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March on Rome: uncomfortable moment for Italy as Giorgia Meloni becomes prime minister a century after fascist takeover

Between the end of October and the beginning of November 1922, Benito Mussolini’s so-called march on Rome took place in Italy. This moment was of global importance. It marked the first fascist takeover of power in the world, set in place a regime which would govern for 20 years, and…

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Irish clerics say Pope is 'absolutely right' that priests and nuns watch porn which is a 'social evil' in Ireland

Pope Francis warned seminarians at the Vatican in Rome on Monday that porn is a temptation which 'weakens the priestly heart'

Irish Mirror

Italian neofascists display banner celebrating Mussolini’s march on Rome

Picture of dictator along with text exalting in his seizure of power 100 years ago reportedly placed by far-right militants

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Italy's fascist past under scrutiny a century after putsch

Exactly 100 years ago Friday, the Black Shirt March on Rome triggered events that brought Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini to power

The Independent UK

Over 1,150 migrants rescued off Italy as new govt mulls ban on 2 NGO ships

Two migrants were found dead and more than 1,150 were rescued off Sicily, the coast guard said on Wednesday, as the new nationalist government in Rome threatened to prevent two refugee boats run by charities from entering Italian waters.

Reuters

Mussolini's ghost clings to Rome, 100 years after power grab

One hundred years after Benito Mussolini grabbed power in Rome, his photograph still hangs in the prime minister's official residence, striking evidence that Italy has yet to shake off its fascist legacy.

Reuters

Behind the scenes of the lost luggage crisis: What happens to your bag at the airport

The revival of air travel got off to a rocky start this summer, with thousands of passengers losing their luggage en route. So, how does the baggage-handling system work? How can it go wrong? And where do your lost bags go? Rachel Sharp reports

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Pope, other leaders, appeal for end to 'nuclear nightmare'

Pope Francis has joined other religious leaders at Rome’s Colosseum to make a plea for peace and ending what they called the “nuclear nightmare.”

The Independent UK

Herschel Walker launches North Georgia swing with Marjorie Taylor Greene

ROME, Ga. — If Herschel Walker wins a seat in the U.S. Senate, voters in North Georgia will almost certainly help put him there.

Tribune News Service

Behind the scenes of the lost luggage crisis: What happens to your bag at the airport

The Independent UK

Macron meets with far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

French President Emmanuel Macron promised Sunday to work with Giorgia Meloni with "dialogue and ambition", after his first meeting with Italy's new prime minister in Rome.

France 24

Pilgrims to Mussolini’s birthplace pray that new PM will resurrect a far-right Italy

In Predappio, supporters celebrate victory of their first female prime minister Giorgia Meloni, leader of a party with neo-fascist origins

The Guardian - UK

France's Macron attends peace summit in Rome, set to meet Pope Francis

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Rome on Sunday for the start of a three-day peace summit hosted by the Community of Sant’Egidio, a Catholic charity known for its efforts to promote interfaith dialogue, notably in Africa. He will also meet with Pope Francis on Monday.

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Fall of Liz Truss gives Italy’s far right a lesson in what not to do

Giorgia Meloni’s radical economic agenda had resembled Kwasi Kwarteng’s. It won’t any longer

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Why Macron sees an ally in Rome-based Catholic charity

French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Rome on Sunday for the start of a three-day interreligious summit hosted by the Community of Sant’Egidio, a Catholic charity close to Pope Francis that is known for its efforts to foster peace and interfaith dialogue, most notably in Africa.

Tribune News Service

Meloni gets mandate to become Italy's first female premier

ROME — Giorgia Meloni is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister, heading its most right-wing government since World War II after President Sergio Mattarella tasked her to form an administration.

Reuters

Key ministers in new Italian government

Giorgia Meloni's Italian government will be sworn in on Saturday at 10 a.m. (0800 GMT). Her cabinet will be made up of 24 ministers. Here the profiles of some of the key figures:

Reuters

Giorgia Meloni: The long climb to Italy's political summit

In 2019, Giorgia Meloni made a speech that has come to define her: "I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am a Christian, and you can't take that away from me," she told cheering supporters in Rome.

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The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss’s chaos as seen through Milton’s lens

Letters: Adrian Paterson looks to Paradise Lost for alternatives to the word ‘chaos’, while George Smith compares the this year’s PM head count with Rome in AD69

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The amazing Glasgow crime tale of notorious safecracker Johnny 'Gentle' Ramensky

He was once regarded as the best safecracker in the world and held the record for escaping from one of Scotland's toughest jails.

Dublin Live

Dublin woman who shot Mussolini 'brought home' to Merrion Square

Violet Gibson, who had a privileged upbringing as daughter of a Lord Chancellor of Ireland, shot 'Il Duce' as he walked among a crowd in Rome in 1926

The Guardian - UK

The march on Rome and Mussolini’s ascent to power – archive, 1922

On 28 October 1922, thousands of fascists marched towards the Italian capital, threatening to seize power. The following day the king asked Mussolini to form a government

Dublin Live

Dublin woman who shot Mussolini to be commemorated by plaque

Violet Gibson, who had a privileged upbringing on Merrion Square as daughter of a Lord Chancellor of Ireland, shot 'Il Duce' as he walked among a crowd in Rome in 1926

The New Daily

Russell Crowe and American Britney Theriot hit the Rome red carpet for the first time as a couple

After reportedly dating since 2020, Russell Crowe makes red carpet debut with Britney Theriot for world premiere of Poker Face in Rome.

The Independent UK

With far-right leaders, Italy remembers WWII roundup of Jews

Italy’s new right-wing political leadership has marked the 79th anniversary of the World War II roundup of Rome’s Jews with calls for such a horror to never occur again

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