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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

Ella Ide

Pallbearers carry the coffin of Italy's former prime minister and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, outside the Duomo cathedral in Milan on June 14, 2023. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
June 14, 2023, 9:22 pm
National day of mourning held in Italy for Berlusconi’s state funeral
Critics of controversial former leader slam unprecedented measures taken in response to his death
By Brigitte Hagemann and Ella Ide
Pope Francis leaves the Gemelli hospital on April 1, 2023 in Rome, after being discharged following treatment for bronchitis. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
April 1, 2023, 12:24 pm
Pope Francis leaves hospital after 3-day stay for bronchitis: ‘I’m still alive’
Pontiff, 86, smiles and jokes with the crowd as he heads to Vatican to prepare for Holy Week and Easter, the most important week in the Christian calendar
By Ella Ide
Pope Francis, left, embraces Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, at the Vatican, June 28, 2017. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)
December 31, 2022, 9:49 pm
Pope Francis to lead ‘solemn but simple’ funeral for ex-pontiff Benedict
Burial on Thursday morning to be first in modern history where sitting pope leads procession for predecessor
By Ella Ide
Member of the right-wing Lega (League) party, Lorenzo Fontana reacts after being elected new speaker of the lower house on October 14, 2022 at the parliament building in Rome, following the general elections. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
October 14, 2022, 8:27 pm
Italy’s lower house of parliament elects far-right, anti-gay speaker
A day after Senate appoints fascist memorabilia-collecting speaker, parliament picks Lorenzo Fontana, who has voiced support for Greece’s Golden Dawn neo-Nazi party
By Ella Ide
From left to right: Leader of Italian far-right Lega (League) party Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia leader Silvio Berlusconi, leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni, and Italian centre-right lawmaker Maurizio Lupi stand on stage during a joint rally of Italy's coalition of far-right and right-wing parties at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, September 22, 2022. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)
September 27, 2022, 4:42 pm
Italy’s far-right leader begins complex task of cobbling together coalition
Giorgia Meloni races against time to divide roles among allies while several challenges loom, among them a deadline to submit a draft budget plan to the EU by October 15
By Ella Ide
Leader of Italian far-right party Brothers of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, arrives to cast her vote at a polling station on September 25, 2022 in Rome. (Andreas Solar/AFP)
September 27, 2022, 5:48 am
After former Mussolini admirer Meloni’s win in Italy, what happens now?
Brothers of Italy and its allies set to form 1st far-right Italian government since WWII, but face challenges including over ties with the EU, political instability, war in Ukraine
By Alice Ritchie and Ella Ide
Brothers of Italy party leader Giorgia Meloni acknowledges applause after she delivered a speech on stage on September 22, 2022. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)
September 26, 2022, 12:48 am
Far-right heading for power after Italy’s election, exit polls indicate
Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots, looks set to form Italy’s most far-right government since dictator Benito Mussolini
By Alice Ritchie and Ella Ide
Leader of Italian far-right party 'Fratelli d'Italia' (Brothers of Italy), Giorgia Meloni flashes the victory sign as she delivers a speech on September 23, 2022 at the Arenile di Bagnoli beachfront location in Naples, southern Italy, during a rally closing her party's campaign for the September 25 general election. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
September 25, 2022, 5:53 am
Italians cast votes as far-right party with post-fascist roots poised to take power
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy, appears set to establish first far-right Italian government since fall of Mussolini in WWII
By Gildas Le Roux and Ella Ide
Leader of Italian far-right party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni, takes a selfie during a rally as part of the campaign for general elections, in Piazza Duomo in Milan, Italy on September 11, 2022. (Piero Cruciatti/AFP)
September 11, 2022, 9:52 pm
Polls predict easy victory for Italy’s far-right under firebrand Giorgia Meloni
2 weeks before election, right-wing parties seen taking 46% of votes, far ahead of leftist rivals with 28.5%; Meloni, who heads post-fascist party, would be country’s 1st female PM
By Ella Ide
Two Carabinieri officers show to a journalist, left, the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy, Monday, July 4, 2022, a day after a huge chunk of the glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
July 5, 2022, 4:26 am
Italy blames climate change for deadly glacier collapse
At least seven dead, 14 still missing after country’s biggest Alpine glacier gave way; officials say recent unusually high temperatures at summit caused by global warming
By Francesco Gilioli and Ella Ide
People take part in a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in front of the German embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
April 5, 2022, 5:51 pm
Europe expels some 150 Russian diplomats as outrage over civilian killings grows
Kremlin spokesman calls moves ‘shortsighted’ and warns of retaliatory steps
By Ella Ide
Trucks with UN humanitarian assistance are seen departing from Poland to Ukraine, March 10, 2022. (Wojtek Radwanski/European Union/AFP)
March 19, 2022, 2:39 pm
Aid agencies struggle to reach Ukrainian cities encircled by Russian forces
Emergency director of UN World Food Program cites logistical, safety challenges in bringing aid to trapped residents: ‘They cannot come out and we cannot reach them’
By Ella Ide
A couple walk past a bar at the end of a day's work at Plaza Mayor in Madrid on October 24, 2020. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
October 25, 2020, 4:58 pm
Italy imposes tough coronavirus curbs as US cases hit record highs
World Health Organization warns of ‘exponential’ rise in infections during second waves in countries that appeared to have virus under control earlier this year
By Ella Ide
Supporters hold Italian flags during a center-right coalition rally of the Lega, Brothers of Italy and Forza Italia parties for the regional elections, on September 18, 2020, in Florence, Tuscany. (Carlo Bressan/AFP)
September 20, 2020, 6:27 am
Italy defies virus to hold elections, as far-right plots seismic change
Some medical officials decry decision to go through with vote which will test center-left government, due to concerns over pandemic
By Ella Ide
Police stand by a missile seized at an airport hangar near Pavia, northern Italy, following an investigation into Italians who took part in the Russian-backed insurgency in eastern Ukraine, in Turin on July 15, 2019. (Tino Romano/ANSA via AP)
July 16, 2019, 8:31 pm
Italy seizes air-to-air missile, weapons cache from neo-Nazis
Turin police arrest 3 far-right suspects in raids; official says no reason to believe there was an active plot to use the arms
By Ella Ide
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