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Glenn Hoddle's side needed a draw in Rome to reach the 1998 tournament in France, and it was plain sailing until 20 seconds of madness at both ends in stoppage time

Rome (AFP) - Italy's right-wing parties will stage a joint rally Thursday in a final push ahead of elections forecast to install a one-time fan of Mussolini as the country's first female prime minister.

When Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne in 1953, she took on the role of “defender of the faith” (Fidei Defensor in the original Latin) – a title first granted to Henry VIII by the Pope in 1521. He subsequently broke with Rome and became the first head of the…

In the southern French city of Nîmes, the passion for Ancient Rome is more alive than ever. For the past decade, the city has been holding the Great Roman Games show every spring. Legionaries, centurions and gladiators invade the city and bring its incredible Roman monuments back to life: in…

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Italy is set to vote in an election that will likely see its most far-right government in power since World War II.

In the autumn of 1922, Benito Mussolini, the ambitious and charismatic founder of the Fascist Party, became Italy’s youngest prime minister – seizing power in a march on Rome that ushered in a dark period of totalitarian rule.

After her party’s meteoric rise, Meloni could become the first far-right leader to guide the country since World War II.

The photographer, who died last week, balances ​monochrome cool and traffic chaos in this striking image of two Vogue models