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With the two top jobs in politics now held by women, Italy just became a real-time case study in female leadership

Italy elected its first female prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Fratelli d’Italia party, in October last year. Now, the leftwing opposition Democratic party has elected its own female leader for the first time, too, in the form of Elly Schlein.

The Conversation

Italy rejects any blame for deadly migrant shipwreck

Italy’s interior minister has strongly rejected claims that government policies to discourage illegal migration played a role in a Feb. 26 shipwreck off the nation’s southern coast in which at least 72 people died

The Independent UK

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's controversial fight against migrant boats setting sail to cross the Mediterranean

Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni puts her controversial stamp on the long-running war between the Italian government and charities saving refugees from shipwrecks in the Mediterranean.

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Meloni’s nemesis or Italy’s Corbyn? Elly Schlein raises PD hopes and fears

The centre-left party’s new leader is a bisexual feminist, ready to challenge authority. Some colleagues worry she is too radical

The Guardian - UK

Humanitarian ships grapple with Italy’s new rules on sea rescue operations

A week after dozens of migrants died when their boat capsized a few hundred metres off the Italian coast, humanitarian ships are grappling with a new "code of conduct" for rescues at sea. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government in January forbade NGOs from carrying out "simultaneous" rescues at…

France 24

Italy PM urges India to play key role in ending Ukraine war

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is urging India to play a central role in facilitating a negotiating process to end the Russian war against Ukraine

The Independent UK

Fully prepared to contribute to Ukraine peace process: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India was fully prepared to contribute to the peace process to find a solution to the Ukraine conflict. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Italy, France confront 2nd year of western Europe drought

Italy, France and other nations in western Europe are grappling with a second year of too little rain and snow

The Independent UK

Smugglers 'threw kids into sea' to stop migrant boat sinking on 'voyage of death'

At least 65 people, including 14 children, died in the migration tragedy when their boat slammed into sandbanks and broke apart in rough seas near Italy early on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Italy: Migrants paid 8,000 euros each for 'voyage of death'

Rescue teams have pulled another body from the sea

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the new leader of Italy’s left: a feminist fresh start

Editorial: The surprise victory of Elly Schlein can galvanise the demoralised Democratic party

The Guardian - UK

‘The beach is like a cemetery’: Italian village grapples with shipwreck aftermath

Search and rescue operations still under way in Steccato di Cutro, as anger grows over failure to manage migration humanely

The Guardian - UK

62 people are dead off the coast of Italy. How many more will anti-migrant policies kill?

Italy’s hardline stance has been enabled by the EU, says the philosopher and activist Lorenzo Marsili

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Obama campaigner voted head of Italy's Democratic Party

A 37-year-old U.S.-Italian national and longtime left-wing political operative who worked on two presidential campaigns for former U.S. President Barack Obama has defied polls to become the first woman to head Italy’s opposition Democratic Party

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The Guardian - UK

Italy shipwreck death toll rises to 62 as more bodies pulled from sea

Remains of wooden boat strewn along Calabrian coast alongside passengers’ belongings

The Guardian - UK

Elly Schlein voted leader of Italy’s most important leftwing party in surprise win

First female leader of Democratic party promises it will become ‘a problem’ for Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government

The Independent UK

Rescuers find 60th body off Italy after migrant shipwreck

Rescue crews are searching by sea and air for the dozens of people believed still missing from a migrant shipwreck off Italy’s southern coast

Reuters

In surprise result, Italy's left picks Elly Schlein to rebuild party

Italy's opposition centre-left Democratic Party (PD) picked Elly Schlein, a 37-year-old U.S.-Italian national who grew up in Switzerland, to be its new leader and rebuild the group after its election rout last year.

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Manchester Evening News

At least 58 deaths now reported after migrant boat breaks up in rough seas off coast of Italy

The Pope has offered his prayers

Asharq Al-Awsat

Dozens Dead as Migrant Boat Breaks Apart Off Italy

At least 58 migrants died when their wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn Sunday, the Italian coast guard and UN agencies said. Survivors indicated that dozens more could be missing from the boat that had set out from Türkiye. The Italian Coast…

Reuters

Factbox-Migrant arrivals in Italy on the rise, despite high danger

The shipwreck of a boat off southern Italy has killed dozens of migrants and cast a spotlight on the perilous journeys made by thousands of people who cross the Mediterranean and come to Italy.

France 24

More than 50 migrants die after shipwreck near southern Italy

An accident involving an overloaded migrant boat that collided with reefs and broke apart near the southern Italian city of Crotone on Sunday has killed 59 people, the mayor said.

Radio France Internationale

Dozens of migrants drown in boat wreck off southern Italy

At least 43 people died after their boat sank early on Sunday morning off the Italian coastal city of Crotone in the southern region of Calabria, according to Italian media.

Reuters

Beaten and divided, Italy's centre-left seeks new leader

Italy's centre-left Democratic Party (PD) will chose a new leader this weekend who it hopes can pull the group out of a tail spin and provide a credible challenge to the nationalist prime minister, Giorgia Meloni.

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy brushes off criticism from Italy's Berlusconi

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy brushed off criticism from Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday, saying Italy's ex-prime minister had not had to live under daily bombardment and blackouts caused by Russian air strikes.

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