typical of a center-right coalition, and we will go for it. we have presented our plans, and we are quite comfortable about being able to do that. in the last 10 years, our debt has skyrocketed under the left. so we have to change the pace of the government, the new government, and we are quite positive about being able to do that. francine: a lot of investors were worried about the one pushing for the debt to be more bloated. do you expect him to stay? deborah: yes, i expect him to stay in the coalition. i don't expect any sort of surprises. we have a common program, and with that program we presented ourselves to the italian citizens. our propositions are very clear in t

how stable do you think her coalition could be?er and sylvie me. this going to be another government that falls in a year? it another government that falls in a ear? . . , another government that falls in a ear? .. , . ., , another government that falls in a ear? , , year? it can be. of course it can be. on average, _ year? it can be. of course it can be. on average, in _ year? it can be. of course it can be. on average, in italy - year? it can be. of course it can be. on average, in italy the - be. on average, in italy the governments last about 18 months so technically, difficult to remain, this government could be more stable than that. there are certainly divisions in the right, even though this has been enhanced by the election campaigning i expect some of these divisions to become less prominent after the election. but this is very difficult, also because on the external challenges to italy. on average, one would say i expect 18, 24 on average, one would say i expect 18, 2a months, but this is not berlusconi, at least we have

shadow over the pope victory for george maloney with her brothers of italy's 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 they are called on to govern this country, your now we will do so for every one what he will be feeling governed, the theme of uniting people. daniel had him all or we'll get the will he and seeking to make them more united rather than divide actually a little when you ship it also equivalent vivita maloney and her party got just 4 percent of the vote in the 2018 election since then she's tone down her fall right, often anti immigrant rhetoric to broaden her base. she is vow 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 ye quit shop today. this country is being handed over to the extreme, right? amer, every day we will see the results. daddy, however, was all in our opinion, there must be maximum mobilization within the institutions fed to defend

her brothers of italy party could top the vote, but is likely to need to go into coalition with otheren looking at the complexity of governing italy. there are some things that italians agree on — they've got the best coffee and food — and many they don't. politics is one of them, and it's at the fore today, in a crunch election. politics is one of them, and it's at the fore today, in a crunch election. it was sparked injuly, when the prime minister, mario draghi, lost the support of his coalition partners. so—called super mario had stabilised this politically volatile country, amidst the covid pandemic and war in ukraine. giorgia meloni's far—right brothers of italy has led the polls. she wants tax cuts, a naval blockade of libya to stop migrant boats and is hardline on lgbt rights. her party has neofascist roots, but she vehemently rejects the label. she's in coalition with the ultranationalist lega of matteo salvini and the ex—prime minister silvio berlusconi, known as much for his "bunga bunga" sex parties as his centre—right politics. fighting them is enrico letta, pro—europe and

what kind of challenge do think she will face internal and within her coalition?ll face pressure. they are very much against sanctions, and they are also against sending weapons to ukraine. so whether this means they will continue to send weapons to ukraine or sanctions is debatable, but it still means that there would be a debate, but we do not know what the italian position would be was an international system. it is still possible that these discussions... atlantic alliance and our international position will be damaged by this. professor, thank you very much indeed for your thoughts the zoom in. momentous night for italy, it looks like they have elected their first ever female leader and their first ever female leader and their first right wing —— far right leader since benito mussolini. the government 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

we need a coalition of the world. excellencies, today, i want to outline three areas where the coalition of the world must urgently overcome divisions and act together. it starts with the core mission of the united nations, achieving and sustaining peace. much of the world's attention remains focused on the russian invasion of ukraine. the war has unleashed widespread destruction with massive violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. the latest reports on burial sites in izyum are extremely disturbing. the fighting has claimed thousands of lives. millions have been displaced. billions across the world are affected. we are seeing the threat of dangerous divisions between west and south. the risks to global peace and security are immense. we must keep working for peace, in line with the united nations charter and international law. at the same time, conflicts and humanitarian crises are spreading, often far from the spotlight. the funding gap for our global humanitarian appeal stands at $32 billion,

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it's a concern that makes the right wing coalition uneasy. our eyes at the new parliament's 1st meeting on september 27th of kristen's chances of becoming prime minister. being complicated by the fact that some junior members of his coalition don't want the suite and democrats to have any ministerial posts. but with the sweden democrats being the biggest party in that coalition, there are some tough talks to be heard. in the next 2 weeks, poll reese al jazeera ballmer. ah thousands of morn as have begun to file past the coffin of queen elizabeth the 2nd . she's lying and stays at westminster hall for the next 4 days. a key, 5 kilometers, long as snacking through london as morn as wait to pay their respects. metropolitan police service as the queen's funeral and lying in state is a big security operation. it's faced. it's understand preparations have been made for 16 kilometers of q, the queen as lying in state and westman as to who in the heart of london. the key to file past somebody is snaking along the thames with allowances for it to stre

oh, christa son being his central coalition winning a parliamentary majority. when the final votes from sundays, general election were counted on wednesday night. that you may be here until with some my messages that i want to unite, not divide, look at what unites, but also respect, real differences of opinion. i want to instill hope. also big problems can be solved. we've solved big problems before. and if other countries can and so can we, there's nothing so bad and sweet and that it can't be fixed with all that is really good. but kristin's policy is no longer the biggest in his coalition. that place goes to the far right. sweet and democrats who took more than 20 percent of the vote for the 1st time. having been welcome into the establishment by the moderate, they had perceived this process as maturing someone. and like, changing and how to some extent, the rhetoric basically the country has not been able ready to handle the influx of migration in a good way. there would be some changes in, for example, there will be further restriction of the migration po

reporter: to do that, she will need the support of this man and others in a coalition.ngratulate georgia maloney and will work with her, said the anti-immigration populist. this will be the most hard right italian government since the second world war. we had into the working-class district of rome where georgia maloney grew up and got into politics. do people here believe she will help with their huge energy bills and cost-of-living crisis? >> she came to the town square, two little places like this. she knows how to talk to ordinary wking people. we can only hope she will keep her promise to get italy back on its feet. reporter: italy's international allies are also crossing their fingers. brussels frets about european unity and georgia maloney's nationalist protectionist policies. nato needs her to maintain a hard line against russia. these are stormy times in europe, with war back on this continent. th radical changing of the political bards in italy brings hope to some, but acute anxiety to others. laura: let's get more now on the election. we will hear from our eu

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. the frch prime minister indicating france will be vigilant. a

nato is a betrayal of the actual anti-hitler coalition.kay, continental europe, and so it all fought on the side of hitler, let's speak bluntly, but on the part of the united states and great britain, which were active participants in the anti-hitler coalition. this is a direct betrayal of what we agreed then in the forties. this is a betrayal of the world order that was founded, because the united nations is, in fact, unfolded into a peaceful organization. anti-hitler coalition so it was called the united nations practically. and this is a very important point. it gives us, firstly, moral and political foundations. in order to talk with the same europe, and he gives us the awareness of his including legal correctness, and in my opinion. this is an important assignment. it just needs to be understood by people, it's not us who continue to fight with the past. and here we are, today we are solving today's issues. we did not board the departing train. we got on the moving train of our ra- our birth is correct and those events that are happen

a coalition of right-wing parties led by putin's supporters won in italy, and for the first time since the second world war, an ultra-right government will be formed in the country, and a woman, george melani, will become the prime minister for the first time. how pro-russian will the new government in italy be now and how will the election results affect support for ukraine ? our special correspondent svitlana charnetska found out. this is the leader who managed to return the extreme right to power for the first time in a century. 45-year-old george meloni, leader of the brothers of italy party, it's not easy the political force of nationalist 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

where the white wing coalition is tip to form a government the fall, right? group brothers of italy may emerge is the largest party in parliament with georgia, maloney as its head. her allies are other right wing politicians. mateo sal, vinny of the league and former prime minister silvio berlusconi of the centre right forces italia party. the coalition will face and recall letters sent to left democratic party. it's pulling. second letter was prime minister for 10 months from 2013. another candidate returning is the 5 star movement leader just that be conte . his left, his empty establishment party, won the 2018 election. it's making major games with content campaigning against scrapping all the scrapping of welfare payments. voters top issues include the high cost of living and rising energy, isis cecilia ever saw. the lotta is an assistant professor of global politics of the american university of rome, and she joined us now by of from the good to have you with us, cecelia. first, a word about turn out today is this election going to be the shoe in for the

the georgia melodious coalition and the british pound. it's a 50 year. lo against the dollar. after the government said that it would borrow more money. columbia and venezuela have reopened. i bought out for trades, it was closed for nearly 7 years after venezuela accused. the columbia militia of attacking it soldiers. now the countries are hoping to normalize relations onto zeros, on a, some of empathy reports now from columbia's capital bog atop. venezuela's main consulate in columbia. capital bull guitar lies in ruins. an accidental fire in april. burn much of it. it's walls covered in graffiti and overgrown weeds. it's a tangible symbol of a relationship gone sour since 2019. i'll dig that order. when columbus former president divan duke refused to recognize nicholas my daughter as the president of venezuela after elections. lucas said we're fraudulent. but all data changed with the election of columbus 1st left his president with them a pedro who promised to restore relations. last month madura enthusiastically received columbia's newly appointed ambassador, admitting big

and what about holding together coalition? i suppose that was one of the difficulties isn't exact and this is another very important fact that this was the reason why i was saying we need to know exactly how much, how many seats not only votes, how many seats, every party in the collision is going to have in the end because we already know what that maloney spot is very in favor of nato and very against russia. the moment shall be in his party and force italia. ah! on the other side, very, very unstable. about that sardine and middle school. he had very strict, very strong connections with the put in in the pastor. and so been you say that he's actually not so in farrah for sanctions, again, russia. so we don't really know what's going to happen in terms of foreign politics for italy, even if the right coalition is going to win with such a big advantage and read a petri. thank you very much indeed for talking to somebody there. thank you. you're welcome. coming up on the news hour from london, dozens of people are killed in ba

use that power in the coalition. . , ., , ., coalition. ijust ask you, in terms of actual policy changes | coalition. can ijust ask you, in - terms of actual policy changes that we are going to potentially see. on immigration, what are they planning? on immigration, she will try to follow the path against illegal immigration, but martell savini is facing a trial, so giorgia meloni will be smart enough not to make this same mistake. she will try to make it harder to arrive in italy. she will try to ask europe for more support. and she will try, of course, to make more agreement with the african countries in order to stop immigrants arriving. igrate the african countries in order to stop immigrants arriving. we have to leave it there- _ stop immigrants arriving. we have to leave it there. i'm _ stop immigrants arriving. we have to leave it there. i'm afraid _ stop immigrants arriving. we have to leave it there. i'm afraid we - stop immigrants arriving. we have to leave it there. i'm afraid we are - leave it there. i'm afraid we are out of ti

of allies and to keep the coalition together. this administration with bipartisan and bicameral support from congress spearheaded a forceful and comprehensive and multi lateral response to support the ukrainian people and to isolate russia. today's hearing examines economic strategy. this hearing follows on the committee's work in evaluating or sanctions policy as we did last year at a hearing on treasury sanctions review and the hearing this past ally, we heard from the congress department on its expansion restrictions on exports to russia. because we are united, how her efforts are beginning to work. secretary of state blinken said last week, putin thought he would divide and weaken and nato, again, putin was wrong his actions have led to nato's growth. we are now police to welcome sweden and finland. his actions lead to nato's growth reminding the world the vital role this alliance and democracy plays. america -- wise to russian propaganda. this administration corralled an unprecedented multi lateral coalition which includes o

but with the sweden, democrats being the biggest party in that coalition. there are some tough talks to be had. in the next 2 weeks. poll reese, i'll just sarah mama, ah, thousands of mourners had begun to fall past the coffin of queen elizabeth the 2nd . she's lying in state at westminster hole for the next 4 days is a life which is a q 5 kilometers long snaking through london is more than wait to pay their respects. the metropolitan police says the queen's funeral and lying in state is the biggest security operation. it is letting baba reports from london with the queen, now lying in, stay to chance for thousands of mourners to pay their respects. the public can now follow pass. elizabeth. the seconds coffin round the clock until next monday, and as a funeral. many have already done so no phone is allowed in just a moment to reflect. the very 1st person in had started queueing on monday, meaning 2 nights spent out doors mainly only to show respect and death for whatever greg graham has done for the commonwealth glayden internationally for 17 years, for so

the policy involves price cap coalitions. prices below the cap and refrain from doing so for oil above the cap. there is an overwhelming economic incentive for buyers to purchase so they can engage these services. it will be cheaper and less risky to move russian oil cargoes with the surfaces. we are already seeing the price cap policy work with russia forest to seek discounts. to close i would like to express my gratitude for the additional resources that congress provided in the appropriations packages with helps us in the administration in the policy response. and to the people of ukraine. i would be happy to answer your questions and i look forward to working with you all in the future. enqueue. >> we will start with a five minute question. i will start with myself. we have had an impact, but it is not quite what we thought. in march, economists estimated contraction of the russian economy by 15% in 2022. the monetary fund showed moderate contraction of 6% this year. and the ruble has appreciated and rallied above its pre