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More than a thousand migrants arrived in Italy in the space of a few hours while hundreds of others, rescued by humanitarian vessels, were waiting for a port to receive them, NGOs and authorities said Sunday.

The only party in opposition during the reign of technocrat Mario Draghi’s national unity government, the post-fascist Brothers of Italy, looks set to do well in Italian elections on September 25, making party leader Giorgia Meloni the favourite to become Italy’s next prime minister.

Brothers of Italy leads far-right alliance in pole position for snap summer election

The prospect of the far right taking power underlines the failure of technocratic government – and the need for true alternatives, says Italian philosopher Lorenzo Marsili

Almost 700 migrants, including five dead bodies, were rescued on Saturday off the southern coast of Italy, a coastguard statement said on Sunday, as flows of migrants crossing the Mediterranean increase during favourable sea conditions.

A British dad is feared to have drowned in an Italian lake after rescuing his son.

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The Foreign Office confirms it is supporting the man’s family and is in contact with Italian police

Last July’s heart-breaking penalty shoot-out miss in England’s European Championship final defeat to Italy was followed by a shoulder injury

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Aran Chada, a 51-year-old sales director from near Loughborough, Leicestershire, has been named as the 'hero' dad who is feared to have drowned in Lake Garda, while on holiday in Italy