#BREAKING Giorgia Meloni claims leadership of next Italy government
#BREAKING Far-right Meloni says will govern for all Italians
#UPDATE Italian far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, whose party came top in general elections, says she will seek to lead the next government and work for all Italians.
"Italians have sent a clear message in favour of a right-wing government led by Brothers of Italy," Meloni says
Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni says she is ready to govern for "all Italians" after her eurosceptic populists swept to victory in general elections, putting her on course to guide Italy's most right-wing government since World War II
#BREAKING France wants 'respect' of human rights, abortion in Italy: PM
#UPDATE France will be "attentive" to whether human rights, such as abortion, are respected in Italy after the election victory of far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne says. But "I am not going to comment on the democratic choice of the Italian people"
#BREAKING 'Populism always ends in catastrophe': Spain foreign minister after Italy far-right vote
#UPDATE Italy took a sharp turn to the right on Monday after Giorgia #Meloni's Eurosceptic populist party swept to victory in general elections, putting a one-time Mussolini admirer on course to become the first woman to lead the country ▶️ u.afp.com/ioG4
#BREAKING Germany expects Italy to remain 'very Europe-friendly', government says, despite far-right victory
#BREAKING EU hopes for 'constructive cooperation' with next Italy government
VIDEO: 🇮🇹 Far-right leader Meloni says she will govern for "all Italians"
Giorgia Meloni says she is ready to govern after her eurosceptic populist party swept to victory in general elections, putting her on course to guide Italy's most right-wing government since World War II
#BREAKING Blinken says US 'eager' to work with new Italy govt including on 'respecting human rights'
#BREAKING French President Macron says 'respects' Italy vote, calls to 'keep working together'
#UPDATE French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that he respected the "democratic choice" of the Italian people after an election victory for the far-right Brothers of Italy and its populist, Eurosceptic platform ▶️ u.afp.com/iogc
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#BREAKING Romania's constitutional court orders recount of first round of presidential vote: statement
#UPDATE Romania's constitutional court on Thursday ordered a recount of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election, after a rival far-right contender filed a legal challenge ➡️ u.afp.com/597X
#BREAKING TikTok gave 'preferential treatment' to far-right candidate who won Romania election first round: presidency
#UPDATE A referendum on Moldova joining the EU passed with a razor-thin majority on Monday as pro-Brussels President Maia Sandu blamed the outcome on foreign meddling in a veiled reference to Russia, which denied the accusations ➡️ u.afp.com/5zL7
BREAKING France's high-speed train system disrupted by vandalism: operator
#UPDATE Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris #Olympics , France's high-speed rail network has been hit by "malicious acts" including arson attacks that have disrupted the transport system, train operator SNCF says.
"This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network," SNCF told @AFP, adding that many routes will have to be cancelled and the situation would last "at least all weekend while repairs are conducted"
BREAKING The arson attacks on France's high-speed rail network were coordinated acts of "sabotage", a source close to the investigation tells @AFP
#BREAKING 104 police, 30 journalists among injured in Bangladesh clashes: TV
#UPDATE Protesters in Bangladesh set fire to several government buildings during a day of deadly nationwide clashes between students and riot officers, a police statement said.
"The miscreants have already torched, vandalised and carried out destructive activities," on the offices of state broadcaster BTV and the national disaster management agency along with "various" police and government buildings, said the statement, issued after a nationwide internet shutdown
Bangladesh wakes to torched government buildings, internet blackout.
This week's unrest has killed at least 39 people including 32 on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further after reports of clashes in nearly half of the country's 64 districts
#BREAKING Biden says still considers Xi a 'dictator'
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden said after a summit with Xi Jinping that he still considers the Chinese president a "dictator", after he sparked fury from Beijing by making the comparison earlier this year.
"Well look he is, I mean he's a dictator in the sense that he's a guy who's running a country, a Communist country, that's based on a form of government totally different than ours," Biden said at the end of a news conference when a reporter asked if he would still use the term to describe Xi
#BREAKING China will not begin armed conflict with any nation, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, after a high-stakes summit with US President Joe Biden.
"China does not seek spheres of influence, and will not fight a cold or hot war with any country," he told a gathering of business leaders in San Francisco