and meloni is planning a rally here, too. cosimo ladu won't be there, but he says he'll keep up to speed with how it goes. the sardinian entrepreneur runs a cafÉ and four little hotels on the island. but he's very worried. first came covid, and now exploding energy prices. and he's disappointed by politicians. >> every administration lets us entrepreneurs down. both left and right. we need a long-term plan not just year-long campaigns. >> meloni's agenda is relatively vague overall, and her party has refused to play a part in any administration so far. but that might prove to be an asset. because many italians want to see new faces in the cabinet. like mercedes usai. she complains it's getting harder and harder to make an honest living in italy. >> i work for a private cleaning company in the cagliari courthouse. but i'm also a substitute teacher at an elementary school. >> so you need two jobs to make ends meet? >> just to survive. to survive. >> it remains a mystery what exactly giorgia meloni has in mind. does she really i

and meloni is planning a rally here, too.ere, but he says he'll keep up to speed with how it goes. the sardinian entrepreneur runs a cafÉ and four little hotels on the island. but he's very worried. first came covid, and now exploding energy prices. and he's disappointed by politicians. >> every administration lets us entrepreneurs down. both left and right. we need a long-term plan not just year-long campaigns. >> meloni's agenda is relatively vague overall, and her party has refused to play a part in any administration so far. but that might prove to be an asset. because many italians want to see new faces in the cabinet. like mercedes usai. she complains it's getting harder and harder to make an honest living in italy. >> i work for a private cleaning company in the cagliari courthouse. but i'm also a substitute teacher at an elementary school. >> so you need two jobs to make ends meet? >> just to survive. to survive. >> it remains a mystery what exactly giorgia meloni has in mind. does she really intend to renounce her pa

our top stories: giorgia meloni is to become italy's next prime minister, its first far—right leader,ince world war ii. congressional committee investigating last year's attack on the us capitol. borisjohnson is on his way back to london from a caribbean holiday, as speculation grows that he'lljoin the race to succeed liz truss as british prime minister. inside russia that men with no military experience translation: when mobilisation was being discussed, _ i agreed with my family that, if such a situation arose, i would refuse, even if they sent me to prison. in central mexico, emergency services tackle a huge blaze, triggered by a fuel—tanker crashing into a railway over—pass. and the japanese cartoon characters being recreated for the stage by the royal shakespeare company, breaking box office records in the process. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in europe, the leader of the far—right brothers of italy party, giorgia meloni, has been invited by the country's president to form a government, after winning elections last month. she will be italy's firs

it was not easy at all for giorgia meloni to i at all for giorgia meloni to form the government, even than 44% of votes in the elections last month. most of the problems came actually from silvio berlusconi, the former pm, his party forza italia. he wanted to get more ministries in the government at the start and thenit government at the start and then it came out allegedly that he had some contact with vladimir putin, who apparently sent him 20 boxes of vodka and a very sweet letter, according to bella stoney. this created some tensions, especially considering that giorgia meloni has always been pro— ukraine and strongly in favour of the western position of italy in the western light.- western position of italy in the western light. there has been lots — the western light. there has been lots of _ the western light. there has been lots of attention - the western light. there has been lots of attention on - the western light. there has i been lots of attention on what is happening in italy, especially from the european neighbours. especially from the european neighbours-_ especially f

of course we should talk about giorgia meloni, the . talk about giorgia meloni, the key player here,is point italy's next prime minister and the first female prime minister. she comes from a new fascist position, she has rejected those links, although never rejected her identity which seems a contradiction in terms but never rejected being part of that movement. but she said that her party is not what the movement, that the party comes from yesterday. she tried to institutionalise the party towards a more centre—right tradition, also, for other observers say for a simple reason, silvio berlusconi is now more than 86 years old and he is gonna retire at some point and those votes are going to go, will have to go somewhere. and possibly giorgia meloni is aiming to scoop those votes, this is the elephant in the room and one in italy, everyone knows but no—one is talking about. matteo salvini is the leader of the league, the biggest party in the right, the biggest party in the right, the far right party, strong immigration, kind of an anti— europe ideology that's been tempered with time b

i think that meloni has — your expectation? i think that meloni has been _ your expectation?n? i think that meloni has been very clear. your expectation? i think that l meloni has been very clear and consistent in trying to reassure the united states and they have told that italy will stand by ukraine. she has made various calls with the president of ukraine to reiterate this. but also to reassure the european commission that italy is going to continue to lay a constructive role within europe. i am expecting this government to do this because frankly, i don't think they have any other choice. meloni needs to be seen as a credible conservative leader and this is what she wants to be seen as. as far as the relationship with the european commission, let's keep in mind it is gaining at the moment there is trenches over the money coming out after the pandemic. some of these are already secured by the previous government but in one case in december if everything goes to plan and i really don't think that meloni wants to be remembered as the prime minister who started losing some of

ms meloni's acid is remarkable _ groups. ms meloni's acid is remarkable for— groups.aly, - groups. ms meloni's acid is remarkable for italy, one i groups. ms meloni's acid is| remarkable for italy, one of the founding members of the eu, and the block's third largest economy but when it comes to foreign policy, some feel her far right credentials are somewhat overstated. maloney made it clear _ somewhat overstated. maloney made it clear that _ somewhat overstated. maloney made it clear that italy - somewhat overstated. maloney made it clear that italy is - made it clear that italy is with the eu and nature and strongly rejected prue putin and pro—russia positions. {lin and pro-russia positions. on russia, and pro—russia positions. on russia, there is one coalition partner long used hogging the limelight who is causing ms meloni a painful headache. 86—year—old silvio berlusconi has been at the centre a furious row over two lecture recordings. in them he blamed ukraine for starting the current or planned claimed president putin considers him number one among his five bes

coalition allies, led by far right leader giorgia meloni. as they prepare to form a new government following last month's elections. baloney has said support for ukraine and its fight against the russian invasion. launched by berlusconi's friend, the vladimir putin. let's get the inside story. this is a strange one. i will hand it over to you to tell us more about it. for giorgia meloni, there is a guy llama. -- a dilemma. >> and clearly tensions within this right-wing coalition that is even before they formed this government, clearly they are cleared divisions. in these audio recordings that were released on tuesday, essentially we hear berlusconi talking about his closeness with the russian president vladimir putin, describing lovely letters that he has received from him, how they have exchanged bottles of vodka and how mr. putin describes him as being number one among his five best friends. clearly, very embarrassing situation for berlusconi who has made it clear that she supports the ukrainian's in this issue. and is very much on the sid

what will giorgia meloni's arrival in power do to the eu?europe correspondent nick beake in brussels for his thoughts. first and foremost, the fact that she is an unknown quantity and she had arrived on the scene hot off the heels of mario draghi, the man who was doing the job before her, he was a former european central bank president. and so people in brussels and the european capitals knew him and saw him as a steady pair of hands. giorgia meloni's someone whose spent most of her political career railing against the european union. she said that the gravy train in brussels must end. and, of course, there are members, i'm thinking obviously particularly of hungary, who will be delighted to see her. so, in the past, for italy, germany and france would have been the big beasts that they naturally club together with. will it be the case that giorgia meloni is looking towards hungary and poland? and, of course, that would be a big headache for the people here in brussels, because those two countries over the last few years have caused them qui

meloni has been clear and consistent _ meloni has been clear and consistent on _ meloni has been clearear —.ic consistent on trying to reassure the united states saying that italy will stand by ukraine. she is make calls with the president of ukraine to re—aerate this. but also to reassure the european commission that italy will still play a constructive role within europe. i am expecting this government to do this because frankly i don't think that they have any other choice. meloni needs to be seen abroad as a credible conservative leader. this is what she wants to be seen as a conservative. as far as the relationship with the european commission is concerned let's keepin commission is concerned let's keep in mind that italy is gaining at the mine recovering money that is coming our way after the pandemic. some of these have already been secured by the previous government but there is one in december if everything goes to plan and i really don't think meloni wants to be remembered as a prime minister who started losing some of this money. we are talking about a huge amount. stay with

what will giorgia meloni's arrival in power do to the eu?s europe correspondent nick beake in brussels for his thoughts. first and foremost, the fact that she is an unknown quantity and she had arrived on the scene hot off the heels of mario draghi, the man who was doing the job before her, he was a former european central bank president. and so people in brussels and the european capitals knew him and saw him as a steady pair of hands. giorgia meloni's someone whose spent most of her political career railing against the european union. she said that the gravy train in brussels must end. and, of course, there are members, i'm thinking obviously particularly of hungary, who will be delighted to see her. so, in the past, for italy, germany and france would have been the big beasts that they naturally club together with. will it be the case that giorgia meloni is looking towards hungary and poland? and, of course, that would be a big headache for the people here in brussels, because those two countries over the last few years have caused them q

as far as foreign policy goes, she will stay put, as in, ms meloni, madame meloni, she wants to stayith forza italia, are much more pro—russia. the biggest changees are expected internally rather than at a national level. ms meloni's government has changed the name of some there are rumours that mr salvini of lega won't get any kind of assignment of immigration, and they will go to mr musumeci, a sicilian politician, that now is the new minister on sea. don't ask me what it is about, i am sicilian myself, but now we have a minister on sea. on sunday morning former pm mario draghi will officially hand over his post to ms meloni, the last step before the confidence vote on tuesday. stefano fasano, bbc news. the co—owner of the red bull formula 1 team, dietrich mateschitz, has died at the age of 78. he built a business empire launching the red bull energy drink in the 1980s and marketed the brand by sponsoring a variety of extreme sports. mexico city is one of the world's biggest cities. more than 22 million people live there — the largest population of any city in north america. it is

as far as foreign policy goes, she will stay put, as in, ms meloni, madame meloni, she wants to staybut the alliance with salvini of la lega, and berlusconi with forza italia, are much more pro—russia. the biggest changees are expected internally rather than at a national level. ms meloni's government has changed the name of some ministries, including the ministry of agriculture and food sovereignty, and that of family and fertility. observers say that might be a sign of what's to come. there are rumours that mr salvini of lega won't get any kind of assignment of immigration, and they will go to mr musumeci, a sicilian politician, that now is the new minister on sea. don't ask me what it is about, i am sicilian myself, but now we have a minister on sea. on sunday morning former pm mario draghi will officially hand over his post to ms meloni, the last step before the confidence vote on tuesday. stefano fasano, bbc news. president zelensky has denounced renewed russian attacks on ukraine's energy infrastructure as an attempt to break his country. kyiv says almost 1.5 million households

giorgia meloni is sworn in as and giorgia meloni is sworn in as the country's first female prime minister. i as the country's first female prime minister.— prime minister. i 'ust don't like you t prime minister. i 'ust don't like you know _ prime minister. ijust don't like you know more. - and we speak to colin farrell and brendan gleeson about their new film about the end of a friendship. to officially enter the conservative leadership race after securing the backing of more than 100 mps. penny mordaunt was the first to formally declare on friday. mr sunak has the public support of more than 100 conservative mps, thatis more than 100 conservative mps, that is the threshold required for the leadership contest. former colleagues have warned borisjohnson against returning to downing street. damian grammaticus has been following the events of today. are you running. for the leadership? he was tight—lipped this morning, but rishi sunak clearly has a well of support among conservative mps, more than 100 now publicly backing him. and that sets up the extraordinary possibility he could face off

giorgia meloni is italy's first far—right leader since the second world war.ers of italy — won last month's elections. ms meloni has sought to reassure western allies that italy's foreign policy won't change. the co—owner of the red bull formula i team — dietrich mateschitz — has died at the age of 78. he built a business empire launching the red bull energy drink in the 1980s and marketed the brand by sponsoring a variety of extreme sports. you can find more on that story on the bbc website or on the bbc news app. stay with us here on bbc news — still to come: we speak to colin farrell and brendan gleeson about their new film about the end of a friendship more now on the tory�*s leadership race, and damian grammaticas has been keeping up with the latest from westminster. the bbc has been told that those two men who are the front runners and they have been meeting tonight. we don't know anything about what it may be about but you could reasonably ask yourself why they would want to meet at this point? possibly, you could assume, maybe to sound each other out o

georgia maloney becomes the first female to lead italy -- georgia meloni.eral countries are calling for a price cap on gas, but not all nations are on board. and steve bannon is sentenced to four months behind bars. it was found guilty of contempt of congress fortifying a subpoena. it was the same day trump himself was subpoenaed by the congressional committee. it is good to have you with us. georgia meloni made quick progress installing fellow far right figures in charge of the economy and or in ministry. matteo selby named deputy prime minister once again. he's also been appointed infrastructure minister, giving him control over the country's boards. >> italy's most far right government since the end of world war ii. georgia meloni will take the helm as head of state, becoming the country's earth woman to do so. >> less than a month has passed since the election. this was possible due to the clarity of the electoral outcome and was necessary to proceed quickly. i extend my best wishes to the new government. >> the brothers of italy party has roots in a ne

georgia meloni is about to become italy's first far—right leader since mussolini, her government willsworn in on saturday. donald trump's former adviser steve bannon is sentenced to four months in jail for refusing to co—operate with the capitol riots�* investigation. former pakistani prime minister imran khan says he will challenge the election commission's decision to disqualify him from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts. hello and welcome. in a few days�* time, the uk will have a new prime minister — and cabinet minister penny mordaunt has become the first senior conservative figure to announce that she is enterimng the contest to replace liz truss in downing street. no—one else has put themselves forward publicly yet — but ex—prime minister borisjohnson and his former chancellor rishi sunak have both received nominations from other mps. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister — but opposition parties are cal

we go back to giorgia meloni.video, i repeat, on video, that she actually supports the has below militias. she supports -- putin. because somehow they are defending christiane eddy and syria. this is what she said. and that context, she also said she adores torture because it's a good tool for law enforcement so they can defend themselves. this is what she says. so when there are whitewashing her international media, they are actually -- that is what secrets the most. legitimacy. that is what she wants. she wants to be normalized. the way that fascism groups and globally and takes over is by being normalized. by making it socially acceptable. and it is dangerous. this woman is actually the only leader of a party in italy -- she is a woman who voted against women's rights. especially equal pay. >> italy, depressing news from the last week and the state of democracy in the west. and then you look at iran, where iranian women are taking to the streets and showing the world how it is done in terms of standing up for f

meloni could be tasked to form a new government as early as tomorrow.hat kind it will be, still too early to tell. tom: bloomberg's rome bureau chief on the attempt to form a government, and the controversy around berlusconi's comments on russia. chinese officials are debating whether to relax some of the country's covid-19 measures, we will get details what it means for the world's second-largest economy. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: welcome back to the open. we are 52 minutes into the european trading day. the story is the move in fixed income, pressure when it comes to equities but currencies on the move also. yen weakening to 150 per dollar for the first time since 1990. this is a psychological level, we slowly so it weakening, does it mean we will see intervention? a lot of speculation but for the moment officials have been holding the line. tom: unscheduled bond buying from the boj earlier in the day after yield curve control was challenged. the markets are betting they will have to walk away from this. so far, they are in lockstep, the boj and

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he made be not making life as easy as meloni would have hoped.so, berlusconi has been wrecking havoc it is still early days to see whether she can actually move forward and do what it is she wants to do. certainly the objectives are quite clear and mario draghi in passing the baton to her yesterday in the meeting which was historically very long normally the passing of the baton is done quickly. it is a ceremony and tradition that doesn't last more than 10 or 15 minutes. they stayed and had a meeting over an hour's time. it is an indication there will be continuity. the government said it needs to have continuity because this is a political government versus the technocrat government before the continuity will be there you get that impression from very long meeting and that impression from the fact that the transition minister working under draghi is also going to stay on. he is staying on as a counselor for the energy aspects you get the feeling that meloni has had positive relationship with draghi so far and intends to continue to sort of have

giorgia meloni is italy's first far—right leader since the world war two and the country's first everers of italy, won last month's elections with just over a quarter of the vote. she will head a right—wing coalition. ms meloni has sought to reassure western allies that italy's foreign policy won't change. joiing us now from rome is gianni riotta. he is a columnist at the italian newspaper la repubblica and a visiting professor at princeton. thank you forjoining us. cracks already seem to be falling in this coalition, i think the average life of a government since the second world war in italy is about 18 months, how long can she survive? well, she hopes to survive for the five years of the legislation, the problem is that in the past, we had a lot of cabinets, but stability with the same party always rotating, now the situation is really changing, and as far as foreign policy goes, she will stay put, ms meloni, she wants to stay on the european and naples side, but sell beanie and bellows can watch more pro—russian. itruiiiiii beanie and bellows can watch more pro-russian-_ pro-russi

georgia meloni is about to become italy's first far—right leader since mussolini, her government willin on saturday. a first since the ice age. a bison has been born in the wild in the uk, for the first time in thousands of years. hello and welcome. in a few days�* time, the uk will have a new prime minister — and penny mourdant, leader of the house of commons has become the first conservative mp to say she is running to replace liz truss. no other mp has declared yet — but both borisjohnson and former chancellor rishi sunak have nominations from other mps. former health secretary sajid javid says he will back mr sunak. mrjohnson left office just over six weeks ago, forced out after a series of crises, including infringing the law. whoever wins becomes conservative leader and the next prime minister — but opposition parties are calling for a general election. our deputy political editor vicki young has this report. i will remain as prime minister until a successor has been chosen. thank you. once again, there is a vacancy at the top of government. liz truss�* resignation means the con

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ms meloni has sought to reassure western allies that italy's foreign policy won't change.replace liz truss as prime minister, some opponents have said that they would resign the party with if boris johnson said that they would resign the party with if borisjohnson becomes prime minister. 0ne party with if borisjohnson becomes prime minister. one such critic is better mp sir roger gail —— better mp. better mp sir roger gail -- better mp. �* ., ., ., mp. i've said for a long time that he is not a _ mp. i've said for a long time that he is not a proper _ mp. i've said for a long time that he is not a proper person - mp. i've said for a long time that he is not a proper person to - he is not a proper person to be prime minister. his casual relationship with the truth makes him unfit, i was going to say hi office, but any office. what i said is meaningless word need to be chosen as leader, i would resign the whip. i would not resign from the party. i've been a member of the party since before he was born. i shall die a member of the conservative party, but i will not support mr

ms meloni will lead the italy's first far— right government since the second world war.ing about it is the first far right government in italy since mussolini. the sight of her stating how far right it's going to be? i think we just think is correct. if you look at the composition of the government, we can see there is a clear distinction in balance of power within the coalition and the far right element of the is clearly having a party that is got the most of the power within the coalition and we also have to keep in mind, the way in which the leader is approaching her role as prime minister. if we look at the way in which, for example, she has addressed the issues in terms of foreign policy, we have to realise that actually her stances are not as extreme as some might have expected. for example, she is made very clear that she is in support of the eu and the matters, she has looked at what we are and in the nato, she has rejected any sort of pro—russia or pro—putin positions in sum, she wants to, she really is trying to project an image as a stable, credible leader on

plus, giorgia meloni sworn in as italy's first female prime minister, facing a mammoth burden and rising interest rates. it is earnings season and we are knee-deep and phillips delivers their mornings -- there numbers this morning, 209 million, incrementally below the estimate of 210.5. let's see where that refers to in terms of restructuring, actions have been initiated. signs that that is maybe where the charges are coming from. we will break that down for you. let's get into some of these pretty monster moves across markets. you have a reappraisal of fed hiking, the scale of hiking from the fed. the kite was flown on friday in terms of perhaps less jumbo rate hikes. that infused in equity market rate hike that powered over 5% at the close of business friday. larry summers says we are at a doom loop risk of debt and price spikes in oil markets. the s&p 500 with the best week since june last week. as we move into the peak rates debate, i put it to that equity markets have yet to capitulate. $9 million wanted to equities last week and yet the sentiment indexes for bank of america survey

ms meloni has sought to reassure western allies that italy's foreign policy won't change.ia meloni will be facing. there are plenty measures that require urgent attention. like the government position on the russian invasion of ukraine, but also tackling inflation, and giving italians a clear view and understanding of what her government will be like. as of now, everyone has been left guessing, whether she will be a far right politician, or a more compromising leader. european partners, starting from emmanuel mccrone, have been questioning the change of leadership in the middle of an energy crisis, and with so many international situations going on. everyone will really watch carefully. prime minister is sending a clear message outside italy, which is message of reassurance. he is very pro—european, pro—ukraine and anti—russia politician. that should reassure politicians. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello. it's a mild weekend across the uk, but with further showers or longer spells of rain, it's all tied in with areas of low pressure, one br

the head of the european commission, ursula von der lein, congratulated giorgio melonis on taking office she said that she was counting on constructive cooperation, in turn, the new head of the italian foreign ministry said that the first thing she would do was call her ukrainian colleague artyom krasulin figured out what course the meloni government would follow in domestic foreign policy then. here it is the approval in parliament and directly work as noted by italian president sergio mozzarella challenges before the new government stoyan serious this time. we coped promptly since the election , only a month has passed, this was facilitated by external and internal to solve which we need a full-fledged government. i wish you a good job solving the pressing problems for italy, a coalition of the center right will be engaged in its composition , the brothers of italy, led by george meloni, as well as politicians from the league and the party. forward of italy, the representatives of the last antonio melting and mateo salvini became foreign minister and minister of infrastructure. accordi

giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy's latest coalition government.he's the nation's first female prime mnister — and its first far—right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome to bbc news. the possibility of rishi sunak and borisjohnson meeting each other today — is being talked about this evening — as the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister gathers pace. the bbc understands they were due to meet face to face at 3:30 this afternoon but that was delayed — although my colleague laura kuenssberg says the meeting may still go ahead later. mr sunak is the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps — that's the number needed to enter the race. but he's yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job — after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he now also has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is "hogwash." so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launch

giorgia meloni has been officially sworn in as the prime minister of italy, she is the nation's firstemale leader, and the first far right leader since the second world war. summoned to give evidence under oath — former us president donald trump is called by the committee investigating last year's attack on the capitol building. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. boris johnson will arrive at gatwick airport shortly as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader, and prime minister, intensifies. officially neither he nor rishi sunak have said they definitely want the role. 0nly penny morduant has officially declared. but it's widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 163 out of 357 tory mps have gone public with their support. rishi sunak has 97, borisjohnson 45 and penny mordaunt 21. it's worth pointing out that these are the numbers the bbc can verify — others may have different information. mps will vote on monday for their preferred candidate.

giorgia meloni was officially sworn into office earlier today as prime minister.s the first woman to hold the position in the country's history. meloni won the election on a campaign built around a promise to block migrant ships and anti-lgbtq themes. her far-right government is the country's first since the end of world war ii. and as china wraps up its weeklong meeting to install its new government, a former leader was forcibly removed from the closing ceremony. video shows an aide repeatedly trying to pull xi jinping's predecessor, former president hu jintao, from his seat and usher him out of the chamber. the removal happened without explanation and the 79-year-old apppeared to be reluctant to move. hu's whereabouts were not immediately clear. tomorrow, xi jinping is widely expected to be named leader for an unprecedented third term in office. still to come on "pbs news weekend," growing concern over childhood mental health and the treatments available to them. and making the joys of surfing accessible to all kids. ♪ >> this is "pbs news weekend" from the home

italy's far right leader georgia meloni has accepted an offer from the country's president to form a new government, after winning last month's election. she will be formally sworn in on saturday morning as leader of the country's most right—wing administration since world war ii. now on bbc news, ros atkins on the week. when a prime minister takes office there is no time limit, no fixed number of terms. their leadership stretches out in front of us. margaret thatcher stood down after 11 years. tony blair served ten. recently, though, we've had four prime ministers in six years — all of them conservatives. david cameron left downing street after the brexit vote. theresa may had three years before tory mps intervened. it was the same for borisjohnson. and in early september, it was the turn of liz truss. i am honoured to take on this responsibility. weeks later, at its annual conference, the tory party chair said liz truss was its greatest asset to win the next election. she is the woman who will get britain moving. that, though, is not going to happen any more. wow, one of the shorte

yes, look immediately . again, i will give a little realism to the fact that meloni recognized yes andine. well, she is the prime minister of italy and one of the largest countries in the european union, but it automatically means that this support will be super stable and other financial resources will be allocated to it that this is a right-wing government, this is all a line in which there is a party, i take it to school who went to school with these shorts, yes, that is, with t-shirts with putin, the same salt, and here we do not sometimes need to wear rose-colored glasses and understand that this is a serious risk, second the issue of sweden, right-wing parties also came to power there, among which there is a very right-wing radical party that is unequivocally against migration, the expansion of the european union, aid to third countries, so these threats are very serious for us . let's put it like that, or the teachers there. that is, it is only a tool, an element of the reflection of certain interests, a good story, so that the majority prevails , for example, the political soci

giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy's latest coalition government.he's the nation's first female prime minister, and its first far—right leader since the second world war. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson has arrived back from holiday as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader — and prime minister — intensifies. mrjohnson�*s plane touched down at gatwick airport in the last hour. neither he nor rishi sunak have declared their candidacy — only penny mourdant has officially put her name forward. but it's widely being seen as a battle between the former prime minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. currently the bbc estimates 168 out of 357 tory mps have gone public with their support — rishi sunak has passed the key threshold of 100 backers, borisjohnson has 46 and penny mordaunt 21. it's worth pointing out that these are the numbers the bbc can verify — others may have different information. mps will vote on monday for their preferred candidate. if more than one reaches 100

in italy, far-right leader giorgia meloni was sworn in as prime minister saturday. meloni's government will be led by a coalition of right-wing parties and figures, including matteo salvini, the anti-immigrant populist and former interior minister and former prime minister silvio berlusconi, who has faced myriad charges of corruption, fraud, and sex offenses. meloni's own party brothers of italy is allied with spain's vox party and other right-wing and neo-fascist parties in europe. in iran, teachers are on a two-day strike as anti-government sentiment grows across the country. labor unions have also launched strikes in the food and oil industries. this comes as protests for women's rights have entered their second month following the september 16 death of mahsa amini while in custody of the so-called morality police. international solidarity demonstrations are also continuing. in berlin, some 80,000 people took to the streets on saturday. >> we are here to say we are with you, the iranian people. mahsa amini's voice. in burkina faso, iahim traore was swn in as inri

and giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy's president's predecessor is mysteriously let out of the rule by officials. hello and welcome to bbc world news. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps — that's the number needed to enter the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister. but he's yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he too has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is "hogwash." at the same time, two sources have told the bbc that a meeting between rishi sunak and borisjohnson has been taking place tonight. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas, has more. are you running for the leadership? he was tight—lipped this morning, but rishi sunak clearly has a well of support among conservative mps. more than 100 now publicly backing him. and

giorgia meloni ss don't worry, i'm not that kind of fascist, don't worry.ber at the aspen ideas festival in 2016, newt gingrich gave a presentation talking about the populist, right-leaning movements happening around the world. he marched all the way across the globe and brexit was the big story. then, there was the 2016 presidential election in the u.s. and he predicted donald trump would win and that would be part of this global march to the right. well, we are seeing it, that march is still happening. not just giorgia meloni in italy and what happened in sweden, but let's not forget poland, orban in hungary. this move towards either authoritarianism or autocracy or turning to the far right. the fact that this has happened in italy, a nato member, is just another pressure point. what president biden has been talking about -- democracy has to prove it can deliver, and right now whether it is in sweden, italy, hungary, poland, you name it, a lot of people aren't so sure about democracy. they are looking too far right or authoritarian figures who are out exc

judy: meloni also vowed to continue supporting ukraine against russia. hong kong convicted pro-democracy publisher jimmy lai of fraud today. he was already serving a 20-month sentence for promoting unauthorized protests. it's part of inland china's ongoing crackdown on democracy activists. back in this country, adidas became the latest company to cut ties with the rap star ye -- formerly kanye west -- over his anti-semitic remarks. the german firm said his statements were "unacceptable, hateful, and dangerous." adidas had faced pressure from customers, employees and stockholders to take action. on wall street, strong corporate earnings fueled another rally. general motors, for one, reported third quarter profits rose nearly 37 percent from a year earlier. major stock indexes gained 1 to 2 percent. the dow jones industrial average was up 337 points to close at 31,836. the nasdaq rose 246 points. the s&p 500 added 61. and, former u.s. defense secretary ash carter has died after suffering a heart attack in boston. he served in the obama administration and o

ms meloni has sought to reassure western allies that italy's foreign policy won't change.e are the highest they've ever been, according to new figures for england and wales. more than 30,000 homophobic and transgender hate crimes were recorded in the 12 months until march of this year and many more are thought to go unreported. 0ur lgbt and identity correspondent, lauren moss, has been finding out more. my very turning up somewhere is something that is enough to create anger in people. shea is transgender. she says she and her family experience some form of abuse almost every single day. i have been shouted at on the street. i've been yelled at when my kids are with me. things have been thrown at me, i have had one violent assault. in march, shea says she was physically attacked leaving her with a knee injury and too scared to travel alone. i was pushed to the ground and kicked several times. a clearly transphobic incident but by the time i realised that it had happened, i was alone on the pavement bleeding. looking back now, i should have reported it but ijust wanted to g

meloni will also be italy's first female prime minister.testing positive for a banned substance. the wimbledon 2019 winner said she had tested positive for the drug "in an extremely low quantity", adding she would "fight until the end". in his party conference speech, the leader of plaid cymru has called for a general election, blasting the "greed and personal ambition" of the conservative party. adam price also focused on outlining a set of measures which plaid would use to ease the cost—of—living crisis, with independence still part of the long—term vision of the party. with more, here's our wales correspondent, tomas morgan. with stormier tides rocking westminster, llandudno shores were calmer today as plaid cymru began their conference. leader adam price was echoing calls for a general election and found time to denounce the tories in his speech. the thought of borisjohnson, the comeback clown, flying home from his caribbean holiday to save us is a symbol, isn't it, of the depths to which british politics and westminster has now plummet

ms meloni has sought to reassure western allies that italy's foreign policy won't change.ation and giving italians a clear view, a clear understanding of what her government will be like, because as of now everyone has been left guessing whether she will be a far right politician or a more compromising leader. she is not. european partners, stuttering from macron and schultz, they have been questioning a bit the change of leadership in the middle of an energy crisis and with so many international situations going on, so everyone will really watch carefully her first moves, and the appointment of the foreign minister is sending a clear message outside italy, which is a message of reassurance. even if, he is pro—european, pro—ukraine, anti—russia politician, so that is supposed to reassure international partners. what do voters make of what has been happening in westminster? jessica lane has been talking to people in the conservative constituency of penistone and stocksbridge, in south yorkshire. as mps are back in their constituencies this weekend, many will find out if wha

not be expected confidently in the russian embassy, ​​the head of the cabinet of ministers , george melonisoon as she took up her duties , said that nato is more than a military alliance, it is a stronghold of common values ​​​​that need to continue to be defended subscribers do not agree with the willingness to work with nato in led by the instigator of the conflict. like stoltenberg can only mean support for a weapons manufacturer. prolongation of the confrontation in ukraine provoking wars in other parts of the world and throwing italians into poverty they don't deserve. and the leader of the french patriot party pointed out the sabotage on the nord stream gas pipelines showed how far the north atlantic florian alliance can go. philip warned to be vigilant nato is capable of the worst, up to the use of nuclear weapons under the flag in order to give the conflict a global character and france must leave this vicious circle, following the inhabitants of the german cities of palermolondon, parisians also came out to protest, but the western media preferred not andrey skvortsov to spread ab

judy: meloni also vowed to continue supporting ukraine against russia.ge in hong kong convicted pro-democracy publisher jimmy lai of fraud today. he is already serving a 20-month sentence for promoting unauthorized protests. back in this country, adidas became the latest company to cut ties with the hip-hop star ye -- formerly known as kanye west -- over his anti-semitic remarks. the german firm said his statements were "unacceptable, hateful, and dangerous." los angeles rams star aaron donald announced today he is severing ties with west's donda sports, citing ye's anti-semitic remarks as well. jaylen brown also announced his departure from donda. the los angeles police department isnvestigating the legality of a recording capturing city council members making racist remarks. deputies are trying to find who is responsible for making the recording, which has roiled counsel politics. and, former u.s. defense secretary ash carter has died after suffering a heart attack in boston. he served in the obama administration and opened military combat jobs to wome

giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy's latest coalition government.he nation's first female prime minister — and its first far—right leader since the second world war. they won last month's collection with just over a quarter of the vote. she will had a right wing car didn't coalition. she sought to be sure western allies that italy's foreign policy won't change. bloomberg's political correspondent talk to us about the challenges they will be facing. there are plenty measures that require urgent attention. like the government position on the russian invasion of ukraine, but also tackling inflation, and giving italians a clear view and understanding of what her government will be like. as of now, everyone has been left guessing, whether she will be a far right politician, or a more compromising leader. european partners, starting from emmanuel mccrone, have been questioning the change of leadership in the middle of an energy crisis, and with so many international situations going on. everyone will really watch carefully. prime minister is sending a cle

it was a clear win from meloni. brothers of italy leader is in a race against time to put together a coalition government. for more, let's turn to our bloomberg reporter. what are the biggest challenges that meloni is up against? >> [indiscernible] there is probably a recession coming to europe. the ecb board member said, no thank you. now she is struggling to find an equally respected figure. it is not what markets were expecting. manus: we will have to leave it there. a few of those classic sound connection issues to roll through. alessandro, we will come back to any moment. the stage is set. a bond battle bruise. i knew i would get a triple in. a wrecking ball has just been through across the board and across the risks. dani: i think it is interesting to look at this lenses that way. a potential set up for other things like this to happen. the longer it goes on, credibility risk and liquidity risk. how is that for a triplet? manus: you go. that what happens -- that is what happens when you have been with sa while