Tuscania looking good today

On Rwanda, UK Home Sec James Cleverly said “Kigali is clean and prosperous,” adding Michael Tomlinson, UK illegal migration minister, was “disappointed to discover Kigali was laying fibre-optic cable before he was getting it in his Dorset constituency”

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“The US approach has been to run the same football play over and over and expect a different result.' How US diplomats continued to play nice with Libya's Gen. Haftar, even as he embraced Moscow and offered E. Libya as a gateway for Russian arms to Africa
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Insane strength from Lukaku to hold off challenge in Roma's victory against Milan last night

Photo booths in Italy to offer hotlines for abused women. “They are a closed place offering privacy yet are in stations, in shopping centres, so are perfect for women who can't use their phone for fear of being found out, or don’t have a phone at all'

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Interesting recollection by Eike Schmidt of the Uffizi tour he gave Georgia Meloni in 2022: “She is very well read - I saw she had a keen interest in the study of medieval theology, which I didn’t expect.”

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Elly Schlein visita Palazzo Grazioli: la segretaria Pd entra nella 'porta segreta di Berlusconi' - La Stampa lastampa.it/politica/2024/…

Mussolini getting a springtime brush-up at Rome’s Olympic stadium this morning

In Alicudi here’s resident Anna Siotto showing how 600 wild goats on the idyllic Mediterranean island chew up very tough, prickly cacti and bring down ancient walls

On stunning Alicudi, 600 goats are devouring plants, destroying dry stone walls and charging at the 120 locals. With hunting banned, officials want to give them away, but the goats, which weigh up to 120kg and have 50cm horns, may not go quietly

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In Alicudi, the first signs you are entering enemy territory are ripped up cacti and rocks tumbled down from dry-stone walls blocking the path. Then 2 goats come into view: large, horned lookouts lying in wait on a rocky outcrop, scanning for intruders

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Italian commentators are mourning new UK rules blocking the army of youngsters who for decades have travelled to London for adventure, English lessons and the chance to hover over restaurant diners with an oversized pepper grinder

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Andrea Margelletti, a think tanker who advises the Italian defence ministry, predicts European states will sooner or later send a 90,000 strong army into Ukraine to fight Russia, defending a front line running from Kyiv to Odessa

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US director Abel Ferrara on why he moved to Rome: 'There’s a tremendous amount of empathy here. I went back to New York and said good morning to the kid serving me in Starbucks and he put his hands up thinking I was holding him up.”

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An Italian poet is recruiting Hollywood stars to stand in front of ancient Roman statues in Italy and recite the death-themed, often bloody poems he has written about them

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“About 20 cities have asked us for information about what we are doing. They are calling from all around the world,” said the mayor of Venice. One interested city was in the UK, he added, declining to say which one.

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